What are Ghosts?
 The general assumption has been that Ghosts are spirits of the dead. In some cases ghosts - and particularly poltergeists- may be projections from the unconscious mind of living people. The Spiritualist Sir Oliver Lodge (Right) theorised that some ghosts may be a form of 'recording' in rooms in which some tragedy has taken place in the past.
What are Ghosts?
Definition
GHOSTS: Disembodied soul; esp the soul of a dead person haunting the living. Collins Dictionary
Other associated ghost words: apparition, larva, phantom,
shadow, soul, spectre, spirit, spook, visitant. S
WHAT ARE GHOSTS?
BELOW IS A SAMPLE FROM AN ARTICLE WRITTEN FOR THE SITE TRAINING.
What are Ghosts? – impressions of events or people retained on the atmosphere of a place.
What are Evil Spirits? – not as many as people are led to believe. The majority of people, even the misguided and mischevious ones, are basically good. If it were possible for mediums to be attacked by such beings, then there would be no mediums working. The fact is, mediums develop their awareness to such a degree that they are aware of negative energies surrounding people and places. Quite often negative energies are ascribed to evil spirits which is a nonsense.
What are Lost Souls? – another problem area. How can anyone be lost? A spirit person may choose to remain close to earth but that does not mean he or she is lost. Spirit people, when told, may not believe that they are dead and living in spirit but the fact that their friends on earth are ignoring them and there are people they know to be dead are talking to them, has got to make them sit down and wonder. They may feel they are dreaming and refuse any offers of help made to them. Eventually, however, they will become aware of the reality of their surroundings and perhaps find that the ‘dream’ is far more pleasant than was their life on earth.
It is known when every person is to return to spirit, even when the death is accidental or appears to be sudden, and there is always someone waiting to greet everyone. If some people chooses not to take up residence in spirit then that is their choice but it is hard to conceive that they can be lost when there are so many great minds in spirit overseeing and caring for every person on earth.
What are Hauntings? – sometimes someone is thrust into spirit, without going through the normal dying process, and then refuses to leave the house in which s/he lived. A medium can often help in this direction by speaking to them and encouraging them to go with the spirit people waiting to help them. Sometimes the haunting is a build-up of negative energy and can be very oppressive and depressing. Also a haunting can often be traced to poltergeist activity, which usually surrounds a frustrated child entering puberty, and will cease as the child matures. In the meantime, however, the energies can be pretty violent. In such cases Psychical Researchers can be called in to give assistance and to monitor the activity.
What is Possession? – this is not possible but obsession is. The mind is a powerful tool and wrongly used can play tricks. If people have been told, or are themselves convinced, that they are possessed then the mind will oblige. The possession can be (a) imagination; (b) negative energies; (c) a mental imbalance; or (d) the influence of a mischievous spirit who may take advantage of any mental imbalance to draw close. Such a spirit could not, however, physically possess a person’s body – there is no room.
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WHAT ARE GHOSTS? - Evil Spirits, Lost Souls and Possession
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