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Title: The Spirit Land
Note: Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http: //archive.org)
Summary: "The Spirit Land" by Samuel B. Emmons is a treatise on superstitions and their origins, written in the mid-19th century. The author aims to dissect various popular beliefs that have persisted throughout history, revealing the absurdities and dangers of such notions, especially in the context of Christianity. In this work, he addresses figures like witches, ghosts, and demons while advocating for a rational understanding of spiritual matters grounded in the teachings of the Bible. The opening of the work introduces Emmons’ intentions clearly: to demystify the erroneous beliefs that have plagued humanity through the ages. He begins by reflecting on the pervasive influence of childhood tales about giants and spirits, highlighting how these stories cultivate a fear of the supernatural that can lead to social hysteria, as exemplified by the ghost sightings in Waltham, Massachusetts. Emmons emphasizes the importance of reason and knowledge in dispelling these fears and isolating the causes of superstitions, thus setting the stage for a detailed exploration of the roots and repercussions of these misguided beliefs. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Emmons, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch)
EBook No.: 43237
Published: Jul 17, 2013
Downloads: 130
Language: English
Subject: Spiritualism
Subject: Occultism -- Early works to 1900
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Spirit Land
Note: Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http: //archive.org)
Summary: "The Spirit Land" by Samuel B. Emmons is a treatise on superstitions and their origins, written in the mid-19th century. The author aims to dissect various popular beliefs that have persisted throughout history, revealing the absurdities and dangers of such notions, especially in the context of Christianity. In this work, he addresses figures like witches, ghosts, and demons while advocating for a rational understanding of spiritual matters grounded in the teachings of the Bible. The opening of the work introduces Emmons’ intentions clearly: to demystify the erroneous beliefs that have plagued humanity through the ages. He begins by reflecting on the pervasive influence of childhood tales about giants and spirits, highlighting how these stories cultivate a fear of the supernatural that can lead to social hysteria, as exemplified by the ghost sightings in Waltham, Massachusetts. Emmons emphasizes the importance of reason and knowledge in dispelling these fears and isolating the causes of superstitions, thus setting the stage for a detailed exploration of the roots and repercussions of these misguided beliefs. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Emmons, Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch)
EBook No.: 43237
Published: Jul 17, 2013
Downloads: 130
Language: English
Subject: Spiritualism
Subject: Occultism -- Early works to 1900
LoCC: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.