Adamic Magic, or the Antiquity of Magic

To the Reader.

Man, planted in him a spirit of that Capacity The inherent ability of the human mind to grasp or contain knowledge; its "volume" for understanding., that he might know All, adding thereto a most fervent Desire to know, lest that Capacity should be useless. This Truth is evident in the Posterity of Man The descendants of humanity; i.e., every generation of children.: For little Children before ever they can speak, will stare upon any thing, that is strange to them; they will cry, and are restless till they get it into their hands, that they may feel it, and look upon it, that is to say, that they may know what it is in some Degree, and according to their Capacity. Now some ignorant Nurse A nanny or childcare provider. will think they do all this, out of a desire to play with what they see, but they themselves tell us the Contrary; For when they are past Infants, and begin to make use of Language, if any New thing appears, they will not desire to play with it, but they will ask you, what it is? for they desire to know; and this is plain out of their Actions; for if you put any Rattle A common toy for a baby. into their hands,