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Astral Spirits

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The spirits of the stars. According to the mythology of the Persians, Greeks, Jews, etc., each star has its special spirit. Paracelsus maintained that every man had his attendant star, which received him at death, and took charge of him till the great resurrection.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Assumption (Feast of the)
Assurance
Astagoras (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Astarte
Astarte
Astolat
Astolpho (in Orlando Furioso)
Astoreth
Astræa
Astral Body (The)
Astral Spirits
Astrea
Astrology
Astronomer of Dublin (The)
Astronomers Royal:
Astrophel
Asylum
Asyniur
At
Ate
Atellanæ

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Astral spirits