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...which assume its intention to communicate with the living. It may bear such a relation to the deceased that it can reflect or represent his presumed wish...definition still seem to imply an assumption which we have no right to make. It is theoretically possible that this force or influence, which after a man's...

..."ghost" as a dead person permitted to communicate with the living, let us define it as a manifestation oj persistent personal energy, or as an indication that...definition still seem to imply an assumption which we have no right to make. It is theoretically possible that this force or influence, which after a man's...

...be, but which science says it is not. Now, what is it? "Let us attempt, then," continues Mr. Myers, "a truer definition. Instead of describing a ghost...connected with a person previously known on earth. . . "2 This is far from being as definite as the sensationalist might desire ; but the very carefulness...

...theories, that the phenomenon, if caused by the deceased, is not necessarily the deceased, though it may be an indication that "some kind of force is being exercised...connected with a person previously known on earth," or that the apparitions may be purely local, or due entirely to subjective hallucination on the part...

...his presumed wish to communicate, or it may not. If, for instance, its relation to his post-morttm life be like the relation of my dreams to my earthly...definition still seem to imply an assumption which we have no right to make. It is theoretically possible that this force or influence which after a man's...