On Civil War Apparitions

[429cage]

This is simply an update to an old post (of mine). It's edited, but inclusive of the same material.

In Paranthropology: The Journal of Anthropological Approaches to the Paranormal Volume 4 1a, my article "A Study of Several Reported Cases of Crisis Apparitions During the American Civil War" was published. It begins on page 62 of this edition. Other interesting contributions were made, such as my friend Cal Cooper's article on the OBE phenomena relating to Dr. Alex Tanous.

Just an update, really.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/120804094/...ogy-Vol-4-No-1

[Craig Weiler]

Originally Posted by 429cage

Hello, one and all! I am new to this forum, though I've "passingly pestered" onto some of the discussions before. I would like to post a link to a paper that I wrote back in November (actually it was a final paper for one of my history classes). The paper is titled A Study of Several Reported Cases of Crisis Apparitions during the American Civil War. I rarely engage in forum like discussions, though I will try to keep up with everyone on here! I do hope the paper is found enjoyable; you'll have to have a Facebook account to view it, but after you read it, be sure to comment with your opinions on the subject matter, interpretations, etc.
Here is the link: http://http://www.facebook.com/note....86046324767549

I cannot access your link. I have a facebook account, but it seems to make no difference. Can you make a pdf and upload it where the rest of us can get at it?

[Trancestate]

Originally Posted by Craig Weiler

I cannot access your link. I have a facebook account, but it seems to make no difference. Can you make a pdf and upload it where the rest of us can get at it?

Craig, here's the full link:

A Study of Several Reported Cases of Crisis Apparitions during the American Civil War | Facebook

Doug

[Craig Weiler]

Originally Posted by Trancestate

Craig, here's the full link:

A Study of Several Reported Cases of Crisis Apparitions during the American Civil War | Facebook

Doug

Got it. Thanks. The Gettysburg apparition is an amazing one. It is in line with reports of apparitions appearing during times of great fatigue and stress. For example, mountain climbers who are lost and struggling on alone often report that they are accompanied by a presence.

[429cage]

Originally Posted by Craig Weiler

Got it. Thanks. The Gettysburg apparition is an amazing one. It is in line with reports of apparitions appearing during times of great fatigue and stress. For example, mountain climbers who are lost and struggling on alone often report that they are accompanied by a presence.

Yes, it is. In fact, what I've found very interesting from my research are the many accounts of these things that were documented before real "scientific inquiry" into them began. Many of them weren't adequately documented before the 1880s, but they are there if one does enough research. The main point of this was to stress the importance of studying these types of things.

I am sorry that the link didn't work! I am somewhat confused with the forum layout, mainly since I just started here. I'm already getting the hang of it though, so I hope to make less mistakes in the future.

Oddly, I recently got a message from a person (whom I've kept in correspondence with) about an experience that his great grandmother had during the Civil War, which really goes along with apparitional "crisis" encounters. It impresses me, mainly because I think there are a vast number of cases like this that never get reported. Imagine how much more magnified this could have been back in the pre and post antebellum periods of the 1860s! Really, Myers, Podmore and Gurney did a great service by beginning the detailed study of the phenomena.

[429cage]

Originally Posted by Trancestate

Craig, here's the full link:

A Study of Several Reported Cases of Crisis Apparitions during the American Civil War | Facebook

Doug

Thanks for posting the link correctly for everyone!

[gabriel]

The case resembles the Angel of Mons:
Angels of Mons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[anonymous]

The bad link was:

Originally Posted by 429cage

Here is the link: http://http://www.facebook.com/note....86046324767549

Originally Posted by 429cage

I am sorry that the link didn't work! I am somewhat confused with the forum layout, mainly since I just started here. I'm already getting the hang of it though, so I hope to make less mistakes in the future.

You can paste a link directly into the post editor, you don't have to use the link icon. If you use the link icon notice that it includes "http://" in the field. The link icon is helpful if you want to use some text as the text for the link rather than the url or the title of the web page. Select some text, then click on the link icon ....

[429cage]

Originally Posted by anonymous

The bad link was:




You can paste a link directly into the post editor, you don't have to use the link icon. If you use the link icon notice that it includes "http://" in the field. The link icon is helpful if you want to use some text as the text for the link rather than the url or the title of the web page. Select some text, then click on the link icon ....

Again, I am new here. This is actually the first "forum" that I've ever really used. I'm a Facebook junkie.

[429cage]

Originally Posted by gabriel

The case resembles the Angel of Mons:
Angels of Mons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Indeed it does, though the Civil War case seems to be an actual occurrence, while from what I read, the Mons story was a fabrication (an interesting one though).