Have ghost lights really declined?
Abstract
In their interesting article on unexplained ‘Jack-o’-lanterns, will-o’-the-wisps, and ignis fatuus: Making sense of ghost lights’ (Vol 10 No.1 2024) by Andrew Dean and Sylvia Dean ask, ‘Where did all the ghost lights go?’ and further asking, ‘What Next for Ghost Light Scholarship?’
I would challenge the assumption that ghost lights ‘are no longer being witnessed’ and suggest that at least two factors may be at work giving this apparent impression.
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