CHAPTER III

THE SALIC LAWS AGAINST SORCERERS

Laws attributed to Pharamond—Explanation of a Talmudic passage by Rabbi Jechiel—Belief in the immortality of the soul among the Jews—An ecclesiastical council on sorcery—The rise of Mohammed—The religious history of Charles Martel—The Reign of Pepin the Short—The Kabalist Zedekias—His fables concerning elementary spirits—An epidemic of visions 238

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