Secrets of the Invisible World Disclosed Or A Universal History of Apparitions Sacred and Profane Under All Denominations Whether Angelical, Diabolical Or Human Souls Departed

1729. This work shows their various returns to this world, with sure rules to know, by their manner of appearing, if they are good or evil ones; the differences of the apparitions of ancient and modern times, and an inquiry into the scriptural doctrine of spirits; the many species of apparitions, their real existence, and the operations by divine appointment; nature of seeing ghosts before, and after, death, and how we should behave towards them; effects of fancy, vapors, dreams, hyppo, and of real, or imaginary appearances; and a collection of the most authentic relations of apparitions, particularly that surprising one attested by the learned Dr. Scott. Written in Old English.