Searching for Ghosts & Spirits

Written by Mark Johnson

Now that we're in the month of October, most people's thoughts go to Halloween.  This is my personal favorite time of year when all things ghostly and scary become commonplace in the public eye.  I love the colder weather, the leaves changing and falling, and the mystical quality in the air as we approach All Hollows Eve.

 

Of course my interest in this time of year also stems from the fact that I've been hunting ghosts and paranormal activity for 12 years now.  In that time I've had the opportunity to investigate numerous locations that include private homes, businesses and historical locations.  Each case has something different to offer, and I've found that my views and opinions of the paranormal phenomenon that I have encountered has altered over time.  Instead of believing all phenomenon is caused by the Ghosts of a deceased person, I've realized that there is a much larger phenomenon taking place that can't all be neatly packed into a single category.  Even the word "haunting" no longer holds the same meaning for me as I've learned about different realities, and as science continues to make new discoveries on the nature of our universe.

 

 

Many people consider ghosts to be the soul or spirit of someone who has died.  But there are new theories that have come into play that draw many of our former conclusions into question.  Here's one example of a classic haunting:

 

An unsuspecting witness enters a room in an old home and sees a woman dressed in Victorian clothing.  The woman goes about her tasks as if she were still alive, then vanishes.  In some cases witnesses have reported similar situations, but where the "ghost" turns and sees the person, and their reaction shows they are just as startled as the witness!

 

Physicists such as Dr. Imichio Kaku who discuss String Theory argue that there are multiple dimensions existing in the same physical space as our three-dimensional reality.  Not only are their multiple dimensions, but also alternate universes -- entire worlds that exist just inches past our outstretched fingers.  These realities could exist within our time-frame, or even be windows to past times and events playing out within these realities.  So what happens if these realities briefly cross over each other?  For instance, lets say a woman in Victorian times is busy cleaning her house, and when she looks up she sees a person standing in front of her wearing strange clothing such as shorts and T-shirt.  She is startled to see this apparition before her who also looks startled by her presence, and after a few seconds it vanishes.  She's just seen a ghost....or has she?  What if instead that the conditions were such that a brief window or portal opened up between two time periods, and people living in each of those periods are quite literally able to see each other for a brief moment?  Instead of a living person seeing the "ghost" of a dead person, we have two people very much alive in their perspective realities who are momentarily made aware of each other's presence.

 

 

Another popular theory amongst paranormal researchers is that of a "residual haunting".  These types of hauntings are considered to not be caused by ghosts or spirits, but are more akin to watching a television program of a past event play itself out over and over again.  An example of this would be observing the ghost of a person known to be dead who appears at the same time in a specific time period, say once a month on the same day and time.  The figure always performs the exact same actions and movements every time without deviation.  Current theories state that a residual haunting is the energy of a past event that has somehow imprinted itself onto a physical location, and plays itself out over and over again.  Some researchers feel that locations that have high amounts of granite or iron in the ground could be a conductor for such energy, or even a location near running water.  None of these theories have ever been proven scientifically, and in fact feel like nothing more than researchers version of folklore that is regurgitated to the public over and over without any basis in fact.

 

But again, if we look at this phenomenon through the perspective of multiple dimensions and realities, then it begins to look more feasible.  Instead of energy being imprinted on a location, there may actually be conditions present that allow a portal to open up in the space-time continuum to allow us to view a past event in real time!  And although time in our reality continues to move forward, the portal continues to show the same moment of the past over and over in a repeated loop.

 

 

Of course there is also still the phenomenon of dealing with what seems to be invisible intelligences that can interact with our physical environment.  In many cases investigators such as myself will experience the traditional cold spots, hearing disembodied sounds, and we capture this phenomenon using video and audio technology.  While it is important to document this phenomenon, many groups will only focus on what evidence they can capture with their cameras and audio recorders while ignoring other tools such as a trained and validated psychic that can connect with spiritual energies and shed light on exactly what types of forces are present and how they can be dealt with.

 

That is why I joined Spirit Rescue International.  After years of conducting only scientific research I became dissatisfied with the fact that purely scientific research does nothing to help clients who are in desperate need to reclaim their lives.  Most groups will do an investigation, show the client what they caught, then move on to the next investigation without providing any true resolution to their problems.  SRI uses both scientific and psychic tools to get to the bottom of each client's situation, find the cause, and work to bring a resolution to allow them to find peace in their lives.  If there is a ghost or spirit present and it's not just a residual or multidimensional phenomenon, the SRI team can help these spirits move on to where they need to be and bring peace to the living.