Project Gutenberg 2008-04-10 Public domain in the USA. 98 Phillips, Forbes 1866 1917 Hopkins, R. Thurston (Robert Thurston) 1884 1958 Hopkins, Robert Thurston War and the Weird Produced by Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "War and the Weird" by Forbes Phillips and R. Thurston Hopkins is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The book explores the intersection of war experiences and the supernatural, delving into themes of premonition, spiritual awareness, and mystical encounters faced by soldiers during wartime. The text appears to offer a blend of personal narratives and philosophical musings, reflecting on the uncanny experiences that arise amidst the horrors of battle. The opening of the book introduces us to a wounded British officer reflecting on the strange and uncanny occurrences surrounding soldiers during the Great War. He recounts a discussion with fellow soldiers, sharing their experiences of dreams, premonitions, and supernatural beliefs that surface in the chaos of combat. They ponder the nature of these supernatural experiences, suggesting that such moments may arise from the heightened emotional states and psychological stress of warfare. The officer's musings set a tone that merges personal anecdotes with broader philosophical questions about the spiritual dimensions of human existence, framing the battlefield as a site where extraordinary phenomena occur, leading to deeper explorations of life, death, and belief in the unseen realms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 -- Fiction Supernatural PR D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 261489 261498 2024-09-11T03:38:59.058979 2023-09-11T07:17:32.436306 text/html text/html 261807 2021-01-03T11:45:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 103021 2021-01-03T11:45:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 163378 2024-09-11T03:39:04.901935 application/epub+zip 164876 2024-09-11T03:39:00.797973 application/epub+zip 163655 2024-09-11T03:38:59.694960 application/epub+zip 322148 2024-09-11T03:39:08.066938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 293257 2024-09-11T03:39:04.211927 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290937 2022-09-11T13:15:58.561595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236945 236856 2024-09-11T03:38:58.532992 2023-09-11T07:17:31.944307 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 236878 2021-01-03T11:45:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 94492 2021-01-03T11:45:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 236867 2021-01-03T11:45:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 94465 2021-01-03T11:45:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21348 2024-09-11T03:39:08.209886 application/rdf+xml 14410 2024-09-11T03:39:00.038985 image/jpeg 3477 2024-09-11T03:38:59.867923 image/jpeg 157133 2024-09-11T03:38:59.085002 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog