Have you ever wondered why “ghosts” almost never speak?

It is one thing to gather together enough subtle substance to materialize; it is quite another–and more difficult–task to reproduce human speech.

It can be done, but anyone who has actually heard a being from this more subtle world speak, will never forget the sound. One can gain an idea of the frightful comicality of ghostspeak, by trying to make animal sounds.

Of course, among themselves, these subtle beings use mental telepathy, which requires neither speech nor a particular language.

There is usually great urgency or significance when a materialized being makes the supreme and awkward effort to speak, and to use a language that you can understand. It is downright silly to think that a ghost is malevolent, just because he is a ghost. Or that a ghost has specifically come to haunt, or to communicate with, you. Usually we have wandered into an area, which is rich in stratified sediments–residues of human activity, thought and speech–and which are being used to construct a temporary form.

One is wise to say nothing and keep on moving.

– Raphael O’Suna