Project Gutenberg 2010-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 115 Swieten, Gerard, Freiherr van 1700 1772 Swieten, G. L. B. van Van Swieten, Gerhard, Freiherr Vampyrismus Reading ease score: 68.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Michael Roe, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Vampyrismus" by Freiherr van Gerard Swieten is a scientific publication written in the mid-18th century. This work examines the folklore surrounding vampires, particularly the belief that certain deceased individuals can rise from their graves to torment the living. The book seeks to address various misconceptions and superstitious beliefs about vampirism, analyzing it from a rational perspective. In "Vampyrismus," van Gerard Swieten discusses the nature of vampires and the origins of the widespread fears surrounding them. He meticulously examines cases of alleged vampirism, often attributed to ignorance and superstition prevalent in certain regions like Hungary, Moravia, and Poland. The author scrutinizes the physical state of deceased bodies, addressing claims about their condition and the supposed powers of these "vampires" to harm the living. Throughout the text, Swieten advocates for a scientific understanding of such phenomena, arguing against the validity of these superstitions and demonstrating that fear and hysteria often lead to irrational actions against the deceased. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de Vampires BF Text DE Sachbuch Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 79815 79799 2024-10-13T07:59:45.848202 2023-09-13T12:12:15.022160 text/html text/html 75610 2010-01-07T06:25:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 77580 2010-01-07T06:25:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 156282 2024-10-13T07:59:52.133155 application/epub+zip 154689 2024-10-13T07:59:49.183214 application/epub+zip 89683 2024-10-13T07:59:47.776196 application/epub+zip 290398 2024-10-13T07:59:54.224161 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275724 2024-10-13T07:59:51.208186 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164907 2022-09-14T08:56:34.129468 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 67829 2024-10-13T07:59:45.463192 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 67667 2010-01-07T06:25:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 25949 2010-01-07T06:25:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 66986 2010-01-07T06:25:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 25832 2010-01-07T06:25:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20976 2024-10-13T07:59:54.357148 application/rdf+xml 15423 2024-10-13T07:59:48.334169 image/jpeg 3768 2024-10-13T07:59:48.050195 image/jpeg 157345 2024-10-13T07:59:45.866184 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