44^ On Phyftognomy. 



of the firfl kind (i. e. by the help of fpirits) is either 

 I. when a fpirit voluntarily attaches itfelf to a man — this 

 is indifferent; 2. when a man conjures them, either without 

 compa£l, which is held indifferent, or with compadl, which 

 is evil if with evil fpirits ; though indeed mod condemn all 

 kinds of conjuration. 3. By divine commifllon, as in the 

 cafe of the prophets, apoftles, &c. this of courfe is held 

 good. 



Magic of the fecond kind (i. e. without fpiritual com- 

 munication) is either i. The working of wonders, which 

 may be praeftigia, leger de main, ftrange experiments in 

 phylics. 2. Divining from natural lignatures, or 3. from 

 the liars (i. e. allrology), or 4. fortilegy, which includes 

 the divination by chances of all kinds, Geomancy, Colki- 

 nomancy, Clidomancy, &c. 



The voluntary attachment of fpirits (to which may be 

 referred the fecond fight) was commonly deemed unfortu- 

 nate, and all magic but the divine, unlawful. 



The conjuration by means of fpirits was fourfold : 

 I. Necromantic, when either i. an appearance of a dead 

 perfon is raifed; or 2. when a fpirit is forced into a dead 

 body. II. By circulatory invocation, when at due aftrolo- 

 gical hours and with proper ceremonies fpirits are made 

 vifible round a circle. III. By opening a confecrated 

 book on the name of the fpirit wanted. IV. By calling 

 at a fign a compacted familiar; this lail is ufually termed 

 witchcraft. 



To thefe may be added the confecrated glafs or cryftal 

 ill which, on invocation, may be feen the perfons or things 

 required; the operations on the bodies of abfent perfons 

 by matins of ihiages of wax or clay;* and that fpecies 



• This iconopoletic part of magic feems founded on the doftrine of 

 fignatures, 



of 



