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Crossing Running Water

Crossing running water has long been regarded as a powerful remedy against supernatural entities. In widespread folklore, water is believed to be pure and holy — a living force that rejects what
26 September 2017

Bhut

Bhuts were originally ancestral spirits who, if propitiated and venerated, protect and provide for their descendents. However, if dead souls are not propitiated; if they lack descendents or living people to honour them; if they were not given proper funeral
25 July 2017

Spirit Attachment

A spirit attachment is a type of Possession in which a discarnate entity becomes attached to

PSYCHOPOMP

A psychopomp is in mythology, a supernatural being who conducts the soul in safety to the

Cairn

Cairn (Stone Heap Memorial) A cairn is a deliberately constructed heap or stack of stones, raised as a marker, memorial, or grave sign. Found across many landscapes and cultures—from remote mountains and
25 July 2017

Candles in Ghost Lore

Candles, Ghosts and Death Omens Candles have long held a powerful place in human ritual. They appear in ceremonies of birth, prayer, protection, mourning, death and remembrance. Their flame is both practical
25 July 2017

Coffin Corners

Coffin corners are notches in the walls along winding staircases of homes that accommodated the transport of coffins without damaging the walls. Coffin corners were a feature of Victorian-era homes, when many
25 July 2017

Corpse Lights

Corpse Lights are phosphorescent lights seen floating about the air at night, which are believed to be harbingers of death. They are white, red, or blue and are seen both indoors and
25 July 2017

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead: A special holiday each year to honour the dead, involving parties, feasts, special foods, songs and parades. Unlike holidays such as Memorial Day or Veterans Day, in which
25 July 2017

Dead House

A dead house is in Britain, a small building at railway stations once used as a temporary morgue to house corpses of those who died on railway property, until they could be
25 July 2017

Demons in ghost lore

A Demon is a type of spirit, also called a fallen Angel, that has the capability of interfering in the affairs of people. The term “Demon” means “replete with wisdom” and is
25 July 2017

Dolphins in Ghost lore

In classical mythology, a carrier of the souls of the dead to the afterlife world. In Christian myth, the dolphin represents resurrection and salvation, and also represents the Christian Church being guided
25 July 2017

Doors in ghost lore

Doors : Numerous superstitions exist concerning doors and ghosts of the dead. It is widely believed to be unlucky to enter a house through the back door; this perhaps is one reason
25 July 2017

Double

The apparition of a living person that is an exact duplicate, even including details of dress. Doubles fall into two categories: Death Omens and a type of possible out-of-body projection or Bilocation,
25 July 2017
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