CONTENTS

BYWAYS OF GHOST-LAND CHAPTER I THE UNKNOWN BRAIN

CHAPTER II THE OCCULT IN SHADOWS

CHAPTER III OBSESSION, POSSESSION

Clocks, Chests and Mummies

CHAPTER IV OCCULT HOOLIGANS

CHAPTER V SYLVAN HORRORS

CHAPTER VI COMPLEX HAUNTINGS AND OCCULT BESTIALITIES

CHAPTER VII VAMPIRES, WERE-WOLVES, FOX-WOMEN, ETC.

Vampires

Were-wolves

Fox-women

CHAPTER VIII DEATH WARNINGS AND FAMILY GHOSTS

Corpse-candles

Fire-coffins

The Death-watch

Owls

Ravens

Mermaids

The Wandering Jew

Attendant Spirits

Banshees

Scottish Ghosts

English Family Ghosts

Welsh Ghosts

CHAPTER IX "SUPERSTITIONS AND FORTUNES"

Thirteen at Table

Spilling Salt

Looking-glasses

Psychic Days

Fortune-telling

Palmistry

Pyromancy

Hydromancy

The Crystal

Talismans and Amulets

"The Evil Eye"

Witches

CHAPTER X THE HAND OF GLORY; THE BLOODY HAND OF ULSTER; THE SEVENTH SON; BIRTHMARKS; NATURE'S DEVIL SIGNALS; PRE-EXISTENCE; THE FUTURE; PROJECTION; TELEPATHY, ETC.

The Hand of Glory

The Bloody Hand of Ulster

The Seventh Son

Birthmarks

Nature's Devil Signals

Pre-existence and the Future

Projection

Telepathy and Suggestion

The Psychic Faculty and Second Sight

Intuition

Clairvoyance

Automatic Writing

Table-turning

Charms and Checks against Ghosts

CHAPTER XI OCCULT INHABITANTS OF THE SEA AND RIVERS

Phantom Ships

The Sargasso Sea

River Ghosts

Sirens

CHAPTER XII BUDDHAS AND BOGGLE CHAIRS

The Barrowvian

Boggle Chairs

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INDEX

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