OCTOBER 2007
WHAT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF HALLOWEEN?
(31 OCT 07)
On the night of Halloween the dead will arise and come back to our world to cause havoc in our smooth existence. One can often wonder as to what kind of celebration Halloween really is. Is it a celebration of evil powers, and do the evil powers really exist and manifest themselves on this day?
DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATIONS IN MEXICO
(31 OCT 07)
In Mexico, the Day of the Dead is more celebrated than that of the traditional Halloween celebrations. It is a day when many families perform rituals meant to honor and comfort the souls of their departed loved ones.
CRIMSON HAUNTINGS TO TOUR ALABAMA UNIVERSITY
(31 OCT 07)
Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library is one of the oldest buildings at the University of Alabama, with a reputation for hauntings and paranormal activities. This Halloween, the Gorgas Library will be one of the stops on the Crimson Hauntings tour on campus, which is sponsored by Alpha Psi Omega, University Programs and Creative Campus.
HEAVEN REVEALED TO MINISTER IN A DREAM
(30 OCT 07)
Baptist Minister, Rev. R.J. Barber, says that he suffered a near-death experience when a blood vessel was accidentally cut during a hernia repair surgery. Barber said he had a dream that he was picked up on an 18-wheeler and was taken to another truck that was called “time.” A short time later, he was taken to another vehicle called “eternity.” “Eternity was the most wonderful place I’ve ever seen,” Barber said.
HALLOWEEN GHOSTS ARE BIG IN ASIA
(30 OCT 07)
As the spectacle of Halloween thrives across Asia, it also shines a spotlight on the region's profound relationship with the afterlife. Hong Kong-based cultural commentator Nury Vittachi, said “"Ghosts are very big in Asian culture and there is a deeper understanding and interest in their place in society."
THIRTY-SEVEN PERSCENT OF SCOTTS BELIEVE IN GHOSTS
(30 OCT 07)
A recent poll carried out in Scotland of 2100 people found that castles and stately homes were thought to be the most haunted locations.
TALE OF THE SINGING GHOST
(29 OCT 07)
Missouri author Joan Gilbert has many a ghost tale to tell. One being that of a former Columbia resident, Fred Nolen who when seated at his piano playing Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood,” would often feel a light hand on his shoulder as he played or something ruffling the hair on the back of his neck.
PLANNING YOUR OWN FINAL AREWELL
(29 OCT 07)
Planning a funeral used to fall almost entirely to funeral homes. However a poll conducted in 2005 found that 47% of Americans said they were going to plan their own funerals and, according to consumer advocates, it’s not difficult to design a funeral that can cost a good deal less than the national American average of about $6,500.
GREEN BURIALS ARE BETTER FOR MANKIND
(29 OCT 07)
Green burials are routinely carried out throughout the United States these days. There is little effect on the surrounding environment, as there is no metal lining of the coffins, nor embalming of the deceased, so that everything can decompose in its natural state.
NASA TO REINVESTIGATE 1965 UFO INCIDENT
(28 OCT 07)
The American space agency, NASA, is to search through it’s archives for documents on a 1965 UFO incident in the woods near Kecksburg, Pa., 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. At the time, the Air Force's explanation for the unidentified flying object was that it was s meteor or meteors.
THE SCIENCE OF PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS
(28 OCT 07)
Chris Hughes, a co-founder of the Little Egypt Area Paranormal Society, of Southern Illinois, says that his team of paranormal investigators tries to focus on the science of the paranormal rather than the hype.
GHOST HUNTING CAN BE A DEVIL OF A TIME
(28 OCT 07)
Troy Wood is the founder of The Utah Ghost Organization that spends much of their spare time prowling the local streets for spirits. Wood says that he has been told that he's playing with demons, flirting with the devil and destined to burn in hell, for the work that he and his paranormal team do.
ONE OUT OF THREE AMERICANS BELIEVE IN GHOSTS
(27 OCT 07)
A pre-Halloween poll carried out by The Associated Press, has revealed that about one-third of people believe they could be ghosts. And nearly one out of four, 23 percent, say they've actually seen a ghost or felt its presence.
GHOSTS CAN HELP SELL HOUSES
(27 OCT 07)
A Coldwell Banker Real Estate agent in Illinois, USA says some people like to have haunted houses, while other’s don’t, so buyers should ask agents about previous tenants or owners having died in properties, then seek the services of ghost hunters or busters.
PARIS HILTON TO BE FROZEN IN TIME
(26 OCT 07)
Paris Hilton, the American celebutante, businesswoman, singer, model, actress, author, and television personality, has been planning for her afterlife. According to the Phoenix news site azcentral.com, Hilton is to have her body frozen in time at the Cryonics Institute, upon her death.
DREAM DICTIONARY AVAILABLE ON-LINE
(26 OCT 07)
In today's world, dreams are not very much talked about. One talks of dreams only when they are interesting or scary. The world of dreams is quite fascinating and mysterious as well. Now, the worlds largest dream dictionary is available on-line at MysticBoard.com.
THE GHOSTS OF HERTFORD, ENGLAND
(26 OCT 07)
The ghost of Oliver Cromwell, an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England, Scotland and Ireland into a republican Commonwealth, is said to be one of many ghosts that are regularly seen around Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England.
THE BIG BOOK ABOUT EXORCISM’S
(25 OCT 07)
Exorcism: Encounters with the Paranormal and the Occult, written by Fr. Jose Francisco C. Syquia, director of the Archdiocese of Manila Office of Exorcism. As an official exorcist of the Catholic Church, Fr. Syquia has performed countless exorcism rites, showing how the power of God can drive away evil spirits.
THE GHOSTS OF CORBIN HALL
(25 OCT 07)
Corbin Residence Hall, an all-women residence in Kansas USA, is rumored to be haunted, possibly by dead Tuberculosis patients from long ago. Margaret, a local resident, isn’t sure why the spirits stay with us, but has her own theories. One being that she that some spirits might be left there as punishment in the afterlife.
PAVAROTTI DIED OWING MILLIONS
(24 OCT 07)
Luciano Pavarotti, the celebrated Italian operatic tenor, who successfully crossed into popular music to become one of the most beloved vocal performers of all time, died with a massive debt of around $24 million.
DEATH BECOMES US
(24 OCT 07)
Halloween has lost the spirit-roots of the holy day where death was honored and become a party, where kids get dressed up in various costumes and head off on their annual trick or treat around the local neighbourhoods. However, Halloween gives many of us the excuse to mull over our most ingrained certainty: we are dying from the day we're born.
AMERICA’S HAUNTED HOTELS
(24 OCT 07)
Across America there are many well known hotels that are still inhabited by guests, or are they ghosts of days gone by? This article discuses some of the most haunted hotels in America.
MINISTER REJECTS CHRIST’S RESURRECTION
(23 OCT 07)
American Rev. Bill Gregory, who writes a regular newspaper column in the Portland Press Herald, recently wrote an article titled “Believing in life beyond the grave,” in which he discusses life after death. However he makes no mention of Jesus' resurrection from the dead and ascension to Heaven, received by the historic church through the ages as the sole hope of eternal life.
ALL HALLOWS EVE IS APPROACHING
(23 OCT 07)
All Hallows eve, better know as Halloween, is a magical night. It is a time when dimensional portals are opened to the fairy realms as well as to other realms of existence. For Halloween is said to be a night of ghostly communications and spectral visitations.
SPOOKY PLACES AROUND THE WORLD
(23 OCT 07)
In Transylvania, Romania, lies one of the world spookiest castles. Bran Castle, also called "Dracula's Castle." Here, it is said that "Dracula" author Bram Stoker based his novel's seductive, blood-sucking vampire on the very real 15th-century Prince Vlad the Impaler, who lived in the castle from 1456 to 1462. Another spooky spot is in the quiet town of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where, each October, visitors gather to catch a glimpse of an actor playing The Headless Horseman from Washington Irving's novel "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
SHAMANISM AND THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS
(22 OCT 07)
Shamanism is the spiritual practice of indigenous cultures from around the world. In it, all things are seen as sacred, for it is believed that the universe is teeming with spirits, who are contacted for the benefit of the individual, the community and the world at large.
NEW BOOK FOCUSES ON AMERICA’S HAUNTED SPORTS PARKS
(22 OCT 07)
Author’s Dan Gordon and Mickey Bradley spent two years traveling to ballparks and other locations across the U.S. to track down and flush out the haunted stories of those ballparks for their new book, Haunted Baseball, Ghosts, Curses, Legends and Eerie Events.
VERMONT’S HAUNTED CITY
(22 OCT 07)
Burlington resident, Thea Dion, has spent the last several years researching the ghosts of Burlington's past. Now, Dion takes many visitors on guided tours around the city’s most famous haunted hotspots, spooking them along the way.
NDE WAS A LOVING EXPERIENCE FOR AMERICAN FITNESS FANATIC
(21 OCT 07)
Mary Jo Rapini, an American fitness fanatic who had a burst artery in her brain, says that the night before her life saving operation, she had a near-death experience. Drifting in and out of consciousness, she says that she saw a light that surrounded her and gave her a feeling of warmth. “It was so loving; it was so loving,” Rapini said.
THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGAN DONATIONS
(21 OCT 07)
Almost 18,000 patients in the U.S. are waiting for a liver transplant, according to the Living Legacy Foundation’s Web site. Eight months ago, Megan Weber was one of those patients, with her doctors informing Megan’s family she had only three days to live. Fortunately for Megan, a suitable donor organ was located in Puerto Rico, saving the young mother’s life.
INDONESIAN TRIBE’S OBSESION WITH FUNERAL CELEBRATIONS
(21 OCT 07)
Tana Toraja is a regency of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, home of the ethnic group people known as Trojans. All Torajans are obsessed with death in a cheerful way. The most important thing in their life, is saving enough money and having enough children to ensure their funeral is the best party in town.
HAUNTED HOUSES OF FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS
(20 OCT 07)
John Reichley of the Fort Leavenworth Historical Society, has compiled a booklet about the haunted houses of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.The "Rookery", at 14 Sumner Place, is said to be home to a number of ghosts who haunt this residence, which has given it the reputation for being the most haunted house in Kansas.
TOP EIGHT MOST COMMON REQUESTS FOR BURIAL
(20 OCT 07)
Mobile phones being put in their coffins are among the eight most common requests by people planning their own funerals, according to research by the British charity Age Concern. Other top items include being buried naked, making sure they’re actually dead, being cremated with pets, and also ensuring their teeth are in place.
A GRAVE DIGGER’S LIFE
(19 OCT 07)
At the Utan Kayu public cemetery in East Jakarta, a grave diggers work is never truly done. No time for rest here, for even on the very rare public holidays, they’re always on standby for another burial.
J.K. ROWLINGS BOOKS FILLED WITH RELIGIOUS THEMES
(18 OCT 07)
Author J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" books have always dealt explicitly with religious themes and questions, without ever quoting a specific religion. Not because she was afraid of inserting religion into a children's story. Rather, she was afraid that introducing religion (specifically Christianity) would give too much away to fans who might then see the parallels.
SPOOKY STORIES DATE BACK TO GREEK AND ROMAN TIMES
(18 OCT 07)
Debbie Felton, a classics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who studies the folklore of the supernatural, believes that people have been attracted to spooky tales as far back as ancient Greece and Rome. Ghost stories ultimately reflect religious beliefs concerning the importance of a proper burial and the survival of the spirit after death.
CARDINAL WHO RECOMMENDED AN EXORCISM FOR VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENT HAS DIED
(18 OCT 07)
Venezuelan Cardinal Rosalio Castillo Lara, who at one point in his role as Cardinal, recommended an exorcism for President Hugo Chavez, has died at the age 85.
POPE JOHN PAUL’S II FIREY RETURN
(17 OCT 07)
The Vatican News Service, a TV station in Rome which specialises in religious news broadcasts, has shown photographs of a fiery figure in what many believe to Pope John Paul II making an appearance from beyond the grave.
AFTER DEATH COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE OTHER SIDE
(17 OCT 07)
Since the death of her brother, three years ago, Pittsburgh, PA, author, Jennie Elizabeth, says that she has experienced numerous After Death Communications (ADC’s) from her brother. There have been instances in which certain aromas would remind Jennie of her deceased brother, to even feeling his presence. Even the great Harry Houndi hoped that the afterlife did exist, and so before his death, he made an agreement with his wife Bess on whoever died first would try and send the other a message from beyond the grave.
GUIDED GHOST TOUR IN PORT GAMBLE, USA
(17 OCT 07)
A guided tour by the Port Gamble, Washington, museum curator is now being offered throughout the town with stops at places with reported supernatural activity, in which many local residents have their own spooky stories to tell.
COMING TO TERMS WITH AGING
(16 OCT 07)
Author Michael Grossman's new book, COMING TO TERMS WITH AGING: The Secret to Meaningful Time, will help readers look at the end of their lives with calm acceptance. Grossman believes that ageing should be harnessed and people who face death, live their life to the fullest.
WHITE LIGHT SHINES BRIGHTLY IN THE AFTERLIFE
(16 OCT 07)
After nearly dying in a hospital room, hemorrhaging from cervical problems, 47 year-old Rachel Layton, says that she began communicating mentally with a being in the form of a bright light and was overcome with feelings of love and well-being that convinced her of life after death.
WORLD'S LARGEST ESOTERIC DICTIONARY
(16 OCT 07)
The makers of MysticBoard.com, have officially announced the launch of the world's largest Esoteric Dictionary, MB Free Divination Dictionary. available online. Swetha Lodha,the CEO of MysticBoard.com, believes that this will be an excellent reference guide for each and every person associated with the world of mysticism in some way or the other.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO DIE?
(15 OCT 07)
This week's edition of the New Scientist magazine, discusses the various ways of dying, from being burned alive to drowning and decapitation. Evidence of death experiences have come from advances in medical sciences and accounts from lucky survivors.
GHOST HUNTERS STAKE OUT MT. PLEASANT HOTEL
(15 OCT 07)
The 123 year-old R&R Station Restaurant and Hotel in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania, USA, has been haunted by it's regular ghosts for many years, with many stories of people hearing and seeing things throughout the hallways and bedrooms. Over the month of October, regular ghost tours of the hotel will be held 7-9 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
THE GHOSTS OF GALVESTON, TEXAS
(15 OCT 07)
In the city of Galveston, Texas, USA, local shop owner John Taylor has had problems finding anyone to work in his store alone. The reason being that the building in which his shop is located, is reputedly haunted by spirits screaming out to those who can hear them.
SOUTH DAKOTA CONFERENCE ABOUT GHOSTS AD THE AFTERLIFE INTRIGUES MANY
(14 OCT 07)
Chad Lewis, is an American author who has co-written books on road guides to haunted places in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Last Friday, Lewis was one of many guest speakers at the Holiday Inn City Centre, South Dakota, where tales of phantom spirits, crop circles and the afterlife were discussed.
DEBATING THE AGE-OLD TOPIC OF RELIGION VERSUS ATHEISM
(14 OCT 07)
A favorite topic for many people these days, is that of religion versus atheism. In institutional terms atheism is not a religion, but in spiritual terms then atheism is similar to a religion, according to this blogger.
IF YOU MAKE IT TO HEAVEN WILL YOU FIND YOUR BELOVED PET THERE TOO?
(14 OCT 07)
There are many views on pet's making it into the 'afterlife.' Many pet owners at least hope that they’ll find Fido on the other side of the Pearly Gates. One who does not believe this theory is Rev. Alexander Amico of St. Paul Catholic Church in Erie. Amico doesn’t think pets go to heaven, as he says “You have to have a soul to go to heaven,” “That’s what makes us different from the animals. God gave us a soul.”
DECEASED BRIDE TO BE SAVES HUSBAND’S LIFE
(13 OCT 07)
Vancouver resident Jujhar Khunkhun, whose fiancée died after falling out of a moving car which he was driving, claims his deceased bride-to-be saved his own life when he tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a fast moving truck, suffering serious but non-fatal injuries then saying his dead bride-to-be had saved him.
MAJOR US SURVEY REVEALS A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE BELIEVE IN GHOSTS
(13 OCT 07)
A recent survey by Blockbuster Inc. in America showed 67% of people believe that ghosts might really exist and more real than Halloween-type ghoulies and demons.
ONE OF THE SPOOKIEST HOTELS IN AMERICA
(13 OCT 07)
The Menger Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, has been named as one of the spookiest hotels in the U.S. Originally built in 1859, there have been many reported sightings of ghosts, by hotel staff and guests.
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY TO OFFER GHOST HUNTING CLASSES
(12 OCT 07)
The office of extended and continuing education at Southeast Missouri State University, USA, is offering a two-night class on ghost hunting for forty to fifty students.
GRAY LADIES TO INVESTIGATE PARANORMAL PHENOMENA AT BRITISH CASTLE
(12 OCT 07)
Members of the UK based “Grey Ladies” paranormal team, have been granted special permission by the Forestry Commission to spend a spooky night at the 18th century Kielder Castle, Northumberland, originally built in 1775, as a hunting lodge for the Duke of Northumberland, to coincide with Halloween.
‘BELIEVE IT OR NOT’ GHOST TOURS
(12 OCT 07)
The Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum in St. Augustine, Florida, is starting a new tour this month, all about funeral and mourning rituals during the Victorian era.
CHESSBOARD KILLER ‘COLLECTED VICTIMS SOULS’
(11 OCT 07)
Branded the 'chessboard murderer' by Russian newspapers, Alexander Pichushkin, claims to have collected the souls of his victims. Pichushkin has been charged with 49 murders but says he killed at least 11 more.
DEVIL WORSHIPPER GOES ON SHOOTING SPREE IN THE U.S.
(11 OCT 07)
A 14-year-old devil worshipper - described as a 'crazy dude" who always wore a trench coat - has gone on a shooting rampage at a high school today, wounding four people before killing himself.
USING SPIRITS TO HEAL THE SICK
(11 OCT 07)
In the town of Purulia, located in the Western Bengal state of India, spiritual healers use a ritual known as jhar-phuk, in which a mantra to the deity is used either to dispel evil spirits that have entered a victim’s body or just as a prophylactic measure.
GHOSTS OF MURDERED CHILDREN HAUNT MOTHER TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE
(10 OCT 07)
Thokozile Dladla, whose three children were hacked to death by their father in one of the most horrific and brutal killings in Africa earlier this year, has tried to hang herself. Dladla claims that the ghosts of her three children are haunting her.
iPHONE FOR THE AFTERLIFE
(10 OCT 07)
A Taiwanese company has developed what they call the iPhone for the afterlife. Made out of paper, the SPhone is selling for 3,999 Taiwanese dollars. The makers claim that if they are burnt at funerals, dead people will get it in to the afterlife.
ENGULFED BY A WHITE LIGHT
(9 OCT 07)
At the age of 12, Matthew Dovel had a near death experience when he was drowning in his neighbor’s pool. “A white light engulfed me and I saw moments of my life flash by,” said Dovel, adding that he was in a place surrounded by 12 silhouettes when God approached him and told him he had to go back.
AUSTRALIAN CITY FULL OF GHOSTLY ACTIVITY
(9 OCT 07)
At dozens of locations across South-East Queensland, strange noises, chilling wails, unexplained lights captured on film and bumps in the night, are apparently common occurrences.
IS ENGLISH TOWNS CENTRAL LIBRARY HAUNTED?
(9 OCT 07)
In the English town of Watford, a district in Hertfordshire, local paranormal investigator, Damian O'Dell, will be looking for evidence of spirit activity at the Watford Central Library, this coming Thursday.
SPIRITS BLAMED FOR THE DEATHS OF VIETNAMESE LIVESTOCK
(8 OCT 07)
Villagers in a Bac Giang Province hamlet, in North Vietnam, believe that evil spirits have been killing their livestock for the past 10 years. One such case involved a farmer’s adult pigs, that would squeal loudly whilst running themselves into the hard wall of their enclosure several times.
TOURING THE GHOSTS OF CANADA’S PAST
(7 OCT 07)
Canadian Terry Boyle, is an historian of the haunted and author of several books on the hidden weirdness of cottage country. Boyle believes that “ghosts are entities from another time who have crossed over into ours. And so it doesn't mean when we see a ghost that we are seeing a dead person. It's a living being, and its residence is elsewhere."
POLTERGEISTS CLOSE INDIAN SCHOOL
(7 OCT 07)
In the industrial city of Howrah, in West Bengal, India, the students of Degri Girls High School have had their classes suspended for the day after terror-struck students claimed seeing poltergeist activity.
SPIRITUAL AWARENESS CAN HELP WITH UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE
(7 OCT 07)
The English word "spirit" comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning "breath”, but also "soul, courage, vigor" and is used in two related contexts, one metaphysical and the other metaphorical.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE TO EXPLODE INTO THE AFTERLIFE
(6 OCT 07)
Harry Potter star, Daniel Radcliffe, says that when he dies, "I'd like my ashes to be fired out of a cannon with 'Let him RIP' on the urn. I saw it on TV once - brilliant!"
GHOST WHISPERER SET IS HAUNTED
(6 OCT 07)
Jennifer Love Hewitt, who plays fictional medium Melinda Gordon on the hit TV show Ghost Whisperer, is convinced that the show’s set is haunted, after she and several crew members felt a “paranormal presence” tugging on their clothes.
DEATH PENALTY TO ACCUSED FOR BEHEADING ‘WITCH’
(5 OCT 07)
Two men in Papua New Guinea have been sentenced to death for murdering a woman who they believed was a witch. Sedoki Lota and Fred Abenko entered the woman’s house, blindfolded her and tied her hands before chopping her head off for allegedly practising sorcery and causing the deaths of their fathers.
UNDERTAKERS SELL BODY PARTS FOR PROFIT
(5 OCT 07)
Three funeral directors in Philadelphia, USA sold 244 corpses for about $US1000 each to a New York businessman who trafficked in the resale of often-diseased body parts.
VATICAN BUYS INTO FOOTBALL CLUB
(4 OCT 07)
The Vatican may one-day field a football team that could rival the top formations in Italy's powerful Serie A, the Holy See's Secretary of State Cardinal, Tarcisio Bertone, said today.
CROP CIRCLE DISCOVERED ON CANADIAN FARM
(4 OCT 07)
A crop circle has been discovered on a Canadian farm in the same spot as one that appeared back in 2005. This has led to farmer Calvin Michel being inundated by both the local media and paranormal buffs wanting to visit the scene of the "phenomenon."
INDIAN CRICKET GREAT BELIEVES IN REINCARNATION
(3 OCT 07)
Sachin Tendulkar says that he is devoted to Sai Baba and Ganpati and is said to frequent temples in the quiet of the night. Tendulkar also believes in the concepts of reincarnation, heaven and hell.
TUTANKHAMUN’S FOOD FOR THE AFTERLIFE
(3 OCT 07)
Sixteen jars from Tutankhamun's tomb that were rediscovered in a storage area in Luxor, are said to contain food, grain, beer and wine. All of these items were believed to be necessary for the boy king to survive in his afterlife.
PASTOR CONVICTED OF FONDLING WOMAN DURING EXORCISM
(3 OCT 07)
Pastor Gennaro J. Piscopo, who was convicted of groping a woman in Roseville Michigan, USA, during a form of exorcism is to have his case reviewed by The Michigan Supreme Court. As part of a 2-day seminar on healing and deliverance from evil spirits, a middle-aged women said that Piscopo fondled her or acted sexually at a special "deliverance" prayer services, a form of exorcism at an Evangel Christian Church.
LEARNING TO DEAL WITH THE REALITIES OF DEATH
(2 OCT 07)
Dr. Sherwin Nuland is an American surgeon who teaches bioethics and medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine and is the author of The New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winning How We Die. While he does not believe in an afterlife, Nuland said he's a big believer in immortality that comes from the lives every human being touches and affects.
THE SEVEN DISTINCT SPIRITS OF GOD
(2 OCT 07)
Jon Straumfjord is the author of the book The Seven Spirits of God, in which he says that each spirit has her own name and sphere of influence, but all always act together to produce the very character and nature of God Himself.
SOUTH AFRICAN SPIRITS FINALLY LAID TO REST
(2 OCT 07)
The remains of 120 South Africans, which were collected from Tanzania, have been symbolically laid to rest in Pretoria on Heritage Day at Isivivane, a sacred place in Freedom Park, where the spirits of fallen heroes struggle in the fight for freedom are symbolically buried.
NASA RESEARCHER BELIEVES THAT SPIRITS DO EXIST
(1 OCT 07)
Professor Klaus Heinemann, a researcher for NASA, the U.S. space agency, had been studying a collection of photographs his wife had taken at a gathering of spiritual healers when he noticed that many of the photos featured the same pale but clearly defined circle of light, like a miniature moon, hovering above some of the subjects.
BOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR OUT TO PROVE BELIEF IN GHOSTS
(1 OCT 07)
Popular Indian movie director, Priyadarshan, says that he wants to prove it logically and psychologically that ghosts exist.
PSYCHIATRISTS TURN THEIR BACK ON GOD
(1 OCT 07)
In America, 17% of psychiatrists say they have no religion, compared with 10% of all doctors according to a new study in the September issue of Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.
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Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
Ernest Hemingway
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