Historic Ghosts And Ghost Hunters

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The following pages represent in the main a discussion of certain celebrated mysteries, as viewed in the light of the discoveries set forth in the writer's earlier work "The Riddle of Personality."That dealt, it may briefly be recalled, with the achievements of those scientists whose special endeavor it is to illumine the nature of human personality. On the one hand, it reviewed the work of the psychopathologists, or investigators of abnormal mental life; and, on the other hand, the labors of th

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e psychical researchers, those enthusiastic and patient explorers of the seemingly supernormal in human experience. Emphasis was laid on the fact that the two lines of inquiry arc more closely interrelated than is commonly supposed, and that the discoveries made in each aid in the solution of problems apparently belonging exclusively in the other.To this phase of the subject the writer now returns. The problems under examinationTable of Contents I The Devils of Loudun 1; II The Drummer of Tedworth 17; III The Haunting of the "Wesleys 36; IV The Visions of Emanuel Swedenborg 56 V The Cock Lane Ghost 81; VI The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham 102; VII The Seeress of Prevorst 120; /III The Mysterious Mr Home 143; LX The Watseka Wonder 171; X A Medieval Ghost Hunter 198; XL Ghost Hunters of Yesterday and To-Day 216About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text.

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