Whether there are ghosts or not. Do ghosts exist in real life: evidence

It is difficult to answer the question of whether ghosts exist. Many reject this theory, but more and more evidence to the contrary is emerging.

Who or what are called ghosts

People encounter cases of apparitions or apparitions that cannot be scientifically explained. Persons who have seen ghosts begin to believe in:

• mysticism;
• ghosts;
• otherworldly forces;
• the existence of spirits.

Others remain skeptical and believe that this is just a figment of fantasy and computer graphics.

A ghost or ghost is the lost soul of a person who could not find his place in another world. Parapsychologists believe that ghosts remain because of unfulfilled debt, unfinished business, or because the person was not yet ready for death.

Some people think that ghosts may not even suspect that they no longer live in the present, and years for them are only fractions of a second. It is difficult to explain this in words, but there is a version that a ghost is the last breath of a person, which in our time can last for decades, as if stuck between the edges of reality.

Ghosts and ghosts differ in that the second entity appears only once. She does not pursue and does not appear several times in a row. The term comes from the word "had a dream" - maybe something happened or just a dream. Ghosts can appear for days or even months, but mostly they are tied to a specific place or object and rarely disturb just like that.

1. Often spirits come to fix something or bring things to an end.
2. Ghosts can appear because of a deep sense of guilt in front of someone, begging for forgiveness.
3. If a person died suddenly, his soul may want to say goodbye.
4. They can appear close and indicate their place of death, so that they can be mourned and say goodbye to them, after which the spirit finally finds peace.
5. They can appear to complete strangers.
6. Essences come during magical rites at deserted crossroads or bridges.

They mostly live near the place of their death or rest. Many ghosts can be found in cemeteries. Not a single photograph has captured human images near the graves. It can also be the scene of car accidents or abandoned buildings.

There was a case of the brutal murder of a mother and her little son, who were later buried in the forest. The case was closed a long time ago and one traveler, traveling through the forest, met the ghost of a woman in patchwork clothes and, as it were, with a cut throat, who tried to tell him something.

The spirit pointed to a small mound, near a birch. Soon the traveler left, but the ghost of a woman began to haunt him, showing images. Until one day he again went there and found the remains, as it turned out later, of those same mother and child. After that, he saw her for the last time, she appeared to him already in clean clothes with a small child in her arms. Both smiled, she thanked him and did not appear again.

Varieties of ghosts

There are several categories of ghosts:

1. Tied to a specific location. They can be tied to the house where they lived before, to the place of their death, to things that could be passed down from generation to generation. Such are the people who have not been able to find their place in life. You can even feel sorry for them, they are eternal wanderers who are looking for their life path and themselves, even after death. In fact, they do no harm.
2. With a special message. These ghosts appear only once and for a specific purpose. They can come in a dream and point to something, give a sign or signal. This is the soul that protects you all the time. Often people are faced with a situation where a fire starts in the house, and they dozed off, and suddenly, something suddenly wakes them up, like a whisper or a breath. There were cases when the relatives of the missing person despaired of finding him, the ghost of the missing person appeared and pointed to the place of his death. Such spirits can be harbingers of illness and trouble.
3. Ghosts of living people. When a person gets into trouble, his ghost may come to another with a plea for help. It can come in a dream or as a bad premonition. Such spirits come not only to relatives and friends, but even to complete strangers. There was a case when one woman dreamed of a young guy who got into a car accident, he asked her to help him and showed her the scene. When she woke up, she immediately called an ambulance, indicating the very coordinates, and went there herself. The young man was saved.
4. Ghosts of people who returned from the other world. They can use the human body as a vessel to achieve certain goals. They may act out of good or bad motives. Such ghosts are called by black magicians and sorcerers to bring trouble.
5. Poltergeist. A number of strange events occurring in the house: strange whispers or sounds, rustles, squeaks, wiring problems, spontaneous turning on / off of the TV, flashing lights can cause a lot of psychological trouble, do not cause physical harm. Such ghosts are engaged only in pranks and disappear if left unattended.

What evidence is there for the existence of spirits?

There are many secrets and mysteries in the world for which there is no explanation. This also applies to the paranormal, the existence of ghosts and ghosts. To date, there are many eyewitnesses who have repeatedly met with such unusual phenomena, whether it be a ghost lost in the night or a poltergeist raging in the house:

1. The presence of a ghost nearby can be indicated by a sharp jump in temperature: people who are next to a ghost can suddenly become shivering cold: the more active the ghost, the lower the air temperature.
2. Over the years, ghosts have increasingly been discovered in random photographs. In 1945, in England, there was a big fire that journalists filmed for the news. In one frame, the ghost of a girl was seen, whose clothes looked more like the fashion of the 1670s. According to old records, it was found that the house where the girl died was already on fire at this place. Many consider this to be a fake, others have tried to explain it as a result of double exposure, but this picture has excited the public.

There are known cases of the phenomenon of ghosts of living people, a couple of hours before their death:

1. The situation with a soldier who went to war and with his family. At 9 pm, the soldier appeared in his sister's room, talked to her, said that he wished her all the best, after which he kissed her and disappeared. A few days later, his family learned that at 9 o'clock, that very day, he had been killed in action.
2. A young married couple had a case when the wife dreamed of her father, who told her not to worry, and that he had died. The frightened wife woke her husband up and told him about her dream, to which her husband did not believe her. They called her father, where her mother said that her father had passed away a few minutes ago.
3. There is also a case of self-sacrifice. During the war, young children were sent to an abandoned barn that was hidden away. There was an agreement that one woman would come to them once a day to feed them. After 2 months, she disappeared for 3 days, but then she continued to walk, all this time she was taciturn, brought food and immediately left. This went on for several more months, after which they were found by soldiers who were at a loss to find the children alive. They told them that the whole village, incl. and this woman was killed.

Some ghosts came from a sense of unfulfilled duty. For example, when two friends before parting promised each other one day to meet again. The promise is suddenly fulfilled, after which one of them leaves the other under a certain pretext, and the next day a person receives a letter about the death of that friend a few days before the meeting.

What to do if you meet a ghost

The fact that ghosts exist, there are many records of eyewitnesses. Their existence has not been scientifically proven, and almost every person at least once, but doubted that these were just fiction. It is impossible to explain the fact that the presence of otherworldly energy causes temperature and voltage surges.

Experts believe that the phenomenon of the otherworldly is not just a soul that has not found peace. There is a theory that due to a strong feeling of love and affection for loved ones, after the death of a person, part of his consciousness acquires a different shell that protects his family and, after fulfilling his duty, leaves this world forever.

Ghosts should not be afraid, they are to warn or tell the news. They cannot harm you, and on the contrary, they will often try to help.

If a ghost appears to you, do not ignore it, but try to listen to it, try to understand what is keeping it here. Perhaps this is how you prevent something bad or free an unfortunate soul who has long dreamed of finding peace.

Since ancient times. Some describe them as visions and strange light, the feeling of someone's presence in the room, noises or a sudden drop in temperature.

Others have smelled the dead person's favorite food, heard their favorite song, or seen items fall off shelves and doors open and close on their own.

For many of them, such an experience is irrefutable proof of the existence of ghosts. But scientists have found several possible explanations phenomena often attributed to ghosts.

Do ghosts exist?

1. Electrical stimulation of the brain

Frightened eyewitnesses from around the world say that see shadows of people. These dark entities, which are seen out of the corner of the eye, disappear immediately after a person comes face to face with them.

Many believe that these are demons, others that they are astral bodies, and still others claim that they are time travelers. But some researchers have proposed another unexpected version.

When Swiss scientists using electricity stimulated the brain of epileptics, the result was somewhat eerie.

One patient spoke about the shadow of a man who sat behind her and copied her every move. If the patient sat down, the shadow sat down with her; if she bent over and grabbed her knee, the shadow tried to hold her back. When the doctors asked the woman to read from the card, the shadow tried to take it away.

As it turned out, scientists stimulated the left temporoparietal node - area of ​​the brain that determines our idea of ​​our own "I". By interfering with this area, which helps us to distinguish ourselves from other people, the doctors disrupted the patient's ability to understand her own body, and this led to the creation of a shadow of personality.

Scientists believe this will help explain why so many people, both healthy and schizophrenic, encounter ghosts, aliens and other creatures.

How to summon a ghost?

2. Ideomotor effect

The Spiritualist movement gained popularity in the 1840s and 1850s and allowed people to communicate with deceased relatives. Ouija board used during séances covered in letters, numbers and simple words ("yes" or "no"). People put their hands on the tablet and asked the spirits a question. The spirit answered by moving the planchette from letter to letter, giving the answer.

Another method of communicating with spirits was rocking table. During the session, people gathered at the table and put their hands on the surface of the table. To everyone's surprise, the table began to move, leaning on one leg, rising off the ground and moving around the room.

Perhaps in many cases there were scammers, but were all these sessions really nothing more than a scam? The famous physicist Michael Faraday conducted an experiment and found that the table often moved due to the so-called ideomotor effect. This effect occurs when the power of suggestion causes our muscles to move unconsciously. People were expecting the table to move, and so it began to move.

A similar event occurred in 1853, when four physicians performed an experimental session. When they told half the participants that the table would move to the right and half that it would move to the left, the table didn't budge. When they reported that he would move in one direction, the ideomotor effect worked again. The same can be said for the Ouija board when our muscles, not spirits, point to words.

Is it a real ghost?

3. Infrasound

When British researcher Vic Tandy saw a gray ghost next to his desk one day, he thought his lab was haunted. But the next day, the scientist made an interesting discovery.

When he was preparing for a fencing competition, he put his sword in the holder and noticed that it vibrates on its own. He suddenly realized that what was making his sword shake was infrasound.

Humans can hear sounds up to 20,000 Hertz, but cannot pick up sounds below 20 hertz. These "quiet" noises are called infrasound and although we cannot see them, we can feel them as vibrations. We can feel these waves, especially in the stomach, and this can create a positive sensation, such as awe, or a negative one, anxiety. In certain settings, such as a frightening home, this can lead to feelings of panic.

Thunderstorm, wind, certain weather conditions and even household utensils can produce infrasounds. As Vic Tandy watched the trembling sword, he remembered that a new fan had been installed in the laboratory that vibrated at a frequency below 19 hertz. Since the resonant frequency of the eyeball is approximately 20 Hertz, the infrasound caused vibration and created images that were not there. After the fan was turned off, the ghosts no longer appeared.

Some scientists believe that the vibrations explain the paranormal activity in some places. So Richard Wiseman, who explored two underground sites, discovered the presence of infrasound, which came from traffic above.

How to see a ghost

4. Automatic

channeling- the ability of "otherworldly forces" to control the human body - was one of the oldest attempts of mankind to communicate with the worlds of spirits. The idea was to clear your mind, connect with some kind of cosmic consciousness, and let the ancient spirit take over your body.

It was believed that the shamans of ancient religions were able to receive information from the dead. Although modern mediums often resort to fraud, some people sincerely believe in what they are doing.

An explanation for this could be automatism or altered state of consciousness when a person speaks and thinks about things that he is not aware of. When the medium clears his mind, he begins to look for a spirit that enters his body and supplies him with secret knowledge about the world. In fact, at this time, random ideas and thoughts begin to appear in his head, and he believes that they came to him from another reality. However ideas come from his own head, and our brain is able to generate them without any effort on the part of consciousness.

Remember how often something inspired you out of the blue? How often do you have strange nightmares and daydreams? All this is not the other world, but our brain has played out.

ghost stories

5. Drafts

Imagine walking through a frightening, dilapidated house in the middle of the night and suddenly feel the air chill. But as soon as you take a few steps to the left or right, the temperature returns to normal. Parapsychologists call this phenomenon " cold place"- a place of paranormal activity. They explain this by the fact that the spirit needs energy, and in order to appear, it receives it from the environment, including people.

But scientists have a simpler and more boring explanation for this phenomenon. When skeptics studied haunted houses, they tended to find that cool air entered the house through a chimney or window.

But, even if the room is isolated, this can be quite rationally explained. Every object has a different temperature, and some surfaces are hotter than others. To balance room temperature, an object tries to give off heat in a process called convection.

In this case, hot air rises and cool air falls. When dry air enters a humid room, the dry air settles on the floor and the moist air rises to the ceiling. This circulating air will feel cold on the person's skin, giving the impression of a cold place.

Photos of ghosts

6. Camera

Many also claim that glowing spheres of light are the spirits of dead people who have not completely left this world. These spheres are invisible to the eye, but they can be seen in photographs.

However, skeptics are relentless and explain that when a particle of dust or a small insect is very close to the camera, it will be visible in the photographs as a fuzzy circle. Thanks to the flash, the sphere will look like it's glowing, and it's easy to mistake it for a ghost.

Even most of those who believe in ghosts are rather skeptical about the spheres in the photographs. Parapsychologist Pamela Heath believes there are several natural causes for them, including fine hairs, dirty or wet lenses, lens reflection and movement during shooting. Many sites stopped accepting such photos, as there were too many fakes among them.

haunted house

7. Carbon monoxide poisoning

In 1921, ophthalmologist William Wilmer published an unusual paper in the American Journal of Ophthalmology. It told the story of the "H" family and their haunted house. The house was filled with the sounds of slamming doors, moving furniture, and footsteps in an empty room. One of the children felt something land on him, while the other was attacked by a mysterious stranger.

During the night, the mistress of the house woke up and saw a man and a woman at the foot of the bed, who then disappeared. family members experienced fatigue and depression and the plants in the house began to die. And then they found a faulty boiler in the house, which was supposed to raise smoke to the chimney, but instead it filled the house. As it turned out, the family suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Carbon monoxide It is a colorless, odorless gas that is very difficult to detect. It is dangerous because red blood cells absorb carbon monoxide more easily than oxygen, and oxygen starvation leads to symptoms such as weakness, nausea, confusion, hallucinations and eventually death, as happened in this family.

A similar incident occurred in 2005 when a woman saw a ghost in her bathroom. As it turned out, paranormal activity was caused by a leaky water heater that filled the house with carbon monoxide.

Real events and ghosts

8 Mass Hysteria

In June 2013, more than 3,000 workers went on strike at a garment factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh. They did not complain about long working hours or improved wages, but asked to deal with ghost in the toilet. An angry ghost attacked the workers in the women's restroom, causing a general panic. A riot ensued, and the police had to restore order.

A similar event happened at Patong School in Phuket, when 22 students were hospitalized after seeing the ghost of an old woman.

Both workers and students became victims psychological phenomenon called mass hysteria. These collective illusions arise when people are under a lot of stress, usually in an oppressive environment (strict school or busy work).

Repressed stress leads to symptoms such as headaches, nausea and severe cramps. If you add religious or cultural beliefs to this, then other people will start picking up the same strange symptoms, and they will spread like a disease.

It is interesting to note that only a few of the 3,000 factory workers encountered the ghost, and the woman who ignited the conflict saw nothing at all. She fell ill and thought it was the work of an evil spirit. Circumstances were so perfect that it caused panic.

ghost hunters

9. Ions

Ghostbusters use ion counter, which reads the ions. An ion is an atom with an unequal number of protons and electrons. If an electron is added to an atom, it becomes a negative ion, and if it loses an electron, it becomes positive.

Ghostbusters believe that the ions indicate a paranormal entity. They claim that the presence of the spirit interferes with the amount of ions in the atmosphere, and ghosts draw on the energy of the ions if they want to appear and scare people.

However, the presence of ions is caused by many natural phenomena, including weather, solar radiation and radon gas.

Interestingly, both positive and negative ions affect our mood. Negative ions are calming, while positive ions can cause headaches and malaise. This may explain why people living in haunted houses often describe feelings of fatigue and tension, as well as headaches.

Ghosts and Ghosts

10. Quantum mechanics

Quantum mechanics studies small types of matter, which has led to amazing discoveries in science. With it, physicists even try to explain spirits and ghosts.

For example, Dr. Stuart Hameroff and physicist Roger Penrose believe that human consciousness is in microturbo inside brain cells, and they are responsible for quantum information processing.

Scientists believe that with clinical death, all this quantum information leaves the brain but continues to exist. It is for this reason that some people experience out-of-body experiences and see light at the end of the tunnel.

Many scientists do not agree with this theory, but there are those who support them. So Dr. Henry Stapp (Henry Stapp) believes that a person's personality can survive death and exist as " psychic essence". If such entities can return to the physical world, then perhaps it will be possible to explain the paranormal phenomena.

Phantoms are the partially visible spirits of people and creatures that have died. Ancient books are full of records confirming that ghosts exist, but modern science denies any possibility of the appearance of supernatural creatures and objects in the ordinary world.

Ghosts are translucent creatures

Appearance of ghosts

The generally accepted formulation describing ghosts speaks of them as spirits or parts of the soul of creatures, phenomena or mystical objects that ended their existence in ordinary reality. They may take the form:

• deceased in a non-standard way of creation;
• a creature close to a person, but having magical abilities;
• animals or representatives of mythological bestiaries;
• legendary vehicles;
• natural phenomena such as flying lights or ghostly clouds;
• incomprehensible spots or images in photographs.

Phantoms have the ability to soar above the ground, pass through obstacles, and talk. There are records of spirits that can leave traces in ordinary reality. Other information describes ghosts that predict the future of the one to whom they appeared. There are also evil creatures that send diseases and disorders on people.

Researchers argue that ghosts remain in the world for a certain time and take on a mystical appearance when a person or creature has not completed an important task in ordinary life. In this case, the restless soul lingers on the edge until another person completes the task.

Ghosts are able to hover above the ground and pass through obstacles

Signs of the manifestation of the spirit

Ghosts can dwell in cemeteries, in old houses, or at crossroads. Other mystical creatures are tied to the place of their death or permanent residence in life. According to witnesses, ghosts appear closer to the night, and their presence is marked by an inexplicable change in temperature and strange phenomena:

• incomprehensible noise where it should not be;
• interruptions or uncontrolled work of electrical engineering;
• strange noise of varying volume;
• the disappearance of some items;
• unexplained aggressive behavior of dogs;
• feeling of someone else's presence;
• the appearance of incomprehensible shadows and instant highlights, on which it is impossible to focus.

It is recommended to take a closer look at the method of manifestation of a mystical creature and try to understand its hints. In the event of an aggressive phantom, you need to take care of rituals to protect against the spirit or enlist the support of a few experts in the hunt for ghosts.

Ghosts in the legends of different countries

Myths of ancient times tell about famous spirits, the appearance of which was noticed by many people and influenced the lives of the people:

1. A Mexican bandit phantom who can cure insanity and exorcise evil spirits from the bodies of ordinary people.
2. An American train ghost that belonged to President Lincoln.
3. Ghost without legs in Japan. Fire replaces his lower limbs, and the appearance of a creature warns of imminent death.
4. Luminous spirit in Italy, which marked the death of the famous representative of the Borgia family.

In each country, references to ghostly creatures have been preserved.

Slavic mythology is rich in representatives of the other world of spirits. Among them are, mavki, and many other creatures that carry a specific goal or have important abilities.

Perfume varieties

Ghosts are divided according to the place of appearance, the impact on ordinary people and the presence of a message for the living. In ancient times, the classification of ghostly creatures was accepted by the majority of experts convinced of the real existence of spirits. It speaks of the following subspecies of creatures:

• visions - the so-called ordinary ghosts that came from antiquity;
• ectoplasm - a mystical nebula that takes on a close to human appearance;
• ghost lights, the nature of which is controversial among researchers;
• phantoms of animals that can carry danger to the living;
• collective visions are creatures that appear simultaneously to several people;
• - ghosts that do not have an external appearance. They manifest themselves with the help of strange noises, they can wreak havoc in the room and even set it on fire;
• spirits in the form of shadows that are difficult to notice.

The ghosts of small children are distinguished as a separate species. They live in their usual habitat, some are endowed with the ability to grow. The spirits of the babies become the guardians of the house, but sometimes they make a mess and scare the residents.

Angyak - the ghost of a child, in the existence of which the Eskimos believed. A murdered baby became such a creature, already having a name by the time of death. He scared people with night crying, and then took the life of the chosen victim. Many angjaks came to the mothers who killed them, sucking the energy out of them.

Other experts divide phantoms into ordinary and great ones. Among the first - appearing in the form of a beautiful woman, with her cry warning of imminent death, and weak ghosts, unable to manifest in the visible spectrum. In the same classification, there are phantoms that influence the mind and the surrounding matter. Great ghosts are the spirits of those people who, during their lifetime, were related to magic and retained some of their abilities.

Reasons for the appearance of ghosts

Modern experts do not believe in the existence of ghostly creatures. They explain all the records with real failures in health or the operation of equipment, using examples of schizophrenia from those who claimed the existence of spirits.

Among the evidence of the absence of ghosts are hallucinations, optical illusions, defects in cameras and cameras. Another likely explanation for the advent of phantoms is the conscious self-hypnosis of a person who dreams of meeting magic in life.

Ghosts in mystic

Parapsychologists and researchers of everything unusual claim that spirits are the result of the work of the human mind. They created a kind of classification describing the reasons for the appearance of creatures, but could not understand their nature. So, according to experts, the dead can become ghosts, who did not want to leave this world and continued to exist in an alternative form. Other scientists believe that appearing phantoms are a kind of message from the deceased, which contains important information and must be transmitted without fail.

There are other explanations for the appearance of ghosts - the arrival of objects from outer space, the manifestation of schizophrenia, the creation of an astral double and a state of deja vu. During this process, a part of the person's soul can appear in the place that he thinks about.

Disputes about the existence and nature of ghosts have been going on for several centuries, but no one has been able to confirm or deny the existence of such creatures in the ordinary world.

The appearance of an astral double may be an explanation for the phenomenon of ghosts

Spirit protection

In many legends, mystical creatures are dangerous creatures that can harm the person they are with. For this reason, tips have appeared that help to escape from a terrible creature and protect your life. The main rule when meeting with the spirit is to maintain the desired line of conduct. It is required to calm down, continue moving and not pay attention to the phantom, but keep it in sight. You cannot start a conversation with a ghostly creature.

If you think there is spirit in the room, stock up. The best ones are:

• mistletoe branches;
• cross;
• Holy water.

If the ghost appeared suddenly, and there is no time to search for protective equipment, the researchers recommend changing clothes so that the clothes are turned inside out. It is useless to fight the ghostly creatures, but the continuous pronunciation of a prayer and right hand strikes in the direction of the phantom will help to escape. Such behavior will frighten the mystical creature and cause it to leave the intended victim.

Mistletoe repels spirits

Ghosts in modern culture

Ghosts have not lost popularity for several centuries. Screenwriters, writers, game creators and directors are increasingly including spirits in the plot of their works and demonstrating their abilities in practice. Separate films about ghosts are periodically shot, in others they are mentioned in passing.

The Supernatural series presents phantoms as deceased people who exist in the ordinary world and have an unfinished goal or dream of revenge. There is only one way to get rid of such creatures - to find the bones of the deceased and burn them.

Conclusion

Ghosts are the spirits of dead people, animals, or images of ancient artifacts. They appear for a specific purpose and do not always bring harm to the victims. Researchers have been arguing for many years, but they have not come to a unified decision about the existence of phantoms. To believe or not is a personal matter, but every person is recommended to study the nature of creatures and methods of protection. Also, don't take the risk

No child questions the existence of ghosts. But with age, people stop believing in otherworldly phenomena. The denial of the existence of another world continues until a person encounters something unusual and unknown. And it makes him wonder if ghosts exist or not.

The nature of the phenomenon

There is no effect without a cause. If a person has encountered a ghost, there must also be some logical explanation for this. And it will depend on the general views on the world.

• Skeptics. People who deny the existence of otherworldly phenomena consider ghosts to be an ordinary hallucination. Vision does not have to be caused by illness. Hallucinations occasionally occur in a healthy person. If a ghost was seen in a photograph, skeptics claim that this is nothing more than a film defect. With the advent of graphic editors, it has become even easier to depict a luminous silhouette in a picture. The suspicious creatures in the photo are just a fake. The skeptic also believes that a lack of education makes people see the unusual in quite understandable phenomena.
• Scientists. Not always the words "skeptic" and "scientist" can be considered synonymous. Some highly educated people are serious about ghosts and ghosts, studying the nature of this phenomenon. However, scientists have not yet been able to establish the exact cause of visions. According to one version, people see creatures from another dimension. Probably, these creatures also see us and consider us ghosts. According to some scientists, aliens from distant planets can be ghosts.
• Mystics. These include psychics, magicians, parapsychologists, believers or simply superstitious, prone to mysticism. These people do not question whether ghosts exist or not. Visions, from the point of view of mystics, are explained simply: we observe the souls of the dead, beings from the higher (angels) and lower (demons) worlds. At the same time, each representative of this category will answer the question of how to relate to incorporeal creatures in his own way. The opinion will depend on religion or belonging to any mystical movement.

Of course, visions cannot be explained only by morbid imagination, excessive religiosity, or lack of education. Official science recognizes that psychic energy is indestructible. Knowing this, we can assume that after the death of a person there remains a certain energy structure, which religious people call the soul.

Encounters with the Unknown

Researchers of the other world not only are not afraid of ghosts, but also deliberately seek to meet them. To do this, they go to anomalous zones. It may be an old building, such as a castle. Built centuries ago, stone fortresses often keep terrible secrets. The walls of the castles remember the inhuman tortures and executions to which the feudal lords subjected prisoners, servants, or even their own relatives.

The Swedish castle of Haringe, built in the 11th century, is haunted by the ghost of a little boy. Axel Horn (that was the name of the child) froze under the walls of the building. According to legend, his aunt left the boy to freeze on the street. Today, the castle houses a hotel. One of Haringe's guests assures that, having woken up at night, she noticed a figure of a boy near her bed, whom she mistook for her nephew. The woman invited him to lie down next to him and was very surprised to feel an unnaturally cold body near her. In the morning it turned out that the nephew slept all night in his bed and did not approach the bed of his aunt.

In March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan, which was accompanied by a tsunami. Thousands of people became victims. At the same time, unusual incidents began to occur with taxi drivers working in the earthquake area. Drivers have encountered customers asking for a ride to dangerous areas, despite warnings from taxi drivers not to go there. On the way, strange passengers suddenly disappeared right from the car.

In his book Far Journeys, parapsychologist Robert Monroe suggested that our visible world is surrounded by several layers of subtler worlds. In the layers closest to us live people who have not managed to accept their death. They try to return to their former lives, often feeding on the energy of the living. It is these dead who have not found peace from time to time come to our world in the form of luminous silhouettes, translucent figures, etc.

Whether ghosts exist or not, modern science is not able to answer. Not every "sensational" photo of a ghost should be considered as evidence of the existence of the other world. However, it is also not worth completely rejecting the existence of other dimensions with its inhabitants. Perhaps scientists will be able to give answers to all questions in 200 - 300 years.

Who are ghosts? Speaking of ghosts, many people mean the souls of already dead people who appear in our world in visible form. Someone believes in their existence, and someone, on the contrary, categorically refuses to believe in the existence of this phenomenon. People who have seen, as they claim, ghosts, according to their testimonies, ghosts are pale images with indistinct outlines. Whether or not ghosts really exist is not yet known. Everyone has the right to believe in what he sees or hears.

Many legends that have come to us since ancient times tell about ghosts, the appearance of which is directly related to the performance of a certain task or some kind of assignment.

Some ghosts return with the aim of doing some kind of retribution, or to expose the perpetrator of the murder.

Other ghosts return in order to correct some mistake or injustice that has been committed in relation to someone living today.

Including ghosts can appear in order to correct their own guilt for any acts committed by him during his lifetime.

There are several varieties of ghosts, namely:

Settled ghosts- these, in turn, are ghosts that appear in front of different people, but it is always the same ghost that lives in a given place. In such cases, it seems that they are absolutely not interested in people. And what attracts them, in turn, is the place they visit. It is worth noting that these can be ghosts as people or animals.

Bringing messengers- in this case, ghosts visit a person with a specific purpose. This kind of ghosts are called the souls of the dead, who return to the world of the living in order to convey some kind of message or warning, usually they appear to the family of the deceased or friends. In such cases, the ghost rarely speaks, mostly he prefers to point to a particular object, or to convey his message through gestures.

Souls of the Living. Strange or not, many reports of ghosts are directly related to the appearance of the souls of living people. An eyewitness at some point sees in front of him the ghost of a relative or friend who is in trouble or is dying. This person himself may be quite far away. These kinds of casts generally only appear once.

returned- these are ghosts that return to our world for various reasons, and they, in turn, can be very diverse. Such ghosts mainly use people to achieve their goals.

Poltergeist. His appearance is quite often blamed for some rather unpleasant antics of supernatural forces, such as cups or saucers flying through the air, etc. Many believe that the poltergeist is caused directly by ghosts, but they behave completely differently than normal ghosts. Objects that move through the poltergeist acquire rather strange properties. They, in turn, can heat up to such an extent that it is simply impossible to touch them. They also have the ability to pass through doors or windows. And the strangest thing is that they can suddenly appear in the air.

Ghosts and countries

The very first evidence of ghosts that has come down to us is contained in the epic of Gilgamash - ancient Babylonian lore that were recorded around 2000 BC. This story is written on clay tablets. It tells about the hero Gilgamesh and about the ghost of his deceased friend, who appeared in the form of a human figure.

believed in the existence of ghosts and ancient egyptians. Their ghosts appeared with a bird's head and the violence called khu, which in turn represented the souls of the dead. It was believed that these are evil spirits that spread various kinds of diseases and have the ability to inhabit animals, instilling rabies in them at the same time.

Despite the fact that ancient chinese treated the dead with great respect and even organized holidays in their honor, they were very much afraid of the spirits of the killed people, who were directly considered dangerous and vicious. This kind of ghost, according to Chinese belief, appeared in the same clothes that he wore during his lifetime. His appearance was quite impressive. First, a formless cloud arose, from which the head and legs of the ghost subsequently grew. And only after that a body was formed, surrounded by a shimmering green cloud.

Capital Great Britain It has been famous for quite a long time and not without reason as the world center of concentration of various kinds of spirits and ghosts.

Stories from people's lives

Over 70 years Londoners tell a story about how, on the evening of July 13, 1930, 8,000 people gathered in one of the most luxurious concert halls, namely in the most beautiful Royal Albert Hall, a non-ceremonial event that was arranged in honor of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous writer and creator of the famous Sherlock Holmes .

The hero of the occasion, dressed in a tailcoat, entered the hall shortly before the start of the concert and took a place of honor next to his wife Jean, and remained there until the end of the event.

The most interesting thing is that Sir Arthur died six days before the concert, which in turn was dedicated to his memory.

Lady Jean, the writer's widow, took care in advance to book an entrance ticket and a place of honor for the deceased. This woman was known for being a gifted medium, that is, she could communicate with the spirits of the dead and organize visits to the world of the living. Therefore, that is why she knew about the appearance in the concert hall of the phantom of the deceased Sir Arthur. Concert goers who knew Sir Arthur by sight perceived his appearance at the Albert Hall with absolute calmness and composure characteristic of the English, as it happened directly in London, where encounters with ghosts are not something supernatural and rare.

In some cases ghosts assisting historians in comparing the facts and restoring a true picture of the past, and the correctness of the prompted details of the ghosts is later proved by the researchers or the documents found. The most striking example in this case is the death of the second wife of the English king Henry VIII, 29-year-old Anne Boleyn, who was executed in 1536 as a result of her accusation of treason to her husband. Previously, historians believed that Anna's execution procedure was common for those times, that is, the victim was laid with her head on the chopping block, and the executioner cut her neck with an ax. But later it turned out that everything was different with Anne Boleyn.

In 1972 was held Tour of the Tower Castle, there was one young girl accompanied by her parents. And while inspecting the place of executions - the Green Tower - before the eyes of the girl arose what happened here almost four and a half centuries ago. Namely: Queen Anne was on her knees, leaning forward a little. The executioner with a sword (not with an ax) in his hand approached her from behind absolutely silently, as he was without shoes, in only stockings. Most likely, he simply took off his boots in advance, so that Anna would not hear how he would approach, and so that mortal horror would not seize her ahead of time. The queen did not even have time to move, as the executioner waved his sword and cut off her head with one blow. After a moment, he took the severed head by the hair and lifted it. The crowd saw the dead face disfigured by a grimace of horror.

The surrounding people took the girl's story with skepticism, since, apart from her, none of the tourists saw the execution scene anymore. But after a couple of months, several historians confirmed that the death of Queen Anne really happened exactly as the girl dreamed. In addition, scientists found that the sentence was carried out by a person known for his rather delicate treatment of the convicts, and he was specially invited from France for this.

It should be noted that frightening and inexplicable incidents outside the walls of the Tower continue to this day. One day, it so happened that a young guard made the most ordinary night round of the castle grounds. At that moment, when he passed by the chapel of St. Peter in the Chains, he had a great desire to look out the window.

The young man put the ladder against the wall, climbed it and looked inside. From what he saw there, he almost fainted.

In the middle of the chapel, a group of historical figures, familiar to the young man from the portraits that hung in the castle, walked leisurely. In front was a young woman with long black hair who looked like Anne Boleyn. She was followed by Thomas More, a statesman and writer who was accused of treason and executed in 1535. They were followed by the Duchess of Salisbury and Jane Gray, arm in arm with her husband, Lord Dudley. The procession was brought up by several participants in the 1745 riot. These people, beheaded in the Green Tower, made a rather terrible impression with their appearance: each of them had a red bloody streak visible on the neck, their faces were deathly pale, with a bluish tinge and with eyes burning like coals.

This begs the question why ghosts are most often seen by people in London. One version claims that this is directly due to the fact that in the capital of Great Britain many children are born at midnight. In the circle of mediums, it is quite common to believe that such people can feel and see ghosts, as well as directly communicate with them. But still, this hypothesis does not explain why London ghosts also appear in front of tourists who come from all over the world.

Probably, every Englishman, somewhere deep down, is ready to meet ghosts, although he is unlikely to ever admit it.

Computer scientist from Coventry University, Vic Tandy, also dismissed all these ghost legends as complete nonsense, not worth any attention. One fine evening he was working, when suddenly he broke out in a cold sweat. He quite distinctly felt that someone was looking at him, and this look carries something ominous in itself. After that, something materialized into a shapeless mass, ash-gray, darted around the room and came close to the scientist. In the blurry outlines, one could see the legs, arms, but instead of the head, a fog swirled, in the center of which there was a dark spot, like a mouth. In an instant, the vision vanished into thin air without a trace.

But, despite the fact that the scientist experienced a terrible fear and shock, he began to act like a scientist, that is, to look for the cause of an incomprehensible phenomenon. The simplest way was to attribute this phenomenon to hallucinations. But how could they arise, because the scientist did not use alcohol or drugs. As for directly otherworldly forces, the scientist simply simply did not believe in them. And then he decided that it was necessary to look for ordinary physical factors.

And it is worth noting that Tendy found them, although it happened by accident. He was helped to some extent by his hobby - fencing. Some time after the meeting with the ghost, the scientist took his sword home with him in order to put it in order for the upcoming competition. And suddenly, at some point, the blade, clamped in a vise, began to vibrate more and more, as if someone had touched it.

Another person would have thought the same. But this led the scientist to the idea of ​​resonant vibrations, which are somewhat similar to those that cause sound waves. For example, when music is playing very loudly, the dishes in the cupboard begin to rattle. But here in the laboratory, oddly enough, there was complete silence. But the scientist immediately measured the sound background with the help of special equipment. And as it turned out, in fact, there was an unimaginable noise in the room, but it was not audible later, that the sound waves had a rather low frequency that the human ear could not catch. This, in turn, was infrasound. After a short search for the source of the sound, it was found, as it turned out, it was a fan installed in the air conditioner not so long ago. As soon as the scientist turned it off, the "spirit" disappeared and the blade no longer vibrated.

It is worth noting that infrasound is such a thing that carries quite a few surprises. For many years sailors have been tormented by the mystery of " flying dutch c" - ships that wander the seas without a crew. At the same time, the ships were in perfect order, but then where could people have gone? The last of the series of "Flying Dutchmen" was the "Mary Celeste" - an excellent schooner, which was once spotted in the ocean by another ship.

Approaching the schooner, and later landing on it, the sailors from the other ship could not really understand anything: there was still a hot dinner in the galley, the ink with which the captain wrote did not have time to dry in the ship's magazine, and there were no people. All have disappeared. For several decades, this riddle haunted, but then it was finally solved. As it turned out, infrasound with a frequency of seven hertz is to blame for everything, which is directly created by ocean waves under certain conditions. As for a person, this sound causes him simply unimaginable horror. People just go crazy and jump overboard to save themselves.

And the scientist wondered if infrasound was connected with his nightmare. Measurements of the frequency of infrasound in the laboratory showed 18.98 hertz, and this practically corresponds to the frequency at which the human eyeball begins to resonate. Therefore, apparently, the sound waves caused Vik Tendy's eyeballs to vibrate and thereby caused an optical illusion, that is, he saw a figure that was not really there.

Subsequent studies have shown that under natural conditions, waves of such a low frequency can occur quite often. For example, infrasound can be produced when strong gusts of wind collide with chimneys or towers. Especially often, sound waves of this type begin to rumble in corridors that are directly shaped like a tunnel. Therefore, it is not at all accidental that quite often people meet with ghosts precisely in such corridors, long and winding corridors of old castles.

Vic Tendy published the results of his work in the journal of the Society for Physical Research. Which was formed in 1822 and brings together British parapsychologists and naturalists, the task of this society is to find a reasonable explanation for paranormal phenomena. Therefore, it should not be surprising that professional "ghost hunters" accepted Tandy's idea with great enthusiasm. Thus, one of the leading parapsychologists, Tony Cornell, believes that this idea will explain many mysterious phenomena.

As for other scientists, they doubt this theory. Physicists who directly investigate the effect of infrasound on the human body note that people who are directly involved in experiments complain of fatigue, strong pressure in the eyes or ears, but as for hallucinations, especially in the form of ghosts, no one has them was not observed. Drivers of a car also do not experience any optical illusion, although it has long been known that when a high-speed car overcomes air resistance, the level of infrasonic waves in the cabin is very high.

How do ghosts appear?

As already mentioned, there are many theories about the appearance of a ghost. As an example, let's cite the theory of Vladimir Vitvitsky, head of the information technology department of the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow. This person has been seriously studying optical illusions and deceptions for a long time and seriously, he believes that most strange visions are explained by simple physical laws. He believes that in this case, it's all about the light. In his opinion, the human eye does not perceive the objects themselves as such, but only the light that is reflected from them.

After that, with the help of the retina of the eye, light and at the same time dark spots with halftones are translated into a digital code or, to put it more simply, into electrical impulses, and they, in turn, enter the brain. Then the brain decodes them and, based on the information received, creates an image of the object in the human mind. This is quite a common, standard scheme for constructing what people consider to be an image of the real world. But it is worth noting that it can be violated, this can be done as follows, the light should be reflected not according to the principles to which the human eye and brain are accustomed.

Thus, many tricks of illusionists in the circus are built. The easiest way to do this is with a system of mirrors, which in turn redirect the streams of light reflected from real objects somewhere else, where it is thus produced and appears in front of us.

Nature can do the same tricks. We all know what mirages are - and so this is the most famous phenomenon of this series. Sometimes wanderers see a lake in the desert, or even a whole city, they go to it, but in the end it turns out to be just an optical illusion. As the physicist explains, in fact, a city or a lake really exists, only it is located somewhere very far, beyond the horizon, the distance can even be a thousand kilometers. Naturally, it is simply not realistic to see the city from such a distance.

But the air at different heights has a different density, it directly depends on the distribution of temperature and humidity. Scientists have found that light is reflected from a denser air layer like from a mirror. There can be quite a lot of mirrors of this type at a certain moment, so they take the image of the city away from its real location, and then simply focus it in another place.

But not everything can be explained only by physical properties. Professor of the Moscow Medical Academy. I.M. Sechenov, Doctor of Medical Sciences Yuri Sivolap, said that in some cases illusions arise in the human mind. With all this, from the point of view of psychiatry, supernatural phenomena arise due to two components, namely: the lack of external information and the game of the human imagination. A rather large role in all this is played by the readiness of a person to perceive an object. A person is just waiting for a miracle, and those who wait will almost always see what they want, Yuri Sivolap believes. This phenomenon is quite common in people who have a creative mindset, or in someone who, in turn, is passionate about the study of the paranormal.

It also happens that a person does not want to see something, simply out of fear. In such a state of fear, for example, he will walk through the cemetery at night, and suddenly he will see some figure instead of a cross, which, moreover, will also begin to approach. But a normal person will not be able to see the ghost in detail. For this, in turn, either a great suggestion or illness is necessary, says the professor. In addition, the main difference between hallucinations and illusions is that illusions do not arise from nothing, they appear as a result of an altered vision of another object. But hallucinations are, in turn, the fruit of a sick consciousness.

But to see a person what is not really there can be forced not only by special impressionability. According to Yuri Sivolap, a person was noted to have such states when dreams literally burst into his seemingly waking consciousness. For example, during fairly long journeys over long distances, a tired human brain can enter some state bordering on sleep and reality. Thus, a person can see certain objects with open eyes, information is fed to the brain, and there the sleep mechanism is already launched in parallel, and images from there are superimposed on the real world.

On the one hand, it would seem that they have found a clue to the reason for the appearance of ghosts, but on the other hand, there are only a lot of questions that have no answers. But as for the ghosts, they are still found, and not only in the British Isles. It is impossible to state unconditionally that this is an optical illusion or really guests from the other world. To believe in the existence of ghosts or to reject this phenomenon is directly the right of every person.