![]() ![]() ![]() Indeed, Britain was an island defined by borders, and border-people were known for their second sight. The popularity and ubiquity of ghosts derive from the fact that, alone among the nations of Europe, England is bordered by ancient Celtic nations. The Roman legionaries said England was a land of spirits. We were believed by the ancients to live at the edge of the world, in a land engulfed by mist and twilight. The English have always loved ghosts and ghost stories. And the imminence of the festival of Hallowe’en, supposedly the time of supernatural encounters, may encourage such speculations. The rational wisdom of this world may be foolishness. It remains utterly inexplicable, and it may give pause to those who trust solely to materialist explanations of the world. It is for me a genuine instance of the uncanny. It is as clear to me now as it was then, some 30 years ago. It then returned into the sleeping person. It rose from the person as if waking from sleep and then bowed down, at the foot of the bed, apparently in mourning. It was about six or seven inches taller than its host, and its outline seemed to glitter. A silvery shape, or image, rose from a sleeping person. I have seen the ghost of a living being, however. ![]() I have never seen ghosts of the dead but I am still afraid of them. Acclaimed historian Peter Ackroyd has made a study of documented 'unnatural’ happenings across the length and breadth of our haunted land As Hallowe’en approaches, the spirits grow restless. ![]()
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