7; Maury, La Magie et l'Astronomie, pp.
181, 182.

For Albertus Magnus, see his Opera, vol.i, tr.

iii, chaps.
x, xi.

Among the texts of Scripture on which this belief rested was especially Joel ii, 30, 31.
The main evils thence arising were three: the paralysis of self-help, the arousing of fanaticism, and the strengthening of ecclesiastical and political tyranny.

The first two of these evils--the paralysis of self-help and the arousing of fanaticism--are evident throughout all these ages.