Spiritualism and the Paranormal

Since it's October with Halloween at the end of this month, I decided to detail an experience I had with the paranormal around this time of year several years ago. The odd fact of the encounter was that it was not associated with any particular place. It was, in fact, connected with a particular person.   In the late Autumn of 2004, just before Halloween, I was in between jobs. I was not overly worried about my employment situation because I knew that it was just a matter of time. I had enough experience in my field that I was receiving e-mail messages from recruiters and companies that I could extend my "vacation" as I thought of it. Instead of looking over my messages or searching through job listings, I spent much of it with two friends: Tina and Yvette.   "... It was the drive that morning when something followed us..."    I met Tina through a mutual friend. She was living with her boyfriend in a house that our mutual friend's father owned. After tal

In the following years I have only used the Ouija, or a talking board, a few times. But even before I even decided to use one again, at least a decade would pass. It was when I hung out with Tina, my friend who could communicate with the dead. The most recent time I’ve used the Ouija was when a friend brought it to a bar. I brought it home. Nothing strange happened. I was at work. Ron was watching TV during the day. He reported feeling someone or something breathing into his ear. He was so frightened that he bolted out the front door and surprised our neighbor who was sunbathing in the next yard. Ron told our neighbor that he wanted to get from fresh air and after talking with the neighbor held calmed down. But it was only after a few hours did he get enough courage to go back inside the house. Some days after Ron told me what had happened, I took the board and left at the steps of a local church. Now, you might say that burning the board was what I should have done. But after