Spiritualism and the Paranormal

I’ve documented the experiences that my cousins and I had during that fateful summer with the Ouija board in a few posts beginning with Say "No" to Ouija , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4 and Epilogue . In this episode from SyFy’s series “ Paranormal Witness ” three young girls convince their parents to buy them a new game, an Ouija board. Paranormal Witness, Season 5, Episode 3: From H.E.L.L. One of the girls is bullied at school and turns to the board to cope. When she uses it alone, the planchette moves on its own. She asks for help when dealing with a bully to find out the next day that the other girl can no longer attend her school. Delighted, she uses the board alone again. The planchette (the heart-shaped pointer) moves on its own and lets her know that she has a friend. Talking to the board after school becomes routine. Soon odd goings-on begin to happen… One sister felt someone grabbing her; one sister hears indistinct chanting; and her father starts to change. Her fam...

  Watch season 5 of “Paranormal Witness” here . In the season’s first episode, follow the footsteps of Harper Lee, author of To Kill A Mockingbird , as she researches for a book she never publishes… Technorati Tags: Paranormal Witness , Haunting , Harper Lee , Voodoo , Alabama , Ghost

For years Albert rented a house where he never felt anything out of the ordinary. One night became the exception when he found out that an old friend made a few attempts to bid farewell. After coming home from work one summer Friday evening, Albert glimpsed at a black figure walking across the doorway opposite him. Oddly enough, he did not feel threatened. “There seemed to be some familiarity about it,” he said. He eventually convinced himself that it was because of the long day at work and that hunger induced this “hallucination”, as he put it, since it was several hours since he had lunch. The following night, Saturday, Albert entered the living room. This time, however, we was horrified to see the figure of a what looked like a man again. It was possibly the same that had visited him the night before, this time sitting in his recliner as if it waiting for him. While he watched, the figure stood up in front of the recliner and vanished. The following Sunday, Albert received ...

[Image: Daily Mail] A viral video has been circulating on the net of what looks to be a “shadow person” during a soccer match. On Thursday the 17th in Hernando Siles Stadium in La Paz, Bolivia, the camera captures a shadowy figure run across the seating. When slowed down, the figure appears to have legs and strides across the screen with very little effort and amazing speed as it disappears in a group of spectators. The anomaly can be explained, some say: It is a double exposure of a player on the field. Yet, others have witnessed the shadow person and have claimed that it has influenced the outcome of games in the past. What do you think? Sources: Examiner Heavy.com Daily Mail

The Huffington Post spotlighted a country store in New Hampshire where there are reports of paranormal phenomena . In the video, a glass object moves from the center of the counter to the edge and onto the floor… All on its own! Another example of activity in the store is a man whistling. In a video clip from WMUR-TV Brian Cano , associated with the series Haunted Collector featuring John Zaffis, appears with psychic and medium Karen Tatro . Karen feels that the energy is centered around the area where the glass object fell. The owners deny that it’s is a publicity stunt to drum up business. They claim that it is genuine paranormal activity. All they want is answers to the mysterious goings on. Library of Most Controversial Files

I am a firm believer of energy. I believe that energy is never created nor destroyed and that it passes from one form to another. I’m also a believer that objects can carry energy from previous owners as the following iO9 article shows: 7 Terrifying Cursed Objects That Actually Exist . One of the items that is listed in the article is Annabelle, a raggedy Anne doll. According to the various stories I’ve read, the doll is the vessel for a demonic spirit that convinced her owners that it was the spirit of a young girl. Her owners tried many times to rid themselves of the doll for it to inexplicably reappear in their home. Sometimes it was accompanied with a note or writings on the wall! The doll was eventually taken in by the famous paranormal couple, the Warrens, for display in their Occult Museum . During the drive to the Warren’s home, various unfortunate happenings occurred. One was a unexpected flat time. The doll is so cursed that ropes delineate a safe viewing distance. I’ve ...

POSSIBLE SPOILER!!! I have been following NBC’s weekly supernatural cop drama Grimm since it first aired a few years ago. I’ve even gotten a few friends watching along, too. But, being a Filipino, the episode “Mommy Dearest” has me addicted to the show even more. Watch on Hulu here " Mommy Dearest ". NBC’s Grimm site “ Mommy Dearest ”.   After watching the first 10 minutes of the episode, a thought came to mind, “Aswang!” If you’re not familiar with this creature, read my previous post " Aswang: Filipino Folklore ".     After watching the episode and the following episode, it’s evident that Drew Wu, AKA Sergeant Wu will no longer be a peripheral character. His trauma of being attacked by an actual aswang has left scars and started an underlying arc: Is Wu in or out? We know he’ll be part of the “in” group. Only the writers of the show know at this point when or if that happens.   Reggie Lee grew up in Quezon City and plays Sergeant. Wu has submitted four...

Zak Bagans of "Ghost Adventures" fame buys a house in Indiana known for being haunted by hundreds of spirits and demons. Full article .

[ 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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