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Six Selected Poltergeist Cases From The 1700s In Germany
Journal of Parapsychology, The, Sept, 1999 by Annekatrin Puhle
ABSTRACT: Six unknown or relatively unknown poltergeist cases are presented from the 18th century. Their phenomenology is compared with that of a collection of 54 cases occurring between 1947-1986. The cases belonging to the earlier century are of special interest because they occurred before the advent of household electricity (limiting the application of an electromagnetic theory of poltergeist phenomena).
A common feature of the early cases is the apparent conflict of the phenomena with the strong religious belief system of those involved. This conflict is reviewed historically in order to show how the perception of the poltergeist has changed from that of a friendly spirit to become first an externally threatening agent, finally becoming a domestically threatening agent, a progression which is paralleled in the way many RSPK-cases develop.
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