Letter 13: DEATH

"1. ...a ghost is an entity made up of psycho-physiological electrical energy, with an inferior consciousness in comparison with that of a normal human person;
2. the consciousness which is revealed by the actions of a ghost, and by its way of acting in general, is very limited and extremely specialized -- one is tempted to characterize it as "maniacal", since it manifests itself as the crystallization of a single passion, a single habit, or a single fixed idea;
3. the energy of which the ghost is constituted becomes weakened with time -- provided that it not be nourished by an affirmative and favorable attitude from its human entourage; it fades away. One can make it disappear through the Church ritual of exorcism, or by individual prayer, or lastly by a special action which demands courage and which consists in clasping and breathing in the ghost, in such a way as to receive it into oneself and of oneself to make the electrical energy of the ghost dissipate.

...it goes without saying -- that the ghost is not the soul of the departed one, and that it is a burden to him, being bound to the soul of the departed by a heavy link of responsibility. In the case that I have mentioned, soon after the dissipation of the ghost's electrical energy through its reception into oneself, the departed one hastens to make acknowledgement of his gratitude, by means of a very vivid and clear dream, for his deliverance from this heavy burden." --VT

"Ghost"
watercolor  15"x22"