“Now she hears his howls resounding through the gloomy alleys of the forest, and swift as the wind she runs
“Now she hears his howls resounding through the gloomy alleys of the forest, and swift as the wind she runs
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This story bears some resemblance to one told by Von Hahn in his Griechische und Albanesische Märchen; I…
This story bears some resemblance to one told by Von Hahn in his Griechische und Albanesische Märchen; I remember having heard a very similar one in the Pyrenees; but the man who flies from the were-wolf is one who, after having stripped off all his clothes, r
Read record →It is worthy of notice in the tale of The Daughter of the Ulkolak, that the were-wolf fit is followed by great…
It is worthy of notice in the tale of The Daughter of the Ulkolak, that the were-wolf fit is followed by great exhaustion,[6] and that the wolf is given clothes to tear, much as in the Danish stories already related
Read record →Whatever may have been the cause of the hallucination, it is not surprising that the lycanthropist should have…
Whatever may have been the cause of the hallucination, it is not surprising that the lycanthropist should have imagined himself transformed into a beast
Read record →Riefs like his own, in the animal creation, which led man to detect within the beast something analogous to the…
riefs like his own, in the animal creation, which led man to detect within the beast something analogous to the soul within himself; and this, notwithstanding the points of contrast existing between them, elicited in his mind so strong a sympathy that, without
Read record →“Without replying to him, for it was a sulky day with her, she called aloud, and a dirty-looking beaver entered
“Without replying to him, for it was a sulky day with her, she called aloud, and a dirty-looking beaver entered
Read record →When he falls into an ecstasy, his soul is leaving his body for a little while, it is laying aside its raiment…
When he falls into an ecstasy, his soul is leaving his body for a little while, it is laying aside its raiment of flesh and blood and bone, to return to it once more when the trance is over
Read record →Among the Finns and Lapps it is not uncommon for a magician to fall into a cataleptic condition, and during the…
Among the Finns and Lapps it is not uncommon for a magician to fall into a cataleptic condition, and during the period his soul is believed to travel very frequently in bodily form, having assumed that of any animal most suitable for its purpose
Read record →The dragon of popular mythology is nothing else than the thunderstorm, rising at the horizon, rushing with…
The dragon of popular mythology is nothing else than the thunderstorm, rising at the horizon, rushing with expanded, winnowing, black pennons across the sky, darting out its forked fiery tongue, and belching fire
Read record →I think it is impossible not to see in this description, a spring-tide thunderstorm
I think it is impossible not to see in this description, a spring-tide thunderstorm
Read record →By degrees Vritra stood out more prominently as a dæmon, and he is described as a “devourer” of gigantic…
By degrees Vritra stood out more prominently as a dæmon, and he is described as a “devourer” of gigantic proportions
Read record →A certain wood was haunted by a Râkschasa; he one day came across a Brahmin, and with a bound reached his…
A certain wood was haunted by a Râkschasa; he one day came across a Brahmin, and with a bound reached his shoulders, and clung to them, exclaiming, “Heh!
Read record →But on no part of the country did the shadow of this great fear fall so deeply as on the villages in the…
But on no part of the country did the shadow of this great fear fall so deeply as on the villages in the neighbourhood of the Castle of Machecoul, a gloomy château, composed of huge towers, and surrounded by deep moats, a residence much frequented by Do Retz,
Read record →Henriet counted thirty-six children’s heads, but there were more bodies than heads
Henriet counted thirty-six children’s heads, but there were more bodies than heads
Read record →Supposed generally to require the flesh of the dead for incantations or magical compositions, but very often…
supposed generally to require the flesh of the dead for incantations or magical compositions, but very often they are actuated by the sole desire of rending the sleeping corpse, and disturbing its repose
Read record →Waking and Sleeping, and how the Dweller in the Temple sometimes looks abroad 29 IV
Waking and Sleeping, and how the Dweller in the Temple sometimes looks abroad 29 IV
Read record →But the rashness and levity with which mankind make professions of believing and disbelieving, are, all things…
But the rashness and levity with which mankind make professions of believing and disbelieving, are, all things considered, phenomena much more extraordinary than the most extraordinary ghost-story that ever was related
Read record →Now, no one will deny that the case in question possesses this claim to investigation
Now, no one will deny that the case in question possesses this claim to investigation
Read record →D with whose piety and active benevolence you are well acquainted, could yet, nevertheless, as he has lately…
d with whose piety and active benevolence you are well acquainted, could yet, nevertheless, as he has lately narrated to us, by no means bring himself to believe in a life after death
Read record →Nothing could be more perplexing to any one who read them with attention, than the trials for witchcraft of the…
Nothing could be more perplexing to any one who read them with attention, than the trials for witchcraft of the seventeenth century
Read record →The physiological theory, which maintains, that in sleep, magnetic or otherwise, the activity of the brain is…
the physiological theory, which maintains, that in sleep, magnetic or otherwise, the activity of the brain is transferred to the ganglionic system, and that the former falls into a subordinate relation
Read record →The next class of dreams are those which partake of the nature of second sight, or prophecy, and of these there…
The next class of dreams are those which partake of the nature of second sight, or prophecy, and of these there are various kinds; some being plain and literal in their premonitions, others allegorical and obscure; while some also regard the most unimportant,
Read record →On approaching the spot, he perceives that it is himself, and the assistants are his own friends and retainers
On approaching the spot, he perceives that it is himself, and the assistants are his own friends and retainers
Read record →Long after these instinctive faculties were lost, or rather obscured, by the turmoil and distractions of…
Long after these instinctive faculties were lost, or rather obscured, by the turmoil and distractions of sensuous life, the memories and traditions of them remained, and hence the superstructure of jugglery and imposture that ensued, of which the gipsies form
Read record →At the foot of the hall stood my youngest sister Alexes, and above her my sister Catherine—a creature,…
At the foot of the hall stood my youngest sister Alexes, and above her my sister Catherine—a creature, by-the-way, in person and mind, more like an angel of heaven than an inhabitant of earth
Read record →“Three months had elapsed, when we children were all of us seized with scarlet fever
“Three months had elapsed, when we children were all of us seized with scarlet fever
Read record →Lly presented to the sleeper, as things appear to be presented in many cases of second-sight, and also in…
lly presented to the sleeper, as things appear to be presented in many cases of second-sight, and also in clairvoyance; and, since we suppose him (that is, the sleeper) to be in a temporarily magnetic state, we must conclude that the degree of perspicuity, or
Read record →Thus far the instances I have related seem to resolve themselves into cases of simple clairvoyance, or second…
Thus far the instances I have related seem to resolve themselves into cases of simple clairvoyance, or second sight in sleep, although, in using these words, I am very far from meaning to imply that I explain the thing, or unveil its mystery
Read record →The story of Cazotte, as related by La Harpe, is a very remarkable instance of this sort of faculty; and seems…
The story of Cazotte, as related by La Harpe, is a very remarkable instance of this sort of faculty; and seems to indicate a power like that possessed by Zschokke, who relates, in his autobiography, that frequently while conversing with a stranger, the whole c
Read record →A circumstance of a similar kind to the above occurred in a well-known family in Scotland, the Rutherfords of E
A circumstance of a similar kind to the above occurred in a well-known family in Scotland, the Rutherfords of E
Read record →Though he was quite conscious of the dream when he awoke, he attached no importance to it; he considered it…
Though he was quite conscious of the dream when he awoke, he attached no importance to it; he considered it merely a dream—no more; and when, some hours afterward, the boy came into the room, and said, “Now, papa, it’s time to go—this will be my last bath”—his
Read record →It frequently visited her afterward, and in answer to her inquiries it said, “I died in my childhood!” It came…
It frequently visited her afterward, and in answer to her inquiries it said, “I died in my childhood!” It came to her at all hours, whether alone or in company, and not only at home, but elsewhere, and even when travelling, assisting her when in danger; it som
Read record →N about twelve years of age, and at a time that he was learning the Greek language, but knew very little about…
n about twelve years of age, and at a time that he was learning the Greek language, but knew very little about it, dreamed that his grandmother, a very pious woman, to whom he had been much attached, appeared to him, and unfolded a parchment inscribed with Gre
Read record →The day was, however, so exceedingly stormy, that his friend begged him not to go; but he pleaded his business,…
The day was, however, so exceedingly stormy, that his friend begged him not to go; but he pleaded his business, adding that he was determined not to be withheld from his intention by the ghost, and, although the minister delayed his departure, by engaging him
Read record →Binns quotes, from Cardanus, the case of Johannes Maria Maurosenus, a Venetian senator, who, while governor of…
Binns quotes, from Cardanus, the case of Johannes Maria Maurosenus, a Venetian senator, who, while governor of Dalmatia, saw in a dream one of his brothers, to whom he was much attached: the brother embraced him and bade him farewell, because he was going into
Read record →Was so, she immediately ordered her horses, and drove to the house of a sister, some eight or nine miles off,…
was so, she immediately ordered her horses, and drove to the house of a sister, some eight or nine miles off, and her first words on entering the room were, “Have you heard anything of John?”—“No,” replied the second sister, “but I know he is dead!
Read record →R—— himself being ill, his daughter dreamed that the house-bell rang, and that, on looking out, she perceived…
R—— himself being ill, his daughter dreamed that the house-bell rang, and that, on looking out, she perceived the secretary at the door
Read record →One of these established himself, on the night of their arrival, at the house of a friend, while the other…
One of these established himself, on the night of their arrival, at the house of a friend, while the other sought shelter in a public lodging-house for strangers
Read record →With respect to the appearance of wraiths, at the moment of death, the instances to be met with are so numerous…
With respect to the appearance of wraiths, at the moment of death, the instances to be met with are so numerous and well-authenticated, that I generally find the most skeptical people unable to deny that some such phenomenon exists, although they evade, withou
Read record →Many things were tried during several months, and numerous companies of people were brought to the spot, but…
Many things were tried during several months, and numerous companies of people were brought to the spot, but the matter remained the same, and the ghost-seer adhered to his serious assertion, and to the opinion founded on it, that some individual lay buried th
Read record →“The wish to strike a fatal blow at the monster superstition, which, at no distant period, poured out upon…
“The wish to strike a fatal blow at the monster superstition, which, at no distant period, poured out upon European society from a similar source, such inexpressible misery, when, in trials for witchcraft, not hundreds, not thousands, but hundreds of thousands
Read record →St place, I see no proof adduced that Billing was either ignorant or superstitious, or even afraid—the feelings…
st place, I see no proof adduced that Billing was either ignorant or superstitious, or even afraid—the feelings he complained of appearing to be rather physical than moral; and it must be a weak person indeed, who, in company with another, could be excited to
Read record →Ntrust her with a commission, which was, that she would deliver a letter he had written to his wife; but…
ntrust her with a commission, which was, that she would deliver a letter he had written to his wife; but accompanying it with an injunction that she (the wife) was not to open it till that day four years, when he would return himself, precisely at five o’clock
Read record →Immediately afterward, the news arrived that the younger brother was unexpectedly deceased, and the gold was…
Immediately afterward, the news arrived that the younger brother was unexpectedly deceased, and the gold was found at the place indicated
Read record →Arrived, and as the lady learned from him that the causes of his unusual silence had been precisely those…
arrived, and as the lady learned from him that the causes of his unusual silence had been precisely those alleged by the man, she felt extremely desirous of ascertaining the truth of the rest of the information; and in this she was gratified; for he no sooner
Read record →In the year 1733, Johann Schwerzeger fell into a similar state of trance, after an illness, but revived
In the year 1733, Johann Schwerzeger fell into a similar state of trance, after an illness, but revived
Read record →You come again already?’—which they, not understanding, bade her keep her spirits quiet in that great weakness…
you come again already?’—which they, not understanding, bade her keep her spirits quiet in that great weakness wherein she was; but, some hours after, she desired my father and Dr
Read record →Not to mention somnambules, there are numerous other cases recorded of persons who have said, on awaking from a…
Not to mention somnambules, there are numerous other cases recorded of persons who have said, on awaking from a trance, that they had been in the other world; though frequently the freed spirit—supposing that to be the interpretation of the mystery—seems busie
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