Communicating with the Dead
Communicating With the Dead
by Annette Munnich
This is a good time of year to discuss the different methods of spirit communication and the risk factors involved. While I don’t wish to scare anyone off of something they may want to do for whatever reason, I would like to attempt to send you off on your journeys with a level head. The warning goes doubly strong to teenagers and young adults searching for a cheap thrill to entertain themselves.
I sent my son off to college this year with many warnings about paranormal games. There is a certain rush involved in sitting around in the dark with friends and scaring yourselves silly… Maybe a few dares go back and forth… Peer pressure works in many ways.
Conjuring & Satanism
The worst thing anyone can do is plug into negative energy. Sometimes I think people struggle with the hardship of life and find themselves willing to try things like black magic and satanic type things. It feels good to be powerful. It feels strong to control others by fear. All of it is the opposite of helplessness. So I think this is why people will do such vile things. The fantasy in the mind can be spun out of the lore that the devil will give you want you want in life as well as protect you. In reality your acts can be a doorway for entities that are not spirits as they have never been living human beings. Once they have been invited to the earth plane they do whatever they want and will use and abuse the very person or people who helped them gain entrance here, plus the innocent who knew nothing of the wickedness that went on without their knowledge, that could be your mother or baby sister… anybody at all.
Read this next part twice. If a situation becomes dire enough for help to be called in realize that a dark force cannot be sent to the light into heaven like a human spirit can be crossed over. A dark force can be banished from a person or place, but will usually remain on our plane of existence. It simply goes somewhere else. You see it doesn’t just go back where it came from because it was invited to our world and can remain here now. Do I really believe what I am saying here? Yes. I lived in a house previously occupied by devil worshipers.
Ouija Boards
Some people use Ouija boards and never even get any results. Some use them and get some communication and yet nothing bad happens. Some people, however, succeed in opening a door they can’t close. I’ve seen the Ouija used on TV shows like Most Haunted and Yvette Fielding thinks they can be a helpful tool. Let me explain something here. Using the Ouija at a haunted location and asking the spirit there to use it to communicate is not the same as using it in your basement and saying is there anybody out there who would like to talk to us or make themselves known? Do not use it in such a way that it can create an open door for anyone or anything to enter your home. It’s like putting a sign on your home that says anyone at all with any kind of intention just walk right in. You wouldn’t do that with the living, so don’t do that with the dead.
Table Tipping, Tapping, Rapping and etc…
Table tipping is when a number of people sit at a table and hold hands asking for spirit to give a sign or answer by moving the table. Tapping and rapping is asking spirit to make knocking sounds or to repeat knocks that you are making. These can be good techniques at a haunted location. Since it is used to speak with a particular ghost or ghosts on the premises it is safer than the open invitation of Ouija. If you suspect that your home is haunted ans are wanting to try this my only warning is that you must consider that encouraging communication can make your haunting become stronger and intensify. In fact any attempts at communication risk the strengthening of the haunt. I’m not saying you should never do it. I am just trying to help you make an informed decision.
Seance
Conducting a seance is generally not too dangerous as the people present attempt to communicate with those they knew in life or respected. A seance in a haunted location can produce good results and can be used in combination with other techniques. If however you are calling the spirit of Jack the Ripper that significantly changes my answer.
Frank’s Box, Ghost Box, Real Time Spirit Communication Devices (RTSC)
There is real danger here in inexperienced hands. Like the Ouija board, the ghost box is open to anyone and anything. There is no way to tell what you might get. Some of my best friends are ghost box researchers and many have had lingering paranormal activity in their homes after using these devices. The ghost box can be used to cleanse a home or area of unwanted spirits as well as help move them into the light if they are earthbound. The ghost box can work very well in haunted locales. Many of my friends who do research have stopped using it inside their houses and find it safer to be used in the backyard or garage instead. It’s always imperative that the operator gives the spirits time to go back to the other side before turning the box off. Always ask if everyone has gone back home and wait for a yes answer.
I would very strongly urge anyone who buys a device like this or makes a shack hack to have contact with someone who is experienced at using it for guidance. I recommend Jeff Rezman and Bruce Halliday who both have written articles here on the Python. There are some good rtsc research groups available as on the internet as well. These are powerful tools best to be used very responsibly.
Pendulums
The risk factor associated with these tools depends entirely on how they are used. A pendulum can be used to ask yes and no questions from spirit. When used as spirit communication devices they come with some risk. The pendulum can intensify the level of paranormal activity in your home the same as table tipping, rapping, and tapping etc…
Prayers of Protection and Visualization
It is possible to use protection prayers and also creative visualization techniques to ward off possible bad consequences. Seeing yourself enclosed in a bubble of white light can help. It’s always prudent to take a few minutes of time for this at the beginning of any paranormal investigation or activity. Remember that everything is made out of energy and strengthening your own energy is to your benefit. Actually if you are going to attempt any spirit communication it is best to do it when you are not in a low energy state, which is not to just mean that you are tired, but also means if you are in pain or in a bad mood. Wait for a better time as like attracts like.
Be smart. Keep good counsel and advisers. Don’t do things alone.
If you want games and cheap thrills I recommend backgammon and roller coasters. Be safe.
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My group is made up of many different beliefs and backrounds. When we first started, I got everyone in my group a St. Michael medal to carry with them if they wanted to. I also have a prayer when we start and when we leave. It is important to protect yourself, I feel, and it obviously wont hurt! LOL
I’m definitely in favor of caution and protection. It’s always good to be careful. Sometimes I worry about skeptics as they may think a lot of things are hogwash. LOL.
Maybe some will go their entire ghost research career without encountering something dangerous. But some of us do.