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  “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”  –   Wayne Dyer Carrying the torch.   Real and Unreal Haunted Childhood  – Princess Martha Louise claims the ghost of a Nazi SS general, who shot himself in her childhood bedroom, would haunt her every night. –  “I told everyone. Every night, my nannies or my parents would look behind the curtains, pull them back and say, ‘Look, there is no one behind the curtains. There is no one here’.”   Source. Scratched by Ghost  –  “I actually felt like I had a prickle or something in my shirt… my partner had a look and said there were scratches,” she wrote, while describing the sensation as “weird”.  Location: Aradale Mental Hospital, which is situated in Ararat, south-west Victoria, is considered to be one of the most haunted places in Australia, making it a popular destination for paranormal enthusiasts.  Source. Meditation Insight When I have asked about the ...

“Old age ain’t no place for sissies”  –  Bette Davis It may take a decade – or several – but when you eventually realize the ladder of success has a flip top – you can hop off and have a whole lot more fun exploring the spooky fringe. 'Thelma' strikes back Things no one tells you about getting older: They’re still not telling. According to my mom:  NO ONE ANSWERS  the OVER 60 Free Legal Help for Seniors  Hotline . It is a perpetual  time suck  that sends you from one recorded line to the next. She called ( severely overheated ) to inform me of that travesty shortly before I was due at my health appointment [perfectly timed for my blood pressure update]. After a few quick questions and a google search, I redirected her to the main/online page/website for that department and left for my appointment. She cooled down, found the site, filled out a form and has been advised that she is on a list and someone will call in 3 to 5 days. The clock is ti...

“I tell you with all the strength and conviction I can utter that we do persist, that people over there still take an interest in what is going on here; that they still help us and know far more about  things than we do, and are able from time to time to communicate with us.”  –  Sir Oliver Lodge ,  A Pioneer of Connection: Recovering the Life and Work of Oliver Lodge,  Link . Oliver Lodge published  Raymond , the book of communications with his departed son, in 1916,  Amazon . Lodge is also remembered for his studies of  life after death . He first began to study psychical phenomena (chiefly  telepathy ) in the 1880s through the Society for Psychical Research. Encounter anomaly … Novocaine side effects “When you have eliminated all which is impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”  –  Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , The Wanderings of a Spiritualist,  Project Gutenberg . I had no...

  “I tell you with all the strength and conviction I can utter that we do persist, that people over there still take an interest in what is going on here; that they still help us and know far more about  things than we do, and are able from time to time to communicate with us.”   –   Sir Oliver Lodge Evidence of Life After Death In the podcast archives, my interview with  Michael Tymn . I have followed his blog  for a few years and appreciate the tremendous amount of research he has done over the past couple of decades. I managed to catch him on a good day. He  agreed to a rare interview .  https://audioboom.com/posts/8269824-does-consciousness-survive-death-bigelow-contest-runner-up-michael-tymn-submits-the-evidence He clarified for me that he is not a scientist, academician or researcher,  per se , and says his interest in psychical research is as a historian. His primary efforts in this regard over the past 20 years has been to make the ol...