Ghosts, Spirits, & Entities
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"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
- Shakespeare, Hamlet
When a person dies their spirit is believed to separate from their body, much like in an out-of-body experience, but it can not re-enter the body. The spirit is the person's collective energies that make up the essence of who they are. The person's spirit seems to retain their memories, thoughts, personality, psyche, emotions, attitudes and opinions. The spirit is eternal, ever-living.
According to many individuals who have had a near-death experience, as a person is close to death, they may see their life flash before their eyes. For some, it is a brief series of images or experiences seen through their mind's eye. Some claim that they are actually visited by deceased loved-ones and/or light-beings who show them their path in life and aid them in reviewing their life on Earth. From this point, the spirit may be led through a passageway of some sort that appears to pass through a corridor of light leading to another realm of being.
Some individuals believe that if the person is filled with guilt or regret about the choices they've made in their life, they may not feel worthy of leaving the Earth realm, and may feel a need to experience the pain they inflicted onto others. This may be what some religions refer to as the concept of Hell.
It may be that the spirit has free-will to choose where it would like to head to next. Some may stay around to help or keep watch over a friend or loved one in need. Some may feel like they still have work to do before they go. Some may stay because they do not realize they have passed, or do not know where they are supposed to be. These Earth-bound spirits are referred to as ghosts. Those who decide to cross over are generally called light-beings or spirits.
Ghosts are believed to hang out around places they were accustomed to in life. The most common places to find ghosts and other paranormal energies are battlefields, hospitals, vicarages, theaters, antique shops and houses.
A house is considered haunted when no matter who lives in that particular house, there is often paranormal activity. These are generally caused by a spirit who has lived in the house in the past or has some connection to that house. These can be helpful or hindering spirits, depending on the circumstances. But, regardless of which kind they are, they usually can be interacted with. Often, they are just confused and don't realize that they have passed.
A haunting that is more like watching a movie play out before you, where you can not interact, would be considered a residual haunting. This is where living beings witness a scene that repeats over and over. When a spirit has died a violent or emotionally-charged death, the powerful energy from the intense emotions creates a thin spot between the worlds of perspective, allowing others to see the events unfolding from the past right before their eyes.
Another occurrence which is often referred to as a haunted house experience, is actually more of a haunted individual. No matter where the person moves to, they always seem to be surrounded by paranormal activity; disturbances of unwanted occurrences and uninvited guests which are more malevolent in nature. These often happen when people have ignorantly "played" around in the spirit realms without proper protection and instruction.
"Where a ghost is both seen and heard, we may be sure there is an actual haunting. When it is seen, but not heard, it may possibly be that a person with psychic tendencies is perceiving the images in the reflecting ether"..."and there may be no actual entity present. When the disturbance is heard, but not seen, it may be due to astral forces set in motion by ritual magic, and which continue for a while after the original impulse is withdrawn." - Dion Fortune, Psychic Self-Defense
There are also many negative entities in the spirit worlds, that live off from living being's negative emotions and states of mind. They attach themselves to living people who constantly harbor feelings of anger, hatred, jealousy, depression, anxiety and fear. Once they attach themselves to their host, they encourage the host to feed them with more and more negative emotions. Keeping your state of mind and personal environment clean, fresh and full of joy and love is the best defense against them.
If you feel you have a ghost, entity, or other unwanted energies in or around your home, or attached to yourself or a loved-one, the first steps you need to take are the techniques described in the following pages:
References:
Into The Light - John Lerma, M.D.
Talking To Heaven - James Van Praagh
Ghosts Among Us - James Van Praagh
Psychic Self-Defense - Dion Fortune
Also see:
Ghosts, Spirits & Entities - Ghost Stories & Urban Legends Vol 1: The Lady in White - Ghost Stories & Urban Legends Vol. 2: Poltergeists & Haunted Houses - The Amityville Horror - The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde - The Sleeper by Edgar Allen Poe - The Inexperienced Ghost by H.G. Wells - The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allen Poe - The Judge's House by Bram Stoker - Paranormal Experiences - How to Communicate with Departed Loved-Ones - Classic Monsters
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