The Phantom World: The Philosophy of Spirits, Apparitions, etc.

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1. 01CHAPTER II. THE APPEARANCE OF GOOD ANGELS PROVED BY THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
2. 02CHAPTER IV. OPINIONS OF THE JEWS, CHRISTIANS, MAHOMETANS, AND ORIENTAL NATIONS CONCERNING THE APPARITIONS OF GOOD ANGELS
3. 03CHAPTER V. OPINION OP THE GREEKS AND ROMANS ON THE APPARITIONS OP GOOD GENII
4. 04CHAPTER VI. THE APPARITION OF BAD ANGELS PROVED BY THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
5. 05CHAPTER IX. REPLY TO THE OBJECTIONS
6. 06CHAPTER X. EXAMINATION OF THE AFFAIR OF HOCQUE, MAGICIAN
7. 07CHAPTER XI. MAQIC OF THE EOTPTIANS AND CHALDEANS
8. 08CHAPTER XII. MAGIC AMONG THE GEEEKS AND ROMANS
9. 09CHAPTER XIV. EFFECTS OF MAGIC ACCORDING TO THE POETS
10. 10CHAPTER XV. OF THE PAGAN ORACLES
11. 11CHAPTER XVI. THB CERTAINTY OF THE EVENT FREDICTED IS NOT ALWAYS A PROOF THAT PREDICTION COMES FROM GOD
12. 12CHAPTER XVII KSASONS WHICH LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT THE GREATER PART OF THE ANCIENT
13. 13CHAPTER XXI. REASONS WHICH PKOVE THE POSSIBILITY OF SORCERERS AND WITCHES BEIMG TRANSPORTED TO THE SABBATH
14. 14CHAPTER XXIII. OBSESSION AND POSSESSION OF THE DEVIL
15. 15CHAPTER XXIV. THB TEDTH AND BEALITY OF POSSESSION AND OBSESSION BY THE DEVIL PROVED FROM SCRIPTURE
16. 16CHAPTER XXV. EXAMPLES OF REAL POSSESSIONS CAUSED BY THE DEVIL
17. 17CHAPTER XXVL CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
18. 18CHAPTER XXVII. OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE OBSESSIONS AND POSSESSIONS OF TUE DEMON
19. 19CHAPTER XXVIII. CONTINUATION OF OBJECTIONS AGAINST POSSESSIONS, AND SOME REPLIES TO THOSE OBJECTIONS
20. 20CHAPTER XXIX. OF FAMILIAR SPIRITS
21. 21CHAPTER XXX. SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF ELVES
22. 22CHAPTER XXXI. SPIRITS THAT KEEP WATCH OVER TREASURE
23. 23CHAPTER XXXII. OTHSB INSTANCES OF HIDDEN TREASURES WHICH WERE GUARDED BT GOOD OR BAD SPIRITS
24. 24CHAPTER XXXIV. OTHER APPARITIONS OF SPECTRES
25. 25CHAPTER XXXV. EXAMINATION OF THE APPARITION OP A PRETENDED SPECTRE
26. 26CHAPTER XXXVI. OF SPECTRES WHICH HAUNT HOUSES
27. 27CHAPTER XXXVII. OTHER INSTANCES OF SPECTRES WHICH HAUNT CERTAIN HO
28. 28CHAPTER XXXVIII. PRODIGIOUS EFFECTS OF IMAGINATION IN THOSE MEN OR WOMEN WHO BELIE THEY HOLD INTERCOURSE WITH THE DEMON
29. 29CHAPTER XLIV. EXAMINATION OF WHAT IS REQUIRED OR REYEALED TO THE LIVING BY THE DEAU WHO RETURN TO EARTH
30. 30CHAPTER XLV. A
31. 31CHAPTER XLVI. ARGUME
32. 32CHAPTER XLVII. OBJECTIONS AGAINST APPARITIONS, AND REPLIES TO THOSE OBJECTIONS
33. 33CHAPTER XLIX. THE SECRETS OT PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY TAKEN
34. 34CHAPTER L. COXCLUSION OF THE TREATISE ON APPAEITIOKS
35. 35CHAPTER I. THE BESUBRECTION OF A DEAD PERSON IS THE WORK OF GOD ONLY
36. 36CHAPTER III. REVIVAL OF A MAN WHO HAD BEEN INTERRED FOR THREE YEARS, AND WAS RESUSCITATED BY ST
37. 37CHAPTER IV. CAN A MAN WHO IS REALLY DEAD APPEAR IN HIS OWN BODY? I
38. 38CHAPTER V. REVIVAL OR APPARITION OF A GIRL WHO HAD BEEN DEAD SOME MOKTHS
39. 39CHAPTER VI. A W
40. 40CHAPTER VII. LET US NOW EXAMINE THE FACT OF THE REVENAN
41. 41CHAPTER VIII. DEAD PERSONS IN HUNGARY WHO SUCK THE BLOOD OP THE UVIHO
42. 42CHAPTER X. OTHER INSTANCES OF GHOSTS
43. 43CHAPTER XI. ARGUMENTS OF THE AUTHOR OF THE
44. 44CHAPTER XIII. NARRATION EXTRACTED FROM THE ''MERCURE QALENT'
45. 45CHAPTER XIV. CONJECTURES OF THE
46. 46CHAPTER XV. ANOTHER LETTER ON GHOSTS
47. 47CHAPTER XVI. PRETENDED VESTIGES OF VAMPIRISM IN ANTIQUITY
48. 48CHAPTER XIX. GHOSTS IN PERU
49. 49CHAPTER XX. GHOSTS IN I
50. 50CHAPTER XXIV. AN INSTANCE OF AN EXCOMMUNICATED MABTYR BEINO CAST OUT OF THE EARTH
51. 51CHAPTER XXV. A MAN REJECTED FROM THE CHUBCH FOR HAVING REFUSED TO PAT TITHES
52. 52CHAPTER XXVI. INSTANCBS OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF UFB AFTE& THSIE DBATH,
53. 53CHAPTER XXVII. OF PERSONS WHO PERFORM A PILGRIMAGE AFTER THEIR DEATH
54. 54CHAPTER XXIX. DO THE RXCOMMUNIOATED KOT IN THS OKOUHD ? I
55. 55CHAPTER XXX. INSTANCES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE EXCOMMUNICATED DO NOT DECAY, AND THAT THEY APPEAR TO THE LIVING
56. 56CHAPTER XXXL INSTANCE OF THE REAPPEARANCES OF THE EXOOUMUNICATED
57. 57CHAPTER XXXII. VROUCOLACA EXHUMED IN PRESENCE OF MONSIEUR DE TOUBNX
58. 58CHAPTER XXXIV. KZAMIMATION OF THE OPINION WHICH CONCLUDES THAT THE DEMON CAN RESTORE MOTION TO A DEAD BODY
59. 59CHAPTER XXXV. INSTANCES OF PHANTOMS WHICH HAVE APPEARED TO BE ALIVE, AND HAVE GIVE MANY SIGNS OF LIFE
60. 60CHAPTER XXXVI. DEVOTING TO DEATH, A PRACTICE AMONG THE PAGANS
61. 61CHAPTER XXXIX. KXT
62. 62CHAPTER XL. DIVERS SYSTEMS FOR EXPLAINING THE RETURN OF SPIRITS
63. 63CHAPTER XLI. VARIOUS INSTANCES OF PERSONS BEING BURIED ALIVE
64. 64CHAPTER XLII. INSTANCES OF DROWNED PERSONS RECOVERINQ THEIR HEALTH
65. 65CHAPTER XLIII. IMSTANCES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN BELIEVED TO BE DEAD, AND WHO HAVE COME TO LIFE AGAIN
66. 66CHAPTER XLVI. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF A HUNGARIAN GHOST
67. 67CHAPTER XLIX. IIVSTANCE OF A MAN NAMED CURMA WHO WAS SENT BACK INTO THE WOBLD
68. 68CHAPTER LL APPLICATION OP THE PRECEDING INSTANCES TO VAMPIRES
69. 69CHAPTER MIL DISTANCES OF PERSONS BESTJSCITATED, WHO RELATE WHAT TBET HAVE SEEN IN THE OTHER WORLD
70. 70CHAPTER LIV. THE TRADITIONS OF THE PAGANS CONCERNING THE FUTURE LIFE ARE DERIVS
71. 71CHAPTER LVI. THE VISION OF BERTHOLDUS, AS RELATED BY HIXCMAR, ARCHBISHOP OF RHKIMS
72. 72CHAPTER LVII. THE VISION OP SAINT FURSIUST
73. 73CHAPTER LIX. CONCLUSIONS OF THIS DISSEETATION
74. 74CHAPTER LX. THE MORAL IMPOSSIBIUTY OF THE REVENANS COMING OUT OF THEIR GRAVES
75. 75CHAPTER LXI. WHAT
76. 76CHAPTER LXIII. DISSERTATION BY AN ANONYMOUS WRITER

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