Ghost

Ghosts in dreams are almost always the unfinished. Chinese tradition distinguishes carefully between kinds of ghosts — the hungry ghost (e guǐ), the ancestor-spirit, the revenant with a grievance — and prescribes different responses to each. Celtic folklore treats certain dream-ghosts as true visitants; the veil thinner at night. Jungian analysis reads ghost-dreams as aspects of self still seeking recognition, or ancestral patterns that have not yet been grieved to completion. A ghost who speaks to you is giving testimony; one who passes silently, presence itself. Notice whether you feel fear, love, curiosity, or duty toward the ghost.