Spirit Manifestations Examined and Explained: Judge Edmonds Refuted; Or, An Exposition of the Involuntary Powers and Instincts of the Human MindDe Witt & Davenport, 1854 - 252 頁 |
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第 ix 頁
... produced by the agency of departed spirits , are not a humbug , but the effect of a natural cause - Three classes of minds - the credulous , the skeptical , and those who calmly investigate - Origin of rappings in the family of Mr. Fox ...
... produced by the agency of departed spirits , are not a humbug , but the effect of a natural cause - Three classes of minds - the credulous , the skeptical , and those who calmly investigate - Origin of rappings in the family of Mr. Fox ...
第 17 頁
... produced through certain individuals called rapping mediums , nor that the spasmodic movement of the hand producing irregularly formed letters , should have been ascribed to the same supernatural agency per- formed through LECTURE I. 17.
... produced through certain individuals called rapping mediums , nor that the spasmodic movement of the hand producing irregularly formed letters , should have been ascribed to the same supernatural agency per- formed through LECTURE I. 17.
第 19 頁
... produced ; you even deny that there is a rational cause , and hence they remain confirmed . You give them to under- stand that there can be no natural cause assigned for the phenomena , that they lie far beyond the realms of philosophy ...
... produced ; you even deny that there is a rational cause , and hence they remain confirmed . You give them to under- stand that there can be no natural cause assigned for the phenomena , that they lie far beyond the realms of philosophy ...
第 27 頁
... in its various features . The whole subject of the spirit - rappings and spirit- writings , as exhibited through mediums , can be ration- LECTURE II . 27 LECTURE II INVOLUNTARY RAPPING HOW PRODUCED, AND FORCE OF HABIT ARGUED 27-40.
... in its various features . The whole subject of the spirit - rappings and spirit- writings , as exhibited through mediums , can be ration- LECTURE II . 27 LECTURE II INVOLUNTARY RAPPING HOW PRODUCED, AND FORCE OF HABIT ARGUED 27-40.
第 28 頁
... produce any manifestations only by forming a circle and sitting passively , or by assum- ing an entirely passive condition of their voluntary powers when alone . Indeed , these manifestations are produced by allowing the involuntary ...
... produce any manifestations only by forming a circle and sitting passively , or by assum- ing an entirely passive condition of their voluntary powers when alone . Indeed , these manifestations are produced by allowing the involuntary ...
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第 106 頁 - Thus then to man the voice of nature spake — " Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive ; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
第 63 頁 - One in their nature, which are two in ours ! And Reason raise o'er Instinct as you can, In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man.
第 63 頁 - till we call, and then not often . near ; But -honest Instinct comes a volunteer, Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit; While still too wide or short is human Wit...
第 207 頁 - Stockholm), and that it was spreading very fast. He was restless, and went out often. He said that the house of one of his friends, whom he named, was already in ashes, and that his own was in danger. At 8 o'clock, after he had been out again, he joyfully exclaimed, "Thank God! the fire is extinguished, the third door from my house.
第 61 頁 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
第 106 頁 - Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. Here too all forms of social union find, And hence let reason, late, instruct mankind: Here subterranean works and cities see; There towns aerial on the waving tree. Learn each small people's genius, policies, The ants...
第 207 頁 - September, on Saturday, at four o'clock pm, arrived at Gottenburg from England, Mr. William Castel invited him to his house, together with a party of fifteen persons. About six o'clock, Swedenborg went out, and, after a short interval, returned to the company, quite pale and alarmed. He said that a dangerous fire had just broken out in Stockholm, at the Sudermalm (Gottenburg is about 50 milesf from Stockholm), and that it was spreading very fast.
第 96 頁 - And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye : for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
第 213 頁 - A dead silence prevailed during the whole narration, which I alone occasionally interrupted by inquiring whether I spoke the truth. The startled young man confirmed every particular, and even, what I had scarcely expected, the last mentioned. Touched by his candour, I shook hands with him over the table, and said no more. He asked my name, which I gave him, and we remained together talking till past midnight. He is probably still living...
第 210 頁 - It lias happened to me, sometimes, on my first meeting with strangers, as I listened silently to their discourse, that their former life, with many trifling circumstances therewith connected, or frequently some particular scene in that life, has passed quite involuntarily, and, as it were, dream-like, yet perfectly distinct, before me.