The History of the Supernatural in All Ages and Nations
2 Volume Set
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge
- Author: William Howitt
- Date Published: January 2011
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- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108025782
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This two-volume history (1863) of the supernatural 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. Volume 1 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. Volume 2 concentrates mainly on Christian history, detailing spiritualist aspects of the early church, medieval heresy, the Reformation, and nineteenth-century supernatural engagement, also including pagan and neo-platonic perceptions.
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- Date Published: January 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108025782
- length: 1010 pages
- dimensions: 330 x 252 x 70 mm
- weight: 1.64kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: 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. Volume 2: 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.
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