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    • CHAPTER 11
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    FROM “THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR” TO METEOROLOGY.

  • I Growth of a Theological Theory
    — The beliefs of classical antiquity regarding storms, thunder, and lightning
    — Development of a sacred science of meteorology by the fathers of the Church
    — Theories of Cosmas Indicopleustes
    — Of Isidore of Seville
    — Of Bede
    — Of Rabanus Maurus
    — Rational views of Honorius of Autun
    — Orthodox theories of John of San Geminiano
    — Attempt of Albert the Great to reconcile the speculations of
    — Aristotle with the theological views
    — The monkish encyclopedists
    — Theories regarding the rainbow and the causes of storms
    — Meteorological phenomena attributed to the Almighty

  • II Diabolical Agency in Storms
    — Meteorological phenomena attributed to the devil “the prince of the power of the air”
    — Propagation of this belief by the medieval theologians
    — Its transmission to both Catholics and Protestants
    — Eck,
    — Luther
    — The great work of Delrio
    — Guacci’s Compendium
    — The employment of prayer against “the powers of the air”
    — Of exorcisms
    — Of fetishes and processions
    — Of consecrated church bells

  • III The Agency of Witches
    — The fearful results of the witch superstition
    — Its growth out of the doctrine of evil agency in atmospheric
    — phenomena
    — Archbishop Agobard’s futile attempt to dispel it
    — Its sanction by the popes
    — Its support by confessions extracted by torture
    — Part taken in the persecution by Dominicans and Jesuits
    — Opponents of the witch theory
    — Pomponatius, Paracelsus,
    — Agrippa of Nettesheim
    — Jean Bodin’s defense of the superstition
    — Fate of Cornelius Loos
    — Of Dietrich Flade
    — Efforts of Spee to stem the persecution
    — His posthumous influence
    — Upholders of the orthodox view
    — Bishop Binsfeld, Remigius
    — Vain protests of Wier
    — Persecution of Bekker for opposing the popular belief
    — Effect of the Reformation in deepening the superstition
    — The persecution in Great Britain and America
    — Development of a scientific view of the heavens
    — Final efforts to revive the old belief

  • IV Franklin’s Lightning-Rod
    — Franklin’s experiments with the kite
    — Their effect on the old belief
    — Efforts at compromise between the scientific and theological theories
    — Successful use of the lightning-rod
    — Religious scruples against it in America
    — In England
    — In Austria
    — In Italy
    — Victory of the scientific theory
    — This victory exemplified in the case of the church of the monastery of Lerins
    — In the case of Dr. Moorhouse
    — In the case of the Missouri droughts

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