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65, Does the expectation of the future life affect men’s 
conduct in the present ? and how P 65a. How far do these 
notions of the future life seem original and genuine P and 
how far do they look as though adopted from foreign reli¬ 
gions P 
M.anes-worship .•—66. Are the souls of the dead, especially of 
ancestors, looked on as demons or divinities ? 67. Are they 
worshipped with prayer, sacrifice, &c. P 68. Is there any 
recognized means of communicating with them ? and is this 
done by any one, or specially by priests, &c. P 69. Are the 
divine manes of a kindly or unkindly disposition ? do they 
treat all men alike, or favour _their kinsfolk and worshippers, 
and do ill to others ? 70. Are they looked on as causing the 
good and ill fortune of the living ? 71. Do they act, fight, 
give counsel, &c. among men, or influence events in some 
spiritual wayp 72. Are they the principal gods of the nation ? 
73. Is the primitive ancestor of the tribe worshipped under the 
form of, or in connexion with, some sacred animal or other 
object, as a totem or clan-deity ? 
Obsession and Possession.— 74. Are some or all diseases 
regarded as caused by demons ? 75. Do they enter into the 
patient or afflict him from without ? 76. Are fever, delirium, 
trance, hysteria, epilepsy, mania, or other diseases specially as¬ 
cribed to demoniacal influence ? 77. Are nightmares considered 
real spirits? 78. Are erotic dreams caused by visits of demons 
(incubi and succubi), who have sexual connexion with women 
and men in their sleep ? 79, Are there stories of women thus 
becoming pregnant ? 80. Are there vampires or such spirits 
who suck their victim’s blood in sleep, and cause them to 
waste away and die ? 81. Is exorcism practised as a cure ? 
and who are the exorcists, priests, sorcerers, or doctors ? 
82. What are the processes of exorcising spirits from patients ? 
83. Can disease-spirits be conjured into objects or animals, and 
the patient be so released ? 84. Is the possessing spirit con¬ 
sidered to speak through the patient’s voice or by u ventri¬ 
loquism ? ” 85. Does the intruding spirit give its name? 
86. Are hysterical and epileptic fits, &c. encouraged or arti¬ 
ficially brought on to obtain oracles from deities through 
possessed mediums ? 87. Are patients of morbid constitution 
selected as mediums, prophets, or oracle-priests ? 
Spiritualism, —88. Are other proceedings, of the nature of 
those carried on by modem u spiritualists,” known in the 
nation ? 89. Are the souls of the dead summoned to be 
conversed with ? 90. Are seances or assemblies held for the 
