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Popular Superstitions, and the Truths Contained Therein

Name: Popular Superstitions, and the Truths Contained Therein
Author: Herbert Mayo

Herbert Mayo

Read by Sonia, Marta A, Jim Locke, Greg Giordano, Jean Coleman and Owlivia · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Prefatory Remarks (2:46)
Letter I - The Divining Rod (38:54)
Letter II - Vampyrism (37:51)
Letter III - Unreal Ghosts (33:48)
Letter IV - True Ghosts (30:08)
Letter V - Trance (24:28)
Letter VI - Trance-sleep (15:42)
Letter VII - Half-waking Trance, or Somnambulism (20:33)
Letter VIII - Trance-waking (40:10)
Letter IX - Religious Delusions (35:48)
Letter X - Mesmerism (42:39)
Letter XI - Supplemental (1:07:00)
Letter XII - The Odometer or Divining Ring (21:39)
Letter XIII - The Solution (47:22)
Letter XIV - Hypnotism. Trance Umbra (24:45)
Conclusion (2:46)