M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
Lejean says these peoples are so practical and utilitarian that missionary religion takes no hold on them
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M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
Of ancestor worship and ghost worship, we have abundant evidence
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
David Clement Scott, has published 'A Cyclopaedic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language in British Central Africa.'[13] Looking at ancestral spirits first, we find Mzimu, 'spirits of the departed, supposed to come in dreams.' Though abiding in the spirit world,
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
lly is, he writes: 'The belief in one great Supreme Being, who made and upholds all things, is universal.'[17] The names of the being are translated 'Maker,' 'Preserver,' 'Benefactor,' 'Great Friend.' Though compact of all good qualities, the being has allowed
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
Then, of course, Nyankupon would receive the best sacrifices of all, as the most powerful deity?
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
But that magistrate can be, and is, appeased by sacrifices, which it would be impious, or, at all events, useless, to offer to the Supreme Being, Ahone
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
It is notable that in this religion we hear nothing of ancestor-worship; all that is stated as to ghosts has been reported
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
As to spirits, the Blackfeet believe in, or at least tell stories of, ghosts, which conduct themselves much as in our old-fashioned ghost stories
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
He therefore banished the Prince to Chita, and made him serve as shepherd of the llamas of the Sun
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
Christoval's form of the story is peculiarly gratifying in one way
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
Christoval, it will be remarked, says that 'Chanca-Uiracocha was a huaca (sacred place) in Chuqui-chaca.'[32] Now Chuqui-chaca is the very place where, according to Garcilasso, the Inca Uiracocha erected a temple to 'his Uncle, the Apparition.'[33] Uiracocha,
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
Thomson has clearly no bias in favour of a God like our own, known to savages, and not derived from ghost-worship
Read record →M. Paul Bourget (who is not superstitious), after consulting Mrs. Piper, concludes
Finally, as has been said before, granting my opinion that there are two streams of religious thought, one rising in the conception of an undifferentiated Being, eternal, moral, and creative, the other rising in the ghost-doctrine, it stands to reason that the
Read record →They are often extraordinarily complete; and the fact that many of them are reported as veridical, that is, as…
They are often extraordinarily complete; and the fact that many of them are reported as veridical, that is, as coinciding with real events, such as accidents, deaths, etc., of the persons seen, is an additional complication of the phenomenon." {0b} A ghost, if
Read record →Perhaps for the first time offered with a critical discussion of their historical sources; lastly, because the…
perhaps for the first time offered with a critical discussion of their historical sources; lastly, because the old legends seem to show how the fancy of periods less critical than ours dealt with such facts as are now reported in a dull undramatic manner
Read record →Again, the phenomena occurring in "haunted houses" (whether caused, or not, by imposture or hallucination, or…
Again, the phenomena occurring in "haunted houses" (whether caused, or not, by imposture or hallucination, or both) were easily magnified into such legends as that of Grettir and Glam, and into the monstrosities of the witch trials
Read record →As anthropology becomes popular, every inquirer knows what customs he ought to find among savages, so, of…
As anthropology becomes popular, every inquirer knows what customs he ought to find among savages, so, of course, he finds them
Read record →If there be truth in even one case of "telepathy," it will follow that the human soul is a thing endowed with…
If there be truth in even one case of "telepathy," it will follow that the human soul is a thing endowed with attributes not yet recognised by science
Read record →While this book passed through the press, a long correspondence called "On the Trail of a Ghost" appeared in…
While this book passed through the press, a long correspondence called "On the Trail of a Ghost" appeared in The Times
Read record →Begin with "Great Swingeing Falsehoods"
Begin with "Great Swingeing Falsehoods"
Read record →When these are once got down by the populace, anything may follow without difficulty
When these are once got down by the populace, anything may follow without difficulty
Read record →Now, the ghostly is nothing but the experience, when men are awake, or apparently awake, of the every-night…
Now, the ghostly is nothing but the experience, when men are awake, or apparently awake, of the every-night phenomena of dreaming
Read record →Mark was smoking his cigar outside the door of his house when he saw a man, a stranger, approaching him
Mark was smoking his cigar outside the door of his house when he saw a man, a stranger, approaching him
Read record →This theory, that apparitions come in an infinitesimal moment of sleep, while a man is conscious of his…
This theory, that apparitions come in an infinitesimal moment of sleep, while a man is conscious of his surroundings and believes himself to be awake was the current explanation of ghosts in the eighteenth century
Read record →Dreams only form subjects of good dream-stories when the vision coincides with and adequately represents an…
Dreams only form subjects of good dream-stories when the vision coincides with and adequately represents an unknown event in the past, the present, or the future
Read record →And thus either mere empty fancies (as in the case of the lost securities) or actual knowledge which we may…
And thus either mere empty fancies (as in the case of the lost securities) or actual knowledge which we may have once possessed but have totally forgotten, or conclusions which have passed through our brains as unheeded guesses, may in a dream be, as it were,
Read record →Rutherford awoke in the morning with all the words of the vision imprinted on his mind, and thought it worth…
Rutherford awoke in the morning with all the words of the vision imprinted on his mind, and thought it worth while to walk across the country to Inveresk instead of going straight to Edinburgh
Read record →Ment, which debt, unknown to the son, the father had paid, whereupon the man began to be very sorrowful, and to…
ment, which debt, unknown to the son, the father had paid, whereupon the man began to be very sorrowful, and to marvel that his father while dying did not tell him what he owed when he also made his will
Read record →"I knew it," said the invalid, "for I heard it said in that place whence I have returned that not I, Curma of…
"I knew it," said the invalid, "for I heard it said in that place whence I have returned that not I, Curma of the Curia, but Curma the smith, was wanted." But Curma of the Curia saw living as well as dead people, among others Augustine, who, in his vision, bap
Read record →Most of us know this feeling, all the circumstances in which we find ourselves have already occurred, we have a…
Most of us know this feeling, all the circumstances in which we find ourselves have already occurred, we have a prophecy of what will happen next "on the tip of our tongues" (like a half-remembered name), and then the impression vanishes
Read record →Past, Present and Future unknown Events "revealed"
Past, Present and Future unknown Events "revealed"
Read record →Perhaps nothing, not even a ghost, is so staggering to the powers of belief as a well-authenticated dream which…
Perhaps nothing, not even a ghost, is so staggering to the powers of belief as a well-authenticated dream which strikes the bull's eye of facts not known to the dreamer nor capable of being guessed by him
Read record →Name the queen has spoken in her new secretary's ear" (Joseph's), "but dare not trust herself to write"
name the queen has spoken in her new secretary's ear" (Joseph's), "but dare not trust herself to write"
Read record →The most commonly known of dreams prior to, or simultaneous with an historical occurrence represented in the…
The most commonly known of dreams prior to, or simultaneous with an historical occurrence represented in the vision, is Mr
Read record →A small man, dressed in a blue coat and a white waistcoat, entered, and immediately I saw a person whom I had…
A small man, dressed in a blue coat and a white waistcoat, entered, and immediately I saw a person whom I had observed on my first entrance, dressed in a snuff-coloured coat with metal buttons, take a pistol from under his coat and present it at the little man
Read record →In fact, the "vision" was an illusion hypnagogique
In fact, the "vision" was an illusion hypnagogique
Read record →Swooning, or slight mental mistiness, is not very unusual in ghost seers
Swooning, or slight mental mistiness, is not very unusual in ghost seers
Read record →All these kinds of things, in fact, are common in our visions between sleeping and waking (illusions…
All these kinds of things, in fact, are common in our visions between sleeping and waking (illusions hypnagogiques)
Read record →Miss Baillie's brother, a young athlete (at short odds for the amateur golf championship), laughed at these…
Miss Baillie's brother, a young athlete (at short odds for the amateur golf championship), laughed at these experiments, took the ball into the study, and came back looking "gey gash"
Read record →In the spring of 1897 I gave a glass ball to a young lady, previously a stranger to me, who was entirely…
In the spring of 1897 I gave a glass ball to a young lady, previously a stranger to me, who was entirely unacquainted with crystal gazing, even by report
Read record →She persisted that she did not, and went over the others for the second time
She persisted that she did not, and went over the others for the second time
Read record →Science may conceivably come to study crystal visions, but veracious crystal visions will be treated like…
Science may conceivably come to study crystal visions, but veracious crystal visions will be treated like veracious dreams
Read record →Veracious Waking Hallucinations not recognised by Science; or explained by Coincidence, Imposture, False Memory
Veracious Waking Hallucinations not recognised by Science; or explained by Coincidence, Imposture, False Memory
Read record →A veracious hallucination is, for our purpose, one which communicates (as veracious dreams do) information not…
A veracious hallucination is, for our purpose, one which communicates (as veracious dreams do) information not otherwise known, or, at least, not known to the knower to be known
Read record →As a rule, not very much is seen of a ghost; he is "something of a shadowy being"
As a rule, not very much is seen of a ghost; he is "something of a shadowy being"
Read record →Nothing is more common in literary ghost stories than for somebody to see a spectre and afterwards recognise…
Nothing is more common in literary ghost stories than for somebody to see a spectre and afterwards recognise him or her in a portrait not before seen
Read record →This vision was a veracious hallucination; it gave intelligence not otherwise known to Mrs
This vision was a veracious hallucination; it gave intelligence not otherwise known to Mrs
Read record →"Spirits of the Living." Mistakes of Identity
"Spirits of the Living." Mistakes of Identity
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