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Guardian Spirit

In Trials in Burma, Maurice Collis describes seeing the ghost of an old Arakanese woman. He had been working late in the evening when he felt the building he was in shiver as if in an earthquake; his companion with him felt the movement also. He was suddenly confronted by a woman whom he saw standing on the steps. They did not communicate but looked at each other for a time and then she passed from sight, going down the veranda ‘from which there was no exit except into the rooms’.

Collis was immediately certain that he had seen a ghost: ‘There is no confusing a ghost with a mortal. It is not your eyes that tell you, but a sense that leaps up suddenly within. When he asked the locals about it the following day they confirmed that he had seen ‘the female ghost bound to this spot by the old kings to guard their treasure’. Apparently a woman had been buried alive, to contain her spirit. Collis asked them why the house shook when the ghost appeared. He was told that it was because the ghost wished to attract Collis’ attention. When he asked how she had done it they replied, ‘It was not the house she shook, but Your Honour’s mind.’ (And presumably his companions mind as well) Italy | New York | Wiltshire | Activity | Activity | Activity | Borley | Brazil | Brazil | Brazil | Canada | Corney | East Drive | Edinburgh | Finland | France | France | Germany | Ghostly | Lincoinshire | Manchester | Middlesex | Northern ireland | Northern Romania | Nova Scotia | Paraguay | Phenomena | Poltergeist Information | Scotland | Scotland | South London | Suffolk | Switzerland | USA | Washington State | West Norwood | Whitechapel |