Project Gutenberg 2024-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 139 Cummings, Abraham 1755 1827 Immortality proved by the testimony of sense : $b In which is contemplated the doctrine of spectres and the existence of a particular spectre $aPortland, Maine :$bJ. L. Lovell, $c1859. Carol Brown, Steve Mattern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Immortality Proved by the Testimony of Sense" by Abraham Cummings is a religious and philosophical treatise written in the mid-19th century. This work discusses the existence of spectres and the concept of immortality, addressing both historical testimonies and contemporary skepticism about supernatural occurrences. The text seems to reflect on the nature of personal identity, consciousness, and the soul's existence beyond physical death, using the phenomenon of apparitions as a central theme. The beginning of the work presents an argument against materialism—an idea that everything, including thought, is a result of matter—asserting that personal identity and consciousness persist beyond bodily death. Cummings delves into discussions around the notion of spectres, particularly referencing a significant event in Sullivan, Maine, where a series of phenomena were witnessed in 1800. The author critiques prevailing materialist arguments and cites biblical references to illustrate that spirits can exist independently of the human body, thereby promoting the idea of immortality supported by sense perception and historical accounts. Through these explorations, Cummings sets the tone for what appears to be a deeply theological examination of life after death. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1098&context=books 20231122100502cummings 1859 US Reading ease score: 70.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Spiritualism Immortality Apparitions BF Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 253792 2025-07-29T10:00:55.118107 text/html 227719 2024-07-30T07:52:25 text/html 307861 2025-07-29T10:01:01.055085 application/epub+zip 306097 2025-07-29T10:00:56.485115 application/epub+zip 196948 2025-07-29T10:00:55.815128 application/epub+zip 586168 2025-07-29T10:01:04.097081 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 564566 2025-07-29T10:01:00.552067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 225389 2025-07-29T10:00:54.411108 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 205395 2024-07-30T07:52:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16046 2025-07-29T10:01:04.298056 application/rdf+xml 14100 2025-07-29T10:00:56.075107 image/jpeg 2321 2025-07-29T10:00:55.955092 image/jpeg 256339 2025-07-29T10:00:55.147089 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