Kline had mentioned several reports suggesting that a chemical antidote was administered to the zombi victim in the graveyard at the time of his resurrection.... When I asked [Marcel] if he would be able to prepare it for us, he looked momentarily bewildered. Naturally, he replied, one would never make the poison without making the antidote. (W. Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, New York: War...

Noting that the doctrine of general resurrection attracted renewed attention after Reformation, and atomist revival led to displacement traditional hylomorphism by alternative matter theories, this article surveys ways in which was discussed leading natural philosophers seventeenth-century England. These include discussion how bodily might be possible, what resurrected bodies will like; as well...

The subject of this study is the meaning words anima, spiritus and mens in metrical sepulchral inscriptions Carmina Latina Epigraphica collection published at end 19th century by Franz Buecheler. This comprises almost 1,900 texts, which around 1,400 are funerary and, particularly, inscriptions. article consists three sections. first contains general comments on Roman second, most important part...

belief in the lofty positions and excellences of the shi’īte imams (a.s.) and having faith in their miraculous acts and dominion over the world affairs underlies the authentic doctrine of unconditional guardianship (wilāya al-takwīnī). when the imams’ devotees try to maintain a demigod status for the imams in line with this – possibly loving and devotional – belief beyond the conventional limit...