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1894. The manifestations of which this book treats were witnessed by the writer in 1891 and 1893. Since then the miracles, he learns, have become one of the sights that visitors are taken to see, and on the 15th of April and of September the grounds of his friend, the high priest at Kanda, show many a tourist from the other side of the world amid the devout crowds about the sacred bed of coals. The illustrations are from photographs by the writer, taken at the time. Contents: Ontake; Shinto; Miracles; Incarnations; Pilgrimages and the Pilgrim Clubs; Gohei; Shrines of Ise; Noumena: Self; Selfhood; Possession; Will; Self as Ideas; Ideas a Mode of Motion; Ideas a Force; Individuality; Japanese Character; Dreams; Hypnotic and Possession Trances; Shinto Gods. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Toward the middle of the afternoon we reached a part of the coast locally famous or infamous, for the two were one; a stretch of some miles where the mountains made no apology for falling abruptly into the sea. Sheer for several hundred feet, the shore is here unscalable. Nor did it use to be possible to go round by land, for the cliffs are merely the ends of mountain-chains, themselves utterly wild and tractless. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1909 edition by Mercure de France, Paris. ... Read more

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OCCULT JAPAN. ONTAKE. nJN the heart of Japan, withdrawn ~ alike by distance and by height from the commonplaces of the every-day world, rises a mountain known as Ontake or the Honorable Peak. It is a fine volcanic mass, sundered by deep valley-clefts from the great Hida-Shinshiu range, amidst which it stands dignifiedly aloof. Active once, it has been inactive now beyond the memory of Ulan. Yet its form lets one divine what it must have been in its day. For upon its summit are the crumbling walls of eight succeSSIve craters, piled in parapet up into the sky. It is not dead; it slumbers. For on its western face a single solfatara sends heavenward long, slender filaments of vapor, faint

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CONTENTS; PAGE; ONTAKE ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1; SHINTO ? ? ? ? 16; lfIRACLES · ? ? ? ? ? ? 36; INCARNATIONS ? ? ? ? 97; PILGRDIAGES AND THE PILGRIM CLUBS ? 193; THE GOHEI ? ? ? 230; THE SHRINES OF ISE ? ? ? 270; NOUMENA:; SELF ? ? 278; SELFHOOD A FORCE ? ? ? ? 0 ? 285; POSSESSION ? ? 290; VILL ? ? ? ? ? ? 2gB; SELF AS IDEAS ? ? ? 304; IDEAS A lfODE OF :MOTION ? ? ? ? 307; IDEAS A FORCE ? ? ? 317; INDIVIDUALITY ? ? ? ? 320; THE JAPANESE CHARACTER · ? ? ? 323; DREA~IS ? ? ? ? 332; HYPNOTIC TRANCES ? ? ? ? 343; POSSESSION TRANCES ? ? ? ? ? 355; THE SHINTO GODS ? ? ? ? 368

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Description of canals and oases of Mars by astronomer Perceval Lowell, placed here because, hey, at least he meant well. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more