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The excitement of venturing out to conduct a paranormal investigation can be enormous. The idea of exploring a reputedly haunted location with the possibility of capturing evidence is thrilling. Whether you are part of a team or like to explore on your own, safety must always remain on your mind as the number one priority. Doing this type of work alone is not recommended. That being said, people do work alone for their own reasons. We can understand that when alone, an investigator doesn't have to worry about outsider audio contamination or trying to decide who is going to do what job. The main problem is if—or when—something goes wrong, you will have no one readily available ...
Amidst the denizens of the Spirit World who occasionally drift into our sphere, there is none more terrifying, more dreaded, than the Irish banshee. She is the herald of Death. To hear her mournful wail in the dark of the night can mean only one thing: someone in your family has just received a summons to the grave. Banshees are always female, always Irish, connected to certain old Irish families. There are eight major ways that a banshee can get her point across. 1. ScreechingWe have all heard the old expression, "to screech like a banshee." But what does the wraith actually sound like? Many who have heard it state that it resembles a cat having a bad day. In 1983 Anne Hill in Dublin ...
The most important capabilities in laying ghosts are whatever best facilitate communication with spirits to better understand the causes of their obsession. Cultivating competency in the ability to perceive, see, hear, or receive spirits' emotive impressions are all pertinent to resolving a sciomantic investigation. People can be too ready to believe that these skills must be entirely innate or revealed due to the advent of extreme circumstances, such as loss or trauma. The truth is that while in some people an aptitude or talent may be inherent, it is possible for anyone to develop a working efficiency through the diligent and continuous practice of certain simple exercises. HearingThe ...
Demons hold us in thrall. Not the literal, sign-away-your soul sort of demons, but the very concept of the demonic. Demons haunt our televisions, our literature, our music, and our art, and because they have such an enormous cultural footprint even in this supposedly scientific age, misconceptions about them abound. Take, for example, the notion of demons' names. More than a decade has passed since I collected over 1500 proper names of demons in my Dictionary of Demons, drawing on sources mainly from the grimoires of Western Europe. The book opens explicitly with the premise that knowledge is power–explaining how, by better understanding a thing, we naturally gain an edge when ...
