Some Christian writers later rejected the idea that humans could bring back the spirits of the dead and interpreted such shades as disguised demons instead, thus conflating necromancy with demon summoning.

The idea implicit in all these rites, is that certain stones have the power to make sterile women fruitful, either because of the spirits of the ancestors that dwell in them, or because of their shape ( the pregnant woman, " woman stone "), or because of their origin (" autogenesis ").

Swammerdam played a key role in the debunking of the balloonist theory, the idea that ' moving spirits ' are responsible for muscle contractions.

The idea, supported by the Greek physician Galen, held that nerves were hollow and the movement of spirits through them propelled muscle motion.

René Descartes furthered the idea by basing it on a model of hydraulics, suggesting that the spirits were analogous to fluids or gasses and calling them ' animal spirits '.

Over time, the idea of white magic transformed into dark magic and became associated with demons and evil spirits.

After an analysis of the religious consciousness, which yields the doctrine of an absolute personal and spiritual God, Rothe proceeds to deduce from his idea of God the process and history of creative development, which is eternally proceeding and bringing forth, as its unending purpose, worlds of spirits, partially self-creative and sharing the absolute personality of the Creator.

Swiss alchemist, astrologer, and physician Paracelsus ( 1493 – 1541 ), on the other hand, rejected the idea that abnormal behaviors were caused by witches, demons, and spirits and suggested that people's mind and behaviors were influenced by the movements of the moon and stars.

This idea has been associated with trepanation, the practice of cutting a hole into the individual's skull in order to release the malevolent spirits.

Some argue for the prevalence of pagan elements within the poem, claiming that the idea of a talking tree is animistic, recalling the way in which pagan elements incorporate spirits and other fantastical elements.

In physics he is credited as the first modern writer to use the concept of laws of nature to define change ; but his idea of nature included the action of spirits.

Nephilim is a game based on the idea that since ancient times there have been spirits without bodies who, given the right circumstances can take over the body of a human and use it until it dies, then try to find another body.

This idea of a link between two worlds, between life and death, also appears in Daouzek huñvre, where seven lost spirits clothed in flesh walk in line on a foam path.

* The idea of spirits possessing dead men's bones was used in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King video game, with the spirits of the Dead Men of Dunharrow possessing their old skeletons and attacking Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli on the Paths of the Dead

They decide to go camping out in the woods ; Harold only likes the idea because of s ' mores, and Chester is skeptical about going out due to it being the eve of Saint George's Day, the one night of the year where evil monsters and spirits come out to prey.

Such an idea was supported by Wilby, who compared the accounts of familiar spirits in Britain with anthropological and ethnographic accounts of helper spirits given by shamans in both Siberia and North America.

Brooding upon what he saw as the humiliation of his native land by Napoleon, Jahn conceived the idea of restoring the spirits of his countrymen by the development of their physical and moral powers through the practice of gymnastics.

It conveys the idea of the gradual collapse of Russian Orthodoxy and the imperceptible spread of besy, " little beasts ", " demons " or " evil spirits " symbolizing the oncoming nihilistic concepts of the first half of the 20th century, which gives the original title frightening connotations.

Edwin H. Blashfield, the artist, wrote of it: “ The main idea of the picture is a symbolical presentation of the Pioneers led by the spirits of Civilization and Enlightenment to the conquest by cultivation of the Great West .”

Certain people subscribe to the idea that during the evening these spirits, emit sounds similar to those produced by stones which women uses to crush cereal grains.

He does not deny that seeking people may be helped by spirits here and there, but decries the idea that said spirits are appointed or assigned to do nothing but help the living.

The idea of private land ownership has also led to intensive planting of cash crops such as maize.

In 1550, he came upon the idea of planting pulse ( Lupinus albus ) around the edges of his wheat crops, which had the effect of fortifying the wheat.

Before the drought of the mid-1860s, wheat and barley growing had been spreading rapidly further north and the erroneous belief that rain would " follow the plow " led to the idea of cereal crops spreading up to the Northern Territory border.

Scientists are considering the idea of releasing these parasites in order to be able to control their host ’ s population growth and save the destruction of important crops.

In 2008, Haque later listed Stewie's plan to freeze broccoli crops as number one on his list of " Stewie's Top 10 Most Diabolical Evil Plans " and placed Peter's idea to pretend the world is a television program by attaching a cardboard cutout of a television set around his waist in fifth place on his list of " Peter Griffin's Top 10 Craziest Ideas ".

He had no idea which was up and which was down.

Their names had not come up in any discussions with Laura, and he had no idea what they would be like.

He loathed the idea of drying up swamps or the chills of malaria or of leaving his natural birthright.

He also bought a huge square of pegboard for hanging up his tools, and lumber for his workbench, sandpaper and glue and assorted nails, levels and T squares and plumb lines and several gadgets that he had no idea how to use or what they were for.

While Mr. Blatz was putting up the pegboards and starting the workbench, Mr. Crombie told him of this idea about paneling the whole end of the cellar.

The very idea of there being `` count rules '' implies that there is some sort of proportion to be expected between the amount of congestive activity and the extent of the breakaway ( run up or run down ) movement.

Alfred Wallenstein, the conductor, sensitive accompanist that he is, picked up the idea and led the orchestra here with a sense of brooding, poetic mystery.

Dr. Bonnor supports the idea that the universe both expands and contracts, that in several billion years the expansion will slow up and reverse itself and that the contraction will set in.

For one thing, it put paid to his idea of taking up medicine as a career ... His uniqueness lay in his universalism.

He also keeps a diary, full of his observations of life in Oran, which Rieux incorporates into the narrative .</ br > It is Tarrou who first comes up with the idea of organizing teams of volunteers to fight the plague.

Woolfson came up with the idea of making an album based on developments in the film industry, where directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick were the focal point of the film's promotion, rather than individual film stars.

Meanwhile, the force under Hastein set out to march up the Thames Valley, possibly with the idea of assisting their friends in the west.

Back at the hotel, Hapgood comes up with an idea, telling Fay to destroy the inmates ' records.

Writers Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil suggested the idea of a character that the lads idolize even though he beats them up ; Judge based Todd on a teenaged bully who lived near him and terrified him as a kid.

I came up with the idea of split-screen, to be able to show the actual audience involvement, to trace the life of the audience and that of the play as they merge in and out of each other.

Noth thought the History was composed by a single individual, but this idea has been more or less given up and modern scholars argue for multiple authors active over a considerable period, culminating in the mid-6th century.

The collects of the Breviary are largely drawn from the Gelasian and other Sacramentaries, and they are used to sum up the dominant idea of the festival in connection with which they happen to be used.

Although he wanted the opportunity to put his principles in practice, Confucius gave up on this idea in the end.

This idea was taken up strongly in the training of Beaux-Arts architecture, ca 1875-1915: see architecture parlante.

Richard McGregor, author of The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers, recalled that when he asked Lu Weidong, a teacher at the party school in Yan ' an, why this is the case, Lu responded that the idea of the party having its own website was " redundant " and that " All the important media is owned by the Party, so we have no need to set up a website.

The concept was much improved by the Italian Roberto Valturio in 1463, who devised a boat with five sets, where the parallel cranks are all joined to a single power source by one connecting-rod, an idea also taken up by his compatriot Francesco di Giorgio.

He had first come up with the idea when he developed a wish to see his paintings move, and he subsequently began discussing the idea of creating an animation with an artist named Bruce Samuelson.

When the Fujiko Fujio duo broke up in 1987, the very idea of an official ending to the series was never discussed.

In 1874, the British priest Isaac Taylor brought up the idea of a genetic relationship between Etruscan and Hungarian.