Poltergeists Quotes

“I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud.

—address to the Society for Psychical Research in England”
― C.G. Jung

“When human beings lack a sense of identity, they often do apparently pointless things, simply to give themselves a sense of existence-through-action; this could explain the apparently aimless mischief of the poltergeist.”
― Colin Wilson, Poltergeist!

“It is true that in some cases — perhaps the majority — we can interpret the disturbances as an unconscious attempt by the 'focus' to draw attention to his or her problems, as an unsuccessful suicide attempt does.”
― Colin Wilson, Poltergeist!

“The poltergeist — or dracu (demon) as Eleonora called it — communicated by automatic writing, and even spoke a few sentences in a 'breathy and toneless voice.' But what it had to say indicated that its level of intelligence was extremely low.”
― Colin Wilson, Poltergeist!