The Philosophy of Mystery

About this eBook

Author

Dendy, Walter Cooper, 1794-1871

Credits

Produced by Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at www.pgdpcanada.net from page images generously made available by the Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Parapsychology -- Early works to 1900

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 56822

Release Date

March 23, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.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.—OPIUM. — 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. — BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

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