He relates the story of Joe Fisher, who wrote a book on the subject of “hungry ghosts” and eventually became so ensnarled in the subject that he began to suffer acute dislocation from the day-to-day world and personal relationships. The story does not end well. Read it. There may be a lesson in here for us ghost hunters.

Prescott’s post reminds me a little of the Amy Allan thing – watch out for spirits who wish you ill, she warns her clients frequently, and by the way, you should probably sell your house and move…and they might follow you anyway. But Fisher’s tale may be less about the malevolent designs of evil spirits and more about losing perspective, willfully allowing the line between this world and the next (assuming there is a next) to become dangerously blurred.