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100 1 _aMuggleton, Lodowick,
_d1609-1698
245 1 2 _aA True Interpretation of the Witch of Endor
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2022-08-07
508 _adeaurider, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)
520 _a"A True Interpretation of the Witch of Endor" by Lodowick Muggleton is a theological treatise written in the early 18th century. The work delves into the biblical account of the Witch of Endor as described in the Old Testament, specifically addressing the nature of Familiar Spirits and the interactions between the living and the deceased, particularly focusing on King Saul's encounter with the witch and the spirit of the prophet Samuel. Muggleton seeks to clarify what it means for spirits to exist without bodies and critiques prevailing notions about the afterlife and witchcraft. The opening of the treatise presents Muggleton's intent to interpret the Biblical text regarding the Witch of Endor, questioning the commonly held belief that spirits can exist independently of their bodies. He argues against the idea that the witch raised Samuel to communicate with Saul, suggesting instead that what was perceived as Samuel's voice was a product of Saul's own guilty conscience. Muggleton explains that the familiar spirits witches purportedly communicate with are rooted in their own imaginations rather than entities external to themselves. This foundational argument sets the stage for Muggleton's exploration of scripture and his challenge to longstanding interpretations surrounding necromancy and the nature of spiritual existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: self published, 1724
653 _aWitchcraft -- Early works to 1800
653 _aSoul -- Early works to 1800
653 _aWitch of Endor (Biblical figure)
653 _aBible. Samuel, 1st, XXVIII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/b30371636
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68704
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