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The Field Guide to Ghosts and Other Apparitions
In Havana, the ghost of Ernest Hemingway has been terrifying the employees at the writer's former estate.In Madrid, a ghost named "Ataulfo" has been haunting the museun that houses Picasso's masterpiece, "Guernica."
In Washington, D.C., the vice president's daughter was so scared by a ghost's visitation that she fainted.
Ghost sightings happen every day throughout the world. Those who have never seen a ghost tend not to believe in their existence, but the experience of seeing a ghost certainly feels quite real. This entertaining cross-cultural guide to ghost sightings worldwide uses firsthand testimony and an illustrator's renderings to explore the great variety of ghost experiences that people have reported for thousands of years. You will, of course, read about ghosts of the dead, some of whom offer guidance and warning, but also about ghosts of the living, as well as what appear to be ghosts of the future. Most ghosts are of people, but they can also be of animals, things, and places -- entire ghost buildings and ghost gardens, for instance. How can we possibly explain all this? Are ghosts merely images seen in the mind's eye? Are they visitors from some alternate reality? Can they be real in an everyday material sense? Or could ghosts actually be a phenomenon of time itself?
In Washington, D.C., the vice president's daughter was so scared by a ghost's visitation that she fainted.
Ghost sightings happen every day throughout the world. Those who have never seen a ghost tend not to believe in their existence, but the experience of seeing a ghost certainly feels quite real. This entertaining cross-cultural guide to ghost sightings worldwide uses firsthand testimony and an illustrator's renderings to explore the great variety of ghost experiences that people have reported for thousands of years. You will, of course, read about ghosts of the dead, some of whom offer guidance and warning, but also about ghosts of the living, as well as what appear to be ghosts of the future. Most ghosts are of people, but they can also be of animals, things, and places -- entire ghost buildings and ghost gardens, for instance. How can we possibly explain all this? Are ghosts merely images seen in the mind's eye? Are they visitors from some alternate reality? Can they be real in an everyday material sense? Or could ghosts actually be a phenomenon of time itself?
176 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2000
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April 12, 2013
Nice quick read that presents ghosts in a fairly even-minded light. They discuss the types of ghosts that have occurred and give examples of various sightings and places. There is discussion as to the phenomenon itself. Why do some people see ghosts, while others do not? What could cause this etc... The nice thing is that they don't dismiss the fact that someone has seen something, they look at the entire phenomenon and present information in a pretty fair-handed way. Basically I would say their point of view is: We can't dismiss the phenomenon that happens due to the fact that we can's explain why it happens. That perhaps someday we will find an answer why it happens and why only certain people see ghosts.
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