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In this book of 1825, Samuel Hibbert (1782 1848) attempts to
uncover the physical or physiological causes which might account
for claims of seeing ghosts and other apparitions. Hibbert trained
as a doctor, and uses anecdotal and case-study evidence to show
that external physical circumstances - such as the use of
stimulants, brain inflammation, hallucination during fever, or
alcohol withdrawal - are most likely to be the causes of apparent
sightings of supernatural phenomena. He explores the power of
suggestion, whether derived from superstitions, folk tales or
biblical imagery, on the imagination of the impressionable. Using
the idea that the train of thought can be stimulated or depressed,
and that different levels of semi-consciousness can admit of
different levels of contemplation and concentration, Hibbert
hypothesises that for each apparition or ghostly spectre there is a
rational explanation.
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edition identification: ++++ Memoir On The Freshwater Limestone Of
Burdiehouse, In The Neighborhood Of Edinburgh, Belonging To The
Carboniferous Group Of Rocks; Etc Samuel Hibbert
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