Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies IV.39: Imitation of an Earthquake

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The sensation of an earthquake they cause in such a way, as that all things seem set in motion; ordure of a weasel burned with a magnet upon coals (has this effect).

Reproduced in full. Translation: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5 (Roberts and Donaldson, 1886), public domain (Public domain).

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