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Kazza34 Yeti Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Total posts: 64 Location: Stockport Age: 42 Gender: Female |
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| garrick92 Invisible Flaneur Joined: 29 Oct 2001 Total posts: 700 Gender: Unknown |
 Posted: 28-02-2013 02:56 Post subject: |
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| I strongly suspect that the good Mr Clarke (Author of Ghosts: A Natural History) has been quoted out of context. As far as I know, there's no evidence showing that ghosts are associated with recessions. In fact, I feel a bit silly even typing those words. |
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| PeniG Proud children's writer Joined: 31 Dec 2003 Total posts: 2920 Location: San Antonio, Texas Age: 52 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 28-02-2013 15:55 Post subject: |
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I believe it was Loyd Auerbach who noted: "Poltergeists do not happen in happy families."
(This begs the question of what was wrong in the Wesley household; but with so many kids, somebody was bound to be miserable.)
If this is true, then one would expect poltergeists in houses with long-term unresolveable stresses, like parents who ought to divorce and won't, an extended period of unemployment, or a member with a health condition that drags on forever. |
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| garrick92 Invisible Flaneur Joined: 29 Oct 2001 Total posts: 700 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 01-03-2013 00:10 Post subject: |
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| PeniG wrote: | | I believe it was Loyd Auerbach who noted: "Poltergeists do not happen in happy families." |
I'd never heard that quote before, but I can quite believe that he was accurate in his diagnosis.
I've lived in around 19 different homes over the years, but the one in which I experienced poltergeist activity was the one in which I was at my unhappiest, which manfiested itself in excema and an eventual case of acute mental illness. I would be hard pushed to explain cause and effect in my own case though. It all seemed to be part and parcel of the same dismal situation. |
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| Thaurmaturge Grey Joined: 06 Aug 2009 Total posts: 16 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 04-03-2013 12:17 Post subject: |
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| There are however many miserable families sans poltergeist & you can always find something wrong in any family if you look hard enough - I believe in the Wesley's household it was largely due to the accession! I seem to remember that Pater Wesley was also not popular with his congregation and the parents did have periods when they were estranged. |
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