The Law of Psychic Phenomena A working hypothesis for the systematic study of hypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, etc.

CHAPTER XXI.

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SUSPENDED ANIMATION AND PREMATURE BURIAL.

Facts of Startling Import.--The Case of Washington Irving Bishop.--Other Instances of Suspended Animation.--Vampirism.--Catalepsy.--East Indian Fakirs buried alive for Months.--Fundamental Errors.--Catalepsy not a Disease.--A Recuperative Agent.--The Law of Suggestion governs the Phenomena.--Subjective Insensibility impossible.--Suggestion of Death deepens the Lethargy.--The Appalling Dangers of Catalepsy.--The Proper Treatment 309