Blogcritics: Comments on A Lady of Quality Tells a Ghost Story

Comment by Nancy

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:35:11 EDT

I got extra time before I have to report to the Head Office? Ohboyohboyohboy! I'm gonna hit the V&A museum, the Louvre, Windsor, The Tower, The Vatican Library (restricted section), and a whooooooole lotta other places I've always wanted to get into without restriction.

Comment by Natalie

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:22:10 EDT

Sorry, that link went wrong, try here.

Comment by Natalie

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:21:04 EDT

And if you don't like this diary entry, then Miss Williams Wynn comes through for you in , where she finds a rational explanation for a "ghost".

Comment by Natalie Bennett

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:07:03 EDT

No arguments from me; I'm a strict materialist. But that doesn't mean that ghost stories can't be just that, good stories, i.e. fictional accounts, and when they're historic stories they tell us about what and how people thought in the past. So what this tells us is, even post-Enlightenment, believing in ghost stories was perfectly acceptable, even in high society.

Comment by WTF

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:45:36 EDT

19th century or not... it's all crap, and ranks right up there with Alien abductions... there have been some rather significant studies recently which allude to brain chemistry etc... that this is all in the fabric of our minds. For instance... ever notice how UFO sighting have technologically advanced collaterally with the advances in SciFi depictions of UFO's and the technological advancments in visual effects? Gimmie an F Gimmie a R Gimmie a A Gimmie a U Gimmia a D Whazzat spell? Whazzat spell? Whazzat spell?

Comment by Alienboy

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:26:22 EDT

"a psychic says that the spirit traverses the globe during the time it has before crossing over." Translated: A con artist makes implausible and non-verifiable statement. I don't see how it matters when this was written, it is still superstitious nonsense.

Comment by Natalie Bennett

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:25:34 EDT

Well I don't believe in gods, but I do believe in history. You perhaps hadn't noticed this account was written early in the 19th century.

Comment by WTF

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 00:01:31 EDT

BS. If you believe in this tripe, then you believe in God, and Satan and all that other mythological crap. Bull. Get it straight... either you DO believe in it all... or you Don't. There's no middle ground.

Comment by Victor Lana

Sun, 9 Oct 2005 08:25:42 EDT

Nice post, Natalie. I've heard these kinds of stories before, even in my own family. Someone I know who is a psychic says that the spirit traverses the globe during the time it has before crossing over. It seems hard to discount such things as coincidence or illusion.

Comment by Jewels

Sun, 9 Oct 2005 00:42:05 EDT

Here is a bit on scrying scrying.

Comment by Jewels

Sun, 9 Oct 2005 00:23:02 EDT

Maybe I'm just too jaded. Try growing up in a household where scrying into glasses of water was a "fun thing to do". Article feels somewhat incomplete.

Comment by swingingpuss

Sat, 8 Oct 2005 18:51:07 EDT

Sounds interesting. I will be following this elusive lady's ghostly adventures.