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Andy_M wrote:

OK I’ll start the ball rolling in the new section

What do think regarding the above, Ghosts and Site Guardian (Genius Loci)

Is a Genius Loci and a ghosts the same thing?
That is, has the energy of a ‘dead person’ transformed into something inherently present, and eternally link to a site. Or is a GL a completely separate thing?

Is it also fair to call Genius Loci a ‘Site Guardian’?

What’d you guys think?

Andy

I reckon the genius loci is, as some others have mentioned, the spirit of the place. Which is not usually the ghost of a previously living person. To me it’s more like how we may perceive a place, on some ‘other’ level than just the physical, maybe giving that perception a form and even a ‘character’? I think it exists independant of ourselves, but we *see* or recognise it and interpret it in various ways.

Ghosts… I’m even less sure about!
Could be the often-accepted idea of spirits/souls of the dead, awaiting that ‘next step’ in the transition between this life and whatever is next. Could be remnants of energy from events that occured in the past (‘stone tape’ theory?)…

Cheers
Dave

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Hi Michael!

Sometimes I think you just have to put something aside for a while, then go back to it afresh…I’d got to some sort of impasse, information-wise. But I’m feeling re-inspired of late to get researching again!

I’ll be at QuestCon but aren’t sure how many of the talks I’ll get a chance to see as myself and my girlfriend are manning a stall there. We’ll have to decide which of us gets to see what! Looking forward to it…

Hope to bump into you!

Cheers
Dave

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