The bench was believed, by the credulous Mongols, to carry the Lama!
The bench was believed, by the credulous Mongols, to carry the Lama!
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As to clairvoyance among savages, the subject is comparatively familiar
As to clairvoyance among savages, the subject is comparatively familiar
Read record →On the Coppermine River the medicine-man, according to Hearne, prophesies of travellers, like the Highland…
On the Coppermine River the medicine-man, according to Hearne, prophesies of travellers, like the Highland second-sighted man, ere they appear
Read record →But we need the evidence both of anthropologists and of adepts in conjuring
But we need the evidence both of anthropologists and of adepts in conjuring
Read record →In the Revue des Deux Mondes, for 1856, tome i., M
In the Revue des Deux Mondes, for 1856, tome i., M
Read record →So he concluded his essay in the pooh-pooh tone of voice
So he concluded his essay in the pooh-pooh tone of voice
Read record →Even readers who had confined their attention to the central masterpieces of Greek literature recognised some…
Even readers who had confined their attention to the central masterpieces of Greek literature recognised some of the revived 'phenomena'
Read record →The mysteries of the East had invaded Hellas
The mysteries of the East had invaded Hellas
Read record →The new marvels were certainly not stimulated by literary knowledge of the ancient thaumaturgy
The new marvels were certainly not stimulated by literary knowledge of the ancient thaumaturgy
Read record →How is the inquirer, how was Porphyry to know that the assertion is correct, that it is not the mere 'boasting'…
How is the inquirer, how was Porphyry to know that the assertion is correct, that it is not the mere 'boasting' of some vulgar spirit?
Read record →Meantime Homer, and Theocritus in familiar passages, attest this belief in light attendant on the coming of the…
Meantime Homer, and Theocritus in familiar passages, attest this belief in light attendant on the coming of the divine, while the Norse Sagas, and the well-known tale of Sir Charles Lee's daughter and the ghost of her mother (1662), speak for the same belief i
Read record →Replying as to divination, Iamblichus says that the right kind of dreams are between sleeping and waking when…
Replying as to divination, Iamblichus says that the right kind of dreams are between sleeping and waking when we hear a voice giving directions
Read record →Iamblichus believed in dreams of this kind, and in voices heard by men wide awake, as in the case of Joan of Arc
Iamblichus believed in dreams of this kind, and in voices heard by men wide awake, as in the case of Joan of Arc
Read record →Here is a 'constraint put on a god' as Porphyry complains
Here is a 'constraint put on a god' as Porphyry complains
Read record →There were other analogies between modern, ancient, and savage spiritualism
There were other analogies between modern, ancient, and savage spiritualism
Read record →Gods and spirits are said to cause them, but they are only attained in the presence of certain exceptional…
Gods and spirits are said to cause them, but they are only attained in the presence of certain exceptional persons, mediums, saints, priests, conjurers
Read record →Once more, if we admit the theory of intentional imposture by saints, angakut, Zulu medicine-men, mediums, and…
Once more, if we admit the theory of intentional imposture by saints, angakut, Zulu medicine-men, mediums, and the rest, we must grant that a trick which takes in a professional conjurer, like Mr
Read record →In early middle age, about 1874, Mr
In early middle age, about 1874, Mr
Read record →As to the facts, it is equally difficult to believe in them, and to believe that Mr
As to the facts, it is equally difficult to believe in them, and to believe that Mr
Read record →Experimental Proof of Spiritual Existence
Experimental Proof of Spiritual Existence
Read record →Among the fruits of Puritanism, and of that frenzied state of mind which accompanied the Civil War, was a…
Among the fruits of Puritanism, and of that frenzied state of mind which accompanied the Civil War, was a furious persecution of 'witches'
Read record →By a lucky accident, fragments of the conversation may be collected from Glanvill's Sadducismus Triumphatus,…
By a lucky accident, fragments of the conversation may be collected from Glanvill's Sadducismus Triumphatus, {88a} and from the correspondence of Glanvill, Henry More, and Robert Boyle
Read record →Alfred Wallace, F.R.S., adduces Lord Orrery and Mr
Alfred Wallace, F.R.S., adduces Lord Orrery and Mr
Read record →Uce the testimony of modern Australian blacks, of Greek philosophers, of Peruvians just after the conquest by…
uce the testimony of modern Australian blacks, of Greek philosophers, of Peruvians just after the conquest by Pizarro, of the authors of Lives of the Saints, of learned New England divines, of living observers in England, India, and America
Read record →Greatrakes did not entertain Lady Conway and her friends with this marvel alone
Greatrakes did not entertain Lady Conway and her friends with this marvel alone
Read record →He had investigated the case of the disturbances in Mr
He had investigated the case of the disturbances in Mr
Read record →Lady Conway was not behind her guests in personal experiences
Lady Conway was not behind her guests in personal experiences
Read record →The scope of the Ragley inquiries may now be understood
The scope of the Ragley inquiries may now be understood
Read record →Taking levitation, haunting, disturbances and apparitions, and leaving 'telepathy' or second sight out of the…
Taking levitation, haunting, disturbances and apparitions, and leaving 'telepathy' or second sight out of the list for the present, he who compares psychical research in the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries finds himself confronted by the problem which eve
Read record →Now, some features in witchcraft admit of this explanation
Now, some features in witchcraft admit of this explanation
Read record →The Australian birraark, who flies away up the tree, we may leave out of account
The Australian birraark, who flies away up the tree, we may leave out of account
Read record →Of all persons subject to 'levitation,' Saint Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663) was the most notable
Of all persons subject to 'levitation,' Saint Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663) was the most notable
Read record →Believe the evidence we cannot, yet we cannot doubt the good faith, the veracity of the attesting witnesses
Believe the evidence we cannot, yet we cannot doubt the good faith, the veracity of the attesting witnesses
Read record →We now approach the second class of marvels which regaled the circle at Ragley, namely, 'Alleged movements of…
We now approach the second class of marvels which regaled the circle at Ragley, namely, 'Alleged movements of objects without contact, occurring not in the presence of a paid medium,' and with these we shall examine rappings and mysterious noises
Read record →Myers concludes that 'it does not seem worth while, as a rule, to examine the testimony to physical marvels…
Myers concludes that 'it does not seem worth while, as a rule, to examine the testimony to physical marvels occurring in the presence of professional mediums'
Read record →To come to the story, one of our earliest examples of a 'medium,' and of communications by raps
To come to the story, one of our earliest examples of a 'medium,' and of communications by raps
Read record →The rites of the Church were conferred in the most handsome manner on the body of Sister Alix, which was…
The rites of the Church were conferred in the most handsome manner on the body of Sister Alix, which was disinterred and buried in her convent
Read record →It is usual to explain the raps by a theory that the 'medium' produces them through cracking his, or her,…
It is usual to explain the raps by a theory that the 'medium' produces them through cracking his, or her, knee-joints
Read record →It may have been observed that the Lyons affair was useful to the Church, as against 'the damnable sect of…
It may have been observed that the Lyons affair was useful to the Church, as against 'the damnable sect of Lutherans,' because Sister Alix attested the existence of purgatory
Read record →Bovet, in his Pandaemonium (1684), gives an account of the Demon of Spraiton, in 1682
Bovet, in his Pandaemonium (1684), gives an account of the Demon of Spraiton, in 1682
Read record →It is rather curious that tales of volatile furniture are by no means very common in trials for witchcraft
It is rather curious that tales of volatile furniture are by no means very common in trials for witchcraft
Read record →En hazard a guess as to the modus operandi), Hetty must have been familiar with almost the whole extent of…
en hazard a guess as to the modus operandi), Hetty must have been familiar with almost the whole extent of psychical literature, for she scarcely left a single phenomenon unrepresented
Read record →Reginald Scot on Protestant expulsion of Ghosts
Reginald Scot on Protestant expulsion of Ghosts
Read record →Reginald Scot, the humane author who tried, in his Discovery of Witchcraft, 1584 (xv
Reginald Scot, the humane author who tried, in his Discovery of Witchcraft, 1584 (xv
Read record →Over classical tales we need not linger
Over classical tales we need not linger
Read record →When it comes to establishing his position Thyraeus most provokingly says, 'we omit cases which are recent and…
When it comes to establishing his position Thyraeus most provokingly says, 'we omit cases which are recent and of daily occurrence,' such as he heard narrated, during his travels, in 'a certain haunted castle'
Read record →The spirits of an amorous complexion seem no longer to be numerous, but are objects of interest to Thyraeus as…
The spirits of an amorous complexion seem no longer to be numerous, but are objects of interest to Thyraeus as to Increase Mather
Read record →He endeavours, at great length, to distinguish between haunters who are ghosts of the dead, and haunters who…
He endeavours, at great length, to distinguish between haunters who are ghosts of the dead, and haunters who are demons, or spirits unattached
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