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Demon Possession and Allied Themes: Being an Inductive Study of Phenomena of Our Own Times

being an inductive study of phenomena of our own times

Also known as Demon possession and allied themes

by John Livingston Nevius & John John Livingston Nevius

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. x, 520 pages 20 cm First impressions and experiences -- Experiences in central Shantung -- Further experiences in central Shantung -- Circular letter and responses -- Responses to circular continued -- More responses to circular -- Other communications from various sources in China -- Demon possession in India, Japan, and other lands -- Demon possession in Christian countries -- Character of the evidence presented and facts established -- Explanations: evolution and other theories -- The pathological theory -- The biblical theory -- Teachings of the sacred scriptures continued -- Historical sketch of demonism -- Spiritualism -- The facts and literature of the occult -- More Chinese instances -- Other testimonies

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Occultism and esotericism, and Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the description and “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Occultism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Occultism”· via Open Library
    • “occult”· in description
    • “Occultism”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Demoniac possession”, “Demonology”, and “Satanism”. Retained metadata contains “possession” in the title, “possession” in the alternative title, “possession” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Demoniac possession”· via Internet Archive
    • “Satanism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Demoniac possession”· via Open Library
    • “Demonology”· via Open Library
    • “Satanism”· via Open Library
    • “possession”· in title
  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the description.

    • “Spiritualism”· in description

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Editions

7 editions cataloged here.

being an inductive study of phenomena of our own times

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1896-01-01T00:00:00ZChicago, F. H. Revell company; F. H. Revell companyEnglish—Public digitized item

Demon possession and allied themes

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1895-01-01T00:00:00ZChicago : F.H. RevellEnglish—Public digitized item

Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan

1895-01-01T00:00:00ZChicago : F. H. Revell companyEnglish—Public digitized item

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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