Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World

Klappentext A comprehensive investigation of spiritualism! published in 1860 by a Scottish-born former member of the US House of Representatives. Zusammenfassung An investigation into supernatural phenomena ranging from dreams to apparitions and hauntings, this work, first published in 1860, reports the observations and research of Robert Dale Owen (1801–1877), a Scottish immigrant who became a member of the US House of Representatives and US minister at Naples. Inhaltsverzeichnis Author's advertisement to the English edition; Preface to the American edition; List of authors cited; Book I. Preliminary: 1. Statement of the subject; 2. The impossible; 3. The miraculous; 4. The improbable; Book II. Touching Certain Phases of Sleep: 1. Sleep in general; 2. Dreams; Book III. Of Disturbances Popularly Termed Hauntings: 1. General character of the phenomena; 2. Narratives; 3. Summing up; Book IV. Of Appearances Commonly Called Apparitions: 1. Touching hallucination; 2. Apparitions of the living; 3. Apparitions of the dead; Book V. Indications of Personal Interferences: 1. Retribution; 2. Guardianship; Book VI. The Suggested Results: 1. The change at death; 2. Conclusion; Appendix; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Dale Owen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108027427
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02742-7
• No. of pages: 422
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spiritualism, HISTORY / Social History, Spiritualism