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by PsycheVampyre, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:11 Comments(0), Read all
 
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Exorcist expertise sought after Saskatoon 'possession'
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A case of what is being called possible demonic possession in Saskatoon has prompted local church officials to consider the need for an exorcist.

CBC News spoke with a Catholic priest involved in the case, which arose in March, and agreed not to identify participants in order to protect their privacy.

According to church officials, a priest was called to a Saskatoon home by a woman who said her uncle showed signs of being possessed by the devil. The woman believed a priest's blessing could help the distraught man.

At the home, the priest encountered a shirtless middle-aged man, slouched on a couch and holding his head in his hands.
The man had used a sharp instrument to carve the word Hell on his chest.

When the priest entered the room, the man spoke in the third person, saying "He belongs to me. Get out of here," using a strange voice.

The priest told CBC News that he had never seen anything like this and was concerned enough to call police, for safety reasons.

He said he then blessed the man, saying he belonged to the good side, to Jesus. With that, the man's voice returned to normal for a short time.

Not a formal exorcism

The unusual voice returned when police arrived, and the priest continued to bless the man until he resumed a more normal composure.

CBC News followed up on the incident to learn if an exorcism had been performed, but church officials said a formal exorcism did not happen.

Bishop Don Bolen explained that the ritual of exorcism is a very structured exercise. He said it was not clear if the Saskatoon man was possessed or experiencing a mental breakdown.

"I would think there are perhaps more stories about exorcisms in Hollywood than there are on the ground," Bolen said. "But the Catholic Church teaches that there is a force of darkness, and that God is stronger than that darkness."

Church leaders in Saskatoon have been considering whether Saskatoon needs a trained exorcist.

The last person in the city with formal training, Rev. Joseph Bisztyo, retired in 2003.

Nor does the Regina archdiocese have an exorcist, so Bolen said they are looking to other locations.

"We're kind of looking at what the diocese of Calgary does — they have a special commission for spiritual discernment," Bolen said.

He explained that the commission meets with people connected to a possible possession, "to ask whether there's some kind of psychological or psychiatric explanation to a situation," he said, adding the commission is also open to the possibility of demonic possession."

Catholics are not the only ones examining what to do when presented with possible cases of possession.

The 'work of the devil'

Anglican priest Colin Clay, who has worked with Bisztyo, told CBC News the topic of exorcism touches on questions that go back centuries.

The issues revolve around the nature of evil and how to respond to people who claim they have the devil in them.

"The churches have to respond," Clay said. "And they'll either do it by saying — some churches will say — 'Well that's the devil, and the devil is at work in the world and we've got to deal with it,' or the churches will say, 'Well there's certainly evil in the world, whether there's an actual Satan or devil, there's certainly evil in the world, and it has a terrible effect on people's lives,' and so we've got to respond to it."

Clay said he does not dismiss how evil can affect people.

"I take evil very, very seriously," Clay said. "I take the effect that it has on people very seriously, but I don't think that there's any quick fix. The word exorcism worries me a little bit, because it's been given a Hollywood sort of flavour to it, and it's not as simple as that. You don't just say you've got the devil, I'm going to drive it out."

Like the bishop, Clay advocates a measured approach to dealing with claims of possession.

With files from CBC's Dan Zakreski
http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/exor ... ssession-3

by Angel, Friday, 13 April 2012 13:08 [ Read all ]
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Ghost hunters investigate a 160-year-old Portsmouth theater
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Ghost hunters investigate a 160-year-old Portsmouth theater for 'a shadow man'
By RON COLE
PORTSMOUTH—Late Saturday at 11:06 p.m. the house lights were turned off at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre, and a different kind of show was in the offing.

The marquee in front stated Ain't Misbehavin' was playing but it was a different kind of mis behavin' the late night guests were looking for.

The lights were going off to allow S. T. U. R. S. to do their thing.

Seeking The Unknown Realm Society was on a hunt, a ghost hunt.

"We are a group that has been in existence for several years now," said Steve

Clark of Somersworth, one of the organization's founders.

"We go into houses, businesses wherever we are requested to assist people who have an issue with something they can't explain. It might be doors opening and closing, strange unknown sounds, anything that folks are uncomfortable with and need to get clarification for."

Co-founder Ed Meattey of Dover expanded a little. "Often times we get a call from someone who has a problem and needs help defining it. We provide that help, calming them down and reassuring them that they aren't crazy."

Clark chimed in "we investigate things out of the normal run of life, that's why what we do is called investigating the paranormal."

The building housing the Seacoast Repertory Theatre has played host to a number of occurrences over the years.

The brick structure is over 160 years old, having been built in 1850. For many years it housed the Portsmouth Brewing Company and eventually in the twentieth century was turned in to a very popular local theater, first Theatre by the Sea and then evolving into the current entity Seacoast Repertory Theatre.

S. T. U. R. S had heard stories of unusual occurrences in the building and offered to examine them.

Representatives of the Theatre group agreed to let them spend the night using many techniques to scope out the potential for paranormal activity.

"This is a logical step in the existence of our organization, and is the largest structure we have worked with to date," said co-founder Clark as a group of eight began bringing into the depths of the Theatre a variety of devices used in the detection of the paranormal.

"Before examining a location, we do substantial research on it and any previous residents or happenings associated with it," explained Dan Meehan, the organization's chief researcher.

"For example, we have anecdotal evidence of unusual things happening here in the past," said Meehan, also a Rochester firefighter. "Sightings by previous actors of people appearing to be sitting in seats, when in reality they were not occupied, light cords being unplugged while in use and thrown up overhead on pipes, talking heard when there is no one there.

The theater people even named the mischievous perpetrator "Precocious."

Craig Faulkner Seacoast Rep's Artistic Director recounts stories of "a shadow man" seen by several theater members.

"And," said Fauklner, "I have a monitor in my office so that I can watch the stage. I can see orbs floating about all the time."

"I feel a man, wheezing," said empath Mary Sheppard as she walked through the catacomblike interior back stage examining the interior.

Sheppard is owner of A Higher Energy healing center an organization associated with S. T. U. R. S and often gives assistance.

After setting working quietly and professionally setting up IR cameras, voice recorders, laser grids, temperature gauges "to measure heat from somethings unseen," said Clark, the lights went out. "Then it becomes like Christmas to me every time," said member Theresa Astbury. Said her husband Brian "I find it's more like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."

A palpable sense of excitement emanated from the ghost hunters, as they settled in for the night. They could be heard asking quietly in the Stygian darkness "Is anyone here? Would anyone like to talk to us?"

At 4 a.m., the group wrapped up their night.

"We didn't make specific contact with anyone tonight," said Clark, but this is not unusual.

"There were several instances of cool breezes as though someone walked by, this is in a place with no place for air to come in."

Another curiosity, according to Clark, was late in the evening electromagnetic K-2 meters went off the charts after having been quiet all night.

"We also had some pictures taken of a mist over a researcher's shoulder that disappeared in a couple seconds. We have hours and hours of video and audio to examine and who knows what we'll find on those."

According to Artistic Director Faulkner, he doesn't feel threatened by what might there. "It doesn't freak me out," he said, "it's kinda cool."

Source: http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar ... -1/FOSNEWS

by Angel, Wednesday, 04 April 2012 11:24 [ Read all ]
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Ghost hunters detect spirits at Boone Tavern
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Ghost hunters detect spirits at Boone Tavern

By Bill Robinson Senior News Writer

BEREA — Is Boone Tavern, the 103-year-old hotel and restaurant owned by Berea College, haunted?

The 40 ghost hunters who spent Friday and Saturday at the hotel think it is.

The haunting is nothing to be alarmed about, however, said Patti Starr of Ghost Chasers International Inc., who organized the search.

Contrary to all the ghost stories told to frighten children, the spirits usually are shy and almost always benign, Starr said. In fact, they can be helpful to us, and we may be of help to them. If people with bodies help those who have passed on, however, they can return the favor.

Although the spirits often are all around us and may sometimes startle us, for the most part we remain unaware of their presence, Starr told those who came to learn or improve their ghost-hunting skills.

Spirits are easier to detect if the hunter has special equipment that can detect the energy fields and vortexes of beings without bodies.

This past weekend’s event was all about where to look and about using the right equipment.

An abundance of spirits were present at Boone Tavern over the weekend, Starr said before the sleuths broke into small teams Saturday night for their final search of the event.

“This place is like a train station with spirits coming and going,” she said, after numerous vortexes were detected on the property.

Most were detected in the basement, but some were located on the first and second floors, Starr said.

Matter may be converted to energy, but neither matter nor energy can be created or destroyed, according to a law of modern science, said Chuck Starr, Patti’s husband.

When a person dies, the body no longer houses its spirit. Where the spirit goes remains a mystery, but a nearby spirit’s energy can be detected with devices that respond to electro-magnetic radiation.

Once contact is made, the radio-like devices can be used for voice contact.

A rebuilt Edison telephone was the first basic ghost-wave detector, said Jennifer Kirkland of Harrodsburg, who learned ghost hunting from Patti Starr and now has her own enterprise.

The group gathered in a darkened rear area of the hotel lobby as Kirkland turned in the spirit detector, which crackled like a short-wave radio. After a strong-steady sound was obtained, Starr said it had located a vortex.

Those huddled around the set held out digital recorders and snapped photos with cameras.

Starr then called out, “Are there any spirits here? If there is someone on the other side, please say hello.”

“Hey,” a faint garbled voice replied.

“Are you happy over there?” Starr asked. “Quite a bit,” the voice said.

“Do you have any advice for us,” Starr asked, hoping to continue the conversation.

Only static could be heard.

“Is there anyone you’d like to speak with here?” Starr asked, but the contact was lost.

The group split up to try their luck as smaller teams elsewhere in the building.

Members of the hotel staff spoke to the group and told how the voice of a boy named Timmy had been heard in the hotel basement over the years.

Starr, who has organized previous ghost-hunting weekends at the hotel, said the sleuths once made contact with a spirit of a doctor who had tried to save Timmy’s life. Although the doctor had failed to save the little boy, he had resolved to look after him “on the other side.”

A few people with special sensitivity do not need special equipment to communicate with the spirits, both Kirkland and her friend Susan Rushing said. Rushing, a Kentucky native, lives in Atlanta, where she works as a professional medium.

Bill Robinson can be reached at brobinson@richmondregister.com or at 624-6622.

Source:http://richmondregister.com/localnews/x1451003061/Ghost-hunters-detect-spirits-at-Boone-Tavern

by Angel, Wednesday, 04 April 2012 11:22 [ Read all ]
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Psychic Spy Joe McMoneagletells how started Remote Viewing
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Psychic Spy Joe McMoneagle Tells How His Near-Death Experience Led to Remote Viewing
Interview with U.S. Army Remote Viewer Joe McMoneagle explains how his near-death experience led to being selected for the government’s psychic spy program.

Join Skeptiko host Alex Tsakiris for an interview with Joe McMoneagle, author of, Memoirs of a Psychic Spy. During the interview McMoneagle discusses the origins of the government’s psychic spy program:

Joe McMoneagle: We heard rumors and picked up some details about the Russians using psychics to spy on America. It was impossible, for obvious reasons, to get an actual agent inside their program; so when faced with the possibility that our enemy is doing something that we have no ability to judge, the best way to find what their capability is, or the limits of their capability, is to emulate them.

So the initial intention was to just spend three years doing that–selecting people, targeting our own people at the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, that sort of thing.

That didn’t work very long because we were able to successfully recruit six people and they turned out to be very, very good at doing what we thought the Russians were doing. They were good enough that people felt that it should be operational immediately.

Alex Tsakiris: Tell us about your trips to Russia and your meeting with your Russian counterparts. Were they really spying on us with psychic spies?

Joe McMoneagle: In actuality, they were. They were using spies, psychic spies, to target us and target many of our agencies. In my trips to Russia and the time I spent with the directors of their program and their actual remote viewers—I call them remote viewers. They probably shouldn’t be called remote viewers because they use nothing like our protocols. They displayed some interesting capacities in many of the things that they were doing but they did things completely differently than us. They did a lot of things that we didn’t do in terms of their attempts to manipulate the paranormal area, anyway. For instance, there were some efforts I know that they spent a great deal of time in trying to manipulate or affect the decision-making of some American politicians and that sort of thing.

Click the link below to listen to the audio
www.skeptiko.com/upload/skeptiko-166-joe-mcmoneagle.mp3

Source: http://www.skeptiko.com/psychic-spy-joe ... e-viewing/

by Angel, Wednesday, 04 April 2012 11:21 [ Read all ]
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Police blame ghosts for damage
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Police blame ghosts for damage

Romanian cops have closed a vandalism investigation that left local houses in ruins by concluding ghosts were to blame.

Families living in Lilieci reported windows broken, bicycles flying through the air, objects moving on tables and candles blown out when there is no wind. When they complained they were being hounded by evil spirits to police they were laughed at. But after officers saw the evidence with their own eyes they filed a report saying that ghosts were to blame. Mircea Hadimbu, 68, who says his house has now been completely wrecked, said: “The windows started to break one by one. I saw two bicycles moving through the air on their own.” A priest has been called in to perform exorcisms of houses in the town in the hope that the attacks will finally stop.

http://www.monstrous.com/Society/Police ... amage.html

by Angel, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 14:52 [ Read all ]
 

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