Project Gutenberg 2009-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 115 Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington) 1874 1959 Bruce, Henry Addington Bayley 08024447 Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters Reading ease score: 54.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. The devils of Loudun -- The drummer of Tedworth -- The haunting of the Wesleys -- The visions of Emanuel Swedenborg -- The Cock Lane ghost -- The ghost seen by Lord Brougham -- The seeress of Prevorst -- The mysterious Mr. Home -- The Watseka wonder -- A medieval ghost hunter -- Ghost hunters of yesterday and to-day. Produced by Irma Spehar, S.D., and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters" by H. Addington Bruce is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores various famous ghost stories and accounts of ghostly encounters, delving into the nature of these phenomena and the attempts made to investigate them, often through the lens of the psychological insights gained from contemporary research. The opening of the book introduces the subject matter with a synopsis of the author's earlier work, discussing the interrelation of abnormal psychology and psychical research. It sets the stage for examining notable historical incidents, beginning with the tale of the "Devils of Loudun," a story involving possession lore, exorcism, and local politics in 17th century France. Here, the narrative reveals how the tale intersects with themes of hysteria, manipulation, and societal scapegoating, laying a foundation for the exploration of ghostly mysteries entangled with human psychology and the darker aspects of history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ghosts BF Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 328749 328730 2024-10-12T11:04:39.270360 2023-09-12T13:17:42.924526 text/html text/html 329348 2009-05-06T05:03:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 122763 2009-05-06T05:05:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 213484 2024-10-12T11:04:48.804009 application/epub+zip 216006 2024-10-12T11:04:43.362816 application/epub+zip 195148 2024-10-12T11:04:41.713344 application/epub+zip 403679 2024-10-12T11:04:52.656778 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374308 2024-10-12T11:04:47.689784 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331074 2022-09-13T10:41:43.585184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295971 295756 2024-10-12T11:04:38.520344 2023-09-12T13:17:42.407547 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 295842 2009-05-06T05:03:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 114886 2009-05-06T05:05:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 296389 2009-05-06T05:04:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 115073 2009-05-06T05:05:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21825 2024-10-12T11:04:52.797758 application/rdf+xml 16145 2024-10-12T11:04:42.406818 image/jpeg 3802 2024-10-12T11:04:42.081804 image/jpeg 200007 2024-10-12T11:04:39.303336 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 en.wikipedia