I met a lady once that thought her dead aunt's soul was stuck inside her head. What made it truly interesting was that she was the most soft-spoken woman that would never swear, but when the aunt started talking, all of a sudden she was a gruff, loud woman that cursed like a sailor. You had to feel bad for her, because she seemed like a sweet little old lady that just had some issues.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell