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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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The
author
has
frequently
been
asked,
both
publicly
and
privately:
"Do
you
believe
in
ghosts?"
One
can
only
answer:
"How
do
you
define
a
ghost?"
I
do
believe,
with
all
students
of
human
nature,
in
hallucinations
of
one,
or
of
several,
or
even
of
all
the
senses.
But
as
to
whether
such
hallucinations,
among
the
sane,
are
ever
caused
by
psychical
influences
from
the
minds
of
others,
alive
or
dead,
not
communicated
through
the
ordinary
channels
of
sense,
my
mind
is
in
a
balance
of
doubt.
It
is
a
question
of
evidence.
In
this
collection
many
stories
are
given
without
the
real
names
of
the
witnesses.
In
most
of
the
cases
the
real
names,
and
their
owners,
are
well
known
to
myself.
In
not
publishing
the
names
I
only
take
the
common
privilege
of
writers
on
medicine
and
psychology.
In
other
instances
the
names
are
known
to
the
managers
of
the
Society
for
Psychical
Research,
who
have
kindly
permitted
me
to
borrow
from
their
collections.
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