What explanation can be given to ghost stories that have lost their origins in the mists of time? What do we know about their nature, about the goals of returning from the other world to the human world? Very little.
It is only known that ghosts are the product of strictly defined places and circumstances. Usually they return to the environment familiar to the deceased, very often their ghostly shell belongs to persons who have experienced some kind of dramatic events.
Finally, as a rule, ghosts do not seek to harm the people they meet. On the contrary, many of them are doing good. But why? Let's try to answer this question.
Once a nurse made a round of one of the wards - distributed medicines, poured water for the patients at night. A 75-year-old man, dying of lung cancer, asked for a drink. The sister went to fetch water. When she returned, the patient said that he shouldn't have disturbed her - he had already been given a drink. The sister asked who did it. The old man replied: an elegant lady dressed in gray. He died a week later.
Another hospital nurse told Dr. Paul Turner, who described the story of The Lady in Gray, that in November 1956 she washed the back of a patient with a malignant tumor. Suddenly the patient asked her if she always works in tandem with "that other sister." The question puzzled the woman - she did not know any "other sister" who was on duty at the same time with her.
After asking what she looked like, the nurse found out that she was wearing a gray dress (the hospital staff wore dresses of this color until 1920, when they were not replaced by blue). “She visits me often,” the patient added. He died soon after.
Lady in brown
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The story of this ghost became known thanks to the famous English writer-marine painter F. Mariette. Once, while at the Rhineham Manor estate, which belonged to Lord Townshend, Captain Mariette dozed off in front of an old portrait. However, before he was overwhelmed by sleep, he looked for a long time at the image of a beautiful woman in a brown dress. So long that he had the uncomfortable feeling that the lady in the picture was doing the same.
And late in the evening, Mariette went down to the hall to inspect the collection of weapons. Having admired the guns and pistols, the writer decided to return to his room. And suddenly … He saw that a lady in a brown dress was moving inaudibly towards him, holding a barely glowing lamp in her hands.
Looking closely, the writer realized that this was not a living person, but a ghost. Without hesitation, he raised his pistol and fired. The echo echoed through the large house, the bullet piercing through the ghost and digging into the wooden paneling of the wall. But the spirit, as if nothing had happened, continued on its way and soon disappeared, turning around the corner …
The portrait of the Lady in Brown still hangs in one of the rooms. It shows a full-length portrait of a beautiful woman in a brown dress with a white lace collar. The painting went to the Townshends along with the estate from the previous owners, and they have no idea who is depicted on it.
The story of this ghost could have remained one of many told about the British invisibility, if the Lady in Brown had not become one of the first ghosts to be photographed in the 20th century. The photograph clearly shows a translucent female figure standing on the stairs. The steps shine through it. So on September 13, 1936, the ghost became a reality.
“Subsequently, this sensational photograph appeared in many newspapers, magazines, books.
In the middle of the 19th century, she appeared before the 14-year-old daughter of the owner of the estate and persuaded her not to go hunting, otherwise she would die: the head of the young person would be broken, neck, right arm and ankles would be broken. By a fatal accident, one of the guests went to hunt the girl's mare.
And what? The horse could not jump over the hedge, and the rider, covered in blood, remained on the ground. The doctor who examined him found that death came precisely from those injuries that the Lady in brown predicted for the girl.
In the 20s of the twentieth century, a ghost appeared in order to inform the inhabitants of Rhineham Manor: they should never go for a walk in their car. Scientists have long argued about this most interesting phenomenon, but have not come to a consensus.
It was only noted that it is precisely such stories, when a ghost is seen and heard by whole groups of people (as often happened to the Lady in Brown), that are most interesting. This excludes the possibility of deception by unscrupulous "eyewitnesses". In addition, no one derived any benefit from these stories, so material interest in falsification is excluded. But it didn't go further than that.
Later, the researchers proposed two versions, according to which the appearance of the ghost lady could be explained. The first is telepathy. Let us remember, experts said, that the Lady in Brown talked with the owners and guests of the estate. But how can a ghost, which is an immaterial body and does not have a speech apparatus, do this? It is more logical to assume that one of those present was a powerful "telepathic transmitter", and all the rest were "receivers", perceiving the audio and video information broadcast by them.
It's doubtful, others argued. Having accepted such a hypothesis, we will have to admit that the "transmitter" for hundreds of years appeared in the English manor he had chosen to mystify people. Then a whole clan of people with anomalous abilities had to "work" here. But why? After all, they did not acquire either money or popularity as a result.
Perhaps a more complex gift was used here - a combination of telepathy and clairvoyance. At least this allows us to understand how the Lady in brown predicted future events - the impending death of the owners of the estate. However, it is still not clear why the "transmitter" had to do all this? In short, the riddle remained a mystery.
Lady in gray
This is the name of the English ghost, which appeared repeatedly in the late 1950s in a large London hospital. It all started in September 1956.
Once a nurse made a round of one of the wards - distributed medicines, poured water for the patients at night. A 75-year-old man, dying of lung cancer, asked for a drink. The sister went to fetch water. When she returned, the patient said that he shouldn't have disturbed her - he had already been given a drink. The sister asked who did it. The old man replied: an elegant lady dressed in gray. He died a week later.
Another hospital nurse told Dr. Paul Turner, who described the story of The Lady in Gray, that in November 1956 she washed the back of a patient with a malignant tumor. Suddenly the patient asked her if she always works in tandem with "that other sister." The question puzzled the woman - she did not know any "other sister" who was on duty at the same time with her. After asking what she looked like, the nurse found out that she was wearing a gray dress (the hospital staff wore dresses of this color until 1920, when they were not replaced by blue). “She visits me often,” the patient added. He died soon after.
After studying the material received, Dr. Turner published an article in which he conscientiously described the events that took place in the hospital. What caused a flurry of indignant criticism - his in all imaginable sins. However, some researchers, who believed in the reality of what was happening, began to "try on" the Lady in the gray version with telepathy, clairvoyance, a special state of consciousness of people who are in a borderline state between life and death. But at the same time, they did not pay attention to one common detail, which was noticed by Professor R. Hauer from the USA: in these cases, ghosts appeared to help people.
Sent from Purgatory
Hauer recalled other famous stories, for example, with the ghost of President Abraham Lincoln, who still visits the White House during periods of political, economic and military crises. And also the story of the spirit of a man with a yellow face and a crimson trail of rope around his neck, wandering around the Elysee Palace on the eve of the events associated with changes in the fate of France. By their appearance, the scientist says, ghosts seem to warn the mighty of this world about the difficult times or dangers coming for the state.
There are many other examples when the ghosts of deceased relatives or friends saved the living from accidents, robberies, fires, plane crashes and other misfortunes. Why, Hauer wonders, do some ghosts come to frighten us, while others are completely inexplicably kind, like guardian angels?
The fact is, the scientist thinks, that some ghosts appear to use our psychic energy. Due to it, there are beings living in the astral world who belong to the world of evil and are subject to the force that Christianity traditionally calls the devil.
"Invisible rescuers" come from another part of the other world - from what is usually called purgatory. While there, the soul, apparently, in various ways corrects the previously committed evil. Including, atonement for sins with good deeds on Earth. This happens from year to year until the higher powers free the soul of the deceased from this peculiar repentance …