Hypnotism, its facts, theories, and related phenomena; (1893)
Sextus, Carl · Chicago, C. Sextus · leaf 206
NATURAL SOMNAMBULISM OR SLEEP-WALKING. T9: that certain lunar positions have also a decided influence uponthe vegetable and animal kingdoms. During eclipses of thesun, when the moon has been directly between that luminaryand the earth, hungry animals have been observed to suddenlycease eating and… … IN ECSTACY BELIEVING THEMSELVES FLYING THROUGH THE AIR ON BROOMSTICKS AND HAVING COMMUNI-CATIONS WITH SATAN. eclipses have been total, birds have sometimes been known tofall dead from their perches. Now, neither of these effects canbe supposed to result from any modification of the force…
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