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...we draw [down] 75

38 How we can receive gifts from above, not only celestial and vital ones, but even certain intellectual and divine ones 77

39 That we can attract worldly deities, and the demonsIn this historical context, "demons" (daemones) refers to spirits or intermediary beings, not necessarily evil entities, who serve as ministers to higher powers. who serve these deities, with certain materials of the world 79

40 Concerning bindingsoriginal: "ligationibus." These are magical spells or knots intended to bind, restrain, or influence the behavior of people or spirits., what kind they are, and in what ways they are usually performed 80

41 Concerning veneficesoriginal: "ueneficijs." This term refers to the magical use of potions, drugs, or herbs, often for transformation or enchantment. and their power 81

42 Concerning the admirable virtues of certain venefices 82

43 Concerning fumigationsoriginal: "suffitibus." The practice of burning specific incenses or materials to produce vapors for magical effects., and their rationale and power 87

44 The composition of certain fumigations suited to the planets 90

45 Concerning collyriumsoriginal: "collyrijs." Medicated eye-salves used here in a magical sense to grant clearer vision or spiritual sight., ointments, love-potionsoriginal: "phyltris.", and their virtues 91

46 Concerning physical bindings and suspensionsoriginal: "suspensionibus." Items hung from the body, such as amulets or talismans, to provide continuous magical protection or influence. 94

47 Concerning rings and their compositions 96

48 Concerning the virtues of places, and which places correspond to each of the stars 97

49 Concerning light and colors, concerning lamps and torches, and which colors are distributed to which stars, houses, and elements 99

50 Concerning fascinationoriginal: "fascinatione." The art of bewitching or casting a spell through the gaze (the "evil eye") or through touch., and its technique 103

51 Concerning certain observations producing admirable virtues 104

52 Concerning the face and gesture, the habit and figure of the body, and which of these correspond to which stars; from which physiognomyJudging character from facial features., metoposcopyoriginal: "metoposcopia." Divination by interpreting the lines of the forehead., and chiromancyoriginal: "chiromantia." Palmistry, or divination through the lines of the hand.—arts of divination—have their foundations 108

53 Concerning divination by auspicesoriginal: "auspiciorũ." Divination based on observing the flight or sounds of birds. and auguriesoriginal: "auguriorum." A general term for interpreting omens and signs from the natural world. 111

54 Concerning certain diverse animals and other things, and what significance they have in auguries 113

55 How auspices are verified through the light of the natural sense, and concerning some rules for testing it 120

56 Concerning the haruspicyoriginal: "aruspicina." The art of interpreting omens, here specifically applied to lightning (fulgurũ) and thunderbolts (fulminũ). of lightning and thunderbolts, and how portents and prodigies are to be interpreted 126

57 Concerning GeomancyDivination using patterns in earth or soil., HydromancyDivination using water., AeromancyDivination using atmospheric phenomena., PyromancyDivination using fire., the four ele=