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The Spirit Land

By Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch) Emmons
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  • THE SPIRIT LAND.
    • TO THE READER.
    • NOTE.
    • CONTENTS.
    • INTRODUCTION.
    • CHAPTER I. THE ORIGIN OF POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS.
    • CHAPTER II. INDUCTIVE PHILOSOPHY NOT UNDERSTOOD.
    • CHAPTER III. IGNORANCE OF THE CAUSES OF DREAMS.
    • CHAPTER IV. EFFECTS OF THE IMAGINATION ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
    • CHAPTER V. IGNORANCE OF MENTAL PHILOSOPHY.
    • CHAPTER VI. IGNORANCE OF TRUE RELIGION.
    • CHAPTER VII. BELIEF IN WITCHCRAFT.
    • CHAPTER VIII. NECROMANCY AND FORTUNE TELLING.
    • CHAPTER IX. FAIRIES, OR WANDERING SPIRITS.
    • CHAPTER X. OMENS, CHARMS, AND DIVINATION.
    • CHAPTER XI. MODERN MIRACLES.
    • CHAPTER XII. PRETENDED PROPHETS AND CHRISTS.
    • CHAPTER XIII. MORMON SUPERSTITION.
    • CHAPTER XIV. MILLER DELUSION.
    • CHAPTER XV. INTERCOURSE WITH DEPARTED SPIRITS.
    • CHAPTER XVI. EVIL EFFECTS OF POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS.
    • CHAPTER XVII. BANISHMENT OF POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS.
    • PART SECOND.
    • MIRACLE IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.
    • PERSONS TRAINED BY A LECTURER.
    • SCENE AT EAST BOSTON.
    • EXTRACT FROM THE PURITAN RECORDER.
    • EXTRACT FROM THE HOME JOURNAL.
    • FORETELLING FUTURE EVENTS.
    • VISIONS, MIRACLES, AND WONDERS.
    • CLAIRVOYANT PHYSICIANS.
    • STYLE OF "SUPERNAL" COMPOSITIONS.
    • MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA, WITH THEIR AGENTS OR CAUSES.
    • EXPERIMENTS IN BIOLOGY.
    • FACULTY OF IMITATION.
    • UNSEEN LETTERS AND SIGNATURES.
    • A DANCING LIGHT.
    • SAILORS' OMENS.
    • LOVE CHARMS.
    • EFFECTS OF A BELIEF IN A GHOST.
    • THE INVISIBLE LADY.
    • SORCERERS IN THE EAST.
    • SINGULAR METAMORPHOSES.
    • PERNICIOUS ERRORS RELATING TO HEALTH.
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