Unexplicable

And to the pꝛoofe of thys peſtilent hereſy, he dꝛaweth the couert and obſcure woꝛdes of our ſauiour Chꝛiſt in yͤ ghoſpell of ſaynt Mathew the .xij. chap. and alſo the darke ⁊ harde woꝛdes of ſaynct Paule. Which places of themſelfe all olde holy doctours confeſſe foꝛ diffuſe ⁊ almoſt unexplicable, ſauing that thei al expounde them contrarye to Tindalles hereſy, by yͤ articles of the knowne faith of Chꝛiſtes catholike church, ⁊ by mani plaine open textes of holy ſcripture.

For this ſtone may have naturally grown into this very ſhape, and the ſeeming aſhes may be no aſhes, that is no remainders of any ſewell burnt there, but ſome unexplicable and imperceptible Motions of the Aire, or other particles of this fluid Matter that is active every where, have wrought ſome parts of the Matter into the form and nature of aſhes, and have fridg’d and plaid about ſo, that they have alſo figured thoſe intelligible Characters in the ſame.

There is no doubt that a ghost story requires an appropriate time and place for its telling. It will wait at the back of your mind during morning light and mid-day activities but come evening or a late afternoon on a gloom-ridden autumn day and the shadows will remind you of strange and unexplicable things.

Chap[ter] IV. (4) We can give no account of the manner of Senſation: nor (5) of the nature of the Memory. It is conſider’d according to the philoſophy of [René] Des-Cartes, Sir K[enelm] Digby, Ariſtotle and Mr. [Thomas] Hobbs, and all ineffectuall. Some other unexplicables mention’d.

She pouted as she filled up my glass. Woman, a deadly creature, but given to unexplicables. Such as mixing martinis and pouting. What the hell did she expect? For me to kiss the back of her hand in gratitude?

First of all there are incidents of which the cause cannot de^([sic]) determined straight away, the unexplicables. These in turn are further divided into two categories of incidents: prodigies (UFOS, paranormal phenomena, religious phenomena, etc.) and mysterious crimes (where causality is deferred).

This resembles the globalisation of today. Instead of the plurality of gods in the various religions, there was only one, the only one and almighty god. Previously all the different gods had different powers and usually a god was created for something unknown and unexplicable. So, it was quite logical to combine all the various unknowns and unexplicables to one generalised Unknown and Unexplicable, God.