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The children are up past their bedtime, sitting on the knees of their aunts, uncles, and grandparents, bellies full after the best dinner they've had all year. It's Christmas Eve, one of the longest nights of the year, and the wind is cold enough to bring tears to the eye, but everyone is inside, wrapped in shawls, fortified by warm drinks, and gathered around the fireplace. Grandfather stokes the flames in the hearth as one of the aunts begins to speak. She tells a story as old as any hand-me-down or heirloom in the house, a story that has been passed down generation after generation. It is a story about family, about home and hearth and the shadows that linger there. It is a story about ...
Trance mediumship is often misunderstood, and many people have questions about what it is, how it works, and how to develop it. Let's explore how it differs from regular mediumship; dispel some common fears; discover a few surprising facts; and look at the challenges, rewards, and possibilities of developing as a trance medium. How It's Different from Regular MediumshipBoth are ways of bringing love and healing between the two sides of life, but they work in different ways. Evidential Mediumship The medium connects with a significant, recognizable loved one in spirit for a sitter. They generally refer to the spirit's presence or comments in the third person (for example, "I have a ...
How is your relationship with your dreams? Do you remember them regularly, or wake with the tantalizing feeling that something important happened in the night, but you can't quite bring it back with you? Imagine having an apothecary for your dreaming life. On its shelves might be plants to help you settle into sleep, remember your dreams, encourage vivid or lucid dreaming, seek guidance, or simply deepen your relationship with the mysterious world you enter each night. Some might be familiar plants growing just outside your door. Others might come to you through dreams themselves. I have always been a dreamer. I began keeping a dream journal as a teenager, long before I knew that people ...
By definition, paranormal cryptids (as opposed to the type of creature once thought a myth that's been proven to exist, such as the komodo dragon or gorilla) are elusive, including the more dangerous ones. We might not actually see them, but rather get indications of their presence by a variety of signs and phenomena. Here is a short list of phenomena that might indicate the presence of a cryptid in your neighborhood. Any of these phenomena could be taking place without paranormal origin, but the scarier cryptids seem to be more aggressive about presenting signs of their presence—they're not scared of us! If a number of these phenomena are happening frequently it might indicate that ...
