- 1With a Preface and Notes
- 2Introduction
- 3Preface
- 4Advertisement
- 5Chapter I — The Appearance of Good Angels Proved by the Books of th…
- 6Chapter II — The Appearance of Good Angels Proved by the Books of t…
- 7Chapter III — Under What Form Have Good Angels Appeared?
- 8Chapter IV — Opinions of the Jews, Christians, Mahometans, and Orie…
- 9Chapter V — Opinion of the Greeks and Romans on the Apparitions of…
- 10Chapter VI — The Apparition of Bad Angels Proved by the Holy Script…
- 11Chapter VII — Of Magic
- 12Chapter VIII — Objections to the Reality of Magic
- 13Chapter IX — Reply to the Objections
- 14Chapter X — Examination of the Affair of Hocque, Magician
- 15Chapter XI — Magic of the Egyptians and Chaldeans
- 16Chapter XII — Magic Among the Greeks and Romans
- 17Chapter XIII — Examples Which Prove the Reality of Magic
- 18Chapter XIV — Effects of Magic According to the Poets
- 19Chapter XV — Of the Pagan Oracles
- 20Chapter XVI — The Certainty of the Event Predicted Is Not Always a…
- 21Chapter XVII — Reasons Which Lead Us to Believe That the Greater Pa…
- 22Chapter XVIII — On Sorcerers and Sorceresses, or Witches
- 23Chapter XIX — Instances of Sorcerers and Witches Being, as They Sai…
- 24Chapter XX — Story of Louis Gaufredi and Magdalen de la Palud, Owne…
- 25Chapter XXI — Reasons Which Prove the Possibility of Sorcerers and…
- 26Chapter XXII — Continuation of the Same Subject
- 27Chapter XXIII — Obsession and Possession of the Devil
- 28Chapter XXIV — The Truth and Reality of Possession and Obsession by…
- 29Chapter XXV — Examples of Real Possessions Caused by the Devil
- 30Chapter XXVI — Continuation of the Same Subject
- 31Chapter XXVII — Objections Against the Obsessions and Possessions o…
- 32Chapter XXVIII — Continuation of Objections Against Possessions, an…
- 33Chapter XXIX — Of Familiar Spirits
- 34Chapter XXX — Some Other Examples of Elves
- 35Chapter XXXI — Spirits That Keep Watch Over Treasure
- 36Chapter XXXII — Other Instances of Hidden Treasures Which Were Guar…
- 37Chapter XXXIII — Spectres Which Appear, and Predict Things Unknown…
- 38Chapter XXXIV — Other Apparitions of Spectres
- 39Chapter XXXV — Examination of the Apparition of a Pretended Spectre
- 40Chapter XXXVI — Of Spectres Which Haunt Houses
- 41Chapter XXXVII — Other Instances of Spectres Which Haunt Certain Ho…
- 42Chapter XXXVIII — Prodigious Effects of Imagination in Those Men or…
- 43Chapter XXXIX — Return and Apparitions of Souls After the Death of…
- 44Chapter XL — Apparitions of Spirits Proved From History
- 45Chapter XLI — More Instances of Apparitions
- 46Chapter XLII — On the Apparitions of Spirits Who Imprint Their Hand…
- 47Chapter XLIII — Opinions of the Jews, Greeks, and Latins Concerning…
- 48Chapter XLIV — Examination of What Is Required or Revealed to the L…
- 49Chapter XLV — Apparitions of Men Still Alive, to Other Living Men,…
- 50Chapter XLVI — Arguments Concerning Apparitions
- 51Chapter XLVII — Objections Against Apparitions, and Replies to Thos…
- 52Chapter XLVIII — Some Other Objections and Replies
- 53Chapter XLIX — The Secrets of Physics and Chemistry Taken for Super…
- 54Chapter L — Conclusion of the Treatise on Apparitions
- 55Chapter LI — Way of Explaining Apparitions
- 56Chapter LII — The Difficulty of Explaining the Manner in Which Appa…
- 57Dissertation on the Ghosts Who Return to Earth Bodily — The Excommu…
- 58Chapter I — The Resurrection of a Dead Person Is the Work of God Only
- 59Chapter II — On the Revival of Persons Who Were Not Really Dead
- 60Chapter III — Revival of a Man Who Had Been Interred for Three Year…
- 61Chapter IV — Can a Man Who Is Really Dead Appear in His Own Body?
- 62Chapter V — Revival or Apparition of a Girl Who Had Been Dead Some…
- 63Chapter VI — A Woman Taken Alive From Her Grave
- 64Chapter VII — Let Us Now Examine the Fact of the Revenans or Vampir…
- 65Chapter VIII — Dead Persons in Hungary Who Suck the Blood of the Li…
- 66Chapter IX — Account of a Vampire, Taken From the Jewish Letters (L…
- 67Chapter X — Other Instances of Ghosts — Continuation of the Gleaner
- 68Chapter XI — Arguments of the Author of the “Lettres Juives,” on th…
- 69Chapter XII — Continuation of the Argument of the “Dutch Gleaners,”…
- 70Chapter XIII — Narration Extracted From the “Mercure Galent” of 169…
- 71Chapter XIV — Conjectures of the “Glaneur de Hollande,” Dutch Glean…
- 72Chapter XV — Another Letter on Ghosts
- 73Chapter XVI — Pretended Vestiges of Vampirism in Antiquity
- 74Chapter XVII — Of Ghosts in the Northern Countries
- 75Chapter XVIII — Ghosts in England
- 76Chapter XIX — Ghosts in Peru
- 77Chapter XX — Ghosts in Lapland
- 78Chapter XXI — Reappearance of a Man Who Had Been Dead for Some Months
- 79Chapter XXII — Excommunicated Persons Who Go Out of the Churches
- 80Chapter XXIII — Some Other Instances of Excommunicated Persons Bein…
- 81Chapter XXIV — An Instance of an Excommunicated Martyr Being Cast O…
- 82Chapter XXV — A Man Rejected From the Church for Having Refused to…
- 83Chapter XXVI — Instances of Persons Who Have Shown Signs of Life Af…
- 84Chapter XXVII — Of Persons Who Perform a Pilgrimage After Their Death
- 85Chapter XXVIII — Argument Concerning the Excommunicated Who Quit Ch…
- 86Chapter XXIX — Do the Excommunicated Rot in the Ground?
- 87Chapter XXX — Instances to Demonstrate That the Excommunicated Do N…
- 88Chapter XXXI — Instance of the Reappearances of the Excommunicated
- 89Chapter XXXII — Vroucolaca Exhumed in Presence of Monsieur de Tourn…
- 90Chapter XXXIII — Has the Demon Power to Cause Any One to die and Th…
- 91Chapter XXXIV — Examination of the Opinion Which Concludes That the…
- 92Chapter XXXV — Instances of Phantoms Which Have Appeared to Be Aliv…
- 93Chapter XXXVI — Devoting to Death, a Practice Among the Pagans
- 94Chapter XXXVII — Instances of Devoting or Dooming Amongst Christians
- 95Chapter XXXVIII — Instances of Persons Who Have Promised to Give Ea…
- 96Chapter XXXIX — Extract From the Political Works of M. L’Abbe de St…
- 97Chapter XL — Divers Systems for Explaining the Return of Spirits
- 98Chapter XLI — Various Instances of Persons Being Buried Alive
- 99Chapter XLII — Instances of Drowned Persons Recovering Their Health
- 100Chapter XLIII — Instances of Women Who Have Been Believed to Be Dea…
- 101Chapter XLIV — Can These Instances Be Applied to the Hungarian Ghosts?
- 102Chapter XLV — Dead Persons Who Chew in Their Graves Like Hogs, and…
- 103Chapter XLVI — Singular Instance of a Hungarian Ghost
- 104Chapter XLVII — Reasonings on This Matter
- 105Chapter XLVIII — Are the Vampires or Revenans Really Dead?
- 106Chapter XLIX — Instance of a Man Named Curma Who Was Sent Back Into…
- 107Chapter L — Instances of Persons Who Could Fall Into a Trance When…
- 108Chapter LI — Application of the Preceding Instances to Vampires
- 109Chapter LII — Examination of the Opinion That the Demon Fascinates…
- 110Chapter LIII — Instances of Persons Resuscitated, Who Relate What T…
- 111Chapter LIV — The Traditions of the Pagans Concerning the Future Li…
- 112Chapter LV — Instances of Christians Who Have Been Resuscitated and…
- 113Chapter LVI — The Vision of Bertholdus, as Related by Hincmar, Arch…
- 114Chapter LVII — The Vision of Saint Fursius
- 115Chapter LVIII — Vision of a Protestant of York, and Others
- 116Chapter LIX — Conclusions of This Dissertation
- 117Chapter LX — The Moral Impossibility of the Revenans Coming Out of…
- 118Chapter LXI — What Is Related Concerning the Bodies of the Excommun…
- 119Chapter LXII — Remarks on the Dissertation Concerning the Spirit Wh…
- 120Chapter LXIII — Dissertation by an Anonymous Writer
- 121Letter of M. the Marquis Maffei on Magic…
- 122Letter
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