Posts from Ghosts: lost souls, a phenomenon, or just a fairy tale?

Even several thousand years before our era, people believed in the afterlife, magic, and spirits. To prevent someone very evil from returning to their body after death and wandering among the living, they would bind them or bury them under stones. The spirits of good people were revered, and special rituals were performed in their honor. But time passed, and people believed in ghosts less and less. In the last century, many considered it to be just fairy tales, and in this one, they believe it is simply a perfectly explainable phenomenon and nothing supernatural. What is your opinion on this?

To be honest, I have a rather old-fashioned view on this matter – I believe that ghosts don't exist :D, and I won't believe in them until I encounter them myself. It's very easy to explain them as hallucinations, which are also amplified (in many cases) by the desire to see a ghost. But in reality, I certainly don't have complete certainty regarding ghosts...

Personally, I am convinced (this is just my opinion) that a person is self-sufficient when it comes to things that are invisible. Many have told me that they have seen ghosts (and I have had something similar), but, comparing the psychotypes of these people (and myself, as much as possible) and the circumstances in which the "visions" occurred, I am convinced that this is what I would call a "pseudo-dream syndrome," a so-called "thin" sleep, a state caused by various situational and psychophysical factors. In a normal (healthy in every sense) state, this is unlikely to happen. It usually happens to people with extrasensory (even if very weak) abilities during a period of intense mental and emotional work (stress, anxiety, proximity to death, a strong shock from something, fear due to darkness or something else, strong doubts about what one is doing, etc.). It is at such moments that the so-called "thin" sleep can occur, that is, being in a "between-world," when one can see something unreal, but, as a rule, not spontaneous, but providential. A person either receives some answer to a question that interests him, or a warning, or even a prediction (this has also happened, and it came true). I think that this is the subconscious desire of a person to hear the answer of the infinite, omnipotent, and unknowable Cosmos to his aspirations, that is, HE GENERATES IT HIMSELF - a person is simply given such abilities by God, but... this does not mean that ghosts do not exist :)
But this is a more delicate topic... I don't feel like bringing it up:D

Yes, otherwise they might show up just to prove they exist:D It would certainly be interesting to meet a real ghost, but I can’t say I’m particularly looking forward to it...

I like to challenge myself, but I can’t seem to do it, even though I try. I wouldn’t mind meeting a real ghost (it would be an experience for life).

That's for sure... you probably wouldn't want to play it more than once, and honestly, you don't even need to. It's better to leave the ghosts in Heroes.

Briefly, but to the point:

"If I didn't see it, I don't know about it."

Well, what Ganymede talks about is more like a game of a weary mind or a subconscious desire of the soul to find an answer to its question. Another possibility is that people with incredibly strong spirits may not let their souls go to the afterlife if they have unfinished business on Earth.

I agree. This is what real ghosts are, I would call them astral "scum." By "not letting their souls go to the afterlife," they, having left their bodies, wander through the "corridors" of the astral plane in search of an opportunity to inhabit some available body in order to "continue their mission on earth." For example, as soon as a person dies, their soul leaves that body FOREVER, and a whole commotion of this astral "scum" begins around it, vying for the right to possess that body. That is why there has long been a tradition of covering mirrors in the house of the deceased, as they can reflect this astral struggle and fill the house with dark energy. In general, paganism has a very good understanding of these issues. For example, in Ancient Egypt, they learned to use this astral "scum" as zombies. This is a well-known fact. Priests possessed the art of "inhabiting" the bodies of the dead with "restless souls," which performed heavy physical labor with a primitive level of intelligence, required minimal food (mainly meat), and were absolutely obedient to the will of the priests. The zombies worked until the bodies completely decayed, as decomposition continued. There are cases when the dead "came back to life," but these were completely different people in terms of character, and their loved ones testified to this. Moreover, the "resurrected" were cruel, with a low intellectual level, and caused great problems for their loved ones, even beating them. This is an example of these very zombies. That is, a ghost managed to inhabit the body of the deceased (in this case, through the prayers of the wife, which served as a kind of "summoning spell"), and voila - a "new" person appears, who "lives" not for long, but manages to cause a lot of trouble for those around him. There are other types of "possession." In some LIVING people, with a weakened will, under certain circumstances, such astral "scum" can also inhabit them for a while. This usually happens if people have a weakened psyche (possessed); during severe alcohol or (less often) drug intoxication. At such moments, a person is maximally weakened in will and "opens" the way for ghosts. At the same time, the person changes appearance (rarely to the point of being unrecognizable), speaks in a voice that is not their own, and exhibits animal (inhuman) instincts, mainly directed towards finding food (meat) and aggression. Unfortunately for myself, I had the opportunity to observe such a "phenomenon" for quite a long time. I WOULDN'T WISH IT ON ANYONE! It's terrifying!

Unfortunately, I had the opportunity to observe this kind of "phenomenon" for quite a long time. I wouldn't wish it on anyone! It's terrible!

If it's not too much trouble, tell me about that phenomenon.

For historical examples of Ganymede, I highly recommend checking out the Icelandic sagas! Almost every saga mentions the resurrection of the dead, magical tricks, and so on, among completely ordinary things (these sagas are truly the pinnacle of realistic prose). It makes a strong impression.

It would be interesting to hear about the phenomenon itself... Although it's understandable that it must be very difficult to talk about – it's hard to remember, and even harder to reproduce, and almost impossible to convey...

Hmm... a tricky question. But I recently saw a video clearly showing a girl in a wedding dress... I don't know if it's a mannequin or a real ghost, but it made me feel uneasy... I'll definitely post it here as soon as I download it from my phone.

Yes, but they don't always seek a body; some are so strong in spirit that after death, they can leave the astral plane and enter the world without the need for a physical body (a few legends about Scottish castles).

I'm not a phenomenon – I exist!)))):D

But seriously – it's quite possible. I've often wondered, or even felt, as if someone somewhere is present and observing – maybe it's not a ghost, but something definitely spiritual. In general, I believe it.

I believe...
And you?