PHANTASMS OF THE INSANE.
Whether the spirit of an insane person is earth-bound, or not, depends entirely on the cause of the malady. If the insanity is due to long indulgence in vice, or if it is hereditary, then I think the spirit of the mad person is earth-bound; but if the disease is the result of a shock or of something not brought about by vicious indulgences, and the sufferer had been perfectly pure-minded before the affliction, then his spirit is certainly not earth-bound. The former species of insanity would be the work of Vice Elementals and Morbas, and the latter of Morbas only.
The ghosts of idiots are, in my opinion, always earth-bound, and few forms of hauntings are more horrible than those in which the manifestations are due to Imbeciles—a by no means uncommon occurrence.
[p.i]INDEX.
- A.
- PAGE
- Animals (Future for), [149]-[150]
- " (Phantasms of), [145]-[150]
- Antagonistic Elementals, [157]-[8], [163]
- " Forces, [157]
- Automatic Writing, [177]
- B.
- Banshee, [23] (def. of), [24], [25]
- Baroness Von A—— (Case of the), [67]-[72], [113]-[115]
- Barrowvians, [79] (def. of)
- Bellew (Case of Mrs.), [77]
- Benevolent Elementals, [153]-[7]
- " Forces, [157] (def. of), [163]
- Bruce (Case of Mrs.), [63]-[4]
- Buccas, [164]
- C.
- C—— (Case of Miss), [39]-[41]
- Carmichael (Case of Miss), [116]
- Cayley (Case of Miss), [169]-[170]
- Chichester (Case of Rev. G.), [78]-[9]
- Clanogrians, [23] (def. of), [33], [34], [74], [82], [159] (def. of), [162], [170]
- Clifford (Case of Mr.), [7]
- Clocks (Phantom), [13], [38], [73], [163]
- Clock that struck Thirteen, [13], [33], [73]
- Clothes of Phantasms, [153]-[154]
- Coaches (Phantom), [163]
- Cone shaped head (Phantasm with), [66]
- Coney (Mr. and Mrs.), [46]
- Cornelius (Case of Mr.), [8]
- [p.ii] Craven (Case of Mrs.), [98]-[100]
- Cyclist in grey, [43]
- D.
- D—— (Case of Miss), [172]-[3]
- Dalrymple (Case of Miss), [106]-[110]
- Dead (Phantasms of the), [90], [98], [99], [103], [105], [145]-[6]
- Death Candles of Wales, [23], [81]
- Death Warnings, [39], [161]
- Debrett (Case of Miss), [100], [102]
- Dodd (Case of Miss), [66]-[67]
- Dreams, [45]-[56], [113]-[119]
- Drummers (Phantom), [23], [72], [82]
- E.
- Elementals (def. of), [11] (def. of), [155] (def. of)
- Elmore (Case of Mrs.), [152]-[3]
- F.
- Family Ghosts, [72], [74], [82], [159] (def. of)
- Falmouth, [37]
- Featherstone (Case of Miss), [84], [117]-[119]
- Fire Elementals, [77], [162]
- H.
- H—— (Phantasm of), [37]-[8]
- Hacon (Rev. H.), [123], [127]-[129]
- Howards (Case of), [113]-[115]
- I.
- Impersonating Elementals, [76], [86], [94], [99], [103], [112], [161]-[2] (def. of), [167]
- K.
- K—— (Case of Mr.), [41]-[3]
- Kobolds, [164]
- L.
- Lady —— (Case of), [37]
- Laying of Phantasms, [177]-[8]
- Lichens (Haunting of the), [106]-[110]
- [p.iii] Lights (Spirit), [79]-[80]
- Living (Phantasms of), [34], [44], [151]-[3], [173]
- M.
- Mad (Spirits of the), [84], [91], [179]
- Materialisation, [163]
- Mines (Phantasms in), [164]-[165]
- Morbas, [3]-[9], [74], [159] (def. of), [179]
- Murdered (Phantasms of), [108], [111], [112], [116], [155]
- Murderers (Phantasms of), [105], [110]
- N.
- Nature Spirits, [11]
- Neutral Elementals, [162]
- O.
- Omens, [41]
- P.
- P—— (Case of Mrs.), [92]-[95]
- Palmer the Murderer, [12]
- Phantasms (Classification of), [144]
- " (def. of), [143]
- Pig's head (Phantasm with), [59]-[63]
- Pipers (Phantasms of), [23], [82]
- Pixies, [10], [76]-[78], [80], [88]-[89], [163]
- Poltergeists, [82], [85]
- Portman Square (Tragedy in), [34], [73]
- Projection, [35], [117]-[8]
- Projection (Process of), [39]
- Psychic Faculty, [163]
- R.
- Radiant Boy, [72]
- Raynor (Case of Miss), [44]-[5]
- Reed (Case of Mr.), [66]
- Rolands (Case of Miss), [74]-[6]
- S.
- "S" (Phantasm of "Old"), [104]
- [p.iv] Sea (Phantasms of the), [160]
- Séances, [85]-[6], [162], [174]-[7]
- Ships (Phantom of), [163]
- Sinclair (Case of Miss), [64]-[5]
- Soul (def. of), [91]
- Souls of Good, [146]-[8]
- Spirit (def. of), [91]
- St. Jermyn (Case of Miss), [95]-[98]
- Stewart (Case of Rev. J.), [123]-[129]
- Suicides (Phantasms of), [90]-[91], [155]
- Suggestion, [115]
- Sydersterne Parsonage (Haunting of):, [123]-[132]
- T.
- Telepathy, [117], [171]-[174]
- Trees, [168]-[170]
- U.
- Urquhart (Case of Mrs.), [110]-[112]
- V.
- Vagrarians (def. of), [12], [159]
- Vagrarians, [11]-[23], [25]-[31], [66], [82], [131], [159], [161], [163]
- Vice Elementals, [31], [56], [62], [63], [64], [65], [82], [131], [138], [157], [167], [170], [179]
- Vincent (Case of Miss), [82], [84]
- Vincent (Case of Miss Viola), [103]-[105]
- W.
- W—— (Case of Mrs.), [35], [79]
- Walton (Case of Mr.), [61]-[2]
- Williams (Case of Dr.), [59]-[61]
- Wraithes, [91]
- Y.
- Yellow Boy, [72]
Transcriber's Notes:
The following words have been retained in both versions:
- Morbas (page [6], [74], [159], [161], [179], [index]) and morbas (page [6])
- forwards (pages [101], [176]) and forward (pages [5], [14], [30], [33], [45], [53])
- D/death warnings (page [39], [160], [161], [index]) and death-warnings (page [24])
- cone-shaped (page [66]) and cone shaped ([index])
- grandparents (pages [74], [76]) and grand-parents (page [23])
- rough hewn (page [100]) and rough-hewn (page [96])
- everyone (page [96]) and every one (pages [8], [27], [69], [85])
- someone (pages [92], [138], [167], [176]) and some one (page [22])
- wallpaper (page [21]) and wall paper (page [152])
- well known (pages [31], [99]) and well-known (pages [6], [82], [97], [100], [103])
- would be (pages [17], [39], [60], [90], [94], [130], [143], [145], [156], [157], [160], [162], [179]) and would-be (pages [56], [153], [168])
- bona-fide (page [177]) and bona fide (page [98])
The following parts have been left as printed:
- Castle-on-Dinas which seems to mean Castle-an-Dinas in Cornwall (page [77])
- A narration from Miss Rolands starting on page [74] with opening quotation marks continous over several pages without marking other paragraphs beeing part of the narration or closing the quotation mark (middle of page [76]). These paragraphs have been left as set in the book.