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RELATING TO DREAMS, OMENS, MIRACULOUS OCCURRENCES, APPARITIONS, WRAITHS, WARNINGS, SECOND-SIGHT, WITCHCRAFT, NECROMANCY, ETC.
EDITED BY THE REV. FREDERICK GEORGE LEE, D.C.L. _Vicar of All Saints', Lambeth._
Spectral Appearances of Persons at the Point of Death and Perturbed Spirits 1
"Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
Then a Spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an Image was before mine eyes."--_Job iv. 12-16._
Examples of Spectral Appearances are so numerous, and the Editor has collected so many, both ancient and modern, that considerable difficulty has been occasioned in determining which shall here be set forth. The following, chosen from examples, some well known and well authenticated, and others now first published, but equally interesting and important, and coming to the Editor upon very high authority, deserve the best consideration of the reader.
The following record describes what is known as the "Chester-le-Street" Apparition:--