1.   He was among the better educated of the early Methodist preachers and more sober than some in his attitude to supernatural phenomena.

2.   Apparitions are supernatural phenomena invisible to most people and discernible only to certain individuals.

3.   One lady is a fortune-teller named Lady Strange, who is given to reciting poetry in her speeches, which sometime refer to supernatural phenomena.

4.   The latter are all too obviously hydraulics or computer-generated imagery, shattering the illusion that you are witnessing any sort of supernatural phenomenon.

5.   The notion of a Christian critique of supernatural phenomena is hilarious.