First, you need to understand that this cultural phenomenon is not the same thing as the Holy Spirit. In churches where choirs sound like human bagpipes, the Holy Spirit is part of a three-man executive suite known as the “Holy Trinity” that includes the original single Father and his Son. “Spirit” is something that cheerleaders have and heathens drink, while “Ghosts” are invisible souls of ancestors. You can kill someone’s spirit, but aside from one member of the Wu-Tang Clan, you can’t murder a ghost.[*3] Black people aren’t afraid of spirits but we don’t fuck with ghosts.
