Comments on: On Myth and Superstition in Thailand https://www.gregtodiffer.com/on-myth-and-superstition-in-thailand/ Stories, rants & observations about expat life in Asia's craziest city Thu, 17 Nov 2016 15:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Jason Ward https://www.gregtodiffer.com/on-myth-and-superstition-in-thailand/#comment-730 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:49:41 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=203#comment-730 I quite like the way spirits are everywhere in Thailand. Of course if I actually believed in spirits, it would freak me out.
I wrote an article about ghosts and spirits for a Bangkok magazine a while back. It can be found here http://thewordofward.co.uk/?p=152&preview=true. Some of them are actually pretty cool and as a Thailand resident you are bound to have seen a few of them in movies. Floating heads eating unborn babies and suchlike.
I wanted to do a follow up article by staying in one of Bangkok's most haunted houses but absolutely all my Thai friend's (including my level headed wife) forbade it. Quite strongly.
In Britain the fact that a place is haunted is publicized for tourism. Same belief in ghosts but different way of dealing with it.
Richard Wiseman's 'Quirkology' does a pretty good scientific debunking of astrology and is a good read.

]]> By: Jay https://www.gregtodiffer.com/on-myth-and-superstition-in-thailand/#comment-729 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:35:20 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=203#comment-729 I'll be the first to say it, you nailed Thai people and their incredible gullibility! I also cannot say the 'G' word at home.

]]> By: Jack https://www.gregtodiffer.com/on-myth-and-superstition-in-thailand/#comment-728 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:21:21 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=203#comment-728 Hi Greg,

great post, was wondering, why you have not posted for some time. Belief's in Myth's, Legends, Astrology, Palmistry, Ghost etc etc are more in Asia, 'cos Asia is much older civilization than the western world.

However, Western worlds too had their Pagan, Celtic, Druids origins which believed in rituals, ghosts, tarots etc etc.

Science cannot explain lots of mysteries of this universe. If one does deep research on these myths and legends..then science and spirituality will eventually meet at some point.

The US military extensively uses Remote Viewers for intelligence purposes..Google Ingo Swan. Now it is a known fact in science world regarding multi verse universe, astral plane, anti-matter, quantum leap etc etc…which were thought to be mambo jambo few decades back…Google Montauk Prokect

Leading Physicist Michi Kaku now believes in Inter dimensional plane, time travel where these myths are suppose to come from….it won't be too long when science accepts that beings do live in these plane and they come often to earthly plane which people say as Ghost,s demons..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnkE2yQPw6s

]]> By: MM https://www.gregtodiffer.com/on-myth-and-superstition-in-thailand/#comment-727 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:31:18 +0000 http://gregtodiffer.dreamhosters.com/?p=203#comment-727 I'll be the first to say it, you don't understand Thai people. 555

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