Project Gutenberg 2022-08-07 Public domain in the USA. 99 Muggleton, Lodowick 1609 1698 Muggleton, Lodowicke A True Interpretation of the Witch of Endor $aUnited Kingdom :$bself published,$c1724. deaurider, 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.) "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.) https://archive.org/details/b30371636 20200206053151muggleton 1724 GB Reading ease score: 41.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Witchcraft -- Early works to 1800 Soul -- Early works to 1800 Witch of Endor (Biblical figure) Bible. Samuel, 1st, XXVIII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. BF BS Text Category: History - Religious Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 214193 2025-07-27T08:20:51.974504 text/html 190214 2024-10-18T23:46:07 text/html 410783 2025-07-27T08:20:58.993418 application/epub+zip 410022 2025-07-27T08:20:54.854432 application/epub+zip 410022 2025-07-27T08:20:53.036410 application/epub+zip 1040160 2025-07-27T08:21:01.648362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1009658 2025-07-27T08:20:57.984417 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1009795 2022-09-30T22:08:42.527051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 195309 2025-07-27T08:20:51.641424 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 175270 2024-10-18T23:46:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18048 2025-07-27T08:21:01.784429 application/rdf+xml 25307 2025-07-27T08:20:53.905447 image/jpeg 2993 2025-07-27T08:20:53.466450 image/jpeg 6430896 2025-07-27T08:20:52.032469 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia