The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Calmet Augustin

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href="#ulink_d1ffb2e1-1509-565d-8435-934e96aa8177">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 ]

       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

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