He saw insanity as illness instead of possession by evil spirits.
In the Parsi Zend-Avesta it is stated that if the clippings of hair or nails are allowed to fall in the ground or ditches, evil spirits spring up from them and devour grain and clothing in the house.
The belief in evil spirits appears to be on the decline, as a result of education and accumulated experience.
There should be no echo in a house, as an echo is considered to be the voice of evil spirits.
Another special rite is the Pansavan ceremony, performed to remove all defects in the child, give it a male form, increase its size and beauty, give it wisdom and avert the influence of evil spirits.
The yew-tree is just as efficacious in the case of evil spirits as the ash!
And if, reasoned Vernand, the ash is a protection against one form of evil spirits, why not against another?
The bailiff upon this requested Barre to ask the chief devil how many evil spirits he had with him.
Nothing in the world could induce her to reveal the number of evil spirits by whom Elimi was accompanied, so that Barre, seeing that it was useless to press her on this point, passed on to the next question.
The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits.
I have seen also hundreds of thousands of evil spirits dispersed by angels and cast down into hell.
By means of evil spirits in the world of spirits man is conjoined with hell, and by means of good spirits there he is conjoined with heaven.
The builders have been led away into temptation by evil spirits.
Evil spirits do not move around upon the temples and mountain-tops of the natural world.
The evil passions of men," said my father, "have previously passed through the dark and filthy souls of evil spirits.
For ages all nations supposed that the sick and insane were possessed by evil spirits.
Even Christ, the supposed son of God, taught that persons were possessed of evil spirits, and frequently, according to the account, gave proof of his divine origin and mission by frightening droves of devils out of his unfortunate countrymen.
Phenomena affecting man pleasantly were ascribed to good spirits, while those affecting him unpleasantly or injuriously, were ascribed to evil spirits.
It does not appear any longer to afflict mankind, and if the reason be inquired, perhaps it is that the victorious power of Messiah might he displayed in the expulsion of evil spirits, by his presence upon the earth.
There may, therefore, probably exist unholy or evil spirits, such as have not kept their first estate, and consequently amenable to righteous laws, and proper objects of punishment.
True, the liturgy contained morning prayers which asked God for protection against the Evil One, and formulas invoking the angels to shield one during the night from evil spirits.
On the other hand the belief in evil spirits and in Satan, the Evil One, remained rather a matter of popular credulity and never became a positive doctrine of the Synagogue.
In fact, in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Palestine diseases and accidents were universally ascribed to evil spirits of the wilderness or the nether world.
As to herself, she had a long time suspected the young queen of having too great a friendship for goblins and elves, and all kinds of evil spirits.
I believe in the actuality of evil spirits; but people in the Highlands having put aside paganism, evil spirits are not seen now.
What remains in the vessel of the decoction of bolondo bark after the general sprinkling is carried to the ends of the village street, and emptied there, as a prevention against the entry of evil spirits.
That fence, frail as it is, is intended as a bar to evil spirits, for from those arched saplings hang fetich charms.
The whole legion of evil spirits seemed to be his familiar companions, or rather his incessant enemies.
These words convinced him that he was in the smugglers' cave; and as he knew them to be most desperate fellows, his own lot did not appear much more happy than when he thought himself in the company of evil spirits.
But, however powerful and effective his charms might be to protect him from the agency of evil spirits, they did not prove sufficiently operative against the dangers of storm and tempest.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "evil spirits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
