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| Chapter I. Reality of spectral impressions—General law of the system, to which they may be referred—Division of the subject—Spectral illusions exemplified | [13] |
| Chapter II. A lawyer’s argument for the existence of witchcraft—Proofs of spectral impressions, from recollected perceptions—New England witches—Cardan—Donne—Jonson—The maid of France—and other visionaries | [30] |
| Chapter III. Beaumont’s Visions—Those of Tasso—Kotter—Drabicius—Arise Evans—Bovet | [69] |
| Chapter IV. Medical distinctions of spectral impressions. Sepulchral remedies: Preparations of the human skull—Mumia—Apparition of Ficinus to Michael Mercato—Warning voice to Quarræus—Visions of Dr. Pordage. Latent lunacy; exemplified in the character of Hamlet | [95] |
| Chapter V. Accessory causes of delusion, regarding spectral impressions—Apparition of Desfontaines—Ghosts at Portnedown Bridge—Lucian’s story of a Split Ghost—Instance of a Ghost in two places at once. | [117] |