Ghost vs. Paranormal Energy vs. Spirit (briefly)
by C. Ratliff

Lately, there has been some debate between those who hunt “ghosts”, those who seek paranormal energies, and those that are finding spirits.  So really what’s the actual differences between the three.   Well, I was posed with that exact question not long ago and decided to do my best to answer this.

“Ghosts” – by the most broad definition – is simply residual, not interactive, sensory imposing (visual, auditory, dermal, etc.), experiences/events posed in a manner of a memoratic state enacted upon by stimuli.  That being stated: any photo, audio or video recording, or transmission of audio or video can be considered as ghosts.  They are residual and not interactive and the stimuli to manifest such experiences are known to us: such as television broadcasts, radio transmissions, cameras (photo and video), recorders (audio and video), etc.  Now, to take that definition and apply it in a paranormal sense, the difference is simple.  Paranormal “ghosts” are caused by stimuli that are not man made or are understood through human experience or science currently.  This does not mean that they are the spirits of the undead necessarily, but that they are simply caused by unknown forces.

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