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The Gospel struck down the entire terror of these notions, which ruled and frightened the human world of that time, by saying:

Christ has defeated the prince of this world and taken away the power of hell. Therefore — resist the devil, and he will flee from you!!! *) See Siona. Vol. I. "Satan in Paradise," at the end. 3rd ed.

These few words regarding the Jewish demon-world of that time were necessary here for an overview of the whole; however, it is impossible for us to go into further detail, which has been done in Dämonomagie Demon-magic Vol. I, p. 42 ff., p. 88, 177–179, etc., to which we refer. If Christianity has not yet been able to completely destroy the works of the devil, which it so decisively fought at its inception, it has nevertheless continued to work successfully in this respect, even despite the witch trials and their horrors, as has been further demonstrated in that publication as well as in Siona.

We now continue in the further presentation of our investigation to the closer historical sources of the period we have designated for the present section, and we ask our readers to occasionally cast their eyes back in this second division to the various stages of development and culture that were discussed in the first part of the previous volume. This constant comparative look backward and forward is the only means of keeping the mind, during such