英语词汇“familiar spirit”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

The flowers were like new acquaintances; she approached them in a familiar spirit and made herself at home among them. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it true that you were also acquainted with a certain cat which the widow entertained as a familiar spirit?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Were the Pendle witches, with their familiar spirits and dramatic tales of murder and revenge, up to more harm than good, or were they simply misunderstood? Witch ways: knowing your heart’s desire is modern witchcraft 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

Many of the Pendle witches admitted to having familiar spirits – a demon that would appear to them and obey them. Witch ways: knowing your heart’s desire is modern witchcraft 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

I’ve been lucky to work with some pretty all-around good people, some familiar spirits, the last couple of years. Ashton Sanders: ‘Black artists still have to work 10 times harder’ 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z

And then there is Good’s daughter Dorothy, a 4-year-old when she was imprisoned, whose pet snake was ruled a familiar spirit. A Witch’s Brew of an Exhibit Enters the Modern Age in Salem 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

Recently my mom told me that I need to pray over the items, bind familiar spirits, and bless the items before I bring them into the house. Pat Robertson: There could be demons attached to your thrift store finds 2013-02-26T21:35:00Z

It was perhaps this extreme attenuation that gave her subservience a kind of spirituality; with so little flesh to clog her good will, she was almost literally a familiar spirit. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z

They also pretended to the power, by means of certain familiar spirits, to foretell future events, and even in some cases to control them. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z

I certify this fact, which, besides, formed for me a most convincing truth of the presence of a familiar spirit close about us. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z

He has always, however, shown the utmost urbanity towards us, but he is not a particularly friendly or familiar spirit. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z

Dolly sat with her hands on the little heart-shaped board, pondering what she should say; for her familiar spirit was simply her own quick invention. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z

The dark-world emerges into the realm of day as a portentous power: and there is the feeling of a double personality, or of an indwelling genius, familiar spirit, or demon. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z

At night the tohunga invoked the familiar spirit, he became inspired, and in a sort of hollow whistle came the words of fate:—"He will return, but yet not return." Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z

They seek unto familiar spirits, that peep and mutter, for the living to the dead. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z

We all admit that Socrates lived in Athens, but we do not admit that he had a familiar spirit. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z

I have given you a few of the passages found in the Old Testament upon this subject, showing conclusively that the Bible teaches the existence of witches, wizards and those who have familiar spirits. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z

As soon as the Pentateuch was found Josiah began killing wizards and such as had familiar spirits. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z

All the passages about witches and those having familiar spirits were born of a belief in the Devil. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z

That the whole dread scene was fore-ordained and could take place only by the will of the Almighty, alters nothing in the character of the woman with the familiar spirit. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z

Torralba really went to that city, where Cardinal Volterra and the grand prior requested him to give up his familiar spirit to them. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z

To it worship is rendered by its possessor as to other spirits,—a worship, however, different from that which is performed for what are known and used as “familiar spirits.” Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z

The things revealed by my familiar spirits never pass my lips. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z

Hence, the well-known accounts of the genius of Socrates and the familiar spirits of the Bible, in ancient times. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z

He had a familiar spirit, and a dog that carried his letters and brought back the answers to him. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z

None the less, the attic shortly became his habitat, the djinn and the hourla his familiar spirits, and the plot of "The Monster" began fermenting in his mind. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z

Under one arm she carried her familiar spirit, in the likeness of a black cat, with a single emerald eye. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z

“That passes my comprehension,” replied Catesby, “unless he obtained his information from his familiar spirits.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z

A witch, you know, is generally supposed to have as a companion a familiar spirit in the shape of a black cat. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer; 12. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z

The Harry Sevier of sumptuous apparel and perfect grooming, the familiar spirit of the place, was gone. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z

That is how the dissociated medium proceeds: unable to rate at their proper value the ideas which present themselves, he invents a familiar spirit who serves as their ostensible origin. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z

He sighed heavily, and advised Ian to go home and try to be of a kinder and more familiar spirit. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z

Their religion is fetishism, every Fanti having his own “fetish” or familiar spirit, but there is a belief in a beneficent Creative Being. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z

A man or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z

They are neither; devils, angels, gods, familiar spirits and demons, all stand in the same mythological position. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z

Hence we used to say, not long ago, "A 'spirit' has appeared to him; he has a 'familiar spirit;' that castle is haunted by 'spirits;'" and the populace say so still. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z

“Have you a familiar spirit, then?” said I, casting a suspicious glance towards the poodle, then vigorously engaged in hunting through its woolly fleece. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z

He sought the unlawful gift of familiar spirits, or "Magnetism." Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z

Therefore it is that consulting with ‘familiar spirits’ is forbidden in the Word. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z

Strong objections have been urged against the doctrine of devils, demons, and familiar spirits. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z

As the voice of a familiar spirit, it seemed an echo from the far past—something they had known before. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z

When Buff was tiny, three or four or thereabouts, he had a familiar spirit called Fish. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z

I used to blacken my face with charcoal, and fast, in order to obtain the aid of personal gods or familiar spirits, and likewise attended their pagan feasts and dances. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z

The pictures that religion had painted of heaven or the millennium were not what he prized, although his Swedenborgian connection might have made him tender to them, as perhaps it did to familiar spirits. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z

When it is the Diawl himself who appears in the role of the familiar spirit, his majesty is usually in some other form than that of a man, with hoofs, horns, and tail. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

At the end of the century magic rods were common, and familiar spirits powerful. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II.

At night the tohunga invoked the familiar spirit, he became inspired, and in a sort of hollow whistle came the words of fate:—"He will return; but yet not return." Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times

Of the two sins that are brought against Saul here, one is that he would not listen to the Word of God, and the second is that he consulted a familiar spirit. Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work

He must have a familiar spirit who crams for him, for he knows everything, from the cut of Queen Elizabeth's sleeve to the latest discoveries in the milky-way and the recent excavations at Nineveh. On the Heights A Novel

The orthodox form of Satan has indeed been seen in many parts of Wales, but not when doing duty as a familiar spirit. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

The mandrake acts, if thus considerately treated, as a kind of familiar spirit. Custom and Myth New Edition

They also pretended to the power—by means of certain familiar spirits—to foretell future events, and even in some cases to control them. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times

Now you will find these people who are consulting familiar spirits, first and last, attack the Word of God. Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work

The lamp for the opium-pipe is the only one in the room, and lights a scene as wild as anything in the witches' revel; the mongoose acting as the familiar spirit. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel

The sort of familiar spirit employed by magicians in the eighteenth and preceding centuries was distinctly a demon. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

The grim “familiar spirit” had triumphed over its evil master. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising

The Laird of Caraskie, more than a century ago, is said to have had a familiar spirit called Beag-bheul, or little mouth, which talked to him, and took great care of him and his property. The Cruise of the Elena or Yachting in the Hebrides

You call him a demon and a familiar spirit because he loves his master and likes music, and when I offer you a chance to prove it you won’t take it. Rewards and Fairies

Crabbe was torn to pieces—presumably by the familiar spirits of the Monk—and the fragments were scattered over the water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama"

The mode of summoning and of exorcising familiar spirits—in other words, of laying and raising the devil—varies little the world over. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

Without a moment’s hesitation he made straight at the infuriated beast, darting such a stab with his weapon that had it gone home the wizard’s “familiar spirit” would have needed a successor. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising

Then said Saul to his servants, "Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her." The Bible Story

Mr. Dainopoulos might be a rascal, yet he possessed the power to call up familiar spirits. Command

It will be recalled that this demon was the familiar spirit of Solomon, whose throne, according to Jewish legend, he occupied for three years. Devil Stories An Anthology

In numberless cases it is no less a personage than the diawl himself who makes his appearance in the guise of a familiar spirit. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

The grim beast was in truth his familiar spirit, and as such not to be gazed upon by profane eyes, and in broad daylight. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising

The woman with a "familiar spirit" was a "medium," who was supposed to be able to summon spirits. The Bible Story

Some of her neighbors "dared to affirme that she dealt with familiar spirits, and terrified them all with curses and threatning of revenge." A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718

His familiar spirit of delight was not the same with Shelley’s; but how true it was to him through life! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25)

The familiar spirit which takes up its abode in the household is, as we have seen, a pranksome goblin. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

“My guitar is a familiar spirit,” said L�on, as he and Elvira took the nearest way towards the inn; “it resuscitated a Commissary, created an English tourist, and reconciled a man and wife.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25)

And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor." The Bible Story

“Come right in and listen to the seer–genuine Hebrew prophet here–got a familiar spirit, and says Babylon is falling.” In the Heart of a Fool

Thence we descended the Clyde in no familiar spirit, but looking askance on each other as on possible enemies. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25)

His familiar spirit he kept locked up in a book. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

Hence he could not look upon the familiar spirit of badinage in which some of his brethren of the profession indulged, without serious doubts of their complete submission to the Heavenly King. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865

With the help of these symbols of wisdom and cunning she at once began to evoke her familiar spirits. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties

They, for their part, did not dare attack the captain's dog, "his familiar spirit," as Clifton called him. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

But all those things have more relation to magic than to familiar spirits; and if what is said about them be true, it must be ascribed to the evil spirit. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.

The boy, being of an inquisitive turn of mind, opened the book—a thing his master had expressly charged him not to do—and the familiar spirit immediately demanded to be set at work. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

For men would have it that Hermitage Castle was haunted by a familiar spirit. Tales From Scottish Ballads

One has a familiar spirit, when the Python speaks from his arm. Hebrew Literature

The two elves then become the familiar spirits of the sorcerer who is in this manner consecrated. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula)

Also 'There shall not be found with thee any consulter with a familiar spirit ... or a necromancer. Progress and History

Sir David having waited a long time for the boy to return, began to suspect that things had gone wrong, and so hastened back after him, and commanded the familiar spirit again into his book. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

She has the section next to mine and has been directed by a familiar spirit to go to Seattle. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls

He therefore claims to have a familiar spirit, whom he can call to his aid when necessary. Children of Borneo

Solitude has ever persuaded to the contemplation of death, and in these silent places I feel no shock of sadness but am rather possessed by a familiar spirit of peace. Apologia Diffidentis

Those practices which in the Bible are enumerated as “charming,” “enchantment,” “sorcery,” “witchcraft,” “necromancy,” “divination,” “consulting with familiar spirits,” etc., are more or less related, and are all really from one source. Modern Spiritualism

One night as Job was going to bed, the familiar spirit gave him a gentle stroke on the toe. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

Always one had been at his elbow—“a familiar spirit out of the ground”—whispering in his ear. Northern Lights

When Egypt was to be destroyed, they were left to “seek to the idols, and to charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards,” Isa. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

She have got a familiar spirit in the forest that you can’t see with your eyes. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance

The time has certainly come when many are saying just what the text points out, and seeking to the dead, to familiar spirits, and wizards, for knowledge. Modern Spiritualism

As this familiar spirit got better acquainted with its quarters, it became more talkative, and used often to speak from out of an oven by the hearth’s side. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

He had lived with a “familiar spirit” so long, he feared the issue of this next excursion into the fens of crime. Northern Lights

They practised divination in divers ways, but usually admitted their dependence on familiar spirits,—the spirits of the departed,—demons. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

Is this a skeleton, this a goblin, is this the familiar spirit you asserted it to be? The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura

In times when the Bible was written, there were practices among men which went under the names of “enchantment,” “sorcery,” “witchcraft,” “necromancy,” “divination,” “consulting with familiar spirits,” etc. Modern Spiritualism

How ancient is the notion of a familiar spirit in female form, may be seen from accounts which are given by Giraldus and other old writers. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

Now the Goddess of Mercy had sent Hien-Chung a number of familiar spirits to be a protection to him in time of need. Chinese Folk-Lore Tales

Those who consulted with familiar spirits were termed wizards and witches,—the practice of which was also expressly forbidden. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

The Mother Folks think a witch who has familiar spirits She could call up to pass a winter evening, But won't, should be burned at the stake or something. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany

A “familiar spirit” was “a spirit or demon supposed to attend on an individual, or to come at his call; the invisible agent of a necromancer's will.” Modern Spiritualism

Certain it is that were not the devil at times gullible, he never would have been so useful as a familiar spirit, never could have been made so completely a slave to his mortal masters. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

But the “familiar spirits,” as these visitants from other worlds were called, are declared by the Bible to be the “spirits of devils.” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan

The manner in which the familiar spirit spoke, was by “peeping,” “muttering,” whispering out of the dust, &c. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

So he chattered to himself as if he were conversing with some familiar spirit or demon, and as he babbled his dull eyes stared around him stupidly, taking slow stock of unfamiliar objects. The Proud Prince

No wonder the attacks of delirium, the "unwonted lights," the conference with a familiar spirit, followed in due course. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2

Innumerable are the Welsh stories of familiar spirits. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her. Roger Trewinion

And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

“It’s because he’s got a familiar spirit which waits on him,” said Henderson mysteriously. St. Winifred's, or The World of School

Her footstep fell so light, she was so agile and quick, the superstitious dwarf swore she was but a creature of the night and held surreptitious meetings with all the familiar spirits of demonology. Under the Rose

My misfortune is that I am generally driven by a sort of familiar spirit to do the things I imagine, instead of writing them down.' Stradella

I liked that expressive hitch of the head; I liked the low, but momentous sibillation that terminated the séance between him and his familiar spirit. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse

“A man, also, or a woman, that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them,” Lev. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

Margaret Flower confessed she had 'two familiar spirits sucking on her, the one white, the other black spotted. The Superstitions of Witchcraft

In the midst of all crouched a huge black cat, glaring steadily with great yellow eyes out of the murky confusion, like the familiar spirit of this wizard's den. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North

"There shall not be found among you ... a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer." Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy

There were green spaces among the heather where the fairies danced, and every scaur and linn had its own familiar spirit. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance

The familiar spirits of old responded in a manner similar to these. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

In vain La Pucelle invokes in her extremity— 'Ye familiar spirits, that are cull'd Out of the powerful regions under earth, Help me this once, that France may get the field. The Superstitions of Witchcraft

And somewhere hovered disaster, like a familiar spirit.... The Wind Bloweth

The dead were sometimes raised by those who did not possess a familiar spirit. Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy

How did these quick-witted people manage to escape the importunate inquisitive demon, the familiar spirit, who pursued her incessantly with his queries and suggestions? The Daughters of Danaus

Wherein, then, admitting their claims, do the “mediums” differ from those of old, who divined by a familiar spirit? A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

This pope's death, it is said, was hastened by these and similar reports of his dealings with familiar spirits, invented in the interest of the French king to justify his hostility. The Superstitions of Witchcraft

Before assuming the office of an angekok or diviner, an Eskimo must procure one of the spirits of the elements for his own particular familiar spirit or torngak. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew

“Here comes my familiar spirit,” muttered the alchemist; “he always does come just when I am about to make my grand discovery.” Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin

People of all ranks go and consult her, and believe that she can work all sorts of miracles, and has numberless familiar spirits at her command.” The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham

And to the Jews he said, “Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God,” Lev. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

In the latter Faustus makes a compact with the devil, by which a familiar spirit and a preternatural art are granted him for twenty-four years. The Superstitions of Witchcraft

Has not his familiar spirit said anything to him?” Red Rooney The Last of the Crew

The conjurer said that he would spend the night with his medicine drum and sacred medicine bag, to call back his familiar spirit, who might be away hunting. Three Boys in the Wild North Land

I even beheld his familiar spirit—in a fair shape doubtless—like a pixie! The Armourer's Prentices

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse

Some narrators of this legend held the opinion that Mother Rigby's conjurations and the fierceness of her will had compelled a familiar spirit into the figure, and that the voice was his. Short Stories of Various Types

And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor." The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses

“No, indeed,” was the conjurer’s reply, “for I have given the challenge, and my familiar spirit has told me that the bullets cannot pierce me.” Three Boys in the Wild North Land

Do you suppose the Evangelists, when they spoke of persons having 'familiar spirits,' and being 'possessed of devils,' did not know what they were talking about? Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem

Every family or clan possesses its own familiar spirits of this class. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia

Some narrators of this legend, hold the opinion, that Mother Rigby's conjurations, and the fierceness of her will, had compelled a familiar spirit into the figure, and that the voice was his. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II

And he said, "I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring him up whom I shall name of thee." The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses

To help me he is coming, my own familiar spirit. Three Boys in the Wild North Land

"And then again in the New Testament we have continual references to persons possessed with devils, and others who had familiar spirits, and if such persons existed then, why not now?" Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem

All her operations were being gone through to call up certain familiar spirits whose presence she desired. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales

"And they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864

He was accompanied on all occasions by a tame fawn, which they believed to be a familiar spirit. A Smaller History of Rome

To these two instances of falsehood Naudé adds a third, to wit, Cardan's claim to the guidance of a familiar spirit. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study

The way in which they are made is either by direct communication with the familiar spirit during the days of their fasting, or by being instructed by those skilled in the art. The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300

The sorceress, having consulted her familiar spirits, answered that Natholocus would die a violent death by the hand of one of his most intimate friends. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales

The other gods besides Oro were numerous, and there were also many animals supposed to be possessed with familiar spirits. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field

Translated a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.

I could not but compare it to some familiar spirit, guiding us through the earth, and I dabbled my fingers in its tepid water, which sang like a naiad as we progressed. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth

By the direction of the smoke, she ascertains the position of Mand�it and of her own guardian or familiar spirit, and turning to him, welcomes him. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir

The Lord said: "Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God." Our Day In the Light of Prophecy

Bernard, who is learned in the nomenclature of familiar spirits, gives, in his Guide to Grand Jurymen, 1630, 12mo, the following list of the names of the more celebrated familiars of English witches. Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster

One of your lines strike my familiar spirit. Masques & Phases

Firstly, all deities, even the most august, become familiar spirits, who are not so much worshipped as coerced by spells. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3

"It is the wise woman's cat, her familiar spirit!" whispered the girl, in a very low voice. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot

His letters show the despair of a soul wrestling with its familiar spirit, which it clutches and holds, only to lose again. Musicians of To-Day

It is the fallen soul of Swift himself at its lowest, dwelling in a place yet drier: the familiar spirit or less than Socratic dæmon of the Dean informing the genius of Shakespeare. A Study of Shakespeare

So when they go to ask aught of the old lady, they wait outside till they see how the cat--which is, no doubt, her familiar spirit--behaves. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut

The ghosts of those who have died a violent death are dangerous but it would seem that Siamese magicians know how to utilize them as familiar spirits. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3

It is the familiar spirits that know, and they will not always come even at my call; they will not always speak sooth at my bidding. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot

He does not command his familiar spirit, he is its slave. Musicians of To-Day

He continued to take off his gloves, while round him fragments of fog that had come in with him hung in the warm air like his familiar spirits, and then bent over the lamp. The Judge

To think that you are actually holding communication with familiar spirits! Austin and His Friends

Working himself into frenzy, he called upon his familiar spirits. The Eternal Maiden

Cuthbert took from his pocket the bit of parchment containing the mystic words of the wise woman, or her familiar spirit, and perused them again and again, albeit he knew them well nigh by heart. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot

She was sitting bolt upright, staring out over the vague fields; she seemed to have uttered the words unconsciously, as if at the dictation of some familiar spirit. The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson)

A sort of guardian or familiar spirit; magic; luck; fortune; any thing supernatural. Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon

In his zeal for God, which availed him nothing, he had cast out of the land all those who dealt with familiar spirits, but one was still left at Endor. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers

And yet more particular is the next verse, wherein it is said;—'Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.' The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest

She stepped back, calling on all the familiar spirits of the past. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains

They fully believed in witchcraft or conjuring, and in the power to work evil through familiar spirits. The Log School-House on the Columbia

I had forgotten her, but her familiar spirit, the light, brought me back to its fair mistress. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

We fear it will be a case of Hamlet without the familiar spirit. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917

A python is a familiar spirit who speaks from his armpits; a wizard is one who speaks with the mouth. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala

Raphael, my familiar spirit, will hold the star for your guidance. The Touchstone of Fortune

The mandrake acts, if thus considerately treated, as a kind of familiar spirit. Custom and Myth

But this evening her familiar spirit whispered to her that she need not fear, and her heart was filled with joy and certainty. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

A saintly-hearted wit, a satirist pure, Mover of mirth spontaneous as sure, And innocent as mad; Incongruous freak and frolic phantasy Were thy familiar spirits, quickening glee And wakening laughter glad. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891

As the Rabbis have taught, a familiar spirit is one who speaks from his joints and his wrists; a wizard is one who, putting a certain bone into his mouth, causes it to speak. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala

Had he not the chief-justice, the tamed and domesticated chief-justice, who waited on him like a familiar spirit, whom he takes from province to province, his amanuensis at home, his postilion and riding express abroad? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12)

It was likewise affirmed that a familiar spirit or demon abode behind the blackness of the picture, and had shown himself at seasons of public calamity to more than one of the royal governors. Twice Told Tales

It was, at the least, disturbing to have a lovely woman rise out of the major's very hearthstone and claim him as a familiar spirit with the exquisite frankness of a child. Andrew the Glad

There will be a tendency, I think, to take a favourite force, or in other words a familiar spirit. The New Jerusalem

The English version has "them that have familiar spirits." Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850

What a pity," said I, "that I have not a familiar spirit at my service! The Cross of Berny

If in the midst of your learned body they had recourse to such trickster's arts, calling like wizards upon their familiar spirit, you would shout at them,—you would stamp your feet at them. Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities

Some imputed it to a familiar spirit he had, others to his spies he had every wheir. Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676

In their troubles they sought the aid of the "familiar spirits" that peeped and muttered through speaking, writing, and rapping mediums. California Sketches, Second Series

It was admitted that her familiar spirit guesses, attempts to extract information from the people who sit with her, and tries sophistically to conceal his failures. The Making of Religion

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits and after wizards ... The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697)

I reply to the familiar spirit: "I might doubt opposite theories quite as much; I contrive what I can in defence of my love,—it is my natural law." Without Dogma

"It is the life she is leading, with her witchcraft and her familiar spirits and that continual entertaining and excitement, and everybody tells me she has already taken to dyeing her hair." Figures of Earth

He professed to have a demon or familiar spirit, who revealed to him the secrets of nature. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook

These he considered his familiar spirits, who received their miraculous power to aid him directly from Mudjee Moneto, or the Great Evil Spirit. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers

"Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards out of the land." The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697)

The charm was lost, the spell broken, and the familiar spirit had grown to an exacting master from an obedient slave. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."

"My guitar is a familiar spirit," said Leon, as he and Elvira took the nearest way towards the inn, "it resuscitated a Commissary, created an English tourist, and reconciled a man and wife." New Arabian Nights

The Lady Superior shut her ears; she had raised a familiar spirit and could not lay it. Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire

You call him a demon and a familiar spirit because he loves his master and likes music, and when I offer you a chance to prove it you won't take it. Rewards and Fairies

Some narrators of this legend hold the opinion that Mother Rigby's conjurations and the fierceness of her will had compelled a familiar spirit into the figure, and that the voice was his. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories

It was likewise affirmed that a familiar spirit or demon abode behind the blackness of the picture, and had shown himself, at seasons of public calamity, to more than one of the royal governors. From Twice Told Tales

There came to be another, a more and more frequent partner to their conversations, at last a familiar spirit. The Conquest of Canaan

The flowers were like new acquaintances; she approached them in a familiar spirit, and made herself at home among them. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories

I even beheld his familiar spirit—in a fair shape doubtless—like a pixy! The Armourer's Prentices

Likewise do they conjure up by means of racket and fasting the familiar spirits of distant friends or enemies, and on these spirits fasten a blessing or a curse. The Forest

The remark will sound feeble and far-fetched to the man whose familiar spirit is that Mephistopheles of the commonplace. Miracles of Our Lord

He went out into the sunlit garden, and walked up and down smoking his favourite meerschaum, which was a kind of familiar spirit, always carried in his pocket ready for every possible opportunity. The Golden Calf

For years he kept about the Wild Goose, more like one of those familiar spirits, or household goblins, that we read of, than like a human being. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies

What we translate "witch," or "familiar spirit," is, in the Hebrew, Ob, that is, a bottle or bladder, and means a person whose belly is swelled like a leathern bottle by divine inflation. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Then said Saul unto his servants, seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest

They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards. The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah

His servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor. The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Samuel

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc.

Then follow three names for traffickers with spirits,—those who raise ghosts as did the witch of Endor, those who have a 'familiar spirit,' and those who in any way consult the dead. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII

And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. The Bible, King James version, Book 9: 1 Samuel

Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust. The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah

Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Samuel

Perhaps I keep a familiar spirit, or perhaps I read things in the stars. Monitress Merle

No familiar spirit could have suggested to him more effective words. Daniel Deronda

And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. The Bible, King James version, Book 9: 1 Samuel

He felt this defect in the Prince's character keenly, for laughter was Falstaff's familiar spirit, which never failed to come at his call. Obiter Dicta

These familiar spirits often assumed the form of animals, and a black dog or cat was considered as a figure in which the attendant devil was secretly hidden. Lives of the Necromancers

Beneath him, its evil snout pointed upwards, sat the dead man's familiar spirit. From a Bench in Our Square

Known to all writers and artists, intimate friend of the palette, familiar spirit of the writing-desk, he was the Asmodeus of the arts. International Short Stories: French

This was the name of his familiar spirit, that he kept imprisoned in the pummel, to consult on emergent occasions. Thaumaturgia

In their case I think the law of Moses, that forbade consulting those who dealt with "familiar spirits," a very wise one. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe

Manasseh, a subsequent king in Jerusalem, "observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards, and so provoked God to anger." Lives of the Necromancers

In many instances the devils, strangely enough, receive Christian names; thus the familiar spirit of old Lizzie is afterwards called Kit, i.e., Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2

He probably considered it as a sort of familiar spirit attached to his wife's being. Greifenstein

There shall not be found with thee … a consulter with a familiar spirit. Without Prejudice

Socrates, who pretended to have a familiar spirit, must have been a little crazy, or a little given to swindling. The Eve of the French Revolution

But this marriage question had been debated a thousand times in the last six months; it had haunted his thought, it had become his daily companion, his familiar spirit. Celibates

If the deceased is a witch-doctor it is thought, as I have mentioned before, that his familiar spirit has eaten him internally, and he is opened with a view of securing and destroying his witch. Travels in West Africa

The natives believed that Tietjens was a familiar spirit, and treated her with the great reverence that is born of hate and fear. Life's Handicap

They were the rosy-cheeked familiar spirits of those greasy streets. The Fat and the Thin

And thus it came to pass, that I was left alone with my Sebastian Bach, by Gottlieb attended, as by a familiar spirit. Hyperion

"All the dear, familiar spirits of the house to welcome us home." Old Rose and Silver

For you are my slave,—at my beck and call,—my familiar spirit, to do with as I will,—you know this,—eh?' The Beetle

They addressed themselves to their art of divination, and having consulted their oracles and gods and familiar spirits, they gave a clear counsel to the Ultonians. The Coming of Cuculain

She laid no claim to supernatural powers; she held no dealings with familiar spirits; she was simply a girl of strong personal charm, endowed with an astounding memory and a rare measure of feminine intuition. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose

Again, the Samoyeds of the Turukhinsk region hold that every shaman has a familiar spirit in the shape of a boar, which he leads about by a magic belt. The Golden Bough

Mr. Low sits at one end of the veranda at his business table with Eblis looking like his familiar spirit, beside him. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither

They also pretended to power by means of certain familiar spirits, to foretell future events, and even in some cases to control them.... Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1

At the lodge-gate was M'Adam, for once without his familiar spirit, playing with the lodge-keeper's child; for the little man loved all children but his own, and was beloved of them. Bob, Son of Battle

The natives believed that Tietjens was a familiar spirit, and treated her with the great reverence that is born of hate and fear One room in the bungalow was set apart for her special use. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition

But, whatever I did, and wherever I went, the memory of Uncle George, and the desire to penetrate the mystery of his disappearance, haunted me like familiar spirits. The Queen of Hearts

Instantly a tall, thin man, a sort of familiar spirit, appeared as if by magic. Sarrasine

"It is I. Here I am," said the voice of her little living familiar spirit at that instant, and she felt her skirt grasped. The Secret of the Night

Am I a witch; and are they my familiar spirits? The Two Destinies

In the pommel of his sword he was believed to carry a familiar spirit. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913

Now, ye familiar spirits, that are cull'd Out of the powerful regions under earth, Help me this once, that France may get the field. King Henry VI, Part 1

The Bible speaks of dealing with "familiar spirits." The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation

"Well, my daughter, and how is your familiar spirit?" Seraphita

I wish you a tranquil night, and a pleasant waking.—Come, my familiar spirits! The Two Destinies

Art, on the other hand, is a familiar spirit. The Soul of the Far East

From him we learn that Plotinus, having summoned in the temple of Isis his familiar spirit, a god, and not a mere daemon, appeared. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh

Once upon a time I've read of they'd have taken poor Crib for a familiar spirit, and hanged or burnt him. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields

单词	familiar spirit
例句	familiar spirit The flowers were like new acquaintances; she approached them in a familiar spirit and made herself at home among them. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “Is it true that you were also acquainted with a certain cat which the widow entertained as a familiar spirit?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Were the Pendle witches, with their familiar spirits and dramatic tales of murder and revenge, up to more harm than good, or were they simply misunderstood? Witch ways: knowing your heart’s desire is modern witchcraft 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Many of the Pendle witches admitted to having familiar spirits – a demon that would appear to them and obey them. Witch ways: knowing your heart’s desire is modern witchcraft 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z I’ve been lucky to work with some pretty all-around good people, some familiar spirits, the last couple of years. Ashton Sanders: ‘Black artists still have to work 10 times harder’ 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z And then there is Good’s daughter Dorothy, a 4-year-old when she was imprisoned, whose pet snake was ruled a familiar spirit. A Witch’s Brew of an Exhibit Enters the Modern Age in Salem 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Recently my mom told me that I need to pray over the items, bind familiar spirits, and bless the items before I bring them into the house. Pat Robertson: There could be demons attached to your thrift store finds 2013-02-26T21:35:00Z It was perhaps this extreme attenuation that gave her subservience a kind of spirituality; with so little flesh to clog her good will, she was almost literally a familiar spirit. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z They also pretended to the power, by means of certain familiar spirits, to foretell future events, and even in some cases to control them. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z I certify this fact, which, besides, formed for me a most convincing truth of the presence of a familiar spirit close about us. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z He has always, however, shown the utmost urbanity towards us, but he is not a particularly friendly or familiar spirit. There is no Death 2012-03-22T02:00:39.257Z Dolly sat with her hands on the little heart-shaped board, pondering what she should say; for her familiar spirit was simply her own quick invention. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The dark-world emerges into the realm of day as a portentous power: and there is the feeling of a double personality, or of an indwelling genius, familiar spirit, or demon. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z At night the tohunga invoked the familiar spirit, he became inspired, and in a sort of hollow whistle came the words of fate:—"He will return, but yet not return." Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z They seek unto familiar spirits, that peep and mutter, for the living to the dead. The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession 2012-02-14T03:00:24.963Z We all admit that Socrates lived in Athens, but we do not admit that he had a familiar spirit. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z I have given you a few of the passages found in the Old Testament upon this subject, showing conclusively that the Bible teaches the existence of witches, wizards and those who have familiar spirits. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z As soon as the Pentateuch was found Josiah began killing wizards and such as had familiar spirits. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z All the passages about witches and those having familiar spirits were born of a belief in the Devil. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z That the whole dread scene was fore-ordained and could take place only by the will of the Almighty, alters nothing in the character of the woman with the familiar spirit. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Torralba really went to that city, where Cardinal Volterra and the grand prior requested him to give up his familiar spirit to them. The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. 2011-12-22T03:00:10.443Z Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z To it worship is rendered by its possessor as to other spirits,—a worship, however, different from that which is performed for what are known and used as “familiar spirits.” Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z The things revealed by my familiar spirits never pass my lips. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Hence, the well-known accounts of the genius of Socrates and the familiar spirits of the Bible, in ancient times. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z He had a familiar spirit, and a dog that carried his letters and brought back the answers to him. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z None the less, the attic shortly became his habitat, the djinn and the hourla his familiar spirits, and the plot of "The Monster" began fermenting in his mind. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z Under one arm she carried her familiar spirit, in the likeness of a black cat, with a single emerald eye. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z “That passes my comprehension,” replied Catesby, “unless he obtained his information from his familiar spirits.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z A witch, you know, is generally supposed to have as a companion a familiar spirit in the shape of a black cat. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer; 12. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z The Harry Sevier of sumptuous apparel and perfect grooming, the familiar spirit of the place, was gone. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z That is how the dissociated medium proceeds: unable to rate at their proper value the ideas which present themselves, he invents a familiar spirit who serves as their ostensible origin. Spiritualism and the New Psychology An Explanation of Spiritualist Phenomena and Beliefs in Terms of Modern Knowledge 2011-08-01T02:00:14.257Z He sighed heavily, and advised Ian to go home and try to be of a kinder and more familiar spirit. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Their religion is fetishism, every Fanti having his own “fetish” or familiar spirit, but there is a belief in a beneficent Creative Being. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z A man or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z They are neither; devils, angels, gods, familiar spirits and demons, all stand in the same mythological position. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Hence we used to say, not long ago, "A 'spirit' has appeared to him; he has a 'familiar spirit;' that castle is haunted by 'spirits;'" and the populace say so still. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z “Have you a familiar spirit, then?” said I, casting a suspicious glance towards the poodle, then vigorously engaged in hunting through its woolly fleece. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z He sought the unlawful gift of familiar spirits, or "Magnetism." Key to the Science of Theology 2011-03-05T03:00:29Z Therefore it is that consulting with ‘familiar spirits’ is forbidden in the Word. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Strong objections have been urged against the doctrine of devils, demons, and familiar spirits. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z As the voice of a familiar spirit, it seemed an echo from the far past—something they had known before. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z When Buff was tiny, three or four or thereabouts, he had a familiar spirit called Fish. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z I used to blacken my face with charcoal, and fast, in order to obtain the aid of personal gods or familiar spirits, and likewise attended their pagan feasts and dances. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z The pictures that religion had painted of heaven or the millennium were not what he prized, although his Swedenborgian connection might have made him tender to them, as perhaps it did to familiar spirits. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z When it is the Diawl himself who appears in the role of the familiar spirit, his majesty is usually in some other form than that of a man, with hoofs, horns, and tail. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z At the end of the century magic rods were common, and familiar spirits powerful. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. At night the tohunga invoked the familiar spirit, he became inspired, and in a sort of hollow whistle came the words of fate:—"He will return; but yet not return." Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times Of the two sins that are brought against Saul here, one is that he would not listen to the Word of God, and the second is that he consulted a familiar spirit. Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work He must have a familiar spirit who crams for him, for he knows everything, from the cut of Queen Elizabeth's sleeve to the latest discoveries in the milky-way and the recent excavations at Nineveh. On the Heights A Novel The orthodox form of Satan has indeed been seen in many parts of Wales, but not when doing duty as a familiar spirit. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The mandrake acts, if thus considerately treated, as a kind of familiar spirit. Custom and Myth New Edition They also pretended to the power—by means of certain familiar spirits—to foretell future events, and even in some cases to control them. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times Now you will find these people who are consulting familiar spirits, first and last, attack the Word of God. Secret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work The lamp for the opium-pipe is the only one in the room, and lights a scene as wild as anything in the witches' revel; the mongoose acting as the familiar spirit. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The sort of familiar spirit employed by magicians in the eighteenth and preceding centuries was distinctly a demon. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The grim “familiar spirit” had triumphed over its evil master. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising The Laird of Caraskie, more than a century ago, is said to have had a familiar spirit called Beag-bheul, or little mouth, which talked to him, and took great care of him and his property. The Cruise of the Elena or Yachting in the Hebrides You call him a demon and a familiar spirit because he loves his master and likes music, and when I offer you a chance to prove it you won’t take it. Rewards and Fairies Crabbe was torn to pieces—presumably by the familiar spirits of the Monk—and the fragments were scattered over the water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The mode of summoning and of exorcising familiar spirits—in other words, of laying and raising the devil—varies little the world over. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Without a moment’s hesitation he made straight at the infuriated beast, darting such a stab with his weapon that had it gone home the wizard’s “familiar spirit” would have needed a successor. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Then said Saul to his servants, "Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her." The Bible Story Mr. Dainopoulos might be a rascal, yet he possessed the power to call up familiar spirits. Command It will be recalled that this demon was the familiar spirit of Solomon, whose throne, according to Jewish legend, he occupied for three years. Devil Stories An Anthology In numberless cases it is no less a personage than the diawl himself who makes his appearance in the guise of a familiar spirit. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z The grim beast was in truth his familiar spirit, and as such not to be gazed upon by profane eyes, and in broad daylight. John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising The woman with a "familiar spirit" was a "medium," who was supposed to be able to summon spirits. The Bible Story Some of her neighbors "dared to affirme that she dealt with familiar spirits, and terrified them all with curses and threatning of revenge." A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 His familiar spirit of delight was not the same with Shelley’s; but how true it was to him through life! The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) The familiar spirit which takes up its abode in the household is, as we have seen, a pranksome goblin. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z “My guitar is a familiar spirit,” said L�on, as he and Elvira took the nearest way towards the inn; “it resuscitated a Commissary, created an English tourist, and reconciled a man and wife.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor." The Bible Story “Come right in and listen to the seer–genuine Hebrew prophet here–got a familiar spirit, and says Babylon is falling.” In the Heart of a Fool Thence we descended the Clyde in no familiar spirit, but looking askance on each other as on possible enemies. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) His familiar spirit he kept locked up in a book. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Hence he could not look upon the familiar spirit of badinage in which some of his brethren of the profession indulged, without serious doubts of their complete submission to the Heavenly King. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 With the help of these symbols of wisdom and cunning she at once began to evoke her familiar spirits. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties They, for their part, did not dare attack the captain's dog, "his familiar spirit," as Clifton called him. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras But all those things have more relation to magic than to familiar spirits; and if what is said about them be true, it must be ascribed to the evil spirit. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. The boy, being of an inquisitive turn of mind, opened the book—a thing his master had expressly charged him not to do—and the familiar spirit immediately demanded to be set at work. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z For men would have it that Hermitage Castle was haunted by a familiar spirit. Tales From Scottish Ballads One has a familiar spirit, when the Python speaks from his arm. Hebrew Literature The two elves then become the familiar spirits of the sorcerer who is in this manner consecrated. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Also 'There shall not be found with thee any consulter with a familiar spirit ... or a necromancer. Progress and History Sir David having waited a long time for the boy to return, began to suspect that things had gone wrong, and so hastened back after him, and commanded the familiar spirit again into his book. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z She has the section next to mine and has been directed by a familiar spirit to go to Seattle. Betty Leicester A Story For Girls He therefore claims to have a familiar spirit, whom he can call to his aid when necessary. Children of Borneo Solitude has ever persuaded to the contemplation of death, and in these silent places I feel no shock of sadness but am rather possessed by a familiar spirit of peace. Apologia Diffidentis Those practices which in the Bible are enumerated as “charming,” “enchantment,” “sorcery,” “witchcraft,” “necromancy,” “divination,” “consulting with familiar spirits,” etc., are more or less related, and are all really from one source. Modern Spiritualism One night as Job was going to bed, the familiar spirit gave him a gentle stroke on the toe. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Always one had been at his elbow—“a familiar spirit out of the ground”—whispering in his ear. Northern Lights When Egypt was to be destroyed, they were left to “seek to the idols, and to charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards,” Isa. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse She have got a familiar spirit in the forest that you can’t see with your eyes. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance The time has certainly come when many are saying just what the text points out, and seeking to the dead, to familiar spirits, and wizards, for knowledge. Modern Spiritualism As this familiar spirit got better acquainted with its quarters, it became more talkative, and used often to speak from out of an oven by the hearth’s side. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z He had lived with a “familiar spirit” so long, he feared the issue of this next excursion into the fens of crime. Northern Lights They practised divination in divers ways, but usually admitted their dependence on familiar spirits,—the spirits of the departed,—demons. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse Is this a skeleton, this a goblin, is this the familiar spirit you asserted it to be? The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura In times when the Bible was written, there were practices among men which went under the names of “enchantment,” “sorcery,” “witchcraft,” “necromancy,” “divination,” “consulting with familiar spirits,” etc. Modern Spiritualism How ancient is the notion of a familiar spirit in female form, may be seen from accounts which are given by Giraldus and other old writers. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Now the Goddess of Mercy had sent Hien-Chung a number of familiar spirits to be a protection to him in time of need. Chinese Folk-Lore Tales Those who consulted with familiar spirits were termed wizards and witches,—the practice of which was also expressly forbidden. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse The Mother Folks think a witch who has familiar spirits She could call up to pass a winter evening, But won't, should be burned at the stake or something. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany A “familiar spirit” was “a spirit or demon supposed to attend on an individual, or to come at his call; the invisible agent of a necromancer's will.” Modern Spiritualism Certain it is that were not the devil at times gullible, he never would have been so useful as a familiar spirit, never could have been made so completely a slave to his mortal masters. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z But the “familiar spirits,” as these visitants from other worlds were called, are declared by the Bible to be the “spirits of devils.” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan The manner in which the familiar spirit spoke, was by “peeping,” “muttering,” whispering out of the dust, &c. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse So he chattered to himself as if he were conversing with some familiar spirit or demon, and as he babbled his dull eyes stared around him stupidly, taking slow stock of unfamiliar objects. The Proud Prince No wonder the attacks of delirium, the "unwonted lights," the conference with a familiar spirit, followed in due course. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Innumerable are the Welsh stories of familiar spirits. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her. Roger Trewinion And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse “It’s because he’s got a familiar spirit which waits on him,” said Henderson mysteriously. St. Winifred's, or The World of School Her footstep fell so light, she was so agile and quick, the superstitious dwarf swore she was but a creature of the night and held surreptitious meetings with all the familiar spirits of demonology. Under the Rose My misfortune is that I am generally driven by a sort of familiar spirit to do the things I imagine, instead of writing them down.' Stradella I liked that expressive hitch of the head; I liked the low, but momentous sibillation that terminated the séance between him and his familiar spirit. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse “A man, also, or a woman, that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them,” Lev. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse Margaret Flower confessed she had 'two familiar spirits sucking on her, the one white, the other black spotted. The Superstitions of Witchcraft In the midst of all crouched a huge black cat, glaring steadily with great yellow eyes out of the murky confusion, like the familiar spirit of this wizard's den. Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North "There shall not be found among you ... a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer." Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy There were green spaces among the heather where the fairies danced, and every scaur and linn had its own familiar spirit. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The familiar spirits of old responded in a manner similar to these. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse In vain La Pucelle invokes in her extremity— 'Ye familiar spirits, that are cull'd Out of the powerful regions under earth, Help me this once, that France may get the field. The Superstitions of Witchcraft And somewhere hovered disaster, like a familiar spirit.... The Wind Bloweth The dead were sometimes raised by those who did not possess a familiar spirit. Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy How did these quick-witted people manage to escape the importunate inquisitive demon, the familiar spirit, who pursued her incessantly with his queries and suggestions? The Daughters of Danaus Wherein, then, admitting their claims, do the “mediums” differ from those of old, who divined by a familiar spirit? A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse This pope's death, it is said, was hastened by these and similar reports of his dealings with familiar spirits, invented in the interest of the French king to justify his hostility. The Superstitions of Witchcraft Before assuming the office of an angekok or diviner, an Eskimo must procure one of the spirits of the elements for his own particular familiar spirit or torngak. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew “Here comes my familiar spirit,” muttered the alchemist; “he always does come just when I am about to make my grand discovery.” Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin People of all ranks go and consult her, and believe that she can work all sorts of miracles, and has numberless familiar spirits at her command.” The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham And to the Jews he said, “Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God,” Lev. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse In the latter Faustus makes a compact with the devil, by which a familiar spirit and a preternatural art are granted him for twenty-four years. The Superstitions of Witchcraft Has not his familiar spirit said anything to him?” Red Rooney The Last of the Crew The conjurer said that he would spend the night with his medicine drum and sacred medicine bag, to call back his familiar spirit, who might be away hunting. Three Boys in the Wild North Land I even beheld his familiar spirit—in a fair shape doubtless—like a pixie! The Armourer's Prentices Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse Some narrators of this legend held the opinion that Mother Rigby's conjurations and the fierceness of her will had compelled a familiar spirit into the figure, and that the voice was his. Short Stories of Various Types And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor." The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses “No, indeed,” was the conjurer’s reply, “for I have given the challenge, and my familiar spirit has told me that the bullets cannot pierce me.” Three Boys in the Wild North Land Do you suppose the Evangelists, when they spoke of persons having 'familiar spirits,' and being 'possessed of devils,' did not know what they were talking about? Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem Every family or clan possesses its own familiar spirits of this class. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Some narrators of this legend, hold the opinion, that Mother Rigby's conjurations, and the fierceness of her will, had compelled a familiar spirit into the figure, and that the voice was his. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II And he said, "I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring him up whom I shall name of thee." The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses To help me he is coming, my own familiar spirit. Three Boys in the Wild North Land "And then again in the New Testament we have continual references to persons possessed with devils, and others who had familiar spirits, and if such persons existed then, why not now?" Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem All her operations were being gone through to call up certain familiar spirits whose presence she desired. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales "And they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 He was accompanied on all occasions by a tame fawn, which they believed to be a familiar spirit. A Smaller History of Rome To these two instances of falsehood Naudé adds a third, to wit, Cardan's claim to the guidance of a familiar spirit. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study The way in which they are made is either by direct communication with the familiar spirit during the days of their fasting, or by being instructed by those skilled in the art. The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 The sorceress, having consulted her familiar spirits, answered that Natholocus would die a violent death by the hand of one of his most intimate friends. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales The other gods besides Oro were numerous, and there were also many animals supposed to be possessed with familiar spirits. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field Translated a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. I could not but compare it to some familiar spirit, guiding us through the earth, and I dabbled my fingers in its tepid water, which sang like a naiad as we progressed. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth By the direction of the smoke, she ascertains the position of Mand�it and of her own guardian or familiar spirit, and turning to him, welcomes him. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The Lord said: "Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God." Our Day In the Light of Prophecy Bernard, who is learned in the nomenclature of familiar spirits, gives, in his Guide to Grand Jurymen, 1630, 12mo, the following list of the names of the more celebrated familiars of English witches. Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster One of your lines strike my familiar spirit. Masques & Phases Firstly, all deities, even the most august, become familiar spirits, who are not so much worshipped as coerced by spells. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 "It is the wise woman's cat, her familiar spirit!" whispered the girl, in a very low voice. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot His letters show the despair of a soul wrestling with its familiar spirit, which it clutches and holds, only to lose again. Musicians of To-Day It is the fallen soul of Swift himself at its lowest, dwelling in a place yet drier: the familiar spirit or less than Socratic dæmon of the Dean informing the genius of Shakespeare. A Study of Shakespeare So when they go to ask aught of the old lady, they wait outside till they see how the cat--which is, no doubt, her familiar spirit--behaves. King Olaf's Kinsman A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut The ghosts of those who have died a violent death are dangerous but it would seem that Siamese magicians know how to utilize them as familiar spirits. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 It is the familiar spirits that know, and they will not always come even at my call; they will not always speak sooth at my bidding. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot He does not command his familiar spirit, he is its slave. Musicians of To-Day He continued to take off his gloves, while round him fragments of fog that had come in with him hung in the warm air like his familiar spirits, and then bent over the lamp. The Judge To think that you are actually holding communication with familiar spirits! Austin and His Friends Working himself into frenzy, he called upon his familiar spirits. The Eternal Maiden Cuthbert took from his pocket the bit of parchment containing the mystic words of the wise woman, or her familiar spirit, and perused them again and again, albeit he knew them well nigh by heart. The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot She was sitting bolt upright, staring out over the vague fields; she seemed to have uttered the words unconsciously, as if at the dictation of some familiar spirit. The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) A sort of guardian or familiar spirit; magic; luck; fortune; any thing supernatural. Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon In his zeal for God, which availed him nothing, he had cast out of the land all those who dealt with familiar spirits, but one was still left at Endor. Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers And yet more particular is the next verse, wherein it is said;—'Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.' The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest She stepped back, calling on all the familiar spirits of the past. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains They fully believed in witchcraft or conjuring, and in the power to work evil through familiar spirits. The Log School-House on the Columbia I had forgotten her, but her familiar spirit, the light, brought me back to its fair mistress. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall We fear it will be a case of Hamlet without the familiar spirit. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917 A python is a familiar spirit who speaks from his armpits; a wizard is one who speaks with the mouth. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Raphael, my familiar spirit, will hold the star for your guidance. The Touchstone of Fortune The mandrake acts, if thus considerately treated, as a kind of familiar spirit. Custom and Myth But this evening her familiar spirit whispered to her that she need not fear, and her heart was filled with joy and certainty. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall A saintly-hearted wit, a satirist pure, Mover of mirth spontaneous as sure, And innocent as mad; Incongruous freak and frolic phantasy Were thy familiar spirits, quickening glee And wakening laughter glad. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 As the Rabbis have taught, a familiar spirit is one who speaks from his joints and his wrists; a wizard is one who, putting a certain bone into his mouth, causes it to speak. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Had he not the chief-justice, the tamed and domesticated chief-justice, who waited on him like a familiar spirit, whom he takes from province to province, his amanuensis at home, his postilion and riding express abroad? The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) It was likewise affirmed that a familiar spirit or demon abode behind the blackness of the picture, and had shown himself at seasons of public calamity to more than one of the royal governors. Twice Told Tales It was, at the least, disturbing to have a lovely woman rise out of the major's very hearthstone and claim him as a familiar spirit with the exquisite frankness of a child. Andrew the Glad There will be a tendency, I think, to take a favourite force, or in other words a familiar spirit. The New Jerusalem The English version has "them that have familiar spirits." Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 What a pity," said I, "that I have not a familiar spirit at my service! The Cross of Berny If in the midst of your learned body they had recourse to such trickster's arts, calling like wizards upon their familiar spirit, you would shout at them,—you would stamp your feet at them. Ten Reasons Proposed to His Adversaries for Disputation in the Name of the Faith and Presented to the Illustrious Members of Our Universities Some imputed it to a familiar spirit he had, others to his spies he had every wheir. Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 In their troubles they sought the aid of the "familiar spirits" that peeped and muttered through speaking, writing, and rapping mediums. California Sketches, Second Series It was admitted that her familiar spirit guesses, attempts to extract information from the people who sit with her, and tries sophistically to conceal his failures. The Making of Religion And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits and after wizards ... The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) I reply to the familiar spirit: "I might doubt opposite theories quite as much; I contrive what I can in defence of my love,—it is my natural law." Without Dogma "It is the life she is leading, with her witchcraft and her familiar spirits and that continual entertaining and excitement, and everybody tells me she has already taken to dyeing her hair." Figures of Earth He professed to have a demon or familiar spirit, who revealed to him the secrets of nature. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook These he considered his familiar spirits, who received their miraculous power to aid him directly from Mudjee Moneto, or the Great Evil Spirit. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers "Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards out of the land." The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) The charm was lost, the spell broken, and the familiar spirit had grown to an exacting master from an obedient slave. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." "My guitar is a familiar spirit," said Leon, as he and Elvira took the nearest way towards the inn, "it resuscitated a Commissary, created an English tourist, and reconciled a man and wife." New Arabian Nights The Lady Superior shut her ears; she had raised a familiar spirit and could not lay it. Ginx's Baby: his birth and other misfortunes; a satire You call him a demon and a familiar spirit because he loves his master and likes music, and when I offer you a chance to prove it you won't take it. Rewards and Fairies Some narrators of this legend hold the opinion that Mother Rigby's conjurations and the fierceness of her will had compelled a familiar spirit into the figure, and that the voice was his. Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories It was likewise affirmed that a familiar spirit or demon abode behind the blackness of the picture, and had shown himself, at seasons of public calamity, to more than one of the royal governors. From Twice Told Tales There came to be another, a more and more frequent partner to their conversations, at last a familiar spirit. The Conquest of Canaan The flowers were like new acquaintances; she approached them in a familiar spirit, and made herself at home among them. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories I even beheld his familiar spirit—in a fair shape doubtless—like a pixy! The Armourer's Prentices Likewise do they conjure up by means of racket and fasting the familiar spirits of distant friends or enemies, and on these spirits fasten a blessing or a curse. The Forest The remark will sound feeble and far-fetched to the man whose familiar spirit is that Mephistopheles of the commonplace. Miracles of Our Lord He went out into the sunlit garden, and walked up and down smoking his favourite meerschaum, which was a kind of familiar spirit, always carried in his pocket ready for every possible opportunity. The Golden Calf For years he kept about the Wild Goose, more like one of those familiar spirits, or household goblins, that we read of, than like a human being. Wolfert's Roost and Miscellanies What we translate "witch," or "familiar spirit," is, in the Hebrew, Ob, that is, a bottle or bladder, and means a person whose belly is swelled like a leathern bottle by divine inflation. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Then said Saul unto his servants, seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards. The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah His servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor. The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Samuel Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. Then follow three names for traffickers with spirits,—those who raise ghosts as did the witch of Endor, those who have a 'familiar spirit,' and those who in any way consult the dead. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. The Bible, King James version, Book 9: 1 Samuel Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust. The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Samuel Perhaps I keep a familiar spirit, or perhaps I read things in the stars. Monitress Merle No familiar spirit could have suggested to him more effective words. Daniel Deronda And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. The Bible, King James version, Book 9: 1 Samuel He felt this defect in the Prince's character keenly, for laughter was Falstaff's familiar spirit, which never failed to come at his call. Obiter Dicta These familiar spirits often assumed the form of animals, and a black dog or cat was considered as a figure in which the attendant devil was secretly hidden. Lives of the Necromancers Beneath him, its evil snout pointed upwards, sat the dead man's familiar spirit. From a Bench in Our Square Known to all writers and artists, intimate friend of the palette, familiar spirit of the writing-desk, he was the Asmodeus of the arts. International Short Stories: French This was the name of his familiar spirit, that he kept imprisoned in the pummel, to consult on emergent occasions. Thaumaturgia In their case I think the law of Moses, that forbade consulting those who dealt with "familiar spirits," a very wise one. Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Manasseh, a subsequent king in Jerusalem, "observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards, and so provoked God to anger." Lives of the Necromancers In many instances the devils, strangely enough, receive Christian names; thus the familiar spirit of old Lizzie is afterwards called Kit, i.e., Sidonia, the Sorceress : the Supposed Destroyer of the Whole Reigning Ducal House of Pomerania — Volume 2 He probably considered it as a sort of familiar spirit attached to his wife's being. Greifenstein There shall not be found with thee … a consulter with a familiar spirit. Without Prejudice Socrates, who pretended to have a familiar spirit, must have been a little crazy, or a little given to swindling. The Eve of the French Revolution But this marriage question had been debated a thousand times in the last six months; it had haunted his thought, it had become his daily companion, his familiar spirit. Celibates If the deceased is a witch-doctor it is thought, as I have mentioned before, that his familiar spirit has eaten him internally, and he is opened with a view of securing and destroying his witch. Travels in West Africa The natives believed that Tietjens was a familiar spirit, and treated her with the great reverence that is born of hate and fear. Life's Handicap They were the rosy-cheeked familiar spirits of those greasy streets. The Fat and the Thin And thus it came to pass, that I was left alone with my Sebastian Bach, by Gottlieb attended, as by a familiar spirit. Hyperion "All the dear, familiar spirits of the house to welcome us home." Old Rose and Silver For you are my slave,—at my beck and call,—my familiar spirit, to do with as I will,—you know this,—eh?' The Beetle They addressed themselves to their art of divination, and having consulted their oracles and gods and familiar spirits, they gave a clear counsel to the Ultonians. The Coming of Cuculain She laid no claim to supernatural powers; she held no dealings with familiar spirits; she was simply a girl of strong personal charm, endowed with an astounding memory and a rare measure of feminine intuition. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Again, the Samoyeds of the Turukhinsk region hold that every shaman has a familiar spirit in the shape of a boar, which he leads about by a magic belt. The Golden Bough Mr. Low sits at one end of the veranda at his business table with Eblis looking like his familiar spirit, beside him. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither They also pretended to power by means of certain familiar spirits, to foretell future events, and even in some cases to control them.... Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 At the lodge-gate was M'Adam, for once without his familiar spirit, playing with the lodge-keeper's child; for the little man loved all children but his own, and was beloved of them. Bob, Son of Battle The natives believed that Tietjens was a familiar spirit, and treated her with the great reverence that is born of hate and fear One room in the bungalow was set apart for her special use. The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition But, whatever I did, and wherever I went, the memory of Uncle George, and the desire to penetrate the mystery of his disappearance, haunted me like familiar spirits. The Queen of Hearts Instantly a tall, thin man, a sort of familiar spirit, appeared as if by magic. Sarrasine "It is I. Here I am," said the voice of her little living familiar spirit at that instant, and she felt her skirt grasped. The Secret of the Night Am I a witch; and are they my familiar spirits? The Two Destinies In the pommel of his sword he was believed to carry a familiar spirit. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 Now, ye familiar spirits, that are cull'd Out of the powerful regions under earth, Help me this once, that France may get the field. King Henry VI, Part 1 The Bible speaks of dealing with "familiar spirits." The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation "Well, my daughter, and how is your familiar spirit?" Seraphita I wish you a tranquil night, and a pleasant waking.—Come, my familiar spirits! The Two Destinies Art, on the other hand, is a familiar spirit. The Soul of the Far East From him we learn that Plotinus, having summoned in the temple of Isis his familiar spirit, a god, and not a mere daemon, appeared. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh Once upon a time I've read of they'd have taken poor Crib for a familiar spirit, and hanged or burnt him. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields
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