INTRODUCTION.
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
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
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
CHAPTER XVII. REASONS WHICH LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT THE GREATER
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,
CHAPTER XXI. REASONS WHICH PROVE THE POSSIBILITY OF SORCERERS
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
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
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
DISSERTATION ON THE GHOSTS WHO RETURN TO EARTH BODILY, THE
PREFACE. (2)
DISSERTATION ON THE GHOSTS WHO RETURN TO EARTH BODILY, THE (2)
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
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
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
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
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
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
CHAPTER LI. APPLICATION OF THE PRECEDING INSTANCES TO VAMPIRES.
CHAPTER LII. EXAMINATION OF THE OPINION THAT THE DEMON
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
CHAPTER LV. INSTANCES OF CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE BEEN RESUSCITATED
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
CHAPTER LXII. REMARKS ON THE DISSERTATION CONCERNING THE SPIRIT WHICH REAPPEARED AT ST. MAUR DES FOSSES.
CHAPTER LXIII. DISSERTATION BY AN ANONYMOUS WRITER.
ON MAGIC; ADDRESSED TO THE REVEREND FATHER INNOCENT ANSALDI, OF
ON MAGIC.
LETTER From the Reverend Father Dom. Augustine Calmet , Abbot
THE END.
FROM THE FRENCH OF AUGUSTINE CALMET.
WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES
BY THE
REV. HENRY CHRISTMAS, M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A.,
LIBRARIAN AND SECRETARY OF SION COLLEGE.
QuemadmodÙm multa fieri non posse, priusquam facta sunt, judicantur;
ita multa quoque, quÆ antiquitÙs facta, quia nos ea non vidimus, neque
ratione assequimur, ex iis esse, quÆ fieri non potuerunt, judicamus.
QuÆ certÈ summa insipientia est.—Plin. Hist. Nat. lib. vii. c. 1. |
TWO VOLUMES IN ONE.
PHILADELPHIA: A. HART, LATE CAREY & HART.
1850.
PHILADELPHIA:
T. K. AND P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.
TO
HENRY JAMES SLACK, Esq., F.G.S.
&c. &c. &c.
My dear Henry—
I inscribe these volumes with your name to record a friendship which has lasted from our infancy, taint suspicion, and darkened by no shadow.
So long as eminent talents can challenge admiration, varied and extensive acquirements command respect, and unfeigned virtues ensure esteem and regard, so long will you have no common claim to them all; and none will pay the tribute more gladly than your affectionate
Friend and Cousin,
HENRY CHRISTMAS.
Sion College, March, 1850.
