Since I arrived in Europe last September, I’ve been somewhat haunted by the idea of ghosts. It began when I first arrived in Paris and met an American woman who had retired and moved to Paris, having felt drawn there by some sort of spirit guide. She has believed in ghosts all of her life, she said, having had many encounters with them. When she told me about writing a memoir of her move, mixed with the biography of the18th-century courtesan whom she discovered to be her guide, I thought—Of course! What is a biographer but a person haunted by the dead?
I feel presence from the spirits when I am present in the moment. I think that is why they come in dreams because that is usually the only time they feel welcomed to show up. We aren’t in busy thought.
I feel presence from the spirits when I am present in the moment. I think that is why they come in dreams because that is usually the only time they feel welcomed to show up. We aren’t in busy thought.
Good point about visits from ghosts in our dreams! I've been trying to remember my dreams more lately so I can learn from them.