Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions: Or, An Attempt to Trace Such Illusions to Their Physical Causes |
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... Spectral Impres- sions to the Royal Society of Edinburgh . What- ever ... impressions . In a second part of this work , my object has been to point ... spectral illusions , may be traced to such fantastical.
... Spectral Impres- sions to the Royal Society of Edinburgh . What- ever ... impressions . In a second part of this work , my object has been to point ... spectral illusions , may be traced to such fantastical.
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... spectral illusions , may be traced to such fantastical objects of prior belief as are incorporated in the various ... impressions , there ought to be some important and definite laws of the mind which have given rise to this undue degree ...
... spectral illusions , may be traced to such fantastical objects of prior belief as are incorporated in the various ... impressions , there ought to be some important and definite laws of the mind which have given rise to this undue degree ...
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... Spectral Illusions , III . Spectral Illusions resulting from the highly - ex- cited States of particular ... Impressions of our Waking Hours , 178 213 CHAP . XVII . The Effect of Mental Excitements upon.
... Spectral Illusions , III . Spectral Illusions resulting from the highly - ex- cited States of particular ... Impressions of our Waking Hours , 178 213 CHAP . XVII . The Effect of Mental Excitements upon.
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... impressions . But before considering the case of Nicolai in a medical point of view , it will be necessary to lay ... SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS .
... impressions . But before considering the case of Nicolai in a medical point of view , it will be necessary to lay ... SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS .
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... impressions becoming more illuminated , ” - “ Luminous points arising to daz- zle the vision , " " Hearing more ... SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS . 13.
... impressions becoming more illuminated , ” - “ Luminous points arising to daz- zle the vision , " " Hearing more ... SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS . 13.
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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