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St Michael the Archangel

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The familiar picture of St. Michael the Archangel, with sword in hand, vanquishing Satan is inspired by the book of Revelation.  A great war shakes the heavens. “Michael and his angels fought the dragon.  The dragon and his angels fought back, but they were defeated.” (Rev 12, 7-8) Michael, the Archangel, is God’s commander in battle, the powerful messenger of His truth, who fights against evil and its deceptions.  He is a symbol of God’s victory over the forces of darkness; a pledge that God and the forces of good will prevail no matter how hard the struggle.  And so, over the centuries, St. Michael has been chosen by soldiers and armies, by cities and places as their strong patron.  He is invoked by those who must fight hard against powerful forces of evil, even at the cost of life.

Those engaged in law enforcement, those who must combat crime and strongly entrenched networks of evil, call upon St. Michael.  St. Michael is also called upon at the time of death, when one must struggle against fear and darkness.  Like the angel who came to strengthen Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane, St. Michael is a patron to call when death draws near.

Christians have always recognized that life is a battle against evil in many forms.  Powerful forces we can hardly describe go about the world intent on destroying all that is good.  They can appear overwhelming and cause great fear.

Yet, a force more powerful than all the combined forces of evil protects us.  By God’s grace, the power of Jesus Christ is ours.  And his angels are the army that wins the battle.

Before every class, ghost hunt and events the Warren’s had, we would say a prayer to St. Michael the Archangel.  Below is the prayer.

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; protect us against the deceit and wickedness of the devil.  May God rebuke him we humbly pray.  And you, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God banish into hell Satan and all of the evil spirits who roam through the world seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen

Twins: Ed and Babette Zaffis

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This is an article about twins.  They say that there is a connection between twins and that they share a lot of different things neither one of them is aware of it.  This story is about Ed Warren and his twin sister, Babette Pauline “Babe” Miney Zaffis, affectionately called Babe by her friends and family.   Ed and his sister grew up in a haunted house in Bridgeport, Conn.  At the age of five, they had their first ghostly experience.  They could hear someone walking up the front staircase into the kitchen and turn on the light but no one would be there.  This would scare them so much that they would hide in their bedroom closet.  This would eventually lead Ed Warren into a career pursuing ghosts and haunted dwellings.  His sister would not have anything to do with it.  If you asked her about the ghostly experience she would tell you to ask her brother Ed because she was afraid of the supernatural.

John Zaffis, would joke about huge difference about his mother, Babe. and his uncle, Ed, being so different. Getting back to the connection between twins, Ed Warren is not a psychic person so for him to experience things with his deceased twin sister is something of a personal nature.

While Babe was in her home nearing the end she experienced seeing apparitions of deceased family members.  She would see her mother and several other relatives.  John would ask his Mom, who is here in the room with you now?  She would tell me who was with her, then John would tease her and say, “Ask them how it is over there”.  She would tell John that they would not say anything to her, they would just smile at her.  Then John would say to her, How will I know what it’s like over there, when you cross over, you will have to come back and tell me.  His mother would get a serious look on her face, and wouldn’t respond.

One day when John was teasing his mom about this, she looked at him, and said, I’ll tell you what, I’ll come back and tell my brother that everything is okay over there.  John said he laughed and said Okay mom, you do that.  Several months later she passed away.  After her passing, John was visiting with Ed and he came over and said to me, John had a dream about my sister.  I don’t know if this is for you or your father but she said everything is okay over there.  At that time John remembered the remark she had made.  John said, “At that point, every emotion inside of me went cold.  I turned around and left the room.  My emotions haven’t been that wild since the day she died.”

A short time after that John was with Ed and he was telling John of the dream he had of his sister in a beautiful forest.  In the forest he saw a lot of big trees and a waterfall with her by it, and Ed said to him, “John there were all kinds of beautiful flowers and all kinds of colors, pastels.”  John asked Ed, “What color stood out to you Ed?”  Why do you want to know that John? asked Ed.  Just curious John said.  Ed said, “I think it was blue, some red and pinks.”  Stunned, John said, Ed, blue was Babe’s favorite color.  Ed asked John, Why such an intense look on your face?  John said to Ed, “I know I never told you or anyone else, of a little remark your sister said to me, in regards to coming back, to let us know everything was okay. Ed and John looked at each other and Ed said, “I guess now we know she is okay where she is.”  And John said I’m glad she is in such a beautiful place.

John thought this story would be a nice tribute to the twins, and to know that it is true, you can communicate in different ways, from beyond the grave.  September 7, 1926 marks the birth of Ed and Babe, and unfortunately, September 26, 1997 the passing of Babe.  Ed passed away Thursday, August 24 2006.

The Human Aura – Psychic Ability

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The human aura is the supernatural glow, which emanates from every living thing.  Humans have an aura.  So do animals.  Your pet dog or cat emanates an aura.  Although most people can’t see the aura, it exists nonetheless.  Have you ever seen a religious photograph, which showed a glow surrounding the figure? This is what the human aura looks like, only there are a variety of colors (blues, reds, greens, yellows, etc.) generated from the aura, unlike the golden only aura usually shown around Jesus Christ for instance.

As a psychic, clairvoyant, and light trance medium Lorraine Warren has been endowed with special gifts, among them the ability to “see” a person’s aura.  Each aura is unique to that particular person, much like a fingerprint.  The aura also changes quite frequently, depending on the person.  For instance, if a person is excited or depressed, or sick or angry, etc., the aura changes.  The colors may change either slightly or greatly, and the intensity may increase or decrease.   According to Lorraine, what she mean by intensity is the way the colors spike out from the body, sort of like fireworks.  Some may spike out just a little, while others may shoot out very high.  To the trained psychic’s eye this can be used to interpret certain emotional factors about the person.  For instance Lorraine knows (generally speaking) that a high intensity red hue may indicate a person is highly excited or even angry, whereas an even (non spiking) blue hue may indicate serenity and calmness.

As a psychic Lorraine was able to factor in what she saw from one’s aura as kind of an aid to the psychic impressions she received from an individual.  (Example: Lorraine Said her first psychic impression of an individual may be that they are highly excitable or angry in nature; the condition of their aura would be an added confirmation).  People often asked Lorraine to explain  her psychic ability.  They will ask things like, ” How do you discern things about people?” or ” Can I do it?” or ” Am I psychic?” or ” How do you know if a house is haunted?”   Lorraine said her favorite question was: ” Do you REALLY believe there is such a thing as ghosts?” Lorraine said, “That one really insults me let me tell you.”

Lorraine said she wouldn’t have been in this type of work for over fifty years if she hadn’t believed in ghosts! But to respond to the original questions, Lorraine said, “I really DON’T KNOW HOW I discern certain things.  It’s a part of myself that I can’t explain.  It’s almost as if that part of me (the psychic part) is an entirely different person.  ” Can I do it?” Well I don’t know if everyone can do it but I do know that we all possess a certain innate amount of psychic ability.”  It’s like that saying, ” Use it or lose it “.  If you don’t have reason to use that psychic ability or are just not in tune with it, it probably won’t develop very much.  Remember Lorraine has been in literally thousands of haunted homes and locations.

What psychic ability Lorraine had just seemed to develop naturally, almost through osmosis I guess you could say.  According to Lorraine, “By being around it so much.  I guess it’s the same as someone who goes to a foreign country for a long period of time.  They pick up the language just by being around it so much.  It just seems to come naturally.”  How does a person know if he or she has a greater than normal psychic ability? Lorraine  believed the best analogy she could use was this, “When you are in love with someone, you know it, no one has to tell you, right?” Well it’s the same with psychic ability.  If you have it, you just know it.  No one has to tell you.

I hope this little article on human ” Auras” and ” psychic” ability was enlightening for you.  (No pun intended).  From time to time I will be offering more insights into this and other areas of the supernatural and preternatural world.  Until then, happy ghost hunting!

Life After Death

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Interview with Ed Warren

A lot of people have asked Lorraine and Ed about life after death of the physical body. They ask them if they believe there to be life after death. Does the spirit live on? The short answer to this question is POSITIVELY YES! In fact, no one who is alive today will ever die. No one who has ever lived has ever died! Yes, of course the physical body will become old (or diseased), withered and die. But the essence of YOU, the SOUL or the SPIRIT or the CONSCIOUSNESS – call it what you will, will NEVER DIE!

Perhaps this analogy will help. You are driving in a car; the car is old and not running very well. Finally the car (the body) stops running (it dies). You however, do not die with the car, instead you (the soul, or spirit) get OUT of the car and continue on your journey. This is a simplified idea of what happens to you when you die. Ed said, “One thing Lorraine and I have learned through our many years of psychic research and investigation is that we do in fact survive death of the physical body. To me, it’s a sad state of affairs to think that there are people who actually believe there to be only six feet of earth waiting for them when they pass on.”   Ed does not it was ever God’s intention. Ed believes God has a master plan for each and every one of us. We may not know exactly what it is, but Ed assure me it is not like the end of a movie scene where everything fades to black. According to Ed, he and Lorraine have seen too much evidence to the contrary.  They have dealt with literally hundreds and hundreds of spirits.

Ed stated. “We KNOW ghosts exist. What is a ghost but the spirit of a once living human being; or of course a ghost COULD be something that has never walked the earth in human form. (But we’ll save that for another article). One should never fear death of the physical body. For it is just a process of life. It is a necessary step towards our ultimate journey to another plane of existence. You WILL see your loved ones who have passed on. You will be re-united with friends and YES even with pets that have passed on before you. Any animal that had been loved by a human WILL survive the grave. After all, what would heaven be like without our pets? In fact I can tell you exactly what is going to happen to you at the moment of death. I hope you are in your 90’s or even older. You will be lying there, family members all around you. They will be crying. Ed joked, “Because you left them out of the will” -only joking there folks…” Ed went on speaking more seriously, you take that last breath, and then suddenly you will see a glowing bright light (God’s light)- now this is the important part. GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT! And then you will be on the most incredible, most beautiful journey you have ever experienced.

Words cannot describe the beauty and the joy you will feel! You are on your way! Now some of you might be saying to yourselves, ” Hey, wait a minute. If it’s so great then how come there are earthbound spirits? Why do they wander the earth if heaven is so beautiful and great? I will tell you why. They didn’t know to GO TOWARDS THE LIGHT! Perhaps they were confused. Perhaps they were scared, yes, scared that they were being tricked. They could have done some pretty horrible things in life, and knowing this, thought the light was a ploy- a ploy by the devil to get them into hell! “But I am here to tell you that the light is no ploy, no attempt at trickery or deceit.”  said Ed. The light IS GOD’S LIGHT. Go to it. Let it comfort and guide you. There are also earthbound spirits who believe they have some unfinished business to attend to here on the earth plane. Perhaps they were murdered, and the murder had gone unsolved. They wanted to see justice done. Or perhaps they were so attached to their earthly possessions that they didn’t want to leave them. Ed spoke on a case in Waterbury, Connecticut. The spirit of an old Italian gentlemen kept haunting the house. Above his mantle he had inscribed ” Mine always mine “…. And he wasn’t kidding! He didn’t want to leave his earthly possessions behind. There are many reasons why spirits remain earthbound. But now that you know about the light, there is no reason for YOU to remain earthbound. In fact when you pass on, I know exactly what you are going to say. You are going to say, ” Darned if that Ed Warren wasn’t right!”

True Haunting: Spirit Re-Infestation

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It has returned

This is a case that Ed and Lorraine Warren had investigated over twelve years ago.   I will refer to this as the White Rose case set in the hills of northern Connecticut. The original case consists of a wife, husband and four sons who had moved into this home on October 31st things began to happen from there.   They would hear footsteps up and down the hallway; they would experience the sound of a moaning person.   They would smell horrible odors through out the home.   They could hear the sounds of a baby crying and see a dark form going up the staircase.   This lead them to contacting Ed and Lorraine Warren who began a full-scale investigation into White Rose.   This led to two investigators staying in the home and witnessing the occurrences, one of the researchers by the name of Chris, who is the Warrens grandson, was working with them at the time.

This is a story I got from fellow classmate, Mike Roberge, a paranormal investigator and demonologist who worked with the Warren’s for a number of years. I learned a lot from Mike and John Zaffis about how to be a paranormal investigator.  I consider myself lucky to have them as teachers when I was a baby investigator on a case in Long Island which involved a Santeria curse.  I will do an article of that case later.  For now, here’s a story about the re-infestation of a haunted house.

After weeks of gathering information, it was submitted to the Roman Catholic church.   After reviewing the information, a Roman Catholic priest performed a blessing of the home.   Within a short time, the activity started up again and two priests came back to do a mass in the home.   Within a few days, the activity started up again and increased.   At this time four priests had to come and perform a high mass.   All activity stopped.   Shortly after this all supernatural activity was over.   The family had moved out of the home and all four boys had moved on with their lives, settling down, buying homes, raising families and moving on with their careers. Until the fall of 1998 all was quiet.   The family was free of all supernatural happenings and had grown to 27 members.   Then the mother’s brother passed away and she started to experience things in her home.   Shortly after that, one of the sons started to experience things in his home; rappings, lights going on and off, and strange sounds coming out of the TV.   They contributed the occurences to the passing of the uncle, and at this point the mother and son decided to contact Ed and Lorraine Warren once again for their help.   Little did the Warrens know that this would consist of four homes that were being affected, one home in particular, the youngest sons.

Lorraine had discerned something bad was in this home, in the master bedroom.   The family had been to a point where they would get together and say the rosary in all four homes but began noticing that things would intensify afterwards in one home.   Ed and Lorraine sent in investigators Mike Roberge and an associatefor several days.   Witnessing bangs in the walls, having the bed vibrating and seeing black forms in the home. What you are about to read are the notes taken by the wife, in the sons home as things happened.

January 27, 1999 7:00 AM – Went to exit bathroom door but door was locked, unlocked door, could not pull door open.   It felt like someone was holding it from the other side.   After a few attempts to pull open, it released.   A few minutes later I walked into my bedroom and caught a glimpse of a straight charcoal colored shadow standing on the side of my bed.   It looked like the side of a person.

3:00 PM – I was sitting in the living room at the computer and felt a cold gust of wind. It made my hair blow around. No doors were open. January 28, 1999 11:45 AM – Husband saw shadow on hallway wall move back and forth.   The wall had the reflection of light on it from the bathroom window. No one was in the bathroom at the time. 4:50 PM – Someone called out mother two times. I asked what but no one called me. 7:30 PM – Family was eating dinner.   Mother saw a gliding movement near kitchen door that looked like a mist.

7:40 PM – Mother and I heard one bang on the back door.

7:43 PM – Two bangs on the back door.   Turned on spotlights and looked out but no one was there. Dog was lying on kitchen floor, did not bark.

8:30 PM – Husband heard psst in his left ear, thought his mother did it to wake him up, but she didn’t. 9:32 PM – Mother saw light mist shadow gliding over daughter on love seat while she was sleeping. 10:00 PM – Husband saw gliding shadow on living room ceiling. January 29, 1999 8:10 AM – Bathroom door locked again.   Son unlocked the door but couldn’t get out. He thought his sister was holding the door.   The daughter started screaming from the shower, then the door opened. 8:40 AM – Daughter asked “who walked down the hallway”.   She said she heard creaking walking sounds.

8:45 AM – Daughter heard the walking sounds again but she said both times were the same but this time it was on her ceiling.

12:40 PM – Daughter heard four slow banging sounds on kitchen ceiling. January 30,1999 5:55 AM – Wife and husband heard screaming from the basement. 6:00 AM – Mother saw a light silver streak in front of kitchen window.

9:50 to 10:55 AM – I was trying to talk on line with someone but we both kept getting kicked off. It happened seven times.

1:43 PM – I heard footsteps on kitchen ceiling.

2:20 PM – I heard electric wire sounding noise like a crackle two times.

2:25 to 2:45 PM – I heard continuous banging coming from the hallway.   When I went down it the sound was like back in the living room.   I went back there, then it sounded like it was coming from the girls room.   The sound took me back and forth from room to room for 20 minutes. 4:30 PM – Banging on living room wall near front door.

5:50 PM – I saw small white image walk behind me while standing at kitchen window.   I saw the reflection in the window. January 31, 1999 10:15 AM – Daughter heard someone walking down the hallway and shut the bathroom door. She opened the door to get a brush and no one was in there.

1:30 PM – I heard crackling and footsteps in corner on living room ceiling.

4:30 PM – Daughter and I heard noise on kitchen ceiling that sounded like a tin garbage can being rolled back and forth.

7:15 PM – Son saw two eyes in kitchen window.   The same time he saw them, the dog charged and jumped up on the window sill, barking and growling.

11:00 PM – A mist looking shadow glided across the television in the living room it was wide, round, and fast.

11:10 PM – Banging on living room wall. February 1, 1999 8:55 PM – Same egg smell in corner of living room. February 2, 1999 Slept over my husband’s brother’s home.   Felt a lot of pressure on my chest and neck and head, mostly in the kitchen hallway and bedroom.

10:15 PM – Books moving slightly on bookcase two times while Mike, husband and wife are sitting in the living room.  Husband jumped.

February 3, 1999 7:00 AM – I woke up with a bruise on the right side of my forehead. It looked like rug burn.

10:00 AM – I opened the door to my bedroom and it looked like the whole room was filled with smoke, called husband down to see it.

6:49 PM – My husband’s brother, saw a ball glide not roll across kitchen floor about 6 feet.   When it stopped it shook and rang. February 4, 1999 8:00 AM – A package of cough drops slid across the coffee table in front of my husband and I.

8:50 AM – After talking with investigators and Lorraine on the phone, the front door handle turned and the door swung open. All notes are true and documented, witnessed by Ed and Lorraine Warren, Mike Roberge, and another Warren investigator.

During the February timeframe, all four homes were scheduled to have a Roman Catholic mass said within each but unfortunately this did not work. Within days, all of the families are experiencing things in their homes, Mike and myself spent several nights in one of the homes.   We heard drums, rappings in the walls and several times the books vibrated on the shelves and literally scared the family when sitting in the room.   When laying on the bed you can feel something sit on the bed and then another presence walk across it.   All family members were getting ill and not all of the illnesses could be diagnosed.

All types of strange occurrences were taking place, and when things like this occur it is very difficult for the family members to be able to understand and deal with these things.   This is where it is important for the researchers to be able to stay and help the families out.   Within several days an exorcism was performed in all of the homes, but this was not successful either.   Within a week a third exorcism was performed and all of the happenings stopped the homes are quiet to this day.   Hopefully it will remain that way for all the people involved in this case.

How do I take psychic photos with a 35mm camera

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There are a few paranormal investigators going back to the old school 35mm camera to take psychic photos.  They are not giving up their digital cameras.  They are using both for a number of reasons, control being the number one reason.

The instructions below is out-dated due to advance digital cameras.  By popular demand we are putting it back Ed Warren’s original instructions on how to take psychic photos.

1. Ideally, use an auto focus or fixed-focus camera with an automatic flash, the more powerful the flash the better. You may use a manual focus camera, but your photos may be out of focus because (obviously) you may not be able to focus it in the dark.

2. Use ordinary color print film. Some photographers prefer black and white, which may provide better contrast, especially if the photos are to be reproduced. Most auto focus and fixed-focus cameras use 35mm film. 400 ASA works just fine. You may also use ASA 200 film, but any slower speed film may make your photos too dark. You may also want to experiment by taking photos without a flash, using high speed film, such as ASA 1000 in low light (not black) conditions.

3. Load your camera after you get to the site. Lorraine Warren believes that this gives recognition to the spirits and gives them maximum opportunity to imprint on the film.

4. Make a record of the type of camera, film type and speed, site, date, time, and weather conditions. This serves several purposes: assuming you are successful in taking psychic photos, you want to be able to rule out clouds, the moon, and so forth as the origin of your “psychic” photos; in addition, once you’ve taken a few rolls of film, every cemetery begins to look the same! Avoid rainy or snowy conditions, as these could complicate your interpretation of the images.

5. Shoot the entire roll of film at the site if possible. Aim the camera so that you include something as a point of reference, such as a tombstone, person, fence, or object.

6. Use a photo-finisher who will print all photos. Your local photo shop, where the employees are actually reviewing the photos as they are printed, may be the best bet. Many members of the New England Society for Psychic Research, Inc. have found that developing a rapport with the local photo finisher can help. Unfortunately, some of the mail-away finishers will “select” the photos to print if they think you’ve taken poor photos that do not have enough light. Because they are usually cheaper, however, you may want to include a letter asking them to print all photos. Be sure and order a proof sheet of all photos when you send to a mail-away photo finisher, as finding psychic phenomena on negatives is difficult.