I'd like to think I take a more scientific approach concerning the supernatural. Consider me a full believer though because the world is an amazing place. Belittlement encroaches when I think of what we know and what we likely have yet to discover. It seems the deeper we go the more mysterious reality becomes so why not entertain the idea that spiritual beings of various sorts can inhabit our real?
The following is all my opinion on ghosts and hauntings. I've been researching the topic for quite some time and I'm an avid fan of ghost hunting. Though I started a skeptic my journeys thus far have convinced me ghosts exist and here are my thoughts on the subject.
To me it seems that modern ghost hunting techniques have proven these things obey the laws of physics to some degree. They cause changes in temperature, fluctuations in the magnetic field, and in some instances are even caught in pictures despite not being visible when the picture was taken. I believe the reason they are able to be caught in pictures and on electronic voice phenomenon has something to do with how they disturb the electromagnetic field. Either way the fact that their presence can be measure proves they are something.
I personally believe all haunting can be categorized into three types. Within those three types are sub divisions but in general it all boils down to one of three things.
Number one is the least worrisome, Residual Hauntings. These aren't intelligent and can best be likened to a tape on constant repeat. It's like something in the environment absorbs the events experienced in it and replays those events from time to time. It might seem startling but those types of hauntings will never acknowledge the presence of another person, they will just play on an endless loop. They will also never leave the location they are in.
Number two is a deceased person in the form of a spirit. These can haunt a specific place or even a specific person. In some cases the person may not even know they are dead and in a confused state. From what I've gathered ghost will be an exaggerated form of the person it was in life. There are no doubt good spirits who mean nothing more than to protect and interact with the living for whatever reason but it's the bad ones that ultimately gather the most attention from the media. Though sometimes I consider that maybe it's because the energy of a being at peace goes to a different place than that of a tormented person. It would explain why many of the stories we hear of hauntings are usually associated with people who were profoundly wicked in real life.
This brings me to type number three. Non-human entities. Some call them demons and while I deny the religious connotations associated with the word I accept it as an adequate name for whatever they are. These are the kind you would want to avoid because they can often attach themselves to people and require a brutal exorcism to expel. I can't begin to imagine what these things are but I have it down to two possible outcomes.
A: Perhaps the evils that consume us as human beings can take on a form of their own and grow into something more than the sum of their parts. Places become so filled with the echoes of real world torment that they continue on after death until the accumulate into a negative presence. I think this negativity cloud has the power to keep all those who perish within it's grasp hostage. These apparitions seem to become severely warped in the process too. Good ones become tormented where bad ones become even more terrifying.
B: I think there is the real possibility that there is some sort of spirit realm where being of pure energy exist. They have never known the human form which would mean they likely have drastically different views on our existence than we do. If a being of pure negative energy becomes able to interact with our world past stories say it becomes extremely territorial.
Either way they will inhabit one room, a specific floor, an entire house, or even a person. Documentation of demonic possession of houses and people shows that whatever this presence is they don't go easily and they do everything they can to psych us out. A demonic presence will mock you at every turn blaspheming everything you hold dear on every level of your persona.
I personally wouldn't want to encounter one.
While I'd like to type more I'm dead tired and have to wake up early so I'm bringing this to a close. Feel free to comment or pm me stories of your ghost encounters. I may post some of my encounters in future blogs complete with some cool pics taken during my daring ghost hunter days. :)
Thanks for reading.