"Cabalistic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of a sect or the cabalistic insignia of philosophy; it excludes all error and includes all Truth. More mistakes are made in its name than this period comprehends. Divinely defined, Science is the atmosphere of God; humanly construed, and according to Webster, it is "knowledge, duly arranged ...
— No and Yes • Mary Baker Eddy
... the centre of the court, a constantly varying group is gathered, washing, drinking, and filling their flasks and vases. Near by, a charlatan, mounted on a table, with a huge canvas behind him painted all over with odd cabalistic figures, is screaming, in loud and voluble tones, the virtues of his medicines and unguents, and his skill in extracting teeth. One need never have a pang in tooth, ear, head, or stomach, if one will ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 4, No. 24, Oct. 1859 • Various
... to get three leaves from the tulip tree, you must send them to me in a letter, it is for something cabalistic. ...
— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert
... dangerous to be the last. The which was of little comfort to me who of this necessity took that honourable post. In the narrowest part of the valley, on the south side, was a great cliff of rock, rising sheer, of smooth and even surface. Hereon were graven certain cabalistic signs, and many figures of men and animals, fishes, reptiles and birds; suns and stars; and many quaint symbols. Some of these latter were disjointed limbs and features, such as arms and legs, fingers, eyes, noses, ears, and lips. Mysterious symbols which will puzzle the Recording ...
— The Jewel of Seven Stars • Bram Stoker
... quaint superstitions and rode on the backs of "horses"—when they passed over the seas instead of under them—when science had not yet dawned to chase away the shadows of imagination—and when the cabalistic letters A.D., which from habit we still affix to the numerals designating the age of the world, ...
— Cobwebs From an Empty Skull • Ambrose Bierce (AKA: Dod Grile)
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