As the winter chill creeps into the air and the evenings grow darker, the our world and that of the spirits grow closer.  While the perihadion is usually thought to be the last day of October, when ghosts and monsters can be seen walking the streets, it is in fact the preceding Monday when we will be most clearly able to see—and therefore study—the spirit realm.Join the Michigan Linguistics Club as we welcome Professor Sally Thomason for a discussion of the linguistic science of paranormal phenomena. Prof. Thomason has studied the language of mystics and mediums who purport to be able to speak to spirits with whom they share no common language, and men and women who claim to know the language of their previous incarnations. From glossolalia to xenoglossy, it’s spooky linguistics in Lorch Hall. Monday, October 26 at 7:30pm—are you afraid of the dark? She’s actually been published on these topics. No joke.