The History of the Supernatural in All Ages and Nations
The History of the Supernatural in All Ages and Nations
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GBPThis two-volume history of the supernatural, first published in 1863, is a staggering feat: extending his work across almost a thousand pages, William Howitt attempts to describe the engagement with the supernatural in all ages and all parts of the world in order to identify a common link between them. Howitt (1792–1879), a well-known writer in his day, published over fifty books in his lifetime, some in collaboration with his wife, writer and translator Mary Howitt. His interest in the supernatural was precipitated by the untimely deaths of two sons. This first volume begins with an apology for faith in the nineteenth century and continues with spiritualist histories of Europe, the bible and apocrypha, the ancient world, the East, and Scandinavia, emphasising the persisting legacy and presence of human engagement with the supernatural in each case.
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January 2011Paperback
9781108025768
512 pages
216 × 140 × 29 mm
0.65kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. An apology for faith in the nineteenth century
- 2. Spiritualists before the American development
- 3. Manifestations of the supernatural in Germany continued
- 4. Manifestations of the supernatural in Germany continued
- 5. The supernatural in Switzerland and France
- 6. The supernatural in the Bible
- 7. The supernatural in the Apocrypha
- 8. The supernatural of the New Testament
- 9. The supernatural in the ancient nations
- 10. The supernatural in Assyria, Chaldea, and Persia
- 11. The supernatural of ancient Egypt
- 12. The supernatural in ancient India and China
- 13. The supernatural in ancient Scandinavia
- 14. The supernatural in Greece
- 15. The supernatural in ancient Rome
- 16. The same faith continues in all these nation to the present time
- 17. The supernatural amongst the American Indians
- 18. The supernatural amongst the early fathers
- 19. Supernatural of the Neo-Platonists
- 20. The supernatural of the Roman Catholic Church.
