COMPACTS BETWEEN THE LIVING AND DEAD 245 XIX
- Date of account
- Late nineteenth-century compilation
- Source
- The Ghost World
- Reference
- The Ghost World · selected passage 1
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
COMPACTS BETWEEN THE LIVING AND DEAD 245 XIX
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyCHAPTER PAGE I. THE SOUL'S EXIT 1 II. TEMPORARY EXIT OF SOUL 17 III. THE NATURE OF THE SOUL 24 IV. THE UNBURIED DEAD 43 V. WHY GHOSTS WANDER 50 VI. GHOSTS OF THE MURDERED 64 VII. PHANTOM BIRDS 85 VIII. ANIMAL GHOSTS 102 IX. PHANTOM LIGHTS 127 X. THE HEADLESS GHOST 144 XI. PHANTOM BUTTERFLIES 159 XII. RAISING GHOSTS 163 XIII. GHOST LAYING 179 XIV. GHOSTS OF THE DROWNED 206 XV. GHOST SEERS 214 XVI. GHOSTLY DEATH-WARNINGS 219 XVII. 'SECOND SIGHT' 233 XVIII. COMPACTS BETWEEN THE LIVING AND DEAD 245 XIX. MINDERS' GHOSTS 257 XX. THE BANSHEE 278 XXI. SEE PHANTOMS 284 XXII. PHANTOM DRESS 303 XXIII. HAUNTED HOUSES 310 XXIV. HAUNTED LOCALITIES 335 XXV. CHECKS AND SPELLS AGAINST GHOSTS 354 XXVI. WRAITH-SEEING 363 XXVII. GHOSTLY TIMES AND SEASONS 382 XXVIII. SPIRIT-HAUNTED TREES 391 XXIX. GHOSTS AND HIDDEN TREASURES 397 XXX. PHANTOM MUSIC 411 XXXI.
Historical context
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Modern context
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