An essay on the history and reality of apparitions. : Being an account of what they are, and what they are not; whence they come, and whence they come not. As also how we may distinguish between the apparitions of good and evil spirits and how we ought to behave to them. With a great variety of surprizing and diverting examples, never publish'd before.
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Excerpt from An Essay on the History and Reality of Apparitions: Being an Account of What They Are, and What They Are Not; Whence They Come, and Whence They Come Not, as Also How We May Distinguish Between the Apparitions of Good and Evil Spirits, and How We Ought to Behave to Them But it does not follow from thence that there fore there are no fuch Things in Nature; that there is no Intercourfe or Communication between the World of Spirits, and the World we live in; that the Inhabitants of the invifible Spaces, he thofe where yon pleafi', have no Converfe with us, and that they never takethc Liberty to op down upon this Globe, or to vifit their Friends here; and in fhort, that they have nothing to do with or fay to us, or We with or to them. The Enquiry is not, as I take it, whether they do really come hither or no, but Who they are that do come? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
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