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The
Difference between Ghosts and Nature
Spirits
Basically there are two main differences between Ghosts and
Nature Spirits, the theory is that ghosts are the souls or memory
of someone who has died where as nature spirits never knew life
as we know it as they originate from another realm of existence.
But in today’s society people are more readily to accept
a belief in ghosts rather than nature spirits, I think this
originates from the fact too many people have been affected
by ghosts during their lives or they know close friends or family
who have been affected but today’s society finds belief
in the typical Victorian Fairy very hard, described as no more
than four inches tall these creatures displayed butterfly wings
and danced around in fancy dresses.
Quantum physicists will openly discuss the theory of alternative
universes but mention you have Fairies at the bottom of your
garden and before you know it you are enjoying your lunch through
and straw in the confines of a padded cell.
Incidentally, the word "nature" derives from a Latin
word "natus" which is
the past participle of "nasci" meaning "to be
born". So nature is what has
been born, and "physics" is originally the study of
what has been born (in
a broader sense, the universe, then), it seems. Over the course
of time I think it has strayed from its original meaning as
we have seen physics become the study of physically measurable
quantities and their relations, but we as a whole in the paranormal
field know there is much more to nature than that which can
be physically measured. Ironic to think that modern physics
makes use of "invisible fairies, which cannot be measured":
they are referred to as "quantum fields".
A reference taken from the Fortean times describes the Earth
Spirits as particles, which are there and not there; like electrons
they are both material and non-magical. they are quantum events
at the bottom of the garden. we cannot know particles in themselves,
but only by the traces they leave, like tiny yetis. they are
as elusive, maddening and paradoxical as fairies ever were.
Well, what an easy explanation! Or is it?
I know from my own experiences with nature spirits that the
phenomenon is strikingly different from that of a typical haunting
if indeed you can have such a thing as a typical haunting. On
most occasions you will be able to walk into a property and
you can almost sense if a ghost in present, I am aware at times
they can mess the team about and stay well away. But a nature
spirit, should it choose to, will approach you and its vibrations
are much more prominent. One case we are currently studying
in Northern Ireland involves a Rath, a pre-Christian settlement.
In local folklore there have always been tales of a chamber
underneath the Rath, but there has never been any archaeological
digs to prove or disprove this tale.
From our own experience the nature spirit, which is linked to
the site has indicated through a series of loud thumps where
this hidden chamber lies. The chamber is known as a Souterrain,
which was often used as ritual sites and hiding places. If the
Iron Age settlement became threatened the women and children
fled into these passageways and would have been protected by
one of the males from anyone who would have dared to crawl through
to the main chamber.
Christianity identified it as a demon. Legend states the reason
for it being there was to protect treasure, I know from experience
it is just as curious about us as we are of it. One account
of a clergyman entering a renowned Fairy ring at night, tells
of the man being held down by these small creatures and hearing
an unforgettable buzzing. I too have been on site at sunset
and experienced the buzzing almost similar to a mosquito, and
several times after. An associate of mine who is a practising
pagan claimed the buzzing was not myself getting in tune with
the entity but the entity getting in tune with me.
Unfortunately due to other commitments and cases I have not
been able to return to the Rath, but I do plan on being back
in the next few weeks, both with recording gear and night vision,
though this is to try and capture footage and understand the
movements of the badgers that live near the Rath.
They say there are over 3000 different breeds of Nature Spirit
though I suspect there maybe mis-identification over continents
but I’m only familiar with about 30. Ireland is renowned
for its Fairy Tales and it’s a well-known fact when men
moved out of the old forts and Abbeys the Fairy moved in. Even
in today’s environment I can travel approx a mile from
home and find a Fairy tree. These thinly crooked and rather
worthless trees dot the landscape and are usually found near
the middle of a cleared field, but a great superstition lingers
about cutting one down as they are links to the Fairy world.
There are various legends and claims made about these entities
but in fairness we know so little. In the late twentieth century
they were nearly forgotten and resigned to myth, but I have
been watching a growing interest near the end of the 1990’s
to present and hopefully we may get the chance to observe and
understand this close and yet very distant world.
-Barry
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