Spiritualism and the Paranormal

[ The following story is a first-hand, cautionary account about the Ouija board and does not promote it’s casual use. It is NOT a game. It is NOT a toy. If you decide to use the board, please take spiritual precautions such as saying a prayer before use. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! All names are fictitious to protect the identities of those mentioned in the story. ] Within a few weeks of using the board , we had already noticed odd goings-around. We had contacted several spirits, but the one we happened to encounter the most was a Filipino nanny of sorts who we called “Ya-Ya”. We knew that just invoking her name brought us some sort of “bad luck”. My cousin who didn’t actively participate in our sessions came down with a case of sudden fatigue believed to have been brought on after seeing a shadow person. But, we weren’t expecting what was yet to come. My Aunts Have an Accident While we spent the after resting from berry picking, my aunt Pat and my aunt Lena went to downtown Port Orchar...

Pat Robertson, the host (and spiritual leader) of the 700 Club , is noted from the many things that he has said on his show about non-Christians as “termites” and about Islam, Hinduism, feminism, abortion and homosexuality. But, his suggestion to a viewer’s pleas for help on how to deal with a haunting in her home is relevant for a post. “…I would burn the house down and move on…” In the show’s online Q&A segment, a woman tells Pat of the goings-on in her home: voices, electronics turning off and on on their own, psi phenomenon and apparitions. She asks what to do. Pat laughs and suggests to burn the house down! Pat continues on stating his disbelief in spirits of people who have past and that the Bible does not support such, but he asserts the existence of disembodied spirits such as demons and angels. He goes on to assess that the home owner has demons, instead. Oh, silly Pat! We don’t have a diamond mine so we can build another house. In the documentary, Mission Congo , it is...

Although the date of the introductory rate has passed, I’d like to take the opportunity to get some evidence. Several years ago EVP’s were recorded by the “ Ghost Soldiers ” team. http://www.examiner.com/article/haldeman-mansion-lancaster-pa-offers-special-introductory-rates I wonder if it’s any more creepy around this time of year. Do you want to know if you’ll get some tonight? Or, maybe just a peck on the cheek? Or, a hug? Is there any potential with that guy or girl that you had a date with? How will that job interview go? Will you get the job? Do you want the job? Should you keep looking? Scroll down to find out how to get the answers you need… Get insight into these and more questions now! Get The YiJing Oracle to gain insight from the ancient Chinese Book of Changes , the Yi Jing (I Ching) all on your Android phone or device.

Saw this in my Facebook stream. It is a captioned image from The Meta Picture . http://themetapicture.com/the-little-girl-on-the-window/ The caption is self-explanatory: A man takes a picture of the window that his cat is hissing at to find the ghostly image of a little girl once he uploaded the image onto his computer. I doesn’t look like the image had been edited. But, I’m skeptical. What are your thoughts? [UPDATE] A keen-eyed member of one the paranormal groups that I belong to on Facebook, has debunked the photo. He recognized the “little girl” from an iPhone app called “ Ghosts Don’t Exist ”. Fakes like this are “fun”, but they hurt paranormal investigators’ genuine efforts. I’ll keep in mind the images from the app that users can use when going over photos like the one above. Thank you, R. Sumner!

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I was introduced to the Filipino folk stories about the “aswang” when my cousins emigrated from the Philippines in the late 1980’s. They told of a creature that resembled a woman with bat wings who revealed her true self only at night. During the day, she could only “scoot” along edges of sidewalks to get around. When a woman lost a child, the townspeople would attributed it to an aswang who had a proboscis-like tongue to suck out the fetus. The following and very informative documentary goes into detail about the history and gathers information about this paranormal folk creature of the Philippines. Things I’ve learned: There is no consensus about the facts regarding the aswang. The aswang is a shape-shifter, so unexpected large animals (e.g. dogs, pigs, cats) can be aswangs in disguise. Some of the “facts” about the aswang have been shaped by historical events.  

It was my birthday trip to Las Vegas. The boyfriend and I settled into our hotel room at the Plaza Hotel at the far end of the Fremont Street in the heart of downtown. We were staying for the next 5 days. We went out for dinner, a few drinks and played some of the machines in the various casino-hotels nearby. We returned to the room well past midnight and went to bed. According to my boyfriend, he was bothered by the spirit of a woman the entire night. He tried to ignore her as much as he could but to no avail. The following morning, she continued to bother him and even poked him. He described her as mid-50’s with black hair standing at about 5’6”. She never spoke to him nor did she try to communicate with him or with me – “She just stood there,” he said matter-of-factly. When he told me about the third occupant of the room the following morning, I logged into my Facebook account and looked for a talisman that I used to keep wayward spirits away. I found it years ago reading Lillian ...

Evan had finally decided to move out of the house where he experienced many paranormal events. Jeb had taken down the last box to his car waiting on the sidewalk. Evan was alone in the house and closed the bedroom door. It began to rattle as if someone were trapped inside and trying to get out! Rattled himself, Evan reluctantly opened the door out of reluctant curiosity to find that the room was indeed empty. After closing the door once more and for the last time, it began to rattle followed by knocks and scratching. Not knowing how to cope, Evan picked up his phone and dialed whatever number he could! He told the friend that he dialed everything that had just happened. He’d told many of those on his contact list about the goings-on in the house and had solicited support. Although many of the event were unnerving he felt a bit more at ease that others believed him and that he was no longer going insane. The kind soul on the other line patiently listened while Evan told about th...

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Evan had never believed much in the existence of the paranormal until he moved into the house where he stayed for a few years in the Central district of Seattle. He had several experiences there from dancing Native Americans , to whirlwinds inside his own bedroom. This particular night was no exception. He was fast asleep when he was woken up by what he said was “…someone jumping on the bed.” He decided that it must have been his imagination, so he fell asleep. He was woken up again with the same, but this time he heard a voice tell him, “You are going to die.” He promptly got out of his bed and turned on the light to his room. Scared he called Jeb. Evan had never mentioned the experiences to Jeb, fearing that Jeb would think him insane. But, after having had shared experiences at the house, Jeb became the person he could turn to for support. After Evan finished telling Jeb about the latest episode of activity, Jeb tried his best to calm Evan down. As Evan’s mother had ...

In this video, La Toya Jackson, sister of the late Michael Jackson, tells an interviewer that his spirit is felt in his childhood home in Encino, CA. Do you want to know if you’ll get some tonight? Or, maybe just a peck on the cheek? Or, a hug? Is there any potential with that guy or girl that you had a date with? How will that job interview go? Will you get the job? Do you want the job? Should you keep looking? Scroll down to find out how to get the answers you need… Get insight into these and more questions now! Get The YiJing Oracle to gain insight from the ancient Chinese Book of Changes , the Yi Jing (I Ching) all on your Android phone or device.

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When you live most of your life hearing stories about the paranormal, you tend to think that because nothing like it has happened to you, you question the sanity of the people who tell them. Until the paranormal world contacts you… Jim lived with a roommate who was a believer of the paranormal. He had talked about his roommate’s experiences and the experiences of a few other friends who had run-ins with the “other” world. But, he, himself, had none. It was a Saturday night and Jim’s roommate was out on the town. He thought about going out, too, but he had work early Sunday morning, so he stayed in and watched TV. Around 2 AM, He decided that it was time for bed. He walked up the stairs. Once he reached the top, he went to the bathroom, and headed towards his bedroom. Just before he opened the door, he heard his name called from the top of the stairs only a few feet away. At first he thought it was his roommate coming up the stairs after being out all night. But, the voice wasn’t th...

Came across this video posted by +Amy Michelle in "The Paranormal" community in Google+. Dawn goes on a ghost hunt in Eastern State Penitentiary , the first of its kind in the US, and relates her experiences in the video below. At about 5:00 in the video, she talks about how a spirit attached to her. What she describes sounds very much like what the Ilocanos of the northern Philippine island of Luzon would call “amling” or “spiritual visitation”. From her description of what happened, she was, in my opinion, “naamlingan” or afflicted by a spirit. The Ilocanos have a ritual to alleviate the victim. Chanting, praying, burning of, inhaling and a rub-down with certain  tree leaves, seem to be common among the few accounts that I've managed to gather. A post with information about "amling" will be published in the future.

Winter in Seattle I interviewed Evan previously about his experiences while he shared a house in the Central district of Seattle a while back.  In his first account (“ The Dancing Trespassers ”), he encountered the paranormal history of the house. He witnessed a group of phantasmal Native Americans dancing around a tree in the front yard. After he told me about that encounter, he promised to tell me more because according to him, “there were many” at that house.   Here is another experience that Evan had at the same house. Because he did not witness the events alone, Evan felt some solace that he was not loosing his sanity.     All names are fictitious to protect the identities of those involved.   Winters in the Seattle a rarely severe compared to many northern cities in the US. On occasion it snows, but rarely. Usually if anything it snows no more than a few hours. The next day,...

If you are ever bothered by spirits, I came across this blog post by the Paranormal Pastor . How to do a Blessing or Consecration

I just came across this from my Facebook feed from the “ Paranormal Network ”. Ghostly Houseguests Engage In Dialogue Excerpt: ” Phillip Brunelle of Boston, Massachusetts has long suspected his home of being haunted. Negative energy within the home has led him to suspect the presence of multiple spirit inhabitants, at least one of which having malevolent intentions. To explore his theory, Phillip uses a ghost box to communicate with the suspected spirits of his home…” A “ ghost box ” is a modified radio that scans AM and FM bands. Spirits or entities are said to be able to manipulate it so that certain words come through. Ovilus III http://theghosthunterstore.com/shop/new-ovilus-iii-pre-sale/ I’ve seen various ghost-hunting and paranormal shows such as SyFy’s Ghost Hunters or Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures use the device during investigations. The responses that they receive are sometimes “cute” and sometimes unnerving, sometimes single words or full sentences. I decid...

[ The following story is a first-hand, cautionary account about the Ouija board and does not promote it’s casual use. It is NOT a game. It is NOT a toy. If you decide to use the board, please take spiritual precautions such as saying a prayer before use. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! All names are fictitious to protect the identities of those mentioned in the story. ] After contacting Ya-Ya we used the board less and less often. What we thought was fun and a curiosity at first start started to become serious. Yet, because of that same curiosity, we would ask Ya-Ya questions if something were to happen that we could not explain. One such reason was when one of the other cousins, who was not participating, came down with “something”. Background Although the Philippines is for the most part Christian and predominantly Catholic, each region’s animistic and shamanistic folk beliefs still continue until the present day. Aside from being religious, Filipinos tend to be very superstitious as well....

You opened it. Good luck. Tonight at midnight your true love will realize they miss you. Something good will happen to you between 1:00 pm and 4:40 pm tomorrow, it could be anywhere. Tonight at midnight they will remember how much they loved you. You will get a shock of a lifetime tomorrow, a good one. If you break the chain you will be cursed with relationship problems for the next 2 years. Karma. If there is someone you loved, or still do, and can't get them out of your mind, re-post this in another city within the next 5 minutes. Its amazing how it works.If you truly miss someone, a past love, and can't seem to get them off your mind....then re-post this titled as " I Still Love You" Whoever you are missing will surprise you. Don't break this, for tonight at midnight, your true love will realize they love you and something great will happen to you tomorrow. Karma. You will get the shock of your life tomorrow.

I came across this while researching Tarot decks. I couldn’t resist laughing remembering the TV commercials featuring this Caribbean-accent woman with her catch phrase, “Call me now!” Aeclectic Tarot has a listing for it here , but doesn't have much to say about it. [UPDATE] It was on sale on e-Bay, but they have since sold out. Ms. Cleo's Tarot Power Deck