[HPforGrownups] Soul Survival of Death, as seen by the WW

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No: HPFGUIDX 38499

In a message dated 06/05/02 01:05:05 GMT Daylight Time, oppen at cnsinternet.com 
writes:


> 
> Uh...of _course_ the Wizard World believes in the survival of the soul after
> the body's death!  _How_ many ghosts have we met or had mentioned?
> 
> I'm one of the hardest-barked skeptics on this subject you will _ever_ find,
> but meeting real un-live ghosts and having it proven to my satisfaction that
> they _are_ indeed ghosts would certainly change my mind in a hurry!
> 

I think I was trying to make a distinction between *ghosts*, who haven't left 
the earth, and souls that have fully made the transition to 'the next great 
adventure'.

In answer to Bernadette, who took me up on this, I was quite specific (in my 
second post on this subect) in saying that Potterverse ghosts evidently *do* 
have souls. This does not imply, to me at least, that if they were properly 
laid to rest their souls would carry on existing. Might they not just die 
also, vanish, whatever? I'm not saying they *would*, just that the evidence 
of the ghosts themselves doesn't tell us.

Returning to Eric, If I were to meeting a ghost in RL, which I think is 
unlikely as I don't seem to be the kind of person who is sensitive to such 
things (fortunately), I'm not sure it would prove anything. RL ghosts seem to 
be much more passive, more, as I said before, like shadows or echoes. They're 
usually not interactive. Mind you, things like that Enfield poltergeist 
really freak me out. (If you don't know about it, there's lots of stuff on 
the Web. In fact, if you go to the BBC site, easily accessible via Google, 
there are even audio recordings of it being interviewed. *Not* for those of a 
sensitive disposition, or for late night listening.)

Eloise
Who's glad it's morning over here, as she's not good with spooky stuff.


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