The Spirit Land
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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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