Ghost land; or, Researches into the mysteries of occultism. Illustrated in a series of autobiographical sketches ..

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GHOST
LAND;
RESEARCHES INTO THE MYSTERIES
OF
OCCULTISM.
ILLUSTRATED IN A
SERIES OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
IN TWO PARTS.
BY THE AUTHOR OF ''ART MAGIC" WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS OF
;
"MAGICAL SEANCES," ETC. ETC.
TRANSLATED AND EDITED
BY EMMA HARDINGE BRITTEN.
"I am He that liveth and. was dead,
And behold, I am alive for evermore."
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PUBLISHED FOR THE EDITOR
AT BOSTON, AMEEICA.
1876.
EnteredaccordingtoactofCongress,intheyear1876,
By WILLIAM BRITTEN,
IntheOfficeoftheLibrarianofCongress,atWashington,D.C.
StereotypedandPrintedby
ALFRED MUDGE & SON,PRINTERS, BOSTON.
CONTENTS.
PART FIRST.
PAGE.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE 5-7
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION 9-14
CHAPTER
I.
ONTHETHRESHOLD. AUTHOR'SVIEWS. PARENTAGE. FIRSTYEARS
AT COLLEGE. PROFESSOR VON MARX. THE BERLIN BROTHER-
HOOD. FIRST SEANCES 17-31
CHAPTER EL
SECRET SOCIETIES. MAGIC. THE "ATMOSPHERIC SPIRIT." FLY-
ING SOULS. MURDER, AND ITS RESULTS 32-44
CHAPTER
III.
CONSTANCE. THE VICTIM.-^How A FLYING SOUL BECOMES AN IM-
MORTAL SPIRIT 45-63
CHAPTER IV.
ZWINGLER. HOW TO TRACK A MURDERER 64-75
CHAPTER
V.
MAGIC IN ENGLAND. JOHN CAVENDISH DUDLEY. OCCULTISM. THE
LETTER-SHADOWS OF FATE 76-91
CHAPTER VI.
MAGICIANS AND SPIRIT MEDIUMS. INVOCATIONS. ELEMENTARIES.
PLANETARIES. MIRRORS AND CRYSTALS. KOBOLDS. FAIRIES.
SPIRITISM IN THE SCOTCH HIGHLANDS 92-125
CHAPTER VII.
THEPHILOSOPHYOFOBSESSION. THEASTRONOMERSANDTHE SPIRITS, 126-142
CHAPTER VIII.
STRAY WANDERINGS. THE FASTING GIRL. THE GIPSIES. THE
MODERN "DER FRIESCHUTZ" 143-171
CHAPTER IX.
THE LETTER. THE LIFE TRANSFER. THE BEREAVED . . . 172-186
CHAPTER X.
THE JOURNEY. THE DEAD PROFESSOR. How TO DIE OF STARVA-
TION. THE STARVING POOR. THE SUN SPHERES. DYING.
METRON 187-205
CHAPTER XI.
THE AWAKENING. IN THE SPHERES. THE LIFE TRANSFER RE-
VERSED. THE RETURN TO EARTH . . . 206-216
4 CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XII.
PAGE.
DIARY OF JOHN CAVENDISH DUDLEY. PROFESSOR VON MARX'S HIS-
TORY. THE PRINCESS. THE YOUNG CHEVALIER. "PROSPERO
AND ARIEL" 217-244
CHAPTER XIII.
DIARY CONTINUED. MAGICAL SEANCES. THE NINE DAYS' TRIAL.
STARVED TO DEATH. THE RESCUE 245-203
CHAPTER XIV.
DIARY CONTINUED. MAGICAL SEANCES. THE CHEVALIER'S RETURN
TO LIFE 264-282
CHAPTER XV.
DIARY CONTINUED 283-293
CHAPTER XVI.
DIARY CONTINUED. A MYSTIC. DEPARTURE OF THE CHEVALIER . 294-305
PART SECOND.
INVOCATION. THE SOUL'S LITANIES 309-310
CHAPTER XVII.
INDIA. RETROSPECT. THE ORDER OF THE UNIVERSE . . . . 311-322
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE ANGEL OF MIDNIGHT. THE RUINS. MAGICIANS. JUGGLERS.
CHUNDRA UD DEEN 323-343
CHAPTER XIX.
DAWNING LIGHT. THE BROTHERHOOD. SUBTERRANEAN REVELA-
TIONS . 344-366
CHAPTER XX,
OF OCCULTISM. ITS USES AND ABUSES. LOVE, MARRIAGE, SPELLS,
CHARMS, ETC 367-381
CHAPTER XXI.
THE ANGEL OF MORNING. SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS SOLVED. METRON, 382-401
CHAPTER XXII.
THE ENCHANTRESS. THE LADY BLANCHE. GOOD AND EVILANGELS, 402-422
CHAPTER XXIIL
BLACK MAGIC. VAUDOOISM 423-440
CHAPTER XXIV.
BLACK MAGIC. THE MIDNIGHT VISITORS THE SACRIFICE. . . 441-455
CHAPTER XXV.
DIARY OF THE LADY BLANCHE. VAUDOOISM. FAREWELL TO Louis, 456-468
CHAPTER XXVI.
CLOSE OF THE LIFE EPISODE. THE CHEVALIER'S RECONCILIATION
WITH THE SPIRITS. THE PRISON. How THE CHEVALIER RE-
TURNED TO EUROPE. NOTE . . 469-485