The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos'd, or an Universal History of Apparitions Sacred and Prophane, Under All Denominations

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Excerpt from The Secrets of the Invisible World Disclos'd, or an Universal History of Apparitions Sacred and Prophane, Under All Denominations: Whether, Angelical, Diabolical, or Human-Souls DepartedI have, I believe, as true a Notion of the Power of Imagination as I ought to have, and you {hall hear farther from me upon that Head, I believe we form as many Apparitions in our F ameies, as we fee really with our Eyes, and a great many more, nay, our Imaginations fometimes are Very diligent to embark the Eyes (and the Ears too) in the Delufion, and perfuade us to believe we fee Speétres and Ap pearances, and hear Noifes and Voices, when ln deed, neither the Devil or any other Spirit, good or bad, has troubledxtlremfelves about us: BU T it does not follow from thence that there fore there are no fuch Things in Nature, that there is no Intercourfe or Communication between the World of Spirits, and the World we live in, that the Inhabitants of the invifible Spaces, he thofi: where yoaplea/e, haveno Converfe with us, and that they never takethe Liberty to (top down Upon this Globe, or to vifit their Friends here, \and in fluort, that they have nothing to do with or fay to us, or we with or to them. The Enquiry is not, as I take it, whether they do really come hither or no, but 'who they are that do come?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.