Now this is a ghost I can believe in

[novapsyche]

F. GHOSTS OF A SIXTH KIND: A sixth type might be a form of time/space instant replay. We know from Einstein's work and other scientists that it may indeed be possible for events of the past to be in the present in a sort of time/space warp. This gets into some very complicated notions, but the idea is that some "ghosts" are not ghosts at all but are an instant replay of a past event.

In such cases what one sees is the ghost performing a certain scene repetitively. For example, a ghost of this type may go from the top of the stairs to the bottom and then disappear. This may happen over and over again. It never changes. The Ghost never interacts with anyone, and we cannot interact with it. It never changes facial expression nor does it ever acknowledge anything around it. Thus phenomenon is exactly like an instant reply on T.V. As some sort of time/space loop or instant replay, this Ghost is NOT a demon, or soul, or spirit. It is a phenomenon that given the right circumstances can probably be explained by physics. This type is NOT supernatural.

(Depending on the day, I might elect for G, too.)

Seven Types of Ghosts: A Catholic, Biblical Perspective

Comments

[clokverkorange.livejournal.com]

i like the thought that actual ghosts exist, because i like the thought of an afterlife, because dying and having all of my conciousness cease to exist really really scares me and is something i think about constantly. can you imagine that? you won't exist anymore in any form...wont be able to think or talk or act. you will not exist. that scares me.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

This was my view of the afterlife (or, rather, the lack thereof) for many years. It's a sobering look at things, but completely understandable.

Since then, I've come to my own ideas of reincarnation--or, more precisely, metempsychosis. This is a doctrine that Pythagoras and his followers expounded. I now believe that at the moment of death, the psyche is reborn/shifted/transferred to another body/lifeform/timeline. The chain of awareness is never really broken.

I can't defend this belief, not rationally. This is something I've cobbled together here and there on my current spiritual journey.