The Philosophy of Mystery
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About This Book
1847. Contents: challenge; nature and motives of ghosts; prophecy of specters; fantasy from mental association; fantasy from cerebral excitement; poetic fantasy or frenzy; fantasy from sympathy with the brain; mysterious forms and signs; analysis and classification of spectral illusion; illusions of art; fairy mythology; demonology; nature of soul and mind; nature of sleep; sublimity and imperfection of dreaming; prophecy of dreams; moral causes of dreamings; anachronism and coincidence of dreams; material causes of dreams; intense impression, memory; influence of dark blood in the brain; incu...
Chapters (35)(click to expand)
- CONTENTS.
- THE CHALLENGE.
- NATURE AND MOTIVES OF GHOSTS.
- PROPHECY OF SPECTRES.
- ILLUSION OF SPECTRES.
- PHANTASY FROM MENTAL ASSOCIATION.
- PHANTASY FROM CEREBRAL EXCITEMENT.
- PHANTASY FROM CEREBRAL CONGESTION.—OPIUM.
- POETIC PHANTASY, OR FRENZY.
- PHANTASY FROM SYMPATHY WITH THE BRAIN.
- MYSTERIOUS FORMS AND SIGNS.
- ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF SPECTRAL ILLUSION.
- ILLUSIONS OF ART.
- ILLUSTRATION OF MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS.
- FAIRY MYTHOLOGY.
- DEMONOLOGY.
- NATURE OF SOUL AND MIND.
- NATURE OF SLEEP.
- SUBLIMITY AND IMPERFECTION OF DREAMING.
- PROPHECY OF DREAMS.
- MORAL CAUSES OF DREAMING.
- ANACHRONISM AND COINCIDENCE OF DREAMS.
- MATERIAL CAUSES OF DREAMS.
- INTENSE IMPRESSION.—MEMORY.
- INFLUENCE OF DARK BLOOD IN THE BRAIN.
- INCUBUS, OR NIGHT-MARE.
- SOMNILOQUENCE.—SOMNAMBULISM.
- IMITATIVE MONOMANIA.
- REVERIE.
- ABSTRACTION OF INTELLECT.
- SOMNOLENCE.—TRANCE.—CATALEPSY.
- PREMATURE INTERMENT.—RESUSCITATION.
- TRANSMIGRATION.—ANALYSIS OF TRANCE.
- MESMERISM.
- SIBYLLINE INFLUENCE.
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