Project Gutenberg 2009-07-14 Public domain in the USA. 655 Calmet, Augustin 1672 1757 Calmet, Agostino Kalmetos, Augoustinos Kalmet, Augoustinos Kalmet, Avgustin Christmas, Henry 1811 1868 Dissertations sur les apparitions des anges, des démons et des esprits. English The Phantom World; or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Stephanie Eason and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Phantom World: The History and Philosophy of Spirits, Apparitions, &c, &c." by Augustine Calmet is a philosophical treatise written in the mid-18th century. This work delves into the nature of spirits, angels, demons, and apparitions, capturing the beliefs held during a period rife with superstition and scholarly debate surrounding the supernatural. It explores the variety of opinions across different cultures, particularly focusing on Christian doctrines and historical accounts. The opening of this text introduces the reader to the author's intentions: a thorough examination of apparitions and their impact on society during his time. Calmet presents a framework to discuss not only the validations and assertions surrounding angels and demons as described in religious texts but also the critical analysis of cases of demoniacal possession and the societal implications of such beliefs. He conveys the importance of distinguishing between truth and superstition while acknowledging the complexities and fears surrounding the concepts of the supernatural in a time when such phenomena were often taken at face value. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Demonology Apparitions Spirits BF Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1298206 1298211 2024-09-12T14:20:55.648548 2023-09-13T06:31:37.107563 text/html text/html 1299384 2021-01-05T08:40:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 461081 2021-01-05T08:40:09 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 565341 2024-09-12T14:21:14.856462 application/epub+zip 577342 2024-09-12T14:20:59.383528 application/epub+zip 577341 2024-09-12T14:20:57.347480 application/epub+zip 1166769 2024-09-12T14:21:27.445339 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 979467 2024-09-12T14:21:12.619433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 979865 2022-09-13T15:16:40.565137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1141644 1141413 2024-09-12T14:20:52.454610 2023-09-13T06:31:34.184528 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1140838 2021-01-05T08:40:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 427472 2021-01-05T08:40:09 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1141014 2021-01-05T08:40:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 426965 2021-01-05T08:40:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21617 2024-09-12T14:21:27.616424 application/rdf+xml 25181 2024-09-12T14:20:57.820548 image/jpeg 4741 2024-09-12T14:20:57.587469 image/jpeg 526245 2024-09-12T14:20:55.751491 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