Project Gutenberg 2014-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 301 Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna) 1831 1891 Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna Blavatski, H. P. Blavatski, Yelena Petrovna Блаватская, Е. П. (Елена Петровна) Nightmare Tales A bewitched life -- The cave of the echoes -- The luminous shield -- From the polar lands -- The ensouled violin. Produced by eagkw, sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Nightmare Tales" by H. P. Blavatsky is a collection of supernatural stories written in the early 20th century. The opening segment, titled “A Bewitched Life,” immerses us in a blend of eerie aesthetics and metaphysical introspection. It revolves around an unnamed narrator who experiences a series of unsettling visions and reflects on his past, heavily shaped by questions of existence and the nature of the unseen world. The beginning of the narrative introduces us to a sickly protagonist confined to his bed in a small German town, where a familiar voice urges him to focus on an intriguing story from the past. This entices him to observe a mystical scene across the street that transforms into a Swiss châlet and reveals an old man writing with a quill. As the story unfolds, the old man begins to recount his own tumultuous life experiences, rooted in skepticism regarding spiritual phenomena, including clairvoyance and reincarnation. From this frame, we are made aware of a psychological and philosophical journey, exploring deep inner conflicts and questioning established beliefs about life, death, and a potential afterlife. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44559/44559-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fantasy fiction Dreams -- Fiction PG Text Category: Short Stories Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 291943 2025-07-18T05:18:14.530757 text/html 270275 2024-10-23T21:50:31 text/html 573929 2025-07-18T05:18:20.235729 application/epub+zip 575070 2025-07-18T05:18:16.197734 application/epub+zip 177896 2025-07-18T05:18:15.491726 application/epub+zip 664740 2025-07-18T05:18:23.406749 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 639949 2025-07-18T05:18:19.523754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 243890 2022-09-20T10:16:04.667479 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256081 2025-07-18T05:18:14.026738 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 236269 2024-10-23T21:50:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17724 2025-07-18T05:18:23.543703 application/rdf+xml 16880 2025-07-18T05:18:15.572759 image/jpeg 2237 2025-07-18T05:18:15.532733 image/jpeg 554908 2025-07-18T05:18:14.588753 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia