The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. — John Shaqi
The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.Calmet, Augustin
Religion
The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c.
Calmet, Augustin
Apparitions; Demonology; Spirits
XIII. Narrative from the "Mercure Gallant" of 1693 and 1694
on Revenans 272
XIV. Conjectures of the "Glaneur de Hollandais" 273
XV. Another Letter on Ghosts 276
XVI. Pretended Vestiges of Vampirism in Antiquity 278
XVII. Ghosts in Northern Countries 282
XVIII. Ghosts in England 283
XIX. Ghosts in Peru 284
XX. Ghosts in Lapland 285
XXI. Return of a Man who had been Dead some Months 285
XXII. Excommunicated Persons who went out of Churches 289
XXIII. Some Instances of the Excommunicated being rejected or
cast out of Consecrated Ground 291
XXIV. Instance of an Excommunicated Martyr being cast out of
the Ground 292
XXV. A Man cast out of the Church for having refused to pay
Tithes 293
XXVI. Instances of Persons who have given Signs of Life after
their Death, and have withdrawn themselves respectfully
to make room for more worthy Persons 294
XXVII. People who perform Pilgrimage after Death 296
XXVIII. Reasoning upon the Excommunicated who go out of
Churches 297
XXIX. Do the Excommunicated rot in the Earth? 300
XXX. Instances to show that the Excommunicated do not rot, and
that they appear to the Living 301
XXXI. Instances of these Returns to Earth of the Excommunicated 302
XXXII. A Vroucolacan exhumed in the presence of M. de
Tournefort 304
XXXIII. Has the Demon power to kill, and then to restore to
Life? 308
XXXIV. Examination of the Opinion that the Demon can restore
Animation to a Dead Body 310
XXXV. Instances of Phantoms which have appeared to the Living
and given many Signs of Life 313
XXXVI. Devoting People to Death, practised by the Heathens 314
XXXVII. Instances of dooming to Death among Christians 317
XXXVIII. Instances of Persons who have promised to give each
other News of themselves from the other World 321
XXXIX. Extracts from the Political Works of the Abbe de St.
Pierre 325
XL. Divers Systems to explain Ghosts 331
XLI. Divers Instances of Persons being Buried Alive 333
XLII. Instances of Drowned Persons who have come back to Life
and Health 335
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