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Haunted houses have always attracted a lot of attention.

But to realize that a ghost lives in your house, you must admit, is not very pleasant. But there are times when you start to believe in it.

So, have you sometimes felt like there was someone else in the house besides you and your family? Think if you live in a haunted house?

Here are common signs that ghosts are in your home and what to do with them.

In the ghost house

Not everyone believes in the existence of ghosts, spirits, and the paranormal. But have you noticed strange things, events and situations in your home that simply cannot be explained?

Alison Wynne-Ryder, a psychic and clairvoyant, believes there are a few simple ways to tell if there is a ghost in your home besides you.

And before you think that this applies exclusively to old and abandoned buildings, remember if anything strange and inexplicable has happened in your home.

Where ghosts live

What types of buildings can be attacked by ghosts?

“Although most people believe that old houses or buildings in which many people live, such as prisons, hospitals and castles, become a haven for ghosts, the reality is that absolutely any building can become a home for the souls of the dead. homes and apartments, "says Alison.

"However, the likelihood that old dwellings are more likely to host strange" tenants "increases for one simple reason: there is more antiquity and history than in other more modern buildings."

So what is the most common feeling in haunted houses? Pay attention to the following sensations:

- Feeling that you are being watched or even spied on.

-The feeling that someone is standing next to you.

-Feeling of being touched by invisible hands.

-Feeling of goose bumps or the feeling that the hairs on the head are standing on end.

-Sensation of cobwebs on your face or body.

- Feeling of a cold breeze, as if someone passed you by.

-Dark depressing feeling, especially in one particular place.

A ghost roams the house

What are the signs that a ghost is living in the building?

1. The light turns on and off by itself, the switch itself can be triggered.

2. New bulbs often fail and candles are extinguished.

3. The sound of falling objects - but when you go to find out what the matter is, it turns out that there is nothing there.

4. With peripheral vision, you see unexplained shadows.

5. Strange behavior of pets in the house: for example, they bark or growl for no reason at something that you do not see, dogs, cats look at a certain point without moving, as if they are seeing something strange.

7. Flickering lights, fog, or unexplained moving figures.

8. Sudden changes in temperature in the house, especially in a particular area.

How does perfume get into homes?

It is believed that they can "reside" anywhere, but many are convinced that ghosts enter and leave through the chimney, - says Alison, - however, I can say that I know from my own experience that if they want to enter the house, they will enter in the way that seems most convenient to them, and will not always leave the house in the same way.

In addition, they are not necessarily limited to one specific location, and can occupy the entire house. Although, if they feel comfortable in a certain area, it will become the place where the presence of ghosts will be most felt.

For example, in this place you will feel like you are thrown into a cold sweat or feel someone's light touch.

As an example, Alison cites the following situation: a couple of years ago, the spirit of a little boy lived in her house. The sounds he made seemed to come from the walls. Nevertheless, she felt a deep cold in the guest room, which her grandchildren occupied when they came to visit their grandmother.

The ghost was drawn to the children during their games. Moreover, he made the toys begin to move on their own. Meanwhile, the ghost itself was hiding in the closet.

What to do if you suddenly think that a ghost lives in your house, and what actions should be taken in this case?

Alison suggests keeping a diary of events to find out if there is a picture of that very inexplicable activity and if there is any pattern.

She also advises to carefully analyze when these oddities began, and what event happened around the same time. After all, most often the oddities associated with the appearance of ghosts are tied to a specific event.

For example, remember if you picked up a strange thing from the ground, stayed in strange places, visited a cemetery or other places with a high concentration of spirits?

"If ghosts do live in your house, they won't go away on their own - the situation will only get worse," says Alison. She advises inviting a perfume specialist. A medium should definitely visit your home, who will give advice on what to do next.

Many souls of dead people are in no hurry to leave their homes after their physical death. They prefer to stay there until they feel the threads of freedom, calling them on an endless path through the endless expanses of the Universe. According to mediums, such souls wander the earth in the form of ghosts, staying in those places that they held dear during their lifetime.

If any inexplicable things happen in your house, and you cannot understand their cause, then perhaps you live in the neighborhood of an otherworldly entity. But do not rush to call psychics and drive the phantom away, because you can still help him and learn to live with him, as they say, in perfect harmony. How to recognize an otherworldly guest, signs of presence?

Signs that an otherworldly entity lives next to you

1. Mood swings. Of course, ghosts are not always visible to our human eye, but the psyche is able to detect their presence in 90% of cases. People who forcibly contact an otherworldly guest experience a whole bunch of moods - depression, despondency, which are rapidly replaced by euphoria. Quite often, this leads to the fact that such people unconsciously try to stay at home less, loading their day with various work activities, and children wander aimlessly through the streets.

2. Feeling that someone is watching you. You may feel that someone is watching you. But do not rush to classify yourself as crazy, but rather take a look around. There are many known cases when, at first glance, fictional surveillance turned out to be quite real as a result. The whole secret is that some people are able to feel the other world better than others, so they can feel the gaze of the dead on themselves. You may also notice something unusual, indicating the presence of another entity studying your habits. Usually ghosts are the most observant when new residents move into their abode, or a new person, especially a child, has appeared in the family with which they have quietly lived side by side for many years. If your child suddenly became afraid of the dark, then this behavior should serve as a good signal to you.

3. Soreness. Regardless of whether a good or an evil spirit has settled in your home, the diseases of the tenants always come with it. This can be expressed in general weakness, shortness of breath, a feeling of heaviness and tension in the whole organism, in frequent headaches or colds. In a similar way, the human body reacts to foreign radiation. Of course, you can turn to a specialist and with his help drive out the uninvited tenant, but you must also remember that in most cases, the ghost is a lost soul or a messenger of Heaven, and not a demonic entity.

4. Unusual animal behavior. Animals are not afraid of ghosts. They become silent in their presence or, on the contrary, begin to bark, howl, sing or meow. Often they themselves monitor the movements of ghosts, clinging to you or huddled in a corner. Sometimes they, refusing to sleep in the designated place, can crawl into your bed or hide somewhere. It also happens that the animal for some reason does not want to enter a room with you. Over time, their fear can go away, but the habit of spying on the ghost will remain unavoidable.

5. Changes in room temperature. The appearance of ghosts is always accompanied by a change in the temperature in the room: an increase or decrease. Your legs may become numb and you feel intense chills, or you suddenly sweat in your sleep and feel like throwing off the covers. Some people always feel a ghost, and this is constantly accompanied by a temperature signal - they are always cold or hot at home, although the rest of the residents are quite comfortable. So be careful that some of your household members are constantly freezing at home, although on the street he never suffers from the cold, even in cool weather. ghost

6. Strange smells. New, out of nowhere, odors that have come from are also signs of the presence of ghosts. They can seem harsh or subtle: the smell of sweat, cigarette smoke, flowers. If your house is visited by the ghost of a person whom you knew well before, then the smell may correspond to him: the smell of his body, his perfume, or the place with which you associate him. So in one apartment, before the appearance of the otherworldly essence, the smell of hay began to spread. Residents assume that next to him lives the restless soul of their grandfather, who lived all his life in the village and was very fond of this particular smell.

7. Noises. And in another house, from time to time, some strange sounds were heard: knocking and grinding, hissing, someone's whisper and dull footsteps. Most often, these sounds were heard at night, but could be heard at any other time of the day. Thus, the spirits do not at all seek to scare the tenants, but on the contrary, they want to declare their desire to contact them. Hearing something like this, go to the source of this noise, and if it is not the wind outside the window and not the cat, then you can meet face to face with the otherworldly guest. The main thing is not to be afraid of him, even if outwardly he turns out to be far from the sweetest creature.

8. Moving objects. Some phantoms are very fond of moving various things from place to place. As a rule, this happens during the absence of the owners. So ghost hunters often take pictures of rooms where a ghost can live, then leave them, and after a while they check the location of things in the room. If a poltergeist moves things right in front of your eyes, then this means one of three things: he wants to play with you, he lived in this house during his lifetime and he does not like the new tenants and their order, or he wants to scare you and force you to leave your home ... In the latter case, your dishes may be smashed, your clothes are tattered, flowers are broken, furniture is turned over. Keep in mind that it is very difficult to get rid of an unfriendly entity, it will be easier to make peace with it. Try to butter her up by doing things that will please her. If the ghost sometimes fiddles the keys on the piano, then learn to play some pleasant melody and periodically play music. If from all your plants he does not destroy only an orchid, then place these flowers all over your house, with the words that you are giving them to the phantom and ask him for friendship. Such actions quite often help to improve the situation for the better.

9. Touching. You may wake up feeling a touch, or look back sharply from someone lightly patting you on the shoulder, or you may see a hand reaching out to your face. Hostile poltergeists can throw a person into the air, press hard on his chest, unexpectedly push, or even beat. Their presence requires an obligatory exorcism rite. Non-aggressive ghosts will pat you on the head, straighten your clothes, play with your children, or even kiss them. A terrible tragedy happened in one apartment: the mother of twins died during childbirth. Six months after this incident, when the girls said their first word, their father was very surprised. The fact is that the children said the word "mother", although they could not hear it from anyone, since the father was engaged in their upbringing alone. But the most interesting thing happened a year later, when the girls learned to express themselves more or less. The little ones began to tell their father that their deceased mother rocks their cribs at night and that she always kisses them before going to bed. The father installed hidden video cameras in the children's room and, having watched the video recordings, was simply shocked. Every time after he left the nursery, the essence of his wife appeared in it. She not only cradled her children at night, but also played with him during the day.

10. Eye contact. In the above example, there is another one hundred percent proof of the presence of an otherworldly guest - this is eye contact. In this case, the essence, as it were, demonstrates itself to you: you can see a moving misty haze, a glow, or even contemplate the silhouette of a person. In this case, the ghost can lie on the bed, sit in an armchair, stand in the corner of the room, walk through the walls of your apartment, etc. Do not be afraid of a ghost if it does not show any aggression towards you. On the contrary, try to talk to him in order to get from him an answer to the question why it came to your house - wants to warn about something or needs your help.

11. Dreams about people you don't know and about places you've never been. It is much easier for the world of the dead to communicate with the world of the living in a dream, which is why we sometimes see our deceased relatives during our dreams. They give us any advice, talk about something, or are just by our side. If a phantom has settled in your house, he can also get in touch with you through sleep and tell not only the story of his death, but also what he needs now. In your dreams, you can see rather strange people, bizarre buildings and empty, abandoned cities. You can be either very calm or terribly scared. In any case, you should definitely pay attention to your dreams, or even better, try to keep a diary of your dreams, writing down each of your dreams in detail. By rereading these archives, you may be able to understand what the ghost wants from you.

Ask the ghost what he needs

If you suspect that beings from the other world are visiting your home, try talking to them directly. Ask the ghost who he is, what he wants, and why he lives in your house. While the ghost will likely not want to talk to you, you may be able to detect evidence of its presence in other ways, such as doors opening and closing by themselves, or changes in environment that indicate its purpose.

Try asking the ghost the following questions: "What is your name?", "Why are you here?", "What do you want?" and "What did you die for?" Before asking questions, make sure you can figure out a possible answer.

Interpret disturbing dreams

Sometimes ghosts appear in a dream, when the wall between our world and the other world becomes most permeable. If you have vivid disturbing dreams, write them down and note your feelings. Meeting strangers in a dream or receiving encrypted messages may indicate that a ghost is trying to contact you.

If a dream confuses you, consult with an experienced medium. Among other things, mediums can decipher and interpret dreams.

Understand that nothing threatens you

Chances are, the ghost in your house doesn't want to harm you. During his lifetime, he was probably an ordinary person, like you. With this in mind, you may begin to calmly perceive his presence and stop wanting to get rid of him at all costs. The ghost may believe that this is still his home, and it is possible that the phenomena that frighten you indicate only his desire to prolong his usual existence.

Ghosts rarely harm people. As a rule, their activity is almost invisible. If you believe in the existence of ghosts, then you probably know that they are present almost everywhere. Therefore, it shouldn't come as a big surprise to you if one or two ghosts show up in your home.

Smoke the house with sage

Burning sage leaves is believed to help purify the air in the home and get rid of negative and evil influences. This method will come in handy if you suspect that an evil ghost lives in your house. Take a bunch of dried white sage, light it so that it smolders, and walk with it through all the rooms, thinking about how to bring peace and prosperity to your home. Sage smoke will help calm a restless ghost and calm you down.

Sage has long been used as a medicine and is believed by many to protect both body and soul. Use sage with holy water: ask the priest to consecrate your home and sprinkle it with holy water.

Try to convince the otherworldly creature to leave

During one-to-one interactions, gently request that the ghost leave your home. It is believed that ghosts are often tied to a certain place by some unfinished business. Try to dissuade the otherworldly creature and inform that he no longer needs to stay in your house. Perhaps the ghost will understand you and leave your home alone.

In a sympathetic yet firm tone, ask the ghost to leave your home. Use arguments such as "this is my home now and you have nothing else to do here" or "don't be afraid to leave this place, you don't have to stay here." To establish a connection with a ghost and further communication with him, it may be useful to know some of the details of his past life. Try not to communicate in a hostile tone. An angry ghost may try to take revenge on you.

1. Study the history of your home to understand what ghosts might have lodged within its walls.
2. Speak to ghosts in a gentle, respectful tone.
3. Disrespectful and rude handling of a ghost can attract negative energy towards you.
4. Be patient. Ghosts very rarely answer questions addressed to them. Their energy can increase at a certain time or under favorable conditions. Do not lose hope and be prepared for the ghost to manifest itself in one way or another.
5. Those who are especially susceptible to the influence of otherworldly forces should "ground" their energy before opening a channel of communication with these forces. In other words, you need to clear your mind, suppress fear and perceive the presence of ghosts as something neutral in an emotional sense.
(1 estimates, average: 5,00 out of 5)

This can happen anytime. An indelible brown stain will appear on the floor, and households, neighbors and pets will deny everything. At the same time, the latter will begin to sparkle with red eyes, fly around the room and swear in Latin. At night, under the window, a car revolting against people will siren disgustingly, so much so that one after another pale hairy girls will crawl out of the TV. Under the bed, someone will scratch and whisper ominously, but they never sneeze from the dust.

We tell you exactly, these are ghosts. You have finally encountered the supernatural. And now what i can do?

Life is Beautiful and amazing. True, sometimes it is more amazing than beautiful. And if the reason for surprise is contact with the other world, then life can become, to put it mildly, terrible. It would not hurt to prepare for this in advance. Let us turn to such a burning - even if this word is not the most appropriate here - topic, like an encounter with the supernatural.

Measure the temperature!

First and foremost, how do you determine that some devilry is going on in front of you? That this is not a stupid prank, hallucination, mirage, or, at worst, not the intrigues of aliens? To do this, you need to measure the temperature (no, not for yourself, although it also does not hurt).

According to horror films, the air in the place of the manifestation of the supernatural always grows cold. In other words, they opened the refrigerator - and the breath of Hell breathed on you. It is enough to quietly turn on the air conditioner - and the one who is more stupid will begin to draw a circle around himself with chalk.

But how refreshing in the heat! Shot from the movie "Scarecrows"

Lovers of the supernatural usually use infrared electronic thermometers to determine the ambient temperature. In this case, it is recommended to measure the temperature not only of the air, but also of the objects of the surrounding environment, and if suspicions arise, do this several times at different angles. "The world of fantasy" is skeptical about this method. While you are fussing with the thermometer, a crowd of hungry cacodemons will have time to gather around you.

However, it is quite possible that this is all a myth. If we analyze the legends of different peoples of the world, it turns out that ghosts almost always appear in the warm season (or in winter, but indoors). There are very few stories of ghosts walking knee-deep in snow. The element of ghosts - ancient castles, abandoned houses and family crypts. They love the cold, but in moderation.

Ghostbusters pistol - infrared thermometer. Measurement range - from -50 to 1000 ° С.

Listen for interference

At the end of the century before last, contact with ghosts was in vogue. Invented the camera - and people immediately began to photograph fairies. And when Thomas Edison created the phonograph, in an interview with Scientific American magazine, the first thing he did was inquired about the possibility of recording the voices of ghosts. The inventor replied that the preservation of the vital essence of a person after his death can be admitted from the point of view of science, but its influence on the real world will be extremely weak, therefore the device for recording such an effect must be incredibly sensitive.

The geopolitical upheavals of the first half of the 20th century discouraged researchers from poking ghosts with a microphone for a long time. But in the 1970s, interest in ghostly "white noise" rekindled in the United States. A lot of people suddenly began to find extraneous voices on their tape recorders, uttering both meaningless phrases and whole appeals to descendants. Stapling gave way to magnetic recording.

Shot from the movie "The Conjuring"

The inventors built special radio transmitters, supposedly allowing two-way communication with the dead. And by the end of the 20th century, ghosts generally dispersed: they began to call living people and even break into files on a computer.

by the way: Radio waves of 30 megahertz and above may bounce off ionized meteor tracks in the atmosphere. During meteor showers, your radio may receive distorted "ghost voices". From space!

Our recommendations are as follows: if the ghosts have sent you an SMS with a message about a big win and a request to call back at some incomprehensible number, contact specially trained ghost hunters (call the ectomobile by number 02). If your computer is possessed by evil - update your antivirus.

And if, while talking on the phone, you hear strange voices pronouncing magic formulas like "Who is on the line?" - immediately seize the initiative: say in an ominous voice "In 7 days you will die!" and swear dirty in Japanese. It will puzzle anyone, especially ghosts.

Measure magnetism and radiation

Occupational safety experts who measure electromagnetic fields in offices do not even suspect that the fluctuations in radiation they register are considered by some to be evidence of ghostly activity. The logic here is simple: the higher nervous activity of the brain is of an electrochemical nature, therefore, after death, the soul remains in a kind of electromagnetic form. Without power supplies and emitters, much to the delight of seekers of perpetual motion machines. Accordingly, a sure sign of otherworldly influence will be changes in the electromagnetic field around you.

Unfortunately, we do not recommend using devices for measuring electromagnetic radiation for contact with ghosts. Most of these devices (we are talking about inexpensive household models) operate in a rather narrow frequency range and are suitable only for household needs. And it makes no sense to try expensive professional models - because if they really "caught" bursts from ghosts, then electronic engineers would be the most superstitious people in the world.

In 1952, Professor Schumann discovered the so-called "standing electromagnetic waves" generated by the Earth itself - thunderstorms and even the oscillation of the planet's core. The frequency of the "Schumann resonance" is 7.83 Hz (which corresponds to the lower limit of the frequency of the alpha waves of the human brain associated with vision), but only the most sensitive equipment can register it. Even the movement of trees from the wind interferes. Apologists for the electromagnetic nature of ghosts believe that Schumann waves are somehow related to the supernatural.

A distant relative of “ghostly magnetism” is dowsing (aka dowsing), condemned in the Bible: “My people question their tree, and his rod gives him an answer; for the spirit of fornication has led them astray ”(Hos. 4:12). The main idea is this: by vibrations of a wooden or metal (copper or iron) stick, straight or split, freely held in the hands, one can detect the presence of otherworldly forces. Initially, biolocation was used to search for minerals and groundwater (when digging wells).

If the vine reacts to magical or magnetic radiation, then it is able to detect ghosts. And if the swaying of the vine is the result of unconscious movements of the dowser's body, which perceives the biofield, then this technique is applicable to everyone who has at least weak inclinations of a medium.

In the Middle Ages, it was a fairly universal tool, they were looking for not only ore, but also people: in 1692, a certain Jacques Vernet found a long-wanted killer among the prisoners of the Toulon prison (the poor man, at whom the wand pointed, was immediately wheeled). Vernet also went from house to house, revealing adultery and even infidels (Protestants) with a vine.

We do not approve of this method of detecting ghosts due to its low reliability. If the vine really reacts to metals and water, then the power of their bio-radiation is likely to mask the presence of ghosts - after all, in the Middle Ages, when this method was developed, there were no multi-million cities with running water and tons of metal in every house.

What is feng shui in our time? A neighbor's plasma TV can "fade" no worse than the ghost of Jack the Ripper, the subway tunnel under the house will be registered as an underground river Styx, and if you decide to celebrate the beginning of a ghost hunter's career with a small libation, then in the morning the vine in your shaky hands will behave as if a breakthrough in the fabric of the universe has just happened, and hordes of hell have poured into our world.

And some people also believe that ghosts are radioactive. In principle, it is logical: they glow! It is suggested to search for ghosts with a Geiger counter. Although we have not yet come across a more delusional idea, after all, the old castles would have "phoned" like Hiroshima in August 1945, and it was just right to put an atomic reactor on the "Flying Dutchman". If radioactivity, like all other types of radiation, is only a fickle "side effect" of ghostly activity, then ghosts can become a new source of energy for the 21st century: environmentally friendly and renewable.

I wonder if radioactive ghosts have a critical mass?

Take photos and videos

From our point of view, the most technologically advanced and efficient way to detect ghosts is video surveillance and motion sensors. Everyone now has computers. Video surveillance is also not a problem: today you can buy anything from cheap webcams to professional ones that work in the infrared range.

Motion detectors were exotic from James Bond films 10-15 years ago. Today they are installed on apartment alarms, supermarket doors and even in toilets so that the lights turn on automatically. They read changes in the infrared background and can detect any moving object whose temperature exceeds the ambient temperature.

With some money and skills, you can assemble a very high-quality tracking system - both for ghosts and for households and your own car parked at the entrance. Modern means of observation are devoid of the drawbacks inherent, for example, of film cameras, in which the slightest defects in the film could easily be mistaken for a "hello" from the other world. Although, according to the films, ghosts do not come across on video cameras - you can only see how the person tormented by them is pounding against the walls (the film "Curse 3"). But in any case, the system works.

Shot from the film "Paranormal Activity"

by the way: between "clouds - white-maned horses" and gloomy creatures from the darkness have a lot in common. it pareidolia- the formation of complete visual images from parts that are not related to each other. We see various images in the clouds, and we "draw" ghosts to ourselves from movements captured by peripheral vision.

Don't be on the rampage

All of the above tools are suitable only for those who themselves are looking for contact with ghosts. But, as is always the case with the paranormal, you are not looking for them, but they are finding you. You will know that you have encountered a ghost when you see it with your own eyes.

In the simplest and most obvious case, it can be a translucent human figure. Women, as a rule, are dressed in nightgowns, their hair is loose, their feet are bare. For some reason, this dubious dress code does not apply to the ghosts of men: the departed representatives of the stronger sex can be dressed in anything - from the skin of a saber-toothed tiger to a spacesuit. Probably a half-naked man in a white shirt with long flowing hair is too harsh, even by the standards of the afterlife.

In Japan, every ghost is a yurei. Pale haired young lady in a nightie. Shot from the film "The Call"

What should you do if you encounter a ghost? The answer "run" is the most obvious, but not always effective. In addition, the manifestations of the ghost can be indirect: white glow, whisper, inexplicable movement of surrounding objects. If you run out of the room whenever the upstairs neighbors decide to move furniture, your career as a ghost hunter will end at a renowned hospital.

So if you see something strange - just avoid any contact with this “strange”, keep your distance and watch. From films and books on otherworldly topics, it follows that indirect manifestations of ghostly activity are rarely dangerous (the maximum that a poltergeist is capable of is throwing things at you). All these sudden switching of radio channels in the car or dead voices in the phone are designed to scare you to death or give some information. As a rule - about your imminent death.

Exceptions are quite rare and arise in situations that are already inherently dangerous to you. For example, a blinking light in an elevator can mean that the last sensations in your life will be fear and weightlessness. There's a cliché in horror movies: a ghostly figure suddenly appears in front of a car driving at full speed. The frightened driver makes a sharp maneuver and gets into an accident. This happens almost always at night, on deaf country roads. For some reason, ghosts do not appear on the freeways during the day.

Shot from the film "The route is built"

Inanimate spirits

Ghosts are supposed to be souls. However, there are stories about ghosts of animals (most often these are ghost dogs), which, according to Christian canons, do not have a soul. Meeting otherworldly beasts, as a rule, does not bode well. Large things can also be ghosts - usually vehicles (cars, planes, ships - the same "Flying Dutchman"). Their route ends in hell, but they are not dangerous in and of themselves. Their passengers are dangerous.

Shot from the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"

Try to understand him

When meeting a ghost, you need to understand its intentions as soon as possible. If there are such, of course, there are, after all, a ghostly "spectacle" may simply unfold in front of you, repeating the events of the past (as a rule, cruel crimes or major battles). In this case, the ghosts only act out their roles and do not react to the material world.

Many ghosts are only active at night, but this does not necessarily mean that night ghosts are evil. It is assumed that night is the time when the tissue between the worlds becomes thinner. As an example, we can recall the shadow of Hamlet's father: “But quieter! There was a smell of the morning wind! I'll hurry up! " The ghost of a deceased family member, loved one, or relative is almost certainly not dangerous (although it happens that there is no luck with relatives).

by the way: In Slavic mythology, it was believed that the spirits of ancestors (grandfathers) can "eat" by inhaling steam from hot food. Avoid sandwiches for lunch - both your stomach is good, and grandfathers.

Even the ghosts of strangers may try to make peaceful contact with you, usually to convey some important information.

Or just out of boredom. A still from the cartoon "The Canterville Ghost"

In the vast majority of cases, ghosts are not concerned with your financial well-being, but are trying to warn of an impending disaster or cry for revenge. This is due to the fact that ghosts rarely experience the pleasure of being in our world and strive to get rid of the metaphysical obligations that hold them on Earth as soon as possible. They will not go to the casino with you and push the ball to the desired numbers, they will not predict the results of races and lecture on history, and finally, they will not choke your enemies at night. And a full-fledged conversation with a "good ghost" almost never works.

You hardly have the abilities of a medium, and your own powers of a ghost are only enough for short messages - and not necessarily transmitted in the flesh. It can be writing on the wall or just a knock (although nowadays neither the living nor the dead know "Morse code"). In other words, you will hardly be able to watch football on TV with a ghost.

Fight!

If the ghost is disfigured or at least looks frightening, you can bet your last penny on the fact that his intentions towards you are far from humane. These are usually vengeful spirits: poor fellows who died a violent death and obsessed with this irrepressible thirst for knowledge - however, within very limited limits (find out what you have inside).

You can call for help, but you should do it wisely. Practice shows that if your ghost is not interested in other people, then they do not see it. Do not shout that a headless horseman is chasing you, otherwise help may come too late - and only psychiatric. Ghosts rarely "switch" to other victims and prefer to chase their chosen target to the end. However, if others try to help (at least keep your body flying through the air), the ghost may retreat.

If you see ghosts and your cell phone is not working, it's a problem. Most likely, you fell into their world. Still from the movie "Silent Hill"

Against possessed ghosts, the standard means of fighting evil - holy water and silver - can help. But usually they are not at hand at the right moment, so there is only one way out: as soon as possible to look for a way out of the damned place. Considering that ghosts can materialize anywhere and easily overcome obstacles, preferring to appear behind your back, run along the dark corridors of the castle or between damp tombstones, it is a very dubious pleasure. Keep in mind that your fear can fuel evil ghosts and they will deliberately chase you to "recharge".

Fortunately, evil spirits are usually "tied" to some place - often their own resting place - so in theory they can be escaped. In their places of power, they are endowed with significant capabilities. If the heroes of horror films knew what awaited them literally a few minutes after the ominous "boo!", They would immediately jump out the window. But this fastest and most effective way to escape from ghosts is for some reason rarely practiced.

Proton guns? And what. Ghosts are ephemeral creatures. Has anyone tried to shine at least a laser pointer on them?

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You don't need to make an elephant out of a fly, and an invincible monster out of a ghost. If someone's sad, translucent face looms from behind your back on vacation photos, throw away the old "film strip" and buy a "digital". If mysterious inscriptions and pentagrams regularly appear on the staircase, then a well-installed webcam will help to carry out a punitive and educational exorcism against the neighboring idiots. Well, if a ghostly hand grabbed you by the throat and drags you into a dark portal, even our article will not help here.

Be attentive, do not strain too much, treat everything with curious skepticism - and ghosts will be of no concern to you.

This story begins absolutely wonderful! As I recall that time, the spirit of those times permeates me to my toes, 1983, I am 6 years old, heat, holidays!

Parents decided to paint the floor in the whole apartment and, in order not to get burned out from paint fumes (before the floor paint dried for several days), it was decided to go to visit my cousin, in the regional center, 100 km from the house.

Just imagine: you are a child, not spoiled by the particular blessings of civilization, so much so that even a trip by train for you is such a large-scale event that the night before passes without sleep!

And thinking that you will be allowed to drink soda from a vending machine or - even better - buy ice cream in the Ice Cream Café! Just a brain explosion!

But I’m not about that, I wanted to tell you about one case, from the category of those when you, a child, have to understand that big, strict, strong and unshakable adults can also be afraid, and that they can’t explain everything and don’t protect you from everything.

We arrived safely that time, walked around the city, and towards evening we were met by my aunt, a cheerful, almost round figure and extremely positive and pretty woman, her apartment already smelled deliciously of dinner, and we were sent to wash our hands.

After dinner, we gathered around the TV, I was given a box of pink marshmallow for dessert, and I, without taking my eyes off the outlandish blue screen at that time, concentratedly absorbed the delicacy.

Feeling that my hands were sticky from the powdered sugar, I went to the bathroom. On the way back, passing by the sofa that stood in the corner of the room, out of the corner of my eye I noticed a figure, a woman, who was sitting on it.

I thought that my mother was tired, and probably decided to sit on the soft sofa. Turning my head, I saw that the sofa was empty ...

At first, I didn't pay special attention to this, you never know what I would see, and I returned with peace of mind to watching TV.

Remembering my "glitch", I decided to look at the sofa again. Surprisingly, the woman's silhouette did not go anywhere, if you look askance, it was visible quite clearly, the face could not be made out, but the dress in the lilac flower could be seen quite well.

But as soon as you looked at that place directly, the vision disappeared ...

So I looked from time to time in that direction, until my mother noticed this and asked what I was looking at there. I told her everything, about the silhouette of a woman in a dress and how to squint my eyes, my mother laughed at me, and I almost forgot about it all, switching to the TV, when I suddenly heard my mother scream.

She looked at the sofa, then she got up and walked closer to him, then asked her aunt to look sideways at the sofa too ... Auntie replied that she also saw “as if a woman was sitting”.

The father confirmed her words, he saw too ... True, he reacted to this with irony and said that it was just the folds of the bedspread so laid down. He walked over, shook the blanket and spread it flat, then returned to watching TV.

There was a cry! This time my aunt screamed, her mother followed her, my father jumped to his feet, I, squinting my eyes, saw the silhouette of a woman in a lilac dress, but now she was STANDING NEAR THE SOFA!

I looked at my father and thought that now he would figure it out and explain everything to me, but he stood with a white face, clutching the back of the chair with his hand, and was silent.

I saw how she held out her hand in my direction and quickly, in two seconds, swept right through me. Turning around, I saw her disappear behind the balcony door, as if an ice piece was melting in hot water.

I was not afraid, everything happened too quickly, the adults turned on the lights everywhere and went around all the rooms several times. The ghost was nowhere to be found. After some time I was sent to bed, I suspect that the adults decided to dilute the fright with alcohol, I would have done the same in their place ...

I did not remember that night and the day following it, because at night I woke up my mother with my groans, and she, when she came to calm me, felt a strong fever. A thermometer, an ambulance and a decision that I still don't understand to take me to my hometown in the car of my aunt's friend. According to my mother, I was delirious almost all the way, did not say anything coherent, only moaned and moaned, I was constantly nauseous, although the fever had passed.

I came to my senses in the hospital, which was very much surprised, the whole night, the ambulance, the doctors and the trip completely disappeared from my memory. They discharged me quickly, in my opinion, I spent two days, however, I felt rather well, only my throat sore from the past nausea.

The option with poisoning was and still remains the main explanation for my ailment, although I did not eat anything that my parents did not eat, I even shared the marshmallow with them and I know for sure that they also ate it.

I told my version about where the ghost had gone and how it passed through me, only a couple of weeks later and once again saw the pale, helpless faces of my parents, who seemed to me then indestructible, that struck me that evening.

Very often, psychics are asked: there is a ghost in my house, please help. The experience of previous generations allows you to cope with the otherworldly essence. However, for this it is not necessary to resort to the help of magicians.

A person can independently cleanse his home from a ghost and other negative energy penetrating from another world. There are several proven techniques for getting a cast back where it came from rather quickly. Even if one technique did not help, do not give up, you can try another method. One of them will surely help, and the house will be cleansed of the negative otherworldly essence.

For example, you can buy a church candle, light it and walk around all the rooms in the apartment in a counterclockwise direction, starting from the front door. With the flame of a candle, you should baptize all corners and suspicious places in which the fire bursts and smokes. To be sure, you can spray all window and door openings with holy water. At the same time, it is advisable to repeat the prayer "Our Father" or any conspiracy in the power of which a person believes.

Another way of what to do if there is a ghost in the apartment is to use diluted holy water to mop the floors. It is necessary to dilute the holy water with the usual in a ratio of 1: 5. All floors in the house are thoroughly washed, and the remaining water is taken out at night to the crossroads and poured onto the ground. The rag is thrown away in the area of ​​this intersection. During the ritual, it is advised to repeat: let all misfortunes and uninvited guests leave my house forever. You can come up with your own words. Then, you need to return home without looking back.

A good solution to the problem is to eliminate the ghost with salt. The ceremony is performed when dusk falls. They take a handful of coarse salt in their left hand and go around all the premises of the house. Reading prayers and repeating periodically: let this salt take all the witchcraft, the bad. May with her all misfortunes, diseases, witchcraft and curses leave this house. The salt used to clean the apartment is poured as far from the house as possible onto the road. It is recommended to repeat the ritual for 3 evenings.

After cleaning the house, you need to take care that the ghost never gets here again. To do this, a knife or a nail is stuck in the place where the ghost previously appeared. You can find the place in the floor where the knot was cut during the manufacture of the board, and circle it in the shape of a triangle with your ring finger. Then, this place is stepped on with the left foot. You can also drive a nail into the middle of the triangle.

You can hang an aspen branch above the front door, which detains ghosts, not letting them into the house. The branch does not have to be fresh, the dry one copes with the work with no less efficiency. Birch branches consecrated on the Trinity are also used. Instead of birch, you can consecrate and hang buckthorn branches around the house. On the outside of the house and at the front door, draw several crosses with soot from the flame of a church candle. The candle must be taken the one that the person held in his hands in the church on Maundy Thursday.

Excellent protection against any evil spirits, including ghosts, simple chalk. It was not for nothing that all the huts were whitewashed before. During Maundy Thursday, you need to fumigate all rooms with juniper, heather or wild rosemary. Uncleanness cannot stand this smell and will quickly go home. The Epiphany Holy Entry is used to prepare batter. A cross is drawn with dough above the entrance door from the inside and outside of the apartment. Such a sign will protect housing from the penetration of energy entities.

If the ghost continues to bother, frightening the residents of the house, you should contact a professional. It is better to pay money than to endure the presence of a clot of negative energy, which can not only bring stress, but also cause a sharp deterioration in the health of the people living in the apartment. In this case, you definitely won't have to complain to your friends anymore: a ghost has settled in my house.

Of course, you can not believe in the existence of the other world and be skeptical about ghost stories. However, experience proves that it is skeptics who, when faced with the unknown, become true believers.