A Hopping Ghost
is an undecayed corpse whose main soul, the PO, has not
yet left for the other world.If it can inhabit a corpse
it can move about - hop.
Ghosts hop because
they are so YIN. That is, they have so little mobile energy
left that they can't even bend their knees one of the signs
- in human beings - of the ability to move. When they come
in contact with even more YIN they over loaded and hop around.
Being light and
bodyless they can sometimes fly. They smell horribly. They
are armed with long, long fingernails that can tear. They
sleep in coffins or graves and fear sunlight's strong YANG
energy.
If you chance upon
such a pest DON"T BREATHE. The sound of breathing allows
them to detect us. Paste a Taoist warning on their bodies
to stop them. But if you are serious about getting rid of
them burning their coffin with them in it is the major method.
Watch out for them
grabbing your neck. Definitely an unpleasant experience.
Oh, by the way, this is the traditional reasons Asian bridge
zigzag because ghosts hate to cross running water (like
in almost every culture in the world) and twisty bridges
are the toughest. Also the doorways of temple have step-overs
to prevent the entrance of spirit who can't hop that high.
Now, aren't you glad youread all this?
