“I may be an illusion but I’m most definitely here.”

Elvira in Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit

“…spirit which is for itself… sustains itself within the counterglow of… individuals”

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Phenomenology of Spirit.

I am a spirit tossed back into history against my will.

Time and eternity are but a tangled ball of knitting wool.

I’ll have you in stitches, matey,

before you blink or hazard second thoughts,

I’ll have you, my lamb, my dove, my sweetie,

parceled, gift-wrapped, tied up in knots.