I had a feeling that a class was needed for people to learn about ghost hunting. I prepared it, proposed it and presented it to the director of the Personal Interest department at the college I work at. The fire was lit...
I knew people would be interested, I knew the class would make. I never dreamed that there would be so much interest. We filled one class up with 28 people on four Thursday evenings and scheduled another class on two Saturdays.
The students have been very eager, enthusiastic learners with lots of questions. They especially enjoyed the field trip to a private residence for an investigation. I have so enjoyed teaching this class and look forward to teaching more classes. I have to give credit where credit is due, I would not be teaching this class if it wasn't for the experiences I have had with the other members of the Ghost PRO Team.
The Ghost PRO Team was featured on the local news, WSPA. Here is the clip if you would like to watch it.
Will keep you posted on any further developments!
My name is Catherine, many call me Cat. This blog is about the "paranormal" and "spiritual" side of my life and my quest for answers.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
The Law of Attraction
Again, the time has passed quickly and once again, so much has happened and I have learned so much in the past few months since my last post. In May I became a fully ordained minister but I am not the type of minister that stands in a pulpit and preaches. While I could do that if I chose to, it is not why I chose to become a minister. I have a calling to help people know and understand what I have learned and what I now know to be true, not just about God but about all spiritual matters.
In June, I again went to the "Through the Veil" paranormal/metaphysical conference in Atlanta with my friends. I didn't think I was going to get to go this year because of the lack of funds but a friend insisted on paying for me to go as he knew how badly I wanted to go. So I thank my friend Greg for his big heart and his generosity. Greg, Mariel and I went and had as wonderful a time as we did last year. There were many educational seminars to go to and many spiritual people, ghost hunters and others to learn from.
I'd like to talk about a Universal Law I have been studying the past few months called "The Law of Attraction". Law of Attraction, in a nutshell, says that "like attracts like". What you think about, you attract to yourself. It refers to your thoughts and thought processes, which is why it is so important to be aware of what your thoughts and thought processes are. If you dwell on negative things like your lack of money, Law of Attraction will bring you more of "the lack" of money!
So it is important to dwell on the things that you want in life, rather than the things that you don't want. If you want happiness, don't dwell on how unhappy you are because Law of Attraction will bring you more unhappiness. If you want good health, don't dwell on all your health problems. When you pray for something, the Universe MUST answer you. This is where faith comes in. When you pray, give your desires to the Universe and then let it go. Don't keep praying over and over for the same thing as this shows a lack of faith. When you pray with doubt or lack of faith, the Law of Attraction will not give you what it is you desire. This is powerful stuff folks!
If you get the chance, watch the movie "The Secret" to learn more about this concept. Not everyone is ready to learn about it as it can be a little difficult to wrap your mind around at first. Once you watch "The Secret", then go to the Abraham-Hicks website, www.abraham-hicks.com and start learning more about the Universal Laws. It is almost too much to put into words here, but it has been life changing for me and once you learn about it, there is no going back! Go to the section of the site where you can order DVD's and videos and listen (for free) to their introductory tape which tells all about what the teachings of Abraham are. (This is not the Biblical Abraham, just in case you are wondering.)
I have been practicing putting the Law of Attraction into use in positive ways and it is astounding what you can do when you focus your mind in the right way. Life is getting better all the time. I'm feeling better all the time. Life is absolutely wonderful! I can't wait to get up and see what each day brings!!
Well, it is late and I'm getting sleepy so I will sign off for now and go to bed. Until next time.
Blessings!
In June, I again went to the "Through the Veil" paranormal/metaphysical conference in Atlanta with my friends. I didn't think I was going to get to go this year because of the lack of funds but a friend insisted on paying for me to go as he knew how badly I wanted to go. So I thank my friend Greg for his big heart and his generosity. Greg, Mariel and I went and had as wonderful a time as we did last year. There were many educational seminars to go to and many spiritual people, ghost hunters and others to learn from.
I'd like to talk about a Universal Law I have been studying the past few months called "The Law of Attraction". Law of Attraction, in a nutshell, says that "like attracts like". What you think about, you attract to yourself. It refers to your thoughts and thought processes, which is why it is so important to be aware of what your thoughts and thought processes are. If you dwell on negative things like your lack of money, Law of Attraction will bring you more of "the lack" of money!
So it is important to dwell on the things that you want in life, rather than the things that you don't want. If you want happiness, don't dwell on how unhappy you are because Law of Attraction will bring you more unhappiness. If you want good health, don't dwell on all your health problems. When you pray for something, the Universe MUST answer you. This is where faith comes in. When you pray, give your desires to the Universe and then let it go. Don't keep praying over and over for the same thing as this shows a lack of faith. When you pray with doubt or lack of faith, the Law of Attraction will not give you what it is you desire. This is powerful stuff folks!
If you get the chance, watch the movie "The Secret" to learn more about this concept. Not everyone is ready to learn about it as it can be a little difficult to wrap your mind around at first. Once you watch "The Secret", then go to the Abraham-Hicks website, www.abraham-hicks.com and start learning more about the Universal Laws. It is almost too much to put into words here, but it has been life changing for me and once you learn about it, there is no going back! Go to the section of the site where you can order DVD's and videos and listen (for free) to their introductory tape which tells all about what the teachings of Abraham are. (This is not the Biblical Abraham, just in case you are wondering.)
I have been practicing putting the Law of Attraction into use in positive ways and it is astounding what you can do when you focus your mind in the right way. Life is getting better all the time. I'm feeling better all the time. Life is absolutely wonderful! I can't wait to get up and see what each day brings!!
Well, it is late and I'm getting sleepy so I will sign off for now and go to bed. Until next time.
Blessings!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Spiritual Awareness
My how time flies! I can't believe it has been almost six months since my last post. The time is going by faster and faster and so much has happened. I have come to realize many more things about myself. I have also recently started doing readings, which have been very interesting and which I will tell about in this post.
In the past year or so of paranormal investigating, I have come to realize that I am actually communicating with those that have passed. I also realize that I have been doing this for much of my life but now know this to be something called "psychic mediumship" and am finally able to accept this about myself. I have had way too much evidence of this phenomena to deny it. Here are the experiences from the past year or so:
April 2009
We investigated a private residence of two female friends who were having what they deemed to be paranormal activity - you can read about it here: http://ghostpro.org/pup.html. We investigated several rooms before finally settling in the living room for an evp session. During the course of this session, we had asked the usual questions and had gotten very little response on our meters. I suddenly got this vision of a young Native American woman. When I asked if the spirit in the room was Native American, the meter went off like crazy. The homeowner, convinced that the spirits that were there were either her brother or her grandmother, asked if they were the ones that might be aggravating the dog...nothing. I asked the Native American woman if this were her land at one time...the meter again went crazy. I proceeded to have a telepathic conversation with this woman who told me that she stayed there to watch over the land that she felt was rightfully hers. I felt compelled to explain my impressions to the owners, one of whom was not real happy that I didn't get any impressions of her brother or grandmother. I explained to her that this didn't mean that they weren't around, it only meant that they did not come through for me.
July 2009
We investigated Poinsett Bridge in Greenville County, SC. You can read the details here: http://www.ghostpro.org/pbrevisited.html. During one of our evp sessions, I had the impression of a young man sitting on one of the top posts of the bridge. I went over and placed my hand on that post. One of the team members took a picture of me at this time and caught on film a huge orb right near the back of my head.
September 2009
We investigated Springwood Cemetery located in downtown Greenville, SC. During the course of the investigation, I had a feeling that we needed to stop in a certain location and ask some questions. While asking questions, I asked if we could get a name and almost immediately heard "John John", which I interpreted to be someone trying to make sure I heard his name by repeating it. We searched the area looking for a grave marker with the name John on it and
didn't find one so we moved on. The very next day, Janet and Katie went back to the cemetery to see if she could find a battery pack that she had lost there that night. While looking in the area where I heard the name John, Janet did indeed find a gravestone with the name "John Johnson" on it. I knew that this was the man who was trying to tell me his full name, instead of just repeating his first name. It seemed that this was one tiny little spot that we overlooked while looking for a marker with the name John on it.
September 2009
We investigated a private residence in Liberty, SC, where the owner reported strange goings on. Read more about this investigation soon at this link: http://ghostpro.org/liberty.html. While we were investigating, I had three spirits coming through. Two that were very quiet, one male, one female, and one that was "in your face" loud and overpowered the other two at times. While we were investigating, this loud spirit sort of mocked and laughed at many of our questions as if they were ridiculous! When we asked why this spirit was still there, she sarcastically answered "Because I live here, that's why!". At the end of this investigation, I felt compelled to tell the homeowner of my impressions. I explained that if I could describe the louder spirit, I would describe her as sort of a cantankerous, sassy, older woman. I told him that if you could bring the cartoon character Maxine to life, that this is who this spirit reminded me of. At that point, he got a grin on his face and said that he felt he knew who this spirit was. When asked, he said that he felt this was his mother as my description of her is pretty much how he would have described her. It was at that point that he informed us that he had forgotten to tell us that she had passed two years earlier and that her ashes were in an urn on the mantelpiece. I knew instantly that this was the spirit we had encountered.
November 2009
We investigated a very old (originally a log cabin-old), private residence in Hodges, SC, where the owner reported a disturbing experience and was looking for answers. During the course of the investigation, we encountered several very interesting things which you will soon be able to read about here: http://ghostpro.org/hodges.html. During an evp session in the dining room, I distinctly heard the name "Hannah" and said this out loud which was captured on tape. At the end of the investigation, we asked the owner if this name meant anything to him and he had not heard it before. However, upon digging further into the history of the house, the owner discovered that there was a whole family that lived there at one point in time whose last name was "Hannah".
March 2010
Because of the many times that my psychic impressions have been validated, I truly felt that I have the ability to do readings for people and so put out my feelers for "guinea pigs" who would be willing to allow me to do practice readings for them. My first reading was for my friend Mariel's sister Kathy. During this reading, Kathy had two older spirits come through for her which we later determined to be her grandparents. Kathy's grandfather passed before Kathy was born. I distinctly heard a name that started with a "P" during the reading (which Mariel videotaped) and could clearly see both of them in my mind's eye. I described the male figure to them and after the reading, Mariel showed me a picture of her grandfather. I gasped when I saw this photo and immediately knew that this was the man who came through for Kathy. When I asked his name, I was told his name was "Phillip".
April 2010 - After a party at my house, I did practice readings for friends Janet and Teresa and Mariel graciously videotaped both of these readings. Janet went first and two spirits came through for her very quickly - one male and one female, although I knew right away that these spirits were not connected in real life. The male spirit looked very much like an older version of Janet's husband. The female was an older woman that I took to be either a mother or grandmother who made sure that I knew that she was "not with him", as she put it! During the course of the session, Janet said she knew right away who these two people were. Janet asked if the male remembered their first encounter, at which point he started laughing. He then told me to ask Janet about the farm, which did not ring a bell for her. I was having trouble understanding him as he sort of mumbled when he spoke which I mentioned to Janet. He repeated himself and I thought he said "Ask her about the barn", at which point he again became aggravated with me making it clear that I was still not understanding him. Janet asked if he possibly meant "ask her about the bar", at which point he nodded and said "Yes, yes, that is what I've been telling you." When I told Janet this, she smiled as if she recognized what this meant. She later revealed that this was her husband's father, who spoke with a very country accent in real life making him sometimes difficult to understand and his first encounter with her was indeed in a bar and was quite humorous as she later explained! Janet also revealed that the older female that came through was her grandmother and she was sure of this by the way the woman made sure that I understood that she was the rock in that family and by the description I gave to her. When Janet showed me a picture of her afterward, I recognized her as the woman who came through during her reading. Janet also confirmed that in life there was a little bit of tension between these two unrelated relatives of hers!
Teresa's reading came next. There was an older woman who came through for Teresa. I described this woman, who was very quiet. I saw her with her hair pulled back, possibly in a bun like a grandmother would wear. She told Teresa that she wanted her to know that every time she thought about her, that she was there with her. I asked Teresa if she ever smelled flowers for no apparent reason and Teresa said that she didn't remember this happening. The older woman also showed me flower beds and flower gardens with many, many beautiful flowers in them. When I mentioned this to Teresa, she asked me if they were possibly sunflowers, which I asked the woman about. The only answer that I got to that question was to be shown more beautiful flower beds. She also stated that she knew that Teresa loved her. At the end of the reading, Teresa got very emotional and said that she felt that this was probably her grandmother, who passed when Teresa was about nine or so. Teresa said that she had always felt bad because she was not allowed to go to the grandmother's funeral and thus never got to say goodbye to her and tell her that she loved her. On her way home, Teresa called her mother to find out more about her grandmother. Teresa's mom told her that she was not surprised that Teresa's grandmother would come through for her and that she herself had experienced smelling flowers from time to time when she felt she was near. She also told Teresa that one of her grandmother's favorite places to work was in nurseries with lots of flower beds, which Teresa had been previously unaware of so this confirmed Teresa's feeling that it was indeed her grandmother.
So...there you have it. I know that in years past I have talked to my grandmother in times when I needed her and I also now know that it was most definitely not my imagination!
In the past year or so of paranormal investigating, I have come to realize that I am actually communicating with those that have passed. I also realize that I have been doing this for much of my life but now know this to be something called "psychic mediumship" and am finally able to accept this about myself. I have had way too much evidence of this phenomena to deny it. Here are the experiences from the past year or so:
April 2009
We investigated a private residence of two female friends who were having what they deemed to be paranormal activity - you can read about it here: http://ghostpro.org/pup.html. We investigated several rooms before finally settling in the living room for an evp session. During the course of this session, we had asked the usual questions and had gotten very little response on our meters. I suddenly got this vision of a young Native American woman. When I asked if the spirit in the room was Native American, the meter went off like crazy. The homeowner, convinced that the spirits that were there were either her brother or her grandmother, asked if they were the ones that might be aggravating the dog...nothing. I asked the Native American woman if this were her land at one time...the meter again went crazy. I proceeded to have a telepathic conversation with this woman who told me that she stayed there to watch over the land that she felt was rightfully hers. I felt compelled to explain my impressions to the owners, one of whom was not real happy that I didn't get any impressions of her brother or grandmother. I explained to her that this didn't mean that they weren't around, it only meant that they did not come through for me.
July 2009
We investigated Poinsett Bridge in Greenville County, SC. You can read the details here: http://www.ghostpro.org/pbrevisited.html. During one of our evp sessions, I had the impression of a young man sitting on one of the top posts of the bridge. I went over and placed my hand on that post. One of the team members took a picture of me at this time and caught on film a huge orb right near the back of my head.
September 2009
We investigated Springwood Cemetery located in downtown Greenville, SC. During the course of the investigation, I had a feeling that we needed to stop in a certain location and ask some questions. While asking questions, I asked if we could get a name and almost immediately heard "John John", which I interpreted to be someone trying to make sure I heard his name by repeating it. We searched the area looking for a grave marker with the name John on it and
didn't find one so we moved on. The very next day, Janet and Katie went back to the cemetery to see if she could find a battery pack that she had lost there that night. While looking in the area where I heard the name John, Janet did indeed find a gravestone with the name "John Johnson" on it. I knew that this was the man who was trying to tell me his full name, instead of just repeating his first name. It seemed that this was one tiny little spot that we overlooked while looking for a marker with the name John on it.September 2009
We investigated a private residence in Liberty, SC, where the owner reported strange goings on. Read more about this investigation soon at this link: http://ghostpro.org/liberty.html. While we were investigating, I had three spirits coming through. Two that were very quiet, one male, one female, and one that was "in your face" loud and overpowered the other two at times. While we were investigating, this loud spirit sort of mocked and laughed at many of our questions as if they were ridiculous! When we asked why this spirit was still there, she sarcastically answered "Because I live here, that's why!". At the end of this investigation, I felt compelled to tell the homeowner of my impressions. I explained that if I could describe the louder spirit, I would describe her as sort of a cantankerous, sassy, older woman. I told him that if you could bring the cartoon character Maxine to life, that this is who this spirit reminded me of. At that point, he got a grin on his face and said that he felt he knew who this spirit was. When asked, he said that he felt this was his mother as my description of her is pretty much how he would have described her. It was at that point that he informed us that he had forgotten to tell us that she had passed two years earlier and that her ashes were in an urn on the mantelpiece. I knew instantly that this was the spirit we had encountered.
November 2009
We investigated a very old (originally a log cabin-old), private residence in Hodges, SC, where the owner reported a disturbing experience and was looking for answers. During the course of the investigation, we encountered several very interesting things which you will soon be able to read about here: http://ghostpro.org/hodges.html. During an evp session in the dining room, I distinctly heard the name "Hannah" and said this out loud which was captured on tape. At the end of the investigation, we asked the owner if this name meant anything to him and he had not heard it before. However, upon digging further into the history of the house, the owner discovered that there was a whole family that lived there at one point in time whose last name was "Hannah".
March 2010
Because of the many times that my psychic impressions have been validated, I truly felt that I have the ability to do readings for people and so put out my feelers for "guinea pigs" who would be willing to allow me to do practice readings for them. My first reading was for my friend Mariel's sister Kathy. During this reading, Kathy had two older spirits come through for her which we later determined to be her grandparents. Kathy's grandfather passed before Kathy was born. I distinctly heard a name that started with a "P" during the reading (which Mariel videotaped) and could clearly see both of them in my mind's eye. I described the male figure to them and after the reading, Mariel showed me a picture of her grandfather. I gasped when I saw this photo and immediately knew that this was the man who came through for Kathy. When I asked his name, I was told his name was "Phillip".
April 2010 - After a party at my house, I did practice readings for friends Janet and Teresa and Mariel graciously videotaped both of these readings. Janet went first and two spirits came through for her very quickly - one male and one female, although I knew right away that these spirits were not connected in real life. The male spirit looked very much like an older version of Janet's husband. The female was an older woman that I took to be either a mother or grandmother who made sure that I knew that she was "not with him", as she put it! During the course of the session, Janet said she knew right away who these two people were. Janet asked if the male remembered their first encounter, at which point he started laughing. He then told me to ask Janet about the farm, which did not ring a bell for her. I was having trouble understanding him as he sort of mumbled when he spoke which I mentioned to Janet. He repeated himself and I thought he said "Ask her about the barn", at which point he again became aggravated with me making it clear that I was still not understanding him. Janet asked if he possibly meant "ask her about the bar", at which point he nodded and said "Yes, yes, that is what I've been telling you." When I told Janet this, she smiled as if she recognized what this meant. She later revealed that this was her husband's father, who spoke with a very country accent in real life making him sometimes difficult to understand and his first encounter with her was indeed in a bar and was quite humorous as she later explained! Janet also revealed that the older female that came through was her grandmother and she was sure of this by the way the woman made sure that I understood that she was the rock in that family and by the description I gave to her. When Janet showed me a picture of her afterward, I recognized her as the woman who came through during her reading. Janet also confirmed that in life there was a little bit of tension between these two unrelated relatives of hers!
Teresa's reading came next. There was an older woman who came through for Teresa. I described this woman, who was very quiet. I saw her with her hair pulled back, possibly in a bun like a grandmother would wear. She told Teresa that she wanted her to know that every time she thought about her, that she was there with her. I asked Teresa if she ever smelled flowers for no apparent reason and Teresa said that she didn't remember this happening. The older woman also showed me flower beds and flower gardens with many, many beautiful flowers in them. When I mentioned this to Teresa, she asked me if they were possibly sunflowers, which I asked the woman about. The only answer that I got to that question was to be shown more beautiful flower beds. She also stated that she knew that Teresa loved her. At the end of the reading, Teresa got very emotional and said that she felt that this was probably her grandmother, who passed when Teresa was about nine or so. Teresa said that she had always felt bad because she was not allowed to go to the grandmother's funeral and thus never got to say goodbye to her and tell her that she loved her. On her way home, Teresa called her mother to find out more about her grandmother. Teresa's mom told her that she was not surprised that Teresa's grandmother would come through for her and that she herself had experienced smelling flowers from time to time when she felt she was near. She also told Teresa that one of her grandmother's favorite places to work was in nurseries with lots of flower beds, which Teresa had been previously unaware of so this confirmed Teresa's feeling that it was indeed her grandmother.
So...there you have it. I know that in years past I have talked to my grandmother in times when I needed her and I also now know that it was most definitely not my imagination!
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