The ghosts of Cathy and Heathcliff
"There is a presence on that moor that should not be there." - Winifred Coombe Tennant
Even ghosts belong to a place that meant something to them when they were alive but the spirits up there never walked those hills. Wuthering Heights is a fiction but somehow, through force of will, the souls of Cathy and Heathcliff have been evoked and drawn to places we have chosen for them.
Thousands of fans pilgrimage each year to Top Withens high on Haworth moor looking for the spirit of Wuthering Heights. A ceremonial rite for people transfixed and moved by the characters in the book. It seems to have been this intent and ritual to connect emotionally with the fictional Cathy and Heathcliff that has conjured up a form of spirit that never actually lived. Their connection with our realm is based not on their previous experiences of life but with the thoughts of the readers and pilgrims and the words in a book. An incomplete and malleable history, a madness of uncertainty and a force of emotion, they are a conglomeration of the intents and desires of their advocates and fans, their aspects and traits at the whim of the interpretations of others.
Seance
The haunting of Haworth moor is like no other.
Even ghosts belong to a place that meant something to them when they were alive but the spirits up there never walked those hills. Wuthering Heights is a fiction but somehow, through force of will, the souls of Cathy and Heathcliff have been evoked and drawn to places we have chosen for them.
Thousands of fans pilgrimage each year to Top Withens high on Haworth moor looking for the spirit of Wuthering Heights. A ceremonial rite for people transfixed and moved by the characters in the book. It seems to have been this intent and ritual to connect emotionally with the fictional Cathy and Heathcliff that has conjured up a form of spirit that never actually lived. Their connection with our realm is based not on their previous experiences of life but with the thoughts of the readers and pilgrims and the words in a book. An incomplete and malleable history, a madness of uncertainty and a force of emotion, they are a conglomeration of the intents and desires of their advocates and fans, their aspects and traits at the whim of the interpretations of others.
Seance
The haunting of Haworth moor is like no other.
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Ducking Stool, Haworth Where the local witches were tested to see if they floated. There are local stories about a witches coven along a track to the west Ducking stool but no evidence can be found nowadays. |
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