My Spirits & Ghosts 101 Masterpost
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My background and POV:
I'm...
A Philosopher
Indigenous
An Animist
A Hedge witch
A Death witch
A Spirit worker
A Necromancer
A Paranormal Investigator
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Keywords
Spirit: 3 types- 1 [Spirits of the dead], 2 [Spirits never-living beings], 3 [Misc. Spirits]
Ghost: A spirit of the dead: Human, Animal, Plant, etc.
Never-living: A spirit who was never alive on the mortal plane— Not a Ghost
Misc. Spirit: A gray area. Spirits from in the mortal plane or the spiritual plane by a case by case basis—Angels, Demons, Fae, Dragons, forms of energy, etc.
Parasite: A Spirit that latches itself onto the living and feeds off them
Danger levels [DL]: lv0-lv10 — lv0 as a pleasant feeling spirit, 1 being unwanted energy, lv10 being dangerous entities (8-10 best dealt with professional help) — Bolded lv being most common occurrence
Rarity levels [RL]: How often one may randomly come across them without actively seeking them out—common, uncommon, rare, epic, legendary (can be between two RL; I.e. rare-epic)
Categories of Spirits
A Spirit can be multiple categories
■Primary categories of ghosts■
Residual haunting
Intelligent ghost
Apparition
Orbs
Poltergeist
Shadow people
Dark entity
■Categories of ghosts for the spiritual and curious■
Ghost
Ancestors
Mimics vs. Doppelganger
Watchers/stalkers/viewers
Faeries
Genius Loci
Animal Spirit
Familiar
Fetch Beast
Angel
Demon
Deity
Dragon
Tulpa (contentious)
Crytid (contentious)
Citations :)