MAY 2007
GHOST HUNTERS ON THE LOOK OUT FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN MICHIGAN USA
(31 MAY 07)
In Redford Michigan (USA), groups of people who call themselves “ghost hunters” are searching for paranormal activity in the local cemetery in the hope of catching some evidence of the ghosts within its grounds.
A COMEDIAN AS WELL AS A MEDIUM
(31 MAY 07)
Maureen Hancock is not your ordinary type of mother. Not only is she a comedian, but she also claims that she can hear dead people talking to her. Based in Bridgewater, Boston (USA), Maureen says that she has been doing “readings” for more than five years at the Uplifting Connections Café, where she performs to large audiences in her show known as “Postcards from Heaven”.
UFO CONFERENCE TO REVEAL ALL
(31 MAY 07)
Frank Feschino, the author-illustrator who penned "The Braxton County Monster: The Cover-Up of The Flatwoods Monster”, says that war was waged in 1952 between U.S. aircraft and alien ships over the ocean and has subsequently spent 14 years researching the sighting, plans to present a 53-minute documentary on his findings later this year at the Flatwoods Monster 55th Anniversary and Flying Saucer Extravaganza conference.
SORCERERS ARRESTED FOR PERFORMING EXORCISMS IN INDIA
(30 MAY 07)
Police in India have arrested four sorcerers in the State of Bihar for carrying out exorcisms on local women having trouble conceiving.
SPIRITUAL HEALING WITH THE AID OF A SAINT
(29 MAY 07)
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, was an Italian priest. He was given the name Pio when he joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, and was popularly known as Padre Pio after his ordination to the priesthood. He became famous not only for his piety, but for supposedly supernatural events.
ARE WE PART OF AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATION?
(29 MAY 07)
Could we be part of a very advanced civilization? Could this then be why the universe is breeding grounds for recycling life like here on earth? Could it be that as humans, we are perhaps the ultimate level of higher life forms?
OLD ENGLISH MANOR HOUSES GHOSTLY GOINGS ON
(29 MAY 07)
Smithills Hall is a manor house in the town of Bolton, Lancashire, England. It is one of the oldest manor houses in the north west of England, dating from the 14th Century. George Marsh, a protestant martyr and local preacher, was said to have stamped his foot on the cold hard floors of the hall before being burned at the stake in the 1500s. Every year since then,this footprint supposedly turns bloody on the 24th of April every year, marking the anniversary of his death.
GHOST HUNTING PARK AFTER DARK
(28 MAY 07)
Experience an evening from the “normal to the paranormal” when you attend Malabar’s Night Haunt (Ohio, USA) program in June, July and August this year. A local ghost hunting group, the Central Ohio Paranormal Society, claim that they have found evidence to support paranormal activity in the area.
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDIAN GRAVE LOOTINGS IN OHIO (USA)
(28 MAY 07)
Twenty years ago old American Indian graves were disturbed and looted of artifacts, at sites that date back between 1400 and 1700 AD, as this article now recalls.
NEW JERSEY (USA) CATHOLICS CHOOSE BETWEEN BURIAL AND CREMATION
(28 MAY 07)
More Catholics are opting for cremation in the United States. In the New Jersey diocese of the Catholic Church, work has begun on the first crematory in the United States to be built by a diocese. After forbidding cremation for centuries, the church began allowing Catholics to be cremated in 1963 and, according to the Cremation Association of North America, cremation rates in the United States have risen from 20% to 30% since the mid-1990s.
THE DEAD CAN MAKE ONE FEEL GIDDY
(27 MAY 07)
Living in longhouses elaborately decorated with murals and woodcarvings, ancient burial poles with ornate carvings are an important part of the mythology and heritage of Sarawak’s Orang Ulu in Malaysia. Their ancestors believed that when a dead person’s spirit said something good (in the underworld) about somebody living, then that person would become either giddy or nauseous.
SCEPTICS ON THE HUNT FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY
(27 MAY 07)
In the town of Wallington, in the London Borough of Sutton, members of Spiral, a new Sutton-based group that investigates the paranormal are on the hunt for things that go bump in the night, even though they themselves are also sceptical of what they might come across.
AMERICAN CEMETERIES DESPERATE FOR CLIENTS
(26 MAY 07)
As more and more Americans choose to be cremated rather than being buried, cemeteries like Laurel Hill and Green-Wood in Brooklyn are repositioning themselves for their own afterlife, by seeking ways to change peoples attitudes and bring them back to burials.
FIRST EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHERS’ FESTIVAL
(26 MAY 07)
The first European Festival of Philosophy being held in the southwest France will feature metaphysical debate and ethical exploration in a way to bring philosophy to a wider audience in an atmosphere of festive celebration.
MEXICAN AFTERLIFE GUIDE DOGS STAR IN WORLD DOG SHOW
(26 MAY 07)
At the time of the Spanish Conquest, the Xolos dogs were common throughout Mexico, as they were considered to be sacred by the Aztecs, who would sometimes bury the dogs with their owners to help guide them into the afterlife.
SOCRATES VIEW ON DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE
(25 MAY 07)
“For I have done no wrong. And a good man does not fear death. For if there is no afterlife then the good shall dissolve into nothingness and fear no pains. But if there is an afterlife, the good will be rewarded, and I shall converse with all the famous men of old, right back to the heroes of the Trojan War. Men of Athens, you have done me a great favor. I go to death, and you go to life. Which of us is better off, God only knows."
CAPTURING THE GHOSTS OF SINGAPORE
(25 MAY 07)
A local Singaporean paranormal group, known as the Organisation For Supernatural Research and Investigation (OSRI), have been making a film based around their own paranormal investigations of the various haunted places throughout Singapore.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE UFO KIND IN THE UK
(25 MAY 07)
According to at least one eye-witness, orange lights were seen dancing in the night sky over Dorset (England), moving in formation, in a coming and going of waves. The local police confirmed that they had received 'a few' calls, but suggested it could have possibly been just a meteor shower.
IS THE AFTERLIFE A STATE OF MIND?
(24 MAY 07)
Death is often assumed to be a more disagreeable prospect for an atheist than for a religious believer, because they have no expectation of reunions with their loved ones in heaven. Yet, if people truly believe in an afterlife, they would be happy to have lived into their 80s and ready to join their departed loved ones.
GHOSTHUNTERS BROUGHT IN TO INVESTIGATE ENGLISH PUB
(24 MAY 07)
Paranormal experts have been called in to try to find the causes of unexplained phenomena, at the Mason’s Arms, a local watering hole in Warminster, in western Wiltshire, England, where people claim to have been grabbed by some unknown entity whilst showering.
GHOSTLY FIGURE LURKS IN COURTHOUSE
(24 MAY 07)
A ghostly figure is said to roam the halls of the Cochise County Superior Courthouse (USA), where many employees at the building have had numerous encounters with the ghost.
AN NDE CAN FEEL AS IF YOU’RE FLOATING ABOVE YOURSELF
(23 MAY 07)
Some people who have reported near-death experiences say they felt like they were floating above the scene of their medical emergency. They described watching everything taking place, yet they couldn't communicate with those trying to save them.
DREAM TURNED MY LIFE AROUND
(23 MAY 07)
Eva Jose, an aspiring TV presenter and former contestant on British talent show Pop Idol, says that a dream she had recently, about her best friend who’d recently passed away, helped her to turn her life around.
THREE QUARTERS OF AMERICANS BELIEVE IN AN AFTERLIFE
(23 MAY 07)
Seventy-five percent of all adult Americans believe in some form of an afterlife, according to a recent survey, while a staggering ninety-four percent of Americans claim a belief in God.
CAN THOUGHTS BE KNOWN TO A SUPERNATURAL BEING?
(22 MAY 07)
Although thoughts and prayers are neither transmissible nor readable by any natural means, could they be known to a supernatural being? Only proper scientific studies, however, can provide reliable evidence by excluding chance occurrences, and biases from the results.
IS THIS THE MOST HAUNTED HOUSE IN THE WORLD?
(22 MAY 07)
High on the hills above Junee in western New South Wales (AUS) lies Monte Cristo, a 19th-century homestead that is said to be one of the most haunted houses in the world, which dozens of ghost hunters from around the world have visited to see what they could find.
RATIONALISM Vs SUPERSTITION
(22 MAY 07)
According to the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, "rationalism" is "the belief or principle that actions and opinions should be based on reason rather than on emotion or religion." Therefore, rationalism does not leave any room for superstitions. Superstition is the belief in things or events without logical or material evidence and the belief in omens, amulets, witches, devils, ghosts, souls, gods and spirits.
IS RICHARD DAWKINS RELIGION’S PUBLIC ENEMY No. 1?
(21 MAY 07)
Richard Dawkins is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science writer who holds the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Dawkins has denounced God as an ethnic cleanser and says that religion is based on superstition and can no longer be ignored or tolerated.
GHOSTS OF CAMBODIA’S PAST SCREAM OUT FOR “HELP”
(21 MAY 07)
Several people from the local villages near the infamous killing fields of Cambodia have said that they had been awakened at night by screams from the graves. “People heard voices calling out, ‘Help me! Help me!’ ” said Svay Saroeun, 50, a deputy village chief. “Maybe they are angry at the villagers for digging up their graves. Or maybe they were tortured to death, and now they are being tortured again by people who are disturbing their sleep.”
UTAH’S PARANORMAL COUNTRYSIDE
(21 MAY 07)
For as long as anyone can remember, the northeastern part of Utah (USA) has been the site of much unbelievable paranormal activity. From UFOs, cattle mutilations, psychic manifestations, creatures that aren’t found in any zoos or textbooks, to even poltergeist events. So what could be the reason behind all of this paranormal activity in Utah?
GHOST HUNTING CLASS LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME
(21 MAY 07)
The city of Aurora, Illinois, USA has a community education program that includes a now controversial class called “Ghosthunting 101” which is under review but has already had some 200 students who’ve taken the course.
RATTLE AWAY THOSE EVIL SPIRITS
(20 MAY 07)
Since ancient times babies have played with rattles to keep them occupied yet the toys were also given to adults to use to help them ward off evil spirits.
WHERE WILL THE NEXT DALAI LAMA COME FROM?
(20 MAY 07)
The Dalai Lama has said clearly that, owing to the oppressive conditions prevalent in Tibet, he expects his own reincarnation to appear outside, among the exiles. Yet there remains the problem of who will identify him, as the absence of the Panchen Lama is one of the areas of anxiety in the Tibetan community.
SALVIA CAN CAUSE AN OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE
(19 MAY 07)
Known as salvia divinorum, and used for centuries by the Mazatec shamans living in the mountainous Mexican state of Oxaxaca for healing purposes and spiritual journeys, salvia has recently emerged in modern culture as a relatively inexpensive and non-addictive alternative to other mind-altering substances.
MURDERED WOMEN SOLD AS AFTERLIFE BRIDES
(19 MAY 07)
A Chinese man has been arrested after allegedly killing up to six women so that he so he could then sell their bodies for superstitious "weddings of the dead", which is part of a network known to supply “ghost brides” to families seeking afterlife spouses for their dead sons.
ROMAN BURIAL SITE FOUND UNDER FUTURE BRITISH HIGHWAY
(19 MAY 07)
Roman burial grounds have been found on the future site of the A2 highway in Kent (UK), after local authorities commissioned archaeological surveys of the area. The surveys unearthed the burial ground of three high-status Romans, containing cremation remains, decorated bronze wear, as well as the skeletal remains of half a pig, presumably offered as food for the afterlife.
CINCINNATI IS ALIVE WITH GHOSTS
(18 MAY 07)
Members of the Paranormal Investigators of Northern Kentucky (PINK) say that there are many strange phenomena throughout Greater Cincinnati (USA). There are many local 'hot spots', where employees of the old Madison Theater in downtown Covington claim to have seen the ghostly figure of a woman.
MAN CLAIMS THAT ALIENS PLANTED A PROBE IN HIS ARM
(18 MAY 07)
Steve Munday, from Rugby town centre, Warwickshire (UK), claims that aliens planted a probe into his arm when he was 13 and ever since then he has believed in alien activity.
WORLD GHOST CONFERENCE 2007
(18 MAY 07)
The 2007 Ghost World Conference is to be held in Gettysburg Pennsylvania in July this year. Hosted over three days, the paranormal event will include lectures, workshops, trade show and a symposium. The purpose of the Ghost World Conference is to bring together people interested in paranormal research.
WAS THE CREATOR OF JAMES BOND INVOLVED IN A WITCHCRAFT CONSPIRACY?
(17 MAY 07)
There are claims that Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond 007, played a role in the prosecution of Helen Duncan, a Scottish woman who was the last person in the UK to be jailed for witchcraft during World War II.
ORDER IN THE COURT - GHOSTLY JUDGE ON THE LOOSE
(17 MAY 07)
In Cochise County Arizona (USA), Kelly Jarrell, a file clerk at the local courthouse got the fright of her life whilst she was retrieving some files from a storage area in the courthouse. Jarrell said that when she stepped into a passageway, right in front of her was this “form”, as she called it, which appeared to be that of a man whom she described as “grandfatherly,” dressed in black and seated on a chair staring straight ahead.
PSYCHICS TO HELP SOLVE DAUGHTER’S KILLING
(16 MAY 07)
In San Antonio, Texas (USA), a mother has turned to local psychics to help solve the mystery surrounding her daughter, Garcia’s, murder. Sheila Smith-Ramirez, Garcia's mother said that she believes her daughter was killed by three men and is hoping that the psychics may help her to come closer in finding her daughters killers.
FLOWER OF THE SUN TO WARD OF EVIL SPIRITS
(16 MAY 07)
Traditionally known as the flower of the sun, the "Eguzkilore", is a large dried thistle head with a pronounced likeness to the sun which is placed by the door of a farm or other kinds of houses, in order to protect inhabitants against evil spirits, sorcerers, lamiak (mermaid-resembling creatures with bird’s legs), the spirits of illness, storms and lightening.
CANADIAN UFO SIGHTINGS ARE ON THE RISE
(16 MAY 07)
There have been over 81 reported cases of UFO sightings in Ontario, Canada, as of May 15, 2007. A number of the UFO reports came in during the months of January and February, but it was in March when a flurry of fireball sightings were reported in higher numbers.
ROBBIE WILLIAMS HELPED BY SINATRA’S SPIRIT
(15 MAY 07)
British superstar, Robbie Williams, who recently spent some time in rehab, has confessed that he regularly contacts dead Rat Pack stars – including Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, and that it was Frank Sinatra who helped him with his 2001 album, Swing While You’re Winning.
UK PARANORMAL SHOP IS FOR EVERYONE
(15 MAY 07)
In Ewell Village, Surrey UK, a new age shop is to soon open its doors to people wishing to know more about the paranormal and supernatural. The shop’s owner, Carolina Starre, has said that many “people want to believe that there is something more to this life”, and that is why there is such a fascination with the paranormal.
IS SYDNEY’S “THE ROCKS” AREA HAUNTED?
(15 MAY 07)
Traditionally the home of the Indigenous Cadigal people, the rocky sandstone ledge known as “The Rocks” is where members of the First Fleet stepped ashore on 26 January 1788 and British settlement of Australia was first established, and if you visit Gloucester Street take a compass with you, and see for yourself, as it goes haywire. Could this be the presence of ghosts from a time gone by?
NEW GHOSTBUSTERS FOR WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA, USA
(14 MAY 07)
The East Georgia Paranormal investigators are a new team of Ghostbusters for Walton County, which is one of the fastest growing counties in Florida (USA). Having been in action since November 2006, the team of investigators look into claims of paranormal and ghostly activity throughout the region.
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY COFFINS
(14 MAY 07)
Even in death, looking after the environment is a decision that we all should consider. Now, a New Zealand company has developed an environmentally friendly coffin, made from 85% recycled materials that are just as strong as wood.
NORTHERN IRELAND ABUZZ WITH LIGHTS IN THE SKY
(14 MAY 07)
Local residents in County Down, Northern Ireland, have reported a series of strange orange lights in the night sky. Local air traffic controllers also said that residents, as well as the Coastguard, had also contacted them in relation to the strange lights above.
ESTONIANS BELIEVE IN PARANORMAL HEALING
(13 MAY 07)
Nearly two-thirds of Estonians believe in paranormal healing with hands, according to a recent survey which also shows that a quarter believes in ghosts, and more than half in aliens, while everyone has at least one angel looking after them.
FORMING THE BASIS FOR TRADITIONAL CHINESE BELIEFS AND RITUALS THROUGH CONFUCIANISM TAOISM AND BUDDHISM
(13 MAY 07)
Migrating from India to China around the second century BC, Buddhist teachings provided spiritual comfort with the promise of potential enlightenment (a form of salvation), detailed teachings about the afterlife and funeral rites.
CHURCH OFFERS SPIRITUAL HEALING TO INJURED MUSICIAN
(13 MAY 07)
David Ditchfield, who has worked as a guitarist with Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Fine Young Cannibals, tells of having an NDE while in hospital after a train accident.
Although he had not been a religious man, Ditchfield said that he had felt the power of prayer from local churches where prayers had been said for his recovery.
IS THE DEVIL TO BLAME FOR THE VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE?
(12 MAY 07)
Questions are being raised at what could have caused Virginia Tech student, Cho Seung-Hui, carry out his deadly assault last month, amongst his fellow students. Many say that they saw some evil at work, perhaps an evil force controlling Cho. If so, could the devil also be to blame for this horrific crime against humanity?
MALAYSIA’S HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL
(12 MAY 07)
Taking place on the 15th day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the populous Chinese community in Malaysia annually celebrates the release of ghosts from purgatory, in the belief that in the seventh lunar month, the hungry spirits of their ancestors are freed from hell for one month to scour the Earth for food.
GHOST TOURS A SELL OUT
(12 MAY 07)
The Blackpool Grand Theatre, in Lancashire UK is a grand old theatre which was designed and built in 1894. Over the past few months audiences have had the chance to take a dark journey through the theatre’s history in the hope of bumping into one of the theatres resident ghosts. The demand for this tour has been so high that they have decided to put on extra tours over the coming months.
ENGLAND IS CRAWLING WITH WITCHES AND WIZARDS
(11 MAY 07)
CBS news reporter, Ed Boyle, claims that England is positively crawling with witches, warlocks, wizards and water diviners, for, when it comes to matters of the occult, the English have it all covered.
PHOENIX RISING
(11 MAY 07)
Among the many mythological concepts of ancient Egypt one in particular is dominant, the Phoenix, the symbol of Creation itself, which always rises even after its own destruction. The basis of this great myth is something worthwhile exploring, as the Ancient Egyptians did when the spent a significant part of their own lives preparing for the Afterlife.
PSYCHIC URI GELLAR IS BEING SUED
(10 MAY 07)
Uri Gellar, the famous Israeli spoon bender is being sued after complaining about his spoon bending that was posted on the video sharing website, YouTube.
UNDERSTANDING THE BAHA’I FAITH AND THEIR BELIEFS IN THE AFTERLIFE
(10 MAY 07)
To the followers of the Baha’i faith heaven and hell are spiritual allegories for nearness to or distance from God and an individual's experience of the afterlife depends on the state of their soul. They have great respect for the prophets and believe there is only one God who has been revealed throughout time in the teachings of all the great religions throughout history.
MICK JAGGER HAS SEEN A UFO
(9 MAY 07)
The Rolling Stones rocker and lead sing, Mick Jagger, says that he once sighted a UFO during his band’s infamous 1969 Altamont Concert in California. As well as Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, has admitted to “seeing a few”.
‘THE GHOSTS OF DOOR COUNTY’ (WISCONSIN, USA)
(9 MAY 07)
With over 300 miles of scenic shoreline dotted with bustling harbors and quiet coves, Door County, Wisconsin (USA) has its fair share of ghost stories. Now, one of its locals, Bethany Rucinski, has released a documentary featuring the many ghost hunting areas throughout Door County, with the assistance of a group of paranormal investigators called the Southern Wisconsin Paranormal Research Group (SWPRG).
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THE UNEXPLAINED
(9 MAY 07)
Almost everyone has heard strange noises when home alone and some have even seen things that can't be explained. Tying to make sense of the age-old question, do ghosts really exist, is something that has haunted humanity since the dawn of time.
MAN CLAIMS HE IS JESUS CHRIST REINCARNATED
(8 MAY 07)
In Orlando Florida (USA), crowds recently gathered to hear from a man, Dr. Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda, who claims that he is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Dr. Miranda says that he has millions of follower’s world wide, and that they have all tattooed their bodies with "666" in recognition that the second-coming of Christ has taken place.
OLD SALOON TO CELEBRATE 102 YEARS WITH SPIRITED GHOSTS
(8 MAY 07)
In Macomb County (USA), the ninth smallest of Michigan's 83 counties, is The Locker Room Saloon, which both the staff and locals say is haunted, and so to celebrate the saloons upcoming 102 birthday, they will be holding a séance to determine if it is in fact inhabited by ghosts.
MALAYSIANS AND THE SUPERNATURAL
(7 MAY 07)
According to Malaysian Psychologist Maimunah Karim, exploring the realms of the dark and mysterious has always fascinated the human mind. For belief in the supernatural is not just confined to the average man in the street, as the educated can also feel the effects of strange phenomena.
HUNTING NEW ZEALAND’S WAIRARAPA SPIRITS
(7 MAY 07)
Made up of five main townships, Wairarapa is located on the southeast of the North Island of New Zealand, and it is here that a team of paranormal investigators are on the hunt for spectres, ghouls and ghosts, searching in older buildings and homes of the region.
REPORT CONFIRMS US GOVERNMENT’S INTEREST IN ALIEN LIFE FORMS
(7 MAY 07)
Starstream Research, a private provider of intelligence and analysis on futuristic defense issues in the United States, has released a confidential report stating that members of both the present and past governments’ intelligence community continue to be concerned about an alien extraterrestrial presence.
UNDERSTANDING ISLAM AND THE AFTERLIFE
(6 MAY 07)
There is little understanding among non-Muslims of Islamic views of death and the afterlife. Muslims can escape the torture of the grave by dying as martyrs. According to Islamic tradition, Muslims who die in a fire, by drowning, in the collapse of a building or in some other way involving great physical suffering merit the rank of martyrs in the afterlife.
THE BENEFITS OF PAST LIFE REGRESSION
(6 MAY 07)
Specializing in past life regression through hypnotherapy, Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, is also a life coach and author. She says that when people learn that she is a regression practitioner they frequently ask: “What value does knowing about one’s past life have?". Well, she says. “if you believe in reincarnation, you need to spend some time investigating your past lives in order to discover what mistakes you have made in the past so that you don’t carry these forward in your present or next life again”.
MYSTERIOUS DREAM LADY TEACHES MALAYSIAN MAN TO CALL UPON SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
(6 MAY 07)
Wong Tsu Chang says that he has been seeing spirits since the age of twelve. Then, he also says, one day he was visited by a mysterious lady in a dream who taught him how to call up spirits from the afterlife.
CAN MAN REALLY SEE INTO THE FUTURE?
(5 MAY 07)
Many scientists now believe that the human brain really can predict events before they happen. Professor Bierman, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, believes that people can sense the future before it happens.
INTERVIEWING GHOSTS AT 15TH CENTURY CASTLE
(5 MAY 07)
Bodelwyddan Castle in Denbighshire, North Wales, is said to have a number of ghosts who regularly make their presence known. Now, a team of paranormal investigators is seeking volunteers to help them 'interview' the resident ghosts.
OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS CAN CAUSE OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCES (OBEs)
(4 MAY 07)
Many over the counter medicines can cause experiences ranging from extreme euphoria to OBEs, as well as hallucinations that some have described as being mind-expanding and seemingly spiritual experiences.
MALAYSIAN STATE SEEKING TO EXORCISE EVIL SPIRITS
(4 MAY 07)
Religious authorities in the in northeastern Malaysian state of Kelantan are planning to hire ghost busters to rid them of evil spirits, which they say can cause some Muslims to follow deviant groups.
MYSTERIOUS ORB CAPTURED ON FILM IN THE UK
(3 MAY07)
Within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England, lies the town of Stretford, and it is here that Paraquest, a local team of paranormal investigators, have captured a mysterious orb on video, whilst investigation Stretford's oldest building.
PROFESSOR SAYS THAT RELIGION IS AFRAID OF NDE RESEARCH
(2 MAY07)
University of Illinois at Chicago philosophy professor and author, Dr. Neal Grossman, has recently been interviewed on his views about research into near-death experiences (NDEs), where he says, “To the religious person the very idea that some of their religious beliefs might be capable of being investigated by science to determine whether they are true or false is threatening”.
WOMEN’S SPIRITUALITY TELE-FESTIVAL
(2 MAY07)
The Beltane Papers: A Journal of Women's Mysteries will host its first ever Tele-Festival from May 14 to May 18, 2007, where women can learn about reincarnation and pets, and how to facilitate the return of the spirit of a favorite pet.
NEW ZEALAND BUSINESSMAN DISCOVERS THAT DEATH IS NOT THE END
(1 MAY 07)
New Zealand businessman Russ Woolcock never believed in God or the afterlife until he “died” of a heart attack, just a few weeks short of his 50th birthday. His story of what happened then is well worthwhile reading and knowing.
TERRACOTTA WARRIORS TO PROTECT IN THE AFTERLIFE
(1 MAY 07)
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi province in China and a sub-provincial city. Known as one of the most important cities in Chinese history, Xi'an is listed as one of the Great Ancient Capitals of China. It’s main attraction, the Terracotta Warriors, that was built over 2000 years ago beside Qin Shi Huang's tomb to protect him in the afterlife.
SPIRITS MAKING CALLS FROM CELL PHONES
(1 MAY 07)
In Wabasha, Minnesota (USA), located 70 miles southeast of Minneapolis/St. Paul on the Mississippi River, is the historic Anderson House, where the innkeeper, Teresa Smith, believes that they have ghostly spirits that have been known to drain your camera battery, or even make calls on visitor’s cell phones.
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