I just had a major revelation today.

I have been studying with witch school for several years. I picked the school because it was the only school that was well structured with mentors and let you actually get your clergy status if you wanted. http://www.correllian.com/index.htm

I have to admit I have been doing it at such a slow pace because much of my free time has been taken up with paranormal studies. Also, I have been doing a lot of personal journaling and shamanic dream work. I have beendoing a lot of great growth on a spiritual level for the past several years.

This came to a halt last year when I got the flu. I also got encephalitis and since then I have had severe neuroglial effects and migraines to the point of not being able to drive, shop and barely to keep my job. It has made life a challenge because it has created interesting aura effects of light that make my physical observations of paranormal activity not usable - I can only use what I physically record. It has, however, seemed to make me a lot more sensitive and more of a conduit, though, so I can really pick up thoughts, so it is a mixed blessing. I can always go to the where the action is going to happen, which can be useful.

I came to the realization that I need to get my clergy status so I can do full blown clearings and blessings. I have reached the spiritual point in my life where the I need to merge them into a full time path. I need to help other people. Life is making it impossible for me to do the other things in life for a reason - it is a path that is wrong for me to be on. If I am to be healthy, I need to be on the other path.


MY guides frequently tell me that when I am stronger physically and I am farther along on my path with a clergy status along with legal liability protections afforded with the type of thing you can do with that I will be able to set up a practice that will allow me to do exorcisms.

My parents are moving to Arizona and I am a bit torn, now. I have to figure out how to move my spirit pets as well as my four live dogs and live cat. We will have a very full car.

Also, Arizona is the land of the sun. What does that mean to my migraines. But, it also means no allergies. Is that better? I have trouble with mirgraines with allergies. Maybe it is better to to move and have no allergy medication.

Of course the housing market means we cant do anything for a couple of years. Also I cant transfer jobs for a couple of years until my health improve enough for my job to be willing to transfer me, too.

Then again, maybe I need a fresh start.

So many paths.

You can see the solid ball of light glow and move in the house all the time. You can also watch the pets watch them float around. They seem to focus around the where the remains of Spike and the colloar of my Pearl who passed. Recently, my brother's cat also passed in the house and Tasha just passed before Christmas so we have a lot of pet spirits in the house. 4 pets is a lot of spirits. I find it comforting. I will find it hard to move with activity. First, I love my little glowy visitors. Secondly, not everyone would be happy to have this kind of presence in their house and may find it frightening if they do not understand that they are really just guardians and love ones checking in.

I love this story in the local paper!

http://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com:80/content/August-2008/In-Search-of-Bigfoot/


I even found a group in VA that researches Bigfoot. Pretty cool!

Please post if you have any good information on shadow people. I have them popping up in dreams again, watchers, feeling sinister.

David and I have been recording light phenomena on our property – but not in the house – all orbs and balls of energy - some as big as basketballs. I think they can’t get in because of the protections on my house. I also think it is elemental or related to the high number of lightening strikes on my property and not a haunting type thing.

The shadowy area at the edge of the property at the end of the property is another story, though. That may be something attracted to me that the elements an protections are keeping out. I use elementals to protect the property. Pearl, my older dog does not notice nor care about the shadows or the light balls. Mia, the younger dog, a large shepard/black lab mix, does notice the activity outside.

This is good training for David as he has not yet gone on a full investigation. It will be interesting to see how he reacts. He gets pretty nervous just working in our yard. He also gets a little freaked out when I talk about some of the stuff that has and can happened. We are not going to start a group until we know if he can handle doing an investigation without running.

It is kind of interesting to see how such a big, strong man gets nervous around energy and light balls but is not afraid of things that truly frighten me. At least we can back each other up when the other is frightened. When I have more time, I will have to post about the snakes and mice. It turns out he is a regular Steve from Ghosthunters. I am the slayer of the pests in our family. Just call me Buffy!

Mom is coming over in a minute and we are going to the vet with Spike. I will update when I get back.


I realized why this is a little harder than I expected because my dog is a senior gal and has started having trouble getting around. At 70 pounds, it is a little tricky by mself to get her boosted up, but we manage. She is patient and I am stubborn. I am sure we look a bit silly sometimes, though. Dad is going to help me shorten my bed so she won't hurt herself trying to get up. This will help a lot.

My other two cats are also 15 plus years. They are fine, but I was bracing myself over the past couple of years for losing the dog and the older cats, and Spike helping me through. I never expected to lose the baby first.

I am taking my favorite shirt in the carrier. It is also Spikes favorite shirt. I don't know if they will creamate the shirt with him, but I am going to see if they can. I don't know if this is what will happen, but I have a feeling that if not today, it will be soon.

Little Spike is such a tough little guy. He carries on, follows me around, but he is so thin it pains me to see him. I am pretty sure he is putting on a tough face for me, and me for him. He does not exhibit any of the signs the vet told me to watch for to indicate he is uncomfortable, though. I just keep watching him fall asleep and I am always a little surprised that he manages to wake up again.

I know this sounds a little strange, but I really do feel I have learned so much from Spike and I am grateful for the short time he was with me. I just hope he feels the same way in is little kitty manner. A friend called me yesterday to ask me if spike was visiting me from the other side. I said not yet, but she seems convinced he will. He is too strong of a familiar not to check in - either through dreams or through spirit presence. She has a cat spirit that she picked up recently through a haunted object. This is a VERY long tale I will tell later on when I have more time. It relates to another paranaormal group, but one of the girls in it who, I do not feel comfortable with, so it will be friends only. I know, I have been very lax in posting. I have a very strange tree/spider dream last night as well I am going to post later. It will be therapeutic. Now that I think about it, it does include some folks from the other paranormal group that I like,and some folks from the fairies circle group, and my friend who called though. I just realized that. That puts some of the players into place.

Grandma also was telling me her dog scooter often visited and even slept on the bed with her somtimes.

Well, I am babbling to distract myeslf, so I am going to go for now.

And no worries, I am fine. Just finding it hard to maintain an outflow of peace and love and strength for Spike this morning. Truly this is good practice and is making me stronger, though. Something else to be gratefule for.

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2007/03/16/01405.html  


Scientific evidence suggests Puerto Rican woman is an Extraterrestrial-Human hybrid

Milagros Garcia is an alleged Alien and Human inter-species hybrid. The blood DNA from this Puerto Rican woman has yielded analyses so unusual and interesting that the physician involved is now interested in meeting the subject for further study. The DNA is possible in humans but is very rare.

Ms. Garcia claims that she is the offspring of an alien encounter. The Doctor is not interested in the UFO/ alien phenomena he wants answers as to why her DNA has such rare qualities.

A Case similar to this is being investigated in New Paris Ohio. A woman there has exceptional skills and get by on two hours of sleep a night. Pictured on the left is Milagros Garcia's Mother and Milagros Garcia is on the right.

The case of Omnec Onec, an alleged 'Venusian'

Omnec Onec alleges that she is a female extraterrestrial who originally came to Earth in 1955, who was born 246 Earth years ago. Omnec Onec says she was raised on the planet Venus in a town called Teutonia (a city whose name reflects earlier Venus-Earth contacts that included a trip to Venus by a German scientist). She alleges that she lived on an astral plane -- without a physical body -- until she was instructed by her leaders to travel to Earth with a message of peace and brotherhood.

After landing in Earth, she said she was substituted for a seven-year-old girl who had just been killed in a bus wreck accident. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by the grandmother of Sheila, the girl whom she had replaced. She grew up in what was to all outward appearances a normal life, never speaking of Venus, and endured the struggles that allowed her to deal with her own karmic past.

She grew up, married and moved to Chicago, where she raised three children. worked as a bar maid, a clothes designer and a cashier.

As a young adult, however, she began to manifest her second mission, to offer humanity an increased awareness of their relation to spirit.

Omnec says she was trained to live as a human in an ancient monastery in Tibet.

She revealed her true space alien nature in 1990, when she wrote and published her best-selling book. Today she travels around the United States and Europe, spreading a message of peace and brotherhood, a she was instructed to do by Venusian leaders.

From the Temple of History she learned of the long-term monitoring of Earth by scientists from many planets and of the nature of life on all of these planets. Earth, the youngest of the planets in this solar system, is plagued by the imbalance caused by its singular Moon, which works an alternating influence on people as it moves through the heavens. The other planets are organized into a Brotherhood of Planets and their monitoring of Earth includes the era of 'Atlantis' and 'Lemuria'. The different races of earth have ties to the inhabitants of the various planets.

According to Onec, a set of teachings called Om-Notia Zedia, the laws of the Supreme Deity, exists on Venus. These teachings start with the utterly transcendent Supreme Deity from whom there issues an audible life stream of Spirit. This life stream sustains the existence of all worlds and universes. Human beings are Soul existing in the ocean of Spirit. Souls have been placed in physical embodiment to awaken to their true nature. The Soul may learn to exist apart from its physical body and to travel in the planes of existence between the physical world and God, beginning with the astral, causal, and mental planes.

Onec indicated a belief reincarnation and karma and accepted the idea of coming to Earth to balance her personal karma.

Her account included a variety of Galaxy-wide problems, including claims of significant habitation of all of the planets of the solar system and assertions of conditions existing on these planets that contradict the repeated observations of various space probes. Indeed, some scientists, researchers like former NASA consultant Richard Hoagland and former astronauts claim that publicly released photos taken of space and planets have been censored, to delete commonplace UFOs, other various structures on planets created by alien civilizations, which include evidence of underground dwellings. To also help defend the account, claims were also made that inhabitants resided on something other than the physical plane of existence.

I don't know if we are going to investigate as we have a lot going on. Perhaps. Bunnys scare me.

http://www.tv.com/the-scariest-places-on-earth/untitled/episode/206955/summary.html?tag=ep_list;ep_title;5



http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/bunny/bunnyprint.htm

here is teh intro... you can read teh rest in teh link...

Introduction

There is a story that a man dressed as a bunny haunts the residential neighborhoods around our nation's capital. Silly as this may sound at first, the Bunny Man has been a fixture of local legend for at least 30 years. By 1973 the so-called "Bunny Man" had been reported in Maryland, and the District of Columbia. His infrequent and widespread appearances tended to occur in secluded locations and usually tell of a figure clad in a white bunny suit armed with an ax threatening children or vandalizing property. By the 1980s the Bunny Man had become an even more sinister figure with several gruesome murders to his credit. Although he has been reported as far south as Culpepper, Virginia. his main haunt has been the area surrounding a railroad overpass near Fairfax Station, Virginia frequented by party goers, the now infamous "Bunny Man Bridge."

Our group has a new website... same stuff but a new domain name
valleyghosthunters.com

I love the new new name.


We are going to go back to Bridgewater College sometime for further investigation. I am psyched about going.. Marcie was great to work with.


I made a contact with another group in MD. The founder seems like a great guy and we can share info, etc. I am happy about talking to them and look forward to possibly doing a joint investigation with them. Their site is
http://www.ecparanormal.com/Welcome.html

I love their website. Very impressive.

I have hit a wall in my research. I was reading a post on the TAPS message board, and I realized why I had not been able to make any progress. 'Shadow people' as a term is used to describe a plethora of paranormal activity. I am sure I think of something different that other folks do whenever I come across 'shadow people.' I usually think of dark beings who haunt my dreams and do not cast a shadow yet are comprised of the shadow. They cannot be viewed directly, but only out of the corner of your eye or with your third eye.



I think it would be helpful if we came up with some universal terms that are more clearly defined. I have heard shadow people described as astral critters, hauntings and alien visitors. I am sure they were not all describing the same concept, yet we all use the same word. I have been researching shadow people, but I have become frustrated by the confusion.

Perhaps we need a paranormal dictionary. Once we have an understanding of the words and the vocabulary, we can then go on to create a meainingful dialogue about the paranormal world.

I think I will start a new Tag called dictionary to keep track of this new vocabulary.

I had a dream that I made a Paranormal Tarot deck. It was really cool. Too bad I am not an artist, so I think I am going to have to either collaborate or work with my own photographs. So, does anyone have any suggestions on what you would put in a paranormal tarot deck? This might be fun to create, but now I have research MORE on the tarot to actually try to make this happen.

I am really excited about this.

http://svecchachara.livejournal.com/2826.html?view=23050#t23050

Nice info and pics.

here is the article on the nelson county apparition.


NEWS- Mother, say I: Monk sees vision in Nelson

Published September 28, 2006 in issue 0539 of the HooK.

By VIJITH ASSAR TUNES@READTHEHOOK.COM


In an era when the Pope can cause a geopolitical controversy with a single quotation, some say they're seeing a reconciliatory omen in the woods of Nelson County. Like a new Lourdes, the vision witnesses are calling the "Blessed Mother" appeared-- and continues to appear-- in a quiet forest clearing in the middle of the group's 450-acre Nelson County property.

The sightings began August 20 at the Synchronicity Foundation on Adial Road off Route 29 south. Amazingly, the supernatural appearance was not really a surprise to Synchronicity's leader, a man they call Master Charles, who turned 60 this year.

"In the months leading up to his birthday," according to Synchronicity's website, "Master Charles was informed by Her that 'the time has come.'" He was compelled to construct the Pavilion, a special open-air shelter, so others could experience the vision.

What one spokesperson calls a "modern monastery," Synchronicity was started in 1983 by Brother Charles Cannon, who was promoted to "Master" in the early 1990's at the behest of a particularly enthusiastic follower, and now leads the organization that sells meditation aids and hosts week-long retreats costing between $1,200 and $1,500 per person.

Cannon was ordained a Vedic monk in India some 25 years ago, but he says that thanks to his Catholic upbringing, he has had such visions since childhood. He has come to realize that "She" is a non-denominational entity, he says.

"She can appear," Cannon says, "as Mother Mary of the Catholic tradition, as Kali Durga of the Hindu tradition, or as the White Buffalo Woman of the Native Americans. She is the divine form of all cultures and religions."

But more heartening to Cannon than the form she takes is the audience before whom she takes it: "Those who don't see her, it doesn't mean they don't experience," says Cannon. "Most of them feel the vibration and the power and the sacred environment that is created there."

Besides the occasional nacho or french fry whose Maryesque ridges wind up visible to everyone on eBay, most visions have revealed themselves only to a select few, such as the schoolgirl who put Lourdes, France on the world map after a Virgin Mary vision in 1858. One notable exception was the series of apparitions floating above a church in Zeitun, Egypt during the late 1960s which was viewed by thousands.

Master Charles's congregants can't boast those kinds of raw numbers, but they do claim to have a pretty good batting average. Synchronicity vice-president Alan Scherr reports that 50 percent of the participants at a recent retreat saw or felt some sort of presence at the woodsy Pavilion.

Alas, two correspondents from the Hook were in the other 50 percent. Scherr, however, says that may not be the best litmus test: "The apparition is visible not depending on the apparition, but depending on you." Reports from other Synchronicity Foundation enthusiasts vary accordingly.

"She appears to me in form such as a face sometimes, woman with baby sometimes, very bright bluish-white light, vibrating," says Synchronicity participant Bobi Garvey. "One day, it felt like someone put a spotlight on my heart and there was heat radiating-- very warm and fuzzy, and the feeling emanating from it was just love."

Scherr's wife, Kia, has an even more striking depiction. "I've seen translucent blue light in that area of the Pavilion, but more specifically, it would start out as an eye looking at me from a tree," she says. "It would turn into a whole face, like she was playing hide and seek. There is tremendous love and a certain amount of playfulness as well."

That may underscore the prevailing mood of her visit: Cannon describes the apparitions as "blissful, ecstatic, celebratory."

However, Isis Ringrose, a well-known Nelson resident who is often described as a psychic, points out that such sightings often precede "map-changing wars."

"I wouldn't be surprised if she shows herself now," Ringrose says. "We are already in World War III, even if we don't don't realize it."

"It's not about, 'Heal me' or 'Throw away my crutches,' or anything like that," says Scherr.

Instead, it's about coaxing spiritual realization from observers, and the message She allegedly delivered to Cannon-- as transcribed on the Synchronicity Foundation's website-- makes that pretty clear: "I come with a simple message: It's time to awaken. It's time to rise to the level of the God that you are."

Kia Scherr admits to having seeds of doubt at first. "I thought, 'Am I just hallucinating?'" she says. "And that's when I got this message that said, 'Well, you can either doubt or you can celebrate.'"

Partly because the apparition is so recent, its authenticity has not yet been evaluated by representatives of mainstream religions.

"How the Catholic church would react, I have no idea," says Cannon. "They would probably, as they do in most cases, invalidate until they prove it by their criteria-- I think they have some ecclesiastical boards that it has to meet before they deem it authentic."

Indeed they do. Although the Egyptian apparitions were approved without a formal rubric, the Vatican has since issued a document called "Norms of the Congregation for Proceeding in Judging Alleged Apparitions and Revelations."

However, proper papal oversight of a cross-cultural deity doesn't seem to rank very high on the list of priorities for the enthusiastically non-denominational Synchronicity Foundation. Although they're proud to have an Anglican priest in their worldwide network, the first order of business out in Nelson is preparing for an onslaught of visitors.

An eight-point bulleted list on the website outlines guidelines for visitation, ranging from proper conduct and scheduled activities to reservations for on-site lodging and donation information.

And Scherr claims they'll also be ready for religious inquiries. "Have we had a dialogue with mainstream religious faiths? No," he says, "Do I think that's going to happen? Yes."

Far be it from a reporter to speculate on divine will, but if there is a point to all this, that dialogue might just be it.

"She comes in a place that is not aligned to any sect or religion-- I think that's a very powerful message," laughs Cannon. "Why'd she come here? Why didn't she go down the street to the Catholic church? Or the Baptist church? What's she doing here? That's a real important question."


Synchronicity constructed a pavilion adjacent to the "Shrine of the Heart," the location of the alleged Blessed Mother sightings
PHOTO BY WILLIAM WALKER


'Master' Charles Cannon in a publicity shot
SYNCHRONICITY PHOTO

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I love living in Nelson County

A friend sent this story to me that appeared in the Hook. I also love the Hook!

http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2003/02/13/coverStoryCosmicDegreesOut.html

I thought some of it related to the recent post on crystals, so I thought I would post whatI have so far. Comments or ideas are welcome. I am still gathering research and workiong on an outline and a bibliography, etc.



Quartz and how it relates to Hauntings:





Rough draft research document (still includes cut and paste for ideas to get outline ideas.) Not the entire document, but you can see where it is starting to head.

I wish I was a better writer.



Colors/Interpretations of Orbs