About this title: An examination into the occult causes of apparent death, trance and catalepsy. Contents: Reported Cases of Premature Burial; Philosophy of Death; Signs of Death; Prevention of Being Buried Alive; A Plan for Forming Associations for the Prevention of the Burial of Persons Alive.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780766128873ISBN:0766128873
Description: New. An examination into the occult causes of apparent death, trance and catalepsy. Contents: Reported Cases of Premature Burial; Philosophy of Death; Signs of Death; Prevention of Being Buried Alive; A Plan for Forming Associations for the Prevention of... read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Cloth HB
Publisher: Occult Publishing Ltd, Boston, MA
Date Published: 1895
Description: G- A good reading copy. ffep missing, some damp stains to eps, pages browning a little, otherwise all very clear and readable. Inner hinges starting to crack. Brown cloth cover has wear to edges and corners and minor losses to spine top & tail Immediate despatch from the UK. 12mo. HB. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Occult Publishing Company, Boston
Date Published: 1895
Description: ( An Examination into the Occult Causes of Apparent Death, Trance and Catalepsy ) Hardcover. small 8vo. 148pp. Brick cloth with gilt titling to upper board and spine. An unusual work by Franz Hartmann, the well known doctor and occultist, in which he argues that ignorance as to the true nature "of consciousness, of life, and of death, " causes people to be buried alive "far more frequently than is commonly supposed. " Hartmann was probably not wrong in this for fear of premature burial was ... read more
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