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As to the striking feature of the case--the confessions of so large a proportion of the accused--Mr
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She was twelve years old when the "circle" at Mr
She was twelve years old when the "circle" at Mr
Read record →How effectually the story of that year 1692 was buried in silence is shown by a remark of Mr
How effectually the story of that year 1692 was buried in silence is shown by a remark of Mr
Read record →In heathen times it was god, goddess, or nymph who gave knowledge, or power, or gifts of healing, or of…
In heathen times it was god, goddess, or nymph who gave knowledge, or power, or gifts of healing, or of prophecy, to men
Read record →Upham himself is evidently very far indeed from understanding or suspecting how much light is thrown on the…
Upham himself is evidently very far indeed from understanding or suspecting how much light is thrown on the darkest part of his subject by physiological researches carried on to the hour when he laid down his pen
Read record →With such beings, and others who fear "Materialism" if too close an attention is paid to the interaction of the…
with such beings, and others who fear "Materialism" if too close an attention is paid to the interaction of the mind and the nerves, and those who always shrink from new notions in matters so interesting, and those who fear that religion may be implicated in a
Read record →At the end of nearly three centuries we find ourselves relieved of a heavy burden of fear and care about the…
At the end of nearly three centuries we find ourselves relieved of a heavy burden of fear and care about the perpetual and unbounded malice of Satan and his agents
Read record →"PLANCHETTE'S DIARY," edited by Kate Field, is an entertaining pamphlet, consisting of details in the author's…
"PLANCHETTE'S DIARY," edited by Kate Field, is an entertaining pamphlet, consisting of details in the author's experience, with little or no speculation as to the origin or laws of the phenomena
Read record →The Ladies' Repository of November, 1868, contains an article, written by Rev
The Ladies' Repository of November, 1868, contains an article, written by Rev
Read record →But when the advocates of the electrical theory are brought to their strict definitions, they are compelled to…
But when the advocates of the electrical theory are brought to their strict definitions, they are compelled to admit that this agent is nothing more than a medium of the power and intelligence that are manifested
Read record →For an experiment, place your Planchette upon a plate of glass, or some other non-conducting substance
For an experiment, place your Planchette upon a plate of glass, or some other non-conducting substance
Read record →If he should set a trap for human souls, he would not be so stupid as to tell them there is a trap there
If he should set a trap for human souls, he would not be so stupid as to tell them there is a trap there
Read record →It is not denied now that the answers and communications of Planchette (and of the influence acting through…
It is not denied now that the answers and communications of Planchette (and of the influence acting through other channels) often do exhibit a controlling influence of the mind of the medium or of other persons in the circle
Read record →There was published, several years ago, by Gould & Lincoln, Boston, a little work entitled: "TO DAIMONION, OR…
There was published, several years ago, by Gould & Lincoln, Boston, a little work entitled: "TO DAIMONION, OR THE SPIRITUAL MEDIUM
Read record →This spiritus mundi, or "nervous principle," to which he supposes the ancients referred when they spoke of "the…
This spiritus mundi, or "nervous principle," to which he supposes the ancients referred when they spoke of "the demon," is, according to his theory, the medium, or menstruum, by which, under certain conditions of "excitement," the thoughts and potencies of one
Read record →Then again: even if this mere assumption were admitted for truth, it would not account for that large class of…
Then again: even if this mere assumption were admitted for truth, it would not account for that large class of facts referred to in the course of our remarks on the "Electrical theory," unless this spiritus mundi, demon, nervous principle, or spiritual medium,
Read record →Eight months after the book containing this passage was published, and more than a year after the words here…
Eight months after the book containing this passage was published, and more than a year after the words here quoted were dictated and written, strange rapping sounds were heard in an obscure family in an obscure village in the western part of New York
Read record →T relate, plainly and circumstantially, any required incident of their lives, as a man would relate his history…
t relate, plainly and circumstantially, any required incident of their lives, as a man would relate his history to a friend, instead of dealing so much in vague and ambiguous generalities, as they almost always do, and that, too, often in the bad grammar or ba
Read record →P. By just so much, then, as the production given through a medium is elevated above the medium's normal…
P. By just so much, then, as the production given through a medium is elevated above the medium's normal capacity, is the influence which acts upon him to be credited with the character of that production
Read record →Its action, however, as before said, ceases where the rapport ceases; and if communications from really…
Its action, however, as before said, ceases where the rapport ceases; and if communications from really intelligent spirits have sometimes been defective as to the quality of the intelligence manifested, it is because there has been found nothing in the medium
Read record →Ch such persons are surcharged, will of necessity be beyond the control, or possibly even beyond the…
ch such persons are surcharged, will of necessity be beyond the control, or possibly even beyond the cognizance, of any governing spirit, and will be irrational, inconsistent, and sometimes very annoying, or even destructive, according to the types of the drea
Read record →P. Certainly; but you would not, of course, insist upon putting a strictly literal interpretation upon this…
P. Certainly; but you would not, of course, insist upon putting a strictly literal interpretation upon this language, and thus turning it into utter and senseless absurdity
Read record →Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man." When he…
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man." When he spoke of the importance of little children, he announced that each one of them had a guardian angel who beheld the face of God
Read record →Michael, the guardian prince of the Jews, is hindered twenty-one days from coming, at the prayer of Daniel, by…
Michael, the guardian prince of the Jews, is hindered twenty-one days from coming, at the prayer of Daniel, by the conflicting princes of Media and Persia
Read record →Of this, as a necessary and infallible truth, that such persons as are truly sanctified in the Church of…
of this, as a necessary and infallible truth, that such persons as are truly sanctified in the Church of Christ, while they live in the crooked generations of men and struggle with all the miseries of this world, have fellowship with God the Father, God the So
Read record →"Therefore, if we wish to hold communion with the saints in eternal life we must think much of imitating them
"Therefore, if we wish to hold communion with the saints in eternal life we must think much of imitating them
Read record →Here he saw depicted, that angels, though unseen, had ever been his familiar attendants; and sent by God they…
Here he saw depicted, that angels, though unseen, had ever been his familiar attendants; and sent by God they had sometimes preserved him from imminent peril
Read record →Asionally saw them were not draughtsmen, but had to describe the monsters they had seen on their return to…
asionally saw them were not draughtsmen, but had to describe the monsters they had seen on their return to land, their effigies came to be exceedingly marvellous, and unlike the originals
Read record →The various facts to which I shall here allude, have been given in the previous chapters
The various facts to which I shall here allude, have been given in the previous chapters
Read record →“And in another yle are foule men that have the lippes about the mouth so greate, that when they sleepe in the…
“And in another yle are foule men that have the lippes about the mouth so greate, that when they sleepe in the sonne they cover theyr face with the lippe
Read record →Aristotle says that they lived in holes under the earth, and came out in the harvest time with hatchets, to cut…
Aristotle says that they lived in holes under the earth, and came out in the harvest time with hatchets, to cut down the corn, as if to fell a forest, and went on goats and lambs of proportionable stature to themselves to make war against certain birds, called
Read record →Ser Marco Polo warns his readers against pseudo Pygmies
Ser Marco Polo warns his readers against pseudo Pygmies
Read record →“It is alleged by contemporary newspapers, that in 1828 several burying-grounds, from half an acre to an acre…
“It is alleged by contemporary newspapers, that in 1828 several burying-grounds, from half an acre to an acre and a half in extent, were discovered in the county of White, state of Tennessee, near the town of Sparta, wherein very small people had been deposite
Read record →Of the daughter, Captain Youle writes: “The whole of Maphoon’s face was more or less covered with hair
Of the daughter, Captain Youle writes: “The whole of Maphoon’s face was more or less covered with hair
Read record →The Aïnos, an aboriginal tribe in the north of Japan, who are looked down upon by the Japanese as dogs, have…
The Aïnos, an aboriginal tribe in the north of Japan, who are looked down upon by the Japanese as dogs, have always been reputed as being covered with hair
Read record →Ierom, in the life of Paul the Eremite, reporteth that there appeared to S
Ierom, in the life of Paul the Eremite, reporteth that there appeared to S
Read record →This Sphynx they make a treble formed monster, a Mayden’s face, a Lyon’s legs, and the wings of a fowle; or, as…
This Sphynx they make a treble formed monster, a Mayden’s face, a Lyon’s legs, and the wings of a fowle; or, as Ansonius and Varinus say, the face and head of a mayde, the body of a dogge, the winges of a byrd, the voice of a man, the clawes of a Lyon, and the
Read record →Ull, tender, and rich, but, in truth, there was no such thing, and all was but a fantastical ostentation; she…
ull, tender, and rich, but, in truth, there was no such thing, and all was but a fantastical ostentation; she was said to insinuate her selfe, into his familiaritie after this manner: as he went upon a day alone from Corinth to Senchræa, hee met with a certain
Read record →Ophin thalpies, cai se ophis,’ that is to say, ‘O fair Menippus, beloved of beautiful women, art thou a…
ophin thalpies, cai se ophis,’ that is to say, ‘O fair Menippus, beloved of beautiful women, art thou a serpent, and dost nourish a serpent?’ by which words he gave him his first admonition, or incling of a mischiefe; but not prevayling, Menippus proposed to m
Read record →How be it the matter being wel examined, it shall appeare that it must needes be this Lamia, because of her…
How be it the matter being wel examined, it shall appeare that it must needes be this Lamia, because of her great breastes, which are not competible either to the Dragon, or Sea calves; so then, we wil take it for graunted, by the testimony of holy Scripture,
Read record →Stone still, and stir not til he come unto them, looking down upon their breasts or to the ground, whereupon…
stone still, and stir not til he come unto them, looking down upon their breasts or to the ground, whereupon some have thought, that seeing them, at their first sight have such a desire to come neare them, that they are drawne into their compasse, by a certain
Read record →“And it is constantly affirmed that amongst that multitude there are the great men, and chiefest Nobility of…
“And it is constantly affirmed that amongst that multitude there are the great men, and chiefest Nobility of the Land
Read record →“But for to come to examples; When a certain Nobleman took a long journey through the Woods, and had many…
“But for to come to examples; When a certain Nobleman took a long journey through the Woods, and had many servile Country-fellows in his Company, that were acquainted with this witchcraft, (as there are many such found in those parts) the day was almost spent;
Read record →We have read, in the Romances of Chivalry, how that Guy, Earl of Warwick, having seen a Lion and a Dragon…
We have read, in the Romances of Chivalry, how that Guy, Earl of Warwick, having seen a Lion and a Dragon fighting, went to the assistance of the former, and, having killed its opponent, the Lion meekly trotted after him, and ever after, until its death, was h
Read record →The same animal, too, on finding its sight weakened during its winter retreat, anoints and refreshes its eyes…
The same animal, too, on finding its sight weakened during its winter retreat, anoints and refreshes its eyes by rubbing itself on the plant called fennel, or marathrum; but, if any of the scales are slow in coming off, it rubs itself against the thorns of the
Read record →I have heard in the name of Rabbi Meir, the son of Kallonymos of Speyer, that this is the animal called Jeduah
I have heard in the name of Rabbi Meir, the son of Kallonymos of Speyer, that this is the animal called Jeduah
Read record →Aldrovandus gives us the accompanying illustration of a Chimæra, a fabulous Classical monster, said to possess…
Aldrovandus gives us the accompanying illustration of a Chimæra, a fabulous Classical monster, said to possess three heads, those of a lion, a goat, and a dragon
Read record →Olaus Magnus, too, tells of sleeping whales being mistaken for islands:--“The Whale hath upon its Skin a…
Olaus Magnus, too, tells of sleeping whales being mistaken for islands:--“The Whale hath upon its Skin a superficies, like the gravel that is by the sea side; so that oft times when he raiseth his back above the waters, Sailors take it to be nothing else but a
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