The Philosophy of Mystery
eBook - ePub

The Philosophy of Mystery

  1. 450 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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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Information

Publisher
White Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781473334571
eBook ISBN
9781473342804

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. The Challenge
  5. Nature and Motives of Ghosts
  6. Prophecy of Spectres
  7. Illusion of Spectres
  8. Phantasy from Mental Association
  9. Phantasy from Cerebral Excitement
  10. Phantasy from Cerebral Congestion
  11. Poetic Phantasy, or Frenzy
  12. Phantasy from Sympathy with the Brain
  13. Mysterious forms and Signs
  14. Analysis and Classification of Spectral Illusion
  15. Illusions of Art
  16. Illustration of Mysterious Sounds
  17. Fairy Mythology
  18. Demonology
  19. Nature of Soul and Mind
  20. Nature of Sleep
  21. Sublimity and Imperfection of Dreaming
  22. Prophecy of Dreams
  23. Moral Causes of Dreaming
  24. Anachronism and Coincidence of Dreams
  25. Material Causes of Dreams
  26. Intense Impression.—Memory
  27. Influence of Dark Blood in the Brain
  28. Incubus or Night-Mare
  29. Somniloquence.—Somnambulism
  30. Imitative Monomania
  31. Reverie
  32. Abstraction of Intellect
  33. Somnolence.—Trance.—Catalepsy
  34. Premature Interment.—Resuscitation
  35. Transmigration.—Analysis of Trance
  36. Mesmerism
  37. Sibylline Influence