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EARLY ORIGINS:
THE WORD GHOST IS DERIVED FROM THE OLD ENGLISH 'gast' WHICH IS RELATED TO THE GERMAN WORD
'geist' CONNECTED TO THE ENGLISH WORDS 'mind' AND 'spirit.' IT IS ALSO RELATED TO THE OLD NORSE WORD 'geisa' WHICH MEANS TO
RAGE. THESE WORDS REFLECT THE IDEA OF THE ghost, FROM EARLIEST TIMES, BEING CLOSE TO THAT OF THE SPIRIT, WITH AN ADDED FEATURE
THAT THE SPIRIT MAY BE RESTLESS OR IN A STATE OF FURY.
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