GHOSTs, Up For Thoughts and Considerations

 

Do I believe in ghosts? Not really, but I'm open to the question, and - what's more - many years ago i did take part in some primitive seances with a Ouijaboard. I suppose one might say that I flirted with the idea of dead people living in some kind of parallel world, which they might leave to visit the living. As there are no scientific proofs of an afterlife everything about ghosts hinges on age old beliefs, legends and - let's be honest - wishes: One may wish for the existence of ghosts because that would mean that life doesn't end by one's death. On the contrary, life goes on, i.e. on a different, non-substantial level. As far as I know this kind of ideas are to be found all over the world, in all kinds of societies. However this only proves one thing: Humans as such don't like the idea of non-living, they want to interact and make an impression no matter what: Dead or alive I am ....

I suppose that's why an important trait of all religions is to see humans - and maybe also animals - as some sort of "double creatures": We are not only our bodies, which may rot in the grave and get absorbed in the dirt of it, but also an invisible and much more important part: The soul. Most people think of the soul as some kind of "twin" to the body and those who tell about seeing ghosts very often identify them by their looks.
 

Apparently there has been several sightings of the second wife of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, who I must say had every reason to be mad at the treatment she was subjected to. As it is ghosts are supposed to start appearing because of crimes they themselves have committed or someone has committed against them so that figures. However, I'm surprised that people presumably have met her in trains and other places where she never set foot when she was alive.

This very funny movie from 1984 was very popular. People simply adored the ghostbusters who"zapped" ghosts or just made them go away. The reason for this war against ghosts is that spookeries are considered to be very annoying by the living, relatives or not. Also it's frightening as ghosts are not seen as someone without means of hurting the living ....

One thing is a movie-ghostbuster, another one is someone who does what they did for a living. A real, genuine ghostbuster is the son of music legend Ozzy Osbourne, Jack Osbourne. He has been chasing ghosts with various co-busters and I've seen some of the documentaries of their exploits. They seem to have fun, but I looked in vain for a sort of spiritual perspective on what they were doing. Why would those ghosts they believe they've found waste time and energy on doing what they ask them to do??? Is it good to be a ghost or should one try to help them leave such a "life"???? To me it's strange that jack and his friends don't ask that kind of questions, especially to themselves: WHY am I, Jack Osbourne, trying to force these ghosts to do my bidding of turning on or off lights instead of looking for the gateway that presumably allows them to get out of this dead-end spot where they have become sheer entertainment?

 

https://www.snexplores.org/article/science-ghosts 

 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ghost-women-why-are-there-so-many-female-ghosts 

 

https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/anne-boleyn/ghost-of-anne-boleyn-the-stories/ 

 

https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2023/10/conversation-are-ghosts-real.php 

 

https://nypost.com/2019/04/25/how-jack-osbourne-went-from-rock-royalty-to-ghost-buster/ 

 

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