Download or read book Catalogue Raisonné of Oriental Manuscripts in the Government Library, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by William Taylor and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue Raisonné of Oriental Manuscripts in the Government Library, Vol. 2 But, in some spells, hairs, feathers, bones, different herbs or roots, called at particular times, as midnight, the new moon, or an eclipse, are used; and in others cruental sacrifices of birds or animals; and last, not least, lumps of human flesh, or sacrifice of whole human victims in past times; said to be no longer practised. Less malignant, but deadly in intent, is the making an image to represent any one wrought against; sometimes taking a stone, with a like typical reference; or, with ceremonies like the above, digging a pit, burying the image, or the stone; sitting over the spot when filled up; muttering the syllabic spells a great number of times and returning often to the spot to repeat the spells in the expectation of successful fulfilment. In matters less formal, but more common it is a practice to use certain materials, many of them very disgusting, which are contrived to be administered to people in their food, or drink, or with presented betel, chunam and areca. The mingling up is attended With spells, and the administration, if direct, is accompanied by them. This practice is universal and details of objects appear throughout, and other medical books. All persons of any influence should be on their guard against such malpractices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.