Ghosts, spirits, apparitions… those words don’t mean the same things. A GHOST usually refers to anything that suggests a spirit (of someone dead) is haunting a site. A SPIRIT can be any kind of spiritual entity, including an angel, a ghost, a sprite, or a sense of something deeply spiritual and religious. AN APPARITION is…
Category: Ghosts and Other Spirits
Can ghost hunting groups investigate things other than ghosts?
Most ghost hunting groups investigate ghosts, and nothing else. When I’m with a ghost hunting team, I might note something odd but definitely not ghostly. (If you can’t tell the difference, see my book, Ghosts – What They Are and What They Aren’t.) Generally, focus on one kind of paranormal energy per investigation. In my…
When did people start believing in ghosts?
References to spirits and ghosts predate the Bible. Whether or not people believed those were spirits of dead people… That’s another matter. Historians have documented attempts to release or banish ghosts in ancient Greece. Earlier accounts of ghosts appear in Mesopotamian records. Search for information about the “gidim.” You may be surprised at the amount…