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The Black Art

The Spider God
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Like the proverbial phoenix from the ashes, However, just what this ‘something’ actually is, is anyone’s guess, because
Paranormal magazine shall rise again and indeed it has it might just be that what they have produced might be genuinely magickal in
a top quality quarterly electronic edition available on a nature and have no connection to the traditional ‘spirit realm’ in any form. This
range of platforms. In this, the first issue in the new of course assumes that we have any real idea of what the spirit realm actually is
format, we introduce a brand new section entitled, ‘Open and how it functions…and in fact, despite many impassioned claims to the
© Tom Main Skies, Open Minds’, which deals with certain aspects of contrary, we do not. In this sense the two articles mentioned here are both
Ufology, plus other material that normally does not appear examples of the same concept, but looked at from different perspectives, and
in other publications. ‘UFOs Here and Now’, is written by Dave Hodrien, the what both do show is just how endlessly fascinating it really is.
chairman of the Birmingham UFO group (BUFOG), while researcher John To consider an afterlife as another form of existence, and to actively
McTear looks at the political implications of this phenomena, and Oliver communicate with it, is magick by any other name and to create (conjure?) a
Hallen shows that UFOs may well be another unexpected aspect of the living creature by a force of will alone is an outright magickal process. In fact,
paranormal. The other slot, entitled ‘Doorways’, is taken up by Wm Michael if one thinks about it, religion is little more than a legitimised form of magick
(Mike) Mott from Mississippi in the USA who presents us with examples of (yes, the spelling is deliberate) and it can be difficult to decide which one
the strange, the weird and downright bizarre. legitimised the other. However, if one considers that magick has been
In addition, we have articles dealing with a full range of subjects falling around for millennia longer than monotheism, then it soon becomes clear
under the general heading of the paranormal, and included in these are a that magick legitimised religion.
couple of truly fascinating ideas; one, ‘Life on The Other Side’, considers Incidentally, it’s not often that I will promote any one individual, but every so
what it might be like to pass over into the afterlife. Sandie Gustus suggests often someone appears on the paranormal scene offering something a little
rather intriguingly, that rather than a final shut down of everything we are, different and on Jan 2011 Don Philips & his team G.S.I Paranormal UK did just
physical death is little more than a change of address. I have no intention of that. Last year they began making waves with the release of their investigation
spoiling your enjoyment by giving too much away, but much of what she footage on You-tube; this resulted in Don being invited onto chat shows, filming
says presents a direct challenge to the rationalists out there who are with ITV and giving radio interviews. So what’s different about G.S.I?
adamant that death is final, and consciousness does not - and cannot - Don has an uncanny independently witnessed ability to speak with
survive in any way, shape or form. spirits, whilst many groups struggle for good EVPs, there is little doubt that
Another piece that deserves special attention comes from Richard the spirits are more than willing to speak with Don. Not only do they reply to
Freeman, the Zoological Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, and him, but most of the time they do so very loudly and clearly. Don and his
looks at the seldom discussed subject of ‘Tulpas’, or animated and group are now gathering a sizeable following remarkably quickly and are
actualised thought forms. In other words, these ‘entities’ (it is difficult to find poised to be the leading paranormal investigation team in the UK. Don is also
another suitable analogy) are created by an act of will alone, something that well known for travelling the country assisting anyone reporting activity in
has more than a whiff of chaos magick about it. In chaos magick the their homes and claims a 100% success rate.
practitioner projects their will out into the cosmos (a kind of ‘fake it till you Traditional methods of house clearing such as the use of sage / holy
make it’ concept) and if they have carried out the rituals correctly their water etc, which are known to be effective in some case, are not those that
wish/desire manifests in the physical world. If not then the practitioner is Don chooses to use. No one is sure exactly what he does, (he says he is not a
likely to have it rebound right back at them. medium, but in my humble opinion he has to be), but he enters a haunted
In this rather worrying account Richard explains how he managed to location empty handed and it would appear that all activity has ceased by the
create a viable ‘spider entity’ using what has to be an ad hoc and remarkably time he leaves. G.S.I Paranormal U.K will be shooting a new TV series later
effective approach. In the course of the account we learn about other this year, which, if the You-tube video evidence is anything to go, by should be
attempts at creating entities out of nothing. One rather famous attempt was a huge success. More information including footage can be found at
the so-called ‘Phillip Experiment’, where a group of psychic researchers tried, www.gsiparanormal.com and to quote Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson, on that
with some apparent success, to invent an English nobleman called, bombshell I’ll sign off.
appropriately enough, Phillip. This experiment has actually been recreated
several times since with varying degrees of success by other groups all over Brian Allan
the world; the important thing is that they all managed to create ‘something’. EDITOR
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26 THE ASWANGS OF
ANTIPOLO
In this feature, Dr Karl Shuker
delves into the folklore of the
Philippines and finds vampires
there too.
32 DOORWAYS
Mike Mott presents a remarkable
Contents account of encounters with
hitherto unknown entities hidden
in the voids of inner-space, deep
below the surface of the earth. Are
they the ancient templates for
devils and demons? Find out here!
34 UFOS HERE AND

NOW: A DUAL
ABDUCTION CASE
Respected and pioneering
Ufologist Dave Hodrien sets out an
example, illustrating just how
enigmatic this subject is.
40 RAISING THE
SPIDER GOD
Richard Freeman presents the
terrifying prospect that thoughts
in the form of ‘tulpas’ can be
made real, in this account he
creates a spider.
06 THE BARBADOS 16 THE GOLDEN LION

COFFIN MYSTERY: PUB HAUNTING
Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe bring Darren Ritson returns to a haunted
one of the most fascinating (and still pub and discovers that the spirits
unexplained) paranormal mysteries are not all necessarily in the
yet under the microscope, the bottles.
bizarre and unsettling case of the
Barbados Coffins. 19 THE INNERSPACE
ODYSSEY
09 MAKING LIGHT OF Martin Higgins introduces us to a
DARK MATTERS truly fascinating concept
In this rather technical piece, suggesting that Out of Body
Richard T Cole shows that the Experience (OOBE) can be
paranormal may be affected by induced at will by artificial means,
matters other than spiritual. It also and that Quantum Physics may
raises the question; did the hold the answers to reality itself.
paranormal exist before the Big
Bang? 22 THE WEIRDEST 60TH
BIRTHDAY…….EVER!!
12 EXORCISM! Another welcome contribution
Psychological, Psycho-Sexual or from Mike Oram, this time about
Paranormal? The psychically gifted the enigmatic events that occurred
Terry Stokes sets out some just before his birthday. As you will
examples of where the paranormal discover, Mike is also in regular
can be called into question. contact with an ET.
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Contents
44 THE SALE MOOR

DISTURBANCE
Steve Mera reports on paranormal
phenomena and how it can affect
and blight the lives of average,
normal people.
50 THE SARAGOSSA
GHOST
An eerie tale, this time from
Spain, which concerns an
absolutely classic case of
haunting; but by what?
52 THE GIFTS OF
FRIENDS, THE
KINDNESS OF
STRANGERS
In this account from Ellis Taylor, we
discover that perhaps we should
be careful who we invite into our
houses at Christmas.
56 PORTALS, FACT OR 78 READERS’ 80 REVIEWS

FICTION? EXPERIENCES Including: Zones of Strangeness:
Investigator Don Phillips reveals Reader Ruby Winchester sends in an Examination of Paranormal and
some genuinely fascinating a selection of personal UFO Hotspots, ‘Crystal Clear’, The
images of what he says is a supernatural encounters Truth Agenda and more...
dimensional portal
79 READERS’ LETTERS 88 COMING
58 THE SPIRIT You have your say! NEXT ISSUE
OF WEEDON See what we have instore for
Karen Parham relives her eerie and you next!
unnerving account of what she
saw while returning home late one
evening in rural Northamptonshire.
62 THE BLACK ART:

MAGIC IN THE
SHADOWS
Stephen Wakefield looks at the
unnerving and dangerous practise
of Black Magic.
66 TEMPLAR
MECHANICS AND
SACRED GEOMETRY OF
THE KNIGHTS
Sacred Geometry; fact or fancy?
The indefatigable Dan Green
looks at the painstaking work of
Tony Peart
70 FIELD THEORY AND

THE PARANORMAL
Is photographic evidence of the
paranormal a possibility or just
wishful thinking? Hugh Fairman
sets out the case and lets us see
his evidence.
The Barbados
Coffin
Mystery THE FAMOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE MOVING COFFINS IN THE CHASE-
By Lionel and Patricia
ELLIOTT VAULT IN CHRIST CHURCH CEMETERY IN OISTINS, BARBADOS,

ARE THE BEST KNOWN OF FOUR VERY SIMILAR MYSTERIES.
Fanthorpe
The Authors
at the
Barbados
Tomb
‘INTO THE UNKNOWN’
Apart from the Barbados story itself, reports of coffins Robert Dale Owen (1801 – 1877) served as a United States
that apparently moved of their own volition also came Representative and was also a United States Minister to the
from Arensburg (currently called Kuressaare) on the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Naples from 1853 – 1858. He
Baltic Island of Oesel (now renamed Saaremaa). In 1844 heard about the Arensburg phenomenon from some German
(a good twenty years after the Barbados accounts) the Baltic aristocrats whom he met in Paris. There are further
Arensburg coffins were reported to have moved inexplicably references to the Arensburg case in the 31st and 32nd issues
in a vault under a chapel belonging to the Buxhoewden of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, which
family. Baron de Guldenstubbe launched an official enquiry date back over a century. The European Magazine of 1815,
into the affair. One account of the Arensburg moving coffin which pre-dated the Barbados reports by four years,
mystery can be found in Footfalls on the Boundary of Another contained an account from Stanton in Suffolk of coffins in a
World written by Robert Dale Owen in 1859. vault in the local churchyard that had been inexplicably
A brilliant thinker and a logical, rational investigator, moved on several occasions. This case was referred to by
Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe
Nathan Lucas, one of the witnesses to the Barbados events,

who wrote an account of them in 1824.
Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815 – 1888), a brilliant
academic and classical scholar, was the son of the Rector of
Gretford, near Stamford. In Notes and Queries for November
9th, 1867, Paley writes of coffins in a vault in his father’s parish
that were found to have been moved mysteriously on more
than one occasion when the vault was opened for additional
interments. In three of those four reports of moving coffins, it
was indicated that evidence was lacking because the events
had been hushed up – or totally denied – for the sake of the
bereaved families concerned.
The Chase-Elliot vault in Christ Church Parish cemetery
in Oistins seems to have been built in 1724 for the
Honourable James Elliot – but he may never have been
interred in it. He was the son of the Honourable Richard
Elliot, and the husband of Elizabeth, daughter of the
Honourable Thomas Waldron – a wealthy sugar plantation
owner. James died on May 14th, 1724 – but does not seem
to have been interred there. Other accounts, however,
suggest that his widow, Elizabeth, died in 1792 and was
buried in the vault. When Thomasina Goddard was placed in
the vault in 1807, the burial party were surprised to find it The writer was of the opinion that the strange sounds
empty. What had happened to Elizabeth’s body interred and the movements of the coffins were caused by giant
there fifteen years earlier? That adds another element of puffball fungi, of a type known to grow in Honduras. His
mystery to the enigma of the moving coffins. theory was that they grew under a coffin, moved it: and
then disintegrated completely after exploding, leaving
no trace. Not impossible - but a farmer in our
audience brought a giant fungus he had found in his
barn so that we could experiment with it. We duly
sealed it into a large plastic bag and stored it in the
lecture room cupboard. After two full terms it showed
no signs whatever of either exploding or
disintegrating. We concluded that had fungus
remains ever been found in the Barbados vault, they
would have been noticed. We certainly found no
trace of them when we examined the vault ourselves
while making a BBC documentary about it.
The vault is partly underground and measures
approximately four metres by two and a half. Its
ceiling is high enough for a person to stand upright
in it. The top appears flat from outside, but is
domed when looked at from the inside. The Chase-
Elliot vault is constructed of blocks of coral-stone.
The entrance, through which a visitor descends the
stairs, was originally covered by a heavy slab of
blue Devonshire marble.
Because James Elliot, its builder, was never
Chase-Elliot vault
interred there, the first interment was that of Mrs
Thomasina Goddard on July 13th, 1807. The Chase family
then acquired the vault. The current church is the fifth one to
One interesting sideline on the case suggests that strange occupy the site, and was built in 1935. The first church, built
banging sounds were heard issuing from the vault from time in 1629, on the orders of the Governor, Sir William Tufton,
to time, and this discouraged Elliot from using it. When we was destroyed by a devastating flood forty years later when
were lecturing on the mystery in Lowestoft a few years ago, coffins and human remains were spread across the beach.
we came across the theory that the coffins had been moved The second church was destroyed by hurricane in 1780, and
by giant puffball fungi – which are said to be capable of lifting the third, again by hurricane – in 1831 – barely ten years after
paving stones! Valentine Dyall (1908 - 1985) wrote an the Chase Elliot vault phenomena. The rebuilt church, the
account of the Barbados coffin mystery in Everybody’s fourth one, burnt down and had to be re-constructed in 1935.
Weekly on July 19th, 1952. Shortly afterwards he received a
THE FIRST CHURCH, BUILT IN 1629, ON THE ORDERS OF THE

letter from Gregory Ames, who was then living at 50 Bonser
Road in Twickenham. Greg enclosed a copy of a letter from
his great-grandfather dated Christmas Day, 1820. GOVERNOR, SIR WILLIAM TUFTON, WAS DESTROYED BY A
The writer had been a close relative of the infant Samuel
Brewster Ames, whose body had been among those buried
DEVASTATING FLOOD FORTY YEARS LATER WHEN COFFINS
in the Chase Elliot vault. AND HUMAN REMAINS WERE SPREAD ACROSS THE BEACH.
was ordered to be chipped away. Thomas Chase’s coffin was
Vault half-way up the stairs – the rest were in wild disarray.
interior
Combermere ordered them to be buried in separate graves
in the Christ Church cemetery, and the vault to be left open.
It was still open when we made our BBC documentary. Are
there any answers? Flood water perhaps? An extremely
localised earthquake? Some researchers have even
suggested that it never really happened.
Vault interior
facing exit
Colonel Thomas Chase, the head of the family, was said

in some accounts to have been cruel and vicious, and was
described by more than one early chronicler as “the most
hated man on the island”. His infant daughter, two-year-old
Mary Ann Maria Chase, was buried alongside the body of
Thomasina Goddard on February 22nd, 1808. On July 6th,
1812, Chase’s other daughter, Dorcas, was laid to rest. Some
early accounts suggest that her father’s cruelty had been
largely responsible for her death. One version of the moving
THE COFFINS – William Biddle, a very thoughtful and knowledgeable
APART FROM
coffins story states that Mary and Thomasina lay undisturbed. geographer, has suggested that the destructive convergent
Another version maintains that their coffins had moved when tectonic plate theory involving up-welling magma between the
Dorcas was brought in to join them. Just over a month later, THOMASINA Atlantic Plate and the Caribbean Plate could have given rise to
Thomas himself died. When the vault was opened to receive
him, the coffins of both his daughters had moved: Mary’s GODDARD’S – a small, localised earthquake that might have moved the
coffins. He also suggested that as the lead for coffins at that
little lead coffin was upside down in one corner. The coffins WERE FOUND period was reinforced with iron, the Earth’s magnetic field
were all re-arranged in order, and the heavy blue marble slab
was placed back over the entrance.
OUT OF PLACE, might have been involved. If there are paranormal
explanations, some experts on psychic forces have suggested
The eleven-month-old infant, Samuel Brewster Ames, AND IT NEEDS that the negative personality of Thomas Chase, and the
related to the Gregory Ames who had written to Valentine
Dyall concerning the fungus theory, was laid to rest in the
TO BE NOTED possibility that more than one of the occupants of the vault
was suspected of suicide, might have unleashed powerful
vault on September 25th, 1816. The coffins – apart from THAT THOMAS mysterious forces.
Thomasina Goddard’s – were found out of place, and it CHASE HAD When our friends
BEEN A BIG
needs to be noted that Thomas Chase had been a big man. Simon Probert and
It would have needed seven or eight people to move his large Pamela Willson visited
lead coffin. Kevin Farmer, the Curator for History and MAN. IT the Chase-Elliot tomb
Archaeology in the Barbados Museum, describes the size
and weight of it in his excellent video documentary about
WOULD HAVE many years ago, they
took a photograph that
the vault. NEEDED SEVEN showed a strange
Once again the coffins were re-arranged, and the vault
was closed up again until November 17th, 1816, when it was
OR EIGHT skull-like face
surrounded by what 19th
re-opened to receive the body of Samuel Brewster. The PEOPLE TO Century spiritualists
coffins were again all over the place. On July 17th, 1819, the MOVE HIS would have described as
Photo by
LARGE LEAD
vault was opened for the body of Thomasina Clark, and once ectoplasm. That
Pamand
again the coffins were disarranged. The Governor, Field photograph, too, remains Simon at
Marshall Stapleton Cotton, First Viscount Combermere, COFFIN an unsolved mystery! Barbados
Tomb
became involved. He and his staff, along with prominent
citizens like Nathan Lucas, made a thorough examination of
the vault: no loose stones, no secret passages, nothing in the
least suspicious. Combermere ordered the coffins to be re-
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
arranged, coral-stone sand strewn on the floor, and the slab
‘The Rev Lionel Fanthorpe is a
that covered the entrance to be cemented in place with
world renowned presenter and
identifying marks and seals in the cement. All this was duly
author specialising in all aspects
carried out.
of the weird and wonderful.
On April 18th, 1820, the vault was re-opened on
Combermere’s orders. The seals were all intact. The cement
Richard T. Cole
MAKING LIGHT OF
DARK MATTERS Image 1
By Richard T. Cole
IN RECENT YEARS, AN UNHOLY TRINITY
OF DARKNESS HAS SEEPED INTO THE
CONTEMPLATIONS OF ASTROPHYSICISTS
AND COSMOLOGISTS IN THE FORM
OF DARK MATTER, DARK ENERGY AND
DARK FLOW.
These terms sound impressive, but are merely artificial constructs
formulated to conceal glaring discrepancies between theoretical
models of our universe and its observed properties. In this essay, I will
outline an elementary solution to arguably the greatest scientific enigma to
emerge in decades – a theory that avoids any need to flood space with
two varieties of highly-dubious astronomical filler, and one pointing directly
towards the existence of an entirely new dimension.
According to Big Bang theories, the totality of our world emerged from
a single “primeval atom.” Approximately 14 billion years ago, and for
reasons unknown, this minute singularity underwent an unimaginably
violent period of growth responsible for creating time, space, and
everything else – an eruption of such colossal magnitude that its
shockwave still propels our universe outwards, in all directions, at a rate of
around 1 billion miles per hour.
Whilst exploring these mysteries, researchers made a truly
extraordinary discovery. Painstaking observations of distant supernova
revealed a universe that is not only expanding, but also accelerating! This
bewildering conclusion defies both common sense and the laws of
physics, because (to use a simile) it suggests that ‘shrapnel’ ejected from
THE COLE CURRENT
an explosion is speeding up, not slowing down. In a perfect vacuum,

under ideal conditions, material ‘could’ theoretically maintain 100% of its
initial momentum. However, in reality, gravity alone should drag on the
universe like an anchor.
Image 1 illustrates the acceleration problem by considering an
experiment in which advanced mathematics are used to calculate the
location of galaxy ‘Z,’ over a five day period (red crosses).
During this time, the galaxy’s actual position is also determined (from
direct observation) and plotted on the graph (red arrows). The difference
between theoretical and observed position is marked with blue arrows.
For example – on day one, computations suggest that Galaxy ‘Z’ and
Earth are separated by a distance of 4GU (*Galactic Units). In fact, the
observed distance is 5GU. Galaxy ‘Z’ appears to be travelling at +25% its
theoretically derived maximum velocity. By day two, the differential has
doubled to 2GU. A figure suggesting that Galaxy ‘Z’ is now exceeding by
50% the speed predicted by all known laws of physics.
PAINSTAKING OBSERVATIONS OF DISTANT

SUPERNOVA REVEALED A UNIVERSE THAT IS NOT
ONLY EXPANDING, BUT ALSO ACCELERATING!
our capacity to detect by direct means, one observed only
with reference to its effect on other objects?”
(Similar to techniques used to detect distant planets
by measuring cyclical fluctuations in light from the star
they orbit.)
Image 2 If this implausible scenario was not enough to give

highlights the widening cosmologists a headache, their theoretical constructs
gap between theory
and reality, during a received further blows courtesy of two equally bewildering
seven day period. discoveries. Firstly – the universe’s total estimated mass
does not tally with the motion of stars and galaxies orbiting
distant super-clusters. In order to behave as observed,
space ‘should’ be heavier, much heavier. Despite
extensive investigation into the problem of ‘missing matter,’
science has yet to find any evidence of an elusive
substance that, according to current hypotheses, comprises
¾ of the universe!
Secondly – the cosmos is expanding in all
directions, with one notable exception. Objects in a small
patch of the sky, between the southern constellations of
Centaurus and Vela, are converging on a single point that is
seemingly outside our universe (i.e. a place beyond the
distance travelled by light from the Big Bang). Again,
scientists remain unable to explain why galaxies in this Image 3 views the acceleration problem from a slightly different
perspective, in which our universe is contained within an external,
region are drifting towards a mysterious entity dubbed the rotating dimension currently beyond our means of detection.
“Great Attractor.”
To reconcile its best-guess theory of the universe with
astronomical observations, cosmologists conjured three In this scenario, a cosmologist on Earth (A) still observes
imaginative plugs. The first, labelled Dark Energy, ‘appears galaxy ‘Z’ accelerating away from him along a straight line
from nowhere’ to fill gaps created by the expansion of space. (AI) but, from our ‘enlightened’ vantage point, we see that it is
Dark Energy’s almost ‘Magickal’ properties include a also sweeping out the arc of a circle. To reconcile the
capacity to provide the almost infinite energy required to difference between theoretical position and actual location, it
thrust galaxies apart at ever-increasing velocity. The second, is necessary to add this ‘invisible’ component to galaxy ‘Z’s’
Dark Matter, is another illusionary bulk ‘sneaked’ into observed linear motion.
equations to balance sums that otherwise deviate from reality On day one, theoretical models incorrectly predict that
by 75%. The third ‘white rabbit,’ Dark Flow, is an invisible galaxy ‘Z’ is located 4GU from Earth. However if its rotational
‘tide’ on which a few galaxies flow. Not surprisingly, growing (sideways) movement (of 3GU) is included, a revised
numbers of researchers are beginning to wonder if theorems theoretical position can be calculated using mathematics
reliant on such excessive and wholly undetectable padding discovered by Pythagoras, whose theorem states that the
square of the longest side of a right-angled triangle is equal
contain fundamental flaws.
to the sum of the squares of its other two sides.
The seemingly inexplicable chasm separating a universe
predicted by mathematics and that observed by astronomers
has fascinated me for years. My thoughts often struggled to
devise a simple explanation of at least the apparent galactic
acceleration – without success. Then, quite recently, whilst
strolling around a local park I noticed a group of children
playing on a roundabout. Watching them spiral round on the
mechanical contraption triggered a curious notion.
It occurred to me that the kids weren’t actually moving.
The observed motion was a consequence of their
attachment to an external, spinning object. With this in mind,
I began to consider my relationship with a much larger
roundabout, Earth! Planet Earth is hurtling around the sun at
approximately 22 thousand miles per hour. Indeed, our solar
system is whirling around a galaxy that is itself circling the
universe – all of which I am blissfully unaware. Suddenly, a
tantalising question popped into my mind:
“Is our universe embedded in ‘something’ that is also

spinning, or spiralling? Is the perceived acceleration of
galaxies a function of angular motion in a dimension beyond
Richard T. Cole
THE SEEMINGLY INEXPLICABLE CHASM ever-increasing quantities of undetectable Dark Energy, are
completely negated if we simply assume our universe is
SEPARATING A UNIVERSE PREDICTED BY embedded in a larger, rotating dimension. My proposed
MATHEMATICS AND THAT OBSERVED BY version of reality also dispenses with the complexities of Dark
Matter, since the centrifugal (spin) force imparted on our
ASTRONOMERS HAS FASCINATED ME universe (by the extra dimension in which it rotates) increases
FOR YEARS. MY THOUGHTS OFTEN its total mass by the 75% required to reconcile theoretical
STRUGGLED TO DEVISE A SIMPLE

predictions with physical observations.
This simple concept sketches an entirely new way of
EXPLANATION OF AT LEAST THE looking at our universe, and beyond. One, I believe, that
APPARENT GALACTIC ACCELERATION – when fully developed will solve the most baffling and
controversial scientific enigma of the last few decades. In this
WITHOUT SUCCESS. respect, I welcome correspondence from interested parties
with information supporting, elaborating, or refuting this
tentative proof towards the existence of a hitherto
Image 4 depicts this as: unsuspected dimension.
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(AB)2 + (BC)2 = (CA)2
16 (or 42) + 9 (or 32) = 25 (or 52) *To avoid a risk of losing the essential principle of this essay
in a sea of impossibly large numbers and complex
mathematics I have simplified theory and illustrations to bare
Line ‘AB’ is the erroneous distance of 4GU predicted by bones, as noted below.
extant theories. Line ‘BC’ is the extra-dimensional, angular
motion of 3GU. Therefore, the square of a corrected 1 - “Galactic Unit” is an arbitrary term used to define
theoretical estimate equals 25GU (16 + 9, or 42 + 32). The distance.
square root of 25 is 5GU – a figure confirmed by direct 2 - “Observed Acceleration” figures shown in Image 2
observation (‘C’). actually occur over millennia. The cumulative effects of
By day four, the discrepancy between (old) theoretical this slow process are ‘compressed’ into a short (seven-
position (16GU) and actual location (20GU) has increased to day) experiment.
4GU. Once again, factoring a constant rotational 3 - The “Anticipated Acceleration” figure of “0%” assumes
displacement of 3GU per day (now 12GU) into the equation ideal conditions in which the expanding universe retains
gives a revised theoretical distance of 20GU (defined as all its initial (Big Bang) momentum. In reality, gravity acts
(AH)2 + (HI)2 = (IA)2, or 256 + 144 = 400. The square root of as a brake, gradually reducing its velocity. The laws of
400 is 20GU). Again, a figure precisely matching the actual physics explicitly state that the observed acceleration of
distance of galaxy ‘Z’ obtained from direct observation. our universe is a physical impossibility.
Galaxies are not speeding up as they move farther from 4 - Pythagoras’ theorem describes flat planes, whereas space
Earth. They are actually travelling at (approximately) constant is curved and more accurately defined by non-Euclidian
velocity along the hypotenuse of a triangle. Astrophysicists (curved surface) geometry. To negate numerous visual
are incorrectly interpreting the increasing differential between challenges presented by five-dimensional, curved space-
linear and angular motion as acceleration. In short, the time diagrams and daunting formula describing these,
physical impossibility of an accelerating universe, and our Images 3 and 4 employ two-dimensional mathematics.
subsequent need to ‘balance the books’ by filling this with The principle under consideration is applicable to both.
EXORCISM! By
Terry
Stokes
PSYCHOLOGICAL, PSYCHO-SEXUAL OR PARANORMAL?

THERE IS MUCH ARGUMENT IN THE SPIRITUAL PRESS RIGHT NOW AMONG SCHOLARS,
AS TO WHAT AN EXORCISM REALLY IS. SHOULD IT BE A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS? IS IT
A SPIRITUAL OR PSYCHIATRIC SICKNESS? CAN DEPRESSIVE TREATMENTS HELP? MY OLD
COLLEAGUE, DAVID TYNDALL, WAS FEATURED IN THE NEWSPAPERS RECENTLY.
David, whom I admire greatly for his know of several of the people involved, and
expertise, has for some years been a well- can vouch for its authenticity.
known Christian cleric and he confided in As I remember it, in 1970 a late night
me that although he is a bible scholar, a ‘phone call was made by a group of
talented psychologist and grief counsellor, youngsters, who - after a party at a tower
he had attended over thirty-three exorcisms block in London’s Stratford area - contacted
in his seventeen years in the church. In that the Catholic Church. They said that the
time he had never seen anything which group had invoked an intelligence from a
definitely convinced him of the existence of game on an Ouija board after a party, and
the paranormal. Where you draw the that this intelligence had occupied one of
guidelines in these issues is crucial, and for these youngsters, who was showing extreme
a man of religion to say he did not believe in paranormal abilities. This sort of story is part
the supernatural, when the religious word of the chaff that is interspersed with the
‘miracle’ means white magic, and the precious wheat of knowledge and in the
sacraments are themselves a magical rite, is ordinary way I confess would take little
strange indeed. notice of, but coming from David Tyndall, Fr.
The Rev. Christopher Neil-Smith Kenneth Green and Bishop Thomas himself,
(unfortunately now deceased) would have I had to listen and take notice.
queues of people all day long from all over Before an exorcism can take place
the country for exorcism, and is rumoured permission from the Diocesan Bishop must
by ‘inside sources’ to have helped John be granted, and the area exorcist, a man
Lennon, just prior to, and maybe during, his chosen usually for his knowledge or holiness
involvement with Yoko Ono and before his brought in. So serious did the Bishop
assassination, when he was under close consider the apparent danger to the
F.B.I surveillance. Rev. Neil-Smith saw youngsters involved to be, that he
evidence of the paranormal everywhere he immediately went to the scene while
looked; those who watched him work were ‘phoning two experts to meet him at the dogma (the rigid set of rules that govern how
amazed at the speed of his skills, people tower block. So all three, the Bishop and the the church functions) that no one who has
came from all over the world to see him and two priests - all experts in their field committed a mortal sin such as murder can
he taught us so much. The Rev Neil–Smith is remember - met up at the flat to give be buried in consecrated ground. However,
reckoned to have conducted over three assistance. Over the years, we have all the Church is quite capable of turning a
thousand exorcisms since 1949 in Britain perhaps met people who have benefited in blind eye when it wants to, as the spate of
alone, and in 1973 the Bishop of London their research from Ouija boards, and stories sex scandals that caused so much ill-feeling
gave him permission to conduct exorcism of all shades are told of it. My own opinion is clearly demonstrates.
using his own judgement. that most of the information is from the Bishop Thomas’s story, which was told in
Certainly in my prime I was on call for unconscious minds of the sitters, but horror the greatest detail by the two priests, was
anywhere in the country, and for many years stories, alas, are also very common. that when he entered the room in the tower
could often do one a week, and in all The Bishop, who was an outspoken and block, the possessed youngster spoke to him
fairness the amount of times I saw real fearless man in what he believed, had in a deep metallic gravely voice, and mocked
phenomena was very rare, yet whenever I become well known when he protested at him that he was not a good enough man to
am interviewed for the media, it is these the torture of German detainees at the exorcise him. The voice claimed that the
instances that I have to keep recounting. I Nuremberg war crimes trials. He had also Bishop had slept with a woman some five
reminded David Tyndall of the Bishop objected to the Catholic Church giving last years before, and liked a secret night time
Thomas (pseudonym) case, and although rites and Catholic funerals to I R A killers drop of Scots whisky, and apparently when
this has never reached the public domain, I and bombers because it is actually canon the two priests looked at the Bishop’s face,
Exorcism
they saw his guilt and shame written all over once said; “The dangers in the unseen the sitter patient (or querent) accepts
it, and felt this must be true. worlds are very real indeed, and never, ever everything the analyst, reader or medium
The sheer strength of the youngster made to be trifled with.” Good advice for the says without question, and agrees with
it necessary for the three churchmen to hold curious. So how safe are readings? everything said, in principle. Certain
him while the deliverance was attempted, and psychological disorders often manifest in a
at times all three were lifted off the ground PSYCHIC READINGS: RIGHTS similar way, particularly when under the
simultaneously. Objects seemed to just fly AND WRONGS added stress of trauma or bereavement.
round the room, and the Bishop seized the Your guide to psychics and Remember also the ‘Barnum effect’
youth by the lapels and began screaming mediums which is people accepting extremely loose
through the insane laughter, the Catholic At a lecture meeting recently, I noted that a or vague descriptions as accurate. This is a
exorcism rites. I was told that the Bishop question that comes up continually over the little similar to the well-documented
struggled with the beast inside the youth into years is; “where can I get a reasonable ‘Stockholm Syndrome’, where people are
the small hours of the morning before they reading, and how can I tell if it is genuine”? subtlety persuaded, bullied or conditioned to
could all safely leave the tower block. A new twist to the old snake oil salesman believe in their interviewer, boss or captor’s
The Bishop became extremely ill in the scams are the fraudulent psychics, belief systems. This technique is often used
days after, and I was told that his hair went particularly the ‘phone and mail frauds, who in religious cult indoctrination, and was used
white over the next few weeks. As a rule, I will use threats and tell of curses that must be extensively on captured Muslims in Cuba.
removed at high cost etc. Several criteria The British superspy George Blake claimed
must be followed. First, look for a body or he was indoctrinated in this way to betray
reputable association such as B.A.P.S or the his country. British industry managers such
British Astrological and Psychical Society, or as Royal Mail, have this technique as part of
the S.A.G.B., or Spiritualist Association of the induction training. The ‘Experimenter
Great Britain, and seek advice here for a effect’ is the complex relationship between
recommended reader, perhaps in your area. reader and querent, with various emotional
In addition, it sometimes pays to ask for or psychic undertones, which can
advice about the type of reader required, undermine a reading.
such as a cartomancer or tarot reader, When results or the observer can be
clairvoyant healer, crystal specialist, mental influenced by previous knowledge it is known
medium, or one well-versed in your required as observer bias. Mediums will often claim
art, ask when you ring for advice. In doing that spirit readings are the best, but the
so, it is vital that no extra information is elevation of the spirit contact will determine
given away. Secondly, if you ring for an the quality of what comes through. Much of
appointment, the only information to give is the generalised nonsense type channelling
your Christian name, nothing more is can be from poor spirit contacts, and
necessary. channelling is so easy to fake. Remember
Always ask among your friends about that much spirit reading is not at all spiritual
where they have been and would in content or in origin. “By their fruits shall ye
recommend. Psychic fairs can be a bit hit know them”. Over many years of attending
and miss in this regard, the readers being an development circles, one often saw
unknown quantity. Sometimes, particularly something given as evidential, an item that
at fairs, one can encounter some was spoken of over tea the week before. The
considerable rivalry between readers. ‘scattergun effect’ is the term used for frauds
Remember the saying, “A truth that’s told that will bark out a dozen names in quick
with bad intent, beats all the lies you can succession, knowing that with the law of
invent”; one reader will rarely recommend averages some will hit. Those of you who
another, as livings have to be earned. A good have attended my seminars will be familiar
point to keep in mind is always go to them, with all this and I apologise for the repetition.
ask permission to discuss these topics but on never have a reading in your own home, as a
this occasion, for this article I did not, wealth of information can be gleaned from THE LAW AND PSYCHIC
although my opinion was asked at the time on just a casual glance at photos, the car you READINGS IN BRITAIN
the Ouija board incident. The church lumps may drive, whether there are cheap or Remember under the new European Human
this in with tarot cards and horoscopes, and I expensive soft furnishings etc. This is known Rights Act, each reader has a ‘duty of care’,
still maintain that any of these tools in in the trade as ‘cold reading’, and is and must be accountable for the quality of the
responsible hands do not represent any increasingly common. message. The 1563 Witchcraft Act supported
threat; a reading from a reputable psychic Save all questions until the reading ends. the death penalty for divination, being
can be very helpful, and both Carl Jung and Personally I am not in favour of taping a overtaken in 1735 by one year in prison. The
Hans Eysenck saw the day when all reading, as I have experienced over many 1824 Vagrancy Act, perhaps being the best
counselling would be intuitively based. years that the tape can be found by a family known, actually names palmistry, and is the
So to answer the esteemed David member, or even a jealous husband, and scourge of some suspect gypsy-type
Tyndall, I am sure that most times the causes listened to. I can recall some tales here readings. The notorious 1951 Fraudulent
are just psychological, although other causes believe me, where something that should be Mediums Act had targeted Spiritualism, and
can be paranormal or even emotio/physical. very personal can become public, especially was very anti-divination. What is normally
However, I would stress the following to all among show business people and sports forgotten is that the medieval texts on
who would wish to push the boundaries of personalities who are often neurotic about astrology and palmistry were written in Latin,
this knowledge: as the master occultist Rollo privacy. There is one little known aspect because that was the language of the
Ahmed, one of Dennis Wheatley’s top pupils called ‘The Hawthorne effect’, this is when Christian monks who taught these subjects at
the theological colleges of the time. heather’, or whatever. I have sent so many television celebrities who debunks mediums
Most importantly, the 1976 Sale of Goods people to the Citizens Advice Bureau over in his programme relies on hidden
Act refers to any bought commodity having the years that now they send them to me. microphones in the studio’s green room to
to be of merchantable quality, and this also gather information prior to going on air, to do
covers spiritual, psychic or emotional HOW TO SPOT A SCAM. his own version of a reading. This sort of
readings, so if you feel your reading was not For example, such things as having to send thing is quite prevalent. A good tip is to ask
of ‘merchantable quality’, or not of value, you money overseas, or having to give credit your reader or medium for information about
are entitled by law not to pay. The local card or bank account details. Beware P.O. your past, if this is correct then odds are they
Trading Standards Office can advise, but are boxes; you should always have an address will be right about your future, accept no
not always helpful. My postbag is often full of for any follow up. Unfortunately, the old and reading solely on your future, as you have no
spiritual reading scams received through the vulnerable are persistently targeted, with way to tell if any of it is genuine. Just as a
post etc., as I have campaigned for many fraudulent mail shots for expensive priest or doctor is bound by confidentiality,
years on this subject, and also bogus nonsense readings, each one being the so should readers be, and it is for this reason
doorstep readers promising a great destiny if same as the rest. They can cause great that I advise against readings on tape.
you either ‘join my Jesus group’ or ‘purchase harm, particularly the type of chain letter Much of the criticism levelled at psychic
this lucky charm’ etc. that says send money for readings or else readings is from churchmen and
Alarm bells should ring when bad luck will come. Avoid sending away for psychologists, who say that, “readers
pseudonyms are used; two cases to appear lucky keys, magic coins, Cornish elves, Irish encourage addiction and many follow up
before the courts as I write concern ‘Ghostly blarney chips, Nigerian crucifixes or Tony visits”. No group encourages regular visits
Master John’ and ‘Psychic Karmic Anna’, so Blair grease. A sympathetic member of and contributions more than churchmen,
be careful here. In one case a telephone parliament whose chart I recently drew up and one visit to a psychologist is liable to
medium called ‘Psychic Full Moon Angel contacted Royal Mail on this subject, but mean you are part of the average statistic of
Cloud’ was actually five different people Royal Mail’s attitude was that it generated 25 very expensive visits. Over the years, I
taking turns answering the ‘phone. Never large financial revenues so they were have had some incredibly informative
deal with pseudonyms; if people are proud reluctant to make changes. Finally, The readings that have been of real benefit, and
of their work, they put their real name to it. Office of Fair Trading is currently only a couple that were dubious. At the
In one case yet to appear before the court, a investigating scams of all types. The poet moment most of the complaints I receive
man was continually hanging around outside Longfellow said; “Others judge us by what are either about postal or telephone
an educational college, in full witch doctor’s we have already done, but we judge readings. Remember ‘buyer beware’.
garb, telling the girls he could increase their ourselves, by what we are capable of.” Suspect spiritual or fortune-predicting-style
exam results with African magic. Amazingly To paraphrase the late, great, Harry mail can be sent to:-
eleven women allowed him to rub an egg all Edwards, “Readings should always be
over their naked bodies to absorb ‘bad vibes’ positive, constructive and uplifting and The Office of Fair Trading,
and this cost them £30. I have received enhance our capabilities”. Finally, give no Fleetbank House,
several complaints of late from the client or information away before or during a reading, 2-6 Salisbury Square,
querent of telephone readings being told but put aside a few minutes afterwards for London E.C.4Y 8JX
there is a curse on them, and that it can only questions, just a polite yes or no is the only
be removed for £1,000 or similar sum. This answer necessary. You should not be asked Bear in mind that at crucial times in life, a
is a version of the old gypsies’ trick, ‘I will anything beforehand that can be put back to sympathetic reading can make a great
clear your bad luck if you buy my lucky you as a psychic message. One of the big difference.
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THE GOLDEN LION
PUB HAUNTING By Darren Ritson
The Golden Lion
ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING VENUES THAT I HAVE EVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
SPENDING THE NIGHT SEARCHING FOR GHOSTS HAS TO BE, WITHOUT QUESTION,
THE GOLDEN LION PUB IN SEAHAM.
The pub is one of hundred Nazi war criminals and for this he was, visits there. He told me, “I have visited the
Seaham’s oldest in some quarters, regarded a kind of hero. A Golden Lion on a number of occasions and
drinking dens and former grocer, he eventually became the have frequently picked up on the presence of
dates back several licensee of a pub in Oldham with the strangely two spirit children. They run around and play in
hundred years, synchronistic name, ‘Help the Poor Struggler’. the upper corridors of the pub. They are brother
although I am not Speaking with the pub’s owner, I learned and sister with one being older and taller than
sure exactly how that the building had been a school of sorts the other”. (a pretty common trait amongst most
many. Out of interest, where children had various lessons and spent siblings if you ask me). He then went on to say
and perhaps much of their time. After a number of sightings that, “one spectral child has a neck injury due to
appropriately considering the nature of our of ghostly children had been reported on the falling down a flight of stairs so this could be the
investigation, it is rumoured that Albert premises, subsequent enquiries showed this to result of this child’s untimely death. There is a
Pierrepoint, the one time official British be the case. Apart from that, very little is known ghost of a male adult too. He is believed to be a
executioner, stayed there on a regular basis about the history of this particular pub. The teacher, perhaps, or at least someone who had
while he was, as he used to put it, “up north on proprietor said to me, “There is just something authority over the children at the school.”
his business”. Pierrepoint executed over four about this old building…it terrifies me and I hate During the Ghosts and Hauntings Overnight
hundred men and women, including Britain’s being the last one in at night and having to lock Surveillance Team’s (GHOST) investigations into
last condemned woman, Ruth Ellis. He was also up by myself”. The owner has a friend who The Golden Lion, we were very fortunate to
appointed as the official executioner at the claims to possess mediumistic abilities and I experience some very strange paranormal
Nuremberg war crime trials, and executed two had a chance to meet him during one of my phenomena indeed. Most of this bewildering
The Golden Lion Haunting
and caught one of the most amazing mist

The team
anomaly pictures that I have ever seen. I might
also add that I saw this mist with my naked eye
when the flash-gun went off. I was really lucky to
catch it on camera. It must be emphasised that I
held the camera out at arm’s length and did not
breathe until I had taken the photo, because of
the ‘breath factor’.
This is where, in some circumstances,
breathing out can cause vapour to materialise in
front of the lens and flash, which results in
something that seems to be a ghostly mist
appear on the photograph. Ghost hunters
should adhere to this practice during these
often cold and damp overnight investigations.
Looking at this incredible photograph from
an outsider’s (or sceptic’s) view, one could
suggest that it might simply be cigarette smoke. I
can assure you that this is not true as no one
The pit was smoking on the investigation; not only that, I
was the only one down in the pit at that time and
I was certainly not smoking. For the record,
smoking is not allowed while under vigil
conditions for this exact reason. When one looks
at the mist itself, it is clear that it has a facial
activity was witnessed, and can be verified by a
contour, as if I had caught the spirit or ghost as it
number of people who were there on the nights
was walking in front of me. However, pareidolia,
in question. Thankfully, we also managed to
or the innate tendency in human beings to
capture some of it on camera, as well as on
create images out of chaotic or random patterns,
videotape. During the early stages of one of our
springs to mind and cannot be ignored.
first investigations there, we conducted a
Examples of this are found in pictures of
séance in one of the rooms of the upper levels.
alleged ghosts in windows, window reflections,
or even faces in fogs and mists, etc., that are
The séance simply patterns in the image that look like faces
and certain shapes. Patterns in wallpaper and in
the same investigation, one of the most peculiar curtains, when viewed at night, provide exactly
photographs I have ever seen was taken. the same sort of effect. It is thought that the first
As I was investigating an area known as things the brain will look for, and register in such
‘the pit’ (a cellar area of the pub that had been instances, are human faces. I am not saying that
turned into a dance floor) I suddenly became a this picture is of a ghost with a face; I am merely
little anxious, and for seemingly no reason the pointing out it that it certainly looks like it. That
temperature sharply and unexpectedly aside, the mist is still considered anomalous
plummeted. and cannot be explained by any normal means.
I felt a little panic-stricken and nervous, so I The GHOST team returned to the pub on
proceeded to take an impromptu photograph 26th September 2008 to carry on with our
The pit mist
During this séance a number of things

occurred for which we can find no explanation.
For example, not long after the séance began,
from out of the darkness and deathly silence we
all heard a crystal-clear, long, guttural breath
that would have sent shivers down the spines of
most folk.
The unnerving sound of a child laughing
was also heard, along with the more
melancholic sound of a woman sobbing; we
can say with one hundred percent certainty that
the noises we heard came from within the
building itself. It was nerve-racking yet very
exciting to say the least; our hearts were racing,
our hands were sweating, and to this day no
explanation could be (or has been) found for
these anomalous noises. Later in the evening on
that time, no one was present. As we looked at old and derelict and the beer glasses were all
Filming and EVP’s
one another in utter astonishment, due to the destined to be binned, and any mess made
fright some choice words left our lips and we would most certainly have been cleaned up).
wondered just what on earth this ‘smashing of We think it is possible that the glasses may
glass’ noise was. have been strengthened somehow by the heat
As we made our way back down the stairs of the fire that tore through the building because
to investigate the cause of the noise, our the glasses were black and charred. You can
colleagues came out from the snug room to imagine how much power it would have taken
explore; they had obviously heard it too. We all for an entity to smash a glass if it had chosen to
made our way into the main bar area, because throw it across the room. Had it hit one of us
this was obviously from where the sound had instead of smashing in the bar I think it is safe to
come, but we found absolutely nothing out of assume that whomever it hit might have been
place. We checked all the windows from outside seriously injured, or even killed – especially if
to see if local vandals had decided to ‘brick’ they had been struck on the head.
them, and found that they were all intact, or at This incident has given me a deeper
least they were in the same condition as they respect for the paranormal; to be quite honest,
were when we entered the building earlier on after that occurrence, I would have been quite
investigation. Unfortunately, fire had torn that evening; besides, there was no one around happy to leave the premises there and then, but
through half the pub since our first visit, leaving outside and the streets were deserted. We we stayed for a few more hours and finished the
it in a terrible state of disrepair, so it was now made every effort to find a natural cause for the investigation. I must admit that after hundreds of
disused and derelict. The building was a ‘breaking glass noise’, but could find nothing overnight investigations in locations right across
shadow of its former self and all of the electricity obvious. In fact, we couldn’t even find any sign the UK, I have never felt so relieved to get out of
supplies had been cut off. It was a dark and of broken glass anywhere in that room, all of a haunted venue when the night was over and
foreboding place, and to be quite honest it was which added a further level of intrigue to this the sun was beginning to come up.
quite dangerous too, and from around the already mysterious event.
beginning of 2007 the pub was completely After scratching our heads and failing to Setting trigger objects
abandoned by the owners, although they still come to a sensible conclusion regarding what
kept ownership of the property. Battered by the could have made the noise, we then noticed a
northeast winds and howling storms that come number of other odd things. The [unused]
in from the nearby ice-cold North Sea, the pub fridge door was found to be closed after we had
stood corroding and dilapidated: it was literally left it open earlier on, and a trigger object of a
rotting where it stood. cross that we had placed on the bar was found
That night too proved to be another one we to have been moved.
would not forget in a hurry, with a number of A certain degree of controlled
truly frightening events being observed by all pandemonium once again ensued and efforts
that were there. The most harrowing incident were made to work out just what could have
occurred moments after we began to make our happened. These incidents shook all of us, and
way to our observation posts, or vigil locations. to this day we have no idea what caused them.
Drew Bartley and I were heading off upstairs to In a third investigation held there a few
investigate the upper floors of the inn, while months later the same phenomenon was
Mark Winter and Fiona Vipond remained on the experienced yet again with another glass
ground level to investigate the ‘snug’ area. exploding (either that or it was thrown by
As Drew and I left Mark and Fiona in the something). This incident – at least the auditory
snug, we pulled the door firmly closed behind side of it – was recorded on video tape and on
us and began to make our way up the eerie EVP machines. People may mock and say this
dark steps that led to the first floor. As we got a is all made up, but I am telling you the truth. This
third of the way up the stairs we all heard a
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
was one of the most frightening nights that I
terrific ‘crash’ as though a glass or perhaps a have ever spent in a haunted pub, and let me who
light bulb had smashed upon the floor. This Darren W. Ritson is a ghost hunter
tell you why. Think about this; if there was a ed out
came from inside the main bar area where, at lives in North Tyneside. He has carri
ghost or an angry spirit inside that pub that likes stiga tions in over
over 150 overnight inve
to throw around pint pots or break glasses – UK and
Filming and 100 different locations all over the
proceedings’ and it seems likely there could be – then in all one of the mos t vicio us
has inve stiga ted
likelihood it knew we were in there with it. What s on reco rd. In
and intense poltergeist case
was to stop this entity throwing the glass at any the Soci ety for
2006, Darren joined
of the investigators? Nothing at all! And judging book,
Psychical Research (SPR). His first
by the noise of the glass breaking it must have publ ishe d in 2006 .
Gho st Hun ter was
been thrown with considerable force. de, In Sear ch of
Darren's other books inclu
We attempted to roll a few pint glasses off New cast le, Para norm al
Ghosts, Haunted
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North East , Supe
accidentally rolling off the counter, but they at
Berwick, Haunted Durham, Ghosts
would not break; besides, the pint pots were all rns, The Sout h
Christmas, Ghost Tave
vertical, so the ‘rolling off the bar’ theory would t, Hau nted Tyne side ,
Shields Polte rgeis
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Hau nted Nort hum
onto the hard floor, the pint pots would not
Wearside, Haunted Carlisle and
smash! (Bear in mind this is not our usual
The Haunting of Willington Mill.
practice when we visit pubs – but the pub was
The Innerspace Odyssey
Innerspace The
A QUANTUM EXPLANATION FOR ASTRAL TRAVEL
‘WHO LOOKS OUTSIDE, DREAMS. WHO LOOKS INSIDE, AWAKES.’ – C.G. JUNG.
Odyssey
By Martin Higgins
I was late for a date with a beautiful girl, rushing through hypothesis, the Intrasomatic Model,
Anthony
the city. Where were we supposed to meet? Everywhere Peake which, if true, indicates the mystics
looked the same. Suddenly, I bumped into my flatmate. I were right – the answers lie within.
didn’t have time for this. Energy draining, I sank to the floor. I I’ve had the pleasure of knowing
was looking for someone, I told her, watching stars appear Anthony now for several years,
above her in the sky. making his acquaintance following a
lecture on his previous book, The
‘Those aren’t stars,’ she said. ‘What are they?’ Daemon: A Guide to Your
Extraordinary Secret Self, which
The thought popped into my mind, ‘Dream bull****?’ investigated the concept of what is
She nodded, ‘Dream bull****.’ often termed the ‘higher self’, building upon the radical
hypothesis he advanced in his first book, Is There Life After
The scene faded and the words of the lecturer from that very Death: The Extraordinary Science of What Happens When We
evening came back to me. ‘If you’re ever in a dream and realise Die. Here was an important writer and original thinker living just
it’s a dream, don’t wake up. Try and get out of your body.’ But a few miles from my own home. I had to get to know him.
surely I was simply now awake, back in my bed. I tried moving Fortunately, Anthony makes himself very accessible, as
my arm upwards very slowly in the manner illustrated by the evidenced by his regular lectures around the country, his
lecturer, feeling it pull free as if from a light material, then the busy activity in his online forum, and the discussion groups
other arm, until they both reached towards the ceiling. Normal. with which he meets regularly in the grand surrounds of
Except they were transparent. My mind felt clear and calm as Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery and latterly also at a newly
WE HAVE never before. A tremendous gravity around my chest and head,

however, kept me from pulling completely free. And, perhaps, I
formed sister group in London, where he has recently
relocated. Anthony’s approach to his intermeshing subjects
REACHED A didn’t really want to leave my physical body just yet, anyway. taps a nerve, enlisting readers from around the world to an
UNIQUE POINT This was enough. This was incredible. I relaxed and slipped into
waking and sat up, back in my body. Shivers tingled up and
ongoing exchange of ideas and a growing band of
supporters, known as the ITLADians, an acronymic moniker
IN HISTORY, down my spine as I stood up. And I noticed in that moment a gleaned from the title of his first book.
WHERE sudden new conviction. We do not really ever die. We have reached a unique point in history, where
RATIONALITY IS
In the years to come I would remain fascinated by the rationality is returning us to ancient, intuited truth; and, as
phenomenon and, without actively pursuing it much further, evidenced by the ITLADians, some are further ahead on the
RETURNING US would spontaneously experience a handful of similar curve than others. For those lagging behind, and who
TO ANCIENT, conscious ‘projections’. These included, once again, the

mental clarity, the restraining weight around my core –
certainly haven’t experienced anything like an out-of-body
experience, such subject matter can naturally seem more
INTUITED perhaps a physical translation of subconscious trepidation – than a little kooky. Bertrand Russell’s paradoxical quick
TRUTH; AND, the passing of limbs through a low ceiling, and, on one
occasion, even a two-way mental communication with another
capsule history of empiricism illustrates the gulf in
perspective, ‘Common sense, if true, leads to physics.
AS EVIDENCED mind, conducted as mundanely as if I were merely receiving Physics, if true, shows that common sense is false. Therefore
BY THE remote IT support, which humorously advised me on how to
free my astral self (‘Do like Nancy and Frank … swing.’). But
common sense, if true, is false. Therefore it’s false.’
The Russell quote is employed in the foreword by Ervin
ITLADIANS, the excitement of the encounter only awakened me. László, the Nobel nominated systems theorist and
SOME ARE Reductive scientific explanations for the phenomenon philosopher of science, who recognises the dangers in
FURTHER
never interested me (‘Electro-chemical illusions in the brain, dealing with such subjects, but clearly approves. László
nothing to see here, move along.’). I was always intuitively writes: ‘[Peake] recounts in this book his own experiences, as
AHEAD ON drawn to a more meaningful explanation. But, a new book by well as a wide repertory of experiences by others, some
THE CURVE the consciousness theorist, Anthony Peake, The Out of Body
Experience: The History and Science of Astral Travel, seeks to
anecdotal, others carefully tested. They are inexplicable in the
context of down-to-earth pragmatism, yet they are insistently
THAN OTHERS examine both approaches, forging a synthesis, and a new real. They are not even unusual, just frequently repressed and
Robert Monroe, who wrote several books about his
experiences, and the ‘remote viewer’ Ingo Swann, who took
part in experiments funded by a United States government
interested in the phenomenon’s intelligence potential, including
an alleged jaunt to the planet Jupiter. Monroe told of being able
to leave his body and fly around, passing through solid objects,
and so on, in the seemingly normal, everyday world, and also in
two other ‘locales’. One akin to the dream world, where the
subconscious can become real, but which also contained other
beings with whom he interacted; and another yet stranger
realm, a world like our own, though with curious differences,
such as in its technology. In the latter ‘locale’ he also discovered
another version of himself, which, without his willing, he found
himself taking control of for short periods of time.
However, after careful analysis, in the cases of both
Monroe and Swann, adequate veridical evidence cannot be
said to exist, and, so, the whole awe-inspiring phenomenon
seems in danger of collapsing under an unforgiving
rationalist gaze. But Anthony concludes neither hallucination
AS THE generally under-reported and under-investigated. It appears
that our mind and brain can communicate with the world in
nor fraud, ‘I believe that what [the] “astral travellers” and
“distance viewers” are doing is opening up their minds to a
FAMOUS strange and wonderful ways. And that the world itself is journey of a different nature; a journey to far-off places deep
POST- strange and wonderful in ways that nobody other than within human psychology. They are all travelling in higher
QUANTUM
mystics and poets could envision.’ dimensions of reality that may look like this one but are
places of “inner space”.’
SAYING HAS IT, * According to research quoted in the book, roughly one in
five people in the UK will experience an out-of-body
As the famous post-quantum saying has it, not only is the
NOT ONLY IS experience (OBE) during their lifetime. That’s almost 800
universe stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can
imagine. And it was following an experience with a fittingly
THE UNIVERSE per day. And, yet, despite such figures, the phenomenon
remains largely within the realm of the esoteric, unverified
strange machine, the Lucid Light Stimulator, that Anthony
STRANGER by objective science. Anthony begins his investigations with

began to expand his own approach. ‘My experience made
me realize that I had been asking the wrong questions. To try
THAN WE the lore: ‘Throughout the millennia, mystics, magicians and
saints have encountered this alternative world and
to discover if the out-of-body experience is real or imagined is
IMAGINE, IT IS experienced it on their own terms, and in doing so have
to miss the point entirely,’ he comments. ‘What I should have
been doing was enquiring into the very nature of perception
STRANGER devised techniques and processes whereby this place can
itself and, by implication, the nature of the phenomenal world
THAN WE CAN back to their associates a geography and a structure of
be entered and left at will. These “travellers” have reported
that our senses tell us is so real.’
IMAGINE.
Designed by the psychologist Dr Engelbert Winkler and
these “Astral Planes” that are surprisingly consistent.’ He
his associate, the neurologist Dr Dirk Proeckl, the LL-Stimulator
examines shamanism and its concept of the ‘middle world’,
emits stroboscopic light of variable speed, intensity and
the dream yoga and after-death ‘Bardo’ states of Tibetan
brightness, directly stimulating the brain in an effort to invoke
Buddhism (itself believed by scholars to have assimilated
healing states and experiences akin to the mystical and the
an older shamanic tradition), as well as the travelable
ecsomatic. After just several minutes with the machine,
‘spheres’ and ‘planes’ of Kabbalism and Theosophy.
Anthony found himself both in his body and simultaneously
‘Although fascinating to discuss,’ Anthony rightly concedes,
elsewhere, ‘I was looking down on a vast plain made up of a
‘such material contains no “evidence” that can be
chessboard-like series of black and white squares. I could see
considered “scientific”.’ But, does such evidence exist?
the squares running off to a distant horizon that seemed to
That each body possesses a non-physical counterpart glow with a faint bluish light. I then realised that I was
obviously raises thoughts of the soul, a near ubiquitous suspended many thousands of feet above the surface of the
concept in the world’s major religions, believed to animate the plain. … Whatever had happened to me, and wherever I had
body in life, and depart only at death. According to research journeyed to … it was not in what we term “consensual space”
quoted in the book, the OBE, or ecsomatic1 experience, as – the place we share with others as part of our everyday
researchers also term it, is reported in between 25-50 per cent experience of the world – this was another location altogether.’
of all near-death experiences (NDE). Could this be evidence of The theory behind the LL-Stimulator’s ability to invoke
the soul leaving the body? In the NDE, experiencers come ecsomatic states is that it acts upon the brain’s pineal gland,
perilously close to clinical death but return to tell amazing tales. theorised to be responsible for the body’s production of DMT.
Yet, despite several ingenious experiments and the incredible The powerful psychedelic compound, dimethyltryptamine
anecdotal evidence from those experiencing NDEs, scientists (DMT) – more intense than LSD, a class A drug in the UK
have yet to conclusively prove that, in such cases, and schedule I in the US – was discovered in human blood in
consciousness is truly travelling beyond, and existing apart the sixties, and, in 1972, was found present in the brain itself.
from, the body. While those undergoing the experience may By 2001, neuroscience had us bang to rights, discovering
feel they are looking down on their corporeal shell ailing on the finally where the species had stashed its druggy
treatment table, or even drifting through walls and out of the paraphernalia, the receptor sites via which we fire the stuff
building, no one has yet been able to return with information into our brains. You may be tee-total and always ‘just say no’
demonstrably unattainable from within their physical bodies. to drugs, but every one of us is a hard-wired DMT user; which
1
Anthony devotes a chapter each to examining the accounts may be no bad thing. Like the discovery of the lunar monolith
Meaning “outside
of the body”. of ecsomatic experience given by the American businessman, in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, our own neural discovery
The Innerspace Odyssey
in 2001 could likewise herald a similar quantum leap in

human consciousness, and our own inner space odyssey.
branch off and exist in isolation but exist simultaneously in a
state of potentiality called ‘superposition’.
‘IN THIS PART
Dr Rick Strassman, an associate professor of psychiatry Anthony’s Intrasomatic Model of the out-of-body OF THE ZPF
at the University of New Mexico Medical School, began a experience proposes that DMT switches the brain into
THEY ARE NOT
TRAPPED IN A
series of experiments with DMT in 1991 in which he compiling a different reality for itself via information pulled
administered high doses of DMT to 60 volunteers, sending from tiny ‘quantum mechanical black holes’, theorised to
them on astonishing ecsomatic trips. These experiences exist by Stephen Hawking, within what is called the Zero BODY, AS THEY
often closely resembled the classic near death experience,
where the volunteer would leave their body and meet other
Point Field (ZPF), the base energy field pervading the
universe. The ZPF could astonishingly contain all the ARE IN THEIR
intelligences that were far from mere mental creations. ‘All of information about every location within space-time, and USUAL
them insisted that their experience had taken place in a very
real, three-dimensional location that was most definitely not a
would therefore equate to the Akashic Record of occult lore.
In this model, experiencers are moving into inner space
LOCALE, AND
dream,’ comments Anthony. ‘They could walk around and via the theorised quantum processes of the brain. ‘So when THEY CAN
explore; they did not feel in any way drunk or intoxicated. In
fact the general report was that they felt clarity of perception
the person enters the ZPF they may find themselves located
anywhere as a point of consciousness,’ says Anthony, and
‘TRAVEL’
greater than in the “waking world”.’ Anthony concludes that this means potentially within subtly different universes, thus WITHIN THIS
all the ecsomatic types, the NDE, OBE, lucid dreaming and explaining the continuing absence of veridical data returned FACSIMILE
AND PERCEIVE
remote viewing are not hallucinations brought about by a sick from ecsomatic experiments.
or damaged brain, but, as evidenced by the incredible effects ‘In this part of the ZPF they are not trapped in a body, as
of DMT, a human neurotransmitter, are rather natural states of they are in their usual Locale, and they can ‘travel’ within this INFORMATION
consciousness. ‘[T]he human brain has evolved in such a
way that these brain states must have a purpose,’ he argues.
facsimile and perceive information and interact with others.
But this information is not the same as in [consensual reality].
AND INTERACT
Anthony next takes the reader on a mind-bending trip of There will be subtle differences. This is literally a “mind WITH OTHERS.
his own, through the mazy foothills of quantum physics, generated” illusion that has its own external reality, if that
quickly demonstrating the limitations held by common sense makes sense.’ Well, no, Anthony, reassuringly, it doesn’t. But,
in such territory. Like Lewis Carroll’s Alice, goaded by the as Bertrand Russell pointed out, physics at such levels
Red Queen, the reader is soon invited into believing some of stopped making sense some time ago.
the ‘impossible things’ of quantum physics. One of the key As ever, at least for now, before physics accomplishes its
points is the concept of non-locality, a theoretical concept final Theory of Everything, it will be left to philosophy, religion
that has, however, been proven in several experiments, the and each individual, to attempt to make sense. In my own life,
first in 1982, which established that once two particles are I have not now had an ‘astral’ experience in years. Though,
linked together, or entangled, one will immediately react if one might say that dreaming is an unconscious projection
something is done to the other. into the astral (the ZPF / Akashic Record?), and it was one
‘What this proves is earth-shattering in its implications,’ particular night’s particularly strange and meaningful dream
writes Anthony. ‘It means that at a deeper level of reality than we which communicated to me the importance of the body I had
are aware of, everything is linked to everything else. Separability in my waking life, and of the importance of the life lived
is an illusion. Everything is part of one huge something in which through it. I was out of balance, the dream made me realise,
communication is instantaneous, however far apart the in need of committing to the physical life I had been given,
individual components are.’ The question, therefore, of how a rather than prematurely floating off into other realms.
person can perceive information miles away from their physical It is enough now for me to know that the ecsomatic is
body can be easily answered because separateness is an possible, and such knowledge comprises an important piece
illusion. Everything is entangled, and all information is in my own personal philosophy. Others may be drawn to
potentially available at all locations within the universe. experience the out-of-body state for themselves, as I once
And yet, as Anthony points out, credible individuals, such was. As I can attest, there are techniques to achieve this. My
as Robert Monroe and Ingo Swann, who seemingly old teacher, Mark Pritchard – who online is known by the
experienced states of an extremely profound and ‘non- name Belzebuub – says 60,000 ultimately enrolled in his
ordinary’ nature, still fail to demonstrate their abilities under esoteric courses that ran both online and in study groups,
laboratory conditions. These ecsomatic experiences involve and that of those who responded to his survey, 67 per cent
their subjects seeing something, but, incompletely, as claimed to have had an out-of-body experience while on the
‘through a glass, darkly’. course, many who had never had one before.
And so, from non-locality and entanglement we move to Mark seems to be in agreement with Anthony’s conclusions,
the even more incredible, yet widely accepted, Many Worlds ‘Studying out of the body, requires a lot of discipline and work,
Interpretation of quantum physics. This holds that ‘every not least is the ability to objectively see, because the out-of-body ABOUT THE
possible outcome of every event will happen in one or more world is profoundly influenced by dreams, and, instead of seeing AUTHOR
universes. In turn, this means that every possible event that what's there, it's easy to see just what the mind is dreaming or The Out of Body
can take place will, or has already, taken place somewhere imagining.’ However, he adds, ‘To acquire objective sight is not Experience: The History
within this rapidly inflating “macroverse”. You and I, and every easy, but if it's achieved, then it is possible to see what is actually and Science of Astral
other living being, are part of this inflation; there is a version there, and to move outside the body to places that can be Travel by Anthony Peake
of you that has lived every possible outcome of every objectively verified once back in the body.’ is published on October
possible decision you made from the moment of your birth to Casting doubt on whether science will ever truly get to 27 by Watkins.
the moment of your death.’ Such luminaries as Stephen grips with the phenomenon, Mark says, ‘People should study
Hawking and Nobel laureates such as Richard Feynman this phenomenon for themselves - it's the only way to find out For more information
accept this outlandish interpretation. Indeed, Hawking and an more. [L]ife is a personal experience.’ about Anthony’s work
associate, Thomas Hertog, have recently sought to adapt this Personally, though I may no longer seek such and to visit his forum,
interpretation with their proposed ‘observer created universe’ experiences, I have a feeling they will someday, once more, go to
model, in which they argue that all these universes do not come looking for me. And, perhaps, ultimately, for us all. www.anthonypeake.com.
THETHWEIRDEST
60 BIRTHDAY.. . .
ORBS ARE NOW BIG NEWS. THEY HAVE
TAKEN CENTRE STAGE WITH THE FAIRIES
AND ANGELS. ORB PHENOMENA IS
BECOMING BIG BUSINESS.
There are books on orbs, lectures on orbs,
conferences on orbs and even healing by
Ever!!
my last home: nestled in woodland with
mountain views. A couple of days before the big
By Mike Oram
was Tellos. He told me that he lived in the stars

and travelled to many other worlds like this one.
orbs. Yes, orbs have finally arrived with great move to my new abode, I was asleep in bed He looked down, and smiled again and told me
gusto and all around the world, they are when I was woken by my space brother, Tellos. he was never that far away from me. It was
infiltrating our digital technology. Some people He had come into my frequency and stood by probably not wise to try to explain to someone
are pleased to see an orb sitting on their the side of the bed, looking down and smiling. as young as myself about the advanced and
shoulder, while others are quite displeased and Clothed in silver and emanating love, this man complex ways there are to travel through this
feel the picture has been ruined, and so delete of many dimensions told me not to worry about universe, including moving through dimensions
the image and try again. So are they particles of this new move as my experiences would and changing frequencies.
dust or unknown intelligences? Scattering of continue and that some of these experiences I remember falling back to sleep, and when
light or a meeting of dimensions? Whatever this would happen in very different ways than I finally awoke in the morning I noticed a card
is, it is causing great excitement. I have taken before. lying at the foot of my bed. I wondered why it
some excellent images of orbs with my digital I have written much about my space was there and picked it up. It had an unusual
camera, and have included some examples with brother, Tellos, in my book Does It Rain In Other ‘velvety’ feel to it, which was quite different to the
this article. Dimensions?. Tellos (pronounced tellosh) has popular cigarette cards that we played with at
However, this article is not about orbs….well, been with me since I was a child. My earliest that time. Also, this card was bigger. As soon as
maybe. It’s about an amazing event that memory of him was seeing him standing at the I picked it up, I experienced a great rush of
happened around the time of my 60th birthday. foot of my bed and shimmering in the darkness energy that raced through my veins. I felt such a
First though, I must mention one thing. Last in garments that reminded me of tin foil. I was strong sense of love and connection. I looked at
summer I was moving from my home of 21 approaching my seventh birthday. I heard a the card and was so surprised to see that on
years and felt sad about leaving such a voice in my head informing me that his name one side was the image of the man that
wonderful place. Nestled in woodland with
views towards the mountains, the top floor of
this large country house gave me all the space I
could possibly need. The hallway was 66 feet in
length; it then turned a right angle and travelled
on for a further 66 feet. Warm in the summer
and cold in the winter, many nights were spent
reading in front of a large coal fire. I often turned
off the lights and watched the glow of the
flames and embers dance their shadows
around the room. I had many experiences here,
with my space brothers and other phenomena. I
composed my songs, wrote my poetry, read my
books and typed my articles and now, all this
was going to end. A developer had purchased
the property and was about to turn it into luxury
apartments. A rather rude and arrogant man, he
told one of my neighbours that he purchased
this building because there was nothing left to
develop in this area.
After a lot of searching I found another
place to live, and in very similar surroundings to
Weirdest 60th Birthday
appeared to me the night before and on the looked very similar to the being on the front of
reverse of the card were images of planets and my book “Does It Rain In Other Dimensions?” A
lines that seemed to connect to them. There being from a race I have called the Tulip People,
was a list of names of these planets and I due to the shape of their head, which sweeps
noticed that one of them was our own planet, back and upwards and is slightly divided into
Earth! The list of names was in English and next two halves. It reminded me of the petals of a
to each planet was a strange symbol that I did tulip and so I called them the Tulip People. The
not recognise, along with a few unusual letters. I drawing of the Tulip person on the front cover of
ran through to the kitchen to show my mother my book is much more stylised than it actually
and told her about the visit the night before. She looked. The two halves of the head are more
was busy washing the family clothes in the tightly together. It does not separate as much
stone sink and said it must have been a bad
dream, and yet I got the feeling that she did not
entirely dismiss it.
I discovered, later in life, that Tellos only
visited if it seemed to be absolutely necessary.
He probably saved my life in an incident when I
whatever it was, had finished. I thought I had
was ten years of age and again when I had,
messed things up, and should have continued
along with my partner, missed time at Area 51 in
taking photos until the event had stopped, then
2004. He also played a part in arranging a ‘craft’
gone downstairs to see John and Katie. I told
to hover over our house in Essex in 1970, to
myself that if it ever happened again I would
convince my dad that these craft not only
continue to fire the shutter of the camera until
existed, but were of extraterrestrial origin. I had
the last shooting beam of light had gone, and
been in meditation, on and off for a couple of
only then would I stop.
weeks, asking them to do this and it was of no
My birthday was celebrated the following
surprise to me when I received a telepathic
evening and I joined the ranks of those who are
command to look outside the front door and
sixty years old. My doctor told me that sixty is now
see this craft in all it’s glory. However, it was a
the new forty! That sounded a pretty good way of
great surprise to my dad.
looking at it, so I accepted that and adjusted the
The moving day came and I spent the next
counter in my head. The following day, May 7th, I
week trying to fit everything into this much
was again typing on the computer. It was almost
smaller flat. Ten rooms into four do not quite
10pm when I received another telepathic
equate and although I had sent much of my
message to take my camera back outside. This
stuff to auction, I still seemed to have rather a lot and the ‘wings’ sweep more backwards. In fact,
time I had the SLR sitting on my kitchen work
left! I went out with my camera a few times and rather like you see in figure 1. Is this the energy
surface with the flashgun firmly fixed. I quickly
captured some very good groups of orbs and, body of one of these people? At this stage I
grabbed the camera and raced to the balcony.
in February of 2011, I received my first telepathic simply have no way of knowing. If not! Then
I started to take more images and was
call to go outside with my camera. I took my what is it?
amazed to see the same sort of things
small compact and in the first image, I captured My birthday was on May 6th and a small
happening again: powerful beams of shooting
a streak of light at the top of the picture frame. gathering had been arranged for that evening. On
light. Huge shooting beams of light heading
This streak of light appeared to be about one the evening of the 5th of May I was typing on my
skywards. If I lightened some of the images in
foot in diameter and several feet long. In the computer. It was 9.50pm. I was told quite clearly
Photoshop, over 100 shooting beams of light
next shot, which was around fifteen seconds to take my big camera outside and fix the
could be seen. Some were even coming
later, the streak was still there. I found this odd powerful flashgun on top. I hurriedly took the
through the floor of my balcony where I was
as it looked like it was moving quite fast and yet camera from the bag and the flashgun from its
standing! Some were red and blue, but most
it was in almost the same place as in the box. I fitted some fresh Duracell AA’s into the
were white. A few of them were at least 18 feet
previous shot! battery chamber and attached it to the hot shoe of
In the third shot there was what looked like my digital SLR, powered it up and went outside. I
a being, about 18 feet tall and straddled over the have a balcony outside my front door, which looks
wire fence. This being, if that is what it was, out over a field, and that is where I pointed the
camera and, to my amazement, when I looked
back at the first shot on the back of the camera I
saw what looked like shooting beams of light
coming out of the ground and heading skywards.
I fired fifteen shots and checked back at each one
before I took the next shot.
After the fifteenth shot, the adrenalin was
racing and I went down to see my neighbours,
John and Katie (John Pickering and Katie Hall
have produced two books on orbs, one of
which, ‘Orbs and Beyond’, has been reviewed in
this magazine). I showed them the images on
the back of my camera and told them that
something amazing was happening in the back
field. I then left them and went back to take
more images. However, the phenomenon,
he told me that my experiences would continue
in my new home, and in different ways? The
odd thing about this event is that since that time
I have hardly captured anything at all. This is
most unusual as I could often go out and get
good quality shots of orbs. I joked to John
Pickering that they had all gone away on
holiday. Well, maybe they have!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mike Oram is the author of: Does It Rain in
Other Dimensions? Published by O Books
The Zen of Ben by Mike Oram & John
Pickering. Published by Star Hill Publishing
www.starhillpublishing.co.uk
long. When you think how fast the flashgun

captures an image, they must have been
moving at a very high speed.
I continued to shoot the camera, as I had
promised myself, until the phenomena stopped.
I captured a further 45 images. There was not
one wasted shot and then, just like before, the
experience ended. Only a moment earlier there
were a hundred shooting beams of light
heading skywards and then…..nothing! Just like
closing the curtains on a stage play where
colourful scenes of joy and singing, wonderful
colours and costumes had, only moments ago,
captured our imaginations and sent our spirits
high, they then take their bow, the curtains
close, and we are left with absolutely nothing!
I was picking up a message inside my mind,
a very strong and powerful message. It was
saying that something was happening here on
an energetic level and was connected to the
Earth, Sun and Source. There was a change
happening at the energetic level and it was
causing this consciousness to leave. Rather like
when animals run to the woods or further afield
when they sense an impending earthquake, or
some other natural disaster. The earth is
changing and they were uncomfortable with this
change. They may come back, they may not.
This was, I felt quite strongly, an important event
that I was witnessing and, we must remember, I
was informed to go out and experience this. Is
this what my space brother Tellos meant, when
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THE ASWANGS
OF ANTIPOLO
VAMPIRE DEMONS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
By Dr Karl Shuker
Aswangs aplenty!
© Ben Male
Today, stories of vampires

are largely confined to
novels, television series,
and films, especially in the west.
In the Philippines, conversely, the
fear of what are widely considered
there to be real, and very dangerous,
supernatural bloodsuckers, lives on – as do, at
least allegedly, these entities themselves. Nor is
Dr Karl
there just one type of Filipino vampire either. On Shuker with
the contrary, a bewildering, somewhat his very own
these fiendish horrors feed upon their victims’ berbalang
interchangeable array of forms and sexes have © Dr Karl
been reported, named, and classified. entrails. The predominant category of Shuker
Among the best-known are the Filipino vampires, however, comprises
berbalangs of the aswangs.
Mapun Island, These demonic sanguinivores are
which resemble very skilful shape-shifters, so it is by no
monstrous Berbangs means easy to identify one with
resemble
humanoid bats humanoid bats certainty. A dog, a cat, a bird, a bat,
© Richard any fairly large, poorly seen ‘thing
but whose Svenssen)
astral essence with wings’, a wild pig, and, most
departs their seductive and dangerous of all, a
physical bodies young, beautiful woman – a single
at night to infiltrate aswang can adopt any or all of
those of sleeping these guises to approach its
humans, whereupon intended target and beguile
Aswangs of antipolo
anyone who may be protecting the latter

person. Moreover, they are assisted by a
number of other beings, acting as familiars,
including certain small birds, and a bizarre
large-fanged, spotted, furry beast known as the
sigbin, which has been likened by some
investigators to the West Indian chupacabra!
The aswang’s favourite targets are unborn
children and freshly-buried corpses. Not
surprisingly, therefore, the months of pregnancy
in a region reputedly blighted by these foul
creatures are a time of fear and great danger
for women, as is the wake after a funeral, when
everyone is on full alert to the possibility that it
will be infiltrated by a disguised aswang, intent
upon devouring the corpse. Even today, an
unexpected miscarriage or stillborn child is
Manananggal
often blamed upon some undetected visitation on the prowl
by an aswang, and it is widely believed that if © Ben Male
an aswang succeeds in removing and
consuming a corpse, it will replace the cadaver
with a detailed facsimile adeptly constructed
from banana leaves or other vegetable matter. arrived there from overseas, where he would
Nor are such superstitions and folk-beliefs remain until Maria, now seven months pregnant,
limited to isolated rural areas. With the sole gave birth to her child. Prior to then, Maria had
exception of the Ilocos region in the northwest been living with her sister, but she had moved
portion of Luzon (the Philippines’ largest out that morning to live thereafter in a different
island), the entire Philippine archipelago is still area of the city in order to be nearer her new
heavily infused and infested with legends, lore, operandi for becoming airborne is far more job, which left Maria alone in the house that they
and religious dread of aswangs and their grotesque and terrifying than that, as will now had been sharing. But what was so problematic
hideous practices. The epicentre of such belief, be revealed here. about Maria living alone in their house now?
however, is unquestionably the Visayan region The following scenario is a reconstruction of She was a healthy, perfectly capable woman,
(a group of isles south of Luzon), particularly a typical manananggal incident according to and it was only for one night after all. The
the western provinces of Capiz (on Panay local lore, in which I’ve attempted to incorporate explanation was a single word – and the word
Island), Iloilo, and Antique. Indeed, Capiz is as many of the strange and unexpected facets was ‘manananggal’.
widely claimed to be the most supernatural of this age-old but tenacious Filipino myth as Even in the 21st Century, the age of ultra-
locality within the entire Filipino nation, and possible. Ever since she had arrived with her technology and medical advances beyond the
homes here are routinely adorned even today father in Antipolo several years earlier, Rosa had wildest dreams of all previous generations, and
with garlic bulbs, holy water, and other always been shy and retiring. Pleasant and even in as modern a city as Antipolo, the age-
aswang repellents. respectful, certainly, but never outward-going or old terror of night demons, and manananggals
But if any one city can be singled out as the even overly communicative. Her father blamed in particular, still surfaced at certain times,
vampire capital of the Philippines, it has to be himself, as father always do, believing that especially at wakes and during the nine months
Antipolo, just 25 km or so east of the country’s because her mother had died giving birth to her, of pregnancy. So much so, in fact, that families
capital, Manila, and situated in the southern he as a man had been unable to endow her did everything possible to ensure that pregnant
portion of Luzon. Here, aswangs are said to be with those innately-feminine social skills that women were never left alone at night, not even
glimpsed on a frequent basis, but never more other young women here seemed to possess in for a single evening, until the baby had been
so than during the Holy Week (the equivalent such abundance. born. And even afterwards, right up until the
there of Easter), and attracting a zenith of Still, as she had now reached the age when baby had become a teenager, its parents would
reports during the three days between Jesus certain other aspects of her personality and always be watchful, and never more so if they
Christ’s death and His resurrection. appearance had begun to attract the attention happened to live on the city’s outskirts, as Maria
Of the varied forms adopted by the of the local youths, soon she may no longer be did, where the jungles and unploughed
aswangs, the most formidable is the human her father’s responsibility anyway. Also, as she meadowlands threatened ever to encroach
version, sometimes confused with a mere witch was training to be a midwife, it would not be upon the swathe of civilisation that had been
or hag, but which is known as the long before she would be self-sufficient savagely carved out of their wild, verdant
manananggal. Being humanoid, it bears more financially too. How time had flown, he mused – territory by humankind.
of a resemblance to western vampires than do it seemed only yesterday that she had still been And so, before evening had chance to fall,
the other, animal-assuming aswang types, but just a girl, tightly holding his hand when they Rosa was setting off on foot, walking swiftly
in addition to being vulnerable to such well had disembarked from the train that had taken through a series of fields that offered the
known vampire deterrents as garlic, bright them far from their previous home in a small speediest pathway to her friend’s house, and
sunlight, and salt, the manananggal can also be rural village where nothing much ever thus avoiding the hideously congested
warded off using such exotica as spices happened to the ceaseless bustle and clamour thoroughfares whose traffic belched smoke
(particularly ginger), vinegar, the sword-like bill of the big city - Antipolo. and noise unceasingly. In contrast, only a single
of a swordfish, and the tail of a stingray. Again Yet even here, shadows of the past, and car drove past as she walked along this lonely
like western vampires, the manananggal can ancient irrational fears, still linger. Tonight, Rosa rural route.
fly, but it doesn’t change into a bat to would be going to the home of Maria, a friend, However, every step that she took was
accomplish this. On the contrary, its modus and staying with her overnight until her brother being matched by someone – or, rather,
Manananggal on the wing
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something far less welcome, and infinitely more creature’s still-human waist. Then, a mere given voice to by a small owl-like bird sitting on
terrifying. True, it looked like a young woman instant later, incredibly, the top half of the the roof. At a casual glance, it could have been
right now, but not for much longer would it do manananggal’s body - everything from its waist mistaken for a real owl, but a closer look would
so. The manananggal – for that is indeed what it upwards - abruptly separated from its lower half. have revealed that its fine feathers were actually
was - came to a large group of tall trees whose And as it did so, a pair of splits appeared in the hairs, not plumes, and its eyes glowed an
shadows amalgamated and coalesced like a skin concealing its shoulder blades, and out of infernal red. This was the manananggal’s hellish
wide black pool, hidden completely from view. these splits unfurled a pair of very large, dark, familiar or lookout, the tiktik, named after its
Stepping into this pool of shadows, the bat-like wings, whose flapping leathery pinions cries - which confirmed to the manananggal that
manananggal took off its human clothes and carried it aloft into the air, leaving behind the the house’s occupant was still alone.
hid them in some bushes. Then an incredible creature’s lower body half and legs, standing The manananggal’s tongue thrashed like a
transformation took place. there as lifeless as the bottom portion of a veritable serpent, and two golden drops of
Its human face’s complexion blanched to a tailor’s dummy in a shop window, but venom drooled from its jaws. Now, just one more
ghostly pallor, a pair of long sharp fangs grew completely hidden from sight amid the shadows transformation was needed. Its human half-body
downwards until they protruded from its half- of the trees. became amorphous as it hovered just outside
closed mouth, which lengthened until it It is always imperative for a manananggal to the house, remoulding itself into a new form, one
resembled the jaws of some malign reptile, and locate a secure hiding place for its lower half, that included a fairly long, repulsively-wrinkled
emerging from their tip, flickering evilly, was a because if anyone finds it while the body, and two slender hind legs with three toes
slender red fork-tipped tongue, closely manananggal is away, they can kill this vampire on each foot, together with the large wings that
resembling that of some vile serpent. But most merely by sprinkling salt or smearing sand, remained unchanged from its previous
terrible of all were its eyes. Gone were its round garlic, or ash upon the lower half’s open edge, incarnation. Its elongate head possessed a pair
blue human irises, and in their stead was a pair or by burning it entirely. For when the of huge glowing ovoid eyes, a red slit-like mouth,
of vertical golden slits, each one containing an manananggal returns, if it cannot rejoin its two and, most bizarre of all, an extremely lengthy,
even thinner black slit. halves to become whole again it dies. slender proboscis that emerged from its large
But if, somehow, anyone had been By now, the sky was growing dark, and the black nose, and undulated sinuously in front of
watching all of this, not even that latter dramatic grotesque half-manananggal flew swiftly on to its malevolent face.
change of form would have prepared them for the home of Maria. But would it find her still As expected, the doors and windows were
the horrifying climax to this unholy alone – had it arrived in time? It soon had its all tightly closed, and a roaring fire in the hearth
metamorphosis. Without any prior warning, a answer – in the form of a series of strange cries, prevented any possibility of entering down the
dark horizontal ring spontaneously encircled the sounding just like ‘tik-tik’, which were being chimney. But like all vampires, the manananggal
Aswangs of antipolo
was not bereft of ways in which to enter a there by her sister that very morning. They had
seemingly impenetrable, unbreachable building. both joked about it at the time, especially about
The roof was thatched, and it did not take the some of its bizarre contents, never believing that
manananggal long to burrow through a weak these would ever be needed – but they were
patch of thatching until it had forced its way into sorely needed now. For what the box
the top storey of the house. Silently it flitted contained was a wide selection of items
downstairs, its acute sense of smell confirming guaranteed, at least according to traditional
that Maria was there, and not in any of the Filipino lore, to dispel manananggals. But
bedrooms as it had initially anticipated. Sure surely this was all just superstition – wasn’t
enough, there she was, sitting in a large chair it? Yet the manananggal was only too real,
close to the fire, where, no doubt lulled by its so perhaps these assorted objects’ power
comforting warmth, she had fallen asleep – and would be too.
so had never seen that the bottle of special Quickly, Maria opened the box and tipped
protective plant oil standing on a shelf close by its contents out on the table. They were certainly
was bubbling and frothing, warning of the an extraordinarily diverse, eclectic assemblage.
manananggal’s presence. A red pouch full of ginger and coins. The dried
The manananggal was now on the floor, penis of a horse. A faded photograph of her
and was stealthily walking towards her on its grandmother. A bag of salt. A whip fabricated
two legs, its large wings folded up and held over from the somewhat desiccated tail of a stingray.
its back. Its serpentine proboscis flickered and ©Tim Morris A long silver dagger. Scrabbling among them,
twitched incessantly. Already it could smell and she grabbed the bag of salt and hurled its
even taste in the air the scent of its prey – contents over the retreating manananggal,
Maria’s unborn baby! which let forth an ear-splitting screech as its skin
After just a few moments, the manananggal began to burn and sizzle where the salt had
was squatting directly in front of Maria, on the landed upon it.
floor at her feet. On account of her size and the Raising its head, its eyes glowing in fury, the
late stage of her pregnancy, Maria was wearing manananggal turned around, and then stepped
only a large maternity dress with no forward towards her, its red mouth open wide in
uncomfortable underwear to grip tightly. Slowly, hissing rage. Swiftly, Maria snatched up the
the manananggal’s long proboscis rose horse penis in one hand and her grandmother’s
upwards, cautiously, ensuring that it did not manananggal’s familiar – something was wrong, photo in the other, and brandished them
wake Maria as it gradually moved up between somebody must be approaching the house! towards the approaching vampire. Instantly, it
her calves and thighs, steadily approaching her The manananggal’s proboscis retracted stopped in its tracks, its golden eyes now
vagina, which would in turn lead directly to her instantly, but at the same moment Maria awoke, flashing in panic, because phallic objects and
baby inside her womb. And once the proboscis the tiktik’s cries having shaken her out of her images of elderly women are items that, for
reached the baby, it would apply its suckered tip deep warmth-induced slumber. Her eyes reasons long since lost in the mists of bygone
to the helpless foetus and drain it not only of opened, and the first thing that she saw was a ages, induce outright terror in the minds of all
blood but also of its very life force until it died, hideous rat-like horror on the ground at her feet. manananggals. It opened its wings fully, in an
murdered within its own mother’s body by a foul But even as she stared at it, it began to shuffle attempt to fly up and away from the frightening
creature of nightmare. Had the foetus been off on its two legs and a large pair of bat-like objects, but as it did so, Maria began thrashing
smaller, just a few weeks old, the manananggal wings opened up above its back. at it with the stingray-tail whip, hoping that its
would have sucked it out entirely and Involuntarily, Maria snapped open her sharp barbs would pierce the manananggal’s
consumed it. mouth and screamed at the top of her voice, skin - already blistered and raw from the effects
Just a few more centimetres and its over and over again, shrieking and howling with of the salt.
proboscis would be there, and then... But before uncontrollable hysterical terror and horror at Just as she did so, however, a loud beating
it could even contemplate that, the still of the what she had seen - what she knew to be a was heard upon the main door. Rosa! She’d
night was abruptly broken by a series of very manananggal! Then she saw the table nearby, arrived at last! Why had it taken her so long?
loud ‘tik-tik’ cries directly overhead. It was the and the large box on it, which had been left Maria shouted out, just to make sure that it was
indeed Rosa – but it wasn’t. It was her brother, had even been separated from him for any gone to Maria’s house that evening as promised.
Juan! Maria raced to the door, unbolted it, length of time – finally he had decided that they She walked out of her bedroom, closed the
hauled it open, and dragged a startled Juan should move far away, which is what had door, and walked along the landing towards the
inside. Without saying a word, she pointed at brought them to Antipolo. stairs. Yes, it was time...
the manananggal, flapping overhead, and But once again, miscarriages and stillborn Downstairs, her father stood motionless,
handed him the silver dagger, because if he babies had lately been occurring with increasing willing his mind and his heart to accept what
could stab this loathsome entity with a weapon frequency in areas of the city close to theirs, and must be done. A few minutes earlier, he had
fashioned from silver, it would die. But even as sometimes near to their own home. However, the
{ received a phone-call from a near-hysterical
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Juan grasped the dagger, the Maria, who, with her brother Juan’s help,
manananggal had spotted an escape
route. In the rush to get Juan inside, Maria IN THE SPACE OF A SECOND, had somehow managed to convey what
had happened with the manananggal,
hadn’t closed the door! THE MANANANGGAL HAD and that they fervently hoped all was well
In the space of a second, the
manananggal had flown through the still-
FLOWN THROUGH THE STILL- with Rosa, as she had never arrived at
Maria’s house. When he put the phone
ajar door and out – onwards and away AJAR DOOR AND OUT down, Rosa’s father was ashen and
into the night sky, accompanied by the shaking. He knew very well that Rosa had
tiktik, and free to attempt further attacks city was far bigger than their village, and Rosa set out, because a friend driving by in his car
elsewhere. But at least the nightmare for Maria knew that the number of cases overall was too had happened to see her walking through the
and her unborn child was over (although her small to attract unwelcome attention. So she fields not far from Maria’s house. Yet when Rosa
brother swiftly placed a circle of protective would be safe, and would remain undetected had unexpectedly arrived back home only a few
coins from the red pouch on the floor all here for a long time, assuaging her bloodlust hours later, she had gone straight to her room
around her as she sat back on the chair, just in without fear of discovery. without even speaking, let alone explaining why
case). Juan had managed to catch an earlier Back home, Rosa sat in her room, getting she hadn’t stayed at Maria’s. He had naturally
train, which was why he was here tonight, and ready for dinner with her father downstairs. Her assumed that she would explain everything at
not the following morning as expected - but as father – she smiled as those words entered her dinner, but the horrific news from Maria had
Rosa had never appeared, that was just as well. mind. Even at the heights of her bloodlusts, her driven all other thoughts from his mind – all
The manananggal flew back to the group of father was the one human figure that had other thoughts but one, that is.
trees where it had concealed its lower half. always remained inviolate, never at risk of being So, it had indeed begun again, and closer
When it reached them, it transformed back into attacked by her, because as a child and even as to home in every sense this time than ever
its human upper half, which then settled upon a teenager she had depended entirely upon him before. After all, Maria was a good friend. How
its lower, and united with it at once, becoming a to protect her physically from those who had could it be? It cannot be, surely – and yet, it
whole woman again. Afterwards, it swiftly grown suspicious, and also to dispel rumours must be. No longer was there any other
dressed itself in the human clothes that it had that might otherwise have led to formal explanation. No longer could there be any
originally been wearing but which it had investigations. Of course, now that she was no further attempt to brush aside such events as
concealed with its lower half earlier that evening. longer a teenager, now that she was a grown mere coincidences.
Then back towards the city walked Rosa – for woman soon to qualify as a midwife – and He glanced at an open drawer in his writing
the manananggal and Rosa were, of course, trembling with something akin to erotic ecstasy desk, then looked down at his hand, at what he
one and the same entity. at the thought of the unchallenged access that had taken out of that drawer and was now
But they hadn’t always been. When the this job would give her to pregnant women! – holding, which gleamed brightly even in the
original Rosa, the real daughter of her father, from now on she would be able to stand up for evening’s subdued light. It was a long slender
was four years old, one hot febrile night a herself. Her father would no longer be dagger, with a razor-sharp blade. A silver dagger.
manananggal had surreptitiously found its way invaluable, or even valuable. On the contrary, he He stood in the shadows at the foot of the
into her bedroom while she was asleep, and was now entirely disposable. stairs, and waited. Yes, it was time...
had silently drained her of her life force until she And as she reflected upon this,
was dead. Then, once again without making her face glimmered with a pale,
even the faintest of sounds, it had stripped unearthly glow, as for just the briefest
Rosa’s clothes from her small cold body, which of instants her eyes became golden ABOUT THE AUTHOR
it had then devoured entirely, before shape- vertical slits, and a pair of long Dr Shuker’s other interestes include:
shifting itself into an exact likeness of her when venom-dripping fangs momentarily ShukerNature (cryptozoology and other animal
alive, then dressing itself in her clothes. And no- materialised. Then, the voice of her anomalies) at http://karlshuker.blogspot.com
one, not even Rosa’s own father, had ever father called up to her, to tell her that
suspected that anything was amiss. Or at least, dinner was now ready. Star Steeds (my poetry blog publicising my
not until, down through the years, an inordinate Instantaneously, her face became published poetry) at http://starsteeds.blogspot.com
number of pregnant women in their village and that of his obedient daughter Rosa
others nearby had suffered miscarriages, given again, except for the faintest of smiles The Eclectarium of Doctor Shuker (re my varied
birth to stillborn babies, and in some cases had that lingered as she stood up. After interests in unusual subjects outside cryptozoology)
even experienced what had appeared to be an all, she speculated, tonight would be at http://eclectariumshuker.blogspot.com
unexplained total reabsorbing of the foetus as good a time as any to bring this
Dr Shuker has a new book out, the details are as
while still only a few weeks old. charade to an end, and the death of
follows: The Encyclopaedia of New and
Eventually, suspicious fingers had begun to her father would appear to anyone
Rediscovered Animals: From the Lost Ark to the
point towards the withdrawn, uncommunicative, examining his body to have been
New Zoo, and Beyond (Coachwhip Publications:
secretive Rosa. And even though her father had caused by nothing more dramatic
Landisville, USA), with a foreword by Loren
angrily denounced all such accusations, pointing than a massive heart attack. The
Coleman, and available on Amazon and other online
out that they had lived together ever since Rosa’s shock of her father’s sudden,
bookstores and available to order directly through
birth – it was not as if Rosa had been adopted unexpected demise would even very
all good town and city bookshops.
by him and was therefore of unknown origin, or conveniently explain why she hadn’t
DOORWAYS:
THE PATH THROUGH A DARK FOREST
THERE ARE DOORS. By Wm. Michael Mott
DOORWAYS. PORTALS. PASSAGEWAYS, ENTRANCES, EXITS, VERTICES IN,
TANGENCIES OUT... THIS MUCH SHOULD BE PRETTY CLEAR TO MOST, NOW.
There are areas of high strangeness wherein which anomalies of with only a few entrances into the subterranean regions (but often found
various types occur frequently; a wide range of unknown or anomalous by well-diggers, construction work, and so on). On the afternoon under
creatures, animals, beings, or entities are seen or encountered; study, these two young explorers, machetes and tomahawks at their belts,
paranormal activity is highly energised and rampant; and inexplicable headed out for the deep woods. The hope was to see a deer, some
aerial and submarine objects are seen. John Keel called these "window coyotes, a bobcat, or some other denizen of the forest. The machetes and
areas," and modern paranormal parlance refers to such places as vortices, tomahawks weren't for use in hunting, but in clearing a path through
places of power, or simply portals. dense brush if necessary, and to dispatch a poisonous snake if the
But this is only one aspect of the idea of doorways: for there are other opportunity were thrust upon them (the region is rife with cottonmouth
types of entry ways for the inexplicable and strange into our lives: lifestyle moccasins, rattlesnakes, and copperhead vipers).
choices, occult activity, violent behaviour, and sometimes even research As they reached a particularly remote clearing in the woods, they were
into paranormal and anomalous topics. There are doorways into our lives, startled to first hear rocks and sticks being thrown in their direction
even our minds and our spirit, if we are not very careful. The investigation repeatedly, and then to see small heads peering at them from behind
of the paranormal, the outré, the anomalous should be first of all scientific bushes and trees - not just once, but many times. They described these
and lastly, superstitious; yet various religious traditions should be heeded, creatures, which they saw very clearly, as humanoid, ranging in height
because the hazards are very real, and over the millennia human beings from three to four feet, and hairless. The oversized heads were on spindly
have learned that there is indeed an aspect to this "unreal reality" that bodies, but at least one of the entities had strangely broad shoulders
overlaps well into the realm of gods, devils, "other than human" beneath its melon-like head, which unlike the others, had black skin. The
intelligences, and yes, even the doorsteps of the Creator, and those in skin of the other creatures was a dirty tan, almost the colour of wood.
opposition to that authority.
One of the areas of research (a personal favourite, and the topic of a
book now in its 3rd edition by this writer) dealing with such things,
indicates that many mysteries probably don't originate in Zeta Reticuli, the
belt of Orion, or in another nebulous dimension or "astral" plane (always
handy to blame, instead of thinking logically). Instead, evidence and logic
both indicate that such things are actually originating much more near at
hand, and always have. While we scramble to follow false leads received
from dubious sources, which are generally impossible to verify, our
attention is misdirected from what is going on in our backyards, the woods
behind our homes, the oceans and lakes around us, and the very ground
beneath our feet.
This is particularly true of physical encounters and manifestations;
other types of encounters are clearly localised or transient manifestations
of energy, in forms and actions which indicate awareness and
consciousness. Again, even these seemingly nebulous events and
encounters tend to have direct ties to earthly energy fields, forces, and
locations, or what Keel called "window areas." This was not unknown to
the ancient civilizations around our planet, and is the reason that Holy
Places are considered holy, and Accursed ones, accursed.
Recently, a series of events was brought to my attention, which
indicates this strange truth all too well. A number of teenaged boys (who
remain nameless here by request) in the South-eastern United States had
a variety of encounters with anomalous beings in the same near-
wilderness woodlands and swamps where one of their fathers had
encountered such things as a lad. These events began on an extremely
overcast afternoon, after a day-long violent thunderstorm and downpour.
The region sits atop limestone and sandstone, heavily caverned, but
Open skies, Open Minds
The boys began a cautious, but calm retreat. By the time they'd gone a involved in the original incident decided to go on a camping trip in the
few hundred yards toward home (still about half a mile away), they passed general vicinity of their earlier encounter, taking three of their friends with
an ancient barn overgrown with trees and shrubbery, unused for decades. them. They set up camp near a sizeable pond at the bottom slope of a
Looking back, they saw yet another of these beings leaning out from huge hill, and right above a drop-off into an expansive swamp area.
behind a tree about thirty yards away. One of the boys wanted to flee with Another sinkhole is nearby, down in the swamp. They had a good supply
all haste; the other boy, the father of whom had encountered such things of firewood, a healthy fire, and a big tent to protect them from the clouds of
before, was all for going back with a sturdy tomahawk axe and inquiring of mosquitoes, which could come out of the swamp throughout the night.
the creature as to what its general attitude problem really was. He was Two of the boys were Protestants, and one was Catholic; one was
scarcely constrained by his friend, and they retreated homeward. agnostic, and the other was a neo-pagan of sorts. During the first
Later, the boy with the axe and his father discovered that there was a encounter, the Christian and pagan had experienced the creatures
deep, narrow sinkhole in the vicinity of the barn, about twenty yards from together, but the incident was certainly not expected by either to be
it. This hole plunges down to some unknown depth in the top of the hill on repeated. They could not have been more wrong.
which the barn stands. If there are subterranean hollows in the area, then During the night, all of these boys witnessed a variety of apparitions,
they were probably massively flooded during the time of the encounter, as humanoid figures, and other unknown entities. These beings were quite
the downpour had been both torrential and prolonged. Could this have bold and would stand within view for some time. There was a pale, thin
driven the beings out of their normal habitat? And did the extremely heavy creature about seven feet tall, seemingly solid, which faded away as it
overcast conditions contribute to the boldness of what may well have been retreated, and several imp-like beings of great solidity, which looked like
sub-terrestrial beings? the same variety encountered before, were seen in surrounding woods,
In this same region, the Choctaw Indians have legends of a variety of climbing trees, and lurking at the edge of camp. There was also a huge,
non-human beings, believed to dwell in the wild places to this day. One gnarled entity about eight feet in height that was fully illuminated in the
type of being is the ‘Bohpoli’, or "little stone thrower", also believed to be headlights of an all-terrain vehicle during a search for firewood.
an abductor of children, youths, and maidens. As with the "little people" of Something large stalked about the tent, but retreated into the swamp
many cultures around the world, the Bohpoli are said to dwell in cavern- when they boys rushed out to confront it. At one point, the key to the
homes deep beneath the ground. vehicle mysteriously disappeared from the pagan boy's pants pocket; his
Over the next several days, many strange things happened around the Protestant friend, who had been with him during the first encounter
farm. Something kept turning the stiff door-knob and opening the door of weeks earlier, commanded the thief or thieves to return the keys at once,
an old travel-trailer or caravan in the dead of night, even with a number of invoking the name and authority of Jesus Christ. All four boys heard the
belligerent and vigilant dogs in the yard. While getting ready for bed one patter of swift, small feet, and the key landed nearby with a jingle and
night, the father of the bolder boy saw a small, thin form of brown colour, thump, also heard by all. Turning, they shone their lights right on the
about four feet tall, glide swiftly past the window and between two vehicles missing key.
on the carport. The dogs in general were in an uproar most nights, This activity continued with intensity throughout the night, until the
throughout the night, with a tone of fear in their barking; normally machete-wielding braggadocio of the boys, combined with determined
aggressive and willing to plunge into the woods, the canines held back at commands to depart which invoked the name of Jesus Christ, finally
the edge of the trees. As late as a week later, a visitor who knew nothing brought an end to it around 4 am. After this, the area was quiet until dawn.
about any of these events, was startled when she saw a short "figure" dart The combination of the threat of steel or iron (according to many traditions
behind a woodpile and shrubbery behind the house and in front of the worldwide these metals are an absolute anathema to several non-human
woods, illuminated momentarily in a motion-activated security light. entities,) and strong religious faith finally put an end to the ordeal. The
Two weeks later, things had quieted down quite a bit. The two boys agnostic youth is now seriously considering Christianity, which he says was
the only effective tool against the night-time invaders, as far as he could tell.
Given the natural resilience of youth, the boys now want to go
camping again soon, but will have to wait until deer hunting season is over,
lest they be shot accidentally in the woods by hunters using high-powered
rifles. This is a danger, which is apparently much more concrete than the
ecto-plasmic and other forms that fed off of their fear and adrenaline on
the first camping trip.
About two hundred yards to the west of the campsite is the opposite
slope of the hill, ancient and heavily wooded. I was privileged to be
permitted to explore this area
late one afternoon and take Mike Mott
some photos, both with flash
and without. The time was at
about 5:00 in the afternoon.
One of these is reproduced
here for reader consideration
(the metal structure at left is a
tree-stand used by deer
hunters during the fall of the
year), along with the cautionary
statement that some doors are
probably best left unopened,
or intruded upon at all.
Wm. Michael Mott is a writer

and artist who writes on a
variety of topics. His website is
www.mottimorphic.com.
which Susan, a lady from England, underwent in December 2010. These
OPEN
experiences appear to involve abduction by non-human entities and have
physical evidence to back them up, including video footage. In this article,
I will cover the main aspects of the case and why I feel it is one of the most
impressive contact cases I have yet looked into.
sOkPiEesN, BACKGROUND
And so it was that on Sunday 24th January 2011 I drove out to meet Susan
and her family at their home. They were very welcoming, and Susan was
happy to share with me the details of what she had experienced, both the
incidents in December, and also other experiences from earlier in her life
which may be connected. I was immediately struck by how honest and
down-to-earth (no pun intended) she seemed, and I have no doubt at all
that she experienced the incidents exactly how she described. This was
confirmed further when I returned to the house on 6th February with a
hypnotherapist, who regressed Susan back to the two incidents. This
sometimes-controversial technique produced some additional details, plus
an emotional recollection of what took place.
minds
UFOs Here And Now:
INITIAL ABDUCTION
It was the night of 2nd December 2010. The night began just like any other.
Late in the evening Susan put her daughters to bed in the converted loft.
She and her husband went to bed about 12.30am. Her husband soon
dropped off, but Susan found she could not sleep and lay awake in bed.
At some point after 1am she decided to walk through and check on her
daughters, something she often did. Whenever she does this, she tends to
have a quick glance out of the window of their room. It was when she did
this that she saw the strange glowing object already mentioned at the start
of this article.
A Dual Abduction Case By Dave

Hodrien
NOTE: For reasons of anonymity pseudonyms have been used. Photograph from the bedroom window showing the location
where the UFO was initially seen:
INTRODUCTION
Susan peered out of the window of her daughters’ bedroom. It was quite a
clear night and she could make out the farmer’s fields, which lay alongside
the property. Away in the distance over a small copse of trees, she noticed a
bright glowing light. It was white with a slight tint of orange in it. The light
was not completely round, but had a flattened oval shape to it. “It’s going to
crash” Susan thought. But as she continued to watch she realised it looked
different to an aeroplane. She grabbed a piece of paper and held it up to the
glass to assure herself that she wasn’t looking at a reflection from inside the
room. The light was still present. She turned round for a moment to check
on her girls. When she looked back she was surprised to see that the object
was now much closer, low down in the field adjacent to the house. And
immediately a thought came to her mind – “Oh...it’s watching me”.
This incident was only the beginning of two fascinating experiences
THESE EXPERIENCES APPEAR TO

INVOLVE ABDUCTION BY NON-
HUMAN ENTITIES AND HAVE
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TO BACK
THEM UP, INCLUDING VIDEO
FOOTAGE
Witness drawing of how the UFO appeared at a distance: Back in her room Susan checked the time on her mobile phone, it
was 1.38am. Strangely, she then removed her nightgown. This was not
As you have already heard, the something she would normally do as it goes against her beliefs. Stranger
object looked distant at first still, when I initially interviewed her she could not remember doing this,
but was then suddenly down she only remembered doing so under regression. Back in bed, she found
in the field adjacent to the she could still not get to sleep. She did not think about the glowing object
house, no more than a couple outside at all. A short while later her younger daughter suddenly
of hundred yards away. Now appeared at the doorway of the room. She said she had felt something
that it was much closer, it pull her on the leg. Susan told her it was probably one of the cats and
looked different to before. that she should go back to bed, which she did.
Rather than being a flattened Susan lay there a while longer and felt certain that she did not drop
oval shape it appeared to be a off to sleep. Suddenly she got the urge to open her eyes. When she did,
horizontal row of lights. They she found she was no longer in her bedroom! She appeared to be lying
were so bright that she could down on a hard flat surface. She did not observe what she was lying on
not see any solid object directly but could feel it. To her right she could see her elder daughter
behind them. kneeling alongside her on top of a table-like structure. Behind her
daughter there was nothing, only darkness. Her daughter leaned over and
Photograph showing the location in the field to where the said to her “Don’t be scared mum, it’s your turn next, they’re not going to
hurt you. Don’t be scared”. She then felt a pulling sensation on one of her
UFO moved: Image 12 here heels and then felt motion, like she was moving through some kind of
tunnel. This was just a feeling rather than something visual.
She then found herself in a different place. She found herself free
floating in darkness. She could no longer feel the surface below her. All
around her were what looked like glowing gridlines made of pale green
light, which split the area up into cubes. These lines did not pass through
her but appeared to be all over whatever area she was in. She could not
see anything beyond them. Susan also found that she was paralysed, and
could only move her eyes. She could sense the presence of a tall being
standing right behind her, and felt that it was resting its hand on the top of
her head, although she could not see anything there. The temperature of
this place seemed normal, but she could hear strange rhythmic sounds,
which reminded her of machinery.
Suddenly she began to experience what felt like numerous hands
prodding and touching her skin. When I first spoke with Susan about this
she did not remember seeing anything around her. Under hypnosis she
described seeing small shadowy figures, but she could not see any other
details. The prodding sensations began at her shoulders and then started
working their way down her body. While this was happening she
wondered why she was not frightened. This in turn served to actually
make her frightened, but she would then hear a voice inside her head
telling her not to be scared. This had the immediate effect of calming her
down; she says it felt like the tall being behind her was actually reaching
into her mind and placing these feelings there.
At the time of the incident, Susan had a bad back. As the sensations
Witness drawing of how the UFO appeared when closer. reached this area she spoke to whoever was there using her mind, saying
“You’re going to hurt my back”. She then heard a response say “We’re
Susan immediately got not going to hurt your back. Look”. Then she felt one of her legs being
the impression that the moved up and down, as if to prove to her that there was no pain. She
object was observing then became aware of a strange looking machine which was between
her. Susan says that her legs.
she should have been What followed next was an interal examination. This was
especially concerned understandably quite upsetting, and during the regression she became
by this as she is Muslim quite emotional stating “I don’t want them to do this”.
and likes to keep While this procedure was going on, Susan felt there was an urgency
covered up, and she to the situation as if whoever was in charge was running out of time.
was only wearing her A white light suddenly appeared off to her left. It looked like the light
nightgown. But rather from a doorway, which had suddenly opened at the edge of the darkened
than being worried by area in which she was floating. Standing in this light was a very tall figure.
the presence of the At first she assumed it was her own son as he is almost 6 and a half feet
object and the feeling it tall. However, she soon realised that this being was even taller, closer to 8
was watching her, she feet in height.
turned around and Before the regression, Susan could only remember seeing the
went back to her room! silhouette of this being. However while she was hypnotised she was able
This sort of behaviour is seen time and time again in UFO cases. It seems to remember more details about it. What she described was a tall grey
that the ETs have a way of calming the individual down so they are not being. It had a slender body with long arms and legs and an over-sized
concerned by what is taking place. head. Its eyes were large, black and teardrop-shaped. She does not
remember seeing a nose or mouth, but this could have been because of This was accompanied with a sudden drop in temperature as if she was
the distance of the being to herself. Susan stated that it looked kind, and outside. She then remembers appearing in the kitchen adjacent to the
she was not scared of it. bedroom, still floating in a lying down position, then she floated through to
the bedroom and was placed back into her bed.
Witness drawing of the tall Grey: Susan opened her eyes; it was still dark in the room. She felt dazed
and also very hot, despite the fact that her skin was cold to the touch. She
vaguely remembers leaning over and picking up her nightgown, which
was on the floor next to the bed, and putting it back on. She then checked
the time again; it was now 3.18am. She felt confused because it had only
felt like about 30 minutes had gone by, whereas it was actually closer to
90 minutes.
She woke her husband up and explained everything that she could
remember. She did not mention the UFO she had seen in the field as the
memory of viewing it had completely vanished from her mind. This is
common with close encounters, especially when contact is involved.
She only remembered seeing this later when speaking with her aunt about
the incident.
As she spoke with her husband she found herself worrying that she
was going to be pregnant. She does not know where this thought came
from or why. After telling him what had happened, they both dropped
back off to sleep. In the morning Susan initially felt that her back was
going to be fine, but soon realised it was not. She also noticed that she
was spotting a small amount of blood. This bleeding continued for several
days, as did the feeling that her back was going to be fixed.
As the days went on she became more and more frightened to go to
bed at night. This fear is a very common aspect of contact, and can
sometimes be dealt with over time. Each night she became more and
more frightened until she was absolutely terrified. She stayed up as late as
possible until she finally fell to sleep due to sheer exhaustion. The family
own numerous infrared cameras. Her husband decided to set one of
these up in the bedroom to prove to Susan that nothing was happening to
her during the night. It was on the second night with the camera, the 8th
December 2010, that Susan had her next experience.
FOLLOW ON ABDUCTION
This time the experience was not preceded by a UFO sighting. Susan was
taken from her bed at an unknown time while she was sleeping. The
incident felt to her like a very vivid dream. However, there are numerous
reasons why I feel this really took place. The experience began with the
familiar tugging at her feet and the feeling that she had moved through a
tunnel. However, this time - rather than find herself in darkness - Susan
could see her surroundings clearly.
She found herself in a clean and clinical looking room. There were
brown wooden panels all over the walls, and two frames on the wall with
some sort of writing on that she could not read. She was once again
naked and lying down on a flat hard table-like structure. This time she had
a thin white sheet draped over her body from the neck down, and some
kind of soft pillow under her head.
To her right was a strange looking man. He had human features, but
his skin was very pale. He was wearing dark rimmed glasses and had
short red hair. He was wearing a white doctor’s coat. But what troubled
Susan was that his face, in some way, did not seem real. It appeared to be
She then heard the tall Grey speak in her mind. However, what it said
blurred, and under hypnosis Susan stated that it “looked like it wanted to
appeared to be directed not at her, but at the smaller shadowy beings
fall off”. The man had his arms outstretched over her, holding his hands a
around her. It asked “What are you doing with her? Why is she still here?”
short distance above the sheet. Again Susan noticed something was not
Susan then felt the familiar pulling sensation on her heel. Before her
right with the hands. At first they appeared normal, but then seemed to
regression she just remembered suddenly being back in bed. However,
change. There were less than 5 fingers and they were long and pointed. At
under hypnosis she recalls the sense of moving through a tunnel again.
first she thought the man was sitting down alongside her, but after a while
she felt he was actually short in height and standing next to her. The man
BEFORE HER REGRESSION SHE JUST told her he was a doctor, but Susan did not believe him, and instinctively
felt that it was something else masquerading as a human doctor.
REMEMBERED SUDDENLY BEING BACK In many contact cases the ET’s have demonstrated the ability to mask
IN BED. HOWEVER, UNDER HYPNOSIS either their own appearance, or even the appearance of the surroundings.
SHE RECALLS THE SENSE OF MOVING This is usually referred to as a screen memory. The features Susan
describes suggest that this was a Grey using a screen memory, probably
THROUGH A TUNNEL AGAIN to make the situation seem more familiar to her.
Witness drawing of the room, her position within it, and the camcorder was in a very unusual format, which appeared to be completely
being alongside her: unplayable in any PC video editing software. So as well as send me the
original file, they also sent me a recording of it being played on a screen.
This is quite grainy but it is still possible to see what is taking place to an
extent. I ran the footage through some de-graining software and filters,
which helped improve the picture quality.
Susan does not unquestioningly believe that the video proves she was
taken, nor is she trying to sensationalise it in any way. In fact, she has tried to
recreate the effect by lying down in bed various ways, but so far this has
proved unsuccessful. Perhaps it was nothing more than an optical illusion.
However, for this to have been the case she would have needed to be lying
on her right hand side or on her back alongside her husband. But at the
time this footage was taken Susan could only sleep on her left side due to her
bad back. If she rolled onto her back or right side she would immediately
wake up in pain, yet in the footage the bed covers lie flat for 13 minutes.
After the covers drop down a couple of seconds later, there is slight
movement at the base of the bed. But after this there is nothing. I cannot
say for certain whether this movement is her foot, or just a fold in the cover
collapsing. If it is her foot, then this does not mean that the second
experience cannot be genuine. Some abductions appear to be
To her left Susan could once again sense the presence of a tall being of metaphysical - it is possible that just her consciousness was taken not her
some kind, but just as before she could not actually see it. She felt it was actual body. However, there are aspects which point towards it being a
the same one that had been there in her previous experience. The short physical abduction including the way in which the ET was moving its
“man” began to move his hands down over Susan’s body. As he did, he hands over her describing her ailments, and the bruises found the
stopped at various places and then spoke to her directly in her mind. He following morning.
moved his hands down over her stomach area and told her that she had
an ulcer but that it wasn’t causing her any discomfort. Then he moved a BELOW ARE SOME STILLS FROM THE FOOTAGE COVERING WHAT
little lower and told her that she had low blood sugar, but wasn’t diabetic. TAKES PLACE THROUGHOUT:
Susan was worried that he was going to tell her she had cancer. But the
man then moved his hands down over her uterus and told her that she 1) Susan and her husband are sleeping soundly. Susan is on her left side,
didn’t need to worry about this. the side that she always sleeps on.
The man then told her that it was going to check her “cholera” 2) Susan moves around a bit under the covers, then appears to arch her
(pronounced chow-lair-a). Susan had no idea what this word meant, but back upward quite a distance.
the man moved his hands to the left side of her belly. She sensed that 3) The bedclothes suddenly crumple inward over 2 seconds.
something had been put inside her on a previous occasion and this is 4) There is a slight movement at the base of the bed cover, it is impossible
what he was checking up on. I have not been able to find any part of the to say for definite whether this is one of Susan’s feet or just a fold of the
body relating to that name. It is possible that Susan had, or still has, an cover collapsing.
implant inside of her that she is unaware of at present.
This was essentially the end of her experience. Susan remembers the
1) 2)
feeling of travelling through a tunnel again, but after that she did not wake
up and only remembered the incident in the morning. When she got out of
bed she found that her back was feeling much better. This feeling
persisted for a number of days, and although since then it has started to
get worse again, it is still not as bad as it used to be. Could Susan’s back
have received healing as part of her second experience?
Susan also noticed there were two bruises on her belly around the
area of her ovaries but not completely symmetrical. She also started
bleeding again, more heavily this time. In the weeks after the experience,
Susan found that she now has a normal 28 day menstrual cycle, whereas
before her experiences it had always been an abnormal 45 day cycle. She
seemed to have been altered permanently in some way.
THE CAMERA FOOTAGE

On the morning of the 9th December after Susan realised she may have 3) 4)
been taken a second time, she and her husband decided to check the
camera footage from the night to see if anything showed up on it. They
were astounded by what they found. The majority of the footage looked
completely normal. But at 3.19am it looked like Susan suddenly
dematerialised and vanished from beneath the bed covers! One moment
she was there, the next the covers seemed to crumple inward. Thirteen
minutes went by with the covers lying completely still. They suddenly they
seemed to be forced upward. When they settled back down Susan was
once again visible. They wondered if this was actual proof that she had
been physically taken for a period of time.
When I initially spoke with Susan and her husband via E-Mail, I asked
them to send me through the video. The original footage directly from the
5) About 12.5 minutes go by without any movement at all then suddenly It goes without saying that I find the video footage very interesting
the bed covers seem to either rise up or be pushed upward by Susan indeed. After speaking with the family for many hours on numerous
quite dramatically. As this is happening, she also moves about beneath occasions I am absolutely convinced that it is not a hoax – the footage is
them. Her sleeping husband gets disturbed by this and rolls over onto his definitely genuine and the family have not tried to fake anything in any way
left but does not appear to wake up. (take my word for it). It seems too much of a coincidence that on the night
6) Susan can now be seen lying on her left side in the bed again. Susan has her second abduction experience something unusual was then
found on the footage when she played it back. There is nothing that
directly conflicts with the idea that she was taken from her bed, and then
5) 6) put back in exactly the same position. In her first experience, from what we
have learned from the regression it seems that she was initially returned to
the adjoining kitchen rather than the bedroom. However, this could have
been accidental and down to the urgency that Susan sensed with the
situation.
Could this footage be actual proof that Susan was abducted? I cannot
say for certain, I’m not sure anyone really can. If it does show Susan
vanishing from the bed then it is one of the most important contact related
videos to have ever been filmed. But it is all too easy to ignore the rest of
the case and concentrate only on the footage aspect. As I mentioned
earlier, sometimes abductions can take place where the individual’s
physical body is not taken. With this in mind, whether the footage really
shows Susan disappearing and reappearing is, at the end of the day,
irrelevant; I feel certain that the experiences took place, and it is these that
CONCLUSIONS should be discussed and analysed going forward.
This is truly a stunning contact case, and one of the most intriguing I have I would like to end by thanking Susan for having the bravery to come
yet looked into. There are many reasons why I feel that these incidents forward with this sensitive information, and for the hospitality shown by
were real. The experiences fit in extremely well with other reported contact both her and her family. Without the testimonies from individuals such as
cases. There are many aspects to them which have been reported time Susan, the ET contact subject would be barely known about, and for this
and time again by contactees. However at the time of these experiences reason they all deserve our ongoing thanks and support.
Susan had not looked into the ET contact subject, so had no way of
knowing how closely they fitted. In fact, initially she did not even believe FURTHER INFORMATION
that the experiences were down to extraterrestrials. For additional information regarding this case, including the video footage,
There are, however, certain aspects which are extremely unusual. One transcript of the regression and other experiences see the official report
particularly intriguing aspect is the glowing grid lines that Susan saw all on the BUFOG website. http://www.bufog.com
around herself while floating in darkness during her first experience. I have
not come across any other case yet where these grid lines have been
seen, obviously that’s not to say that there are none. The witness suffered ABOUT THE AUTHOR
much emotional trauma coming to terms with these experiences. This Dave Hodrien is a UFO investigator and the
trauma has been plain to see, and it is not something that would come Chairman of Birmingham UFO Group in the
from nothing more than vivid dreams or an over-active imagination. heart of England. He is a supporter of the
Susan is a Muslim, so she has also had to consider how these extraterrestrial hypothesis, and after looking
experiences fit with her religious beliefs. There are also other physical into many cases over the years feels that
aspects to the case such as the bruising that was discovered after her this is the most logical explanation for what
second abduction, the bleeding that occurred after both incidents, and is taking place on a global level. Dave has a
the fact that since these two experiences her back has seemed to be a lot particular interest in the contact
better. There are a number of incidents, which have happened to Susan phenomena and regularly runs online
earlier in her life, some of which fit in with ongoing ET contact. contactee support meetings via his group’s website. He has spoken
Unfortunately, I do not have the space to go into these in this article, but it on the subject at various conferences, written articles for numerous
is certainly a possibility that Susan has experienced contact since an publications, and is now a regular contributor to Paranormal.
early age.
Raising the
Spider God EXPERIMENTS WITH TULPAS By Richard Freeman
IN 1970 THE CELEBRATED SCIENCE FICTION WRITER CLIFFORD D SIMAK

WROTE A REMARKABLE NOVEL CALLED OUT OF THEIR MINDS.
The plot revolved around human thought imagined and they imagined it a swell. And As a group they would discuss Philip and
taking on physical form and becoming they imagined it so long and so well and so his life and meditate upon him, trying to make
dangerously independent of its creators. believed in it that eventually they created it.” him as ‘real’ as possible. As the sittings
One character, a scientist who gets Two years after Simak’s book was progressed the group began to hold séances
mysteriously murdered muses...“I believe that published, it seemed that life was imitating art. and were amazed when their man-made ghost
thought, the energy of thought, whatever In September of 1972 a group of began to answer them in distinct raps. Phillip
strange form thought itself might take, parapsychologists in Toronto, Canada began a would use the one rap for yes and two for no
streaming unceasingly through the centuries very strange experiment. Calling themselves system. He answered questions accurately
from the minds of billions of men and women, the Owen Group after their leader Dr A.R.G about the fictional background the group had
has given rise to a group of beings which in Owen, their goal was to try and create an made up for him.
time, perhaps a not too distant time, will artificial ghost using the power of their But Phillip did not stop at raps. It seemed
supersede the human race... combined minds. that he could affect the world around him.
One man’s thought about a vicious, So that each person would have a clear Phillip could dim or brighten the electric lights
ghoulish shape lurking in the dark would not mental picture of the ghost they gave him a in the room where the experiments took place,
bring that shape into actual being. But an name, Philip Aylesford, and a background. as well as causing breezes to blow through the
entire tribe, all thinking (and afraid) of this “Philip was an aristocratic Englishman, living in room. The table around which they sat seemed
same ghoulish shape would bring it, I believe the middle 1600s at the time of Oliver to feel as if ‘electrically charged’ and would
into actual being. The shape was not there to Cromwell. He had been a supporter of the sometimes dance about on its own. On
start with. It existed in the mind of only one King, and was a Catholic. He was married to a occasion, the table would rush towards people
man, crouching frightened in the dark. And beautiful but cold and frigid wife, Dorothea, the like an excited dog, sometimes trapping them
frightened of he knew not what, he felt he must daughter of a neighbouring nobleman. in a corner. The sitters also recorded a
give shape to this thing of fear and so he One day when out riding on the boundaries shapeless mist forming over the table.
imagined it and told the other of what he of his estates Philip came across a gypsy It had appeared that the collective power or
encampment and saw there a beautiful dark- gestalt of their minds had, indeed, created
eyed, raven-haired, gypsy girl, Margo, and fell something that was, to a certain degree
instantly in love with her. He brought her back tangible. The group tried repeating the
secretly to live in the gatehouse, near the experiment and created more fictional ghosts
stables of Diddington Manor - his family home. such as Lilith, a French Canadian spy,
For some time he kept his love-nest secret, Sebastian, a medieval alchemist and Axel, a
but eventually Dorothea, realizing he was man from the future.
keeping someone else there, found Margo, and An Australian group replicated the
accused her of witchcraft and stealing her experiment by creating the persona of a 14-
husband. Philip was too scared of losing his year-old girl called Skippy Cartmen. But this
reputation and his possessions to protest at the was not the first time such experiments had
trial of Margo, and she was convicted of been carried out. In Tibet there is a local
witchcraft and burned at the stake. tradition of creating ‘thought forms’ or tulpas
Philip was subsequently stricken with as they are known locally. The tradition has
remorse that he had not tried to defend Margo been assimilated into Buddhism and it is said
and used to pace the battlements of that with deep meditation and concentration
Diddington in despair. Finally, one morning his trained monks can create such entities. But
body was found at the bottom of the these tulpas do not just rap tables. They can
battlements, whence he had cast himself in a be seen and touched by others and have a
fit of agony and remorse.” degree of physical reality to them!
One of the group drew a sketch of Phillip A truly remarkable Frenchwoman
as a bearded, smiling man with kindly eyes. Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969) spent a
Raising the Spider God
lifetime exploring the mystic east from India to

Japan, but spent most of her time in the
Himalayas and Tibet. She studded Buddhism
for most of her adult life and whilst in Tibet
gained the rank of a lama. She wrote 30 books
on her travels. It is in the most famous of these,
Magic and Mystery in Tibet, that she writes of
tulpas and her own creation of one.
“However the practice is considered as
fraught with danger for every one who has not
reached a high mental and spiritual degree of
enlightenment and is not fully aware of the
nature of the psychic forces at work in the
process.
Once the tulpa is endowed with enough
vitality to be capable of playing the part of a
real being, it tends to free itself from its maker’s
control. This, say Tibetan occultists, happens
nearly mechanically, just as the child, when his
body is completed and able to live apart, leaves
its mother’s womb. Sometimes the phantom
becomes a rebellious son and one hears of
uncanny struggles that have taken place
between magicians and their creatures, the
former being severely hurt or even killed by the
latter.
Tibetan magicians also relate cases in leaner, his face assumed a vaguely mocking,
which the tulpa is sent to fulfil a mission, but sly, malignant look. He became more
does not come back and pursues its troublesome and bold. In brief, he escaped my
peregrinations as a half-conscious, control. Once, a herdsman who brought me a
dangerously mischievous puppet. The same present of butter saw the tulpa in my tent and
thing, it is said, may happen when the maker of took it for a living lama. Robin Furman. I have met Robin on several
the tulpa dies before having dissolved it. Yet as I ought to have let the phenomenon follow occasions and have always found him to be
a rule the phantom either disappears suddenly its course, but the presence of that unwanted honest, highly intelligent and likeable. Robin
at the death of the magician or gradually companion began to prove trying to my nerves; had a nasty childhood at the hands of a violent
vanishes like a body that perishes for want of it turned into a "day-nightmare". Moreover, I father. Once, after being sent to bed with a
food. On the other hand, some tulpas are was beginning to plan my journey to Lhasa and sound thrashing, he had a strange visitor. He
expressly intended to survive their creator and needed a quiet brain devoid of other related the following to me at a pagan festival
are specially formed for that purpose.” preoccupations, so I decided to dissolve the in 1998.
The creation of such an entity is achieved phantom. I succeeded, but only after six “I looked up and saw an enormous dragon
through extreme ritual concentration and months of hard struggle. My mind-creature was walking straight through my bedroom wall. It
visualisation. Their creation is difficult as is tenacious of life.” was green with huge wings. The thing I
their destruction, as she found out for herself. Another remarkable lady was the witch and remember most about it was the tail that it held
“I shut myself indoors and proceeded to occult writer Dion Fortune. In her book Psychic up in the air in long coils. I wasn’t afraid of it. It
perform the prescribed concentration of Self Defence she writes of how she just walked through my room and out down the
thought and other rites. After a few months the subconsciously created a tulpa in the shape of corridor. I ran downstairs shouting for my
phantom Monk was formed. His form grew a wolf. She had been lying in bed brooding on parents to come and look at the dragon but
gradually fixed and lifelike looking. He became someone who had injured her and thoughts of they could not see it.”
a kind of guest, living in my apartment. I then Fenris, the giant, demonic wolf of Norse Perhaps Robin’s dragon was an
broke my seclusion and started for a tour, with legend, crept into her mind. She felt an odd unconscious tulpa, his mind creating a
my servants and tents. drawing out sensation of her solar plexus and guardian in the form of the biggest, fiercest
The Monk included himself in the party. to her horror found that a huge wolf was creature he knew, a dragon.
Though I lived in the open, riding on horseback apparently lying on the bed next to her. A gestalt tulpa, or one created by many
for miles each day, the illusion persisted. I saw Summoning up her courage she pushed the minds, is sometimes called an egrigor.
the fat tulpa; now and then it was not seemingly solid animal off the bed and it Nicholas Mamontoff described the creation of
necessary for me to think of him to make him vanished ghost-like through her bedroom wall. such an entity in an issue of Fate magazine in
appear. The phantom performed various She recalls seeing what looked like a spectral 1960. His father had belonged to the
actions of the kind that are natural to travellers umbilical cord stretching from her to the beast. ‘Brotherhood of the Rising Sun’, an occult
and that I had not commanded. For instance, With much effort and will power she group of Russian noblemen. In an experiment
he walked, stopped, looked around him. The summoned the creature back and re-absorbed led by a Tibetan guru they created a thought
illusion was mostly visual, but sometimes I felt it into herself. The next day, other inhabitants of form. They had wanted to create a dragon but
as if a robe was lightly rubbing against me, and the house she was staying in spoke of the guru prudently suggested they try to create
once a hand seemed to touch my shoulder. dreaming about wolves and waking to see some harmless character such as Puss in
The features which I had imagined, when glowing eyes in the dark. Boots. They all concentrated on visualising a
building my phantom, gradually underwent a Something similar may have happened to red-haired cat in a Musketeer’s uniform.
change. The fat, chubby-cheeked fellow grew one of the UK’s foremost parapsychologists At first there was just a light cloud, but
soon the form of a red-haired cat. However, its put a black candle at each point. In the centre he found this quite disturbing.
costume seemed undeveloped. The guru was a chalice of ichor and a ritual knife. A few weeks later, there was an interesting
suggested that the men’s thoughts on what a Inscribed in Arabic below it were the development. I entered the altar room and
musketeer’s uniform looked like were at following words: switched on the light to be greeted by the
variation with each other, so to make things image of a huge white spider ten feet across. It
simpler he asked them to imagine just a cat in “That is not dead which can eternal lie had thick, tarantula-like legs rather than the
common Russian boots. Soon the egrigor took And in strange eons even death may die.” spindly crab spider legs I had visualised. It
shape. It was indeed a red-haired cat in seemed to be flat, that is 2D, and the effect
Russian boots. It looked like a poorly Any fan of horror literature will recognise was not unlike the one you get from looking at
developed photograph and remained these words as being from the pen of the a white shape on a black background, or vice-
motionless. At the end of the experiment, when classic author of weird fiction Howard Phillips versa, then turning away - the retina of the eye
the men ceased to concentrate on it, the Lovecraft. They refer to the ‘Great Old Ones’, a retaining the image for a while. As I watched
egrigor vanished. vile legion of alien gods created by Lovecraft the image faded away. It seemed that my
My first inklings of the power of the human and other writers. Above the altar was a huge experiments were having some success.
mind came when I was a teenager. I was in web made out of muslin and in its centre was A few days later I saw it again, but this
training to become a zookeeper at the time. A a model spider to represent Atlach-Nacha time outside of the altar room on the stairs
group of work colleagues, all around the ages himself. The party was a roaring success but leading down to the cellar. This meant that my
of 16-18 were messing around with a afterwards I just could not bring myself to take monster was growing stronger and more
homemade Ouija Board. It occurred to me that down the spider god’s altar. I hit upon the idea independent. However, the summer holidays
what was moving the glass was the power of of using it as a focus for a tulpa creation were looming and I was worried that six weeks
our collective minds. I tried to make my mind experiment. away from the cellar, and not being able to
the dominant one and seize control of where In the days and weeks that followed, I mentally feed my brainchild, would mean that
the glass moved. I found that with would - each night - do down into the cellar in the entity would begin to fade. I could not have
concentration I could make the glass move to my black robes and holding a ritual sword. been more wrong!
any letters and spell out what I wanted it to. These accoutrements were not necessary, but After the summer in the Midlands, I
Later the same day I had to go back to the they helped focus the mind in the same way as returned to the cellar to find its atmosphere
same room to collect something. The board does an actor’s dress rehearsal. I would even more creepy than ever. My creation had
was still set up and I clearly saw the glass move proceed to open a circle, a common practice been busy in my absence too. Over the
twice on its own for short distances. I thought in magick whereby the practitioner opens a summer, there had been a plague of outsized
this might be down to residual energy. magickal space in which to work. Then I would spiders in Leeds and the surrounding area.
Many years later, I was a zoology student visualise the spider god squatting on the altar. People had been calling the authorities worried
studying at Leeds University. My student digs In my mind’s eye, Atlach-Nacha was a that these were dangerous escaped exotics. In
were a three-storey house built at the monster crab spider with a leg span of around fact, they were the ordinary great house spider
beginning of the 20th Century. It had a large three feet. It was slate grey and its bulbous Tegenaria duellica, but they had grown to
cellar that was unused due to its rather musty body, the size of a human head, bore markings unprecedented sizes. But it didn’t end there;
odour. There was no long term planning for my like a human skull. Its own head was as big as another giant spider had made it into the news.
own tulpa experiments carried out in the cellar, an orange and held six green, bioluminescent A worker at a Morrison’s supermarket
and indeed the whole story might seem like eyes and inch long venom-dripping fangs. As it warehouse got a nasty jack-in-the-box style
nothing more than a student prank in bad sat on the altar, it would often cock its head as surprise. Michael Haig was unpacking a
taste. However, it illustrates how relatively easy if listening. Sometimes I visualised it scuttling consignment of bananas from Brazil when in
it is to create a tulpa and how its continued around in my peripheral vision with a noise like his own words...
persistence can be assured. dead leaves rustling. I poured mental energy “All of a sudden I realised that a giant
In February 1996 I decided to throw a party into the thing and tried other forms or raising spider was attacking my face. It was so huge it
to celebrate 10 years of being a Goth. I decided energy, or altering my consciousness. These blocked my vision making everything dark. The
to hold the party in the cellar and decorated it in included dervish whirling, chanting the spider spider bit me on the left cheek, it was
an appropriate fashion. The centrepiece was an god’s name like a mantra, staring into a candle terrifying.”
altar to the fictional spider god Atlach-Nacha, flame, and using a strobe light. The latter I A Brazilian huntsman spider (Hertropoda
who was created by the horror writer Clark found particularly effective. ssp) with a nine-inch leg span had leapt out of
Ashton Smith in his 1934 story The Seven A change soon came over the cellar. It was the bananas and sunk its sizeable fangs into
Geases. Atlach-Nacha is an appalling noticeably colder. There was a palpable feeling Mr Haig’s cheek. He was taken to the Tropical
subterranean entity said to dwell beneath the of being watched. When the lights were turned Medicine Department of St James Hospital in
earth in the fabled land of Hyperborea. He was off, the hair on the back of my neck would Leeds and was kept waiting for eight hours!
said to be spinning a mammoth web beneath prick and it would feel as if something were The doctor’s brilliant diagnosis was that if Mr
the ground, and if his gargantuan task was ever standing behind me. Haig was still alive after eight hours, then the
completed the world would end. Clark Ashton I asked one of my friends to see what he spider could not have been very venomous.
Smith describes him thus... felt in the altar room. Steve Jones was Britain’s Luckily, the huntsman spider’s venom is fairly
“A darksome form as big as a crouching first pagan magistrate and is a practicing witch weak. However, Mr Haig’s lawyer was all for
man, but with long spider-like members... He and psychic. Steve claims to be sensitive to suing the banana company and gave the
saw there was a kind of face on the squat ebon spirits and can tell if a house is haunted or not following statement. “Frankly, if the day has
body, low down amidst the several jointed legs. just by entering it. In the cellar I was using for come that a man cannot go to his place of
The face peered out with a weird expression of the experiments, he felt as if something were work without being attacked by giant spiders
doubt and enquiry and terror crawled through present but it was ill-defined. But when I something is drastically wrong.”
the veins of the bold huntsman as he met small switched off the lights, Steve said he felt like he That must have been the strangest line in
crafty eyes that were circled around with hair.” was being bound up and smothered by legal history but the banana company was not
The altar itself consisted of a set of old cobwebs and felt something the size of a small impressed and said that it was Mr Haig’s fault
drawers. On it I painted a red pentagram and dog leap upon his back. As an arachnophobe for doing such a dangerous job as unpacking
Raising the Spider God
bananas in the first place. “He exposed himself

to sustaining an accident such as he alludes
befell him” they said.
Was it a coincidence that all these spider-
related shenanigans were occurring after I had
been carrying out my spider god experiment?
It seems as though Atlach-Nacha had swelled
beyond the confines of the cellar and was now
affecting events outside. Soon a year had
passed so I decided to throw another party, but
this time with the ulterior motive of getting
more people in on a ritual and mass
visualisation of the spider god. Soon I had
thirty people sitting around the altar, including
some poor girls who had just been walking
past the house. One of the other guests had
invited them in. I’m sure they still tell stories
about what happened next.
I led the ritual with a detailed description of
Atlach-Nacha, telling them all to picture the
spider god squatting on the altar. Then we all manifests subtly at first, with unexplained
began chanting his name until the words ran scrabblings and strange movements in the
together like glossolalia. The whole scene was corner of the eye. The manifestations increase
reminiscent of the classic Dr Who story Planet and the young man is haunted by Hieronymus
of the Spiders were occultists using Tibetan Bosch-like visions, vistas of stomach churning
practices summon up inter-dimensional, giant, horror. He slowly goes insane and kills himself had two priests exorcise the house and burn
psychic spiders. But the important thing was, out on the wild and windswept moors. the altar in the back yard. Far from banishing a
even if those girls - and indeed the other However, the dimensional porthole he created tulpa, an exorcism would empower it because
partygoers - didn’t believe in the spider god, was left open giving the eight-legged god it underlines the belief in the tulpa. Those
they thought about it, they visualised it, and access to our world. involved are thinking about it, concentrating on
they will always remember it. Such an I placed the biscuit tin, containing all of this it. By the act of exorcism, the exorcist is
occurrence is not easily forgotten. and more back into the crawlspace and shut confirming that something uncanny is afoot
I soon realised that my halcyon days at the door. Back in the cellar, I decorated the and giving the tulpa strength.
university would be coming to an end, so I chipboard walls with huge red pentagrams and I recently caught up with an old university
needed to put triggers in place to keep my photocopied pages from the Surrealist artist, friend currently living in Manchester. She says
mind-child fed and in the pink. To this end I Max Ernst’s 1934 book Une semaine de bonté. that people still talked about the raising of the
concocted a scheme. My bedroom was on the I purchased a plain white mask and collected spider god in the Leeds cellar. The more
third floor of the house. In the wall was a tiny dead flies, sticking them onto the mask until it people talk, the more people think, the
doorway held there by screws. If one opened was coated in the deceased insects. I then stronger the tulpa becomes. By reading this
this, it led to a crawl space of around six feet hung it on the cellar wall. now you are feeding it. I’m not going to tell you
long by three feet high and three feet wide. I It was my hope that a person of nervous the exact location of the house in which I
knew that any curious mind that saw the little disposition would acquire my room after I had carried out my experiments, after all you might
door would want to know what was behind it. gone and be draw by human curiosity to the just have moved in yourself. But if you are living
Ergo I decided to leave a nice little surprise crawlspace behind the door. There they would in student accommodation in Leeds, and your
for the next tenant in the room. I found a rusty find the old box and read the journal with house is old with a deep, musty cellar, then
old biscuit tin and began to fill it up with mounting horror, then go rushing into the cellar don’t be too surprised if you hear a strange
pseudo occult bits and bobs. These included to find the room full of blasphemies and the rustling, scurrying noise in the dark. Tell
paper scrolls with spells in Sanskrit and Arabic. spider god’s altar. Then I left Leeds and moved yourself it’s just ‘rats in the walls’.
The parchments were treated with dye and down to Devon.
chemicals to make them look ancient, and About 18 months after I left, I heard news ABOUT THE AUTHOR
were sealed with black wax. Stones were of my spider baby. My plan had worked better Richard Freeman is the Zoological Director
similarly inscribed with carving spells into their than I could have ever hoped. A friend of mine of the Centre for Fortean Zoology, the
surface, and put alongside the scrolls. One who had lived in the same house (luckily all the world's only full time organisation dedicated
day, as I had been walking down the street, I guys in the house thought my antics were a to searching for and studying unknown
had seen a shape being blown in the winds ‘wheeze’) had stayed on in Leeds after I had animals. He has hunted the yeti in India, the
towards me. Amazingly, it stopped dead at my left. He had passed on what had occurred to Mongolian deathworm in the Gobi, the
feet and was a huge dead spider. I preserved it another friend, who then told it to me. orang-pendek in Sumatra, the naga in Indo-
in black wax and placed it in the tin. The fellow who had moved into my room China, the ninki-nanka in West Africa and
Most important of all was the journal. This the year after was a born-again Christian. He the almasty in Russia. He is currently
recounted the ill fate of a young occultist who had indeed wondered what lay beyond the planning a search for the Tasmanian wolf in
had inhabited the room many years before. He funny little door in the wall. He had indeed Australia. Richard has written several books
had found an ancient tome in a dusty old opened the door and found my box of delights. on unknown creatures, and contributes to a
bookshop in Hebdon Bridge, a village on the He had indeed read the journal with mounting number of Fortean magazines. He has
North Yorkshire Moors, and had used the book horror. He had indeed rushed down to the lectured at the Natural History Museum and
to summon up Atlach-Nacha with blasphemous cellar and found a playpen of evil! Apparently, the Grant Museum of Zoology.
rituals carried out in the cellar. The thing this freaked the poor fellow out so much he
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obtain assistance from a psychic, who
visited their home in hope of finding out why
the disturbances were taking place. They
had also had a visit from a local vicar who
conducted a blessing of the property. But
unfortunately, neither the psychic nor the
vicar was successful in stopping the
unwelcome activity.
Following this they contacted a good friend
of mine, the renowned paranormal investigator
Peter Hough, who has spent many years
investigating such disturbances and is a well-
known author. Peter had advised John and
Susan to swap their bedroom around in the
hope of finding out why most of the
disturbances took place in their little boys’
bedroom. (This was a good piece of advice and
one that I would have suggested myself). I had
worked with Peter for a number of years, and
had learned many techniques from him, one of
which involves swapping bedrooms around, a
technique that had been helpful in past
investigations. A similar reported incident had
also taken place in Sale, only a mile or so away,
and after convincing the family to swap their
bedroom with their daughter’s, the incidents
subsided and for whatever reason did not return.
John also told me that both his and Susan's
family were aware of their difficulties dealing
with the disturbances. John said that he had
also spoken to local residents who could neither
confirm nor deny any knowledge of previous
incidents reported at their home prior to them
moving in. I agreed to take on the investigation
in the hope of finding some answers, and
possibly relieving some of their difficulties. A
couple of days later I visit John and Susan. Their
home was an average two-bedroom house, and
their two sons (Stuart aged 7 and David aged 2)
had their own bedroom at the upstairs front of
the house. As I sat sipping at a mug of hot
coffee, I could clearly see that both John and
Susan seemed anxious. I conducted an
interview and noted down their tale; there was
quite a lot of activity taking place.
The property was owned by Trafford figure as just a solid black mass, which was in children. John did not want to worry Susan, but
Borough Council, so I realised it was going to the shape of a person. John was so sacred he eventually told her that he had found sharp
be reasonably easy to check through records contacted me on our 24-hour report line. As knives on top of the laundry basket, which was
for previous incidents at the location. Susan time went on other strange occurrences took in reach of Stuart. This was the last straw; I
explained that most of the disturbances were place. The kitchen bin lid was regularly lifted off was determined to help this family, or have
taking place in their sons’ bedroom. She went and dropped to the floor. Strange creaking them relocated.
on to say that she and John had seen the figure sounds would be heard in the lounge just I carried out some research and found that
of a man that they did not recognise, and that before their satellite system would mysteriously there had not been as many tenants at the
they had also heard unusual sounds. On turn itself off. One of David's toys in his cot property as I thought. Mrs. Maureen Daniels
occasion, they even claimed to have noticed would also turn itself on, and could often be had been the previous tenant, and before her, it
that things had been moved around. Susan heard from downstairs. Stuart had suddenly was Mr. and Mrs. Henderson. Mr. Henderson
jumped up, and went over to a cupboard and awoken screaming out 'Man in my bedroom'. died in 1967, followed by his wife in 1971. Both
pulled out a writing pad. She had kept a diary of The sound of footsteps upstairs continued on a had died whilst in hospital. As for Maureen
events. I was pleased about that because regular basis. Teaspoons could also be heard Daniels, she was reputed to be a little eccentric,
people seldom keep a written account of moving about in the kitchen drawer, along with or possibly having some mental problems
events, and it is often difficult for them to shuffling sounds near the kitchen doorway. brought on by illness. A number of the local
remember all the details and when certain John’s mother and father had visited a number residents had mentioned to John and Susan
incidents took place. So... this would make my of occasions, and had also heard the strange that she was apparently a rather shy person
job a little easier. At the time, John and Susan sounds throughout the house. who did not venture out of her home very often.
were unemployed and had an interest in One evening Stuart once again screamed When Susan and John moved into their house,
paranormal orientated TV shows, which they out 'Man in my bedroom'. John and his mother they discovered a letter that was possibly written
had watched avidly since experiencing were beginning to become angry. They stood in by Maureen. It mentioned that she sometimes
paranormal phenomena for themselves. Susan the boys’ room and asked if he could see the locked herself in her bedroom due to her
flicked through the pages of her notepad and man. Stuart looked up and pointed towards the crazed boyfriend or partner. I do not know how
looked towards me before taking a deep breath, corner of the room. John demanded the 'man' accurate this information is, however, even
and then began to read out some of the many to make a noise to prove he was there. Silence though I know that Maureen does (or did) reside
things she had written. fell on the room, then suddenly both John and in another house locally; I did not pursue the
According to her notes she had heard her his mother heard whistling coming from the matter due to her previous mental illness. I
son, Stuart, having a conversation on his own at corner of the room. It was the exactly where believe John had tried to talk to her himself but
the top of the stairs. She could clearly hear him Stuart had pointed. Susan had also reported with very little success. Historical research was
say 'No, that's naughty', 'Come from front door' hearing sounds whilst she was watching TV in carried out looking for any unusual or strange
and ‘You upstairs'. Stuart would not answer the lounge; it was the sound of someone reported incidents in the local area. Since
questions from John or Susan. He just said walking in front of her. She also recalled the construction of the building in the early 1960s,
'Don't Know'. Stuart had also said that there was bathroom door opening whilst she was in the no unusual reports were documented.
a dog in his bedroom. Neither John nor Susan toilet. Initially she thought it was John, but on A psychological profile of the current
had ever had a pet dog. A few days later, Stuart investigation found that he was downstairs with tenants was also conducted. Even though they
talked with his grandmother on the telephone the children. The sound of footsteps had were both reasonably young, and possibly still
and said 'Man in my room'. Susan had growing become a regular event, and could often be impressionable, they both seemed to be sound
concerns for Stuart, and as she was cleaning heard starting in the bedroom and ending at of mind. Neither were drug users and they rarely
the lounge she looked over at her son, but he the doorway. ever drank alcohol. Their interest in the subject
just stared at her and wet himself. Once again I received a call on our 24-hour of the paranormal may simply be due to them
This was not something he had done report line from John who had seen shadows experiencing regular disturbances. As for Stuart,
before, and when Susan asked him what was moving across his bedroom wall. Clearly, the he was a very alert child and seemed to be of
wrong he said that he was sacred upstairs. couple were in distress and getting very little average intelligence for his age. He did not
Strange banging sounds continued to be heard sleep. Doors had also been observed opening appear to be influenced by his parents as a
from the upstairs back bedroom, yet on and closing, and the couple were often teased result of their interest in the subject of the
investigation nothing was ever found out of by knocking sounds on the back door as if
place. Footsteps were again heard coming from someone wanted to come in. And for some
upstairs when no one was up there, and bangs reason Stuart's toys started to switch ONCE AGAIN I RECEIVED A CALL
and thuds continued to be heard coming from themselves on. They would frequently hear the ON OUR 24-HOUR REPORT LINE
FROM JOHN WHO HAD SEEN
the back bedroom. Susan had started leaving sound of musical toys that were downstairs, yet
bedside lamps on throughout the night, but - on on investigation they would suddenly stop and
occasion - she would discover that they had turn off. The bedroom cupboard doors had now SHADOWS MOVING ACROSS HIS
been turned off. John and Susan would often
have sleepless nights due to their youngest son
started to spontaneously open during the night;
things were clearly getting worse.
BEDROOM WALL. CLEARLY, THE
waking up screaming, and the coat hangers in On one particular night John and Susan COUPLE WERE IN DISTRESS AND
the built-in wardrobe making a noise as if being
moved about. There was also the sound of a
were downstairs watching TV when an almighty
crash came from upstairs. In sheer panic they
GETTING VERY LITTLE SLEEP. DOORS
ball bouncing off their bedroom wall. The sound rushed up the stairs as fast as they could and HAD ALSO BEEN OBSERVED
would often be loud enough to wake up David burst into Stuart's room. Stuart was standing OPENING AND CLOSING, AND THE
COUPLE WERE OFTEN TEASED BY
who had now been relocated to their bedroom crying and his bookshelf had been ripped from
due to their fear of something tormenting him. the wall. Books were scattered around the floor.
John had also seen a dark figure in the The bookshelf was too high for their son to KNOCKING SOUNDS ON THE BACK
lounge as he was heading upstairs. This was
the first time he had seen the figure downstairs
reach and John and Susan took Stuart into
their bed for the rest of the night. There was DOOR AS IF SOMEONE WANTED
and was rather concerned. He described the now a growing concern for the safety of their TO COME IN
paranormal. Stuart would always be in bed at artificial electromagnetic fields and natural numerous meters and detection devices. During
the time John and Susan were watching TV geomagnetic hotspots which can contaminate a our stay at the location, our infra-red heat and
shows on the subject and David, who was only location causing psychological conditions such motion detector which we had set it up in John
7 months old at the time of the investigation, as hallucinatory events and lucid-type and Susan's bedroom was triggered around
was far too young for any form of experiences. However, no unusual readings 11.30pm. No explanation could be found apart
psychoanalysis. were found throughout several local areas. from the suggestion that an insect may have
It had come to my attention from the notes Resistivity profiling is used to map changes triggered the device; however, to do so, the
and diary events recorded by the witnesses, that within sub-surface electrical properties. insect would have had to be literally on the
there were a number of people who knew of the The applications of a resistivity survey are device itself. Around 12.10am the sound of a
unusual occurrences that were taking place, similar to those of electromagnetic (terrain ball bouncing in the kitchen was clearly heard
such as Fiona, who was Susan's younger sister, conductivity) surveys. This form of profiling is by 6 individuals. This happened twice, but on
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and who had investigation nothing
occasionally been was found to have
staying over at their moved, but the audible
house. There was also THE NEXT INCIDENT TO BE LOGGED WAS THE recording device set up
mention of John's
mother and father and
SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS COMING FROM THE on the kitchen worktop
did pick up the sound.
Tracy, John's sister. One FRONT UPSTAIRS BEDROOM. I CREPT UP THE At around 12.30am
of our investigators STAIRS AS QUIETLY AS POSSIBLE HOPING TO whilst doing a magnetic
sweep in the lounge one
CATCH SIGHT OF THIS MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER
attempted to contact the
priest who had allegedly of our investigators
visited the property and suddenly felt cold. She
carried out a blessing. was standing in the
The priest did confirm that he visited the house most commonly used for locating contaminated corner of the lounge and when others
and blessed every room. He also told us that the groundwater plumes, but in our case it is used approached the area they reported a strange,
family seemed generally upset and he was to locate water content underground. Seismic cold feeling. I decided to check this out for
concerned for them. He would not go into any reflections and refractions are also monitored myself, and armed with a temperature gun I
further details regarding his conversations with for sub-surface stratography. This methodology walked over to the corner of the lounge. I was
John and Susan due to confidentiality, but can reveal forms of bedrock and granite, which surprised; I could feel a coldness, yet my
seemed pleased that we were trying to assist can - over a period of time - generate small temperature device did not record anything
them. A number of photographs taken by John electrical discharges. It is theorised that such different than the normal temperature of the
had been submitted to us for analysis; however charges can build up and dissipate causing house. Again, I came out and walked into the
we found rational explanations for all of them location again; time and time again I felt the
Many contained illuminated dust particles and Environmental factors may or same thing. I thought it would be a good idea to
one of the photographs depicted an acute lens may not contribute to some fetch the cameras to film and photograph the
flare, none of which had any paranormal categories of anomalous events, location, however within minutes the coldness
explanations. although the reason for this is far dissipated, never to return. I have, on previous
It was interesting that another investigator occasions, felt such cold spots in allegedly
from clear. However, it is
thought she had seen a dog at the property. haunted locations.
She recalled seeing a dog pass down the
possible that some individuals In some cases when temperature units and
hallway and thought it had gone upstairs. This
may be sensitive to tiny changes devices record sudden drops in temperature,
had taken place just before I conducted the in electrical levels in their you have to take into consideration the
preliminary interview, and before we had any immediate environment, and possibility that the equipment is faulty or being
knowledge that Stuart also claimed to have these changes may affect how adversely affected by other anomalous
seen a dog from time to time. Once again I must they process information. On the conditions. In a few cases, temperature devices
state, John or Susan did not have a pet dog, as other hand, it has been also record spikes of increased heat, and on
Stuart suffered from asthma and had an allergic speculated that these same investigation we find no explanation regarding
reaction to pet hair, and when asked if any electrical changes can also how or why this took place. Test equipment
visitors had a dog the answer was 'No'. does require calibrating and examination before
facilitate paranormal events in
Environmental checks were carried out; we had use on an active investigation to make sure it is
managed to obtain assistance from Pears
their own right by creating the working correctly, but whatever was responsible
Geological Unit who visited the location and
appropriate conditions for them for the cold spot in John and Susan's lounge
carried out ground penetrating radar tests just to occur. This, of course, in turn remains a mystery.
to see if there was anything unusual with regard leads to much speculation on The next incident to be logged was the
to their readings. Electromagnetic and the nature of these events, and sound of footsteps coming from the front
geomagnetic fields were measured and indeed to the nature of ghosts upstairs bedroom. I crept up the stairs as quietly
monitored for a duration of 50 minutes in and apparitions. as possible hoping to catch sight of this
certain specified locations. mysterious intruder. I reached the closed door
The ground penetrating radar has a variety electrical anomalies and adverse psychological to Stuart's bedroom and paused in the hope of
of applications and provides us with a graphic conditions. Even water running through rock hearing something, but all was quiet. I opened
image of the sub-surfaces, concrete slabs and can cause small electrical discharges; however, the door and looked in. Stuart was sound
floors. GPR is commonly used as part of a after completing all out environmental tests asleep and nothing in the room looked out of
Phase II environmental site assessment and nothing out of the ordinary was found. place. Puzzled as to what exactly we had heard,
other environmental studies to locate The second stage of active investigation I went back downstairs and decided to set up a
underground features. During such tests, we took place onsite. I attended John and Susan's video camera at the bottom of the staircase
occasionally discover concentrated forms of home with a few other investigators armed with looking up the stairs.
It was now almost (about a foot away)

1.00am, and even though was the adjoining wall to
we told John and Susan next door.
they could go to bed if At precisely 3.48am a
they wanted, they decided dark mass passed in front
to stay up with us. Both of the camera moving
seemed rather excited from right to left. This
that we had heard things happened rather quickly
we couldn't explain. John and when ‘frame
went off to the kitchen to stepped’ you could
make more coffee, a clearly see a dark mass
necessity for most move across the screen,
investigators. As I was sat but whatever it was it
in the lounge with the seemed as if it had
other investigators, we passed through the wall
heard a knocking sound to the left of the camera
coming from upstairs. and moved to the right
This time, Lynn went up (into the hallway). The
and could find nothing audio of the camera
unusual. She came down picked up no unusual
shaking her head as if to
sound, only our distant
indicate nothing was
conversations in the
there. Around 2.00am the
lounge. All our equipment
sound of a ball bouncing
was checked again to
in the kitchen was heard
make sure they were all
again, identical to the
working as they should
previous time, and again
do. We found no
nothing was found,
problems. EMF, Ion Air
although the audible
Counts, GMF, magnetic
recorder had recorded it.
The strange noises and microwave meters
continued through the showed no unusual
early hours and by readings. There were also
7.00am we had decided no compass deflections
to pack up. We were to or photographs of
go away and look through anything unusual; just the
all our video footage, as odd sounds and that
well as check the audible strange dark mass that
recorders. seemed to pass in front of
The following day we our video camera.
reviewed all the The property did not
recordings we had made have central heating thus
at the location. We could pipe expansion sounds
not work out why the were not an explanation
motion detector had for any of the odd noises
triggered, and when we heard. The gas fire
reviewing the audible was checked for carbon
recorders we could monoxide leaks and
nothing out of the normal
The use of was found (the inhalation
various items of carbon monoxide can
of test and cause hallucinations, but
measuring equipment has occupy it at all? While the this was not the case). Apart from the unusual
become a regular feature of equipment may indeed assist in cold feeling that lasted a few minutes in the
modern ghost hunting, but the detecting paranormal anomalies corner of the lounge, nothing else occurred.
reason why is far from certain. It there is no consensus on what, if Temperature readings were normal throughout
is thought that apparitions exist anything, these readings mean. the night, and I visited John and Susan the
in a part of the electromagnetic following day to discuss our findings and our
next step in assisting them. I decided to
spectrum and as such should be
clearly hear the unusual sounds of a bouncing telephone Trafford Borough Council to see what
detectable by using equipment ball at the times we noted. The most interesting they had to say about the matter. After a lengthy
that can sense a range of find was something caught on the video conversation, I was instructed to write to the
electromagnetic frequencies. camera, which had been left running for a few head of housing about problems being
The problem is, of course, which hours at the bottom of their staircase. To the experienced by the couple. The following day I
part of the spectrum do these right of the camera was the hallway and constructed a letter and mailed it to them; the
entities occupy, if indeed they entrance to the living room, and to the left letter read:
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SUSAN'S John and Susan moved in. I would, at this stage,
like to thank Trafford Borough Council for their
knocked on the door, and as normal Susan and
John were pleased to see me. I sat in their lounge
YOUNGER SISTER, WHO HAD BEEN assistance; they were very helpful. At this point I and told them of what I had learnt. They were
STAYING AT THEIR HOME AND decided to re-interview John and Susan and astonished; they didn't think that the council
would help them. I told them that I had received a
WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS,
compile my findings and feelings regarding
what was occurring. letter from the council explaining that they were
WAS SOMEHOW CONTRIBUTING I arrived at their home and immediately going to be offered one of three different
TO THE DISTURBANCES. THIS IS noticed how tired both looked. They had been properties locally, so they didn't have to worry
kept up again by unusual sounds, and Stuart about changing Stuart's school. Susan once
OFTEN THE CASE WHERE had awoken a couple of nights previously again burst out crying and John approached me
POLTERGEIST INFESTATIONS SEEM screaming out again about a man in his

bedroom. Clearly swapping the bedrooms
to (what I presumed) shake my hand.
I was wrong. John embraced me and gave
TO MANIFEST AROUND around hadn't helped. John said that they were me a hug, and at that point I realised why I do
ADOLESCENTS WHO ARE at the end of their tether and even though they
didn't want to move, they may be forced to
this. Helping a family overcome such
disturbances is very rewarding and I was
EXPERIENCING STRESS OR UPSET. simply because they couldn't seem to get any touched. Clearly John was emotional, and in all
sleep, and Stuart was getting more and upset. I this time and I had never seen him this way. He
'In [sic] regards to a recent conversation with a understood their concerns and agreed to help was usually the strong character looking after
member of your staff, I am writing this letter of them; I told them that I would write one last letter his regularly upset partner. Whatever was
confirmation that paranormal disturbances have to the council in the hope of relocating them. responsible for driving the family away from their
been reported and logged with our organisation. At this point Susan burst out crying. She once comfortable home would have to remain
The property has been under investigation by our really was stressed and I suggested that they try there. As for John and Susan, they were off,
organisation for several weeks. In that time we and get away from the house for a while, maybe and I wouldn't blame them if they never looked
have got to know the tenants rather well. When have a holiday or stay at one of their parents’ back. They moved house on a sunny morning in
we first initiated our investigation neither tenant houses. Susan nodded as John held her hand; I July 2002. I was there that day to help out and
expressed an interest in moving from their home, felt so sorry for them. I can understand how give moral support. They moved into their
however, as time went on, reported disturbances such paranormal disturbances can scare slightly larger three-bedroom home less than a
increased thus causing the tenant's stress and people and that living with it on a daily basis can mile away.
concerns for the welfare of their two young be difficult and stressful. I wrote a lengthy letter As the years passed I regularly received
children. Investigators attended the property to Trafford Borough Council the following day Christmas cards from them. Stuart was doing
several times in hope of recording such explaining my concerns for the family. I even well at school and young David was now
anomalies. After a number of onsite investigations gave them the vicar’s telephone number just in toddling around the house. None of them ever
we concluded a number of unusual occurrences. case they wanted to talk to him regarding his experienced anything strange again and slept
In conclusion I believe that the tenants are involvement at the property. Whilst awaiting a soundly. As I suspected, John and Susan's
witnessing what can only be described as reply I decided to write a final report. interest in the subject subsided and gave way to
paranormal disturbances. I would gratefully John and Susan's home in Sale Moor, John's new job as a sales consultant. As for
request an electrical survey to be carried out at Manchester was a small two-bedroom house their previous home, the council let the property
the property and to be informed of any that had panelled, studded walls and was built stand empty for several months before an older
abnormalities. I look forward to hearing from you'. around 1963. I found no evidence of suicides at gentleman moved in. In August of 2003, I called
the location, all environmental checks came up to introduce myself in the guise of a market
Yours Sincerely, normal and their electrical wiring was fine. researcher. I asked him two questions; did he
Steve Mera. There seemed to be no evidence of previous believe in the paranormal and had he ever
paranormal incidents at the location. It is experienced something strange. His answers to
I was surprised how helpful Trafford possible that Susan's younger sister, who had both questions was....'NO'!
Borough Council were. A few days later I been staying at their home and was
received a telephone call from John to inform experiencing problems, was somehow Special Thanks to our investigators Lynn Offord,
me that two electrical surveyors had visited their contributing to the disturbances. This is often Mike Offord and Elizabeth Roxburgh. Also, I'd
home and carried out a number of tests on their the case where poltergeist infestations seem to like to thank Trafford Borough Council for their
electrical system. I asked John if the surveyors manifest around adolescents who are assistance and, of course, the local vicar.
said anything to him about their findings. John experiencing stress or upset.
replied 'No, they just wrote down stuff and then After completing my report I sat back and
left'. A couple of days later I received a letter waited for one of two things; either a phone call
from the Trafford Borough Council saying that from a very desperate John or Susan, or a letter ABOUT THE AUTHOR
test had been carried out, but nothing unusual from the local council informing me that they Steve Mera BSc.is the Chairman of
had been found. In fact, the surveyors had would relocate the family. MAPIT (Est. 1974) and is also the
stated that their electrical wiring was better than It was now June 16th 2002, and I had just founder of SEP: The Scientific
average and met all current regulations and received a letter from the council. I hastily Establishment of Parapsychology.
specifications. As we had suspected, it looked opened it and began to read; I couldn't believe Steve is also the Co-ordinator for UPIA
as if John and Susan’s electrical wiring was fine. it. They had taken my letter seriously and had and the UK Consultant for PSI
I wrote to the housing manager once again arranged to help the family. There were to be Applications U.S. He also edits
asking if he had any details on file regarding relocated to one of three local properties. Phenomena Magazine and is an
similar paranormal reports, and any reports of Fantastic! I couldn't wait to tell them, but I Investigator, Researcher, Author,
suicides at the property. Again I received a letter decided not to telephone them because this Lecturer, Head Tutor of the BITC, TV &
back within days saying they had no such deserved a visit so I could tell them face to face. Radio Host, and Freelance Journalist.
information on file, and that he had not heard of I arrived at the house; it was probably the
any unusual occurrences at the property before first time I had visited without any equipment. I
THE SARAGOSSA GHOST
IT WAS OCTOBER 1934 IN SPAIN. THE SECOND FLOOR OF A BUILDING AT 2 GASCÓN
DE GOTOR STREET, IN SARAGOSSA, WAS TERRIFYING ALL THE NEIGHBOURS AS A HUGE
GROAN EMERGED… FROM… HELL?
By Mado Martínez
That is what it would seem to be. The police What was that? What was the source of this the owner of the building. The owner trembled
invaded the house and even the Civil Governor diabolical voice that insulted, threatened and when she personally went in to the kitchen and
tried to figure out what was going on there. At joked? It was the old chimney of the cooking heard that voice.
the beginning, the groans were like a woman’s range. As we can read at the official report the The family was terrified. They called the
crying and with the time they turned into a deep first witness was the servant, Pascuala Alcober. police and when the security forces arrived the
tone. There were more days of panic; the voice This meek woman attempted to cook spirit shouted: Cowards! You cowards! You
started laughing and ended talking, having something, bringing her hand close to the have called the police! Teams of bricklayers,
conversations with people in the vicinity. The cooking range when she suddenly heard a electricians and various experts went to the
wicked spirit provoked weird trances that ended voice complaining. After that she turned off the house in order to inspect the ducts and pipes
in death. light and then the goblin said: Give me light! I trying to discover a logical explanation. They
A hair-rising laugh, a lengthy crying, flooded can’t see anything! The spirit not only could talk, did not find anything. The news about this
the corridors and stairs of the ancient building. but see what was happening whether was light macabre mocking goblin spread like wildfire.
All the residents opened their doors and looked or not and even guess how many people were That is what people called the spirit: The
out. They asked each other: Did you hear that? in the kitchen. She was terrified and she called Goblin. Thousands of people went to Gastón
The Saragossa Ghost
de Gotor Street everyday. They wanted to see most scandalous cases in the supernatural files Can a ghost have a voice that everybody can
what was happening there. They wanted to of the entire world? listen to? Can a person produce a voice miles
listen to the voice that some of them thought Arturo Grijalba was a child when everything away from the place where it is sounding? And…
was a miracle, or confront what some other happened. He was the youngest of the family, can a medium die making contact with a
people thought to be an evil entity. So popular and he was only six years old. They lived in the ventriloquist voice? Can a medium die making
became the story that it was printed on the same house as the servant Pascuala Alcober contact with a ghost? Maybe it was not a simple
front page of The Times. and he is the only survivor who can still give us ghost, and the being that haunted that house at 2
his testimony, as he was one of the main Gastón de Gotor Street was something evil
Two policemen were in charge of keeping protagonists at that time. As a first-hand witness, possessing the old chimney of the cooking range
watch on the haunted stove. We have the file of he had spoken with the spirit on several or the wall, as the servant Pascuala Alcober
the conversation they had with the spirit. occasions as well as having lived the whole stated. We have no answers but we still have a
story from the very beginning to the end, lot of questions. These are the seeds of mystery.
Policeman: Who are you? second by second. He said on the Cuarto The writer and journalist Juan José Vallejo
Spirit: No Milenio TV program: ‘We had no private life. We was the author of a feature about the Saragossa
Policeman: Do you want a job? had two guards at the kitchen 24 hours a day, Ghost for the TV program Cuarto Milenio on the
Spirit: No. plus two guards at the front yard and two more Spanish channel Cuatro. We contacted him in
Policeman: Then, what do you want, man? on the street. Once I was very sleepy and I told order to speak about this case. He says that the
Spirit: Nothing. I am not a man. to my father “Let’s go to sleep, daddy, this guy is file of this mystery is very strange because the
crazy (referring to the goblin)” and then the spirit voice not only replies with intelligence, but
There was a social upheaval in Spain at the said “Not crazy, little boy”, with such a terrific guesses impossible information, for example,
time, with the Civil War about to break out. With voice that it chilled our blood.’ the size of something that a bricklayer had
more than three thousand people in front of 2 According to Ángel Briongos who has been measured in the house. Vallejo found similar
Gastón de Gotor Street, the authorities could investigating the case of The Saragossa Ghost incidents throughout history, in the 17th Century,
not allow the situation to continue. They had to for years and had spoken to Pascuala Alcober to be precise, when he read the book Los
contain that situation and they quickly searched before she died, his answer was yes: ‘I poderes de la mente by Enrique de Vicente. It
for a scapegoat. They decided that the servant interviewed her in the ‘90s and she remembered seems that in 1612 a Catholic priest called
Pascuala Alcober was suffering from psychiatric those events that marked her life forever clearly. Francis Pierrot suffered the same situation at his
disorders, and suggested that she was Her deafness made me nearly shout: “Who did house: a voice ascended from the old chimney
responsible for the voice through a strange form the voices?” She answered me as though it only of the cooking range. The physicist Robert
of ventriloquism, although they never could happened last week and knowing that that was Boyle personally investigated the case, and as
prove that. The accusation destroyed her life. the reason why she had to hide from her Pascual Alcober was blamed, the priest’s
As the judge could not solve the mystery, neighbours, the press and all the curious people servant was also blamed on that occasion. The
the famous psychiatrist Joaquín Gimeno Riera that pointed at her with their fingers. She told phenomenon also lasted two months.
tried to figure it out by interrogating the servant. me: “Damn the wall!” She thought that the If we ask Vallejo if he can find a similar case
He concluded that the young Pascuala Alcober voices came from the wall and she added, she nowadays, his answer is categorical: ‘No, not as
caused the phenomena with a mix of hysteria jumped and repeated the most scary ghost’s far as I know. I do not know any similar case in
and unconscious ventriloquism. With the illusion sentence that caused the most fear to the Spain nor outside our country. I do not have a
of collecting some vegetables, she was driven inhabitants of Saragossa in the II Republic of conclusive hypothesis for explaining what
by car to a swamp but the spirit continued Spain when the light turned off in the haunted happened in Saragossa in 1934 but I can assure
talking at the house while she was miles away. kitchen: “Give me light! I can’t see anything!”’ that after interviewing the only witness that is still
The neighbours were evacuated, the block Pascuala Alcober had shouldered the alive, Arturo Grijalba – who was six years old at
was vacated, the architects examined each blame all her tragic life. She had not had a that time - the voice known as the Goblin of
corner and the Army jammed any radio signals normal life. The journalists and inquisitive Saragossa is one of the most strangest stories
in the area. However, when they thought they people chased her constantly. She was that I have ever known.’
had solved the case by blaming the servant, the permanently harassed by thousands of So this is the story of the Saragossa Ghost,
voice emerged again in the presence of the questions. When we asked Ángel Briongos for a as it was coined in The Times newspaper, or
guards with an angry attitude, howling, cursing reflection about the theory of unconscious ‘The Goblin of Saragossa’ as it was known all
and swearing as well as threatening to kill all the ventriloquism he explained: ‘The Times echoed over Spain. It is one of the most mysterious
residents of the house. Did he achieve this the investigations made by judges, psychiatrists, cases in the history of paranormal
threat? Yes, sad but true. The police invited a architects… But nothing was discovered. Around phenomenon. Today, the ancient building on
prestigious medium, a woman called Asunción three thousand people in front of the house was Gastón de Gotor Street no longer exists.
Jiménez Álvarez, aged 34 years old. Does it a reason strong enough for the government Instead, we can see a new building called “El
mean that the police were thinking that the authorities to close the case with no convincing Duende”, a word that translated from Spanish
source of the voice was supernatural? She was explanations so that they could calm the people means ‘The Goblin’, in loving memory of that
begged to make contact with the spirit and she down: Unconscious ventriloquism, known by old story that once occurred on the site.
accepted. This was going to have a tragic psychics as direct voice, something that Will the world ever have the chance of
ending. The witnesses stated that she entered investigators such as Hereward Carrington and confronting such a similar phenomenon in the
into a trance, talked with a gravelly voice, and Nandor Fodor echoed in their book about future? And then, will we be able to discover a
then she collapsed and fell down to her death. paranormal phenomenon “Haunted People” logical origin with our modern technologies? It
Was the medium possessed by the goblin, published in New York in 1951 by Signer Books. would be good to know. In the meantime, we
as this entity was known? Whatever she At the time, hardly anyone believed it.’ will have to satisfy ourselves with the memory of
experienced, it caused her death. We would . that particular spirit that invaded the old
have to be foolish to believe that the séance and The voices lasted for two months. After that chimney of the cooking range in the kitchen
the medium’s death were not connected period, the Ghost of Saragossa stopped talking, where Pascuala Alcober used to cook. And take
because she was indeed in a trance at the time and his lengthy crying was not heard anymore. care the next time you are cooking something,
she died. Surely, we are talking about one of the What happened? Nobody knew, nobody knows. just in case you hear a strange voice rising…
The Gifts of Friends,
the Kindness of Strangers A cautionary and true Christmas story
Ellis Taylor
INTRODUCTION intuition, imagination, sensitivity, care and that my writing is aimed to inspire readers,
I’ve had an eventful Christmastide, as conscience are the acute signs of my earthly including myself, to look both within and
wonder full as can be. A week ago things presence, rather than worldly acquisitions and without, and to become more aware of what is
looked bleak. Not because of the ice and snow possessions. This world, in many ways, is a real, and what has true worth, both for
that lay all about the Isles, though it called for stranger to me, and I am a stranger to it. Not individuals and collectively, not least as
long walks up and down the mountain where I the planet, but the socio-environment. It’s guardians of this planet and all of its
live; that was more of an adventure, and the voracious, swallows up even the best of inhabitants. A soul is priceless - don't trade or
views, the views! Well, it was worth every step humanity, with its gi’ me, gi’ me! baubles and sell it. What you support you take on board,
and slide. No, it was something other. My mind soul-bruising distractions. Are we really here to you drink it and you carry it - that’s what the
was, and had been for a long while, busier with sacrifice exquisite integration, deep love, and word says (sup-port). If you support any
working on manifesting the necessary to drive self-awareness, for greed, lechery, deception, injustice or bad behaviour, you darken your
over 500 miles, to Dorset, on the south coast of aggrandisement, and fear; or what is right now, aura, you bruise your soul.
England (and back), to spend Christmas with for a down-the-track sometime-never Please, be discerning with everything that
my daughter and grandchildren before they Shamballa? Does the end justify the means? touches your aura, whether it's what you buy,
flew back to Australia, after 3 weeks holidaying Can two wrongs ever make a right? The listen to, or watch, the company you keep, the
in England. It would be a long time before I answers are all no, but don't think that I'm a job that you do; the whole gamut of
would be able to see them again. saint either, or that I consider myself such. I experiences need to be regularly reviewed. It's
As things are, manifesting is only a fleeting have a long way to go, just like the rest of us. I a large part of what your intuition is for, please
concept to someone like me, who is 7s all the won't give up on myself though, and I won't don't idle it. We are all given innumerable
way, I inhabit the ‘unmanifest’. When I touch give up on humanity either, and every day glimpses of heaven; some of us grasp the
down I leave a mark; 7s do that, so feelings, brings more clarity. What you can be sure of is opportunity when it comes, feeling that divine
Gifts of Friends
purity so deeply that we intuitively despise generosity and understanding that has enabled The 17th December was the start of the
what isn’t, regardless of glamour, misplaced me to keep on doing what I do. Roman feast to Saturn (the Darkness), the
allegiances, peer pressure, or difficulties. It Those who know about these things say Saturnalia, and it was 666 days before 13th
takes the greatest courage to do what is right that I'm brave to mix it with the dark side, but October 2012, which will be the 705th
in this world. I do know that. I'm not brave, it's just that I have a talent to anniversary of the mass arrest of Templars. It
recognise it and the right thing to do is for me was an 8 day and a 17 to boot. (The 13th
CHOICES to expose it. Yet, I was feeling uneasy about October this year was exactly 800 days before
The days of the Winter Solstice are a time of this forthcoming episode in my life, beginning the 21st December 2012 and was the date of
beginnings and endings, of integration and with my drive to Dorset, something was on the the Chilean mining disaster. What I want to
realisations, of choices, of justice. It’s a time wind, but what? I didn’t know, but my psychic make clear for anyone reading this is that it is
when we are shown glimpses of both heaven senses were on alert and I've learnt from clear to me that people who commit crimes are
and hell, we pays our money and we makes our experience that this presages something driven by a demonic force, they do not
choice. During this (even more than usual) significant from the dark side when this occurs. necessarily have to know anything about the
mysterious solstice-time I’ve been shown both, One thing that happened was that, workings, although some do. There are
and strikingly... although I’d determined to finish with numerous occult footprints but other than the
psychically investigating missing person date counts I haven’t looked at Joanna’s
GIFTS cases, I awoke the next morning with vivid disappearance and I didn’t intend to take my
Two days before the Saturn bluff a generous visions of the face of a young woman in front laptop with me to Dorset anyway. (I didn’t). *
friend, who will remain anonymous, sent me of me, a young woman trying hard to gain my
enough money for a ‘lifetime’ subscription to attention. With it came scenes that included FIRST CALLING CARD
Otherworld Journeys. He’s a very private man, two dogs that I know, Badger and Lucky, who On Christmas Eve, at 11:11am, or very close to
a true sovereign being, not a joiner, and he’s have recently passed over. Brother and sister. it, on my way to Dorset, I entered a
not a subscriber to anything, but he’s got a They were chasing each other. They used to roundabout, and as I reached the exit the
heart bigger than Western Australia, and it's his do that, all in fun, but this was out of character interior of the car took on a kind of shimmer;
way of giving without it seeming like charity. He because Badger attacked Lucky. I'm making my own movements seemed to stutter, and
moves in big business, but in his own way; no assumptions with this. It was too brief. The then be stuck on pause, my car stood still, time
sublimely ethical he takes on the reptile and face was of a missing woman called Joanna stood still; then from nowhere a large silver
demonstrates every day how goodness and Yeates, whose name means Gatekeeper of the estate car whipped straight across me, missing
integrity can vanquish the darkest demons. He Moon, who disappeared from the historic
has faith in me, in what I do. He didn’t know it Knights Templar stronghold of Bristol on the
but his gift meant that I could see my family. I 17th December, about 80 hours prior to the
am blessed with beautiful friends, in the true lunar eclipse.
meaning of the words, who have been there for
me. I am very fortunate, and it is their
THOSE WHO KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS SAY THAT I'M

BRAVE TO MIX IT WITH THE DARK SIDE, BUT I'M NOT
BRAVE, IT'S JUST THAT I HAVE A TALENT TO RECOGNISE IT
AND THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS FOR ME TO EXPOSE IT.
me by inches. I couldn’t take my eyes off the tomorrow. At about 5-ish, I think it was, my the man.
number plate, the first few digits - P666. It was daughter and her family retired to the annexe “My sister.” ...“You’re smiling”, the man
a Mercedes, I think, but I’m not very good on for the night so that the little one could go to said to me.
what cars are what. I was under attack (again) bed. Around 6pm, I was sitting in the lounge “I am”, says I. “You’re not who you say
and being looked after (again). chatting with my son-in-law’s auntie (M), when you are.”
there was a knock at the door. We both looked The man gave a rumbled look and tried to
WHICH GOD? at each other. We had heard no car drive up stare into my mind; I felt it and refused him. M
Further down the road I was tailgated by a 4- and as I said the cottage is out in the sticks, it returned to the room with the telephone
wheel drive - number plate Y4 HOO, and was freezing cold and very dark. Not a night for directory.
getting closer to my destination - Dorset (Door anyone to be abroad. M answered the door. I “Robbie? Robbie?...is this them?” “Uh, yes,
Set, and I think it was, I’ll tell you later), a small heard her talking to a man who appeared to be yes, I think that’s them”.
car bearing the born-again fish shot out in front asking directions, and then I heard her invite M ‘phoned the number and said that we
of me from a side road when I was only about him in. Through the door walked a slender, had a gentleman with us who was lost and
{
{
10 yards away and says he is trying to
doing 60. Fortunately get to them.
the road here wasn’t THE SYRINGE SET WAS SIMILAR TO THIS BUT THE “Well, we can’t
as icy as most of the
roads down that way. GLASS WAS A YELLOWY – BROWN COLOUR, (AND I come and get him”,
the person at the
The moment that I ONLY RECALL THE ONE SYRINGE.) AFTER A LITTLE TO- other end said. “We
had left the
motorway my sat-nav
ING AND FRO-ING THE PERSON ON THE PHONE don’t have a four-
wheel drive.”
had decided to play AGREED TO MEET OUR VISITOR AT THE PUB, THE “Well, someone
silly-buggers (though
it could have been
SAME ONE THAT I HAD STOPPED OUTSIDE will have to”, replies
M, “You can’t expect
earlier as it doesn’t him to walk four
talk to me on motorways) and I found myself elderly man, elegant in a smart, black overcoat miles in this weather.” During this the man
visiting places I’d never been to before like and silk scarf. He had white hair and what was took from his pocket a tin, opened it to reveal a
Stanton Drew, Templecombe and other striking about him were his fluffy unreal-looking fat, ancient-looking, ochre-coloured glass
mysterious places, well out of my way. I’m not eyebrows. He stood erect in front of the fire, his syringe and other items. Pointing the syringe at
good at directions, but it seems to me that I hands in his pockets and said that he was me he said that it could be very ‘difficult’
was destined to visit these spots for some trying to get to a certain village. being a diabetic. "35!" he exclaimed without
reason or other. “That’s about four miles away! And you’re doing anything.
walking?” M said in astonishment. The syringe set was similar to this but the
SNOW LADY “Yes”, he said. glass was a yellowy – brown colour, (and I only
The beautiful county of Dorset was like the “Where have you come from?” I asked him. recall the one syringe.) After a little to-ing and
tundra, a sheet of ice and snow, most of the “About an hour away”, he replied. fro-ing the person on the phone agreed to
roads were un-driveable for my little car, but “You’ve been walking on these slippery meet our visitor at the pub, the same one that I
eventually I made it, after a 9-hour journey, to a roads for an hour!” had stopped outside. F, and my son-in-law,
little pub on a hill, not far from my destination. Casting my eyes over the man it was would drive him there. “Your cottage is so
As I pulled up I made to phone my daughter obvious to me that he hadn't been walking in bright, it shines like a beacon. It can be seen
and discovered that I had no phone signal. A deep snow for an hour. He wore what looked for miles,” the man stated. M went to rouse F
car drove up beside me; it was my son-in-law like handmade, but every-day brown leather who was still in bed trying to sleep off his
and his uncle (F). They guided me through the shoes, his trousers weren't wet at all and they illness. The man had avoided eye-contact with
snow till we came to the isolated cottage looked to have just come from the trouser- me since M had returned with the telephone
where I was to spend Christmas with them. press. This was all seeming very peculiar. The directory, and continued to do so even as he
The cottage, homely and bright, full of the man took his hand out of his pocket and left. I bade him farewell anyway. When they had
cheer of children and warm log fires, charming reached inside his overcoat. “I have a card just gone M commented upon how unconcerned
company and excited chatter, was such a in case you need to know who I am.” the ‘Robbies’ had appeared: “They just
welcome. I felt no tiredness; the hours had Brandishing his card, M politely declined it, seemed cold. You’d think, wouldn’t you, that
vanished like the leaves of the orchard. The without even looking at it, and asked him they’d have wanted to make sure he was all
children excitedly hastened me outside to see where he was heading for. The man tried to right. Wouldn’t you? But they really didn’t want
the snow lady that they had built. She is insist that she take it, but she wouldn’t. I was to help him. It was very unlike me to insist like
beautiful. They’d built her for Father glad that she didn’t. Did he have their that, but F isn’t well and I can’t have him driving
Christmas and Rudolph. They’d integrated telephone number? miles in these conditions.” “It’s like one of
with the season. “No”, says he. those folktales”, says I, “When the devil (Set)
“What is their name?” “I’ll give them a ring, visits a lonely house at Christmas.” M is
DOOR SET get them to come and collect you.” For a while certainly psychic, but whether she
However I did notice, back at the pub, that F the man couldn’t think of their surname.... acknowledges that I’m not sure. She is quite a
didn’t look himself. I soon heard that he’d “Robbie...Robbie, I think it is”. The man said strong Christian, and how that would sit with
caught a virus, a particularly vicious one, but that he lived somewhere else. her I don’t know. Something guided her to
the doctor had assured him that it was a 24- “Where do you live then?” I asked him. refuse the card - adamantly...but not so for F,
hour job. On Christmas Day, F was a bit better, “Surrey”. unfortunately. When F, and my son-in-law
he rallied himself for Christmas morning, but “Why are you going to (village name)?” returned they were quite bemused by the
just after dinner he took to his bed again; and “For a meeting.” goings on. They’d driven to the pub; the man
then my granddaughter succumbed. We said M went to look for the ‘phone book. had got out and said that he would be all right.
she could have another Christmas Day “Who are you going to see?” I asked They were about to drive off when my son-
Gifts of Friends
in-law had second thoughts. They asked the crook as I write this, two days later. The first man says. It wasn’t, but so what. He wouldn’t
man to get back in the car and drove to meet night and day were the worst. I slept most of hear of me giving him anything for his
the other car. It’s a single, dark, and lonely Boxing Day but I managed to drive back home kindness. His reward will come in other ways.
road. Some distance down the road they met a yesterday, and that was not without a bit of As I drove along the icy narrow lane towards
man walking up a hill having abandoned his drama, and almost from the off. I’d said the main road I came to a left-hand blind bend.
car at the bottom. This was the man who’d cheerio to everyone at the cottage and drove Fortunately, I negotiated it cautiously for of all
come to collect our visitor. The visitor got out out onto the road, which although the morning things to come hurtling round the bend was a
walked towards the man and without any was far milder, was still covered in ice and policeman in a Range Rover.
conversation, thanks, or greeting whatsoever slush. It was very slippery and my little car His face was a picture and he just sat there
walked off with him. Later, while M, F, and I sat struggled through until I got to a hill just before and watched as I just calmly turned the wheel
by the fire, F said that while they were in the car the much-mentioned pub. Here the car and pointed my car towards home. If the shoe
the man had commented upon how attractive decided to dance a little, pirouetted, but had been on the other foot...but it wasn’t, and
F’s wife is, "luscious", and what a striking figure thankfully didn’t break-dance. I’m outside the who knows what empathies may come. I’ve
she has. On hearing this M was visibly shaken, car, and outside a house, my phone has been met both the deepest darkness and the
going white. lifeless since I got here and I’m wondering brightest light over the past few days... And
“What do you think he does for a living?” F what to do. I sense someone, and there then I met Saturnian ‘justice’ skidding at me
asked. “Probably an accountant,” M replied. retrieving a shovel from the back of his four- from the blind side. I accepted it as a message.
“Yes, that’s right, how did you know? Did wheel drive, is the man who lives at the house. For in that moment, if I'm right, it had
he tell you?” “I don’t have that trouble,” he says cheerily, acknowledged me as a worthy combatant on
“No, he just looked like one. How do you and proceeds to scrape away the snow from the path that is the left-hand. I’d experienced
know he’s an accountant?” asked M. “Well, beneath my car’s wheels. and achieved a balance; and that, friends, is
there was something really odd about him and I Calling his two teenage lads he suggests the lesson, the true nature, and real gift, of this
just wanted to find out a bit more about him for that the three of them push me straight and season of giving - and giving way. My
some reason. I asked him what he did and he that I reverse down the hill, take a good run up daughter’s family have fully recovered and they
told me and I asked him if he had a business and see if that’ll get me over. It didn’t work, so are now on their way. The rain has melted the
card”. Woops! If it was who I suspect: Mistake undaunted he fetches his car and asks me to ice and snow in Sir Benfro and the mountain
number 1: Inviting him in. (How could anyone attach his tow-rope to mine. I haven’t got a road is clear.
refuse?) Mistake Number 2: Allowing him to towing eye. We lift the bonnet, um and ah a bit,
leave something behind. then decide to lash it to something that doesn’t Ps. I’m still wondering what sort of a
look like it’ll bend or snap. A little bit of meeting happens on Christmas night.
INSPIRATION skidding and we’re up the top of the hill, by the No need to answer that one, I’m pretty
That night everyone else took ill. I’m still pretty pub. “You’ll be right from now, it’s salted,” the sure that I know.
FOR MANY YEARS NOW
PORTALS, SCIENTISTS HAVE COME

AROUND TO THE THEORY
THAT TIME TRAVEL COULD BE
A POSSIBILITY AND PARALLEL
FACT
UNIVERSES, A RELATIVELY
NEW CONCEPT, COULD
ALSO BE FEASIBLE. IN THE
ABSENCE OF SCIENTIFIC
OR
EVIDENCE FOR EVALUATION,
THIS DEBATE IS SURE TO
CONTINUE FOR MANY
YEARS TO COME. I WOULD
NOW LIKE TO DRAW YOUR
FICTION?
By ATTENTION TO A
Don PHOTOGRAPH CAPTURED
Phillips EARLY (2011) BY MYSELF
(DON PHILIPS) & MY TEAM.
We are professional U.K based paranormal investigators corner of the kitchen ceiling. Emerging from the centre is a
and are renowned, not just for the evidence we capture, manifestation that heads to the kitchen floor, and actually
but also the quantities of evidence due - in part - to the bends to miss the worktop.
fact that I am very successful in communicating with
spirits. Examples of this can be found in abundance on ANOMALISTIC PSYCHOLOGY
YouTube (G.S.I Paranormal UK) channel or at RESEARCH UNIT
(www.gsiparanormal.com) When questioned by the (ITV) film crew who joined us on
location, professor Chris
French, head of the Anomalistic
Psychology Research Unit
research facility at Goldsmiths
University (London) and a
leading sceptic, confessed that
in the absence of the usual
arguments such as hanging
camera straps, equipment
malfunction and light
reflections etc., "I have
absolutely no explanation what
this can be or what Don has
captured here".
The reason we caught this
anomaly was because, whilst
at a much publicised haunted
location, I ventured into the
kitchen, and - being very
sensitive to such things - I felt a
massive build up of energy. I
instructed Tony Robson (my
tech guy and ex-air force
‘Project Bluebook’) to set up
The images shown here are just three of 20,000 frames some capture equipment, stating, "I think we have a portal
lasting just 1/20th of a second and are believed to be the first here", we left for the evening and the next day returned to
ever images showing a spirit portal manifestation. An obvious find these images.
question would be “How do you know it is a portal?" To Shown here are three frames before/during & after.
answer that question let us first look at the facts. Although the The 1st frame clearly shows we left the CCTV camera in
pictures are cropped, there is clearly a cloud type ring in the the direction of the right hand side of the kitchen.
Portals, fact or fiction?
front, or hanging in front, of

the lenses.
The image is in the
distance away from the
camera itself.
They can see how this
would be produced by light
distortions as the object
looks physical.
When this portal opened
loud clear electronic voice
phenomena (EVPs) of
definite human voices were
very apparent, interestingly
enough this cycle occurred
once in every 24 hrs, and
bearing that in mind we
studied its characteristics
such as how it formed, and
how long it remained open.
We knew that in order to
prove our claims, scientific
evidence would be needed to
officially document this
THE REASON WE CAUGHT THIS ANOMALY WAS BECAUSE, phenomenon.
WHILST AT A MUCH PUBLICISED HAUNTED LOCATION, I We contacted the BBC who,

having received our pictures, were
VENTURED INTO THE KITCHEN, AND - BEING VERY SENSITIVE happy to assist and using their
TO SUCH THINGS - I FELT A MASSIVE BUILD UP OF ENERGY contacts attempted to find a team
of scientists to join us on location
to study this rare opportunity.
The 2nd frame shows the formation of the portal, notice Considering what we claimed it to be, and the fact this is the
the force was sufficient to actually move the weighty camera, first time ever this opportunity had presented itself we fully
which is now in the direction of the (LHS) of the kitchen and expected a stampede.
capturing the image. The fact remains that clearly the equipment was moved
Lastly, the 3rd frame again shows a different image, this not once, but on three occasions and the reality of the
is due to the fact that the camera was taking this shot whilst matter is that even with the help and endorsement of the
again being put into motion by this now invisible force. BBC we couldn't find anyone willing to assist us.
The metadata of these images has been checked by The fact of the matter is that there is no shortage of
experts, who concluded the following: evidence out there, but there is both shortage of qualified
The pictures are authentic. scientists willing to investigate it, and a reluctance by many
They appear not to have been tampered with in any way. to even consider the possibility that the paranormal may be a
The image caught is not something either placed in real part of universal phenomena. So I’ll end this write up
by asking the following
question? If those who question
claims are so keen on asking for
scientific evidence of the
paranormal, then why is it, when
it is readily available the evidence THE FACT OF
is often ignored? THE MATTER IS
THAT THERE IS
NO SHORTAGE
OF EVIDENCE
OUT THERE,
BUT THERE IS
BOTH
SHORTAGE OF
QUALIFIED
SCIENTISTS
WILLING TO
INVESTIGATE IT
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BACK IN THE 1990S, WHILE VISITING FRIENDS
IN WEEDON, A VILLAGE IN THE DISTRICT OF
DAVENTRY IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, I
EXPERIENCED SOMETHING THAT I WOULD
NEVER, EVER FORGET.
Words: Karen Parham
Illustration: Tamsyn Pree

dy
On a cold, November Friday evening around midnight, I

was walking down New Croft estate in Weedon with a group
of about six friends from work. We all either lived in Weedon
or lodged with someone who lived in Weedon, and were on
our way home after a party. I was quite a bit ahead of the rest
of the group as I was tired and eager to get home, and
getting rather frustrated with them lagging behind telling
jokes I had already heard a thousand times.
We steered our way through the dimly lit streets of New
This is a true story and one that I have spent many hours Croft towards the vast playing field, which we needed to
and many years trying to get to the bottom of. No-one has cross to get home. Crossing the field was always a fearful
really taken my pursuit very seriously because many have a endeavour especially in darkness when it seemed strange
ghost story of their own, but to me this is my personal and so exposed.
testimony of the deeper layers of reality and the possibility of I reached the zigzagging alleyway, the final stretch that
other realms of existence. It is also evident to me that linked the streets to the desolate Croft Way playing field.
Weedon and its surrounding boroughs have a hidden and There were pockets of darkness as I proceeded round the
mysterious side that should be of interest to various spiritual curves but knew there would be one final streetlight before I
communities existing today. reached the entrance to the playing field. As I turned the last
corner of the pathway towards the last of the streetlights,
almost reaching the field, I stood aghast, fixed on the spot
and could not bring myself to proceed. Before me was a
distinct elongated animated shadow, but no form that could
have cast this shadow. It was clear that this shadow should
have come from a human figure but there was not even an
apparition, just the shadow.
The shadow had stretched out its arms, and made broad
stroking movements across the back of what I presumed was
an imaginary horse. This assumption was soon validated
when I heard the distinctive sound of a horse’s neigh. I could
distinguish the sound of jingling bells coming from the
shadow, and saw that the presence had the shape of what
looked like a court jester’s multi-pointed hat on his head. This
must have been the source of the jingling sound. The
shadow remained there for what felt like minutes, blocking
the exit and obstructing my way forward. I felt that if I did
move forward, I would live to regret it.
A few minutes later, as the rest of the party approached
the place where I was standing, the shadow and the
accompanying sounds disappeared leaving no evidence of
what I had just witnessed. As my friends came up to me, one
of them pushed me forward, commenting on why I was just
standing there. I was very hesitant to move forward, almost as
The Spirit of Weedon
if I was caught up in the paralysis of a waking nightmare. I

mumbled something about seeing a ghost and hearing bells,
and to my relief one of the others said they too had heard a
vague sound of tinkling bells and thought it might be a cat.
When I told them in more detail what I had just been a party
to, to my surprise, they did not laugh or joke, but confirmed
my suspicion that it was indeed a ghost and that I was lucky.
Exactly why I was lucky, they did not say.
In later days, I relayed the story to others in the village - in
the pub and in the local shops. The rumours were that there
was indeed a ghost in that passageway. It is the continuing
presence of a jester who always appears in shadow form
only, carrying out the same stroking motions around about
midnight. There have been no explanations as to why he
appears as a shadow only. There are no specific dates or
days of the week that he is seen that have come to people’s
attention. He usually appears to solitary wanderers (which is
why he disappeared as soon as the others arrived). He does
not ever make threatening movements or sounds but comes
across as more playful and friendly to most of those who
have had the pleasure of his encounter. In reflection,
although I felt scared during my actual meeting with
the jester, he was, as my local investigation
suggested, in no way malevolent. It was just
the appearance of the unnatural that
caused my concern at the time. The fact
that he was only a shadow also made
him less threatening.
Most of the villagers I talked to
explained it as a sad story of a
jester who had been apparently
robbed and killed on his way to
perform at the manor. It is difficult to
date these events especially as nothing so
specific has been documented. Going along the lines of what
the villagers suggested, this troubadour may have been
attempting to seek an audience with the lord of the manor, he
may have even been an expected guest or he may not have
been invited at all. He may have come at an inconvenient time
or may have just been subject to the regular robberies that
were usual along that dark, wooded verge. It could even be
that he is not all that innocent himself. It is speculated that it is
his own horse that he is seen stroking. Whether the horse was
killed at the same time as its owner, who can tell? But my
experience of seeing them together would seem to suggest so.
People who have witnessed his presence usually
experience good luck. One person told me that shortly after
seeing the jester, he had inherited a considerable amount of
money. Another woman relayed to me how, after years of
trying, she finally got pregnant a month after seeing the jester.
Back in 1951, the year of one of the notorious disastrous train
crashes on the outskirts of Weedon, another person, I was
told, avoided being caught up in the train crash moments
before it was derailed killing 15 people. (Incidentally, there
have been two fatal train crashes in almost the exact same
spot, the other one was in 1915.) Perhaps my own blessing
came when I was offered a place at university, giving me the
opportunity to leave my dead-end office job for good.
No research has been carried out on the paranormal
significance of the village of Weedon Bec and its surrounding
villages, not to my knowledge anyway. (Weedon Bec refers to
both Lower or Church Weedon and Upper Weedon (to the
west). They are known locally either as just Weedon or Beck.)
It is certainly an area of the country, the heart of the country,
in fact, that hides a lot of paranormal secrets. Some of the
inhabitants will tell you that there are regular Wiccan rituals
SHE INSTRUCTED WILD GEESE, WHO WERE EATING Holyhead to London. It was, therefore, also known as
Weedon-in-the-Street. It must have been a regular stopping
AWAY THE CORN SUPPLIES OF THE VILLAGERS, TO point for travellers, perhaps not all with the honest intention of
NEVER SET FOOT IN WEEDON AGAIN. NO MORE WILD getting some rest, on their way to London or Holyhead.
GEESE WERE SEEN IN THE AREA AGAIN

In the seventh century, the Abbess of Weedon, Saint
Werburgh, performed some of her famed miracles in
Weedon. The more celebrated of the two is when she
held in the woods nearby in Everdon
instructed wild geese, who were eating away the corn
Stubbs. Evidently, witches find the area
supplies of the villagers, to never set foot in Weedon again.
powerful enough to perform open-air
No more wild geese were seen in the area again, and this
circle dancing round their sacred fire.
may still be the case today. Other miracles concern her
Church Stowe, the next village to the north
abilities to prophesise significant events and to cure the sick.
of Weedon, has had sightings of UFOs and
Weedon must have provided an attractive environment for
stories of alien abduction.
such a person of high spiritual standing.
In Fawsley, to the west of Weedon, there have
Gallows-Furlong holds the remnants of a gallows believed
been incidences of a ghostly Green Hunter
to have been used during the reign of Henry III. So another
appearing to individuals, each time on the 31st
speculation could be that the jester is from this period and
December. Observing the Green Hunter, unlike
was executed here for “murder and manslaughter, wounding
that of the jester, is considered to be an ill omen. In
and maiming, blood, water, fire …” But then there is the
Weedon Bec itself, there are numerous ghost stories
question of why is he seen gently stroking a horse, his horse.
going around, not just my own, concerning The Wheatsheaf
There is one final possibility that could explain the
pub and Round Hill (rumoured to be the burial place of
identity of this jester spirit. Werburgh monastery also housed
Queen Boudicca1). The weight of evidence through
a saint Alnoth. Little is known about Alnoth but it is believed
centuries of rumour and legend seems to suggest to
that he was initially a serf and cowherd at the monastery
me that there must be some unrecognised ley line
before becoming a hermit in the neighbouring Stowe woods.
running through this area, or something else of
Alnoth, like our jester, met an unfortunate end in these woods
great spiritual significance.
where he was murdered by two robbers in around 700 AD.
Weedon (Woe-dun) is Anglo-Saxon for
For this reason, he is honoured as a martyr and there were
Temple Hill, which may refer to a heathen
regular pilgrimages to his tomb in Stowe in the Middle Ages.
temple that was built there prior to
It could be that his ghost is haunting the grounds of the
Christianisation. Of further
former monastery in Weedon. This does not, however,
significance to my story is the fact
explain the shadow’s unusual outfit, which you would not
that the ‘Bec’ extension to
immediately associate with a hermit.
Weedon signifies that the
In considering the many possibilities surrounding the
area was once owned
death of my strange mischievous jester, I have come to
by the French
understand and appreciate the importance that this little
Abbey of
Northamptonshire village had back in the Middle Ages
and before. It may no longer be an important pinpoint
on any map today but it was significant even to our
pagan ancestors. I am in no doubt that the jester was a
good omen, but his death was untimely and unjust. The
most fitting explanation is that he was the victim of a
vicious attack that killed both himself and his horse at a
moment in his life when he was full of hope that
something good would happen soon. There is evidently still
some unfinished business to deal with.
Bec in Le
Bec-Hellouin, REFERENCES
Normandy. * http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~
The Abbey owned richardkendellfamily/whelan_187416.html.
most of the village * Acta SS., 27 February, III; STANTON, Menology (London,
until the dissolution of the 1892), 565; BARING-GOULD, Lives of Saints (London,
monasteries, when King Henry VIII gave it to Eton College. 1894), II, 48.
The Abbey must have had regular dealings with the manor in * See http://www.northamptonshire-history.org.uk/?p=17.
Weedon, in fact, historical research reports that the Abbot * See http://www.northamptonshire-history.org.uk/?p=17.
became Lord of the manor in Weedon and earned a
profitable wage from this position. It is also reported that the
lord was rather unscrupulous to villagers who trespassed on
his land, he would even insist on them paying fines for any of
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr Karen Parham is a lecturer in Philosophy and Religious
their animals that would stray onto his territory.2 To get to and
Studies and a freelance writer, particularly on the esoteric.
from the manor, that was either situated in Upper or Lower
Her academic speciality is on mysticism and alchemy. She
Weedon, must have involved crossing the playing field, the
currently also gives workshops on alchemy in Birmingham
lugubriously named Gallows-Furlong, around what is now
where she lives. For more information contact
New Croft estate. This dingy area could have been where our
[email protected]
jester came to his final end. Weedon falls on part of the
Roman Road, known as Watling Street, that ran from
The Black Art:
Magic
Shadows in the
By Stephen Wakefield
THE TERMS ‘BLACK ART’ AND

‘BLACK MAGIC’ ARE
INCENDIARY, CREATING
STRONG RESPONSES
ACROSS THE GLOBE EVEN AT
A TIME OF INCREASED
SECULARISATION AND –
PARTICULARLY WHERE MAGIC
ITSELF IS CONCERNED –
INCREDULITY.
While some are fascinated by what the
terms represent, others continue to be
shocked and appalled by concepts that they
would otherwise announce their disbelief in,
whether due to ‘knowledge’ gained through
television, films and fictional novels or
merely an unexplored sense that such an
interest in, and pursuit of, the black arts is
‘wrong’. There may be no way for this latter
argument to be successfully verbalised, but it
stems from a level of conditioning or gut
instinct that abhors what is insinuated, even
without personal experience of the subject.
This is an intriguing and possibly
informative point, especially when one begins
to question whether black magic actually exists
at all or whether it is purely a social
construction that pertains to either inversions of
orthodox beliefs carried out by a small
percentage of humanity at any one time (just as
any belief system must expect a number that
rebel against it), or the historical rejection of
broader magical beliefs in favour of
monotheistic religion (which would demonise
even the most harmless of acts in its
progression). What is meant by ‘black art’, can
The Black Art
it be thought of as a continuing movement, did

it exist in the first place, and why exactly does it
continue to have such a hold on a 21st Century
mentality that so frequently rejects its validity
without question?
In a primitive setting, magic tends to be a
neutral force that can be tapped for positive
and negative purposes. In these systems it is
the individual that is good or bad, and whether
or not that individual is an expert in the arts or
an amateur, it is their belief in the forces at
work and their intent at summoning those
forces that is to be judged, not the forces
themselves. A wax doll with distorted limbs and
pins running through it may be a horrific tool,
but regardless of the magic that may result in
its use, it is primarily the malefic desire that
created and implemented it that must be
considered, not what may or may not occur
supernaturally thereafter.
This was, to a large extent, understood by
most of the world’s earliest civilizations, which
did not easily recognise magic at all, let alone
its negative application, as separate entities. For
the Assyrian and, later, Babylonian peoples,
magic in all its forms was an active part of
religion that did not need to be thought of as
being outside of sacred rites – the gods could
protect or punish, reward with plenty or
decimate according to their divine judgement,
and personal, human attacks were a natural
part of this system. Illness and blight could be
inflicted by others, but only with the same
consent of the gods that allowed for the victim
to attempt to defend him- or herself, and justice
would be served appropriately.
Even within the Zoroastrian system, which
saw (and sees) in creation a dualistic battle
between good and evil that every being played
an active part in, the negative forces that
waited to trap mankind, and which could be
used as a form of weapon, were nonetheless
an inherent aspect of the material world that
were only a threat when wielded by an
individual, who had the freedom to choose
IN A PRIMITIVE SETTING, MAGIC

TENDS TO BE A NEUTRAL FORCE
THAT CAN BE TAPPED FOR
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE
PURPOSES. IN THESE SYSTEMS IT
IS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS GOOD
OR BAD, AND WHETHER OR NOT
THAT INDIVIDUAL IS AN EXPERT
IN THE ARTS OR AN AMATEUR, IT
IS THEIR BELIEF IN THE FORCES
AT WORK AND THEIR INTENT AT
SUMMONING THOSE FORCES
THAT IS TO BE JUDGED, NOT THE
FORCES THEMSELVES.
between the forces of light and darkness. It venerated that could easily be adopted in ends (most notably with the predictably tawdry
was the decision to turn toward evil that was perverted forms to establish a mocking accusations aimed at the Cathars, Knights
evil, not the chthonic demons, spirits and other counter-faith. To an intolerant Papacy all Templar, countless powerful individuals seen as
entities that would eventually be defeated by enemies were of one sinister movement, easier a threat or of too great a wealth, and later witch
total goodness. Magic actually had little place to identify and move against in light of their trials of varying success). However, many of the
in early Zoroastrianism, thus black magic was clear opposition to the one true God, while to a very same charges had been drawn against
an unknown quantity. It was within ancient variety of people ranging from the poor to the Christianity itself in its early struggles within the
Egypt and Greece, magic was much more of egoist, and those suffering ennui that sought Roman Empire, including child cannibalism
an active presence, and not solely within something dangerous, a system began to take and orgiastic rites. Such abhorrent acts had
religious practise as it had been in Babylon. In shape which had never before existed, yet proved a useful tool long before the time of
both of these fascinating cultures magic was which - in this new reverent world - would Christ, but it was only with the especial power
{
{
widely used to cure and scale of established
diseases, gain Christianity that they
knowledge of future MANY OF THE POWERS BELIEVED TO BE could be applied as the
events, decide on
favourable courses of WIELDED BY THE BLACK MAGICIAN HAD LONG opposition as
celebrated by all
action, and with BEEN A PART OF OLDER RELIGIONS, BUT opponents of the faith.
incredible zeal it was
also used to attempt to
WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK THEY COULD ONLY With the ‘white’ forms of
pagan magic subsumed
curse, entrap, ruin and BE DEEMED TO BE CONTRARY TO THE NATURAL by Christianity, the
kill those that were more
successful or had done
ORDER OF THINGS, CERTAINLY AGAINST GOD remaining practices
were decidedly evil
wrong by another. simply because they
Perhaps, then, this is where the concept of exercise a relevant and inevitable position of were not Christian – and the religion had
‘witchcraft’ begins to take on a more gross impiety. become sufficiently formidable to propagate
recognisable form, but this is not necessarily In this environment, ironically, it was the and enforce against those practices, whether
black magic, and even if these practices are older faiths that were the foundation of black earnestly carried out or not.
included in our definition, they are more due to magic, as the demons and beings that were There were certainly misuses of this
contextual changes in the response to certain said to be the target of its spells and judgement and no shortage of corruption
practices than they are to a sudden incantations had previously existed as gods. within the church and royalty across Europe to
development in the black arts. The ‘pagan’ entities like Moloch, Mithras and use it to further personal desires, but the
If we take bindings, which were immensely Dionysus may not have been entirely promulgation of this concept also served to be
popular amongst the Greeks and later benevolent figures in their earlier forms, yet somewhat self-fulfilling. The ‘black arts’
throughout the Roman Empire, the magic that through the eyes of Christianity they were themselves may have altered to an extent over
was believed to ‘activate’ lead scrolls or demons offering perverse knowledge and the centuries depending on those using or
figurines once placed in the graves of the powers that were an abomination when exerted viewing them, but for many it was the allure of
restless dead was once again naturally benign. by man. These were figures of darkness, the forbidden – and the implicit danger of
It was a force that required tapping and stirring devourers of body and soul that beguiled with embracing it – that made black magic so
by an enchanter of sorts, yet which could only their offerings of sorcery and necromancy, and appealing, even beyond the power and
be secured through the allowance of the gods. ultimately drew their followers further and knowledge that it was reputed to offer to its
If the magic worked, it was only because its further from the true God. followers. Though stories of murder, sexual
efficacy had been divinely granted, and the There is no coincidence, then, that much abandon and the summoning of evil spirits did
motivations behind it deemed just. Not only that came to be levelled against these wayward create no small amount of fear and superstition
does this maintain the place of magic, both sorcerers was of a primarily anti-Christian for some, those same stories could also
‘white’ and ‘black’ firmly within the remit of nature. However, the image that was built up arouse a temptation not easily ignored, a
religion, but the desires that lay behind these by the Church over centuries of inquisition and possibility for adventure and profligacy that is
acts clearly suggest the base, material needs of religious fear-mongering extended to all areas just as much a part of human nature as the
the day-to-day that have always plagued of life, resulting in a concept of magic that desire for spiritual enlightenment. Thus these
humankind alongside the loftier spiritual focussed on any and every debasement beliefs can in part be seen to have created the
pursuits of the soul. Body and spirit are conceivable by human beings. The stress of very movement that they espoused against,
somewhat opposing elements that here can be accounts therefore came to centre on suggesting new manners of ‘worship’ for
seen to bring out the very best and the very defilement of the dead, child kidnap, those believing themselves to be witches or
worst of humanity, frequently in equal measure, cannibalism and a continual threat to stability, warlocks, and offering the novice a basic idea
and while bewitchments and enchantments order and good Christian souls, much of which of how to go about worshipping the devil and
can be far from morally acceptable, they are still revolved around grotesque parodies of religious inciting mayhem.
far from diabolic in nature. observance that included devil worship, The central problem in unravelling the truth
It is more likely, then, that both the concept induced ecstasies and orgies. from all of the sources is the sheer variety of
and the initial pursuit of black magic was Of course, many of the powers believed to standpoints and possible biases that are
concurrent, created by a more dramatic change be wielded by the black magician had long apparent, from Papal zeal and political
in views of religion. This leads us to the Middle been a part of older religions, but within this manoeuvring to torture-induced confessions,
Ages, where Christianity had swept across framework they could only be deemed to be neighbourly quarrelling and outright delusion.
much of the world and become the contrary to the natural order of things, certainly There is no single voice of reason that
predominant faith of Europe and the near-East. against God and by extension all those that appreciates a genuine belief and discusses it
In this environment any contrary system was followed his Word. There is no doubt that such rationally, meaning that an accurate
heretical, and symbols, rites, terms and practices were compartmentalised, and quite understanding of witchcraft during these
personalities were fervently and widely literally demonised, to achieve often dubious centuries is nigh on impossible to gather, let
The Black Art
alone one of black magic which is by definition wisdom that it offered, formulae to summon
much more obscure, secretive and occult. For and harness forces to make changes that could
those that have been its true followers, this be as pure – or as depraved – as the magician
confusion may well have served as the greatest desired. Once again, the conduit informing the
aid to their cause, yet once again this insinuates aspirant becomes the victim, though it in itself
a definite organisation that may be a total is a neutral force.
fallacy…negative magic has usually been the For many supposed black magicians the
pursuit of an individual or small group, the aim of their rites was knowledge itself, and the
likelihood of one shared goal across continents grimoires offered demons that could inform on
and centuries immeasurably small. a wide variety of subjects that included science,
Despite continued interest in the black arts logic, mathematics, the arts, astrology and the
(aided by the continued dissemination of occult secrets of plants or animals. It was also
medieval grimoires), it was not until the 20th possible to use them to reveal forthcoming
Century that a more concise definition became events as well as those of the past, all with a
identifiable, and proponents gained a voice. view to empowering the magician with truly
Though the disgust or dismissal of the Church supernatural wisdom. Misfortune could be
was at points as apparent as it had been in the afflicted on people through the use of a demon,
past, the ravages of science-led rationalism and from rather trivial pimples to storms that could
secularisation meant that the religious stance destroy crops or property, and horrendous
was less bold than it had once been, leaning deaths due to a number of causes. The sigils,
more often toward disbelief than fears of unholy symbols and implements mentioned in these
powers at work. However the concept had texts in part originate from Egyptian and Greek
been created, it existed in practice as world practices, and while some continued to follow
wars raged, sexual liberation freed the body them in a similar vein of intent, for those who
and recreational drugs freed the mind, and now identified themselves as black magicians,
exponents found themselves able to voice they were for use in very specific forms focused powers, the reality of his belief in them, and the
beliefs with infamy the only real price – and, as on self-furtherance, material gain and power reality of black magic itself.
ever, the reality of black magic would be over others. The validity of black magic is difficult, if not
muddied through the strong views, morbid Magic circles adorned with names of God impossible, to prove, as those practising it may
fascinations and egos at work. for protection, carefully spoken incantations well have motives beyond what they preach.
The key difference between malefic and various blood- and sex rites are common Those of a more mundane nature which stroke
witchcraft, and the more advanced diabolic arts features of invocations, often leading to ecstatic the ego and create a legend, but the fear of
is the relative position of the person channelling psychological experiences that are not far someone’s ill intent has legitimately been a part
the powers of magic. Where a witch is in thrall removed from Shamanistic visions, which can of our psychological makeup for thousands of
as servant to the infernal forces, the black also be aided by hallucinogenic drugs. Even in years and cannot easily be quelled even by
magician is instead master of the evil powers, today’s fairly liberal world, this combination of conscious disbelief. We know that the desire for
one who – despite constant peril – maintains the supposedly ancient with carnal acts and all of these things are real because we are
influence over the energies he or she is tapping recreational narcotics still creates a stir. And human and, admit it or not we have all felt its
into. It must also be noted that, although the though these magical ‘aids’ may be utilised for draw at some time, a want for change and the
desired results may not always be so far the sake of the ritual and its results, the knowledge to make it happen.
removed from one another, the witch is inevitable outrage that it causes ensures that The methods of the black magician may
popularly considered to be rooted in a more black magic remains wholly opposed to the seem to us rather extreme, but we can - to an
mundane existence, while the black magician moral and spiritual norm, an added perk to extent - understand their aspirations. We may
practices a high, ritual magic that requires a those like Aleister Crowley, who courted not share a belief in the forces that are believed
degree of affluence and somewhat greater skill infamy proudly. to be being tapped, but the very fact that they
in order to first gather the appropriate Crowley served as the very epitome of believe and focus such energies with such
accoutrements and then maintain the safety of modern black magic, due to the very magic intent is enough to justify our trepidation and
the soul. that he practised (immersed in Egyptian continued interest. The black arts have taken
Grimoires were an instrumental part of the symbolism, informed by Jewish cabbalism and varying forms, but however they are interpreted
rite, ancient manuscripts passing hand-to-hand invoking entities like Pan which embodied they will long remain a part of our world
and relating encyclopaedic knowledge of the pagan fertility and the idea of will over flesh) because we created them, and whether
spirits to be summoned depending on the and the resulting notoriety that he so revelled in. through divine inspiration, malicious design or
need, how this could be achieved and how to Where his form of Magick, his esoteric pursuits human misinterpretation, they speak to an
maintain safety throughout the process. Texts and occult philosophies can offer something eternal aspect of human nature: the desire to
such as the ‘Lesser Key of Solomon’ and ‘The akin to genius, the media persona he so be, if only for moments at a time, as a god.
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the eagerly cultivated and maintained suggest a
Mage’ contained pages of rites that were contrary figure that craved attention and
believed to use any and all of the supernatural ignominious notice. Should the onus be placed
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stephen is a student of theology and
forces dormant within creation, including on the latter trait, then his own belief in magic
religion, and most of his focus over the last
demons of varying rank, angels and a multitude can be brought into doubt, and he becomes
twenty years has been an ongoing
of lesser spirits and entities. The latter of the nothing more than a charlatan seeking fame
investigation into the occult. He has had
texts, in particular, frequently inveighs against (suggested by his willing 'admission' at one
several articles published, and is currently
black magic itself and instead focuses on point of having carried out over a hundred
writing his first full-length book, ‘Magic, the
cabalistic mysticism and its associated magic. It blood sacrifices a week to fulfil the needs of his
Esoteric and the Occult.'
nonetheless became, and remained, a tool for rites), but sufficient tracts remain to create an
www.sjwoccult-com.webs.com
the diabolic magician because of the occult ongoing enigma – the reality of Crowley’s
Templar mechanics and
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SaOF THE KNIGHTS y;
I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF SACRED GEOMETRY AFTER READING JOHN MITCHELL’S 1969
BOOK ‘THE VIEW OVER ATLANTIS’ LINKING LEY LINES TO MEGALITHS AND PUTTING
GLASTONBURY ON THE ROAD TO BECOMING AN ICON OF THE COUNTERCULTURE.
In ‘City of Revelation’ in 1972 Mitchell put The concept itself stems from the ancient the theory of certain points in the landscape
emphasis on solar and lunar qualities belief that God built the cosmos on geometrical holding significance in relation to other local
announcing that the mysteries of the principles, something that was successfully features, is part of our collective lost library of
universe are all based on numbers. One exploited by Pythagoras and to some extent still knowledge and Tony believes the Knights
original citation of his research was to argue that survives today. Actually there is a certain logic to Templar were well aware of this. The unique
the biblical catch of 153 fish was constructed on this, because so much in the natural world, subject matter brings together the spiritual,
a hidden geometry. My own part in a geometric including language, seems to obey and follow tangible and the mysterious using the Knights
mystery came to me first hand when very strict mathematical principles. However, on Templar locations as our guide to the 5.151
encountering the sacred geometry involved with the other hand there is also a school of thought circle revelation.
Rennes-le-Chateau in 1985 when liaising with that likens these techniques to simply taking a The various pentagonal and hexagonal
David Wood from Tunbridge Wells in Kent. number of random shapes and placing a patterns which reoccur throughout landscape
David had written his controversial ‘GenIsis...The template on them based on ‘joining the dots’ geometry can also be found amongst Templar
first book of Revelation’ and demonstrated and making sense out of chaos. symbolism and encoded in the Templar inspired
sacred geometry throughout the Rennes valley, Cathedrals of Europe, many of which are also
as did Henry Lincoln to a lesser degree in some THE TEMPLE BRUER ENIGMA built on previous points of Pagan importance.
of his work. The Templar Mechanics web site was created in Templar Mechanics believes the higher
The Rennes sacred geometry connection 2006. Its purpose is to inspire new thought echelons of the Templar order were aware of the
returned to my attention in 2006, after having through the presentation of ideas and power of these patterns, and also of the natural
found evidence of it within my own research into possibilities, dedicated to unravelling an earth energy points where these patterns
Lincoln Cathedral. I then came across the work enigma, unshackled by any dogmatic train of manifest within the landscape. The Knights
of Tony Peart from Bloxholm, Lincolnshire, and thought or alliance. Templar Mechanics is a Templar, having prior knowledge of their
his Templar Mechanics website. Tony is a thought provoking study, which examines location, set out to claim these ‘energy sites’ for
Geomancer with a natural connection to the landscape geometry around Knights Templar their own advantage, possibly knowing of an
land. Whereby my own deductions led me to a sites. The study is rooted in the landscape and occult significance around them. The landscape
specific Templar location opposite the the discovery of a repeating unit of measure – geometry discovered around sites has always
Cathedral’s South East corner, Tony’s mastery is 5.151 miles or 10,000 Megalithic Yards around existed, and therefore are not a Knights Templar
in reading the hidden treasure within the which all of the geometric systems discovered creation, these sites being of major importance
landscape and the energy patterns that manifest to date are based. The Megalithic Yard, long before the Knights Templar made an
within the locality of sacred sites. In his book discovered by Alexander Thom, is generally appearance at them. The Templar’s choice of
‘On Earth as it is in Heaven’, my friend, acknowledged as the repeating standard unit of location for their commanderies however would
mathematician and astronomer Greg Rigby measure used in the layout of sacred sites suggest prior knowledge as to the importance
showed in 1996 a magnificent and yet simple across Britain and France. Ancient sites are now attached to occupying a particular area. Energy,
series of patterns linking key cathedrals in being recognised more and more through the even Earth energy, still equals power for those
Northern France. Below is a brief introduction geometric arrangement of points, both natural that know how to use it.
in to the Templar Mechanic research and in and man made in the surrounding landscape. The sites currently showing landscape
particular ‘The Temple Bruer Enigma.’ Landscape geometry, in addition to embracing geometry based around 5.151 miles continues
Geomancy (the name literally means ‘foresight by earth’, which itself derives from the Arabic, ilm al-raml or
‘science of the sand’) is one of the truly ancient divinatory arts, in this case it involves ‘reading’ natural markings
on the landscape. This method can also be used by throwing sand, or soil onto the ground and interpreting the
patterns it makes. All this morphs quite neatly with the use of an allied and highly controversial technique called
‘sacred geometry’, where the location of various natural features on the landscape like mountains etc are
assumed to have mystical significance. This is frequently assumed to be why various structures like stone circles
and churches etc. are built on certain locations to harness these hypothetical and invisible ‘earth energies’.
Sacred Geometry
to grow, with many already having been walked, Bisham Abbey, another Knights Templar haunt. cottage Tony had several trips to Rennes le
researched, drawn, mapped and the graphics The involvement of the Knights Templar and Chateau in France where he bought a book on
prepared by Templar Mechanics. Sites of great initiates such as John Dee and Francis local landscape geometry based around local
interest to potential readers worldwide are Dashwood only add to the mystery of Bruer, and French Knights Templar commanderies and
included around the locations previously held the power and influence of landscape geometry. places of worship in the Languedoc region. The
by the Knights Templar in England, Scotland, Many individuals concluded that the positioning basic shape created by these sites involved
France and Ireland, all working to the same of major features, both natural and man-made, pentagonal and hexagonal geometry. Further
5.151 mile circle measure. around certain historically significant sites are research then brought up other European
not random,
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR 5.151 SYSTEMS accidental or
ALREADY DISCOVERED
without reason.
*Rennes le Chateau
That being the case
*Temple Rockley, Avebury
the only possible
*Rosslyn Chapel
conclusion that can
*Temple Bruer
be drawn is the
*Temple Sowerby
influence of an
*Temple Ewell
overriding
*Temple Combe
intelligence, in
*Bisham Abbey
effect an architect
*Medmenham Abbey (Hell Fire Club)
of creation. This is
*Willoughton
something that the
*Maltby
Knights Templar
*Tara
were well aware of,
*Llangollen
and that there are
*Glastonbury
certain places
*Royston
where its signature
*Eglinton
can still be found,
The illustrations for the above sites show but only for those
repeating detail at the same points in the with eyes to see. Templar sites that had been noted by other
geometry of the different ‘systems’ featured, authors showing these same geometric core
leading the reader to conclude that the TEMPLE BRUER 5.151 designs in the landscape, situated at Bornholm -
positioning of main physical features at these REVELATION an island in the Baltic, Brittany and Norway. On
sites are not random or chaotic, but ordered A pentacle has been discovered in the his return, he felt compelled to check the
and structured along lines constructing landscape around the old Knights Templar Temple Bruer area for the possibility of
mathematical patterns. Patterns repeated in the settlement of Temple Bruer, created by church something similar being present. To start with
natural world such as within the snowflake, alignments. Further study then revealed a six- he noticed 18 churches could be aligned
honeycomb along with various flora, based pointed seal incorporated in the layout of the through Temple Bruer church...this in itself is
around pentagonal and hexagonal patterns. current village which was also complimentary to quite extraordinary over such a short distance.
These same patterns are seen repeatedly within the larger pentacle. Coincidentally the Temple Bruer church is
places of worship worldwide. The Church is well situated at the junction of 5 green lanes
known for integrating old pagan beliefs into its TEMPLE BRUER suggesting a meeting of roads as well as
own dogma, with the result that Christian icons Tony’s part in this mystery started with a church/ley alignments. The six-pointed seal was
have their counterparts in the pagan world. chance, and very lucky, purchase of a cottage at also revealed through connecting local church
Churches are often built on locations previously Temple Bruer in 2003. After renovating the alignments.
associated with pagan worship so can be very
useful in uncovering landscape geometry
locally. Ancient hills and place names such as
Green Man Wood, Mount of Bel, Cocked Hat,
Devil’s Dyke and Dancing Hill are all signs and
signatures of the past, many of which often turn
out to be pointers leading to the revelation of the
geometric patterns ‘coded’ in the landscape.
THE TEMPLE BRUER 5.151 CIRCLE

As well as the Knights Templar’s involvement,
THE BASIC
other enigmatic characters such as Francis SHAPE
Dashwood and John Dee are found to be active
around major points involved in the Temple
CREATED BY
Bruer 5.151 pentacle. Francis Dashwood THESE SITES
founded the Hell Fire Club and John Dee INVOLVED
became scryer to Elizabeth I, suggesting that
other ‘initiates’ through the ages were aware of PENTAGONAL
the importance of these ‘mystical sites’ and AND
interacted with them at specific influential points.
Francis Dashwood is involved in two 5.151
HEXAGONAL
systems, one at Temple Bruer and the other at GEOMETRY
becoming Lord Mayor of London. The penta
shoulder line connecting Bassingham church
through to Blankney church goes through
Green Man Wood. The Green Man is the pagan
fertility icon. The Green Man Inn is located next
to Green Man Wood and became the meeting
place for an exclusive club of distinguished
Lincolnshire gentleman known as the ‘Lincoln
Club’, an offshoot of the esoteric Knights of St
Francis or Hell Fire Club, which was instigated
by Francis Dashwood, who lived during the mid-
to late-1700s at Nocton Hall.
LIST OF ‘LINCOLN CLUB’

MEMBERS
* Lord Monson of Burton, 1st Baron (cr. 1728 -
d. 1748).
* Lord Robert Manners of Bloxholm, Son of
2nd Duke of Rutland. M.P. Kingston-on-Hull
1747-1780). A General Officer in the Army.
Buried at Bloxholme 1782; aged 64.
* Lord Sherard Manners; brother of above. M.P.
Tavistock 1741. d. 1741/2
* Lord Charles Manners; another brother,
d.1761
* Lord Vere Bertie of Branston; son of 1st Duke
of Ancaster, and his 2nd wife. M.P. Boston
(1741-1747). d. 1768
Line 1 Metheringham church – Caythorpe THE MAIN PENTACLE
church. * Lord Tyrconnel of Belton;
Line 2 Aubourn church - Roxholm church * Sir John Brownlow. Bart. Created
(previous site of.) Baron and Viscount 1718, d. 1754.
Line 3 Carlton-le-Moorland – Bloxholm church * Thomas Whichcot of Harpswell.
– Dorrington church M.P. Lincs (1741-1768). d. 1776.
Line 4 Haddington church – Leasingham * John Chaplin of Blankney; son
church and heir of above named Squire
Line 5 Welbourn church – Kirkby Green church Thomas. d. 1764. Charles Chaplin of
Line 6 Stragglethorpe church - Rowston church Blankney; probably a younger
Line 7 Brant Broughton church - Dorrington brother of John.
church * Robert Dashwood, brother of
Line 8 Solstice line - Blankney – Hough on the Samuel Dashwood of Wells.
Hill church. * Thomas Noel. M.P. Rutland (1727-
If you stand at the Temple Bruer church on 1784)
the winter solstice, you will see the sun set in the * Bent Noel; brother of above,
middle of the straight lane/road going towards Colonel 43 rd Regt. Dashwood’s
Griffin’s Farm. This track if aligned back to Dunston Pillar creation coincidentally
Blankney marks the summer solstice sunrise. Line 1. Harmston church - Fulbeck church - sits on the squaring of 5.151 circle.
This solstice line, as well as being marked by a Leadenham church.
track, also splits the established six-pointed seal Line 2. Harmston church – Temple Bruer
exactly in half. church – Cranwell church.
Line 3. Bassingham church –
Temple Bruer church –
Ruskington church.
Line 4. Carlton-le-Moorland
church – Blankney church.
Line 5. Augustinian Priory
Nocton – Green Man –
Westborough church
The main pentacle runs

with the heath ridge
connecting the churches of
Leadenham Fulbeck and
Harmston. Harmston church,
at the top of the pentacle, had
the influential Thorold family as
local guardians, Thorold
Sacred Geometry
To find the Bruer circle structure on earth, and one

circumference measure, Tony that is still not grasped or
multiplied 5.151 by pi understood…the Great
3.14159262 which gives us Pyramid of Giza. Originally
16.18 miles which are the with facing stones, long since
phi/golden ratio numbers! removed, the Great Pyramid
With 5.151 miles being had been designed with
10,000 megalithic yards, if we slope angles of 51.51
multiply 3.14159262 by degrees…nobody knows
10,000 we have the pi figures why. This angle does have
as circumference measure in certain values that release
megalithic other mysteries out of the
yards….31,4159262 MY. The bag. For instance the 51.51
5.151 mile circle then gives slope when drawn off a base
us pi and phi as the line gives the right
circumference measure in proportions for the
both imperial and megalithic relationship between the
yard values, albeit with a Earth and the Moon - so
moved decimal place. indirectly it is relating to
holistic proportions and
RLC CONNECTION grand design within our
Templar Mechanics has gone cosmic neighbourhood. The
on to complete a new study perfect fit of the moon to the
of the RLC geometry and sun on a full solar eclipse is
discovered another 5.151 also suggesting an
system in the area. The Bruer organising intelligence in the
5.151 pentacle can be unseen, the sun being 400 x
overlaid on the Rlc 5.151 pentacle to show a So what’s so special about 5.151 value? A further away yet 400 x bigger than the moon …
very odd yet complimentary relationship. clue could be in the design of the greatest Coincidence ... or Grand Design?
KEY
Large Triangle – Great Pyramid
51.51 degree pitch
A - C Earth Diameter
B - C Earth Radius
C - E Moon Diameter
C - D Moon Radius
F - G - H – 345 Triangle
It would appear the builders of
the Great pyramid have left us a
mathematical blueprint in stone
as to the interconnectivity of the
universe and the intelligence
behind its mathematical
creation. If you would like a
personal or group tour of the
‘Temple Bruer 5.151 system’
please contact
tony@templarmechanics or visit
the web page at Templar
Mechanics now offering day
tours of the Bruer experience.
Bookings can also be made for
local Powerpoint presentations
of other sacred sites featured on
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FIELD
THEORY AND THE PARANORMAL
By Hugh Fairman
NOTE THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CLAIMS THAT PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES OF THE
NEBULOUS ‘OTHER SIDE’ HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCED, THE SCOLE
EXPERIMENT IS A CASE IN POINT. THE STRANGE AND EERIE IMAGES IN THIS ARTICLE
ARE CLAIMED TO OFFER FURTHER PROOF OF THIS. ARE THEY EXAMPLES OF PAREIDOLIA
OR ARE THEY GENUINE? PARANORMAL PRESENTS THEM WITH NO AGENDA
BECAUSE IT IS ULTIMATELY YOU, THE READER, WHO WILL DECIDE WHAT THEY MAY
OR MAY NOT REPRESENT. - BRIAN ALLAN, EDITOR
Despite the dismissal of the scientific study of 'Paranormal Phenomena' as way of material reality (MR) there lies the existence of a
community, and the often-expressed trying to show that there is indeed a great deal universal Information Field. This has been
disapproval of the religiously inclined, the more to our lives than science currently admits, labelled 'The FIELD', and it essentially contains
whole subject continues to fascinate the and feel that a good genuine ghost picture information pertaining to the existence of the
general public. The reasons for this are not provides a suitable retort to the 'white coat' 'possibility of all possibilities'. While the FIELD is
hard to fathom really. Science, whilst offering (scientist) that there is 'nothing else', and it 'real' to us, it can - in fact - be regarded also as a
profound insights into the workings of Nature, completely bypasses the 'white collar' (cleric) 'Virtual Reality' (VR).
seems to have a 'cold heart' when it comes to with all their associated dogmas. In fact, it may Particles such as electrons can 'tunnel' by
our own existences, and religious teachings, be possible to offer some ideas that can being absorbed into the quantum field and
whilst being far more 'warm and cuddly' in that encompass all viewpoints, at least up to a begin reappearing somewhere else. They can
respect, are suffering from their own glaring degree. We have called what follows FIELD 'join up together' or entangle as a state of
intellectual inconsistencies as scientific theory. The uppercase notation is simply to coherence or superposition. In fact 2 coherent
progress uncovers ever deeper secrets of how distinguish it from all the other kinds of physical particles can subsequently be separated any
Creation works. fields, or topics that are recognised in this distance in theory while in the state of
This gap is filled by those who look to the modern age. For the sake of brevity though, a superposition, and if 1 particle is 'read' then the
great deal of the existing evidence for these other 'knows' about this (decoheres) and
ideas has been drastically curtailed, although instantly assumes its own identity (action at a
much will simply be alluded to. Those of more distance). This 'knowing' information travels far
critical bent of mind are requested to allow for faster than light and has in fact been measured
these circumstances. as exceeding 10X FTL. The Bose-Einstein
Astrophysicists nowadays quite seriously condensate has been shown to exist and is a
consider the possibility that our universe is not specific case where as many as 600 atoms may
alone, and will examine the possible existence assume an identity as a 'single atom in a cloud'.
of a 'multiverse' state of creation that can be This state of 'information sharing' across
regarded as a sort of 'bubble foam' as a mental multiple units of matter shows the property of
image. The quantum physicist who studies the 'bounded unity of information', that is termed an
properties of matter where it is very small may i-pac (ipac).
consider similar ideas (Everard's 'many worlds' Subatomic particles endlessly recycle
theory). These speculations (direct proof is between VR<--->MR and at this microscopic
lacking) have led us to suggest that this can be level the borders between MR/VR become very
summarised by suggesting that underlying all 'fuzzy'. It is postulated that when a subatomic
FIELD
particle is absorbed into the quantum field (VR) 'she' must be 'there all the time' somehow, but quite reasonable in the fit. All these natural
it 'refreshes' its own ipac before re-emergence we cannot 'see her'. Why should this be so for weapons have been supplanted by artificial
into MR. This view implies that the 'rules of most of us, and why some persons (mediums), substitutes like the spear, and the bow, and the
physics' emerge from this aspect of Nature can 'access' FIELD-based information needs to dagger. Tribesmen have to hunt in groups, and
rather than having been 'inserted' at the time of be looked at now, and explained somehow if often pre-plan their excursions, which in the
the 'Big Bang' as science currently maintains. possible. This lies at the root of what we call case of some animals such as mammoths could
What the discoveries of physics are telling us 'paranormal abilities' and the gifts of mediums, be very dangerous. Using language, together
about, therefore, is not just about matter in our and why some of the latter at least are quite with this 'what if' DMN brain circuitry would
familiar MR existence. They are indications of genuine. To show why this state of affairs might conjure up in a simpler monkey/ape mind
the 'Rules of VR' as well. In a sense then an come to exist we must go back into the ancient images of charging predators. In these simpler
electron is 1/2 MR and 1/2 VR in a state of evolutionary past, and the first steps involved in minds, such mental images are treated as 'real',
repeated oscillation, and in the VR state the the development of the modern human mind. and instinctive 'pop-up' hard wired self-
normal spacetime limitations no longer apply Embryology studies show our brains to be preservation programs lead to such creatures all
(action at a distance). As these subatomic formed in very definite steps and a series of heading for safety.
particles' ipacs cohere, first as atoms, then layers, one piled on top of the other. The 'lowest' In order to function at all as a working
molecules, and then as cells and finally as and first to develop is our 'fish/reptile' levels system, therefore, the rational language based
biological life, so does our familiar MR universe (archaeopallium). These are responsible for newer brain levels have to be 'shut off' from the
emerge. These ipacs are 'nested' within each running aspects like breathing, heart rates, earlier LF based monkey mind ones. This has
other, in a very similar way to the familiar digestion and so forth. The basic routines of had two consequences. It has created the
subroutines of the computer programmer. existence are entirely subconscious and these whole phenomenon of the 'active
A single living cell contains the cohered circuits cannot 'think' in any fashion, although subconscious', with its ready made feeding
shared information of all its sub-molecular some basic drives such as thirst, hunger, ground for modern shrinks, and it has also cut
components, and this ipac based information is satiation, rage and lust are at this level. I call this our minds off from easy FIELD access (except
also held in VR form in the FIELD. There is also 'Slaveman' (SM). Situated above this level are for a few). In the 1960s there was a vogue for
an ipac/YOU and an ipac/UNIVERSE. We think the mammalian structures, or what I call the cutting the connections of the cerebral
that the 'familiar' quantum field (Qf) is closer 'monkey mind' (palaeopallium). Curiosity, envy, hemispheres (comissurotomy) as a treatment for
and more 'immediate' than the 'FIELD proper' love, and greed now appear on the scene. This severe epilepsy (no good drugs in those days,
(If). The history of your current Life (L1) is held level I have called 'Little Fella' or LF in short. Last but the surgeons could do it).
at quantum field 'level' and this can be simply on the scene is the neocortex, which contains Subsequent studies showed that the
expressed by writing {Qf-ipac(a)}/YOU, (L1). our abilities for language and to see and plan for conscious 'YOU' was still quite intact, but was
Since all ipacs 'recycle' - albeit on differing the future. This 'what if’ planning circuit has situated in the L sided hemisphere. This aspect
timescales - from electrons to universes, this been identified by fMRI scanning and called the that I have called Big Fella (BF), is what you as a
principle will include the ipac/YOU. You have Default Mode Network (DMN). This highest level reader regard as 'yourself'. The LF 'person' was
been in MR before, and you will come back I have called 'Big Fella' or BF. still present in these subjects post-op, but now
again one day is the message of this idea. You It is suggested that all life from the cellular totally locked into the R side, and quite
too 'oscillate VR<--->MR', which is de facto re- level and above is in contact with the FIELD-held unconscious to the patient. LF could still make
incarnation. In the FIELD is held the information information. This process is, in fact, what itself heard however, but only via the mid-brain
pertaining to previous existences or lives. science recognises as quantum computation, (still intact) and emotionally. Indeed on occasion
These can be imagined as like an old stacked and recent evidence from birds' retinas, the these patients’ responses began to be
pile of DVDs going back into the mists of the sense of smell, photoreaction processes in reminiscent of non-surgical patients who had
past, and we could label these as L2,L3,L4.... some algae, bees' abilities to solve the 'travelling emotional/personality disorder.
from the most recent (1840s perhaps?) going salesman problem' (it's very hard) all combine to All this shows how the system actually
ever backwards. suggest there are quantum based processes works for human minds in basic terms. Our
This we can express as {If-ipac(a)}/YOU, indeed at work in nature all the time. Creatures logical conscious minds are 'separate', to a
(L2,L3...)}. This latter {If-pac(a)/YOU, like birds access their {If-pac/BIRD} all the time, larger extent, from our LF/SM nerve circuits.
(L2,L3...)}expression is in fact what the religious and we recognise this process as instinct. These older circuits, especially the SM levels are
recognise as a person's soul (the 'ipac' phrase Science is good at describing various instinctive the ones that 'grew up' evolutionarily speaking
has been shortened further to 'pac'). The (a) habits in action in creatures, but extremely with the FIELD. Any FIELD based download is
notation is placed in the phrase to denote the deficient as to how one gets to these complex firstly received via LF/SM, and subsequently,
idea of 'active' (or 'alive' if you wish). There is a activities being 'pre-wired' into brains from DNA. except for a few people with the gift, is 'blocked
(p) state ('passive') we think as well. The latter Whilst weaver birds and sparrows have very off' from our conscious BF circuits where the
(p) is created by the combined similarly designed nervous systems, their innate conscious 'YOU' is placed, for most people. The
thoughts/imaginations of many minds instincts could not be more different. It is odd dream might get through though, and
visualising but a single idea. Since their minds much easier conceptually to explain instinct subconscious 'gut feelings' often turn out to be
are entangled on this topic this creates a kind along the lines of brains being more like ready- eerily prescient, though you can't exactly explain
of 'Coca-Cola sign' effect, which can be built and pre-tuned 'radio sets' to pick up why. The genuine medium's gift though is the
accessed on rare occasions. This kind of Qf- already stored {Ifpac(a)/BIRD} programs than try ability to access their own LF/SM circuits and
pac is purely 'passive' in nature and is given a to look for it in the wiring. You can take your then thereby 'listen in' to the FIELD. This
(p) notation. In this theory then the appearance radio to pieces, but you will not find Classic FM. explanation has some very counterintuitive
of the Virgin Mary at Medjugorge is a case of Why do humans seem to find this 'tuning in' so implications however.
{Qf-pac(p)/MARY} being visualised and much harder? The first point to grasp is that this BF<---
causing a stir. The apparition is not the original The answer would appear to lie in the >LF/SM balance is not a fixed thing as such. It
Mary however, but a kind of 'imagined image' evolutionary pressures placed upon our remote changes throughout life and it has changed
as created over 1,800 years or so of prayers ancestors when it comes to hunting. Homo sap over historical time scales. An infant is pure SM
and dreams. does not possess fangs or claws, or great size in action. All orifices in action, bawling and
If the Virgin Mary can be seen on occasion, or strength, or speed, although endurance is cooing. It has a very basic emotional repertoire.
From around 9/12 it starts to change and up to abilities that astonished them.
4 years old, the LF 'monkey mind' is in charge. Aboriginal tribal hunting parties still perform
An unregulated pre-school infant class can be combined corroborees of all the hunters before
remarkably similar in many ways to the zoo setting off the next day. Why? Well they are
enclosures. Slowly from around 4-5 years on the accessing their own ipacs and setting up an
BF levels start to develop well, and these early entangled {ipac/HUNT} field-in-common. The
years are 'closed off' to our memories. This can purpose of this is to enable the whole group to
be shown by how one loses all recollection from function silently, and to 'know' what the others
these early times. BF develops at least to the are up to when hidden out of sight. Indeed
end of adolescence, and often well into later life lionesses when hunting as a group seem to be
in the modern world. peculiarly prescient just when the whole trap is
The degree of BF development is very ready and 'set' even when completely out of
different in individuals, and varies from a very sight of each other. It is all done, of course, at a
strong BF of a university professor perhaps, to 'gut' level, and not linguistically at all.
the Bf of an uneducated person. Primitive Early Bronze Age man was far more of the
tribesmen or our remote ancestors can be bf<---LF/SM mode than is modern man. In this
expressed by bf notation with the lower case state things like 'naiads' and 'nymphs' may spot on (it is the VR / FIELD existence cycle they
letters indicating the degrees of strength and indeed have been actually seen, as ipacs of recall), and that they can access stored ipac
'domination' of this aspect in our BF<--->LF/SM other life-forms. The idea of a 'satyr' or a 'faun' based information much more easily than the
expressions. We could write down an early together with the god 'Pan' of the forests were rest of us. As they modernise and adapt more
Stone Age ancestor as bf<<---LF/SM to indicate commonplace in those days. They have lived on intellectually based ways, so it is to be predicted
an individual who will allow his emotional as 'Puck' and 'Robin Goodfellow' into our own they too will lose contact.
feelings to dominate far more easily than is the mediaeval historical times. All imagination? Well There seems to be 2 other ways in which
case nowadays. You would have needed to be have a look at the picture printed opposite. the BF<>LF balance can be tilted away from BF
very careful how you handled him, or it would to access the FIELD. One is known by the
be a case of a faceful of fives. However this general term of Yoga, and the other is hypnosis.
bf<<---LF notation also indicates that the Yoga diminishes BF dominance by an act of
'primitive' man's mind could access FIELD ‘will’. A true adept can then directly control SM
information far more easily than can our and do things like lower blood pressure, or alter
'sophisticated' BF<--->LF balanced mind. What their heart rates. There is a puzzle here, since if
this theory implies, therefore, is that what we BF is being shut down (and fMRI scans confirm
tend to call a 'primitive' person may in fact, in this), and this is where the conscious 'YOU' is
certain ways, have superior capabilities to the sited, then the will-directed order to 'shut down'
modern westernised mind, and that what we should also itself shut down, a kind of fail-safe
call superstition may not be as clear cut as we effect. It obviously does not, so it would appear
tend to think. Let's look at this a bit more. that the 'order' and hence the 'will' is sited
Trance states induced by repetitive dance elsewhere in the brain. This is almost certainly in
routines have an ancient history and have been a structure called the Putamen, which is known
shown on wall paintings in caves from 40,000 to control the 'spotlight of attention' in the brain.
yrs BCE. If you look at the shaman in his 'deer's In Yoga the spotlight is kept very firmly upon
head' hat what is he trying to do? He is trying to LF/SM, and it would seem that it is this
bring a successful outcome to the projected mechanism that is controlling things. In
hunt, and our modern palaeontologist simply evolutionary terms though the Putamen is at SM
explains it all as simple minds trying to perform levels, and these levels cannot 'think' as we
'magic'. OK it is all interesting enough in its own recognise the term. So how does it do it? One
way since we can see how they thought, but possible explanation is that it is at this very deep
that is as far as it goes. It is worthwhile in this level that ipacs actually interact, and 'play out
context to try to look at what a trance-dance their lives' during the incarnation periods. It is in
actually does in neurological terms. It uses a this 'endless choice' of 'where to shine the
recognised phenomenon called 'entrainment' to spotlight' that the ipac 'soul' as we can call it
effectively boost the lower LF/SM circuits. operates. It can respond to a difficult situation
In other words to go from a bf<---LF state to by shining its spotlight onto the BF regions
another which can be written as (bf)<<<LF/SM, when calmly discussing that meeting of your
whereby the logical 'blocking off' aspect of the partner after hours with the PA, or it can choose
mind is closed down completely. In this theory to shine on LF and throw dinner plates. Yogis
FIELD access now becomes much easier. That can access the FIELD but only report second-
shaman on the wall was wearing the deerskin hand visually upon what they have seen.
and he could smell the deer (olfaction is an old It was taken in my back garden (there is Hypnosis is interesting since it enables a
sense that is wired straight into SM). He danced also one of the same site in daylight), and third party to interrogate and ask questions in
to his trance, and he tried to actually 'become' a compare it with the added image of a 16th real time, and thereby gain added information
deer. In this state he could access the {Qf- Century woodcut. perhaps. Serious science (fMRI) has shown
pac/DEER} directly and see what the deer are It is all there, including the 'horn' which the hypnosis to be a real brain state, with the DMN
seeing. When he finally emerges he announces photograph carries in its left hand. The structures quiescent and a right hemispheric
that the herd can be found on a river bend and Australian aboriginal culture has its legend of dominance. It can be enhanced or facilitated by
off the hunting parties go. Early African the great 'Dreamtime'. This whole way of looking the use of transcutaneous magnetic field
explorers have many tales of these kinds of at natural events suggests that they are probably stimulation paddles (TMS) on the left cortex,
FIELD
which thereby inhibits that side. In our created in water, therefore, is to get these phenomenon. It is all too easy to see 'faces in a
parlance, this is a way of shutting down BF by wandering electrons to 'freeze' or decohere. cloud', which is what this process of the human
machine in effect, and allowing the R brain's LF This instruction, in effect, creates a 'pass the imagination is. If these images are, in fact,
full sway. Of great interest also has been the parcel' situation whereby water molecules are showing what they appear to show, then this will
scientifically induced phenomenon of left bereft of their normal complement of indicate that mediums can be genuine. All this
synaesthesia under hypnosis. electrons (albeit for a very short time) and in an kind of information can be accepted in visual
Some people hear musical notes as colours ionised state. If a photon from the flash of a terms rather than having to accept an
- middle C is 'blue', or taste something as digital camera should then hit a molecule in this intermediary's own word for it all, which has
'green'. This has hitherto thought to be a kind of state then the phenomenon of fluorescence will hitherto been a potent source of conflict.
'hardwired' inherited capability, but it seems not. occur. This process is, in effect, what works Everyone can see the 'central apple', that is
It is caused by specific inhibition of certain those fluorescent light tubes in the office. It is being held out by 2 arms. What is important is
pathways, and these can be disinhibited to this process that physically causes the images to note the colours in all these pictures, which
order by LF under hypnosis. This is a graphic to actually form in Tina's steam based para-pics, are very vivid.
example of both the power of hypnosis as a but the 'orders' that are given, or the information
technique, and also how our subconscious LF content that one sees are all FIELD mediated
minds can exert a lot of power on an immediate mechanisms. The latent heat of condensation of
basis. It is in LF that the phenomenon that we the steam into the liquid vapour phase provides
call 'belief' is sited. Hypnotise and order a a ready-made source of energy to drive the
subject to do some act and they will 'believe' whole process.
you on the spot. It is the child's LF mind that Now that there is a more complete
soaks up Father Christmas (give me the child understanding of what is happening, let us look
and I will give you the man). It is also LF that can at what these images seem to have for us. It is
'talk to the FIELD'. The scientists take the saying important to realise that they can be very
'Seeing is Believing' as a basic tenet. The difficult to read, and that we have no monopoly
religious claim 'Only believe and then you will of wisdom in this regard. Like an X-ray or a
see'. This way at looking at how it all actually Kandinsky/Picasso painting, the images are
works supports the white collar view far more superimposed. The cloud is a 3-D structure, but
than the pure scientific/modern viewpoint would these images are in 2-D, though with suitable
like to admit. In short Belief => LF mind circuits equipment comprising multiple cameras and a
=> FIELD information access. synchronised flash, and computer based photo- The brown colours can be clearly seen in
Does this matter to those who study the combination, one might be able to tease out differing shades showing fragments of what
paranormal? Well Michael Newton has a series some of the obscurities, but we have no access appear to be pieces of furniture. The darker flat
of books detailing his findings about the to such kit. The vapour is, of course, a highly wooden top seems to be part of a table or
'afterlife' from past-life hypnotic techniques, mobile medium, and this fact alone seems to similar, with good rectangular outlines. A very
and very interesting they are too. All this cause a degree of distortion to some images; good example, we think, of non-random
suggests that these findings, or 'reports', really this effect we call 'munching' after the painting information processes being present. There is a
may - in fact - all be perfectly correct in broad style of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch crib in order to help the reader see these
outline at least. It is also time to look at our own (The Scream). This article will simply outline aspects. Also note that, not only are the colours
current evidence. what can be seen in these images, by the of the 'correct' tone to portray wood, but the
Tina has taken some 5,700 (and rising) practiced eye at any rate, without much detail various brown shades are not to be found in the
'steam pictures'. All right, one may say so what? as to what is all behind them. In fact, for the 'rainbow' spectrum. They cannot have been
Well firstly, she has long been known to possess majority we are unable to say with any degree simply caused by reflection or refraction of light
mediumistic capabilities in EVP, and the reader of confidence, but even so, some patterns are through water droplets.
should now understand what that means in beginning to emerge.
more neurological terms. But why take images As a first step, we present some evidence
in steam? In order to show why this may be a for artefactual non-random information content.
very good idea in fact, we need to look at the These pictures have been chosen because they
physico-chemical properties of water in a simple show well what are entirely artificial objects, and
way, and things may become a bit clearer. preclude the effects of pareidolia or
We are all nowadays familiar with the basic rorschaching as we like to call the
H2O molecular structure of water. However, in
liquid form it is rather more complex than that.
In fact, water molecules perform a kind of very
complex group-dance with each other, with the
electrons being 'juggled' between individual
molecules. Overall the balance is 2H+ atoms
and 1 O'' one, but at any given fraction of an
instant it may be that a particular molecule has
1 or 2 extra electrons or is lacking the same. In
short, they are ionised at these instants, with
THEY CANNOT HAVE BEEN

the shared electrons in a kind of 'cloud' in
between the individual molecules. In this way
the whole complex situation can viewed as SIMPLY CAUSED BY REFLECTION
being very much more flexible, than - let us say
- a solid iron bar.
OR REFRACTION OF LIGHT
The way that any kind of information can be THROUGH WATER DROPLETS
Here are some faces that we can possibly downloads are therefore telepathic in derivation.
put a name to. The next 2 images are identical, but 1 has been
vertically rotated from its original horizontal
position since it makes instant recognition much
easier. We think that it is an Epitaphios
threnos, which is a name given to images in
cloth or art showing Christ's laying in the tomb.
Pictures that we think show telepathic

processes at work.
This image we think is that of Kapitan Werner
Hartenstein, who commanded U-156 in WWII.
There was a docudrama about the sinking of the
RMS Laconia in the South Atlantic on BBC earlier
this year, and this image was then downloaded.
The main figure has the 'white cap cover' and
binoculars of the U-boat captain, and there is an
outline of an oarsman in the background in one of
the lifeboats. We initially thought that this was a
'mass telepathic' download, but he was to correct
us on that misapprehension a few days later,
which you will see later in the article.
This is the same image, but with outlines to
help you.
Earlier this year there were widespread

reports in the media, and on the net, of the
decision of a German-based insurance
company's decision to reward a very successful
year's results by their staff by treating them to a
party in a brothel. Several images similar to the We have images that indicate or suggest
above were downloaded over the same period. a 'conversation with the dead', and thereby
Note the way the nude figure(s) have been their survival.
coloured in a natural 'pink'.
This next image we think is Leonardo da

Vinci. Compare it with the portrait.
At the time that the original para-pic of

Very frequently there are downloads of Kapitan Werner Hartenstein was downloaded a
religious content. These we think are almost lot of discussion went on as from where this
certainly a consequence of intense meditation information came. Since there was a
processes taking place in some religious centre widespread TV dissemination by TV of the
(unknown as a rule), and it does not necessarily whole 'Laconia incident', we were a little puzzled
represent the 'real thing' as such at all. These by the rather different facial appearance of the
FIELD
para-pic to the TV actor playing him who we We have a series of images that seem to
thought 'ought' to be what a telepathic sending show the processes that occur after decease
would create. Then the above image was through to their conclusion. It seems to agree
downloaded, which was instantly recognised as with both the ancient Egyptian 'ka' religious
the 'Kapitan' again. This time he is pointing to concepts (and Buddhist), and Michael
himself as if to say, "Wise up you guys, this is all Newton's past-life hypnotic regression reports.
down to me. I sent it". We have a lot of these images, and it is only
possible to include a few from a complete
'sequence', but we can give the idea. What
seems to happen is that the newly deceased
'hangs around', first of all watching the funeral
processes. This we got from both Elizabeth
Taylor and Seve Ballesteros's funerals, which
were downloaded.
Then there were some downloads that

seem to show her in front of 'The Light'. These
started to come through after a silent lapse of
some 6 weeks or so.
There was also a download that appears to

have come directly from the late HM the Queen
Mother. This one appeared at the same time as
the recent wedding of the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge. There is a contemporary
portrait of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at the time of
her own wedding to the then Duke of York in
the 1920s. She seems to be 'looking in' and This first rather faint image shows the
watching it all, and saying, "This is how I looked deceased individual lying in the coffin/bed as if
when I got married". looking down from above. The next para-pic
shows the same pattern with the dead body
lying below and the Qf-pac/Taylor looking at it.
The last image we have downloaded is this
one very recently. She looks perfectly happy
and is as pretty as she ever was. This is the full
{If-pac(a)}/TAYLOR state, or what is more
familiarly called her soul.
We then obtained a lot of very 'skeletal' and

decaying remains images which were entirely
compatible with the ancient religious concepts
in Egypt about the 'ka'. This really does seem to
happen, and we have had a lot of similar There are some images that may possibly
downloads in this vein. The next para-pic is indicate messages from another intelligent
extraordinary. It seems to show a skeleton sitting species other than our own. While these may be
up with its heart and aorta outlined in red. It is a doubtless contentious, these images may
communication in effect to say "My heart broke" indicate that the FIELD can be used by any
(she died of heart failure), a very clear message intelligent species and that the action at a
to our eyes, and it shows that she is distance principle will allow communication
nevertheless still very much 'alive', but still across vast distances instantaneously. If this
bound to the grave it would seem. should prove to be the case in practice then it
may offer an explanation for the 'Where are they image shows significant differences to the As a finale there has been included a
all?' conundrum when it comes to the search for Leonard Nimoy character as shown on TV. He picture that we think solves a historical mystery.
extraterrestrial species (SETI). The answer may, has a much 'sharper' chin and nose, the eyes It has been titled as 'Joshua Slocum' who was a
in fact, be that they are all around us, or at least have a blue streak running back, and the hair - famous single-handed navigator of the 19th
those that can use the FIELD, but we need while dark - has a very pointed crown. His Century, and who mysteriously vanished after
these kinds of techniques to be able to visualise famous 'Live long and prosper' bifid hand signal setting out on what proved to be his last voyage.
and communicate with them. seems to come from a very 'alien' sort of hand. The para-pic shows a 'drowned sailor' in a blue
In addition there is a 'Mrs Spock and Junior' to jacket in the centre, the sunken boat, a broken
be identified if you try. This would be a way for mast, and - most telling - the upper parts of a
the 'messenger' to indicate 2 things by mute whale in the lower left ¼. We think he died as a
signal alone. Firstly, it is indeed a kind of "Hi consequence of a whale strike.
there! Nice to se you and we're friendly"
message, and also a kind of "Relax - we are just
like you really, here's the wife and kid". I am not
aware that the 'Spock' Star Trek character had a
wife and children - though his older family did
appear once in a film I think.
It is this peculiar mix of the familiar - yet not
quite right - and using a story background
'personality' to use as a 'cover' that makes this
so persuasive to our minds as being evidence of
a real alien contact. Using this image-based
methodology, it would be by far and away the
This image was downloaded by Tina, and best way to actually do it. 'Don't frighten the
the main content was immediately recognised children' may be a rather more widespread
to contain a very distinct, but quite 'alien' figure motto than we think. If this analysis is correct
in a semi-profile. If you need to, you can refer to then the implications are profound. It may be the
the 'cribs' provided which outline the main case, in fact, that the SETI-style search looking
features of him. 'He' was instantly christened as for extraterrestrial intelligence is failing because
'Spock', needless to say owing to the similarities interstellar communications do not have to use
to the famous character from the Star Trek waves on the electromagnetic spectrum, with
TV/Film series. In fact, a closer inspection will their associated speed limitations. Perhaps it
show a 'Mrs Spock' and a possible 'Spock can be done by using the omnipresent and
Junior' in addition (use the crib to help you). universal background information FIELD.
The immediate puzzle that emerges is 'Where
does this image come from?' or in other words
'Who sent it?' Tina was not 'asking' for anything
related to TV/Film events (though these
downloads are not infrequent); it just came
out of the blue. We had been debating
previously though as to whether the action at a What these pictures seem to be telling us is
distance rules might allow for instantaneous quite revolutionary if one is prepared to take it all
trans-stellar communications, using these at face value - and many people simply won't.
FIELD-based images. However, these para-pics do seem to contain
Now we do need to look at how an alien real information. Not only from the straight lines,
from the planet 'Zog' might go about sending colours and so forth, but from the way that
some kind of "Hi there! Nice to see you." kind of some seem to be in the nature of a
message. Now the problem the alien has is very 'conversation'. The fact that the images can be
likely to be simply that it looks like a creature downloaded into steam vapour clouds alone
that we just do not recognise as such. We label shows evidence of 'mind over matter' effects,
a lot of images that we really do not understand whatever the contents might happen to be. The
as 'aliens', but then they may equally well just be FIELD seems to be the 'Net of Nets'.
our imaginations, or whatever. It would seem We seem to be able to access the past, the
logical to suggest that a real alien intelligence present and occasionally the future (not shown
might adopt a rather different approach. here), albeit by a very short time frame. It is, in
The first step would be to use an 'alias' that fact, very simple to do - the reader can try. It is
we can relate to as a species. For this likely though that good results will only come
approach, the 'Spock' character is ideal. It is from those who possess the 'correct' BF<>LF
recognised by millions and is both comforting balance of their minds, and that a lot of practice
for us to view psychologically (instead of will be needed. Tina's pictures were very
perhaps some lump of goo), but this same indifferent at first, but after some 9 months of
'alias' is also instantly identified however as an unrelenting practice, the results have improved
'alien from Vulcan'. This would instantly put any dramatically. Patience is the name of the game.
viewer from our planet on the 'Qui Vive', which Hugh Fairman has a new book entitled "Ghosts
is the purpose of the exercise. are Real" ISBN 978-0-9572385-0-3 due for
A closer inspection of the main 'Mr Spock' release very shortly.
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Ruby Winchester covers and eventually I must have fallen asleep. nonplussed. I asked her if she spoke to me and
When I woke the next morning, I thought it she told me no, but that she had also heard
When I was about 11 or so, I had a very may have been a dream so I didn't tell anyone someone say my name. I was quite shaken to
strange experience, which left me quite about it. I eventually forgot about the incident. say the least. The voice was a bit atonal, and I
shaken. I’m not sure whether it was a dream or if About 6 years later I bought a Stephen King was unable to tell if it was male or female. I have
it happened, but I will describe it and let you book called Insomnia in which the main heard my name whispered quite a few times
make up your own mind. I had been asleep, but character, Ralph Roberts, witnesses a similar since, and occasionally feel like I am touched or
felt sure that I had woken. It was around scene played out at a neighbour’s house. In that my clothes are tugged. It’s not scary, and I
midnight, and it wasn’t unusual for me to wake short, it turns out these beings are kinds of find it quite comforting.
up without realising it. I remember that I was ‘angels of death’ who come to help people pass About 18 months ago, in 2009, I had a
looking out of the window for some strange into the afterlife. Roberts christens them ‘Clotho’ strange experience that I’m not sure how to
reason. I became aware of some movement at and ‘Lachesis’ after the Greek ‘Moirai’, with explain. At about two o’clock in the morning, I
the front of the house that was diagonal and to ‘Atropos’ being a loose cannon who is killing found myself vaguely aware of a presence in my
the left of my home. As I looked, two small men people. I was quite perturbed by the similarities room. As I looked at the bottom of my bed, I had
(about three feet tall) with bald heads were to what I had witnessed. If anyone has any ideas a clear impression of something grinning as it
climbing out through a closed window at the side about this, I would like to hear from you. pulled itself up over the footboard. I recall
of the door, almost like a cellar window, although thinking, “Oh no you don’t”. Then all of a
none of the houses in the street had a cellar. sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a
Once out of the window they straightened THE SECOND EVENT white shape. Then I heard a crack, a bit like the
their clothes, which looked not unlike a medical- In about 1996, I lived in Dagenham in Essex in a noise a wet towel makes if you flick it at
type man’s uniform, and they had a Gladstone- small, relatively new, house. We had lived there somebody. Then the thing at the end of the bed
type medical bag. They then turned to each for a few months when something very strange vanished. I can’t describe either of these two
other and appeared to be conversing, although happened. It was around nine thirty in the entities, as it was more of an impression of
they weren’t actually talking - their lips weren’t morning and I was in the living room looking out these things than an actual image. Also, during
moving - but I just knew they were talking. Then of the window, which looked out on the back the couple of minutes that this happened I
one shook his head and they embraced. Just as garden. My mum was sleeping in the living didn’t feel frightened, just nonplussed. I’m not
they were about to leave they seemed to room as she was recovering from major surgery. really a sceptic, or a blind faith believer, in the
become aware of me, and the ear of one of I was daydreaming when, as clear as day, I matter of spirits, although I do have an open
them elongated and reached all the way up to heard a voice call my name. I turned to see if my mind. I just don’t know of a natural explanation
my window, at which point I hid under my mum had called me, but she was looking at me for this event.
AT ABOUT TWO O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING, I FOUND MYSELF VAGUELY AWARE OF A PRESENCE
IN MY ROOM. AS I LOOKED AT THE BOTTOM OF MY BED, I HAD A CLEAR IMPRESSION OF
SOMETHING GRINNING AS IT PULLED ITSELF UP OVER THE FOOTBOARD.
Readers’ Letters
Dear Brian
This is what we witnessed on 17th Augu of time. Anyway, at about 1.15am I told Ash
st /18th
August 2011. My friend Ash and I had been that
I was going to get my things together and
working at the Iron Age village at The Midd go back
en, to the caravan, and get my head down for
Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, and as there the
are night. Ash said to give it a few minutes for
clear skies at night down there, we sorte the
d out a fire to burn down.
date to do a little sky-watching. I drove 15
miles I got my bits and bobs together to take back
down from Hunstanton on the Wednesda to
y the caravan and then lay back down on the
evening to meet Ash on site, and we gath bench, and almost straightaway - high up
ered in the
some wood for our fire and sorted food and night sky – saw two faint shooting stars
drink in the
out, plus jackets as we were going to be outsi same spot and just for a split second they
de passed,
until about 1.30am(ish). The winds were heading west. I said to Ash, “Did you see
light them?”
and blowing in from the east coast to the He said “No, but I can see THEM!” To the
south east,
west, and the clouds were very few and high up in the night sky – very high – there
sparse.
At about 10pm we each lay back on a long was a
bench, fleet of star-size craft moving west and they
just gazing up in to the night sky - nothing filled the sky from left to right, or north
much to south!
to see for some time, just the odd shooting
star! I was counting them but lost count! We kept
We chatted for a while – just small talk - looking at the moon to make sure that what
then we
heard a church clock strike midnight and we
this were seeing was, in fact, on the move and
got me to refocus on what we were doing not an
there, illusion caused by light clouds passing. We
so to speak. looked
up until 1.55am, just as the last of the fleet
Shortly after this, Ash said, “There’s a plane was
coming over – they all moved at the same
heading south, possibly to Norwich Airport?” speed
and stayed in formation right across the
“Yep, that’s a plane,” I said as we could see sky! No
the sound, no vapour trail – just faraway in spac
navigation light. But what we didn’t notic e. No
e at the doubt, all the NASA shuttle crew were aslee
time was a large, milky-white light a little p or
lower cowering behind their seats because they
than the plane coming from the North West couldn’t have missed this fleet; it filled the
. This whole
passed just under and behind the plane so night sky. Did anybody else see it?
the
cockpit crew must have seen it! It looked
to us
that they were possibly going to crash into
each
other! This was a very near miss, and shou
ld Clive Hodge
have been reported. Well, I thought that
at least Hunstanton
we did get to see something so it wasn’t a
waste Norfolk
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TITLE: The Forbidden Universe

The Forbidden
Universe A new book by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince is normally astronomy and mathematics, all of which were regarded with
something to look forward to and The Forbidden considerable superstitious fear by the early Church fathers.
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Lynn Picknett and to make frequently obscure and esoteric subjects, something Paracelsus, Agrippa, Galileo, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, and
Clive Prince in which both authors and researchers specialise, both all the rest ran considerable risk of being branded as heretics
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because the principles upon which their arguments and fact that they also used specific aspects of sorcery (and
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of science and encompasses such subjects as alchemy, not only possible, but often demonstrably so. However, as the
authors point out, it is not unknown for Newtonian scientists to deliberately both create and support life and that it was
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never loses its sense of wonder at the possibilities offered by and teases, it hints and nudges, but leaves the final decision
the universe and all it contains. The authors also have the to the reader, and rightly so. One (of the many) electrifying
chutzpah to take a healthy sideswipe at the dogmatic propositions made is the notion that the universe created us,
atheism of such modern luminaries and self-appointed and through us observing it, allow it to exist in the first place,
defenders against ‘superstition’ as Professor Richard a truly mind blowing concept and only one of many. This is
Dawkins. The rabid and instinctive rationalism of Prof an important book and one that deserves to be read by
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held by the conventionally religious, and is equally as tedious. yes, magick. I heartily recommend this book to any seekers
What this book does do in spadefuls is suggest very of wisdom out there, and suggest that you go out and buy it
plausibly that the universe appears to have an inbuilt function now. You will NOT be disappointed.
TITLE: Zones of Strangeness: an Examination of

Zones of
Strangeness: an
Paranormal and UFO Hotspots
Examination of
This book starts with the legitimate premise that some which refers to the unlikely phenomenon created by the
Paranormal and UFO
geographical areas worldwide seem to generate more than Canadian researcher John Hutchison, and the closely linked
Hotspots
their fair share of occurrences that fall under the general findings of people like Albert Budden. Budden asserts that
heading of the paranormal. In this rather hefty (more than exposure to electromagnetic fields can create conditions in
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Peter A McCue
include traditional supernatural manifestations alongside UFO own paranormal phenomena through what Budden calls the
related events since, in many cases, there is little if any ‘electro-staging hypothesis’, and strongly implies that this
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exposition where the reader is given a potted history of what circumstances, but fails to explain why some of the
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culling a wide range of opinions and shades of belief in all both in the UK and elsewhere where large numbers of these
of these ultimately interlinked subjects and presenting them events occur. Places such as Warminster, Clapham Wood,
in a logical, fair and reasoned manner. It speaks volumes for the Pennines, Cannock Chase and Bonnybridge to the
him that he does not take the evidence at face value either, Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, USA, and on to the Bermuda
but looks at other possibilities that may explain it. That said Triangle and Puerto Rico. All these locations are long noted
it helps greatly that the author, Dr Peter McCue, is a retired for the bizarre events and sightings that have supposedly
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nature of hypnosis. Crucially he also accepts the validity of occurred in a reasonable and fair manner while offering a
various phenomena ascribed to the paranormal. few suggestions why along the way.
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persuasively using valid case studies drawn both from his succeeds in combining a scholarly and academic approach
own researches and from those of other experts in this with complete accessibility, and that is not an easy task.
always-fascinating subject. His open-minded, yet cautious, Those with some prior knowledge of the subject can dip in
approach is a refreshing antidote to the usual gang of to find a useful nugget of information, while those who are
naysayers and deniers who are extremely vociferous in their perhaps less familiar with the subject are equally well
efforts to disprove and dismiss anything remotely catered for with the careful introductory groundwork
paranormal, and the author has a few well-chosen words for presented before each section. There is no doubt that this
them as well book is a valuable reference work for the seasoned
What Dr McCue has also done is explore some researcher and an invaluable learning tool to those still
controversial areas not normally seen in books of this type, seeking a way in to this most enigmatic of subjects. I have
specifically phenomena such as the ‘Hutchison Effect’ no hesitation in giving it a hearty seal of approval.
THE AUTHOR SELECTS SOME OF THE BEST-KNOWN LOCATIONS BOTH IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE
WHERE LARGE NUMBERS OF THESE EVENTS OCCUR. PLACES SUCH AS WARMINSTER, CLAPHAM
WOOD, THE PENNINES, CANNOCK CHASE AND BONNYBRIDGE TO THE SKINWALKER RANCH IN
UTAH, USA, AND ON TO THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE AND PUERTO RICO.
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The Un-magickal Record of TITLE:

THE GREAT BEAST 666 The Un-magickal
Record of
THE GREAT
Many biographies (and one that was almost a stage illusion and conjuring, quite clear.
BEAST 666
hagiography) have been written about the late and It is possible, even likely, that the magical system
notorious magician Aleister Crowley and your reviewer developed by Aleister Crowley, (Thelema or will), might even
AUTHOR:
has read a couple, but this is the first time I have seen a actually work. It is after all another version of chaos magick,
Richard T Cole
work about the man presented in such a unique fashion. which operates by using much the same method, i.e.
The book is in A4 format and runs to 277 pages, and rather imposing your will on the external world to make it conform to
your wishes: and that is more or less how Crowley saw it. The
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about Crowley dating foolishness is the
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THE OVERALL IMPRESSION OF { perceived desire and
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REVIEWER:
Brian Allan
photographs of both of the adherents, but
Crowley and his
OUT OF PRINT MAGAZINES AND in itself contributes
fellow travellers; some IS A CREDIT TO ITS AUTHOR nothing. What is even
of them were more interesting,
certainly new to me. although - and
The only deviation from this, (and when discussing unfortunately - the compiler and the various contributors fail
Crowley deviation can take many, very literal forms), comes at to mention it, is that thoughts do indeed have power, and can
the beginning where various people who have had a hand in directly affect the physical world. This has now been
its production give their, (mostly favourable) two-pennyworth. successfully demonstrated in quantum physics. In effect, we
The verbatim style of reproduction used actually benefits can edit reality at the very tiniest level; the trick is to magnify
from the mainly pulp magazines that originally published the this to affect things at a practical size.
articles, in that original adverts and cartoons have been left in However, all that aside does the book work? Well yes, in
situ rather than edited out. This adds a slight feeing of the main it does, but, and there is inevitably a ‘but’, what
nostalgia for times past and perhaps rather more innocent these sometimes lengthy articles reveal is that although they
attitudes. Significantly, it also adds to the enjoyment of seem to agree on the majority of the facts about the life of the
turning the pages. mage, there is considerable divergence (or lack of research)
The book successfully shows that although he could regarding some points. For example, one article gives the
have faded into obscurity after his death in 1947 while living impression that Crowley thought that religion was absolutely
in straitened circumstances in a Hastings boarding house, he marvellous; well he certainly had an excellent knowledge of it
did not. In a prime example of delayed zeitgeist, he seems to through the secular schooling inflicted on him by his
have caught the essence of the 1960’s counterculture and Plymouth Brethren-obsessed parents, but this is absolutely
enjoyed a major resurgence, especially in the music industry. wrong. Crowley made it abundantly clear that while he
In fact, it is also arguable that he was the inspiration and certainly had a thorough knowledge of The Bible, he also
original driving force behind the counterculture. His image had an equally thorough detestation of it. With hindsight it is
appears on the cover of the Beatles ‘Sergeant Pepper’ album highly likely that it was his upbringing that directly affected his
and his quest for the ultimate gnosis (make no mistake about later life, and his adoption of magick and all its trappings as
this, like all magicians his outlook was Gnostic) was adopted his chosen lifestyle.
by such acolytes as Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page. Perhaps the There is one thing that is certain, and it is that Aleister
louche and often dissipated, sybaritic rock’n’roll lifestyle of Crowley, although he was extremely charismatic, could be
musicians would have suited the magician very well indeed. It absolutely charming and possessed a ready, if acerbic wit,
is no accident that the former well-known music journalist was not a ‘nice man’ in any conventional sense, far from it.
Sandy Robertson penned the introduction to the book. One article quotes one of his associates, (it is difficult to
The reportage in the articles ranges from agenda driven discern whether he actually had friends), as saying that
vilification and hatchet jobs, one by an individual who - given Crowley was, ‘not a man one would want to know personally’.
his speciality - should really have known better, to half-decent The overall impression of this work is that it was assembled
attempts at presenting the known facts about Crowley. This with great care from hard to get, and long out of print
second approach allows the readers to make up their own magazines and is a credit to its author, Richard T. Cole, and
minds, and that - in this reviewer’s opinion - is the only way to his perseverance in digging out all this material.
approach frequently difficult areas of interest like this. The There are a few ups and down in the book, after all the
subject of magick in general, quite apart from Crowley’s same story can only be told so many times, but where this
Thelemic variation on it, is fraught with superstition, disbelief, work really scores is that it is not a dedicated biography, and
cautious acceptance and, of course, fear and the individual presents a palette of impressions on the life and times of the
articles reflect this. Crowley invariably used the spelling mage. I have no hesitation in recommending it as a
‘magick’ when referring to his techniques, mainly because he worthwhile addition to the bookshelves of both the avowed
wished to make the difference between what he did, and Crowleyphile and those who are just testing the water.
TITLE: ‘Crystal Clear’
‘Crystal Clear’
Just now and again a book emerges that really does live those who channel them can be extremely unforgiving and
AUTHOR: up to its claims and hype. Examples of this very rare breed more than a little malicious.
Richard T Cole include Lyall Watson’s Supernature, Colin Wilson’s The There is even a revealing section devoted to a very few of
Occult, Graham Hancock’s Supernatural and the Solomons’ the emails that went back and forth (the names have
PUBLISHER: The Scole Experiment. At long last here is another one that unfortunately been redacted) from the author to some of
Orange Box Books dwarfs these in the sheer magnitude and scope of what it these psychics asking a few relevant questions. The replies,
achieves and that is Crystal Clear by Richard T Cole. This where they even bothered to reply, are telling. The majority
PRICE: book demonstrates that, as it says on the cover, ‘Everything contain stern warnings and imprecations from agents,
£12.99 you think you know about the paranormal, life and the managers and lawyers threatening dire legal outcomes if
universe just changed’ and it does, it really does. The sheer their respective clients’ names are released in connection
ISBN: chutzpah of the concept floors you: for the first time ever here with the book. In fact, should he have so chosen, Richard T
1-900962-96-9 is a book, written by a long-time believer and researcher into Cole could have gone to court and won hands down.
the paranormal as a genuine phenomenon, demonstrating However, the original purpose of Skully was an honest
REVIEWER: that the supposedly ‘sensitive’ individuals, the term used in attempt by Dave, not to disprove or deride the undoubted
the book, are either deluded or little more than self-serving talents of psychics, but born of a genuine desire to see if
Brian Allan
fakes and frauds. anyone could ‘unlock’ the energies inherent in the skull. He
The author draws on the comprehensive evidence hoped that this might allow him his own personal point of
collected over seven years by one of his friends, referred to as communication with anything that might just be out there.
‘Dave’; in the book, and compiles a genuinely jaw-dropping This never did occur. However the book, which is written with
account of what happened when a supposedly ancient a very welcome wry humour, works on many levels. What the
‘crystal skull’ was manufactured around eight years ago. This author succeeds in making very clear is that this book was
skull was made of plastic resin, then polished and formed not just about ‘outing’ fake channellers (although that will
with, among other things, an angle grinder, files and hardly harm its sales), but that there is a new eon (for good or
sandpaper then passed off as the genuine article. Dave ill) waiting just around the corner, and the precursors of its
placed adverts in various journals asking for the services of birth are happening right now.
psychics and other supposed ‘sensitives’ to help channel The author advises us to take a look at events in the
whatever entities were just waiting ‘out there’ to regale us with world right now, the simultaneous and bizarre rejection and
their knowledge and wisdom. embrace of anything spiritual, riots and strife, the crashing
Over the course of the seven years more than four financial markets, the social and cultural implosions, all
thousand individuals channelled the skull, later referred to as being set up for ‘something’, an epoch defining change of
‘Skully’. All of them produced breathless and amazing some kind. Neither is this book intended as a cheap ‘cash
accounts of what those who supposedly manufactured the in’ on the rapidly approaching date of the supposed ‘end
artefact wanted us to hear. The really astonishing thing is that, times’ allegedly foretold in the Mayan Calendar, for ultimately
despite Dave’s many concerns, not one of them divined that this is a work of great compassion and hope. This work is a
the skull was not an ancient crystal artefact manufactured by vital tool in appreciating and understanding the world,
unknown technologies, including ‘psychic chisels’ paranormal, spiritual and otherwise, that surrounds us and
apparently, but a modern plastic fake. its relevance cannot be overstated. I can only heartily
Fortunately, Dave had captured the vast majority of these suggest that you buy this book, because I promise you
sessions on video tape and they include channellers, both that you will be the better and more knowledgeable for it.
amateur and extremely well known, including other owners of Highly recommended!
genuine crystal skulls, so there was no way out. Sadly, for
legal reasons that would have delayed the publication of the
book for years due to frantic litigation, no names are given, ‘EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU KNOW
and even some of those who devised the experiments have
been given pseudonyms. The reason for this was because
ABOUT THE PARANORMAL, LIFE AND
those who attribute marvellous powers to the skulls and THE UNIVERSE JUST CHANGED’
Books and more from...
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Haunted Pubs, Inns & Hotels of Derbyshire TITLE:

Haunted Pubs,
This book, which enjoys remarkably good production information contained in these pages to whet the Inns & Hotels of
values, might as well be titled Haunted Derbyshire appetite of the most discerning and jaded aficionado of Derbyshire
Volume II since it is a logical and welcome the supernatural. Unrequited love, suicides, murders,
continuation of the first book, and as such it is a phantom animals, poltergeists, noisy phantom children, AUTHOR:
worthy and worthwhile addition. In it, the author takes a disembodied voices and even the shade of a long-dead Jill Armitage
look at the many haunted hostelries and pubs in Roman soldier: they’re all here.
Derbyshire and from the number of fascinating tales in While this book will obviously appeal to the local tourist PUBLISHER:
the book there must be a fair few. Just why these kind of board and the bookshops in the local towns, equally it Amberley Publishing
establishments should achieve such a reputation for should serve as a handy guide for local groups of ghost
ghosts and apparitions is hard to say. Perhaps it’s due to busters seeking projects. The phantoms described here PRICE:
the number of people who have visited over the years and have a good deal of provenance and indeed several have £12:99
left some trace of their passing. already been evaluated by a few investigative groups, and
On the other hand, perhaps they have been the scene these investigations have unearthed some interesting ISBN:
of many tragic and traumatic events, especially in some results which are included in the book. 987-1-4456-0464-0
of the older hostelries that served a dual purpose as Every county, shire, town and village throughout the
mortuaries and even jails. Or might it be due to the fact United Kingdom has its share of eerie tales that deserve
that almost all the buildings are licensed premises and to be told, and this book serves its function very well
already contain spirits (in bottles) and when the two are indeed. It is very well researched and is absolutely
mixed might one kind of spirit beget the other? invaluable to those who seek out the strange, unusual
The book, which is profusely illustrated, draws on and anomalous in Derbyshire ... and perhaps to those
tales from many of the towns and villages in the county who choose to visit the area seeking something just a
alphabetically from Ashborne to Wirksworth. Many of the little different. All in all the book justifies its price tag and
ghostly accounts are taken verbatim from the eyewitness I would recommend it to would-be ghost hunters in
testimony of guests, passers-by and residents, while Derbyshire, to those who enjoy a pub crawl with an edge,
others are based on apocryphal tales and hearsay. and to anyone else with a taste for the unearthly, the
Whatever the source, there is more than enough bizarre and the strange.
DVD’S
Dream House TITLE:
Dream House
This film really does suck you in from the opening door neighbour’s husband glare and absolutely drip with
sequence right through to the spectacular plot twist hatred every time he sees Will? Why does Will find the local FEATURING:
about halfway through, and the suspense never really teenagers holding some kind of occult ritual in the Daniel Craig, Rachel
lets up till the closing credits role. In fact the viewer tends basement? Why does everyone seem so awkward and ill at Weisz, Naomi Watts,
to wonder why they did not see it all coming from the start, ease when he is around? Who is Peter Ward and why was his and Marton Csokas
and an example of this occurs about five minutes in when the family so brutally murdered in the house that Will and his
hero Will Atenton, (played by Daniel Craig), is clearing his family currently live in? Why does….ah no, that is a question DIRECTOR:
desk to leave his successful job while his replacement too far. Jim Sheridan
relocates into the office almost as he is exiting through the After the stunning secret of the film, and the threat to Will
door. Surely even American big business is not that is revealed, the audience is really rooting for him and hoping GENRE:
impersonal and brutal? that he can redress the cause of the horror and drama Supernatural/psychol
Initially the film seems to be a supernatural/ghost story, playing out in the recesses of his mind. Actually, one thing ogical thriller
but in fact is considerably more, and the expert blend of part- the film does do extremely well (although perhaps
supernatural / part-psychological with a smidgeon of horror unintentionally) is underline one of the most ephemeral yet
thrown in is very neatly achieved by the director. It is fundamental questions of all. What defines reality and how is
frustrating that, in films of this genre, to give a comprehensive it defined; is it internal or external or something else entirely?
review of the many twists, turns, and final dénouement For some reason the film did not do all that well when on
would, through the many spoilers, utterly destroy the carefully general release and I cannot for the life of me see why; too
constructed tension and visual clues scattered throughout as many critics with little or no understanding or appreciation of
the film builds up. However suffice to say that all (and I do the paranormal perhaps? The film works well on every level
mean all) is far from what it seems. and should appeal to a wide cross-section of the public,
Why are the local police so indifferent to Will’s concerns especially those who have an interest in the strange and
about the threat posed to his apparently perfect, loving family unexpected, and on that basis I can thoroughly recommend
by a possible stalker and Peeping Tom? Why does the next it.
TITLE: UFO’s [sic] and the Extraterrestrial Threat: –
‘UFO’s [sic] and the
Extraterrestrial Threat
Battlefield Earth
– Battlefield Earth’
A review DVD came though the letterbox, dropped onto the cancers have gone and he has the documentation from the
floor, and as usual I had a quick look at the cover. WOW! hospital to prove it. A miracle? Well yes, it is, but it would need
RUNNING
‘UFO’s[sic] and the Extraterrestrial Threat – Battlefield Earth’. It much more than an interview on TV to prove it, because in any
TIME: other context this would indeed be a miracle, and the ETs
was a comprehensive 3 DVD set as well. The back cover blurb
Approx 200 minutes
was equally alluring with its fevered comments about enigmatic would be angels. The disc also includes the UK editor of Nexus
‘men in black’, and battles between men and aliens. According magazine, who presents his take on the 1969 moon landings,
PUBLISHER: and his contention that they are faked for reasons that
to the blurb, governments are concealing all this from you, and
World Wide
on the DVDs are accounts from world-renowned experts in the encompassed both American national vanity and political
Multi Media
field giving the low down. From all that, it was fair to assume imperatives.
that this production just had to be something really special with Disc two contains more UFO related material from Ross
PRICE: top class production values. So was it? Well no, not exactly. Hemsworth and concentrates on a classic UFO sighting made
None stated
The 3 DVD set is culled from the back catalogue of Edge by airline pilot Roy Bowyer while flying to the Channel Islands
Media Television, who transmit on Freesat channel 200, and off the south coast of England. This show also contains input
ORDER consists of a number of recorded interviews hosted by such from the ever-reliable Nick Pope, an interesting observation
NUMBER: personalities as Nick Margerrison who presents ‘Esoteria’, Ross from Alan Foster that UFOs might even be sentient, and more
WWMM 1003
Hemsworth and his ‘Now, That’s Weird’, and last but not least, input from Larry Warren about the long-running and iconic
Theo Chalmers with ‘On the Edge’. To be fair, some of the incident at Rendlesham Forest. The only jarring note here is the
interviewees are good, and the first disc has material from apparently pointless inclusion of, and edition of, Theo Chalmers
Esoteria featuring the Ufologist Tony Topping. Tony presents the and ‘On the Edge’, which is an exposé of the UK National
viewer with anecdotal evidence that black helicopters have Health Service by Simon Stone and Angela Sherman. Very
hounded him for conducting his research into the subject, and interesting no doubt, but completely out of place here.
he does actually present some video film showing one of the The third disc is for me the real golden nugget here, and is
helicopters. almost worth the price of the three disc set on its own. It
Much more interesting, though, are his observations on the features a lengthy interview with Richard D Hall who also
matter, and he is quite open in stating that the UFO presents a show on the channel ‘RichPlanet.net’. This has
phenomenon contains more than a hint of the paranormal, and segments from Timothy Good and Gary Heseltine, who both
as far as this reviewer is concerned he is correct. This segment present their individual takes on the UFO phenomenon.
also contains an interview with a guy, Dennis Richards, who is Richard D Hall presenting his 30 secrets of the spiritual
certain that ETs removed cancers from his chest. To dimension to Ufology is the section of the third disc that stands
substantiate this, he presents evidence showing that he did out most for me. This is genuinely thought-provoking and
appear to have a cancer that has since vanished. covered many of my own views on the subject.
He explains that while in some kind of coma/trance in The one thing that this reviewer did find off-putting is that
hospital receiving chemotherapy, he ‘saw’ tiny ETs park an the shows are presented ‘as is’, with all the glitches and hitches
equally tiny flying saucer on his chest, then climb down a ladder left in, and these should - and could - perhaps have been edited
and remove parts of the cancer from his chest, taking it into the out. However, the collection overall is worth viewing and there is
vehicle. What he does know for sure, however, is that the something in it for most viewers.
‘Waterborne’
First and foremost this is not a horror film; it is a low(ish) USA, Malcolm in the Middle. This did tend to add a slight
budget, but very well executed, apocalyptic thriller frisson of typecasting to his central dramatic role, but after
about the social and ethical effects of bioterrorism on a a short while even this disappeared.
community living in and around Los Angeles. The cast The story concerns the dosing of the water supply in an
consists of jobbing actors who have appeared in other area of Los Angeles with a deadly toxin and at first it is not
bigger budget films and none of them fail to deliver. The clear if this was done by an outside terror group like Al
only one tiny issue I did have was the casting of Qaeda or some other group. The effects of the
Christopher Masterson, who appeared in one of contamination are seen through the eyes of three groups,
consistently funniest TV shows ever to come out of the two members of a small National Guard unit sent to
THERE IS AN INTERESTING DICHOTOMY HERE BECAUSE THE SON OF THE FAMILY, ALTHOUGH
ADOPTING THE SIKH DRESS CODE, IS CLEARLY AN AMERICAN AND HAS AN AMERICAN
GIRLFRIEND WHILE HIS PARENTS CLING TO THEIR TRADITIONS. THERE IS ONE PARTICULARLY
EFFECTIVE SEQUENCE CONSISTING OF CUT SHOTS OF A SIKH RELIGIOUS CEREMONY INTERLACED
WITH SCENES OF UNREMITTING AND INCREASING VIOLENCE.
Reviews
safeguard water supplies from looters, two twenty its head as the local rednecks are refused supplies.
something, slacker, trippy college students caught up in the There is an interesting dichotomy here because the son
events, and a family of Sikh shopkeepers who start of the family, although adopting the Sikh dress code, is
rationing their bottled water and treble the prices. clearly an American and has an American girlfriend while
At first each group seems detached and quite separate, his parents cling to their traditions. There is one particularly
but as the film progresses it becomes clear that at some effective sequence consisting of cut shots of a Sikh
point they will meet up. The film shows the steadily mounting religious ceremony interlaced with scenes of unremitting
panic and paranoia among the citizen as water supplies start and increasing violence.
to run low, and how the veneer of civilisation breaks down The climax to the film takes place in the family store
when naked survival is at stake. There is a scene where two when all the characters finally converge in a shootout
men are caught trying to take water from a reservoir that when the more loopy and spaced out of the two slackers
makes the point admirably. The decision of the shopkeepers pulls a pistol and demands water. All in all the film,
to rack up the price of bottle water has predictable effects on although hardly groundbreaking, works on several levels
the Sikh family when obvious (and predictable) racism rears and is well worth watching
TITLE: The Unexplained Explained:

The Unexplained
Explained:
Ghosts and Paranormal Activity
Ghosts and
Based on the remarkable outcome of this unsettling and one of two such walks. In the first walk, she reveals that a
Paranormal Activity
fascinating documentary film it would be better titled ‘great tragedy’ occurred here, but does not elaborate. It is
‘The Unexplained Demonstrated’ rather than The during the second visit that she decides that there was a
CATALOGUE
Unexplained Explained, because this is precisely what violent death here. She tunes into the boy and senses that he
NUMBER:
happens, but more of that later. This latest release from did not deliberately kill himself, but accidentally fell through
WWMM236
World Wide Multi Media and WienerWorld is produced and the trapdoor in the floor above and died from his injuries. At
presented by a researcher, the initially sceptical Paul Wookey, this point however events start to take a more sinister turn
PRICE:
who takes us to Salterforth in the north of England to visit the after she correctly identifies the original owner of the building
£15:99
abundantly haunted hostelry, The Anchor Inn. This by his full name; this is corroborated, an impressive feat
picturesque area of England is also in the vicinity of Pendle, a indeed. We also get the first inkling that the ‘great tragedy’
pretty town and the scene of the notorious Pendle Witch might have several additional layers to it.
Trials. I could go on detailing a list of the many events, but I’ll
So, The Anchor Inn is a suitable setting for an fast forward to the astonishing séance conducted at the finale
investigation into supernatural goings on. The psychically of the documentary when those present, Paul Wookey, Diane
gifted Diane Howe, who - if the documentary is to be believed Howe and two others sit round a table using the traditional
- has some genuinely remarkable talents, joins Paul in his (and extremely risky) Ouija-like method of communication
quest. It is always difficult when reviewing documentaries like comprising a small tumbler and the words ‘Yes’ and ‘No’.
these to judge just how many ‘spoilers’ to use, because to What occurs is impressive to say the least when the original
give too much away would completely ruin the many owner starts to communicate and gets angry - very angry -
surprises, and ... yes ... terrors, contained in this programme. and the EMF meter responds accordingly. We discover the
However, there are so many that a few revelations will do no additional and unsavoury dimension of sex, revenge and
harm. I should emphasise that Paul at no time gives any violence, and the murder of a 14-year-old girl. The medium
information to the medium. manages to move the spirit of the murdered girl to a better
The present pub dates back to 1655, when the original place, a place of peace and sanctuary and Paul Wookey
building was called The Travellers Rest, a packhorse inn justifiably concludes that he is less sceptical than before.
serving the needs of traders passing by. However, in its Well, what to make of it. This reviewer assumes (indeed
present incarnation it has been in use since the 1830s when must assume) that what is seen is genuine and
the ongoing construction of the Leeds/Liverpool canal unrehearsed, because anything else would render the
caused flooding in the original building, so the new pub was production worthless and show the revelations as a shallow
built atop the old. In fact the results of the flooding can still and mean con. What is revealed, therefore, is truly
been seen in the original cellars. astonishing and not a little scary; the séance and what
On arrival, Paul meets with another ‘sensitive’ lady who transpires is harrowing stuff indeed. Buy this DVD and watch
takes him into the cellars explaining that a young boy of 14 it carefully, because this is exactly how investigations into the
called Joe apparently hanged himself there. She also tells paranormal frequently work and it is a prime example of the
him that there is more than one set of phenomena occurring. kind of phenomena seen during investigations of this kind …
In addition, there is an interview with the present licensee in highly recommended!
the cellars of the current pub who recounts other events
which seem to be of the poltergeist variety. He also shows ON ARRIVAL, PAUL MEETS WITH
Paul through the original cellars, one of which includes a
quite remarkable display of stalactites and a few stunted ANOTHER ‘SENSITIVE’ LADY WHO TAKES
stalagmites caused by the accretion of minerals deposited by HIM INTO THE CELLARS EXPLAINING
the continual seepage of rainwater.
At this point Paul is joined by the medium, Diane Howe,
THAT A YOUNG BOY OF 14 CALLED JOE
who quickly ‘tunes in’ and does a walkabout in the cellars, APPARENTLY HANGED HIMSELF THERE.
Coming
N
*
E X T IS S U E
Well, that’s our first edition of the magazine in its new
digital format and I hope you enjoyed it. The next issue
will include such astonishing articles as ‘Islands of the
Dead’ by Kevan Manwaring telling of the mythical islands
where the souls of ancient heroes slumber. In ‘Fiends
Reunited’, Terry Stokes presents some valuable advice on
what can go wrong during exorcisms and Andrew Hind
tells a truly bizarre tale of what might have been a nuclear
explosion in 1944 at the Port Chicago ammunition dump
in California USA. New contributor Rebecca Mansell
gives some timely hints on how to spot if your next door
neighbour is a vampire and Alan James tells us how
childhood abuse might possibly lead to eventual
paranormal events, while the ever reliable Steve Mera
opens his case files and tells of a truly eerie investigation
into what may have been a case of demonic possession:
trust me, it can and does still happen. All this and much,
much more plus another selection of new book and film
reviews in the next edition.
www.paranormalmagazine.co.uk

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Issue 64

The Black Art

New for 2012!

KNOWING YOU, KNOWING US

MEET THE TEAM

34 UFOS HERE AND

06 THE BARBADOS 16 THE GOLDEN LION

44 THE SALE MOOR

56 PORTALS, FACT OR 78 READERS’ 80 REVIEWS

62 THE BLACK ART:

70 FIELD THEORY AND

ELLIOTT VAULT IN CHRIST CHURCH CEMETERY IN OISTINS, BARBADOS,

Nathan Lucas, one of the witnesses to the Barbados events,

THE FIRST CHURCH, BUILT IN 1629, ON THE ORDERS OF THE

Colonel Thomas Chase, the head of the family, was said

an explosion is speeding up, not slowing down. In a perfect vacuum,

PAINSTAKING OBSERVATIONS OF DISTANT

Image 2 If this implausible scenario was not enough to give

“Is our universe embedded in ‘something’ that is also

STRUGGLED TO DEVISE A SIMPLE

PSYCHOLOGICAL, PSYCHO-SEXUAL OR PARANORMAL?

The Golden Lion

and caught one of the most amazing mist

The pit mist

During this séance a number of things

WE HAVE never before. A tremendous gravity around my chest and head,

TO ANCIENT, conscious ‘projections’. These included, once again, the

STRANGER by objective science. Anthony begins his investigations with

in 2001 could likewise herald a similar quantum leap in

was Tellos. He told me that he lived in the stars

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

long. When you think how fast the flashgun

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Today, stories of vampires

anyone who may be protecting the latter

{ received a phone-call from a near-hysterical

Wm. Michael Mott is a writer

A Dual Abduction Case By Dave

THESE EXPERIENCES APPEAR TO

THE CAMERA FOOTAGE

IN 1970 THE CELEBRATED SCIENCE FICTION WRITER CLIFFORD D SIMAK

lifetime exploring the mystic east from India to

bananas in the first place. “He exposed himself

It was now almost (about a foot away)

POLTERGEIST INFESTATIONS SEEM screaming out again about a man in his

THOSE WHO KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS SAY THAT I'M

PORTALS, SCIENTISTS HAVE COME

front, or hanging in front, of

WHILST AT A MUCH PUBLICISED HAUNTED LOCATION, I We contacted the BBC who,

Illustration: Tamsyn Pree

On a cold, November Friday evening around midnight, I

if I was caught up in the paralysis of a waking nightmare. I

GEESE WERE SEEN IN THE AREA AGAIN

THE TERMS ‘BLACK ART’ AND

it be thought of as a continuing movement, did

IN A PRIMITIVE SETTING, MAGIC

THE TEMPLE BRUER 5.151 CIRCLE

LIST OF ‘LINCOLN CLUB’