What do you think are the different classifications of ghosts?

Question

What labels do you use and how do you differentiate between them?

Is there a term for ghosts that appear solid and so realistic that people have conversations with them, then the ghost disappears?

Answer 1

Good question! There are a lot of different types, I know from personal experiences of:

Poltergeists, invisible, noisy, moving things, opening and closing doors.

Spirit light or Orbs, small bright light, about golf ball size, moves around the house, fast or slow speed, can move through walls and floors.

Apparitions, full or partial body, solid or transparent, interactive or non interactive, moving and non moving.

Shadow people/ghost, 2 dimensional black looks like a shadow on a wall, blacker then a shadow, seem to be watching people, very fast moving or standing still, seem to slip into wall corners or floors.

Spirit voices, disembodied vocalizations, can be heard clearly with your ears, sometimes can only be heard by psychics.

Answer 2

There are many different classifications of ghosts.
The classification systems often vary by researcher or investigator as well as what is being researched.
An early example of the classification of apparitions can be found in "Apparitions" by G.N.M. Tyrell.
More recent examples can be found in the books listed below.

Recently I use the following:

1. Experimental (inducing or projecting an apparition)
2. Crisis (a person in trauma like a car wreck)
3. Postmortem (a deceased person by at least 12 hours)
4. Recurrent localized (a traditional ghost in a haunting)

Answer 3

usually defined into three categories:
Residual - just does the same thing over and over again and doesn't see anyone else or know where it is.
Intelligent - recognizes the living, sometimes moving things and making noises, appearing when wanted to be seen by the living, can be protective over a house or object
Poltergeist - noisy ghost, mostly centered around adolescents under stress..activity is drawn to them and materializes because of them, although it is not their fault
a fourth type of haunting is inhuman, or demonic haunting, which is by far the scariest of them all, and although rare, should not be taken lightly.

Answer 4

I don't use labels for ghosts and the term poltergeist literally means noisy ghost. A ghost is just a person without a body.

Some ghost hunters use labels for different kinds of haunting and ghosts, but for me personally this is just not necessary.

Ghosts are real but as far as the different labellings there is no evidence for it. It is merely something some ghost hunters do and it is a belief system. Nothing wrong with it but nothing wrong with not labeling them either. It is personal preference based on their belief and view.
BB

Answer 5

There are shadow people, who are just as they sound, look like a shadow.

Residual spirits repeat the same movement or theme over and over.

Intelligent spirits try to interact with you or mess with or try to scare you.

There are deamon spirits that are sent to oppress, possess or otherwise occupy.

There are also things called elemantles that are negative energies...possibly linked with deamon activity. They mean no good at all. Elemantles normally have a rancid or decaying odor that travels with them.

Fairies are also of the negative energies. They tend to be rather small and short.

I forgot the Poltergeists. They are usually chaotic.

There are others, but for sake of time subcategories aren't important.

Hope this helps. Nana

Answer 6

there are only 3 different classifications of ghosts

1. Residual- meaning that they do things over and over, like a looped tape recorder. This classification can not interact, however you can see them.

2. Intelligent - Which these can interact, they know what is going on and can be seen and can be communicated with.

3. Poltergeist - which translated into "noisy ghost". These are the mischievous ones that will move objects and they are able to interact as well.

Answer 7

Classification can be difficult when talking about a subject that doesn't have independently measurable or observable characteristics. One could say there are as many classifications of ghosts as there are people who report having seen them.

Answer 8

I dont differentiate ghosts. A ghost is a ghost. Now if your talking of evil, thats a different story.

Answer 9

Not quite sure what you are asking, are you asking what the difference is between a monster, ghost, devil and witch?

Answer 10

This is hard to do . everybody interprets ghosts a different way , They Never actually seen one , but they try .
It's just like When people give classifications to angels or demons . You can't , never seen the hierarchy