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Eaned in conversation with him.--Swedenborg's account of Sir John Franklin.--Describes his situation, blocked…

Date of account: Published 1857
Source: The Spirit Land
Reference: The Spirit Land · selected passage 7
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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eaned in conversation with him.--Swedenborg's account of Sir John Franklin.--Describes his situation, blocked up by ice.--Spirits do not understand about latitude and longitude.--Description of the spirit of Socrates, his dress, &c.--Account of the emperor Alexander in the spirit world.-- Dickens's account of fashionab…

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eaned in conversation with him.--Swedenborg's account of Sir John Franklin.--Describes his situation, blocked up by _ice_.--Spirits do not understand about _latitude_ and _longitude_.--Description of the spirit of Socrates, his dress, &c.--Account of the emperor Alexander in the spirit world.-- Dickens's account of fashionable dupes in England.--The sciences of astrology and magic.--Practices of high titled ladies in London.--Account of famous conjurers, or fortune tellers.-- Account of the "rappers," or "knocking spirits."--Children frightened by their noises.--Snapping of fingers, and clapping of hands, imitated by the spirits.--Mrs. Fox asks questions of a spirit.--Answers given by a succession of _raps_.--Account of a ghost that appeared in Waltham, Massachusetts.--Conversation with the ghost by a gentleman.--Said he had been murdered, and told by whom.--Tones of the ghost, (unearthly,) its mode of walking, &c. --Great excitement on account of the ghost.--Mode of communication with the _rapping_ spirits.--Tables and chairs moved, sounds heard, &c.--Band of music, beating of the _bass drum_, and roar of artillery.

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