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" It is a thin unsubstantial human image, in its nature a sort of vapour, film, or shadow ; the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates ; independently possessing thex personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal owner, past or present... "
Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy ... - Page 431
by Edward Burnett Tylor - 1903
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The American Naturalist, Volume 46

Biology - 1912 - 772 pages
...or shadow; the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates; independently possessing the personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal...especially appearing to men waking or asleep as a phantom separate from the body of which it bears the likeness; continuing to exist and appear to men...
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The American Naturalist, Volume 46

Biology - 1912 - 772 pages
...shadow; the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates ; independently possessing the personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal...especially appearing to men waking or asleep as a phantom separate from the body of which it bears the likeness; continuing to exist and appear to men...
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Calcutta Review, Volume 54

India - 1872 - 466 pages
...thought in the individual 256 Degradation or Development. it animates ; independently possessing the personal" consciousness and volition of its corporeal...separate from the body of which it bears the likeness ; able to enter into, possess, and act in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things."*...
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The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism

Epes Sargent - Science and spiritualism - 1880 - 408 pages
...shadow — the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates; independently possessing the personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal...manifesting physical power, and especially appearing to man waking or asleep as a phantasm separate from the body of which it bears the likeness ; able to...
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The Scientific Basis of Spiritualism

Epes Sargent - Spiritualism - 1882 - 408 pages
...shadow — the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates; independently possessing the personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal...mostly impalpable and invisible, yet also manifesting phj-sical power, and especially appearing to man waking or asleep as a phantasm separate from the body...
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Volume 1

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 878 pages
...and thought in the individual it animates, capable of leaving the body and appearing to men waiting or asleep as a phantasm separate from the body of which it bears the likeness, and able to enter into, possess, and act in the bodies of other men, of animals, and even of things...
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Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology ..., Volume 1

Edward Burnett Tylor - Animism - 1889 - 532 pages
...shadow ; the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates ; independently possessing the personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal...swiftly from place to place ; mostly impalpable and in- • visible, yet also manifesting physical power, and especially • appearing to men waking or...
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The American Journal of Psychology, Volume 4

Karl M. Dallenbach, Madison Bentley, Edwin Garrigues Boring, Margaret Floy Washburn - Psychology - 1892 - 636 pages
...sort of vapor, film, or shadow ; the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates ; . . . capable of leaving the body far behind, to flash swiftly...place to place ; mostly impalpable and invisible, yet appearing to men waking or asleep as a phantasm . . . . ; continuing to exist and to appear to men...
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North Indian Notes and Queries, Volumes 3-4

Folklore - 1893 - 454 pages
...shadow : the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates : independently possessing the personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal...owner, past or present : capable of leaving the body f«i behind, to flash swiftly from place to place : mostly impalpable and invisible, yet also manifesting...
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North Indian Notes and Queries, Volumes 4-5

Folklore - 1894 - 448 pages
...shadow : the cause of life and thought in the individual it animates : independently possessing the personal consciousness and volition of its corporeal...manifesting physical power and especially appearing to men waiting or asleep as a phantasm separate from the body of which it bears the likeness : conanuing to...
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