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An essay towards a theory of apparitions

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Philosophy & Psychology

An essay towards a theory of apparitions

John Ferriar

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Ghosts are real experiences with natural causes: so argued a Manchester physician in 1813. John Ferriar's theory of apparitions explains spectral visitors as renewed impressions of the brain, waking images that need no otherworldly source, with case histories to match. A founding document of the scientific ghost story. Keep the lights on and read anyway.

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15 chapters

  1. 1THEORY OF APPARITIONS.
  2. 2CONTENTS.
  3. 3PREFACE.
  4. 4THEORY OF APPARITIONS.
  5. 5OF THE THEORY OF APPARITIONS.
  6. 6CHAPTER I.
  7. 7§ I.
  8. 8CHAP. II.
  9. 9§ II.
  10. 10CHAP. III.
  11. 11CHAP. IV.
  12. 12§ III.
  13. 13CHAP. V.
  14. 14FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15Transcriber’s Notes
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