I took this
class last weekend online, and it was awesome. It was put on by Dave Juliana of
The Ghosthunter Store, and this was the first time I had taken one of his
classes. It won't be the last.
Ever since Aunt
Belle dragged me down the ghosthunting trail, I've been reading and also taking
classes or studying under more experienced paranormal professionals. I'll be
the first to admit that in the early-on years, some of the things I thought I
knew and actually practiced were wrong. Over time, I've learned a lot, and part
of it is the continued study and passing on of knowledge by people like Dave. I
also got confirmation of some of the things I now believe and practice, and
that felt good, too.
Here are a few
of the highlights of notes I took, but only the things that pertain to my own
paranormal investigating. Yes, I was scribbling as I was listening. I've found
that if I write something down, it sticks with me a lot better than just seeing
it in a video or listening to someone talk. I was also asking some questions,
so I'll pass on the answers to them here. However, there was so very much more
in the three-hour class. I highly recommend it if it becomes available again.
I asked: What
are shadow people? Do you believe in them and can you get rid of them? This came
from an actual request I had from a woman who kept seeing this supposed shadow
person in her home. All the research I did on the internet appeared to indicate
shadow people were their own type of entity and there was no way to get rid of
them. My team and I went to her house twice, and she also had a priest come in.
The "shadow person" was still there. Dave might have explained why in
his class.
Dave's answer:
He was around in 1996 when shadow people supposedly appeared. He doesn't
believe in them. People were getting pictures of dark shadows and calling them
shadow people. He says they are actually ghosts, or possibly negative entities,
and they need to be handled the same way as ghosts or entities are. That the
reasons they look like shadows is because they are not broadcasting (materializing)
as well as the more fully-formed ghosts we see; but that a shadow person is
just a "normal entity."
My conclusion: I
agree with him and have all along. I kept an open mind and did my research, but
I did believe the supposed shadow people were actually ghosts. I was glad to
have my conclusion confirmed by someone as experienced as Dave. I now feel that
if you can't get rid of a "shadow person" for someone, that person is
allowing it to stay, perhaps in some subconscious way.
I asked if he
thought inexperienced paranormal groups were helping cause the increased influx
of dark entities that professionals like him [and Aunt Belle and I] had been
seeing over the past few years.
Dave said yes,
they were. He had talked earlier in the presentation about people using Ouija
boards and also provoking ghosts. He mentioned another thing that really
bothers me and is why I wrote the maxim for my team: Leave peace behind. He said too many supposed investigators go in
somewhere and stir up the entities. Then they leave and the homeowners have to
deal with the chaos.
I asked if he
believed we could help ghosts cross into the light.
He said yes, but
we need to be very careful. That they still have free will even after they are
dead, so we can't force them. This is what I have been doing all along, talking
to the ghosts and assuring them they will find peace if they go into the light.
Most of the time, they eventually go, especially the children. However, as I've
told my readers, Howard still hangs around my home. Teddy and the little lady
in the kitchen also appear to be permanent boarders, even though I periodically
open a door for anyone here who wants to cross over.
One thing I will
mention that I haven't dealt with and hope I never do — para-drama in groups. I've
seen a lot of this on the internet and yes, even locally here. Dave said that
we have to remember our thoughts are powerful. Talking and thinking about
someone in a negative way can harm the person it is directed at. It can cause
stress and even physical damage. So if you are having trouble like that in your
team, quash it immediately. The best way to do it is to have an open, frank
discussion with the people who are acting negatively and ask them to stop. Also
ask them to turn their actions and thoughts around into positive ones, to undo
the damage they have done.
There was so
much more to this class, and I'll repeat: if you are interested at all in the
paranormal, please take the time to learn from professionals like Dave. I've
been doing this for 25+ years and I learned a lot last Sunday. But be
forewarned. Dave said at one point (my paraphrasing) that if people really
understood the paranormal, they would be way too afraid to mess with it. I
agree. I left this class with a bit more fear of some of the things I encounter
myself, but also with a higher degree of my own faith in myself that I'm doing
good.
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We had our
Thanksgiving a week ago Saturday, then hub left to go visit with our son for a
few days. As I write this, I've been in my haunted house alone for the past
three nights! Way cool! I thought of asking if anyone wanted to come stay in my
haunted house with me, but I wasn't going to broadcast on the internet that I
was here alone — even with my Doberman sleeping with me and the loaded pistol
on the nightstand. J
Anyway, nothing
has really happened beyond the norm, but Aunt Belle is due in on Wednesday, so
we shall see. I'm writing this early so I can post it over the weekend. Aunt
Belle and I will be shopping! Yeah, we're Black Friday addicts.
Oh, I was
checking my sales one day this week and voila! I found that Amazon had made one
of my romances free. Imagine that! I'd been trying to get them to do it for a
year or so, and they finally did it. If you like sweet romances, I think you'll
really love Tennessee Waltz by my romance author persona, Trana Mae Simmons.
It's free for Nook, too, and at Sony, Kobo, Apple, etc. It's even made it free
over on the Amazon UK site, at least for now. It appears to be going back to
being priced on some. For instance, the Canadian site has a price on it
<sigh>.
Kindle: http://tiny.cc/yg5a0w
Nook: http://tiny.cc/edgwxw
Smashwords:
I hope you're
still full of food from your Thanksgiving table, as well as stuffed with the
joy of family gathering. But if you go out hunting, stay safe!
Boo!
T. M.
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