Spirits of heaven, 90 IK-SU'DA (Grasper)
Spirits of heaven, 90 IK-SU'DA (Grasper)
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The celebrated, at Mecca, 52 KAN'DIS
The celebrated, at Mecca, 52 KAN'DIS
Read record →Confounded by Zoroaster, 333 MAGICAL TEXTS
Confounded by Zoroaster, 333 MAGICAL TEXTS
Read record →To the sun-god, etc., 67, 68 PRIEST-S
To the sun-god, etc., 67, 68 PRIEST-S
Read record →Witchcraft of Middle Ages and the, 293 SAB-I'TU
Witchcraft of Middle Ages and the, 293 SAB-I'TU
Read record →Purification by, 270 WATERS OF DEATH
Purification by, 270 WATERS OF DEATH
Read record →COMPACTS BETWEEN THE LIVING AND DEAD 245 XIX
COMPACTS BETWEEN THE LIVING AND DEAD 245 XIX
Read record →The last breath as it passed from the body; and to this day the Tyrolese peasant still fancies a good man's…
the last breath as it passed from the body; and to this day the Tyrolese peasant still fancies a good man's soul to issue from his mouth at death like a little white cloud.[7] We may trace the same fancy in our own country, and it is related[8] that while a we
Read record →Then there is the widespread Animistic belief, in accordance with which each man has several souls;--some lower…
Then there is the widespread Animistic belief, in accordance with which each man has several souls;--some lower races treating the breath, the dream ghost, and other appearances as being separate souls
Read record →The ability to open doors, to clank chains, and make other noises implies considerable coherence of the ghost's…
The ability to open doors, to clank chains, and make other noises implies considerable coherence of the ghost's substance.'[31] That this conception of the soul was not only received but taught, may be gathered from Tertullian, who says: 'The soul is material,
Read record →H slaying his enemy, cuts off the right thumb of the corpse, so that the departed soul may be incapacitated…
h slaying his enemy, cuts off the right thumb of the corpse, so that the departed soul may be incapacitated from throwing a spear; and even the half-civilised Chinese prefer the punishment of crucifixion to that of decapitation, that their souls may not wander
Read record →The New Zealanders believed that the man who was eaten was annihilated, both body and soul; and one day a…
The New Zealanders believed that the man who was eaten was annihilated, both body and soul; and one day a bushman, who was a magician, having put to death a woman, dashed the head of the corpse to pieces with large stones, buried her, and made a large fire ove
Read record →As a curious illustration of how every spiritual conception was materialised in olden times, may be quoted the…
As a curious illustration of how every spiritual conception was materialised in olden times, may be quoted the fanciful conception of the weight of the soul
Read record →Just, too, as souls are possessed of visible forms, so they are generally supposed to have voices
Just, too, as souls are possessed of visible forms, so they are generally supposed to have voices
Read record →The Greeks believed that such as had not received funeral rites would be excluded from Elysium
The Greeks believed that such as had not received funeral rites would be excluded from Elysium
Read record →But when the unburied body could not be found, and the ghost wandered, the missing man was buried in effigy,…
But when the unburied body could not be found, and the ghost wandered, the missing man was buried in effigy, for, as it has been observed, 'according to all the laws of primitive logic, an effigy is every bit as good as its original
Read record →The same rhyme is current at Burslem, in the Staffordshire Potteries
The same rhyme is current at Burslem, in the Staffordshire Potteries
Read record →Ll a tear, departing with a cold smile.'[62] But, as already noticed, the same idea, in a measure, extends to…
ll a tear, departing with a cold smile.'[62] But, as already noticed, the same idea, in a measure, extends to the West, for in this country it has long been a popular belief that the ghosts of the wicked are forced to periodically rehearse their sinful acts
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
ime has been duly expiated, not only is the spirit supposed to be kept from its desired rest, but it flits about the haunts of the living, that, by its unearthly molestation, it may compel them to make every possible reparation for the cruel wrong done
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
The following tale is told of a haunted hill in the country of the Assiniboins
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
At times they are said to pinch persons while asleep both black and blue, such spots being designated ghost-spots, or ghost-pinches
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Many West Indian quays were thought to be the haunts of ghosts of murdered men; and Sir Walter Scott tells how the Buccaneers occasionally killed a Spaniard or a slave, and buried him with their spirits, under the impression that his ghost would haunt the spot
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
In most parts of the world similar tales are recorded, and are as readily believed as when they were first told centuries ago
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
In this country, many an old mansion has its haunted room, in which the unhappy spirit of the murdered person is supposed, on certain occasions, to appear
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
The ghost of Lady Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, who always appears in white, carrying her child in her arms, has long been, as Mr
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Donart's Castle, on the southern coast of Glamorganshire, has its favourite ghost, that of Lady Stradling, who is said to have been murdered by one of her family
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Sullivan, in his 'Cumberland and Westmoreland,' relates how, some years ago, a spectre appeared to a man who lived at Henhow Cottage, Martindale
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
During the night, the latter appeared to his fellow-traveller, imploring his help, as the innkeeper was plotting his death; the sleeper sprang up in alarm, but thinking the vision of no importance, he went to sleep again
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Of the many curious cases recorded of a murder being discovered through the ghost of the murdered person, may be quoted one told in Aubrey's 'Miscellanies.' It appears that on Monday, April 14, 1690, William Barwick was walking with his wife close to Cawood Ca
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
In 'Ackerman's Repository' for November 1820, there is an account of a person being tried on the pretended evidence of a ghost
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
It is a German belief that the soul of one who has died on shipboard passes into a bird, and when seen at any time it is supposed to announce the death of another person
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Where a spirit has been exorcised, it is only through the most frightful swamps and morasses that it ascends, first beginning under the earth with the cry of 'Rok!
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
and certain North American Indian tribes maintain that the souls of their chiefs take the form of small woodbirds.[96] Among the Abipones of Paraguay we are told of a peculiar kind of little ducks which fly in flocks at night-time, uttering a mournful tone, an
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
There must have been great numbers of them, as they were also observed at the same time in the counties of Northampton, Leicester, and Lincoln
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Stories of disembodied souls appearing as birds are very numerous
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
They were the spirits of the mother and child, and the Indians would gather about the tree on which they were perched with reverential love, and worship them as the spirit of the woman and child.[103] There is Lord Lyttelton's well-known ghost story, and the b
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Thus, in Cornwall, it is a very popular fancy that when a young woman who has loved not wisely but too well dies forsaken and broken-hearted, she comes back to haunt her deceiver in the form of a white hare.[106] This phantom pursues the false one everywhere,
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Sometimes the spirit in animal form is that of a wicked person doomed to wear that shape for some offence
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
and amongst others was not only guilty of unnatural cruelty to her only daughter, but had a mysterious knack of getting rid of her husbands, having been married no less than four times
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Within the parish of Tring, Hertford, a poor old woman was drowned in 1751 for suspected witchcraft
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Occasionally, when loss of life has happened through an accident, a spectre animal of some kind has been afterwards seen
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
It does not belong to any species of living dogs, but is severally said to represent a hound, a setter, a terrier, or a shepherd dog, though often larger than a Newfoundland.'[117] It is commonly supposed to be a bad spirit, haunting places where evil deeds ha
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
In the neighbourhood of Leeds there is the Padfoot, a weird apparition about the size of a small donkey, 'with shaggy hair and large eyes like saucers.' Mr
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
In Wales, there is the Gwyllgi, or 'dog of darkness,' a terrible spectre of a mastiff which, with a baleful breath and blazing red eyes, has often inspired terror even amongst the strong-minded Welsh peasantry
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
It is a popular belief in Wales that horses have the peculiar 'gift' of seeing spectres, and carriage horses have been known to display every sign of the utmost terror when the occupants of the carriage could see no cause for alarm
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
They are often heard though seldom seen, 'and seem to be passing along simply in the air, as if in hot pursuit of their prey'; and when they appear to hang over a house, then death or misfortune may shortly be expected
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Yarrell has long ago explained, this mysterious noise is caused by bean-geese, which, coming southwards in large flocks on the approach of winter--partly from Scotland and its islands, but chiefly from Scandinavia--choose dark nights for their migration, and u
Read record →I am still near, Watching the smiles I prized on earth, Your converse mild, your blameless mirth.[64
Another form of spectre animal is the kirk-grim, which is believed to haunt many churches
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