Valentine Greatrakes [ Science / Art and Literature ]
… and the Restoration of Charles II (1660). 1 . Lyonell Beacher, Wonders if not miracles, or, A relation of the wonderful performances of Vanlentine Gertrux. (London: 1665). … is any Decay in nature, and many Distempers are not at all obedient to his touch’ (Glanvill 86), however most of his performances rolled amazingly towards its predetermined cheerful ending of the rehabilitation of the injured. His … appeared ennobled by his ability to control Evil by conjuring mysterious or magic forces. In general, Greatrakes’s performances were an elaborate tribute to love, life and union among his followers. 13 After all, he lived in a context …
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