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 INDEX Abercrombie, Dr., on dreams, 131, 145; report of a case of hallucination, 171. Abernethy, Dr., on cure of dropsy through fright, 22. Abscesses, 8, 9. 55, 56. Absent treatment of disease, 259-261, 281-283. Abstinence, visions produced by prolonged, 169. Abstraction differs from revery, 120. Academy of Sciences (France), investigation of Mesmer's phenomena by, 26. Accidents, Christian Science views on, 268. Addison, Thomas, on the poetry of witchcraft, 196. Adelaide, reputed cures in, 12, 13. Adventists, 2. Æschylus praises astrology, 67.

Affirmation the healing power, not argument, 257, 258. Africa, witch-doctors of, 32, 33; a self-constituted missionary to, 59; influence of Gemini in, 72. African fever, inefficacy of faith in, 17. Age, signs of, 274, 275. Albania, hysteria in, 230, 231. Albert of Brandenburg accused of witchcraft, 211, 212. Alcohol, relapses after use of, 18; effects of, 117-119, 169.

Aldebaran, influence of, 73. Algiers, powers of priests in, 48. American history, coincidences in, 75, 82, 94, 95. Ananias, prayer for Paul, 41. Anatomy, Christian Science view of, 251. Anderson, Joshua, case of, 137, 138, 145, 146. Andral, on consumption, 12; hallucinations of, 169. Anglo Saxons, witchcraft among, 211. Animal magnetism, early performances in, 1; curative powers of, 1; discredited by French commission, 26; discussed by French Academy of Sciences, 26; artificial somnambulism, 135; its rank, 250; ignored by Christian Science, 254; Mrs. Eddy on, 261.

Animals 3; the dreams of, 122-124; effect of drugs upon, 265-268. Anodynes, relapses after use of, 18. Anointing, 5, 42. Anointing service, death at an, 49. Anthropomancy, 89. Anxiety, visions produced by, 169. Apparitions, 184-195. Apollo, priestesses of, 91. Apoplexy, produced by Aries, 73; visions attending, 169. Apostles, miracles of the, 38-42, 45, 47; no account of failures by, 42; how their claims sustained, 47; transformation of their lives after death of Christ, 62; limited knowledge of, 219. Apparitions, presentiments, and visions, 151-195. Archangel, witchcraft in, 202. Arens, Dr., controversy with Mrs. Eddy. 245-247; on poisons, 266, 267; on failures of mind-healers, 283. Argument, no healing power in, 258. Aries, influence of the sign, 72, 73, 75, 81, 82, 85; events influenced by Saturn in, 81; events influenced by Jupiter in, 81, 82; time of ascension in latitude of London, 85. Aristotle, on dreams, 110; on sleep and dreams, 122-124.

Arm, cure of broken, 54, 55. Arms, fractures of, produced by Gemini, 73. Arthur, President, dreams concerning, 167, note. Aruspicy, 89. Ashmole, Sir Elias, believer in astrology, 67. Asia, divination in, 88. Asia Minor, superstition in, 209. Association, effect on the mind, 35, 155. Assurances, mistaken ideas about, 18, 45. 293