Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions: Or, An Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to Their Physical Causes |
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... rendered more vivid than actual impressions . In a second part of this work , my object has been to point out , that , in well - authenticated ghost- stories of a supposed supernatural character , the ideas which are rendered so unduly ...
... rendered more vivid than actual impressions . In a second part of this work , my object has been to point out , that , in well - authenticated ghost- stories of a supposed supernatural character , the ideas which are rendered so unduly ...
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... - sions , ) the operations of the intellectual faculty of the mind sustain corresponding modifications , by which the efforts of the judgment are rendered proportionally incorrect . But the reason which I assign at viv PREFACE .
... - sions , ) the operations of the intellectual faculty of the mind sustain corresponding modifications , by which the efforts of the judgment are rendered proportionally incorrect . But the reason which I assign at viv PREFACE .
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... render the principles that I have inculcated as intelligible as possible , but to direct the attention of the reader less to the vul- gar absurdities which are blended with ghost- stories , than to the important philosophical infer ...
... render the principles that I have inculcated as intelligible as possible , but to direct the attention of the reader less to the vul- gar absurdities which are blended with ghost- stories , than to the important philosophical infer ...
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... Causes as are capable of rendering more vivid the Feelings of the Mind , XVI . The Illusions of Dreams , as distinguished from the Spectral Impressions of our Waking Hours , 178 213 CHAP . XVII . The Effect of Mental Excitements upon.
... Causes as are capable of rendering more vivid the Feelings of the Mind , XVI . The Illusions of Dreams , as distinguished from the Spectral Impressions of our Waking Hours , 178 213 CHAP . XVII . The Effect of Mental Excitements upon.
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... also some morbid con- dition of the body , which might have contributed to render the ideas of his mind of such a high state of intensity , that they became no less vivid than A 2 The Pathology of Spectral Illusions,
... also some morbid con- dition of the body , which might have contributed to render the ideas of his mind of such a high state of intensity , that they became no less vivid than A 2 The Pathology of Spectral Illusions,
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3d Stage actual impressions afterwards angels apparitions appeared arise astral spirits blood body brain catalepsy CHAP connected considered degree of intensity degree of vividness delirium tremens demonology demons devil divels dreams duergar ecstasy effect entertained eyes faint Fancy figures ghosts hierarchy of angels human illustration imagination impart induced kind less vivid ment mental excitement mental feelings metaphysicians mind morbific causes narrative nature nerves nervous ness Nicolai night nitrous oxide notion objects observe occasion opinion organs of sense past feelings perfect sleep person phantasms phenomena philosophers pleasurable feelings pneumatology present principle Rabbi Akkiva recollected images Reginald Scot remarks rendered renovated feelings retina sanguineous says sensations and ideas shew shewn sions sleep somnambulism Soul spectral illusions spectral impressions spectres spirits stage of excitement subsist superstition supposed symptoms tasms thing thou thought tion unconsciousness various vision vivifying influence waking writer