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r, the abhorred necronomicon began to take shape and the first edition smote the stands on december 22, 1977- the ancient pagan feast of yule, the winter solstice. yet, not without a number of bizarre occurrences that more than once threatened the lives, the sanity, and the astral bodies of the three individuals most deeply involved. jim wasserman was subjected to what we may vaguely refer to as "poltergeist" activity during the time he worked on production and design aspects of the book. a room which, for certain loathsome purposes, was always kept locked was found one day to have been opened- from the inside. in the same building, just below his loft, the typesetters were set upon by swarms of rats. the discovery of a small hindu idol that had been lost signalled the end to the plague, a

r, the abhorred necronomicon began to take shape and the first edition smote the stands on december 22, 1977- the ancient pagan feast of yule, the winter solstice. yet, not without a number of bizarre occurrences that more than once threatened the lives, the sanity, and the astral bodies of the three individuals most deeply involved. jim wasserman was subjected to what we may vaguely refer to as "poltergeist" activity during the time he worked on production and design aspects of the book. a room which, for certain loathsome purposes, was always kept locked was found one day to have been opened- from the inside. in the same building, just below his loft, the typesetters were set upon by swarms of rats. the discovery of a small hindu idol that had been lost signalled the end to the plague, a

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

from room to room he ran, chasing the invisible spectre, encouraged. by mrs .peters who .charged behind hint. crying 'hallelujah. but the noises continued 'yourmagic isn't enough without voodoo' mrs peters concluded 'i know the things you need 'you come back here tomorrow night at nine o'clock and me and myfriends weshall show.you' puzzled at his failure, alex was glad to getaway from the unruly poltergeist. he. spent the ievening looking through his witch books to seejftherei was anything he had omitted to do. the next night he presented himself at the appointed hour. mrs. peters showed him into the' kitchen where a crowd of fifteen ortwen.tyjatnaicans .were awaiting him. on the table was a sack .ofcement; a wreath ofgarlic, four huge iron spikes each attached to a length of heavy chain;

s the centre of the room. alex edged towards the door, more afraid of the living than the dead 'i am going to fetch some more herbs' he told them. then he opened the door and fled, not stopping until he reached the main roadand found a taxi to take him to safety. thoroughly ashamed of his retreat-and his defeat:-alex was to hear some months later that someone, somehowohad exorcized the rampageous poltergeist. the event that was to precipitate his move to london came a few days later .when maxine. announced that she was pregnant. everything was against their staying in manchester: the house was too small for three, the. flat unsuitable and, above all, maxine insisted that no trace of alex's black-magic period should ever taint the child. he must forgo the small allowance he had received fro

DICTIONARY GLOSSARY OF OCCULT TERMINOLOGY

qualities of mutable (q.v) and air (q.v) and is ruled by the planet mercury (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color orange. keywords include: versatility, duality, with communication, intellectually, alertly, rationally, nervously. ghost(s: 1) when not caused by psycho kinetic activity (see psychonisis, in a living person (as can be the case in some poltergeist cases, these are entities that are the astral remains of deceased people stuck in the lowest levels of the spiritual planes after the death of the physical body. 2) the soul of a dead person that is bound to earth (q.v, usually to the specific locality where the person died, or to it's former home, or it's place of burial. 3) disembodied souls. ghosts, pseudo: entities similar to what

DION FORTUNE PSYCHIC SELF DEFENSE

l world to attract the attention of the inhabitants to the presence of one who stands without and would speak with them. if, however, it occurs in the presence of other symptoms of an astral attack, it would give strong evidence in confirmation of the diagnosis. inexplicable outbreaks of fire are also sometimes seen in this connection. these indicate that elemental forces, not human, are at work. poltergeist phenomena also occur, in which objects are flung about, bells rung and other noisy manifestations take place. of course there may be multiplicity of phenomena, more than one type appearing in the same case. needless to say, the possibility of some natural, material explanation must never be ignored, even in cases where the supernatural element appears most obvious. it should always be

last desperate act were photographed on the atmosphere, as it were, and suggested to her mind thoughts of self-destruction just as the ill-temper or depression of a companion will induce a similar mood in ourselves without any word spoken. another example within the sphere of my experience, although it was not actually my case, is of much interest in that it combines an example of a very definite poltergeist haunting with vampirism. 31 of 103 i was once consulted by a mental healer to whom a very curious case had been brought. some charitably disposed people had raised funds to found a home for unwanted babies, and a suitable house had been purchased on the outskirts of a village not far from london. the house had been a conspicuous bargain and they were very pleased with it. soon, however

DONALDTYSON MIRACLES

ly begins to drip with a red fluid that resembles blood. an example of an induced miracle would be the healing of the sick by the laying on of hands. holy men and women tend to be the focus for miraculous events- miracles are more often associated with saints than sinners, even when no prayer or action has been taken to induce them. indeed, holy men are to miracles what adolescent children are to poltergeist activity. they seem to act as facilitators of the wondrous events without conscious intention. this is most obvious in the case of stigmata, the spontaneous appearance of the wounds of christ on the bodies of devout religious believers. levitation and the appearance of glories or halos around the head or upper body are also common. the chronicle of christian miracles is overwhelming in

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iting, however, a revolution was starting within the ranks of psychical research. j. b. rhine, a young biologist, suggested an entirely new direction for research. psychical research, rhine noted, had relied mainly upon the studied observation of phenomena in the field, and operated by eliminating possible mundane explanations for what was occurring. investigators visited ghostly haunts, sites of poltergeist occurrences, and spiritualist seances and then developed detailed reports of what they had seen and heard. after a halfcentury, this approach eventually eliminated a good deal of fraudulent phenomena. however, psychical researchers had been unsuccessful in convincing their scholarly colleagues not only of the truth of their findings but of the validity of their efforts. even though psy

se of the powerful impact of the movies, few are aware of the fictional nature of the story, which was presented to the public as fact. the amityville house was subsequently occupied by new owners, who stated that there were no unusual phenomena whatsoever except extensive harassment from tourists. they sued the lutzes, the publisher prentice-hall, and jay anson for $1.1 million damages (see also poltergeist) sources: anson, jay. the amityville horror: a true story. englewood cliffs, n.j: prentice hall, 1977. morris, robert l. the amityville horror. the skeptical inquirer vol. 2, no. 2 (spring/summer 1978: 95.102. stein, gordon. encyclopedia of hoaxes. detroit: gale research, 1993. amniomancy divination by means of the caul, or membrane that sometimes envelopes the head of a child at birth

e medium mrs. j. h. conant believed that her pet dog and cat saw the spirits she described clairvoyantly. the dog barked and snarled; the cat arched its back, spat, and ran to hide. sir william barrett recorded the case of the montgomery sisters who saw a ghost floating across the road; their horse stopped and shook with fright. the watchdog of the rev. samuel wesley crouched in terror during the poltergeist manifestations at epworth vicarage (see epworth phenomena. in a poltergeist case on the baltic island of oesel in 1844 a number of horses were frightened by thunderous noises coming from a nearby underground vault. the case is described in robert dale owen s footfalls on the boundary of another world (1860. ernesto bozzano collected many cases (published in the annals of psychic scienc

ascetics and penitents. the saints regularly saw visions, and were attended by guardian angels, as well as being harassed by the unwelcome attention of demons, or of their master, the devil. these beliefs continued into the middle ages, when, without decreasing in vigor, they began to assume a more romantic aspect. the witch and werewolf superstitions led to many tales of animal apparitions. the poltergeist flourished in a congenial atmosphere. vampires were familiar in slavonic and african lands, and analogous beings such as the incubus and succubus were widespread throughout northern and western europe. in the northern countries, familiar spirits or goblins, similar to the roman lares, or the wicked and mischievous lemures, haunted the domestic hearth, and bestowed well-meant, but not a

n it represents, either to himself or his friends, or both. another irish spirit which foretells death is the banshee, a being which, according to legend, attaches itself to certain ancient families, and is regularly seen or heard before the death of one of its members. to the same class of spirits belong the omens of death, in the form of certain animals or birds, which follow some families. the poltergeist, whose playful manifestations must certainly be included among apparitions is suggested as another classification of these as visual, auditory, and tactile, since poltergeist hauntings.or indeed hauntings of any kind.are not confined to apparitions touching any one sense. apparitions of the virgin mary one characteristic type of apparition is the appearance of the virgin mary, who is u

. the elder child died at that moment. there is a group of cases in which only some sort of a presence is felt or a cloud of depression experienced, which becomes instantly relieved when the actual news of death arrives. phenomena of sound are often recorded in place of a visual apparition. sometimes they attempt to prove identity, imitating the professional work of the departed. they differ from poltergeist phenomena, as the latter do not coincide with death. if no definite message is conveyed, the apparition may be explained by a spirit s continued interest in earthly occupations. spiritualists often suggest that some spirits of the deceased apparently cannot adjust immediately to their new surroundings, and they may be seen for a while in favorite haunts or at their usual work, being so

paris, 1923. calmet, dom augustine. dissertations sur les apparitions des anges des demons et des espits, et sur les revenants, et vampires de hongrie, de boheme, de moravie, et de silesie. paris, 1746. reprinted as the phantom world. 2 vols. london: richard bentley, 1850. carrington, hereward. true ghost stories. london [1933. carrington, hereward, and nandor fodor. haunted people: story of the poltergeist down the centuries. new york: e. p. dutton, new american library, 1951. reprinted as the story of the poltergeist down the centuries. london: rider, 1953. clarke, edward h. visions: a study of false sight. boston, 1878. cobbe, frances power. the peak in darien. london, 1882. crosland, newton. apparitions. london, 1873. crowe, catherine. ghosts and family legends. london, 1859. the nigh

ays later it arrived, addressed to general drayson. the torn-off piece fitted in and the contents were identical. in experiments with lajos pap at the budapest metapsychical museum, chengery pap often obtained living insects, frogs, and butterflies. often they were completely dazed and motionless on arrival but recovered completely after a few minutes. apports have also frequently been noticed in poltergeist cases. in stone throwing the stones may arrive apparently through the window without breaking the glass. in the case reported in the journal of the society for psychical research (vol. 12, stones seemed to pass through the roof of a mr. grottendieck s hut in the jungle of sumatra without making a hole. they were so hot that grottendieck at first believed them to be meteorites. apport m

nother instrument, named the ashkir- jobson vibrator, was designated to produce a continuous musical tone to create a harmonious influence at seances. the vibrator was operated by clockwork, which activated an a tuning fork, sending out sonorous but subdued sound vibrations, sustained for up to three hours. encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. ashkir-jobson trianion 93 the ashtabula poltergeist the supposed cause of the extraordinary poltergeist disturbances that took place about mid-nineteenth century in the presence of a woman of ashtabula county, ohio. first of all, she became a medium on the death of her husband and produced spirit-rappings and other manifestations. then for a time she studied anatomy in marlborough, and afterward returned to her home in austinburg, where

ks around the spirits of men, who must advance from the lower to the higher. asipu priests of ancient mesopotamia (see also semites) asmodeus ancient persian demon of lust and rage who also appeared in ancient jewish folklore, where he was believed to cause strife between husband and wife. he is mentioned in the book of tobit ca. 250 b.c.e, where he attempts to cause trouble between the ashtabula poltergeist encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 94 tobias and his wife, sarah. jewish legends claim that asmodeus was the result of a union between the woman naamah and a fallen angel. asmodeus was often represented in magical texts as having three heads.a man, a bull, and a ram, riding a dragon, and carrying a spear. directions for evoking this demon are contained in the well-known

regularity, deviation from the common or natural order, exception condition or circumstance, and anomalous phenomena cover a wide field of the paranormal as well as fortean phenomena, including altered states of consciousness, apparitions, electronic voice phenomenon, extrasensory perception, falls, firewalking, healing, hypnosis, levitation, ley lines, metal bending, out-of-the-body experiences, poltergeists, telepathy, ufos, etc. assap, an integrating body with no corporate views, discouraged dogmatism while it adopted a scientific approach at all times. it did not wish to replace existing organizations in the field but rather support and encourage them. it published assap newsletter. its quarterly journal, common ground, ceased publication in 1984. last known address: 30 south row, lond

tional headquarters is at merschstrasse 49, d-4715 ascheberg 2, germany. atreya, bhikhan lal (1897.1967) professor of philosophy at banaras hindu university, india. dr. atreya made a special study of the yogavasishtha, an important hindu mystical scripture, and wrote several books about it. he also wrote on parapsychology in the journal of the banaras hindu university. he took special interest in poltergeist phenomena and reincarnation and assisted the researches of prof. ian stevenson into certain cases suggestive of reincarnation. attunement attunement is a spiritual healing technique developed in the early 1930s by lloyd meeker (d. 1954. it appears that in the 1920s he had come across some forms of magnetic healing which launched his own speculations concerning the nature of spiritual h

sociation, an honorary member of societa italiana di parapsicologia, and a corresponding member of the society for psychical research, london. a distinguished parapsychologist who wrote a number of books and articles on a wide range of subjects including esp, psychokinesis, mediumship, spontaneous phenomena, and spiritual healing, bender was best known in the englishspeaking world for his work on poltergeists, about which he has authored a number of papers. the institute fur grenzgebiete der psychologie und psychohygiene houses a large library relating to border areas of psychology. the library is administered by the university library of freiburg, and the address of the institute is: eichhalde 12, d-7800 freiburg im breisgau, germany. sources: bender, hans. new developments in poltergeist

the time, blackmore was reading physiology and psychology at oxford university, england. she became convinced that in spite of the vivid feeling of reality that accompanies the experience, there should be an acceptable explanation within terms of normal physiology and psychology, and that such an explanation might also explain other claimed paranormal phenomena such as esp, psychokinesis, ghosts, poltergeists, and near-death experiences. blackmore conducted many experiments to test a general theory of psi, which proposed that psi and memory are aspects of the same process. in the case of obes, she suggested that when an individual s cognitive system is disturbed and loses input control, its normal reality construct is replaced with one drawing upon memory. this might explain the intense se

an adequate investigation has been made, hoaxing has been detected. there are so many ways in which even amateurs have produced a seemingly spectacular flow of blood, that bleeding statues appear to hold within conservative roman catholic circles much the same position that materialization phenomena hold within spiritualism. apart from obvious hoaxing, the most common explanations relate them to poltergeists and/or psychokinetic occurrences. the marked increase of phenomena such as the apparitions of the virgin mary and the bleeding and weeping statues and icons, the reports of which have primarily circulated in roman catholic circles, have been discussed in new age circles as a further sign of the coming changes in human consciousness that many expect. benjamin creme, the head of share i

ording to the irving family, who lived at cashen s gap, this creature ate rabbits, spoke in various languages, learned nursery rhymes, and imitated other animals and birds. the case was investigated personally by harry price in company with r. s. lambert (then editor of the radio magazine the listener, but the animal refused to manifest until after they had left. the case may have been related to poltergeist phenomena, since voirrey irving, the 13-year-old daughter in the family, was closely associated with the manifestations of the talking mongoose. price failed to detect any evidence of fraud. the case was also investigated by dr. nandor fodor, then chief research officer of the international institute for psychical research. he interviewed several witnesses, some hostile to the phenomen

the family, was closely associated with the manifestations of the talking mongoose. price failed to detect any evidence of fraud. the case was also investigated by dr. nandor fodor, then chief research officer of the international institute for psychical research. he interviewed several witnesses, some hostile to the phenomenon, but the evidence to support it proved strong. fodor did not accept a poltergeist explanation and suggested half seriously that gef may have been a mongoose that had learned to talk. many years later, after the whole affair had died down, a strange unidentified animal was killed in the district. some suggested that it might have been gef. sources: price, harry h, and r. s. lambert. the haunting of cashen s gap. london, 1936. cassadaga cassadaga, a spiritualist camp

she succeeded in producing a brown liquid in an empty bottle that had been sealed previously by the court. speechless with astonishment, the court acquitted her. in the case of mary jobson, water sprang up unaccountably through the floor and was sprinkled in the room. previously a voice was heard calling upon the angels to perform the demonstration. such water sprinkling is frequently observed in poltergeist cases. thomas p. barkas published an account of interesting observations in the british newspaper newcastle chronicle in 1874. he witnessed water production in a private seance circle in both the dark and the daylight. during the seance a planchette and the surface of the table were covered, in less than a minute, by water drops. he placed his hat, crown downward near the center of the

own person with all the fury of madness; after which she would recover her senses for a time, when it was supposed the demons quitted her, but only to return with greater frenzy, which took place a short time previous to her death. according to mr. dennys, the most common form of chinese ghost story is that wherein the ghost seeks to bring to justice the murderer who shuffled off its mortal coil. poltergeists were not uncommon in china, and several cases of their occurrence were recorded by the jesuit missionaries of the eighteenth century in cochin china. symbolism there are numerous mysteries of meaning in the strange symbols, characters, personages, birds, and beasts that adorn all species of chinese art objects. for example, a rectangular chinese vase is feminine, representing the crea

ish television and later aired on programs in the united states and other countries. the series was supported by books containing additional material not in the television programs. in both books and television programs, clarke and his collaborators express a considerable skepticism, although granting a limited probability to certain claimed paranormal phenomena such as apparitions, maledictions, poltergeists, telepathy, stigmata, and fire walking. however, the great value of books and programs lay in the scrutiny of recent phenomena instead of simply a rehash of old material, and in the television programs rare early movie records of phenomena were shown together with recently filmed events. both books and television programs therefore constitute a useful record of research, and even thei

aving a connection with light and with the sun, probably because of the redness of his comb and the fiery sheen of his plumage, or perhaps because he heralds the day. it is the cock who daily wakens the heroes in the scandinavian asgard (see alectromancy) cockatrice another name for the fabulous and deadly reptilian monster known as the basilisk. cock lane ghost widely discussed disturbances of a poltergeist in 1762 at a house on cock lane, smithfield, in london, england. they were attributed to the restless spirit of a mrs. kent, a former resident of the house, and communications were received through raps that she was murdered by her husband. the accused party retorted that an attempt was being made to blackmail him. dr. samuel johnson, assisted by the reverend douglas, later bishop of s

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ough j. z. knight. in the process of developing as a channel, torres had visited knight, and as mafu emerged, many people noted the similarity between his speech characteristics and gestures and those of ramtha. mafu described himself as a 32,000-year-old being who had incarnated on earth 17 different times. he began to manifest through torres in 1986. torres s attention had been occupied by some poltergeist activity, in which objects spontaneously flew around the room. she was then told by another channel, pam davis, that a master named mafu wished to speak through her. the very next day mafu first spoke to torres and instructed her how to use a crystal to heal her son, who was sick with pneumonia. later that year, in davis s home, torres began to channel, though it was not mafu who spoke

search involving the body, mind and those forces and phenomena acting upon the health, education and welfare of mankind. areas of study include biocommunication, biocybernetics, biophysics, psychophysiology, educational development, cancer research and mind-body developments. it is located at 1315 apple ave, silver spring, md 20910. manning, matthew (1955) british psychic, whose phenomena include poltergeist, apports, automatic writing, telepathy, precognition, and psychic art. manning was born august 17, 1955; and at the age of 11, he was the center of a poltergeist disturbance at the family home in shelford, cambridge, england, which involved repeated knocking and the movement of scores of small articles. after several weeks, the phenomena subsided but returned about a year later, accomp

chool, where heavy beds were moved, and knives, nails, electric light bulbs, and other objects were sent flying through the air. showers of pebbles and pools of water manifested, and strange lights ap- mandrake encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 974 peared on walls. one day, while writing an essay in his study, manning found himself involved in automatic writing, at which time the poltergeist phenomena ceased. since then he has regularly received hundreds of communications apparently from deceased individuals, some in languages unknown to him, including italian, german, greek, latin, russian, and arabic. following upon the automatic writing, he produced psychic art in the manner of thomas bewick, thomas rowlandson, aubrey beardsley, paul keel, henri matisse, picasso, and ot

. in december 1977 manning announced that henceforth he preferred to be described as a mentalist instead of a psychic. this statement came after three years of worldwide publicity as the western world s most gifted psychic, on the same day that manning appeared on the russell harty independent television talk show in london. the show included filmed accounts from three first-hand witnesses of the poltergeist phenomena that surrounded manning as a schoolboy. during the program he demonstrated automatic drawing and attempted telepathy tests. he also stated: i believe also that a lot of people who are doing debunking in the name of science are merely forming a religion of their own, which i call humanism. they believe there is no more to life than everything they can perceive physically, ther

tal work in esp, and he continued his interest in laboratory investigation of psychic phenomena. he joined the society for psychical research, london. he was a guest researcher at the parapsychology laboratory of duke university, durham, north carolina (1951.52. he has investigated the relationship between subjects and agents in esp testing and the psychological aspects of conditions favorable to poltergeists, using psychological testing techniques. sources: pleasants, helene, ed. biographical dictionary of parapsychology. new york: helix press, 1964. marshall, mary (1842.1884) the first british professional medium, through whom both sir william crookes and alfred russel wallace obtained their introduction to the phenomena of spiritualism. her manifestations consisted of raps, movements, a

who collaborated in all his investigations, visited germany, austria, and poland and had sittings with many of the best psychics on the continent. in warsaw they sat with the materializing medium franek kluski and secured plaster casts of materialized hands, which they brought to london. these casts were the only ones in england at the time. they also brought maria silbert of graz, austria, and a poltergeist medium to the college for experimental work. a devoted spiritualist, mckenzie had no scientific training. characterized by a strong, assertive personality, he was known to cover up evidence of fraud when he discovered it. mckenzie had a deep interest in physical mediumship in all its aspects and a profound knowledge of the conditions necessary for good results. on many occasions he was

e development of mediumship, though the peculiar form the mediumship may take and the ideas mediums espouse may show differences across national boundaries. these differences seem more related to social training than to any inherent aspect of mediumship. puberty seems to have a peculiar significance. in old chronicles, prepubescent children were mentioned as the best subjects for crystal reading. poltergeist cases mostly occur in the presence of young girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 16. hereward carrington, in a paper on the sexual aspect of mediumship presented at the first international congress for psychical research in copenhagen in 1921, speculated that the sexual energies that are blossoming into maturity within the body may, instead of taking their normal course, be someho

york, ny 10019. both versions illustrate the death day feast, as well as the history and folklore of mexico. an earlier short, death day, made from eisenstein s material was released in cinemas in 1934. until his death in 1950, enrique o. aragon, a mexian physician, and dean of the universidad nacional autonoma de mexico, set out to investigate claims of paranormal activities, including those of poltergeists. he worked not only to clarify the phenomena, but also to expose fraud. organizations dedicated to the study of parapsychology and the paranormal are limited throughout mexico and central america. those in mexico are: sociedad mexicana de parapsicologia, at apartado 12-699, 03000 mexico, d.f, mexico; the instituto latinoamericano de psicologia paranormal, at apartado postal 156, san j

ropping melted lead or tin into water. interpretations depended upon the psychic ability of the diviner, much as in tasseography (divination by tea leaves. a related system of divination was ceroscopy (or ceromancy, in which molten wax was dripped into water and interpreted in a similar way. mompesson, john (ca. 1662) magistrate at tedworth, wiltshire, england, in 1661 whose home was disturbed by poltergeist phenomena (see drummer of tedworth) the monaciello the monaciello, or little monk, was a spirit who seems to have lived exclusively in and around naples in southern italy. although the precise place is not known, it is supposed to have been in the remains of abbeys and monasteries. when the monaciello appeared to mortals, it was always at the dead of night, and then only to the most de

her movements and that of the objects. she could attract and remove pieces of furniture, cause them to rise into the air or drop to the floor by a corresponding motion of her hands. however, this was an exceptional phenomenon at her seances. usually mediums profess an inability to account for the movement of objects because they do not know in advance what is going to happen. in the cases of both poltergeists and apparitions, spontaneous telekinetic phenomena have been witnessed. joseph maxwell obtained good phenomena with nonprofessional mediums in public restaurants in daylight. a miss cleio made pictures swing out on the wall in the rooms of the hellenic society for psychical research in full light before dozens of invited guests. difficult operations the effect of these telekinetic man

s belonging to her husband disappear in daylight in the house and reappear days later in exactly the same place. yolande, d esperance s control, often performed similar feats. in the presence of eleonore zugun, objects vanished for an indeterminate period. her patron the countess wassilko- serecki coined the vivid phrase holes in the world to describe the effect (harry price, some accounts of the poltergeist phenomena of eleonore zugun journal of the american society of psychical research, august 1926. the disappearance usually involves no injury. in experiments with the medium thomas lynn at the british college of psychic science, watches frequently vanished from sight without showing harm or stoppage on their reappearance (psychic science, vol. 8, no. 2, july 1929. with the austrian medi

advantage of the cantilever theory is its simplicity. for that very reason it only explained an initial stage of telekinetic phenomena. but the theory has many weaknesses, chiefly the later discovery of the fraudulent production of the phenomena in the circle in which he made all of his initial observations. also, crawford s theory does not explain movement without contact in haunted houses or in poltergeist cases, and the levitation of the human body, all of which apparently demand a different theory. charles richet suggested that telekinetic phenomena constitute the first stage of materialization which may be called mechanization. when phantom hands or whole bodies are formed, the presence of a separate dynamic organism is suggested. such a body would be created at the expense of the med

na (magazine) bimonthly magazine published during the 1970s that included articles, interviews, and other material relating to occultism and psi phenomena. it was issued from painesville, ohio. occultism a collective term for the various doctrines, theories, ideas, and principles believed to underlie and hold together the practices of magic, and related topics such as alchemy, demonology, ghosts, poltergeists, prediction, psychic powers, spells, and spiritualism. the term the occult is often used synonymously with occultism. the term is most frequently used by those who oppose the existence of magic or the work of its practitioners. it is sometimes viewed as a derogatory label, and many involved in occultism have preferred other labels such as new age. occult observer (magazine) british jo

his colleagues saw significant methodological flaws in his work. the objections of james braid, a british surgeon, who at this time advanced his theory of suggestion, were ignored by the protagonists of od. years later when spiritualism had established itself in america, there remained a group of rational defenders of the movement, who attributed the phenomena of spiritualism as well as those of poltergeist to the action of odylic force. others, such as samuel guppy, regarded the so-called spirit intelligences producing the manifestations as compounded of odic vapors emanating from the medium, and probably connected with an all-pervading thought-atmosphere.an idea sufficiently like the cosmic fluid of the early magnetists. reichenbach s odic force clearly had possible relevance to psychic

ide, 1923. occultism of the present day. london, 1922. office of paranormal investigations the office of paranormal investigations (opi) is an organization focused upon scientific research on spontaneous occurrences of psi phenomena, an area abandoned by most contemporary parapsychologists who concentrate on repeatable laboratory results. of primary concern are sightings of ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, for which the office provides consulting services, especially to people who have been disturbed by such phenomena occurring in their homes or place of business. though aware of the problems of proving scientifically the phenomena with which it is primarily concerned, opi personnel attempt to assist people in understanding what is happening and if possible take steps to remove it. mos

phenomena with which it is primarily concerned, opi personnel attempt to assist people in understanding what is happening and if possible take steps to remove it. most on-site investigations occur in the san francisco bay area, but opi associates are located across the united states. founder and head of opi is lloyd auerbach, best known for his writings, including three books, esp, hauntings and poltergeists( 1986, psychic dreaming (1991, and mind over matter (1996, and his regular column in fate magazine. auerbach is a graduate of northwestern university (b.a, 1978) and jfk university (m.s. in parapsychology, 1981. since 1983 he has been an adjunct professor at jfk university. he served as the president of the california society for psychical research for four years (1988.1992, and in 19

ofessional magicians association and a parapsychological research organization. he founded the office of paranormal investigations in 1989. opi publishes a monthly newsletter, invisible signals. it maintains an internet site at http//www.mindreader.com. the office has no physical facilities but may be contacted through its website or telephone hotline. sources: auerbach, lloyd. esp, hauntings and poltergeists. new york: warner books, 1986. mind over matter. new york: kennsington books, 1996. psychic dreaming. new york: warner books, 1991. office of paranormal investigations. http/ www.mindreader.com. may 20, 2000. official ufo (magazine) newsstand magazine, published nine times per year during the 1980s, that included articles, photographs, charts, and other information relating to extrate

2, and in 1962 became director of research at american society for psychical research. he was a council member of the parapsychological association and served as its president for one term (1961.62. at duke university from 1951.1957, he worked with j. b. rhine and explored the relationship between esp and psychokinesis, precognition, and psi between men and animals. in 1958, osis investigated the poltergeist phenomena at seaford, long island, n.y, and concluded the facts did not support a paranormal explanation. his report was published in the march-april 1958 newsletter of the parapsychology foundation. among his studies were those concerning the effect of distance on esp and the relationship between meditation and esp. before moving to the american society for psychical research he began

948. after graduation he became a research fellow at trinity college, cambridge (1948.52) and met c. d. broad, who kindled owen s interest in parapsychology. owen also met and, in 1952, married iris may pepper. he joined and became president of the cambridge society for psychical research, and was a council member of the society for psychical research. while at cambridge, he conducted research on poltergeist. the published results, can we explain the poltergeist, received the 1964 award from the parapsychology foundation as the best book of the year. owen later moved to canada where he taught genetics and mathematics at the university of toronto. he cofounded with his wife, iris owen, the new horizons research foundation in toronto and the toronto society for psychical research. before mov

ssfully tried the metal-bending phenomenon popularized by uri geller. electroencephalograph recordings revealed significant movements toward theta and delta frequencies prior to manning bending metal objects. owen retired in 1988. sources: berger, arthur s, and joyce berger. the encyclopedia of parapsychology and psychical research. new york: paragon house, 1991. owen, a. r. g, can we explain the poltergeist? new york: garrett publications, 1964. hysteria, hypnosis, and healing. 1971. psychic mysteries of canada. new york: harper& row, 1975. owen, a. r. g, j. p. rindge, and w. cook. an investigation of psychic photography with the beilleux family. new horizons (1972. owen, a.r.g. and j. whitton. proceedings of the first canadian conference on psychokinesis. new horizons (1975. pleasants, h

inson& co, 1924. owen, george vale, and h. a. dallas. the nurseries of heaven (1920. owen, iris m. nurse and psychical researcher. as a registered nurse and volunteer in social work, owen became a member of the governing board of schools and chairperson of governors of an approved school for delinquent boys. in 1962, she married parapsychologist alan robert george owen. they shared an interest in poltergeist phenomena. she moved to canada in the 1960s and became secretary of the toronto society for psychical research. owen also assisted her husband s work at the new horizons research foundation, toronto. in the early 1970s, she led the philip experiment. a group of people sitting as a seance circle created a fictitious figure whom they named philip and who then began to manifest physical p

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n eighteen years old, expressed no interest in such things; his interests were in electronics and occasional use of hallucinogens. thus, shell was surprised and skeptical when mark began speaking of contact he was beginning to experience with what he called an entity that gave him certain things in exchange for periodic occupation of his physical body. around this time shell and his wife observed poltergeistlike manifestations in their apartment. these experiences led shell to be more open-minded about mark s claims. mark confided that the entity was a multidimensional energy being. it extended across the entire universe, though by force of will it could focus on a particular place for purposes of communication. it never explained why it sought such contacts, but mark came to sense that it

amage and screeched out threats. according to irving, gef said, if you are kind to me, i will bring you good luck. if you are not kind, i shall kill all your poultry. i can get them wherever you put them. the family decided to do its best to get along with its strange guest. asked who he was, gef first identified himself as a ghost in the form of a weasel but later denied that he was a ghost or a poltergeist. he was highly temperamental, his behavior unpredictable, his speech often profane. the family left food out for him. he ate the same food as the daughter, a detail that skeptics would later remark on. in return, he would provide the irvings with dead rabbits that would show up on the doorstep. the rabbits appeared to have been strangled rather than bitten to death. as gef became known

serve in clay were not at all like a mongoose s or, for that matter, any known animal s. over time, so the irvings related, gef s visitations became rarer and rarer. by 1938 or so he was heard from for the last time. by then the whole outlandish affair had fallen into obscurity. it was too much even for the most sensationalistic newspapers; and parapsychologists, who first took it to be an exotic poltergeist case, did not know what to make of it. the only precedent for something like gef was a witch s familiar (an animal form in which witches are sometimes said to appear, and on the isle of man in the 1930s, belief in witchcraft had largely passed. though investigators looked carefully for it, only one caught the irvings in anything that looked like suspect activity. from the beginning, sk

e from getting married. how could i ever tell a man s family about what happened? she complained bitterly that gef made me meet people i didn t want to meet. then they said i was mental or a ventrilo- 110 gef quist. believe me, if i was that good i would jolly well be making money from it now (mcgraw, 1970. further reading carrington, hereward, and nandor fodor, 1951. haunted people: story of the poltergeist down the centuries. new york: e. p. dutton and company. harris, melvin, 1983. the mongoose that talked and lost for words. in peter brookesmith, ed. open files, 19 27. london: orbis publishing. mcgraw, walter, 1970. gef the talking mongoose. 30 years later. fate 23, 7 (july: 74 82. wilkins, harold t, 1952. history of the talking mongoose. fate 5, 4 (june: 58 69. germane germane channel

pt, rejected by some anomalists who insist that the objects of their investigations whether ufos or unknown animals such as sasquatch or the loch ness monster are simply so far undocumented aspects of this universe or planet. to its proponents, however, the goblin universe is a deeply mysterious, elusive place. the late f. w. holiday called it a hall of distorting mirrors. it will not be ignored. poltergeists often throw objects at utter skeptics. members of the phantom menagerie appear in front of bored cops who want only to scribble their daily reports and go home. ufos swoop over cities like washington, rome and london to thumb their noses at bureaucrats. like it or lump it, we are all in that damned hall of mirrors (holiday, 1986. see also: fairies encountered further reading holiday

ge press, 1988. memories of tomorrow. new york: dolphin/doubleday. oints oints are other intelligences in an acronym coined by maverick biologist and anomalist ivan t. sanderson. to sanderson oints are any beings that are on earth but are not human. he did not confine his definition simply to extraterrestrial visitors, who in his view are only one among a variety of beings present on this planet. poltergeists invisible, destructive spirits are one kind of oint. so are the entities who, so he theorized in invisible residents (1970, dwell under the oceans, occasionally snatching ships, planes, and their crews in places such as the bermuda triangle( could there have evolved a technological civilization. underwater? i am afraid i have to say that. there is no logical reason for stating that th

york: viking press. williamson, george hunt, 1959. road in the sky. london: neville spearman. philip philip is an imaginary entity said to have been given a degree of physical reality when a toronto-based parapsychological group consciously invented him. he was part of an experiment intended to demonstrate that mental energies can create the sorts of entities reported in spiritualist s ances and poltergeist episodes. in september 1972, members of the toronto society for psychical research invented philip, laying out a detailed personal biography. a pro-royal aristocrat during england s civil war, philip fell in love with a gypsy woman but lost her when authorities tried and burned her at the stake as a witch. his failure to find a way to save her filled him with guilt and grief and preven

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a basic idea of how a psychic attack may be accomplished, however, things are never as simple as they seem. there are four distinct forms of psychic attack. psychic static this form of attack could probably be better understood as unconscious thought projection. it usually originates from someone you have known for quite a while, and is more intense when this person is under stress. many cases of poltergeist activity can be attributed to psychic static, and can be traced to a teenager with emotional problems. in cases of psychic static, the originator usually has no knowledge of what is happening, the force is being projected unconsciously along the primary astral threads or links the unknowing perpetrator possesses. this form of attack most commonly causes headaches and minor mental distu

ibuted to psychic static, and can be traced to a teenager with emotional problems. in cases of psychic static, the originator usually has no knowledge of what is happening, the force is being projected unconsciously along the primary astral threads or links the unknowing perpetrator possesses. this form of attack most commonly causes headaches and minor mental disturbances, while in extreme cases poltergeist activity and sympathetic emotional reactions (including pain) have been noted. gnostic theurgy page 177 psychic draining this sort of psychic attack happens when you open to too many people. the result of such unreserved openness is a feeling of exhaustion and loss of energy. this form of psychic attack occurs regularly, far more than we care to admit. there are more emotional and psyc

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outs& other minor but annoying problems. after a second set deadline, the servitor began to replicate itself, so that the confusion field generated was intensified. as soon as the recipient of the servitor returned the property he had been withholding from it.s owner, the servitors ceased to function. evidence of the servitors. action- the intensification of minor problems escalating into strange poltergeist-type phenomenon, was gathered by talking to associates of the target. viral servitors are particularly appropriate for long-term enchantments, such as increasing the probability of one.s magic being successful, or being used in healing& general protection workings. servitor design sequence 1. define general intent the first step in designing a servitor is to decide the general sphere o

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rgy. the ritual of the adversary, in conjunction with the lord's prayer averse (used in certain luciferian covens to summon the devil-cain) provides a powerful foundation for self-deification in the witches sabbat gnossiirish witchcraft and demonology by st. john d. seymour, b.d [1913] this is a survey of the witch persecution in ireland, as well as a wide array of other paranormal events such as poltergeists, ghosts, apparations and even an early ufo account. very readable, yet well documented, this book has the extensive and fascinating quotes from historical source documents. seymour proposes that the witch-craze was more muted in ireland than elsewhere in europe. relatively speaking, there appear to have been fewer cases in ireland. this doesn't mean that the consequences were any less

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reached as far as the eye could see; a drift of black snow. on the fifth a cloud of black flies appeared over gusboro, nova scotia; took over half an hour to pass. according to the new york times, a woman was killed in 1880 in a closed room which nobody had entered. explanations were that she had been killed by lightning, but bedposts were chopped as by a hatchet. there seems almost always to be poltergeist activity in england, but an especially cirulent (sic) case broke out in october, 1880. the year 1880 was in the midst of what we have chosen to call the years of the comets. there were six comets in the skies of 1880. the 19th century as a whole showed increasing activity in comet discovery, and in the number of bright comets. in part this can be attributed to increasing interest in te

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es of pk pk, the abreviation for psychokinesis, is the active or sending side of psychic phenomena. the theory here is that psychic force is sent out from the individual. examples of pk include: 1) telepathic sender- the transmitter in the telepathy just discussed. 2) psychokinesis (or telekinesis) proper- the ability to move objects by means of psychic force. 3) somewhat along the same lines are poltergeist (noisy ghost) phenomena in which objects move of their own accord or noises are heard. there is always a human agent involved- frequently a teenage girl- who appears to be the source of psychic energy. 4) psychic healing- the ability to heal various illnesses and infirmities. there are many documented cases of this. usually it involves a healer and a subject, although there are recent

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nd magical groups for further reading: the gnostic order and temple of satanas official international website. http//www.satanist.net/northernstar. goblins in contemporary english, goblin connotes an evil spirit, sort of a small demon. originally goblins were a grotesque tribe of fairies who delighted in frightening people with malicious pranks, such as the kinds of activities one associates with poltergeists. they could, however, also be helpful around a house, in the same way that brownies could be helpful. the expanded term hobgoblin was originally reserved for helpful goblins. however, perhaps because the puritans used goblin and hobgoblin to designate evil spirits, both words eventually acquired demonic connotations. see also demons for further reading: guiley, rosemary ellen. the enc

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and the greatest. seek thy way through that which is, into that which you desire or think it should be, for the day of great mutation is always at hand. for the chosen. there is a supernal prolepsis given to those who sublimate their desire towards beauty as final pragmatism. there are many ultimates but all sublimate into auto-ego. i..1 2 z 'w"d..1 2 @f65: o 2 p "d, 5..q become its own laughing poltergeist c wisdom is a stasis, knowledge is ever-reforming, changing, never completing. what am i? i am all i have remembered summarized as form, for i was once allness and absolute. what is ego? that which i have united emotively of my past to things. what is the world of environment? my past and future selves, seen and unseen. what does it all mean? whatever i desire it to mean when necessary

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offerings to promote luck. while the restless and unhappy dead the lemures are replaced by the redcaps and require an equally earnest propitiation to ward of evil. boggart the boggart is most commonly found in the counties of yorkshire and lancashire, its name appears in places such as boggart's clough and boggart's hole in lancashire. boggarts were mischievous spirits responsible for mishaps and poltergeist activity within the home and in the countryside. they would rearrange furniture, break pots and generally be blamed for 'things that go bump in the night. they were often found attached to families and could be helpful within the household until they were insulted in some way. boggarts had the ability to shape-shift, and sometimes appeared in the form of animals. if offerings were left

to families and could be helpful within the household until they were insulted in some way. boggarts had the ability to shape-shift, and sometimes appeared in the form of animals. if offerings were left out for them they would not cause trouble. the supposed ghosts of people were also called boggarts, and the word may be have been used to explain any strange phenomena in the past. an outbreak of poltergeist activity on a farm above oldham in lancashire was attributed to a boggart and there are several such stories, some of which we will outline in the future. brownies a widespread name for a fairy or supernatural creature, they were small in appearance and wore brown coloured clothing. like many mischievous spirits they were thought to be attached to houses or families and could be helpfu

there are several such stories, some of which we will outline in the future. brownies a widespread name for a fairy or supernatural creature, they were small in appearance and wore brown coloured clothing. like many mischievous spirits they were thought to be attached to houses or families and could be helpful in menial household tasks. if offended they became malignant and mischievous, creating poltergeist activity and generally making a nuisance of themselves. to get rid of brownies all you had to do is leave them a new cloak and hood, they would take it and never be seen again. the brownies were found in both england and scotland as far as the shetland isles. red caps, dunters& powries the red cap is one of the most dangerous supernatural creatures said to haunt the castles and watchto

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hich underlies the practice. the art of fascination, in itself an integral part of all witchcraft, can take many forms, ranging from the simple matter of "binding" someone (enforcing one's will, to the more exotic and difficult practices such as the "binding" of animals (snake charming, and control of physical phenomena like the gathering or splitting up of clouds (weather working) and controlled poltergeist phenomena (smashing windows, levitating ashtrays, etc. the human body radiates energy, which forms an egg-shaped cocoon about it which modern occultists call the aura. exactly what the nature of this energy is and where it comes from we don't know; the prevalent theory among witches is that it is produced via the nervous system. it is known variously by the names od, odyle, magnetism

to know some of the signs which can prove to be sure indicators that some form of definite occult attack is in operation against you. apart from unpleasant vibrations and general miasmas of hostility or fear, the symptoms of a magical attack can range from extremely severe, recurrent nightmares, through runs of unbelievably bad luck, psychosomatic disturbances and allergies, often accompanied by poltergeist manifestations, to outright cases of lunacy or even sudden death. in the case of the latter, even countermagic won't avail you much. of course, all of these things, bar the poltergeist phenomena, can, and in the case of the nonwitch, generally do have a definitely nonoccult basis. as such, it is always best to consult a regular doctor or psychiatrist before automatically assuming any f

varying degrees of pungency, usually fetid in the case of an attack. in fact, all the signs of a "bad trip" without an occasioning drug or naturally occurring personality disorder. should you be fortunate or unfortunate enough to also possess free-floating witch power of the type manifested by so-called materializing mediums, then you will also begin to be the target of such apparently malicious poltergeist phenomena as disappearing objects, mysterious breakages, inexplicable outbreaks of fire and the like. all the signs of a traditional haunting, in fact. persistent runs of misfortune are often taken to be signs of a well-lodged curse, but they are more often than not self-inflicted by the victim's own deep mind for some devious reason, as already mentioned in chapter 2. of course, if yo

hould you know that either you or your enemy is particularly gifted as a materializing medium, you should also take the precaution of placing a small saucer of very dilute nitric acid or vinegar in every room at the time you expect the attack to take place. the acetic solution seems to have the power of absorbing alien witch power in some manner, and thus preventing unpleasant materializations or poltergeist phenomena. if you haven't the time or wherewithal to do this for some reason, an old standby is to halve some onions and place a newly cut half in every room; this appears to have a similar effect. don't make the supreme mistake of eating the onions afterwards, though. get rid of them immediately! finally, should someone come to you with a suspected attack and be unable or unwilling to

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f the sorcerer who originally summoned them. the magick of solomon and the nature of his work point clearly to this danger. daemons which are bound to the earth generally exist between the astral and living world, jumping from one to the other. their will remains intact as well as much of their personality. over a period of time these spirits will gradually fade from existence, subsisting only as poltergeists or other such nearly harmless shades until oblivion claims them. this is the prime difference between qlippothic and 'outer' spirits and earth bound 'ghosts. the danger which comes from earth bound black magickians who leave their flesh in death is that the possibility of becoming a vampire is imminent. vampire spirits exist between both worlds just as ghosts and such, however their p

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ch are exploitative and gratuitous and which generate deviant messages aboutthe nature of satanism. the famous black and white classic horror movies (dracula, themummy, the werewolf, and invisible man, etc, the b movies of the 50s and 60s, and theserpents in the streets98atlantis, alien visitation, and genetic manipulation slasher or occult movies (the exorcist, friday 13th, halloween, evil dead, poltergeist, theshining, etc) of more recent times, are perfect examples of their artifice. along with certainpopular genres of music which have occult themes and imagery (which may appear anti-chris-tian, these films and their creators are, in actual fact, surreptitiously funded by the v atican (alsoby the jesuits and the illuminati) via the record companies, marketing agents, and publicityhouses

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cific magical practices still preserved and undertaken today in american indian, siberian, and other chthonic traditions. these are more than mere curiosities or primitive ignorance, for they often contain profoundly effective techniques of inner or transpersonal transformation. despite the discussion published by andrew lang, comparing fairy lore and the second sight to psychic phenomena such as poltergeists, mediumship and so forth, there are some major differences between the ancient traditions of seership and the quite modern concepts of spiritualism. as kirk himself covered many of these areas very clearly, they will appear to the reader either in his words, or in my commentary upon certain key aspects of his text. but at this introductory stage introduction 7 it must be stated that t

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e wish to draw from one magician's past working and do not mind the symbolism involved. aleister crowley himself speaks in terms of the light of the universe, the fluidic essence of light, and the life of the universe. the majority of people have heard of the great tunnels of light experienced by those who have undergone near death experiences (nde) or at a minimum have seen the little psychic in poltergeist urging the departed to "pass into the light [she might be a pleasant enough person in real life, but her character was a thoroughly obnoxious one] the theory of that initiate, whose magical diary is extant, is that the light is the sensed and visual (to the mind's eye) representation of cosmic energy, mindless and mechanical, as the diabolicon paints it. if such is indeed the case, i w

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advance the understanding of psychic phenomena, with emphasis on scientific research. with its laboratories, offices, library and archive, it offers extensive topics in parapsychology, such as extrasensory perception (esp, telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition (pk, psychokinesis, out of body experiences (obes, near death experiences (nde s, survival after death, reincarnation, and apparitions and poltergeists. there is also an on-line research section where one can fill out a questionnaire to participate in current research linked with the department of psychology at the state university of west georgia. sources: american society for psychical research, inc. http//www.aspr. com. 15 october 2001. spiritualists believe in the reality of the guide as a spiritual entity apart from the medium

disciplines are not about to scrap everything, and many of them feel that the best method of avoiding the research statistics compiled by psychical researchers is to insist upon the requirements demanded of all conventional sciences (1) that they produce controlled and repeatable experiments (2) that they develop a hypothesis comprehensive enough to include all psychic phenomena from telepathy to poltergeists, from water dowsing to spirit contact. the difficulties in fulfilling these requirements can be immediately grasped when one considers how impossible it would be to repeat, for example, the apparition of a man s father as it appeared to him at the moment of his father s death. this sort of crisis apparition occurs only at death, and the man s father is going to die only once. the grea

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culture on planet earth that does not have its ghost stories. paleolithic cave paintings depicting the human body surviving physical death indicate that this belief is many thousands of years old. in this chapter the universality of accounts of the manifestation of ghostly entities is explored. 1 chapter exploration ghostly beings animal spirits apparitions autoscopy ghosts of the living phantoms poltergeists spirits of the dead spooklights famous haunted houses and places bell witch s cave borley rectory calvados castle epworth rectory general wayne inn the gray man of hinton ampner myrtles plantation the tedworth drummer the whaley house ghosts in the movies spontaneous human combustion (shc) introduction aghost is believed to be a physical manifestation of the surviving spirit of a pers

independent life force that has enabled them to continue to exist within the context of a specific battlefield, the ruins of a burned building, or the shadowed places in a hospital corridor. in this chapter the many categories of ghosts and phantoms will be explored, such as apparitions of the dead, the possibility of animal spirits, the phenomenon of spooklights, and the disrupting energy of the poltergeist, a noisy, rambunctious ghost. in addition, the details of such classic hauntings as the bell witch s cave, the borley rectory, the whaley house, and the myrtle plantation will be examined. a gallup poll conducted in may 2001 revealed that 38 percent of americans surveyed believed in the existence of ghosts. responding to another question in the same survey, 42 percent of the respondent

hunting for fear of tarnishing their shields of objectivity. and since ghosts are allegedly spirits of the once-living who have survived physical death, many scientists wish to avoid what they believe to be areas that transgress into abstract and esoteric elements of faith and religion. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 2 ghosts and phantoms poltergeist movie (the kobal collection) but however relentlessly science strives to ignore the evidence for ghosts or to deny the existence of a life after death, the more popular ghost stories seem to become among the general public. the more that science seeks to demystify the world, the more that average people wish to retain a sense of mystery and wonder through belief in ghosts and the super

some time of crisis most often that of physical death and usually appears only once. in the records of parapsychology and psychical research there are also accounts of experimental cases in which individuals have deliberately attempted to make their apparition, their ghostly image, appear to a particular witness, as in efforts to project one s spiritual essence during an out-of-body experience. a poltergeist is a projection of psychic energy that finds its energy center in the unconscious mind, most commonly in adolescents, and emanates, therefore, from the living rather than from the dead. a poltergeist is a ghost only in common parlance, which links the two because of the spook-like nature of the poltergeist that causes the invisible pseudoentity to prefer darkness for its violent exerci

r, harold. exploring the unseen world. new york: citadel press, 1959. tyrrell, g. n. m. apparitions. new york: collier books, 1963. animal spirits just as a large percentage of the population of all cultures believe that the ghosts of the dearly departed members of their human families t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d ghosts and phantoms 5 apoltergeist is a projection of psychic energy. might appear to them, so also do many individuals maintain that they have witnessed the spirit of a beloved pet return to a person or a place after physical death. one of the most beloved authors of dog stories, albert payson terhune (1872 1942, was a great animal lover who kept dozens of pets in sunnybank, his estate near pompton lakes, new jersey. a

dsall, f. s. the world of psychic phenomena. new york: david mckay, 1958. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d ghosts and phantoms 17 steinour, harold. exploring the unseen world. new york: citadel press, 1959. stevens, william oliver. unbidden guests. new york: dodd, mead& co, 1957. tyrrell, g. n. m. apparitions. new york: collier books, 1963. poltergeists the perverse talents of the poltergeist (german for pelting or throwing ghost) range from the ability to toss pebbles and smash vases, to the astonishing ability to materialize human or beastlike entities, complete with voices, intelligent responses, and disagreeable odors. from humankind s earliest records to today s newspaper story, every reported poltergeist case follows the same b

g or throwing ghost) range from the ability to toss pebbles and smash vases, to the astonishing ability to materialize human or beastlike entities, complete with voices, intelligent responses, and disagreeable odors. from humankind s earliest records to today s newspaper story, every reported poltergeist case follows the same basic patterns. cultural influences seem to matter little, if at all. a poltergeist manifestation is similar in character whether it takes place in indonesia, iceland, or long island. only the interpretation of the disturbance varies. what is attributed to the destructive impulse of a demon to one people, is attributed to the destructive impulse of a fragmented psyche to another. according to many contemporary psychical researchers poltergeist manifestations are drama

nd. only the interpretation of the disturbance varies. what is attributed to the destructive impulse of a demon to one people, is attributed to the destructive impulse of a fragmented psyche to another. according to many contemporary psychical researchers poltergeist manifestations are dramatic instances of psychokinesis (pk (the mind influencing matter) on the rampage. although the pranks of the poltergeist were formerly attributed to malicious tricks perpetrated by demons and disembodied spirits, the great majority of psychical researchers today hold that some faculty of pk is at work. the poltergeist is not a ghost, the psychoanalyst dr. nandor fodor once wrote, but a bundle of projected repressions. quite probably, according to many researchers, the sex changes that occur during pubert

and disembodied spirits, the great majority of psychical researchers today hold that some faculty of pk is at work. the poltergeist is not a ghost, the psychoanalyst dr. nandor fodor once wrote, but a bundle of projected repressions. quite probably, according to many researchers, the sex changes that occur during puberty have a great deal to do with the peculiar type of pk that is responsible for poltergeist activity. researchers have only begun to realize some of the vast chemical changes that take place in the body during adolescence. who can say what may happen in the lower levels of the subconscious? psychical researchers have noted that more often a girl than a boy is at the center t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 18 ghosts and

st activity. researchers have only begun to realize some of the vast chemical changes that take place in the body during adolescence. who can say what may happen in the lower levels of the subconscious? psychical researchers have noted that more often a girl than a boy is at the center t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 18 ghosts and phantoms poltergeist movie (the kobal collection) of poltergeistic disturbances and that the sexual change of puberty is associated with either the beginning or the termination of the phenomena. researchers have also observed that the sexual adjustments of the marital state can also trigger such phenomena. the poltergeist often finds its energy center in the frustrated creativity of a brooding adolescent

and that the sexual change of puberty is associated with either the beginning or the termination of the phenomena. researchers have also observed that the sexual adjustments of the marital state can also trigger such phenomena. the poltergeist often finds its energy center in the frustrated creativity of a brooding adolescent, who is denied accepted avenues of expression. those who have witnessed poltergeistic activity firsthand have been convinced that the energy force is directed by a measure of intelligence or purpose. observers ranging from skeptical scientists, hard-nosed journalists, and innocent bystanders alike have reported seeing poltergeist-borne objects turn corners, poltergeist-manipulated chalk write intelligible sentences on walls, and poltergeist- flung pebbles come out of

ranging from skeptical scientists, hard-nosed journalists, and innocent bystanders alike have reported seeing poltergeist-borne objects turn corners, poltergeist-manipulated chalk write intelligible sentences on walls, and poltergeist- flung pebbles come out of nowhere to strike children. but, as one investigator commented, the phenomena are exactly such as would occur to the mind of a child. in poltergeists (1940, sacheverell sitwell wrote that the poltergeist always directed its power toward the secret or concealed weaknesses of the spirit the recesses of the soul. the mysteries of puberty, that trance or dozing of the psyche before it awakes into adult life, is a favorite playground for the poltergeist. why it should be the baser elements of the adolescent human subconscious that find

everell sitwell wrote that the poltergeist always directed its power toward the secret or concealed weaknesses of the spirit the recesses of the soul. the mysteries of puberty, that trance or dozing of the psyche before it awakes into adult life, is a favorite playground for the poltergeist. why it should be the baser elements of the adolescent human subconscious that find their expression in the poltergeist is a matter of great speculation among psychical researchers. physical violence is almost always expressed toward the adolescent energy center of the poltergeist and a parent, a brother, or a sister may come in for their share of the punishment as well. if the poltergeist sticks around long enough (its average life is about two weeks) to develop a voice or the ability to communicate by

pressed toward the adolescent energy center of the poltergeist and a parent, a brother, or a sister may come in for their share of the punishment as well. if the poltergeist sticks around long enough (its average life is about two weeks) to develop a voice or the ability to communicate by raps or automatic writing, its communications are usually nonsensical, ribald, or downright obscene. cases of poltergeists pelting innocent families with stones and pebbles comprise by far the largest single category of poltergeistic phenomena and therefore seem to be the most common example of pk running wild. natural scientist ivan t. sanderson cautioned researchers against using the term throwing when speaking of poltergeist activity. according to sanderson s observations, the stones are dropped or lob

rn our particular spacetime continuum. m delving deeper carrington, hereward, and nandor fodor. haunted people. new york: new american library, 1968. fodor, nandor. the haunted mind. new york: new american library, 1968. sanderson, ivan t. things. new york: pyramid books, 1967. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d ghosts and phantoms 19 enfield poltergeist case/investigator maurice gross (guy lyon playfair/fortean picture library) psychical researchers believe poltergeist manifestations are dramatic instances of psychokinesis. sitwell, sacheverell. poltergeists. new york: university books, 1959. stevens, william oliver. unbidden guests. new york: dodd, mead& co, 1957. spirits of the dead according to the usa snapshots feature in the apri

had been released by entities from other dimensions, spirits of the dead, or unconscious psychokinetic projections of the living. m delving deeper bardens, dennis. ghosts and hauntings. new york: ace books, 1965. carrington, hereward, and nandor fodor. haunted people. new york: new american library, 1968. fodor, nandor. the haunted mind. new york: new american library, 1968. sitwell, sacheverell. poltergeists. new york: university books, 1959. stevens, william oliver. unbidden guests. new york: dodd, mead& co, 1957. tyrell, g. n. m. apparitions. new york: collier books, 1963. bell witch s cave according to most accounts, the disturbances began one night in 1817 with mysterious rappings on the windows of the bells cabin near clarksville, tennessee. twelve-year-old elizabeth betsy bell began

several occasions, she had hurried to confront the phantom, but it had always disappeared at the sound of her approach. the smiths left the rectory shortly after price s visit. they had both begun to suffer the ill effects of the lack of sleep and the enormous mental strain that had been placed on each of them. borley rectory presents an interesting combination of a haunting and the phenomenon of poltergeistic activity. harry price maintained that approximately one-half of all hauntings include some type of poltergeistic disturbance. henry bull had 14 children who lived in the rectory. phenomena began to become active about 10 years after he had t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 30 ghosts and phantoms borley rectory presents a combina

ained that approximately one-half of all hauntings include some type of poltergeistic disturbance. henry bull had 14 children who lived in the rectory. phenomena began to become active about 10 years after he had t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 30 ghosts and phantoms borley rectory presents a combination of a haunting and the phenomenon of poltergeistic activity moved into the rectory with his family. it is also interesting to record that the phenomena reached new heights of activity when the reverend lionel algernon foyster, a cousin of the bull family, took up residence in the rectory on october 16, 1930. the reverend brought with him his wife, marianne, and his four-year-old daughter adelaide (many accounts of borley rectory refe

ject among psychical researchers. m delving deeper carrington, hereward, and nandor fodor. haunted people. new york: new american library, 1968. hill, amelia. hoaxer s confession lays the famed ghosts of borley. the observer, december 31, 2000 [online] http//www.observer.co.uk/ uk_news/story/0,6903,416556,00.html. price, harry. the most haunted house in england. london: longmans, green& co, 1940. poltergeist over england. london: country life, 1945. stevens, william oliver. unbidden guests. new york: dodd, mead& co, 1957. calvados castle the disturbances that took place in the norman castle of calvados, france, from october 12, 1875, to january 30, 1876, were written up and published in the annales des sciences psychiques in 1893 by m. j. morice. although the master of calvados kept a diar

ice s new tutor. eventually the phenomena became weaker and weaker until the only thing that haunted calvados castle was the memory of those terrible months when the haunting phenomena had run rampant. m delving deeper flammarion, camille. haunted houses. london: t. fisher unwin, 1924. hauck, dennis william. international directory of haunted places. new york: penguin, 2000. sitwell, sacheverell. poltergeists. new york: university books, 1959. epworth rectory one of the most famous cases in the annals of noisy hauntings is the one that visited the reverend samuel wesley and his family at epworth rectory in 1716. among the 19 children of the reverend wesley who witnessed the phenomena were john and charles, the founders of methodism and the authors of some of christendom s best-loved hymns

hen, just as the wesleys were getting accustomed to their weird visitor, the disturbances ended as abruptly as they had begun. old jeffery never returned to plague epworth rectory with its phenomena, but the memory of its occupancy has remained to bewilder scholars of more than two centuries. m delving deeper edsall, f. s. the world of psychic phenomena. new york: david mckay, 1958. price, harry. poltergeist over england. london: country life, 1945. sitwell, sacheverell. poltergeists. new york: university books, 1959. stevens, william oliver. unbidden guests. new york: dodd, mead& co, 1957. general wayne inn located on the old lancaster roadway between philadelphia and radner, the general wayne inn has been in continuous operation since 1704 when robert jones, a quaker, decided to serve tr

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ch as novelist sir walter scott, noted that fairies seemed to delight in bringing people together and fostering love, or, conversely, indulging in conspiracies to force lovers apart. the bell witch of tennessee is supposed to have manipulated the love life of a bell daughter, almost tragically. brad steiger, one of america's best-known investigators of the paranormal, has been involved in several poltergeist cases in which the mischievous poltergeists tried to wreck romances and marriages (1) nothing can quite affect a new groom's virility like being physically hurled from his wedding bed by an unseen force and pelted with flying ashtrays thrown by invisible hands. unbelievable though it may seem, such things do happen. flying saucer contactees often have their marriages disrupted, even de

rry, a couple of miles south of point pleasant on route 2, and i had been impressed by their testimony. house lights frequently dimmed there and television sets often acted up late at night. great blobs of light had been seen on top of the wooded hills in the sparsely settled animal preserve called the chief cornstalk hunting grounds just south of the village. one resident was having trouble with poltergeist phenomenon. lights moving through his house, rappings on the doors and windows, the sounds of babies crying and "women screaming" telephones malfunctioning the works. rolfe lee, a farmer with a big spread in the area, confessed that he had seen so many ufos over his land that he didn't pay attention to them anymore. officer harold harmon and i slipped away to gallipolis ferry on the ni

night that "jack brown" visited connie (chapter two, mrs. carpenter had opened the door for him. he was in his shirt-sleeves, no jacket or coat although it was extremely cold. she was not going to let him in. but she did. and she had absolutely no memory of his visit afterward even though she had been present when he talked with connie, keith, and larry. in the days following mr. brown's visit, a poltergeist settled in the carpenter household. securely fastened pictures fell off the walls. small objects disappeared from shelves and reappeared in unlikely places. the manifestations lasted about two weeks. iv during her news-gathering rounds, mary hyre was approached by a professional woman in gallipolis, ohio, the town directly across the river from gallipolis ferry, west virginia. she said

ght went out instantly and later he found that all the electrical systems in his car had burned out. his sighting marked the beginning of all kinds of weird happenings. first, his telephone went crazy. like so many others, he had not reported his sighting to anyone yet he began to receive the beeping calls, and calls from "metallic voices" urging him to attend undefined meetings (he never went. a poltergeist moved into ben's house. drawers opened by themselves. objects disappeared. a heavy cabinet pushed against a window was moved by some force (later i tried to move this cabinet by myself and found it was too heavy) ben's wife began to notice unusual people in the neighborhood. ben received a mild scare that august as he was walking down the main street in parkersburg and saw two black-ga

mbers (there were more incidents of this type during the october 1973 wave) phantom photographer reports have been rare in england, but in 1973 two leading british ufologists, brinsley le poer trench and j.b. delair, came across an incident involving the bogart family who live in a forest near maresfield, sussex. the bogarts' isolated cottage has been plagued with apparitions, strange sounds, and poltergeist activity. and a large number of low-flying luminous objects have been seen repeatedly in the vicinity "on more than one occasion mrs. bogart alleges that she has been perturbed to find a yellow volkswagen car (having smoked-glass windows) following her discreetly at a distance" delair reports "once this involved the vehicle slowly following her down a woodland cart-track leading to pil

world's population. i was concerned not with the sincere but falsified memories of the contactees, but with a more worrisome question. what, i wondered, happened to the bodies of these people while their minds were taking trips? trips that often lasted for hours, even for days. a young college professor in new york state was haunted by the same question in 1967. after investigating a ufo-related poltergeist case he suffered possession and was led to believe that he had committed a daring jewel robbery while he was in a trance or possessed state. he abandoned ufology and nearly suffered a total nervous breakdown in the aftermath. were our contactees being used by exterior intelligences to carry out crimes, even murder? the answer is a disturbing yes. if you review the history of political

he left. something about the man just hadn't seemed right. the next morning linda woke up to find one of her eyes was swollen shut. all of the madness of this period came together in a single case revolving around a young woman whom i shall call shirley. she lived in seaford, long island, a town that enjoyed a brief moment of fame several years ago when it became the center of a widely publicized poltergeist case. shirley and her husband were separated and she lived alone with her small child. at 3 p.m. on the afternoon of september 26, she heard a loud humming sound outside her house, which was in an isolated, wooded area. she looked out the window and saw a silver disc-shaped object hovering about one hundred feet in the air. it seemed to be perfectly smooth with no visible windows or do

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id a story on her the following year. in 1968, another russian woman, nina kulagina, amazed the world when film was shown of her moving objects using only the power of her mind at the first moscow international conference on parapsychology. as a young woman, kulagina found that objects would move around in her apartment, particularly when she was angry. she discovered that she could control these poltergeist activities using the power of her will. kulagina was tested by dr. zdenek rejdak, a prominent czech scientist of the prague military institute, who testified that he could find no trickery in her telekinetic abilities. kulagina became the favorite guinea pig of dr. leonid l. vasiliev, a psychologist at leningrad university who pioneered parapsychological studies at the institute for br

nces did not arise by accident, but rather were driven by some psychic imperative, and for this reason the details of their appearances are worth studying and the differences between the types worth comparing. although aliens are astral beings, and encounters with them always occur on the astral level, it is possible that they produce physical effects and artifacts, either directly or indirectly. poltergeists are spirits, yet it is difficult to dismiss all physical poltergeist events as deceptions on the part of the adolescents around whom they usually revolve. there is observational evidence that spirits can generate physical events, and perhaps even produce physical objects and substances by drawing upon and channeling vital human energies. the mechanism by which this is accomplished rem

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