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Vampires and Vampirism (1914) is a work from another era, a time
when belief and wonder led some to travel down pathways of
knowledge in search of truth and terror, not knowing what they
would find. Written in response to an "awakened [popular] interest
in supernormal phenomena" in the early twentieth century, Dudley
Wright's Vampires and Vampirism traces the history of vampirism
around the world, from ancient Babylonia, Assyria, and Greece, to
Great Britain, Germany, and Eastern Europe. Beginning with the
question "What is a vampire?", Wright seeks to first define the
term before moving into an analysis of how belief in vampirism
emerged from various and distant religious and cultural traditions.
Each chapter uses a scholarly mix of ancient and modern sources to
enlighten the reader, and the book culminates in a chapter titled
"Fact or Fiction?", which allows the reader to hear from believers
and skeptics alike. The book includes harrowing personal accounts
of outbreaks of vampirism in British India and Mexico, as well as a
lengthy bibliography. In a world where matters of occult nature,
such as astrology, have reentered the popular consciousness,
Vampires and Vampirism is sure to be of interest. It is also a
fascinating document of a time when Europeans-faced with spiritual
doubt and inspired by religious traditions and myths from the outer
reaches of empire-sought to establish new systems of belief, new
orders they hoped could replace those they feared were quickly
becoming lost. At times despicable, and always controversial,
Dudley Wright was a tireless searcher whose life included
conversions to Islam and Catholicism, forays into
anti-Semitism-later retracted-and a deep, spiritual involvement
with organizations dedicated to matters both visible and invisible,
true and beyond belief. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this new edition of Dudley
Wright's Vampires and Vampirism is a classic of history and horror
reimagined for modern readers.
THIS 7 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Woman and
Freemasonry, by Dudley Wright. To purchase the entire book, please
order ISBN 0766100901.
THIS 48 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Woman and
Freemasonry, by Dudley Wright. To purchase the entire book, please
order ISBN 0766100901.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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Paddie (Paperback)
Emily Dudley Wright
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.
This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.
The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International
Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and
international titles in a single resource. Its International Law
component features works of some of the great legal theorists,
including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf,
Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel, Martens, Mackintosh, Wheaton, among
others. The materials in this archive are drawn from three
world-class American law libraries: the Yale Law Library, the
George Washington University Law Library, and the Columbia Law
Library.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.+++++++++++++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: +++++++++++++++Yale Law
LibraryLP3Y006040019220101The Making of Modern Law: Foreign,
Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926"Presents the American
version of the Conference on the limitation or armament]"--p.
vi.New York City: American Army & Navy Journal, Inc., c1922]x,
140 p. fold. maps. 20 cmUnited States
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.
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