Note 269 — CAIN AND HIS WORSHIPPERS the spell of the mirror—the invocation to cain—the witch-history of cain and abel
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It is amusing that this stealing oil wherewith to make love-charms, which was denounced so bitterly as damnable sorcery at one time, and frequently punished by death, i.e., by burning alive, is now tacitly encouraged by the priests. There are churches about Rome in which the oil is placed where it may be stolen or taken, it being understood that a soldo or two shall be left to pay for it.