- Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
- Parapsychology and psychical research
- Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition
- Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies
A treatise on the second sight, dreams and apparitions; with several instances sufficiently attested, and an appendix of others equally authentic; The whole illustrated with letters to and from the author on the subject of his treatise; and a short dissertation on the mischievous effects of loose principles
- First published:
- 18th century
- Language: English
vi, xix pages, 3 unnumbered leaves, 192 pages ; (12mo) Index: p. 183-192
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Out-of-body, astral, and dream studies, Parapsychology and psychical research, and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “apparitions”. Retained metadata contains “Apparitions” in the title and “Apparitions” in the edition title.
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Retained metadata contains “Extrasensory perception” in the subject metadata and “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata.
- “Extrasensory perception”· in subject
- “Parapsychology”· in subject
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Precognition”. Retained metadata contains “Second sight” in the title, “Precognition” in the subject metadata, and “Second sight” in the edition title.
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- “Second sight”· in title
- “Precognition”· in subject
- “Second sight”· in edition title
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “dreams”. Retained metadata contains “dreams” in the title and “dreams” in the edition title.
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- “dreams”· in title
- “dreams”· in edition title
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wellcome Collection bibliographic record vi, xix pages, 3 unnumbered leaves, 192 pages ; (12mo) | 1763 | Printed by Ruddiman, Auld and Company | English | — | Public digitized item |
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