Essay on Superstition: Being an Inquiry Into the Effects of Physical Influence on the Mind, in the Production of Dreams, Visions, Ghosts, and Other Supernatural AppearancesJ. Hatchard and son, 1830 - 430 pages |
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Page 27
... medium of our own will ; but persons are often better pleased to throw the blame of that which is evil in their hearts upon the influence of Satan , than upon their own indulgence of sinful passion and corrupt propensity ; as if the ...
... medium of our own will ; but persons are often better pleased to throw the blame of that which is evil in their hearts upon the influence of Satan , than upon their own indulgence of sinful passion and corrupt propensity ; as if the ...
Page 58
... medium . Indeed , when we recollect that man is a com- pound creature , -made up of a perishable body , and of an ... medium of communication ; and , consequently , that , without this medium , man's moral responsibility would be ...
... medium . Indeed , when we recollect that man is a com- pound creature , -made up of a perishable body , and of an ... medium of communication ; and , consequently , that , without this medium , man's moral responsibility would be ...
Page 76
... upon the manifestation of spiritual existence , by the material medium through which it is rendered cognizable : and thus it is , that these changes of thought and feeling are often ascribable to 76 ESSAY ON SUPERSTITION .
... upon the manifestation of spiritual existence , by the material medium through which it is rendered cognizable : and thus it is , that these changes of thought and feeling are often ascribable to 76 ESSAY ON SUPERSTITION .
Page 78
... medium may for a time oblite- rate , and afterwards obscure , alter , and per- vert , the manifestations of mind . Hence it follows , that similar , but transient morbid states , may produce equal though not permanent changes and ...
... medium may for a time oblite- rate , and afterwards obscure , alter , and per- vert , the manifestations of mind . Hence it follows , that similar , but transient morbid states , may produce equal though not permanent changes and ...
Page 79
... medium , unless ano- ther and a better mode of communication can be demonstrated ? The author will illustrate this position , by a history of one of the slightest and simplest injuries to the brain ; though this detail involves a ...
... medium , unless ano- ther and a better mode of communication can be demonstrated ? The author will illustrate this position , by a history of one of the slightest and simplest injuries to the brain ; though this detail involves a ...
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absence of truth alleged Almighty animal magnetism apparitions arising ascribed associated become believe blood bodily body brain brainular action brainular function cere cerebral disorder cerebral irritation character Christ Christian circumstances condition consequence creation degree disease disturbance Divine Divine grace dreams effect emotion energy epilepsy evil excitement exertion existence fact faculties fear feebleness feeling festations fluence forms habit heart Holy Spirit hypochondriasis illusions impression individual infinite influence insanity instance intellectual irri liable malady manifesta manifestations of mind medium ment mental manifestation mercy mode morbid action nature nervous system night occasion operations organ of mind origin patient peculiar perfect perverted phenomena physical present produced proof racter rational reason recollected referred religion rendered result revelation sensorial sinner sion Sir Marcus Beresford sleep somnambulism spiritual agency spiritual principle stomach suffering supernatural appearances superstition supposed susceptibility sympathies symptoms thought tion traced truth tural unreal images viscus visions voice volition