An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions : (Registro nro. 89990)
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
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| Classification number | BF |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Thacher, James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1754-1844 |
| 245 13 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions : |
| Remainder of title | Also, an Account of the Witchcraft Delusion at Salem, in 1692 |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2015 |
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| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
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| Content type term | text |
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| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2015-06-06 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Ghosts and apparitions -- Power of imagination -- Illusions -- Imagination and fear -- Superstition -- Witchcraft and sorcery -- Salem witchcraft -- Omens and auguries -- Medical quackery. |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Sam W. and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This<br/>book was produced from scanned images of public domain<br/>material from the Google Print project.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions" by James Thacher is a historical treatise written in the early 19th century. This work explores the beliefs surrounding demons, ghosts, witchcraft, and superstitions that have plagued humanity through various ages. Thacher aims to dissect the psychological and societal implications of these phenomena while examining their roots in human imagination and superstition. The opening of the essay outlines the nature of the human mind and its susceptibility to superstition, emphasizing how erroneous beliefs can lead to dire consequences, including violence and persecution. Thacher introduces the concept that apparitions and supernatural experiences can often be explained through natural causes, like the functioning of the nervous system and the power of imagination. He presents various anecdotes and insights to illustrate how perceptions can be distorted by emotional and psychological states, setting the stage for a thorough analysis of the interplay between belief, fear, and rational thought regarding supernatural occurrences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
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| Uncontrolled term | Superstition |
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| Uncontrolled term | Witchcraft |
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| Uncontrolled term | Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49152">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49152</a> |
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