Spirit Realm

The spirit realm or spirit world is the conceptual or physical location of spirit beings. Some cultures view it as very far away, some as a geographical region, some as an alternate "plane" of existence, while others view it as some sort of dimension or layer of the visible world. Consequently it is often called the invisible world or unseen realm.
Spirits exist as a part of nature. The spirit realm is generally conceived of as having three layers. The first is that of active spirits, ghosts, fairies, and the like. The second is that of the sleeping spirits of the dead. If this layer could be seen then nearly the whole landscape would be filled with the spirits of every sapient creature that died in that spot, as sleeping souls reamain in situ. The third layer is then the presence or influence of high spirits and gods. As omnipresent or multipresent beings, they exhibit a gas- or ether-like locativity rather than a relatively condensed solid-like and physical-like presence.
Thus the spirit world as typically conceived of—the first layer described above—is not in a far away place, but right in our midst, folded into the same space and in large part imperceptible. Spirits manifest in the material in the form of light, the bridge between the physical and the spiritual. Thus at all times spirits good and evil, angels and demons alike walk between us without our knowledge, but their influence on our affect is never-endingly speculated upon.
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