Fourth Section,

containing scientific, historical-philosophical treatises on the belief in ghosts, reports of remarkable spirit appearances, premonitions, prophecies, symbolic dreams, etc.

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I.	The Ghost in the Gymnasium The original term "Paedagogium" refers to a classical secondary school or academy. at Göttingen in the year 1636, as an example of the enormous sensation that even the most insignificant ghostly haunting was able to cause in Church and State during that era . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	249
II.	The Devil chooses Milan in 1626, with a large and brilliant courtly retinue, as his visible residence on Earth, and allows himself to be publicly revered and worshiped there under the title of the Duke of Mammone original: "Herzog von Mammone." A reference to Mammon, the biblical personification of wealth and greed. . . . . . . . . .	257
III.	True report of a spirit-servant, named Pück Pück or Puck is a traditional Germanic name for a household spirit, goblin, or kobold., who served in the Franciscan Monastery of Schwerin, and as a memorial and visible sign of this history left behind in the same monastery a large copper jug, which the inhabitants of the city call to this day: the Pück . . . . . .	263
IV.	The Grave-Digger, Rabbi Ponim; a Jewish ghost legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	272

Fifth Section,

containing memorable stories, character traits, anecdotes etc. from old and new books, travelogues, missionary reports, etc., for the characterization of the belief in magic and spirits.

I. Of the Alraun mandrake root or little mandrake-images, or the so-called Earth-Goblins original: "Erd-Heinzel," referring to Heinzelmännchen or household brownies/gnomes. and Little Gallows-Men original: "Galgen-Männchen." In folklore, mandrakes were said to grow under gallows from the essence of the hanged; these roots were carved into figures and kept as powerful talismans., as a type