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APPENDIX. 113 Di,ination ojall kbul$ was necessarily made an occult science, which naturally remained in.the hands of the priests and priestesses, the false prophets, and other like professors, till tlie time of the coming of Jesus Christ. The light of the Gospel, it is true, has dissipated much ofthe darkuess; but it is more diflicult than is commonly conccived, to eradicate from the human ulind a deeprooted superstition, even though the truth be set in the strongest light, especially when the error has been believed almost from the beginning of the worId: so we still find existing among us the remains of this pagan superstition in the following chimeras*-, which enthusiasts and designing .men have formed into arts and sciences; though it lunst be owned, to the honour of the nineteenth century, that the pure doctrines of Christianity, ami the spirit of Philosophy, which become every day more diffused, equally concur in banishing t.hese visionary opinions. The. "ogue for these prc- "to Chimera waS a monster which the Pocts feign to have had the heatl of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. Thc foundation of the fable is this: " There was in Lydia a volcano, or burning mountain, of this name; the top whereof was inhabited only by lions: the middle, having good pastures, was frequented by goats; and the foot, being marshy, by serpents. Dellcrophon being the first who caused this mountain to be inhabited, it was feigned that he slew the Chimera." Among other explanations that have been given of this fable, some ha,'c supposed that the Chimera was a pirate ship, whose prow bore the figure of a liol1, her middlc that of a goat, and her stern a scrpcnt. 1\11'. Parkhurst supposes Chimera to be one of the heathen imitations of the cherubic emblems. - In common language, Chimera (as in the instance above) denotes a lucre creature of the imagination. lIenee we have the mljcclive chimerical, which means fanciful, as chimerical ideas. .. . - L 3 .
114 APPENDIX. tended sciences and arts, morcover, is past, and they can no longer be named without exciting ridicule in all sensible people. By relating them here, tberefore, and drawing them from their obscnrity, it is only intended to show theit· futility. For the attaining of these super. natural qualifications, there are still existing in the world the remains of Astrology, Horoscopy, Cliiromallcyo I. Astrology is divided into :lolatural Astrology and Judicial Astrology.-Nal1l1·al Astrolof},y, or meteorology, is confined to the foretelling of natural effeets, as the wind, rain, hail and snow, frosts and tempests. In this consists one branch of the art of Almanack makers; and by merely confronting these predictions in the calendar, with. the weather which each day produces, every person of sense will see what regard is til be paid to this part of Astrology. Almost ever since Almanacks have been known, astrological and other predictions llOve been ·considered, if not an essential part, at least a very uEeful auxiliary: this. continues to be the case to the present day; notwithstanding that ?:lost people pretend to disbelieve such predictions. It is a curions fact, that in the year 1800, about 400,000 copies were sold of Moore's Almanack; while other much more useful and instructive Almanacks, as the Lm;1.ies' and Gentlemen's Diaries, were confined in thcir circulation to a few thousands. ·See " Almanack," in the Cyclopredia called Pantalogia. It must be con_ fessed that, with one or two exceptions, the Almanacks published in t!lis country are very inferior, in point of utility, to what might naturally be expected, considering the state of human knowledge amongst us. "They rnannge these tbings better in France." STERNE. - It is much to be wished, that our Almanacks ,'esembled in some measure the departmental Almanacks published in France, which contain, in addition to some general information relative to the kingdom atlarge, much valuable information conl)ecled with the particular'department i1l which they are printed. -Judzcial Astrology is still far more illusive and rash than the former: und
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22 aNa nomy was so called, because
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