Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites
Including an Account of the Origin and Nature of Belief in the Supernatural (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites: Including an Account of the Origin and Nature of Belief in the Supernatural<br><br>A belief in the supernatural has existed in all ages and among all nations.<br><br>To trace the origin of this belief, the causes of the various modifications it has undergone, and the phases it has assumed, is, perhaps, one of the most interesting researches to which the mind can be given, - interesting, inasmuch as we find pervading every part of it the effects of those passions and affections which are most powerful and permanent in our nature.<br><br>So general is the belief in a supreme and overruling Power, possessing attributes altogether different from and superior to human powers, and bending these and the forces of nature to its will, that the thought has been entertained by many that it is inborn in man.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.