The constellation
E723 Wraiths of persons separate from body
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- Person sees his own wraith · E723.1 entry
- Seeing one's wraith a sign that person is to die shortly. (Cf. F405.4.) · E723.2 entry
- Wraith takes place of person unable to do duty at the necessary time · E723.3 entry
- Wraith does what person wishes to do but is unable to do in the flesh · E723.4 entry
- Wraith of sweetheart stays in room where lover has died. It disappears only after her death at far distant point twenty years after death of lover · E723.5 entry
- Appearance of his wraith as announcement of person's death. (Cf. E723.2.) · E723.6 entry
- Actions of wraith · E723.7 entry
- Appearance of wraith as calamity omen · E723.8 entry
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