Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 535 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowlege
Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 535 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowlege
ISBN: 978-1-108-07268-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Written by folklorist Andrew Lang (1844-1912), this 1894 publication examines the ambivalent relationship the living have attempted to forge with the dead throughout history. Nicknamed 'the Wizard of St Andrews', this prolific polymath also worked as an anthropologist, classicist, historian, poet, mythologist, essayist and journalist, producing over a hundred publications in his lifetime. Largely ignored by scholarship, this book suggests expanding the study of folklore to include contemporary narratives of supernatural events. Taking its title from the legends of the notorious Cock Lane ghost, the work considers the survival of ancient beliefs such as hauntings, clairvoyance, and other phenomena believed to transcend the laws of nature, and how such beliefs have persisted through great social upheaval and change. It includes chapters on savage and ancient spiritualism, comparative psychical research, haunted houses, second sight, crystal gazing, and Presbyterian ghost hunters, among others.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Okkultismus und andere religiöse Praktiken
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Spiritualität, Mystik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface; Introduction; 1. Savage spiritualism; 2. Ancient spiritualism; 3. Comparative psychical research; 4. Haunted houses; 5. Cock lane and common-sense; 6. Apparitions, ghosts, and hallucinations; 7. Scrying or crystal-gazing; 8. The second sight; 9. Ghosts before the law; 10. A modern trial for witchcraft; 11. Presbyterian ghost hunters; 12. The logic of table-turning; 13. The ghost theory of the origin of religion.
