Something About Ghosts

“Something about Ghosts” is an essay by Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky (1783–1852). In the work, the author reflects on belief in ghosts, the soul, death, and eternity.

The book discusses the theme of the existence of supernatural forces and possible encounters with them by different people in different eras.

“Believe in ghosts or not? Before answering this question, it is necessary to determine what a ghost is. I saw—so, with my eyes open, a thing subject to sight appeared before me; I dreamt—so I saw not in reality, with my eyes closed, a thing not subject to sight; it appeared to me in a dream—so I saw in reality, with my eyes open, a thing not subject to sight. Thus, a ghost is a material phenomenon of an immaterial object...”