ICE CUBE THEORY
Christopher Valli and Eric Rieve
All different researchers of the paranormal and the metaphysical have their own theories on what exactly they are studying. Some say that ghosts are the lost souls of deceased people. Other paranormal theorists believe ghosts are separate entities of another origin and are not directly related to Man at all. A popular belief among psychologists during the 1980’s was that ghosts and poltergeist activity are related to psychological problems of the individuals experiencing the disturbances.
All these theories have some validity and some holes. We have yet to have real proof of the paranormal, which is why we choose to research the metaphysical in our own ways. While no one concept is true, it is possible that all have some fraction of the puzzle.
One theory I have developed over years of research and debates, I refer to as the “Ice Cube Theory.” The world is made up of energy. It is all around us. It exists in all living creatures. This is also the energy that is used in anything from Asian martial arts like Qigong, holistic healing techniques from around the world, and even similar to the energy focused in the prayers and meditations of the religions of the world.
Now every person contains a certain amount of energy also called a soul. This is the energy that makes up their existence and what really makes them alive. Normally, when a person dies, their soul passes into some form of afterlife, traveling to a new plane of existence by their soul’s energy dispersing back into the universe.
However, sometimes a soul will not let go. Due to a highly traumatic death, a murder for example, a soul may try to hang on to life. The willpower of the soul will hold its energy together for as long as possible. Most histories of haunted houses involve some sort of violent or highly emotional death. For example, the case of the New London Lighthouse Inn. The spirit believed to be haunting this location was that of a young woman. On her wedding day, she tripped and fell down a flight of stairs and died. The highly emotional state of the victim on her wedding day combined with the shock of a traumatic death would overload her soul on such a level that it may not allow itself to pass on.
Now, I refer to my theory as the “Ice Cube” theory because I believe these trapped souls are like ice cubes dropped into a cup of water. The cup of water represents the world itself, filled with energy. The ice cube is the soul. The ice will float in the water for minutes or hours but inevitably the ice will melt and join with the water. Of all the cases I have read, hauntings have a history of a matter of decades or maybe a century or two. The death of the woman at the Inn happened after 1926.
Stories of haunts go back only a matter of decades usually, a short time in the course of history. Incidences of hauntings do not usually relate to incidences that happened thousands or even hundreds of years ago. The souls of the ancient days have already dispersed back into the universe, as the souls now haunting our generation will one day.
