Highland Ghost Hunters – Request
This is a request for information and sharing of research notes with regards to paranormal activity surrounding children with special needs.
• Have you experienced any cases or an increase in such reports in your area of research?
• Do you have any hypotheses in regards to night time reports or in general occurrences?
Jennifer who is currently researching in Michigan would like to hear from you so that she can gain more insight into this area.
Please Contact Jennifer at www.HGHparanormal.com
What Sparks Ghostly Playback
Personally, I have a lot of thoughts and hypothesises with regards to the paranormal, with most being formed through many a discussion with other great minds from within the paranormal community. I am open enough to admit that on entering the field I had zero knowledge of what I was getting myself into, the basic understanding of environmental probabilities and thus I had to build relationships and learn from those who have walked (and/or continue to do so) before me.
One such intrigue was the whole sentient and non-sentient haunting theme and I would spend weekends in deep discussion with people like Chris Huff from the North East of England. He had over 30 years of experience and I was like a sponge while also formulating my new ideas and thinking.
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Archives – Perceptive Reality
The following article was written by SPRIS Dave for a past issue of the IPI Newsletter.
Please feel free to add any comments, suggestions or critique to the relevant section below. If you also feel that you would like to share your work, articles or materials here at IPI, please do get in touch and we will feature them here for you, with full credits and link through for our readers and participants.
No Way! Get Busy!
Its certainly a funny old time with regards to the Paranormal Community and the buzz words I keep hearing are ‘Quietness’ ‘No Locations‘ and a whole other plethora of what I deem as self-sabotaging mindsets with such a topic that we all love.
Hi there, yes its me again, Ryan O’Neill and as you will have gathered I have made a return to active Investigating and operation within the field on the many levels you will have seen me operate before. I return to a different place according to some but my mind will not accept this and instead, I can see massive opportunity for advancements both locally and on the international stage. You see, if you sit back and look for excuses as to why your team can not investigate, get locations or likewise you will surely find all these with ease and its the wrong way to view things. Many of you are fantastic thinkers and often sit outside the box so lets see what the alternatives are to the above-mentioned mindset.
Fear Factor – Scared vs. Afraid
Fear Factor – Scared vs. Afraid
pertaining to Paranormal Research
When people began to believe that they have/had a ghost haunting their home, their fears tend to help push their reported experiences along; creating an environment where anything, no matter how logical/illogical, becomes something paranormal/supernatural. People who live in reported haunted locations may begin to actively participate in the reported haunting themselves, not realizing they are part of the reason for these experiences. Thus, due to their reports and experiences, adrenaline is released into their bloodstream, the body and mind become anxious, and any little sight/sound seemingly becomes magnified along with their other senses. They may lay awake at night staring into the darkness of their rooms until finally they convince themselves that they see something that is not there; a dark apparition, a shadow moving, or evil face looming back at them. When there is a suggestion of a ghost or haunting, exploited “Hollywood-ized” and irrational fears tend to cause people to expect or overreact to an experience of the paranormal/supernatural.
How To Properly Research
How To Properly Research
Edited outline and phrasing by C.Ratliff
The 1st thing involved in learning to properly research is to understand these points:
- You. It is your responsibility to do the research. Very likely, there’s no-one who will just give you help if you’re not willing to do the work. You’re the one that has got to have the drive and it has got to come from within you. You must know how to answer the question(s) that may arrive from your research.
While your research evolves, you may find yourself receiving technical help, wisdom, and support from many qualified and knowledgeable people — but you need to remember that asking for that help is vital, should you find you need outside resources.
- Do. It is important that you start the research — experimentation, survey, simulation, data analysis, studying, cross-examination of multiple view points — as soon as you can. A general mistake that is made is to think, plan, read, but then never get around to the actually doing the research. As you start, you may find that the difficulties and issues in doing the research are quite different from what you originally planned or thought.
There are several components to learning to research properly; for example: proposing the hypothesis(es), discovering the answers hypothesis(es), and communicating those answers as best as possible. It may be noted that not all of these points are necessary but those that are needed are essential.
Library Life: A Column of Eclectic Rantings
ASSOCIATES (vol. 8 no. 3, March 2002) – associates.ucr.edu
Library Life: A Column of Eclectic Rantings
by
Katie Buller Kintner
Communications Library
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
kintner@uiuc.edu
So you don’t believe in ghosts, huh? Well read on.
The book stacks at the main library of the University of Illinois scare me. The east stacks consist of long, dark, deceptive corridors of terror. The ceilings in some of them are so low that at 5’8″ tall, my head is brushing and bumping the pipes criss-crossing them. I’m always seeing shadows and hearing voices when no one else is around. The west stacks are newer, but the automated shelving there resists movement, then creaks and moans when it finally decides to slide open. There is no way to see if anyone else is around and finding a living soul there usually results in a startled glance and quick movement away.
Nervously, I find my books and leave, always looking over my shoulder and down adjacent aisles, wondering if I’m truly alone or if an unseen “librarian” is monitoring my every move. When I finally make it out the main stacks exit, I’m always relieved–I survived once again.
TV Expertise, Energy, EMF manipulation, or something else?
TV Expertise, Energy, EMF manipulation, or something else?
Many investigators and researchers involved in paranormal research, debate whether or not ghosts, spirits, entities (you can pick your favorite term) manipulate the natural electromagnetic field. While it’s true that all things which consume or produce a form of energy give off an EMF field, that does not mean the there is a manipulation of the field, nor does it mean that the association of “ghosts” do either.
Ghosts and Religion
Ghosts, Investigating, and the Fundamentalist Christian
By: J.Brown - Independent Research Associate
Many, upon reading the title of this essay, will be saying, “This newsletter deals with the paranormal, leave religion out of it” yet those same readers will argue that ghosts and hauntings are spirits of the deceased. Clearly, both topics are concerned with the afterlife, consequently they must be considered relevant to each other. One may argue one or the other doesn’t have any bearing on each other. But to do so in the case of religion, he must discount millennia of study by literally millions of people. Or to discount the existence of something akin to ghosts, the observations and evidence obtained by numerous qualified witnesses must be ignored. Neither of these options is indicated, so it becomes imperative to find a way both religion and what we define as paranormal can coexist. Are there commonalities that bridge this gap?
Before You Form a New Group
Before You Form A New Group….
By J. Brown
http://www.jimsdestinations.com
Independant Research Association
Before you form a new group or even join a fledgling new one; there are a few things you need to consider. If you intend to do any serious research there are a few things your group will have to decide as they begin their investigative work. Probably the first is your own background and understanding of exactly what is required. If your background consists of watching every episode of Ghost hunters and Paranormal State as well as every paranormal special ever aired on TV; You’ve studied them and decided that is not so hard, I can do that, well stop right here. You have just learned how NOT to do it. Actual investigating is not confined to a 30 minute or 60 minute time slot. Cases aren’t resolved every week with just a couple visits. In reality you will probably be required to make numerous visits, put in hours of research learning the background of the area, possibly call in outside consultants for areas you are unfamiliar with, and be ready to provide assistance to your clients. If you aren’t ready and able to do this, then you are not ready to form your own group. So how do you prepare?
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