“I believe ... that those apparitions and ghosts of departed
persons are not the wandering souls of men, but the unquiet walks
of devils, prompting and suggesting us unto mischief, blood, and
villany, instilling and stealing into our hearts, that the blessed
spirits are not at rest in their graves, but wander solicitous of
the affairs of the world.”—_Relig. Med._ part. i. sect. 37.