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What is a ghost? How long have we believed in them? For the re-debut of Spiritus, paranormal investigator and anthropology student Ivy Boyd offers insight into the earliest known beginnings of our belief in the "other" and how it may have altered through time.Instagram: instagram.com/spirituspodcastContact: [email protected]: "Beethoven Moonlight Sonata" by Gregor Quendel from PixabayResources and RecommendationsArticles: JoAnn Scurlock, “Mortal and Immortal Souls, Ghosts and the (Restless) Dead in Ancient Mesopotamia”, Religion Compass, 2016 Joshua J. Mark, “Ghosts in the Middle Ages”, World History Encyclopedia, 2019 Rob Dunn, “What Are You So Scared of? Saber-Toothed Cats, Snakes, and Carnivorous Kangaroos - The evolutionary legacy of having been prey”, Slate, 2012 Books: Ann Braude, "Radical Spirits", second ed., Indiana University Press, 2001 Dr. Irving Finkel, “The First Ghosts”, Hodder, 2021 Videos and Lectures: Dr. Irving Finkel, “The First Ghost Stories”, Archaeology Now (YouTube), 2020 Dr. Justin Sledge, “The Evolution of Ghosts”, Esoterica (YouTube), 2025 Dr. Eleanor Janega, “Did People In The Medieval World Believe in Ghosts?, History Hit (YouTube), 2024 Project Gutenberg - Pliny the Younger Letters to Licinius Sura (LXXXIII) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2811/2811-h/2811-h.htm#link2H_4_0083This podcast is researched, hosted, edited, and produced by Ivy Boyd.
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Prelude
A brief introduction to the Spiritus podcast!Instagram: instagram.com/spirituspodcastContact: [email protected]: “Beethoven Moonlight Sonata” by Gregor Quendel from Pixabay
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