There’s a famous quote saying that “a fool and his money are soon parted.” This month I tackle the pros and cons of the big cash machine that ghost hunting has become. Hold on to your wallets and walk with me Across the Great Divide as we explore “When...
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Across the Great Divide: “Ghost Hunting: A Eulogy”
Hello and welcome to September. Autumn blessings to all. A recent death went largely unreported. There was no outpouring of grief. No endless video loops in the network news feeds. It went unnoticed because it was a death that had been slow and arduous, occurring over the last 20...
You are not ghost hunters. You are criminals.
I am livid and pissed off beyond words right now. A very old and mostly abandoned, but beautiful, cemetery in Bruce Township, Michigan, that I have visited many, many times has been completely destroyed by reckless, disrespectful, asinine, heartless fucktards. The criminals toppled over headstones and threw the famous...
Across the Great Divide: “When Fantasy Meets Reality: The Conjuring”
It’s August 1st, and that means a new edition of my paranormal column, Across the Great Divide! This time around I discuss the new horror movie, The Conjuring. There’s always a suspicious rift between what is real and what is fantasy when it comes to films based on actual events;...
Across the Great Divide: Stump the Ghost Guy
I wouldn’t say that I have a unique point of view among paranormal researchers, but it is a rather rare one. Most people exist huddled at opposite extremes; that is, they either have a passionate belief in paranormal phenomena, convinced by the tiniest shreds of evidence, or they think...
Across the Great Divide: Paranormal Healing
Does the mind have the power to heal itself from fever-induced delusions or can the possibility exist that angelic forces can cure the sick through their singing? I ponder this question in this month’s peering Across the Great Divide. Read On and Share the Knowledge: http://paganpages.org/content/2013/06/across-the-great-divide-41/
Across the Great Divide: The Minefield between Paranormal Belief and Religion
We’ve covered how to blend spiritual work into paranormal investigations in one of the earliest series for this column; and how the psychology of perception shapes our paranormal experiences; as well as a plethora of discussions on how scientific principles and methods apply to paranormal research. Through it all,...
Across the Great Divide: Some Debts are Hard to Pay
Many of us have visited a casino at least once for a number of reasons- perhaps some time in the limelight with friends at the slots amid conversation and drinks or walking in the shadows feeding the crave of a gambling addiction. Gambling conjures up some rather strong images...
Across the Great Divide: Packing Up and Moving a Haunted House
What happens when a haunted house moves? No, not just the people or objects- but the whole house! A rigging crew in Monroe, Iowa spent February 19, 2013 slowly moving a 100-ton house; and that has local ghost hunters anxiously waiting to see if any paranormal activity follows the...
Across the Great Divide: What does science have to fear from parapsychology?
Last month we discussed some interesting points about science and the unanswered questions raised by parapsychology; a noted professor even attempted to explain some of the principles studied by researchers through the application of mathematical reasoning. However, the underlying question remains: just why, more than 100 years later, does...