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Aug 18, 2019

Michael Peter Langevin, The Echo World, Castaneda enigma - the stories still resonate


“There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn’t do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself.” - Carlos Castaneda -Britannica Bio, Tales of Power Quote, Goodreads.


OddnEnds - 

Carlos Castaneda is an enigma. Still relevant, the source behind his stories remains fogged and the stories continue to have an impact. Castaneda is featured in the August edition of The Echo World magazine - representing Male Archetypes. 

 Synchronicity. The author of a new [2019] book I have been sent for possible review says she read Castaneda's books to help her sort out the unexplained encounters in her life.

1998, I had an anomalous encounter and then read an exact reference about it in a Castaneda book - when I had written him off as non-essential. I bought the book and several more. No matter his checkered personal history, his stories strike a chord.

Lots to cover with Michael Peter Langevin. He met Castaneda. He's been a Tarot reader for 50 years and he's had some fascinating experiences referenced in his book, The Secrets of the Amazon Shamans.

 Wendy's Coffeehouse Interview with Michael Peter Langevin

 Another topic - Psychotropic drugs and the shift toward recognizing the validity for treating certain disorders. A 40 minute interview is just enough time as a teaser to suggest further study of the extra- ordinary in the event mainstream is ready to explore beyond the cover.   

The Echo World
- also linked on the side bar.
Michael Peter Langevin and his wife Sofia Karin Axelsson Co-Publish and Co-Edit The Echo World Magazine, an Alternative Newspaper for Cultural Creatives.

Having been a long time fan of the former Magical Blend Magazine, I liked the wide metaphysical scope of that publication and was glad to see those elements resurface.

Another draw was an excerpt I read years ago from his [2003] book, The Secrets of the Amazon Shamans.

From the Amazon summary: "Michael tells what it is like to see life from the eyes of someone else in a healing ceremony; about a Calling the Dead Ritual where he could actually see their spirits with his physical eyes; what it is like to experience the intensity of Ayahuasca ritual, and having your life revisited; but also about the strain of traveling with your children being far away from so-called civilization when they fall ill."

This link is to the updated [2008] version. Reviews are excellent.

The Echo World Magazine is on line and available in print form. I have dropped copies off at several area locations, including in Crescent Springs - Overland Park, Floating KC, Centered Spirit, One More Cup (closing 9/1/19) - Waldo, Cumulus Media - Mission and Whirled Hair - Topeka. Connect if you are interested in the print version of the Magazine.

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 Featured in the online content is a two part interview with Whitley Strieber, who has changed tremendously since the publication of the book that cemented his role as Alien/ET Experiencer (whether he liked it or not - and he didn't) and jettisoned his career into an entirely unanticipated direction - Communion. 

Worth checking in to see that evolution in the Echo World Magazine interview. Eternal Love Part One and Part Two. In describing the ongoing bond he feels with his (deceased) wife Anne, he says he used to believe in death til we part but it is now "as we abide" because his connection with Anne is very much alive. 

Their undying bond is the subject of his newest book, The Afterlife Revolution.

More than four decades of marriage. From the Amazon summary: The two had an agreement: "The first one to die would not contact the other directly at first, but through friends. Not two hours after she died, Anne contacted a friend, Belle Fuller. And that was just the beginning of this wonderful story. It is so convincing that famed afterlife researcher Dr. Gary Schwartz wrote a foreword for the book, calling it one of the best cases of afterlife communication in history."

Whitley Strieber's Home Page. Unknown Country/Dreamland.



Related Links - 
Michael Peter Langevin - Blog (Castaneda)
Conscious Living Interview: Norse Goddesses and Runes 
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Aug 5, 2019

The Medium is also a Doctor, Dr. Ian Rubenstein. Odd news links include Ghosts, UFOs and an Emotional Support Alligator.


"One day in 1924 when I was in trance an invisible personality announced himself as Fletcher and said that henceforth he would be my permanent assistant on the unseen plane. Just that simply our partnership began. Of course it was not I to whom Fletcher spoke directly; he announced himself to a friend of mine who was having the sitting - "Tell Ford that I am to be his control and that I go by the name of Fletcher." - Arthur Ford, An Arthur Ford Anthology.


OddsnEnds -
  • News that the title of America's Most Haunted Hotel, according to USA Today, is the Fainting Goat Island Inn (New York), took the owner by surprise. However, she doesn't  deny the activity. One young boy told his parents he couldn't sleep because of the footsteps on the stairway - a stairway no longer in use.
  • Ahem... the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas owns the website, America's Most Haunted Hotel and a reputation to support the claim. I know some people who can vouch for their ghosts.
  • Keeping up with the times. Live streamed Funerals. Wired.
  • Clock ticking. Kurzweil on when AI will match Human intelligence (2029). Gray Scott
  • Eco Liberation. Giving rivers the right to protection. Reuters.
  • More Orbs reported as UFOs - multiple orbs on video. Oil City News. At the time of this post, no response from the FAA. Evansville is part of Casper, Wyoming metro.
  • New series, "Contact", Green lighted for Discovery Channel - hunting for evidence ETs have visited. Hollywood Reporter.
  • When Metallica saved the day. Stalked Hiker says she finally blasted the noisiest thing on her phone. Vice. Bookmark Cougar Repellent: Don't Tread on Me.
  • Anne Luben, vendor at the upcoming KCParacon has a wonderfully unique Tarot with a Midwestern theme: Tornadoes and Windmills.
  • Free Hugs. Wally the emotional support Gator. Oddity Central.


Dr. Ian Rubenstein the Medium. Wendy's Coffeehouse Interview

Even with the amazing odd knowings, including an incredible medical diagnosis and revelation prior, the fact he chose to fully examine and immerse himself to become a Medium required no small bit of bravery, given his profession as a Medical Doctor.

The plus for those of us who are curious, Doctor Rubenstein makes the story very practical and real, no matter how unreal the circumstances. Given strong impressions and nudgings from Spirit and synchronistic support from the physical realm, he checks in to see what the heck its all about.

His supportive life partner is a big asset because stepping into the PSI realm does involve personal vulnerability and professional risk. Throughout the journey, his wife urges him to explore and learn what he can about his experiences. A true explorer, he dives in.

The "Snow Queen" encounter was a bold PSI knock on the door. He talks more about that in our interview and in this video feature story. Sorry I don't have part two. (If you do - please share a link!)



If you have even the slightest ability - intuitive, medium, energy healer, psychic - this story is a tremendous benefit because he walks you through the list of support techniques of grounding and protection and a few groups and organizations that are specific to helping train and advance psychic talent.

'Consulting Spirit: A Doctor's Experience with Practical Mediumship', available on Amazon or through the publisher: Anomalist Books.

Amazon Review: Amy in LA., 5.0 out of 5 stars, loved this book.
As a budding medium myself and a health care practitioner as well, I completely appreciated this book. A delight. Well written and highly readable.

 Sample the book and you'll get a feel for how it goes, a day in the life of a Doctor Medium.
Chapter 30, page 217, starts with a request to help out with a poltergeist. Naturally, it progresses to a few somethings more. One Winter's Night.

Bio: "Dr. Ian D. Rubenstein is a U.K. doctor who works in Enfield, North London. Since training as a medium, he has attempted to use the mediumistic skills he has learned in his medical work as a primary care physician."

I am really hoping we will be able to catch up with Ian on how his medical practice has evolved as a result of having access to alternative sources of information.

Support Links:
Dr, Ian Rubenstein 
Spiritualists' National Union
Scientific and Medical Network

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Alert FYI - Excellent Recommendation on Ian's book from Stanley Krippner, Ph.D (I interviewed Stanley about Medicine Man Rolling Thunder.) He is known for his volumes of groundbreaking PSI research, Example:Environmental Influence on Clairvoyance. 

 I do believe further study should include additional factors as I notice situations and places where my own results improve or wane. Those additional elements include weather, time of day, physical health and the presence of others - animals and humans, amplifying or draining the flow.

 There is also a GoFundMe program now set up for Stanley, 6/19, job recently terminated - due to relocation of Saybrook University.  

Brilliant [and Rare video] with Micky Hart - talking about PSI experiment with the Grateful Dead audience and transcending time.


Thank you for listening!
Stay Curious.
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Aug 2, 2019

Board Camp Crystal Mine Sasquatch Encounters - Picnic Table Hijinx


“You could start at a path leading nowhere more fantastic than from your own front steps to the sidewalk, and from there you could go… well, anywhere at all.” - Stephen King, It


 Interview with Cheryl and Orville Murphy - Wendy's Coffeehouse Archives


The best and most amazing thing about the paranormal activity at Board Camp Crystal Mine is that it is ongoing. To make that point, shortly after our most recent interview there was another event.
I have no doubt the timing was intended to help draw attention to the nature of the interaction. (Playful and completely unseen.)

Image Credit: Cheryl Murphy
Board Camp Crystal Mine  July 12, 2019
This is the image we talked about in the interview. 

From Cheryl -

Surprise on morning of July 12.
In back of the Murphy home at Board Camp Crystal Mine!
The table was flipped and quartz rocks
left on the feet of the table were freshly dug!
They had fresh dirt on them!
They did not come from the clean crystals from outside the crystal shop which is right next door!
Then came part two. After our interview, I got a new picture.

From Cheryl -

Another surprise this morning! (July 25, 2019)
They flipped the table back over
Image Credit: Cheryl Murphy
Board Camp Crystal Mine  July 25, 2019
and stacked the 4 rocks between 8:00 and 9:15 this morning!

With people and visitors walking about!
Unbelievable!!!! Lol 😆

Cat sitting on the table doesn't seem to be bothered by the activity.

Cheryl's remarks: "What does this Squatch Cat know??? He wandered onto the stage last October and never left! Of course we fed him! He seems to be around when things happen! We think he's a Squatch!!!"

No doubt the watchers are being watched. This is the money shot.

Cheryl explains:

Orville Murphy was shooting random photos in the woods at BCCM on February 15, 2019.
He didn't see the Squatch until he looked at the photos later!

Sure enough it was standing behind some trees
Image Credit: Orville Murphy
Board Camp Crystal Mine - Feb 15, 2019
and in the 2nd photo its gone!

Later, Orville went out and measured the tree
where its head was
and it measured at 11 feet tall!

Orville has had some real close encounters with the Squatch!

He told about the time the wooden pallet was thrown in his direction like a giant frizbee flying out of the woods!

That story is explained in the newest book "Beams - Book 2", expected to be released in time for the KC Paracon Aug 9-10!


 Meet Orville and Cheryl Murphy at their vending table for Book 1 and 2 of the BCCM story documented with photographic evidence of the happenings at Board Camp Crystal Mine!

And all natural hand harvested crystals will be for sale from the mine. The Murphys will be speaking Friday, August 9, at 8 pm.

Follow Board Camp Crystal Mine on YouTube for more UnXplained like the following.

 

It is clear there is more to the story when one starts exploring and researching sightings and encounters. An excellent resource with numbers and data is the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO).

The summary of accounts from the US and Canada, 1921-2013 courtesy of Cartographer Joshua Stevens, put the sighting tally at more than 3300. Be sure to read the comments for stories of personal encounters with Sasquatch/Bigfoot and the resulting mind shift. *I updated this post to include the most recent Sasquatch story in the news. Gotta love the timing- same day our interview aired.

  • Kentucky Sasquatch sighting (7/28/19) in the news. CNN. 

The same kind of mind shift that happens with encounters at Board Camp Crystal Mine also happens at Skinwalker Ranch in Utah and Bradshaw Ranch in Sedona, Arizona. (Tom Dongo interview and Jocelyn Buckner interview both mention Bradshaw Ranch. Big Girl is the resident Sasquatch.)

There are other places known for anomalous activity but to the best of my knowledge at this time there are none that are accessible and open to the public for tours and crystal digging with the perk of a potential Sasquatch sighting.

Board Camp Crystal Mine is a unique opportunity to visit an active area to learn more about Sasquatch behavior. And dig for Crystals. Read up about how the adventure started.
Book number one is available on Amazon: BEAMS.

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Already experiencing paranormal wonders with my nightlight companion, I thought I had reached my limit when I started having ET encounters (I had no idea an indoor UFO sighting was possible. They come in all sizes. I also learned Aliens/Interdimensionals/ETs can connect telepathically or verbally (electronic sounding voice) as if they are standing beside you in the room.) but the Sasquatch experience at Board Camp Crystal Mine helped to remind me, whatever the limit is - I am not there yet.


 Join me for Interview - 8/4/19 - Dr. Ian Rubenstein. The Doctor who studied to become a Medium. Consulting Spirit, an excellent story about how a Doctor decided to explore rather than block and deny his PSI experiences and dedicate himself to developing his talent.

With help, he learned and sought help from others who were also actively engaged in expanding and enhancing their own mediumistic abilities. Any suggestion the ability ended ... well, that was premature. No surprise if his patients - in addition to whatever medical info is needed - might ask him for additional insight.


Thank you for listening!
Stay curious.
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