Paranormal Investigations Vs GhostHunting

Ok so some Paranormal Investigators are a bit snobby when it comes to being called a "GhostBuster" or "GhostHunter" ... not me though! Its usually the only reference some people have and they are just being curious.

That said I do distinguish between an Investigation and a GhostHunt:

Paranormal Investigation: For me this is when a group of people go to a location which has specific reports of activity. So you're investigation the (claims of) activity.

GhostHunt: This is usually where you decided to check out a place because it looks spooky or because there is a history to the place (i.e. a site of a battle etc). Sure theres no activity to investigate but it can be worthwhile. Its a good way to try out new ideas or procedures and at the end of the day if you walk away with nothing you can just write it off.

Anyway thats been in my head for a bit and a recent conversation about why people bother checking out places that have no reports of activity made me want to put it out there. Its not like I'm saying thats how they should be defined, thats just how it works for me.

Nowt as strange as folk ...

So myself and fellow PIG, Niall, joined Michelle and Gail of Bumpz to check out a new location for investigations. The Folk Park was pretty amazing and the people working there really know their stuff. Anyway apart from looking looking right some of the buildings had more to them than just a spooky atmosphere. I cant wait to get in and really check it out.

Meditation

Its not something I do nearly as much as I like but I tried out a new CD last night and it was great!
Going Home - The Reunion CD is by Tom Coltan, a great guy and President of the Spiritualist Union of Ireland. Here's what he says about it:

This meditation will take you higher and higher into the spirit realm, where you will meet one of your loved ones and spend some time talking and catching up with them. It will raise your energy connection and vibration that allows us to communicate with spirit and bring you into a space of calm, a space of peace, a space of knowing and a space of being.

I'm used to giving guided meditations and can get stuck in my own way of doing things. Handing myself over to this was easy and I felt so good after it. Of course I followed it up with a midnight screening of Transformers 2 but I genuinely believe my relaxed state and heightened awareness made the movie even better :-)

You can get the CD from Tom's site Grá agus Solas.

Paranormal.ie - Updated

I updated Paranormal.ie with an article on Ouija Boards plus a few other bits an pieces. Enjoy.

Where or Who would you haunt?

So you're dead, and whatever way these things work you get to choose one person or place to haunt .... where/who?

I suspect alot of guys will say a women's changing room because well ... men are predicable!

For me though I'd want somewhere with a decent amount of human traffic, somewhere that isn't gonna be knocked down anytime soon or get abandoned.

So I'd go with Merchants Arch in Temple Bar, Dublin.

I wouldnt choose to haunt a person because when they die I'd have alot of explaining to do.

Sunday = Church

I was never really a church goer except for when our parents made us go. That said I'm obviously a spiritual person despite not being a traditional catholic (I'm Irish remember).

Something changed recently though ... Ireland finally got a Spiritualist Church thanks to the Spiritualist Union of Ireland!

I have to say I've enjoyed it and am off there again tonight. I can't make it every week because its not easy with 2 young kids but I genuinely feel its making a difference to me. At the very least its a chance to meet up with friends I dont normally get to see on a regular basis.

Anyway I'll see how it goes later and let you know how it went.

*I made the logo based on a drawing by Rob Wright.

Ok so on iRadio tonight they are talking about the paranormal with Michelle from Bumpz in the Nite, Danny from Leinster Paranormal and Mark from PIGs (thats me ;)).

You can listen in live HERE.

Show starts at 10pm.

Friday Stars!

Ok so from todays Metro:

I've highlighted my own but left the rest in case anyone whats a read of their own. I like the sound of mine, times are stressful and a giggle would be a tonic right now.

Please dont stalk me ....

Ok so thats not me standing beside Chris O'Dowd, thats not even me in the back holding the white bag. What you will see (and care less about) is that on the left there is my moped ... which I love.

Anyway thats where I work, or rather where I work for now because at the end of this month I'm out of a job. Yes its a terrible thing but as longa s I can look at it as a new beginning I should be ok. Me, my wife, my daughter, my son, my cat and my mortgage.

So many things I want to do, so many ideas sitting in a waiting room in the back of my head.

Oh yeah, and the screen grab above is from the New Meteor Mobile Broadband to go TV advert. Thats scene is filmed outside my office in Dublin's Temple Bar.

Paranormal Magazine

We dont have our own Paranormal Publication here in Ireland (for now!) but luckily we arent so backwards that we dont have shops (sure aren't I typing this on the internet). Anyway I pick up a copy of Paranormal Magazine now and then its a nice change from just reading off the screen of my iMac.

Of course not every subject they cover rings my bell but it does open me up to some topics I might otherwise ignore.

For those who've been reading Fortean Times for a while I suggest you checking out www.paranormalmagazine.co.uk for an alternative.