Roman Ghost Story - Pliny and the Stoic in a Haunted House - Read in Latin

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[@LetsTalkReligion]

What a lovely video! "Listening to Dr. Sledge tell old ghost stories" should become a new Christmas tradition.

[@yeetberrycrunch9252]

Seriously you all are vital for keeping deep thought and reflection alive in such an explosive time.

[@LandELiberation]

I grew up listening to an MR James ghost story every Christmas on the BBC, it's one of my favourite Christmas traditions

[@Melvaius]

Absolutely loved this! For my own part, the tradition of telling and listening to ghost stories is one I hold dear. This year I made a point of watching the 1968 BBC adaptation of M.R James's Whistle and I'll Come To You. In fact the BBC would make a point of producing a Ghost story every year for a while. These productions are collectively known as A Ghost Story for Christmas. Usually based on the works of M.R. James and other British authors. The entire collection can be purchased from amazon for fairly cheap and are great viewing at this time of year. It's interesting as M.R. James from whom these productions were often drawn, was a great advocate for the tradition of telling ghost stories during the festive period. As a Cambridge professor he would invite students back to his chambers on Christmas Eve and tell these stories that he had written as a pass time. I heartily recommend his work, not just in the context of this seasonal tradition. But also from an esoteric perspective. As a number of his works, notably Canon Alberic's Scrap Book, Lost Hearts and Casting The Runes, draw heavily from the western occult tradition. A good read for any lover of spooky tales and the esoteric. Wishing you the best of the season and thank you for gifting us all with such a wonderful channel.

[@davidroberts1026]

Well said, and seconded.

[@yochanan770]

This covers the "Scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long long ago"

[@thecriticalscholar8680]

Christmas Eve and I am listening to a ghost story from the Roman Period. Thank you so much Dr Sledge!

[@nikkisteer6054]

There is still a kind of practice of this in the UK. Every Christmas there is an adaptation of a ghost story on the BBC - usually something by MR James or written in that style. Mark Gatiss is usually involved, and he knows his horror. We always make sure to watch and discuss it with friends.

[@thisischriswright]

Absolutely loved this one! Here's wishing a Happy Yuletide Season to all!!

[@panikbedlam7462]

I love that when you mentioned the eruption of Vesuvius you also mentioned the destruction of Herculaneum and not just Pompi, everyone forgets Herculaneum

[@BleakComposure]

This video is a lovely experience. I recommend watching it, even if you don't think you're interested, and I believe you'll be glad you did.

[@harrytoube1553]

A fantastic episode! Watched it with the whole family - terrific fun!

[@threeblindchickens]

@Harry Toube I am about to watch it I am so excited

[@harrytoube1553]

@@threeblindchickens It turns out that we translated this very story in Latin class year 11

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@@harrytoube1553 wow

[@anaconda470]

Pliny The Elder was Pliny's the Younger uncle, not a father. P. the Elder's sister - Plinia Marcella, gave birth to P. the Younger.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

Totally right - thanks for the correction!

[@Nivloc317]

I do have a related (sort of) Ghost story. In 2015 my father, Sheldon Paul Colvin, had died on Halloween, and my mother 9 years prior to that. My sisters and I were called by the hospice worker to come quickly because, as he said on the phone, "Your father is in the process of active dying." I was at a halloween party that Halloween Eve dressed as a Wizard, and when I heard his words while I was surrounded by people dressed in various ghoulish outfits, I thought, "Zombie!" We stayed up all night with him and he passed on Halloween morning at 10:56. Grieving is an odd thing, and given that my father was almost 91, his passing was hardly a surprise. So my immediate response was muted, It wouldn't be until the next year that it would hit me. After Halloween in 2016 I had a dream. My father was sitting in his living room chair and I was sitting opposite him as I had many times before. I said to him, "I miss mom." He responded, "I miss her too." I then said, "We should get my sisters together for Christmas." His only response was, "Hmmm." Thinking he was hesitant, I said, "They will like that!". He responded, "Oh, I'm sure they will," as he smiled mischievously. I woke up convinced he was messing with my head from beyond the grave.

[@artkoenig9434]

Your Rustica was beautifully accomplished. I had listened to the story found in Pliny's letters before, but I was delighted to hear your rendition.

[@piearm1271]

Excellent film, a superb narration, amazing to think of how long the practice of the ghost story has existed.

[@coreolis7]

WE DO THIS TRADITION in my League of Occult Research and Education in Olympia, WA. I started doing this around Winter Solstices about ten years ago. We are a research group, so there is an emphasis on telling your own personal encounters, whether religious experiences, psychedelic entities, ghosts or UFOs. We go around the circle and everybody is invited to contribute. Ive also told vintage ghost stories, some of which are quite educational LOL : MR James, Algernon Blackwood, ETA Hoffman, Bulwer Lytton, Edith Nesbit, EF Benson & others who deserve to be read more!

[@mido3ontheway]

I love your channel immensely. Thank you!

[@dispelyell4871]

Is this why so many horror movies come out near Christmas? LOL

[@888bjxjs888]

I enjoyed this on a number of levels, thank you kindly.

[@rsorry]

Excellent pronunciation 👏 I was looking for a first declension genitive or dative, or plural nominative ae because many others mispronounce it (instead of long a like η), however, there were none to be found!

[@ronaldhalvorsen7542]

I am glad I found your channel. Thanks for your work!

[@pacorobles6592]

Very interesting. This story appears also in the Manuscript found in Saragossa, by Jan Potocki, a very esoteric book with many references to Kabbalah, etc.

[@Crittermomma]

That was wonderful

[@kurtiscollins1330]

As a seasoned paranormal researcher it is my opinion that ghost are made of an energy that can indeed be measured.

[@LonaPua_Pouliuli-Popoki]

🤙Aloha Dr. Sledge mahalo Whoa how could I've missed this Saving it for a later time . . .

[@AzrielEver]

Not sure why but as soon as I heard “Stoic” I thought of Spock and I’m pretty amused by the idea of Vulcans dealing with a haunting in a rather rational way

[@cpt_bill366]

I love how the latin just made google translate give up and say [music] 20:35

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Ha!

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"Because we learn from the past" LMFAO

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thank you 👍 time to start the field 22:32 excellent

[@dzvedairemtsarmykt4085]

Any chance of a video on pre-Hasidic ba'alei shem tov? You mentioned 'Jewish shamanism' in a prior video and it seems to me like they're an example of that phenomenon arising (or continuing?) much later.

[@mdlahey3874]

Marvelous... Thank you! One thinks immediately of M. R. James at Cambridge, reading his ghost stories to colleagues at Christmastide. His stories, by the way, I find to be among the few genuinely creepy examples of the Victorian/Edwardian genre. One of them, "Casting the Runes", a personal favorite, made its way to Hollywood, and became "Curse of the Demon" (1957) (spellchecker suggests "curse of the Democrat" 🙄), pitting psychologist John Holden (Dana Andrews) against sorcerer Julian Karswell (Niall MacGinnis). But perhaps this is old hat to you...

[@joeramsayvideodump]

Love this channel ❤ ever consider reading aloud more? I would have loved a read-aloud of Thunder Perfect Mind!

[@thoth_amon]

scooby said the ghost was just old man jenkins.........again

[@matthewlawrenson7508]

M.R James. Thank you

[@lawrenceaubert6540]

Maybe one day I’ll tell you my ghost story. The ghost existed before I was born, it revealed itself to my father, it killed my mother, and it revealed itself to me and menaced me for a while. Now I know exactly how to handle these sort of things although I will not go seek it out for vengeance. What is done is done.

[@MichaelYoder1961]

What are the story telling traditions around Chanukah (and other Jewish holidays)? That would make an interesting episode

[@Warlanda]

the Puritans were a dull lot, weren't they? Hel; goddess of the Norse underworld where it was cold, dark, ice perpetually. thank you, Dr. Sledge!

[@pmgn8444]

Well, I'm 20 months late 😁, but hear goes No tradition of ghost stories in my family. However, over the last 20 years or so, I have often, but not always, read Frederick Forsyth's short novella ghost story "The Shepard" on Christmas Eve.

[@yochanan770]

As a practicing Hermetistand Stoic, there are some areas of the two that have a lot in common.

[@GR-kt4le]

Great video as always and great story From 15:28 to 18:50 your audio has trouble with Ps

[@KebaRPG]

Nice to hear about you doing calligraphy when copying text as a meditative exercise. I was curious how long it takes you since being from an Ancient Christian Sect I often get tired of Modern Christians claiming we do not read the Bible/Scriptures. They often take for granted they can just order a mass produced volume from a robotically controlled printing press made in the span of a few hours or a digital software copy instantly available instead of handwritten copy that would possibly take a monastic month to copy.

[@CaptainMera]

I always watch The nightmare before Christmas around the holidays. I wonder if that's the same as ghost stories? I watch a lot of ghost themed Christmas movies thru december, its been a bit of a tradition for me. But it's not been a conscious thing related to religion. It's just a personal tradition I do on my own (I'm swedish btw, if that matters).

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

Sure.

[@DeadLightAdrift]

Did you translate this yourself from Lattin?

[@سلمانقتل]

👍 good video

[@GooeyGremlin]

Keeping this tradition alive by watching Joh Carpenters The Thing at least once every December.

[@RepAlbertThomas]

Sometimes I want to watch your videos... sometimes I’m just too drunk... love your channel though 👍

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Those edits make it easy to imagine Justin`s actually a hologram.

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Man, I wish I were a hologram.

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@@TheEsotericaChannel This, like so many other videos on this channel, is great and I loved it, but like siriusisastar I was also noticing the little "glitch in the matrix" edit jerks. Could you adopt an editing tool that produces a softer transition instead of an instant jerk? Thank you for doing this, I know it's a lot of work and offer that thought in a spirit of assistance rather than criticism.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

Stoic philosopher, defeating ghost with "meh".

[@paulshaddix5290]

beatus itinere happy hopefully in latin....

[@Ratnoseterry]

I'm of the opinion ghost stories were told at Christmas as a carry over from when the tenth month was December, rather than October. Something there is very little clarifying information on, but am always on the lookout for more of.

[@MTD156]

You know ... I ' m kind of a Calligrapher myself ... said Norman Osborn ...

[@ledget1]

Why I'd like to go to the skin-walker ranch.

[@EPROM512]

a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 1800's

[@CindyBallreich]

I lived with a haunted refrigerator for a while, but no one thinks that story is scary.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

With food prices what they are I think that's terrifying

[@CindyBallreich]

@@TheEsotericaChannel it involved an alcoholic ghost who acted up whenever there was wine or beer in the fridge.

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

even scarier

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Deformis est, non verum. non manes verum ius?

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veruj

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🙃

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You cant see this, but I am shaking my fist at those people who gave thumbs down! 💖

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eh - not everyone likes everything. I'm just happy for the folks that like my content!

[@helenbostock2350]

We have scrooge England

[@kingalexandersgodshapedhol7514]

Tell them to hire me then. None of that kind of thing effects nor bothers me. It needs be real first. Which it is not until proven otherwise.

[@RepAlbertThomas]

Oh man! Did you block my comments? Please, what did I do? For real, I have a problem with filtering what I say, and sometimes I say things that turn out to be offensive and I don’t mean them to be. It’s been a problem in the past but I honestly don’t realize how I until someone points it out, usually. I might be on the spectrum... usually try to make a joke out of it if I catch it... 🤷‍♂️

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Yule is not obscure for the Wiccan...🌲

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

I'm not sure making up new stuff clarifies historical obscurity but sounds like fun just the same.

[@georgem7502]

The ghostes must be material, cus otherwise how could we see them?!

[@TheEsotericaChannel]

That's what the Stoics would say...at least I think it is.

[@justkiddin84]

Folks do indeed tell ghost stories around the New Year! A Christmas Carol is a ghost story. And some folks watch horror films around then. Telling? Probably that, too. Especially if a family has one attached to them. Oh! You could tell a Chinese ghost story on your way to the restaurant! 😂😊✌️♥️🗳️🟦

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18:38, an honest realtor???😂