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 12 S. VII. JULY 31, 1920.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 91 Qher ; this he attempted to do by exorcism, but with the very worst success, for he himself fell a victim to her diabolical influnce. . . . The Bishop of the diocese was forced to interfere : he investi- gated the whole affair with the result that the priest was the object of severe disciplinary measures. The whole matter was eventually re- ferred to Borne. The Bishop himself .... was so ,-appalled .... by the awful revelations .... that he ^resigned, and died two years later of some nervous Affection induced by the events narrated above." Can anyone refer to the excitement created in 1865, and state the names of the nun and of the bishop and of the priest and especially of the diocese, where all this is supposed to Oiave taken place ? The Daily Chronicle of Dec. 20, 1895 contained the following : " The real devil worshippers are, however, the <most topical French sect of these latter days. Their puzzling profanity is now a matter of Sgrave study. Their temples are in the Rue Jacob, the Rue Rochechouart, and within a few yards of the Pantheon. Only the initiated are admitted. The Bishops of Grenoble, Versailles, .and Orleans have thought it necessary to issue -pastorals ordering their clergy to guard the tabernacles in their churches from profanation. Not long ago a service of ' Reparation ' was 'performed at Notre Dame, because the consecrated hosts were stolen from a side chapel. Tfee silver- gilt ciborium, in which they were placed, was left behind, so that it was made clear' that the =act was not that of a vulgar thief So far no Driest has joined their ranks, and this fact pro- bably accounts for the stealing of consecrated wafers." But no priest, no mass ! In an article in The Westminster Gazette of Dec. 23, 1895 it was stated : " Only a year ago a curious case was reported im the Parisian Press, in which a child, who had >toeen kidnapped, declared on its rescue that its -captors had made it attend a service in a chapel ^vhere the Cross was placed upside down on the altar, .with many other details, which left little doubt that it had been abducted by Satanists for the purpose of initiation into the horrible rites of their degraded worship." Can this case be identified ? In an article entitled ' The Real Lucifer ' in The Westminster Gazette of Feb. 16, 1896 =a distinction is drawn between the Satanists -and 'I the worshippers of Lucifer." Luci- ierianism " has its supreme directory at "Charleston, in the United States, its execu- tive committee at Rome, and its administra- tive at Berlin." "Its ulterior objects are not, as has been thought by some, the mere acquirement of political power, but the de-Christianisation of the entire " The Luciferians do not claim to have especial .jpower in Pari*. They have there, however, two churches, one in the Rue Rochechouart, not far from the Sacre" Coeur, and the other upon the left bank of the river, near to the Archbishopric [sic]. There they solemnize the ' White Mass ' (which is the Roman ritual recited backwards). The hosts are said to turn black with the veritable presence of Lucifer, when the ' elect priestess,' who carries a chasuble with the cross downwards, pro- nounces the words ' Introibo ad altare Dei optimi maximi.' "It is said that Lucifer manifests himself in person to his worshippers upon the triangular altar at Charleston every Friday ' at three o'clock.' The ritual of the ' White Mass ' is an extract from a book called 'Apadno,' which is buried under the altar at Charleston. It is said to have been written in green ink by Lucifer himself, signed with his autograph, and given by him to Albert Pike, the first Luciferian Antipope." What is known of Albert Pike ? In The London Figaro of Mar. 11, 1897, was a letter from W. Lopps, Regent Square, Brighton, saying that Satanistic worship was being carried on in that borough " either in William Street, or a continuation of it near Edward Street." Regent Square is probably a mistake for Regency Square. . For earlier accounts of the ' Black Mass/ see M. Jules Bois, ' Satanisme et la Magie,' and Dr. G. Legue, ' Medecins et Empoison - neurs au XVIIe. Siecle.' JOHN B. WAINEWBIGHT. MASTER-GUNNER, (12 S. v. 153, 212, 277 ; vi. 22, 158, 197, 253.) AT the last reference is set out Francis Markham's description of the duties of the Master -gunner taken from 'Five Decades of Epistles of Warre ' 1622. This contains several obsolete terms of which the following is an alphabetical list together with their meaning : Alexandrina non preparata. r he name of several medical preparations invented by an ancient physician named Alexander. Aquavitce. Ardent spirits, or unrectified alcohol. Aspaltum Judaicum, The words should have no comma between them. Jew's pitch, i.e., bitumen. Behoveful. Advantageous, expedient. Bole Armonicke. Bole armoniac, or Armenian bole a soft friable fatty earth, usually of a pale red colour. Latin bolus. Cartage. Obsolete form of " Cartridge." Coine. A wedge shaped piece of wood, with a handle at the thick end. Cole of Younge Hassel. Charcoal made from young hazel wood. Corne Powder. Gunpowder which has been made in grains, i.e., like grains of corn, by working it through a sieve. Croives. Crow-bars.
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