The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Calmet Augustin

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       ADVERTISEMENT.

       THE PHANTOM WORLD.

       CHAPTER I.

       THE APPEARANCE OF GOOD ANGELS PROVED BY THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

       CHAPTER II.

       THE APPEARANCE OF GOOD ANGELS PROVED BY THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.

       CHAPTER III.

       UNDER WHAT FORM HAVE GOOD ANGELS APPEARED?

       CHAPTER IV.

       OPINIONS OF THE JEWS, CHRISTIANS, MAHOMETANS, AND ORIENTAL NATIONS CONCERNING THE APPARITIONS OF GOOD ANGELS.

       CHAPTER V.

       OPINION OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS ON THE APPARITIONS OF GOOD GENII.

       CHAPTER VI.

       THE APPARITION OF BAD ANGELS PROVED BY THE HOLY SCRIPTURES—UNDER WHAT FORM THEY HAVE APPEARED.

       CHAPTER VII.

       OF MAGIC.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       OBJECTIONS TO THE REALITY OF MAGIC.

       CHAPTER IX.

       REPLY TO THE OBJECTIONS.

       CHAPTER X.

       EXAMINATION OF THE AFFAIR OF HOCQUE, MAGICIAN.

       CHAPTER XI.

       MAGIC OF THE EGYPTIANS AND CHALDEANS.

       CHAPTER XII.

       MAGIC AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       EXAMPLES WHICH PROVE THE REALITY OF MAGIC.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       EFFECTS OF MAGIC ACCORDING TO THE POETS.

       CHAPTER XV.

       OF THE PAGAN ORACLES.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       THE CERTAINTY OF THE EVENT PREDICTED IS NOT ALWAYS A PROOF THAT THE PREDICTION COMES FROM GOD.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       REASONS WHICH LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT THE GREATER PART OF THE ANCIENT ORACLES WERE ONLY IMPOSITIONS OF THE PRIESTS AND PRIESTESSES, WHO FEIGNED THAT THEY WERE INSPIRED BY GOD.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       ON SORCERERS AND SORCERESSES, OR WITCHES.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       INSTANCES OF SORCERERS AND WITCHES BEING, AS THEY SAID, TRANSPORTED TO THE SABBATH.

       CHAPTER XX.

       STORY OF LOUIS GAUFREDI AND MAGDALEN DE LA PALUD, OWNED BY THEMSELVES TO BE A SORCERER AND SORCERESS.

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