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Abstract

It’s reasonable to assume that a first-path ghost is measurable. Even if they do not consist of substantial matter that can be poked and prodded in a laboratory setting, they must still consist of something closely related—perhaps an organised bundle of information-laden energy containing the history and essence of a person remaining in the “vacuum” of space after physical death.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Mannu (2014).

  2. 2.

    Harvey (2004).

  3. 3.

    Jinks (2012).

  4. 4.

    Harvey (2004).

  5. 5.

    Belanger (2007, p. 172).

  6. 6.

    Persinger (1979) and Persinger and Cameron (1986).

  7. 7.

    Pokazanyeva (2016).

  8. 8.

    Asprem (2011, p. 134).

  9. 9.

    Merali (2006).

  10. 10.

    Shaw (2014).

  11. 11.

    Ibid.

  12. 12.

    Asprem (2011).

  13. 13.

    H. P. Blavatsky (1954/1966); Elementals are either made from these waves, or use these waves to cause physical effects.

  14. 14.

    H. P. Blavatsky (1877/2012).

  15. 15.

    Jinks (2012).

  16. 16.

    O’Meara (1996).

  17. 17.

    Merali (2006).

  18. 18.

    Shaw (2014).

  19. 19.

    Ibid., p. 603.

  20. 20.

    Merali (2006).

  21. 21.

    Ibid.

  22. 22.

    Song (2017).

  23. 23.

    Bian and wang (2016).

  24. 24.

    Finster (2011).

  25. 25.

    Bian and wang (2016).

  26. 26.

    Agafonov (2018).

  27. 27.

    Geesink and Meijer (2016).

  28. 28.

    Benford (2001, p. 133).

  29. 29.

    Yong (2008).

  30. 30.

    Laszlo (2004).

  31. 31.

    Borrutta (2009).

  32. 32.

    Borutta (2009).

  33. 33.

    Presti (2011, p. 25).

  34. 34.

    Borutta (2009).

  35. 35.

    Ibid.

  36. 36.

    Ibid., p. 197.

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Jinks, T. (2019). Low Energy Ghosts. In: Psychological Perspectives on Reality, Consciousness and Paranormal Experience. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28902-7_5

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