(From the blog Metaphysical to Mundane)
I watch up and coming "ghost hunters", and it is amazing what effect
social media has had on them. When I first started studying paranormal
activity in the late 1970's, you rarely heard the word "demon". Now it
seems like there is one lurking in every dark corner (there really
isn't).
I have a love/hate relationship with paranormal investigation shows.
They are wonderful for showing people that there is life after death and
that people who "see ghosts" don't belong in the insane asylum.
However, people think that everything they do is totally valid. It
isn't.
Three has become a "bad number". Once on a Ghost Adventures episode a
priest told Zach Bagans that his three scratches were the "mocking of
the trinity" and that it was a demonic attack. Demons will scratch you
with 10 lines if they want to. Three scratches does NOT mean it is a
demonic entity that scratched you, just a powerful spirit, or one who
has been on the other side a while and has figured things out. I know
people who have been scratched and punched and none of them were
attacked, nor possessed by a demon. Three is not a bad number.
Reach your hand out in front of you right now, palm down , as if you are
going to run your hand down something...how many fingers face down
(scratch position)? The answer is three...it is the easiest way, and the
natural way for a hand to reach out and scratch you. Thumbs face in and
pinkies are shorter and don't reach. Can you force five fingers? Sure
you can, but naturally, the scratch would be three, index, middle and
ring fingers.
I have even seen a YouTube video where a "investigator" is claiming that
a K2 in the red is a demon. This is utter nonsense. It is simply a
reading of over 20 MilliGauss. That's all. My microwave reads over 20,
it isn't possessed that I know of. K2 meters do not always pick up
spirit activity. You can have things happening in an area, and the
needle never moves. There are also times when it is off the charts, and
the reason is a natural occurrence. The red however does NOT indicate
demonic activity.
I have been looking for answers for over 30 years. Studied
parapsychology, psychology, religion, and have a degree in psychology
and metaphysics. I have only been in two places in all that time, that I
could say there was something "evil" in it. Nasty spirits, yes, things
that never lived on this earth, yes (and just becasue they never lived
on this earth doesn't make them demons, a prime example is angels!),
nature spirits, yes, and natural phenomenoon, yes. Paranormal activity,
tons of it, yes. Most likely demonic, twice.
Please do not believe everything you see on YouTube and read on the
net.Many times spirits will act aggressive, although they are pretty
weak, just to get you to leave them alone. They growl, just like you can
if you try right now, that doesn't make you or it a demon.
I get tons of email of people asking if they have an attachment, a
possession. So far all they have been attached and possessed to is the
Ghost Adventures TV show.
I have had hundreds of paranormal experiences in my life, and hope to
have many more, however for those who think the number three, and growls
indicate demonic activity, you are way off base. One other note...that
"flashlight communication" trick is pure garbage. Half turned on lights
will flash when they want to. Watch carefully next time and you will see
that the flashes do not match the questions....they just turn on and
off at random.
We did a little experiment once at Villisca and asked if a former member
was a purple cat. The answer was "yes". The silly questions went on for
about 5 minutes, with the lights arcing off and on. You want answers
from a spirit? Get a good digital voice recorder and /or a Spirit box.
You will hear the investigators say the spirit is "excite" or
"confused", no it is just general physics.
The paranormal is not all that hard to find out. A good investigator
checks EVERYTHING to see why an event happened. They do not sit in a
chair and say " I heard a noise, it's a ghost". They see what the noise
was, and how it was made....and they certainly don't say "three knocks,
its a demon!"
Peshaui Wequashimese
(C)2014 Dr R M Wolf. May not be used, copied or reproduced without prior written permission.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Spirit Box vs Voice recorders.
I wrote this last year under another blog I author.
I know that the recorders and spirit box seem to get their input from different places. I have yet to figure out exactly what is going on. I don't think one is necessarily better than the other , but why do they get two different responses, and types of responses?
While going through my recorder yesterday I noticed that I had some EVPs. I was a little surprised as I thought that the SB7 (sometimes known as "spirit Box" or "ghost box"), would pick up everything. It is supposed to be the easiest system for the spirits to use. They have white noise and sounds from radio stations to paste into words and phrases.
The spirit box does NOT pick up everything, and it is still a bit of a mystery as to how this all works.
I still have sessions to go through, and this particular session had NO ghost box running during it. It seems that the longer we were there, the louder and more clear the voices became. I do know that an investigator had her new camera and SB7 batteries sucked dry. She couldn't use either until we left and replaced them. Maybe the spirits used her batteries to communicate better and louder. They are communicating in a different way than those who use the spirit box. We already knew this to be true, however it seems that some spirits who talk on recorders must be older and stronger than spirits who use the SB7.
It looks like you should use EVP recorders to get the older spirits of a place to communicate, and the SB7 for newer. Then last night I had a thought. Maybe the SB7 picks up spirits that aren't even in the location. They are using radio station waves that are all around us. I posed the question to our founder and he agreed it was a possibility. Maybe next time we will have to ask "Where are you?" The old spirits would have to be right there with us for the recorders to pick up their voices, however, do the spirits who use the ghost box? Can they, like the DJ , be miles away? I guess that is a question for Gary Galka. I DO know that when we run recorders and spirit box. We get different voices/answers on both.This means that not only are they using different methods to communicate, btu the SB7 voices cannot be spirits in the room as they do not make a "double voice" on the recorder. It is not a combination of a clear voice and a static ridden voice box voice saying the same thing at the same time. I don't think the SB7 spirits are near enough to us to be picked up by the recorder.
We received VERY different style, attitude and response from the old spirits than the ones on the ghost box. The ones on the ghost box were curt, rude, cursing and never gave any information. The recorder had just the opposite. I think I will stick with my recorder. I always thought that the spirit box was a cool thing, but now I see no need for it, and am not sure exactly where it is picking up from. It is also hard to hear and decipher sometimes. Our team member who has one is going to try a differnt type of speaker, we will see if theat clarifies the responses. Every time we asked how many spirits were int he house on the SB7, we had no answer. Maybe because they didn't know. Maybe they are just passing through or aren't even in the house! When I asked those same questions last year on the recorder I not only got a total, but was told how many males and how many females were in the house. This doesn't mean the spirit box cannot answer those questions, but I think it picks up newer, weaker spirits. They aren't exactly the best sources of information and certainly not as good as old spirits. I guess it is our craving for instant satisfaction that makes the spirit boxes and Shack hacks so popular.
I still suggest a good paranormal investigation team use both systems.
I still am not sure if my recorded voices are of the Moore or Stillinger family.. We don't have anything to prove or disprove that. I do however have a child singing, and I would think that is more likely a Moore child (it sounds like a boy). I have a song, an "OK", and a spirit mimicking me with "all say" after I said to a fellow investigator, "that's what they all say". I have more on that first session including footsteps and thumps that we heard with our own ears. I still have a couple of sessions to go.
When you can only afford one tool, buy a recorder. Not only will you pick up spirits , but you will have a record of it for later, where with the spirit box, unless you attach a recorder, or tape it with a video camera, the replies will be lost.
The EVPs are being put with video so they can be posted and I will post them at a later date.
There is so much good stuff out there to discover and methods to fine tune. Just remember, do NOT learn all you know from a TV show, and learn from different groups and people. Experiment and see what happens!
Peshaui Wequashimese
(C)2013 Dr. R M Wolf May not be used, copied or reproduced without prior written permission
I know that the recorders and spirit box seem to get their input from different places. I have yet to figure out exactly what is going on. I don't think one is necessarily better than the other , but why do they get two different responses, and types of responses?
While going through my recorder yesterday I noticed that I had some EVPs. I was a little surprised as I thought that the SB7 (sometimes known as "spirit Box" or "ghost box"), would pick up everything. It is supposed to be the easiest system for the spirits to use. They have white noise and sounds from radio stations to paste into words and phrases.
The spirit box does NOT pick up everything, and it is still a bit of a mystery as to how this all works.
I still have sessions to go through, and this particular session had NO ghost box running during it. It seems that the longer we were there, the louder and more clear the voices became. I do know that an investigator had her new camera and SB7 batteries sucked dry. She couldn't use either until we left and replaced them. Maybe the spirits used her batteries to communicate better and louder. They are communicating in a different way than those who use the spirit box. We already knew this to be true, however it seems that some spirits who talk on recorders must be older and stronger than spirits who use the SB7.
It looks like you should use EVP recorders to get the older spirits of a place to communicate, and the SB7 for newer. Then last night I had a thought. Maybe the SB7 picks up spirits that aren't even in the location. They are using radio station waves that are all around us. I posed the question to our founder and he agreed it was a possibility. Maybe next time we will have to ask "Where are you?" The old spirits would have to be right there with us for the recorders to pick up their voices, however, do the spirits who use the ghost box? Can they, like the DJ , be miles away? I guess that is a question for Gary Galka. I DO know that when we run recorders and spirit box. We get different voices/answers on both.This means that not only are they using different methods to communicate, btu the SB7 voices cannot be spirits in the room as they do not make a "double voice" on the recorder. It is not a combination of a clear voice and a static ridden voice box voice saying the same thing at the same time. I don't think the SB7 spirits are near enough to us to be picked up by the recorder.
We received VERY different style, attitude and response from the old spirits than the ones on the ghost box. The ones on the ghost box were curt, rude, cursing and never gave any information. The recorder had just the opposite. I think I will stick with my recorder. I always thought that the spirit box was a cool thing, but now I see no need for it, and am not sure exactly where it is picking up from. It is also hard to hear and decipher sometimes. Our team member who has one is going to try a differnt type of speaker, we will see if theat clarifies the responses. Every time we asked how many spirits were int he house on the SB7, we had no answer. Maybe because they didn't know. Maybe they are just passing through or aren't even in the house! When I asked those same questions last year on the recorder I not only got a total, but was told how many males and how many females were in the house. This doesn't mean the spirit box cannot answer those questions, but I think it picks up newer, weaker spirits. They aren't exactly the best sources of information and certainly not as good as old spirits. I guess it is our craving for instant satisfaction that makes the spirit boxes and Shack hacks so popular.
I still suggest a good paranormal investigation team use both systems.
I still am not sure if my recorded voices are of the Moore or Stillinger family.. We don't have anything to prove or disprove that. I do however have a child singing, and I would think that is more likely a Moore child (it sounds like a boy). I have a song, an "OK", and a spirit mimicking me with "all say" after I said to a fellow investigator, "that's what they all say". I have more on that first session including footsteps and thumps that we heard with our own ears. I still have a couple of sessions to go.
When you can only afford one tool, buy a recorder. Not only will you pick up spirits , but you will have a record of it for later, where with the spirit box, unless you attach a recorder, or tape it with a video camera, the replies will be lost.
The EVPs are being put with video so they can be posted and I will post them at a later date.
There is so much good stuff out there to discover and methods to fine tune. Just remember, do NOT learn all you know from a TV show, and learn from different groups and people. Experiment and see what happens!
Peshaui Wequashimese
(C)2013 Dr. R M Wolf May not be used, copied or reproduced without prior written permission
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