isis unveiled: chapter x (outside the walls…)

""We have said, in the introduction to this work, that at the middle of the nineteenth century one of the most famous epidemics of possession broke out in Germany: that of the Nonnains, who performed all the miracles most admired since the days of St. Medard, and even some greater ones; who turned summersaults, who [...]

isis unveiled: chapter x (outside the walls…)

"And now for the views of Dr. Figuier upon these remarkable and unquestionably historical phenomena. "A Convulsionary bends back into an arc, her loins supported by the sharp point of a peg", quotes the learned author, from the proces verbaux. "The pleasure that she begs for is to be pounded by a stone weighing fifty [...]

isis unveiled: chapter x (outside the walls…)

"Abbe Paris was a Jansenist, who died in 1727. Immediately after his decease the most surprising phenomena began to occur at his tomb. The churchyard was crowded from morning till night. Jesuits, exasperated at seeing heretics perform wonders in healing, and other works, got from the magistrates an order to close all access to the [...]

isis unveiled: chapter x (outside the walls…)

""Dr. Calmeil, in his work on insanity", remarks Figuier, "when reporting on the ecstatic theomania of the Calvinists, concludes that the disease must be attributed in the simpler cases to HYSTERIA, and in those of more serious character to epilepsy....We rather incline to the opinion", says Figuier, "that it was a disease sui generis, and [...]

Blessed Evening, Loves 😊

I Pray All Is Well With Everyone...And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion...For Everyone, Everywhere; And Let Us All Reach Out With Sincere Prayers...For All Of God's Children...All Over The World; And Call For Divine Healing...Divine Protection...And Divine Justice...To Saturate the Earth! Let Us Call Forth The Effective Power Of [...]