I'm from Marblehead, which is next to Salem, Mass.  So, I grew up in a
'ghost' friendly culture.  Ghosts, for the most part, haunt people.  Some
stick around and haunt places, and those are the ones we hear about.  Those
persons who are 'haunted' don't usually mention it, because it's a loved one
and they don't want to be thought of as crazy.

We only use 10% of our brain.  It's entirely possible that we are
short-sighted and egotistical enough to believe if we can't see it and
others can, they must be nuts.  Maybe those who can't see are less evolved!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Indigo Nights" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 11:17 PM
Subject: Re: Ghosts & Spirits: How Do You Handle Them?


> I was thinking about this thread earlier on the way
> home from dinner with my two best friends.  I had just
> conveyed to them how fascinating so many of these
> responses have been.
>
> I understand the value of black and white.  Lord knows
> I worked with engineers for so long that I know there
> are many out there who simply do not believe there is
> such a thing as grey.
>
> It was, I believe, in the 1930s that Pluto was
> discovered.  At that time, none knew that there would
> be a man on the moon--instead of just in--or that many
> other constellations and galaxies and planets would
> later be found as technology was advanced.
>
> Are these chimera real?  Hmmm, I don't know.  I'm more
> inclined to believe that they MIGHT and that, like the
> mysteries of the galaxies, we have yet to develop the
> technology to be able to determine how to access and
> more positively connect with such energies.
>
> Is there a market for this?  Oh, you bet there is!  I
> take it none of you has watched Crossing Over, which I
> first caught on Sci-Fi and then watched it move to
> mainstream TV.  I suppose those of you who believe
> such things are impossible also don't believe that
> many a police department engages psychics to help with
> some of their hardest-to- crack cases.
>
> I'm not going to tell you what kind of a deity in
> which you should believe, and I'm not going to tell
> you whether, in fact, you should believe in spectres.
>
> But the Spanish have an expression I'd like to borrow
> for this commentary:  En boca cerrada no entran
> moscas.  This translates to, in a closed mouth, flies
> can't enter.
>
> But in a closed mind, possibilities cannot exist.  I'd
> much rather keep out the flies than the possibilities.
>
>
> Thanks to each of you who has responded to date.  Your
> stories are very intriguing!
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Deb Fuller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Annette,
> >
> > You bring up some wonderful points. "Ghost stories"
> > are a part of many cultures
> > as well as many historical or cultural sites. For
> > that reason alone, they
> > shouldn't be dismissed. You don't have to believe in
> > them but I think they are
> > a valid part of interpreting a site. Certain stories
> > could lead to actual
> > historical happenings that would have not otherwise
> > been discovered.
>
>
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