"Just because they're Dead....

doesn't make them Smart.". The chapter heading about Channeling in an 80's Humour book about the Newage. You could also say, "Just because they're Spirit, doesn't make them Spiritual";>. It's not just those on the "Fluffy Side of the Force" that do this, though they're more prone to. In a way I'm Lucky, I'm naturally Cynical so I'm not prone to take ANYTHING at face value. Even if SOMETHING appears that states it's _____ and fits all the Myth/The-ology about ____, I'm still not going to accept Their Words without Testing. I cringe when a Christian or Newage friend states the Spirit Being they're encountered is an Angel and when asked they state, "because They said so!!!!". WTF?!?!? You need to give the Bodiless at least the scrutiny you'd give the Embodied. Mythologies, even Christian ones are full of "myschievious" Spirits, yet a lot of modern folk equate the lack of a body with the lack of Ill Intent. I've even heard such dreck as "A Spirit can do only Good". What a load!
Never give the Bodiless more credence than you would someone WITH one....
Cheers,
Pat