I've written about many aspects of ghosts and similar phenomena, but if the discussion is to be meaningful, we must also define the "system" within which hauntings can occur. In other words, we must incorporate all the suggested elements into a well-established theory.
This system addresses many skeptical concerns about hauntings—usually, by proving a general theory, one can demonstrate the repeatability of experiences. I also hope to show how an initially skeptical process can lead to the construction of something larger.
Culture is the breeding ground for haunting.
Because it is a historical culture, such as a historic building, or a family culture - for example, a way of expressing a problem - all spirits express themselves in a cultural form that is comprehensible to the experiencing person.
Spirits can often convey information unknown to the experiencer. However, this is not entirely accurate.
Cryptomnesia—the ability to recall "forgotten" information—can often occur in such cases. A person reads, sees, or hears various kinds of information that the conscious mind is unaware of. Recalling memories during hypnosis has demonstrated that this unconscious repository of information is vast.
The ghosts seem to be the result of hallucinations.
This doesn't mean that ghost sightings are caused by mental illness. Rather, the mind always analyzes information. If it's lacking or limited by fatigue or another altered state, the mind naturally interprets the information available to it.
Hallucination is then inevitable, and usually at such moments there is such a "sensory decalibration" that one can expect a ghost.
Often [ghost sighting] can be combined with possession.
By this I mean the mind being taken over by an "entity." But do such entities come from "outside" the mind? Brain research tells us that we can act both rationally and emotionally at the same time, with the emotional component seemingly independent of the mind.
This allows for the expression of internal information as "separate." Psychologist Carl Gustav Jung also gave us the understanding of "archetypes," which can be perceived as "personal" fragments at the species level but possessed by all members of a species. The terms "internal" and "external" are not always as definitive as they seem.
Some hauntings involve groups of people.
I perceive such phenomena as a psychic drama. It usually involves a family, in which case it's called a poltergeist. However, it's known that hysteria can operate on a communal level. It usually begins with a maturing child, when the problem arises, leading to the creation of an abnormal environment. This can result in possession, and the child becomes a kind of "epicenter." The repetitive nature of the environment leads to hysteria, which, as it intensifies, leads to mass hallucinations. As a result, an altered reality is created within the group, with the environment and experiences expressed in terms of commonality.
Ecology is more than just one component of an ecosystem. Rather, it suggests an influence on every other component, leading to the creation of a "shared" environment that represents more than the sum of its individual parts.
By placing this idea above the psychic drama of haunting, I suggest a point at which disparate elements become more than the sum of their parts. Shared cryptomnesia contains information that manifests along with the past, creating a phenomenon that would fit the classical understanding of "ghost" and "possession."
The paranormal sphere suffers from a lack of theories that demonstrate the repeatability of experience. The above text is an attempt to address this problem.
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