Deathbed visions

New Video: Spirit Visions (1/3): Message or Madness?

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Following up on my recent video about the Ghost Exhibition in Basel, I’m shifting the lens toward a woefully underexplored historical puzzle: How did spirit visions and related experiences go from being dismissed as “insanity” to being explored as modern therapeutic tools? Part 1 of this new video trilogy sets the stage by exploring dramatic … Read more

Ghosts in the UK and Germany: Responses to a Query from a Japanese Newspaper

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Earlier this month I was contacted by a reporter from the Tokyo newspaper Chunichi Shimbun with questions on ghost beliefs in the UK. The occasion for the query was the Obon Festival – the time of the year when spirits of the dead are believed to reunite with their families –, which is currently celebrated … Read more