The Kennebunk Inn ghosts seem benign; Japanese legend reports some murderous ghosts. In my wife's home village (now a town of several thousand) at one time there was a series of unexpected deaths and people began to suspect a vindictive ghost. A group of villagers visited Miyoko's grandfather, who was highly respected, and asked him to do something. He researched deaths in the village, looking for someone deceased who might have borne a grudge to the grave; he discovered that a priest had died and not been given a funeral. Consequently he arranged a funeral and the customary subsequent memorial services, and the unexpected deaths stopped.
As I was writing this, I recalled something Confucius said about public ceremonies, such as prayers for rain (which would be performed by the ruler). He opined that they probably didn't have any effect on (e.g.) the rain, but they should be performed because the people expected them.
Reflecting on this a bit more, it occurs to me that if the folks at UCSF have (as it appears) created antibodies to the offending amyloids, then PET scans should be relatively easy to develop, and probably will be developed, as part of research into new treatment protocols.
The Kennebunk Inn ghosts seem benign; Japanese legend reports some murderous ghosts. In my wife's home village (now a town of several thousand) at one time there was a series of unexpected deaths and people began to suspect a vindictive ghost. A group of villagers visited Miyoko's grandfather, who was highly respected, and asked him to do something. He researched deaths in the village, looking for someone deceased who might have borne a grudge to the grave; he discovered that a priest had died and not been given a funeral. Consequently he arranged a funeral and the customary subsequent memorial services, and the unexpected deaths stopped.
ReplyDeleteAs I was writing this, I recalled something Confucius said about public ceremonies, such as prayers for rain (which would be performed by the ruler). He opined that they probably didn't have any effect on (e.g.) the rain, but they should be performed because the people expected them.
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ReplyDeleteReflecting on this a bit more, it occurs to me that if the folks at UCSF have (as it appears) created antibodies to the offending amyloids, then PET scans should be relatively easy to develop, and probably will be developed, as part of research into new treatment protocols.
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