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. Beginning with a chapter on magic and its relation to the supernatural, this second volume concentrates mainly on Christian history, detailing the 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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January 2011Paperback
9781108025775
498 pages
216 × 28 × 140 mm
0.63kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Magic in its relation to the supernatural
- 2. The supernatural in the Greek and other eastern churches
- 3. Supernatural in the Waldensian church
- 4. The supernatural amongst the so-called heretics and mystics of the middle ages
- 5. The spiritualism of Luther and the early reformers
- 6. The supernatural and the Church of England
- 7. Present materialised condition of the Church of England and of general opinion
- 8. The miracles in the churchyard in Paris in 1731 and subsequently
- 9. The supernatural and the Church of England continued
- 10. Spiritualism in North America
- 11. Spiritualism in England
- 12. Opposition to new facts
- 13. The Philadelphian Brethren
- 14. Spiritualism amongst the Dissenters
- 15. George Fox and the Friends
- 16. Madame Guyon and Fenelon
- 17. The Prophets of the Cevennes
- 18. The Wesleys, Whitefield, and Fletcher of Madeley
- 19. Döhme, Swedenborg, and Irving
- 20. The Moravian Brethren or Unitas Fratrum
- 21. A chapter of poets
- 22. Miscellaneous matters
- 23. Conclusion.
