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The Philosophy of Mystery
About this book
This is Walter Cooper Dendy's 1841 work, "The Philosophy of Mystery". It is primarily concerned with ghosts, their existence, history, and possible explanation. This book is highly recommended for those with an interest in the supernatural, and it is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Walter Cooper Dendy (1794-1871) was an English surgeon and writer. Other notable works by this author include: "A Gleam of the Spirit Mystery" (1861) and "Psyche, a Discourse on the Birth and Pilgrimage of Thought" (1853). Contents include: "Scenery on the Wye-A Ghost Seer-Tintern Abbey-Faith and Skepticism in the reality of Phantoms", "Nature and Motives of Ghosts", "Notions of the Ancients regarding the nature of Ghosts", "Confidence of the Ancients in their Appearance", "Modern Incidents in illustration of real appearance", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition designed for a modern audience.
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Print ISBN
9781473334571
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- The Challenge
- Nature and Motives of Ghosts
- Prophecy of Spectres
- Illusion of Spectres
- Phantasy from Mental Association
- Phantasy from Cerebral Excitement
- Phantasy from Cerebral Congestion
- Poetic Phantasy, or Frenzy
- Phantasy from Sympathy with the Brain
- Mysterious forms and Signs
- Analysis and Classification of Spectral Illusion
- Illusions of Art
- Illustration of Mysterious Sounds
- Fairy Mythology
- Demonology
- Nature of Soul and Mind
- Nature of Sleep
- Sublimity and Imperfection of Dreaming
- Prophecy of Dreams
- Moral Causes of Dreaming
- Anachronism and Coincidence of Dreams
- Material Causes of Dreams
- Intense Impression.—Memory
- Influence of Dark Blood in the Brain
- Incubus or Night-Mare
- Somniloquence.—Somnambulism
- Imitative Monomania
- Reverie
- Abstraction of Intellect
- Somnolence.—Trance.—Catalepsy
- Premature Interment.—Resuscitation
- Transmigration.—Analysis of Trance
- Mesmerism
- Sibylline Influence