Nightmares and the Paranormal

While nightmares don't automatically appear under the category of Paranormal, one dream I had does. I relate the Nightmare While Awake: A True Paranormal Experience in my new blog Your Weird Dreams.

I invite you to click on the links to read about the dream. I would also like to invite you to submit your weird dreams to

weirddreams@mail.com

- they may be edited for space, but if I think they are weird enough (see previous posts for the types of dreams I consider to be weird), they will make the blog.

You don't have to leave your name. You can remain anonymous. People may respond with their own interpretations, or you can leave your own.

Why Don't Paranormal Investigators Use Kirlian Photography?

Kirlian photography is a method of photographing energy, making something typically invisible visible. As emotions between people become charged with different vibrations, the energy between them changes, and Kirlian photographers have caught the change and interchange of energy in Kirlian photographs.

While many skeptics claim that nothing at all can be proved with the Kirlian method, believers say that Kirlian photographs capture the energy emanating from the object being photographed. As I relate in my article, Kirlian Photography Shows Spirit Connections in Close Relationships, I wonder why paranormal investigators don't use Kirlian photography in their attempts to prove the existence of spirits. (In that article I link to another article about Kirlian Photography that discusses how the Kirlian method came about.)

It seems to me that if Kirlian photography showed the existence of spirits, paranormal investigators would include it as part of their investigative tools.

Kirlian photography is a subject that is more paranormal than it is metaphysical, and in my article Paranormal and Metaphysical: What's The Difference, I explain the distinction (or lack of distinction) between the two.

While metaphysics concerns itself with the more spiritual aspects of our existence, the paranormal is more concerned with the afterlife and has a "creepiness" factor that metaphysics doesn't. In other words, if you're thinking "ghost," you're thinking paranormal; if you're thinking "spirit," you're thinking metaphysical.

As I mention in the article posted above, paranormal falls under the umbrella of metaphysical, so Kirlian photography would be an interest both paranormal and metaphysical.  To learn more about Kirlian Photography, I've included a link to a book with the same name.

Use of Candles, Torches, and Fire in Rituals

I have always been mesmerized by candles and fire. I remember lighting rolled-up paper as a teenager and watching it burn. If my parents had known, they might have sent me to a therapist, but they never did (and unless they are reading this now, they'll never find out).

Don't get me wrong – I'm not a pyromaniac, but I love campfires, fireplaces, candles, fireworks, and anything fire related.

So when it came time to come up with an idea for my new Xomba article, I wanted to investigate fire rituals and I learned about some rituals I'd never known existed. I even found some videos of fire rituals, which I link in the article.

Fire can be peaceful, but it can also be destructive; its power enchants, but it also annihilates.

As you might guess, I prefer its more relaxing meditative qualities, and I enjoy a room filled with fragrant candles. Anybody who purchases candles as gifts for me knows that I will use them (if I'm not allergic to the fragrance).

If fire interests you and you would like to read Use of Candles, Torches, and Fire in Rituals, please click the link.

Spirit Connections & Ghost Hunting

Relationships form for a variety of reasons. Marriage, parenting, friendship all have their own unique spiritual and physical connections. And while some relationships are closer than others, all relationships share one thing in common – energy.

People talk of sparks flying between two people who are attracted to each other, of a certain comfortable feeling that exists when people are in loving relationships, and in antagonistic relationships, a malevolent form of energy. Because energy never dies, the closer we are in life, the more probable a spirit will try to connect with us in death.

Kirlian photography is a technique using a Kirlian Imaging Device that purports to capture energy on film. Numerous experiments have been conducted using the Kirlian process.

Without the camera, we cannot see energy, but we know it exists. In spirits left behind, sensitive people feel the energy that once propelled the person in life.

Though some of the ghost hunting shows use infrared cameras and motion sensors to detect spirit activity, I can't help but wonder why programs such as Ghost Adventures or Paranormal State don't use Kirlian cameras to find ghosts.

To read more about spiritual bonds that extend beyond this life, read Spirit Connections in Close Relationships.

Noah's Ark and Belief

With so much recent talk about Noah's Ark, you would think the find was brand new. But according to  Noah's Ark Found on Mt. Ararat? and numerous other sources cited in the article, the discovery was made long ago by other explorers.

So why do I bring up Noah's Ark in a paranormal blog? Because paranormal means, "not scientifically explainable," and apparently anything that cannot be proven and explained using our five physical senses falls into the category of paranormal.

EXCEPT...

Except when belief is present. Ask anyone who believes in the Bible if they believe in Noah's Ark, and you will find that yes, it exists exactly where the Bible says it exists, on Mt. Ararat.

Now comes the time for proof – for some people. If Noah's Ark has proven to be as old as the Bible indicates it is – by carbon dating performed with the aid of science – will people finally believe that the Ark was built during the time of Noah?

But wait – just because the Ark was built during that time period, does that necessarily mean that the Ark belonged to Noah?

That's when faith enters the picture. Faith is not scientifically explainable. Belief is not scientifically explainable. But just because you can't see it, hear it, touch it, taste it, or smell it, does that mean that it doesn't exist?

Maybe we could all use a little faith. Have a Little Faith: A True Story.

Allison DuBois

One of my favorite programs is Medium. I watch it religiously. I probably would watch it even if it weren't based on fact, but the show is all the more interesting because Allison DuBois is a real-life psychic medium who actually sees dead people.

My latest paranormal article is entitled Psychic Medium Allison DuBois and it tells the reader a little bit about how the show began and how close to Patricia Arquette's portrayal of Allison the real Allison actually is.

If you would like to read Psychic Medium Allison DuBois, click any of the links in this blog.

In tonight's episode, Allison and her daughters are haunted by the same dream.

Are You Psychic?

If you've ever wondered about your own psychic abilities, you'll want to read the article, Are You Psychic?

Premonitions, dreams, intuition, perceptions, fleeting thoughts, all play a role in psychic phenomena. I list several psychic experiences in the article, some of which you might be able to relate to. I even offer some help if you want to develop your own psychic abilities.

ESP (extra sensory perception) is not as mysterious as it sounds and it can be developed.

As I mention in the article, Are You Psychic? everybody is psychic, and that includes you.

So the answer to the question is a resounding YES!