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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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CHAPTER
IV
Veracious
Waking
Hallucinations
not
recognised
by
Science;
or
explained
by
Coincidence,
Imposture,
False
Memory.
A
Veracious
Hallucination
popularly
called
a
Wraith
or
Ghost.
Example
of
Unveracious
Hallucination.
The
Family
Coach.
Ghosts'
Clothes
and
other
Properties
and
Practices;
how
explained.
Case
of
Veracious
Hallucination.
Riding
Home
from
Mess.
Another
Case.
The
Bright
Scar.
The
Vision
and
the
Portrait.
Such
Stories
not
usually
believed.
Cases
of
Touch:
The
Restraining
Hand.
Of
Hearing:
The
Benedictine's
Voices;
The
Voice
in
the
Bath-room.
Other
"Warnings".
The
Maoris.
The
Man
at
the
Lift.
Appearances
Coincident
with
Death.
Others
not
Coincident
with
Anything.
In
"crystal-gazing"
anybody
can
make
experiments
for
himself
and
among
such
friends
as
he
thinks
he
can
trust.
They
are
hallucinations
consciously
sought
for,
and
as
far
as
possible,
provoked
or
induced
by
taking
certain
simple
measures.
Unsought,
spontaneous
waking
hallucinations,
according
to
the
result
of
Mr.
Galton's
researches,
though
not
nearly
so
common
as
dreams,
are
as
much
facts
of
sane
mental
experience.
Now
every
ghost
or
wraith
is
a
hallucination.
You
see
your
wife
in
the
dining-room
when
she
really
is
in
the
drawing-
room;
you
see
your
late
great-great-grandfather
anywhere.
Neither
person
is
really
present.
The
first
appearance
in
popular
language
is
a
"wraith";
the
second
is
a
"ghost"
in
ordinary
speech.
Both
are
hallucinations.
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