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Calmet Augustin. The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c
The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ADVERTISEMENT
THE PHANTOM WORLD
CHAPTER I
THE APPEARANCE OF GOOD ANGELS PROVED BY THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
CHAPTER II
THE APPEARANCE OF GOOD ANGELS PROVED BY THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
CHAPTER III
UNDER WHAT FORM HAVE GOOD ANGELS APPEARED?
CHAPTER IV
OPINIONS OF THE JEWS, CHRISTIANS, MAHOMETANS, AND ORIENTAL NATIONS CONCERNING THE APPARITIONS OF GOOD ANGELS
CHAPTER V
OPINION OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS ON THE APPARITIONS OF GOOD GENII
CHAPTER VI
THE APPARITION OF BAD ANGELS PROVED BY THE HOLY SCRIPTURES—UNDER WHAT FORM THEY HAVE APPEARED
CHAPTER VII
OF MAGIC
CHAPTER VIII
OBJECTIONS TO THE REALITY OF MAGIC
CHAPTER IX
REPLY TO THE OBJECTIONS
CHAPTER X
EXAMINATION OF THE AFFAIR OF HOCQUE, MAGICIAN
CHAPTER XI
MAGIC OF THE EGYPTIANS AND CHALDEANS
CHAPTER XII
MAGIC AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS
CHAPTER XIII
EXAMPLES WHICH PROVE THE REALITY OF MAGIC
CHAPTER XIV
EFFECTS OF MAGIC ACCORDING TO THE POETS
CHAPTER XV
OF THE PAGAN ORACLES
CHAPTER XVI
THE CERTAINTY OF THE EVENT PREDICTED IS NOT ALWAYS A PROOF THAT THE PREDICTION COMES FROM GOD
CHAPTER XVII
REASONS WHICH LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT THE GREATER PART OF THE ANCIENT ORACLES WERE ONLY IMPOSITIONS OF THE PRIESTS AND PRIESTESSES, WHO FEIGNED THAT THEY WERE INSPIRED BY GOD
CHAPTER XVIII
ON SORCERERS AND SORCERESSES, OR WITCHES
CHAPTER XIX
INSTANCES OF SORCERERS AND WITCHES BEING, AS THEY SAID, TRANSPORTED TO THE SABBATH
CHAPTER XX
STORY OF LOUIS GAUFREDI AND MAGDALEN DE LA PALUD, OWNED BY THEMSELVES TO BE A SORCERER AND SORCERESS
CHAPTER XXI
REASONS WHICH PROVE THE POSSIBILITY OF SORCERERS AND WITCHES BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE SABBATH
CHAPTER XXII
CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
CHAPTER XXIII
OBSESSION AND POSSESSION OF THE DEVIL
CHAPTER XXIV
THE TRUTH AND REALITY OF POSSESSION AND OBSESSION BY THE DEVIL PROVED FROM SCRIPTURE
CHAPTER XXV
EXAMPLES OF REAL POSSESSIONS CAUSED BY THE DEVIL
CHAPTER XXVI
CONTINUATION OF THE SAME SUBJECT
CHAPTER XXVII
OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE OBSESSIONS AND POSSESSIONS OF THE DEMON—REPLY TO THE OBJECTIONS
CHAPTER XXVIII
CONTINUATION OF OBJECTIONS AGAINST POSSESSIONS, AND SOME REPLIES TO THOSE OBJECTIONS
CHAPTER XXIX
OF FAMILIAR SPIRITS
CHAPTER XXX
SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF ELVES
CHAPTER XXXI
SPIRITS THAT KEEP WATCH OVER TREASURE
CHAPTER XXXII
OTHER INSTANCES OF HIDDEN TREASURES WHICH WERE GUARDED BY GOOD OR BAD SPIRITS
CHAPTER XXXIII
SPECTRES WHICH APPEAR, AND PREDICT THINGS UNKNOWN AND TO COME
CHAPTER XXXIV
OTHER APPARITIONS OF SPECTRES
CHAPTER XXXV
EXAMINATION OF THE APPARITION OF A PRETENDED SPECTRE
CHAPTER XXXVI
OF SPECTRES WHICH HAUNT HOUSES
CHAPTER XXXVII
OTHER INSTANCES OF SPECTRES WHICH HAUNT CERTAIN HOUSES
CHAPTER XXXVIII
PRODIGIOUS EFFECTS OF IMAGINATION IN THOSE MEN OR WOMEN WHO BELIEVE THEY HOLD INTERCOURSE WITH THE DEMON
CHAPTER XXXIX
RETURN AND APPARITIONS OF SOULS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE BODY, PROVED FROM SCRIPTURE
CHAPTER XL
APPARITIONS OF SPIRITS PROVED FROM HISTORY
CHAPTER XLI
MORE INSTANCES OF APPARITIONS
CHAPTER XLII
ON THE APPARITIONS OF SPIRITS WHO IMPRINT THEIR HANDS ON CLOTHES OR ON WOOD
CHAPTER XLIII
OPINIONS OF THE JEWS, GREEKS, AND LATINS CONCERNING THE DEAD WHO ARE LEFT UNBURIED
CHAPTER XLIV
EXAMINATION OF WHAT IS REQUIRED OR REVEALED TO THE LIVING BY THE DEAD WHO RETURN TO EARTH
CHAPTER XLV
APPARITIONS OF MEN STILL ALIVE, TO OTHER LIVING MEN, ABSENT, AND VERY DISTANT FROM EACH OTHER
CHAPTER XLVI
ARGUMENTS CONCERNING APPARITIONS
CHAPTER XLVII
OBJECTIONS AGAINST APPARITIONS, AND REPLIES TO THOSE OBJECTIONS
CHAPTER XLVIII
SOME OTHER OBJECTIONS AND REPLIES
CHAPTER XLIX
THE SECRETS OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY TAKEN FOR SUPERNATURAL THINGS
CHAPTER L
CONCLUSION OF THE TREATISE ON APPARITIONS
CHAPTER LI
WAY OF EXPLAINING APPARITIONS
CHAPTER LII
THE DIFFICULTY OF EXPLAINING THE MANNER IN WHICH APPARITIONS MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE, WHATEVER SYSTEM MAY BE PROPOSED ON THE SUBJECT
DISSERTATION
ON THE GHOSTS WHO RETURN TO EARTH BODILY,
THE EXCOMMUNICATED,
THE OUPIRES OR VAMPIRES, VROUCOLACAS, ETC
PREFACE
DISSERTATION
ON THE GHOSTS WHO RETURN TO EARTH BODILY,
THE EXCOMMUNICATED,
THE OUPIRES OR VAMPIRES, VROUCOLACAS, ETC
CHAPTER I
THE RESURRECTION OF A DEAD PERSON IS THE WORK OF GOD ONLY
CHAPTER II
ON THE REVIVAL OF PERSONS WHO WERE NOT REALLY DEAD
CHAPTER III
REVIVAL OF A MAN WHO HAD BEEN INTERRED FOR THREE YEARS, AND WAS RESUSCITATED BY ST. STANISLAUS
CHAPTER IV
CAN A MAN WHO IS REALLY DEAD APPEAR IN HIS OWN BODY?
CHAPTER V
REVIVAL OR APPARITION OF A GIRL WHO HAD BEEN DEAD SOME MONTHS
CHAPTER VI
A WOMAN TAKEN ALIVE FROM HER GRAVE
CHAPTER VII
LET US NOW EXAMINE THE FACT OF THE REVENANS OR VAMPIRES OF MORAVIA
CHAPTER VIII
DEAD PERSONS IN HUNGARY WHO SUCK THE BLOOD OF THE LIVING
CHAPTER IX
ACCOUNT OF A VAMPIRE, TAKEN FROM THE JEWISH LETTERS (LETTRES JUIVES); LETTER 137
CHAPTER X
OTHER INSTANCES OF GHOSTS—CONTINUATION OF THE GLEANER
CHAPTER XI
ARGUMENTS OF THE AUTHOR OF THE "LETTRES JUIVES," ON THE SUBJECT OF THESE PRETENDED GHOSTS
CHAPTER XII
CONTINUATION OF THE ARGUMENT OF THE "DUTCH GLEANERS," OR "GLANEUR HOLLANDAIS."
CHAPTER XIII
NARRATION EXTRACTED FROM THE "MERCURE GALENT" OF 1693 AND 1694, CONCERNING GHOSTS
CHAPTER XIV
CONJECTURES OF THE "GLANEUR DE HOLLANDE," DUTCH GLEANER, IN 1733.—NO. IX
CHAPTER XV
ANOTHER LETTER ON GHOSTS
CHAPTER XVI
PRETENDED VESTIGES OF VAMPIRISM IN ANTIQUITY
CHAPTER XVII
OF GHOSTS IN THE NORTHERN COUNTRIES
CHAPTER XVIII
GHOSTS IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER XIX
GHOSTS IN PERU
CHAPTER XX
GHOSTS IN LAPLAND
CHAPTER XXI
REAPPEARANCE OF A MAN WHO HAD BEEN DEAD FOR SOME MONTHS
CHAPTER XXII
EXCOMMUNICATED PERSONS WHO GO OUT OF THE CHURCHES
CHAPTER XXIII
SOME OTHER INSTANCES OF EXCOMMUNICATED PERSONS BEING CAST OUT OF CONSECRATED GROUND
CHAPTER XXIV
AN INSTANCE OF AN EXCOMMUNICATED MARTYR BEING CAST OUT OF THE EARTH
CHAPTER XXV
A MAN REJECTED FROM THE CHURCH FOR HAVING REFUSED TO PAY TITHES
CHAPTER XXVI
INSTANCES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF LIFE AFTER THEIR DEATH, AND WHO HAVE DRAWN BACK FROM RESPECT, TO MAKE ROOM OR GIVE PLACE TO SOME WHO WERE MORE WORTHY THAN THEMSELVES
CHAPTER XXVII
OF PERSONS WHO PERFORM A PILGRIMAGE AFTER THEIR DEATH
CHAPTER XXVIII
ARGUMENT CONCERNING THE EXCOMMUNICATED WHO QUIT CHURCHES
CHAPTER XXIX
DO THE EXCOMMUNICATED ROT IN THE GROUND?
CHAPTER XXX
INSTANCES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE EXCOMMUNICATED DO NOT DECAY, AND THAT THEY APPEAR TO THE LIVING
CHAPTER XXXI
INSTANCE OF THE REAPPEARANCES OF THE EXCOMMUNICATED
CHAPTER XXXII
VROUCOLACA EXHUMED IN PRESENCE OF MONSIEUR DE TOURNEFORT
CHAPTER XXXIII
HAS THE DEMON POWER TO CAUSE ANY ONE TO DIE AND THEN TO RESTORE THE DEAD TO LIFE?
CHAPTER XXXIV
EXAMINATION OF THE OPINION WHICH CONCLUDES THAT THE DEMON CAN RESTORE MOTION TO A DEAD BODY
CHAPTER XXXV
INSTANCES OF PHANTOMS WHICH HAVE APPEARED TO BE ALIVE, AND HAVE GIVE MANY SIGNS OF LIFE
CHAPTER XXXVI
DEVOTING TO DEATH, A PRACTICE AMONG THE PAGANS
CHAPTER XXXVII
INSTANCES OF DEVOTING OR DOOMING AMONGST CHRISTIANS
CHAPTER XXXVIII
INSTANCES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE PROMISED TO GIVE EACH OTHER NEWS OF THE OTHER WORLD AFTER THEIR DEATH
CHAPTER XXXIX
EXTRACT FROM THE POLITICAL WORKS OF M. L'ABBE DE ST. PIERRE.[556]
Circumstance
CHAPTER XL
DIVERS SYSTEMS FOR EXPLAINING THE RETURN OF SPIRITS
CHAPTER XLI
VARIOUS INSTANCES OF PERSONS BEING BURIED ALIVE
CHAPTER XLII
INSTANCES OF DROWNED PERSONS RECOVERING THEIR HEALTH
CHAPTER XLIII
INSTANCES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN BELIEVED TO BE DEAD, AND WHO HAVE COME TO LIFE AGAIN
CHAPTER XLIV
CAN THESE INSTANCES BE APPLIED TO THE HUNGARIAN GHOSTS?
CHAPTER XLV
DEAD PERSONS WHO CHEW IN THEIR GRAVES LIKE HOGS, AND DEVOUR THEIR OWN FLESH
CHAPTER XLVI
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF A HUNGARIAN GHOST
CHAPTER XLVII
REASONINGS ON THIS MATTER
CHAPTER XLVIII
ARE THE VAMPIRES OR REVENANS REALLY DEAD?
CHAPTER XLIX
INSTANCE OF A MAN NAMED CURMA WHO WAS SENT BACK INTO THE WORLD
CHAPTER L
INSTANCES OF PERSONS WHO COULD FALL INTO A TRANCE WHEN THEY PLEASED, AND REMAINED PERFECTLY SENSELESS
CHAPTER LI
APPLICATION OF THE PRECEDING INSTANCES TO VAMPIRES
CHAPTER LII
EXAMINATION OF THE OPINION THAT THE DEMON FASCINATES THE EYES OF THOSE TO WHOM VAMPIRES APPEAR
CHAPTER LIII
INSTANCES OF PERSONS RESUSCITATED, WHO RELATE WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN IN THE OTHER WORLD
CHAPTER LIV
THE TRADITIONS OF THE PAGANS CONCERNING THE FUTURE LIFE ARE DERIVED FROM THE HEBREWS AND EGYPTIANS
CHAPTER LV
INSTANCES OF CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE BEEN RESUSCITATED AND SENT BACK TO THE WORLD—VISION OF VETINUS, A MONK OF AUGIA
CHAPTER LVI
THE VISION OF BERTHOLDUS, AS RELATED BY HINCMAR, ARCHBISHOP OF RHEIMS
CHAPTER LVII
THE VISION OF SAINT FURSIUS
CHAPTER LVIII
VISION OF A PROTESTANT OF YORK, AND OTHERS
CHAPTER LIX
CONCLUSIONS OF THIS DISSERTATION
CHAPTER LX
THE MORAL IMPOSSIBILITY OF THE REVENANS COMING OUT OF THEIR GRAVES
CHAPTER LXI
WHAT IS RELATED CONCERNING THE BODIES OF THE EXCOMMUNICATED LEAVING THE CHURCH, IS SUBJECT TO VERY GREAT DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER LXII
REMARKS ON THE DISSERTATION CONCERNING THE SPIRIT WHICH REAPPEARED AT ST. MAUR DES FOSSES
CHAPTER LXIII
DISSERTATION BY AN ANONYMOUS WRITER
Approbation
LETTER OF M. THE MARQUIS MAFFEI
ON MAGIC;
ADDRESSED TO. THE REVEREND FATHER INNOCENT ANSALDI,
OF THE ORDER OF ST. DOMINIC; TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN OF THE AUTHOR
LETTER OF M. THE MARQUIS MAFFEI
ON MAGIC
LETTER
From the Reverend Father Dom. Augustine Calmet, Abbot of Sénones, to M. de Bure Senior, Librarian at Paris
THE END
