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DEMONS, DAEMONS, DIFFERENCES?
Demons, as portrayed in religion and film, and the Ancient Greek "Daimon", or "Daemon" portrayed with Socrates, and offering a gift to a...

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SCREAMING SKULLS AND GHOSTLY GENES?
My friend Claire Davy, Secretary of ASSAP recently posted a joking meme about haunted cemeteries and it got me thinking about bones,...

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FABRICATING FAIRIES?
My lovely friend and fellow Australian writer Sarah Chumacero posted a photo on her Living Life In Full Spectrum page last week, of the...

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MY PARANORMAL ABC's
Almost 4 years ago now, I wrote a piece called "The Basic Investigation Kit", in which I illustrated qualities and values I think are...

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BALANCING THE BIZARRE
When we take our first steps onto our roads into the paranormal field, each of us does so because we are drawn to the subject for a...

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PAY IT FORWARD!
When I first stepped nervously into the paranormal world, twenty plus years ago, my first approach was to a man named Gary Sullivan. At...

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PRIESTLY POLTERGEISTS..WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT?
Every once in a while, I like to re-read old pieces I have written- I find sometimes some of my thinking around some of the topics I had...

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CITIZEN SCIENCE- CAN WE HELP?
It has long been maintained, by parapsychologists and paranormal enthusiasts alike, that the haunting type classed as "residual" can...

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A BASIC INVESTIGATION KIT
So..you want to be a Paranormal Investigator? Firstly, my commendation on your choice; as someone who has been "in the field" for around...

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I HAD THE STRANGEST DREAM..
Have you ever had recurring dreams? Those of the sort where you find yourself in the same place and time, the same situation, where the...

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WHAT'S THAT NOISE?
As I'm typing this, it's a little after 4 a.m.. My often noisy neighbourhood is quiet, and the house is silent. There is a noise though,...

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DO YOU FEEL LUCKY?
The word "Talisman" has been used in the English language since the 1630's, and is derived from the Arabic word "tilsam", and the ancient...

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IT WAS JUST A GAME..
Let's take a little trip back in time, to the Victorian era. Many of the things that are so taken for granted now didn't exist then..and...

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PSYCHIC PROJECTION- OTHER POSSIBILITIES?
The concept of Psychic projection, and experiments testing that concept and if it's actually possible or not, have certainly gained...

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ARE PLANTS CONSCIOUS? PART 2- COMMUNICATION AND RESPONSE
There's so much I've read about whilst researching this topic that has left me fascinated and intrigued, I couldn't fit it all into one...

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GHOSTS OF TIME
Since the early days of mankind, the belief that the human soul could survive physical death, and could return to communicate with those...

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"MY HOROSCOPE SAID...THE BARNUM EFFECT
Have you ever read your Horoscope? Opened a fortune cookie? Had a Tarot reading, a palm reading, or a crystal ball reading? Been to see a...

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ARE PLANTS CONSCIOUS? PART 1- THINKING AND FEELING
Consciousness (noun): "The state or quality of awareness or of being aware of an external object or something within oneself." When we...

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GHOST-HUNTER, OR INVESTIGATOR?
Quite often, when we discuss with others our perceived role in this amazing, bottomless field, in which we are all immersed in some way,...

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KNOWING WHAT WAS NEVER LEARNED
A rather unusual conversation was had in my workplace recently. Given that my colleagues are all aware of my proclivity for the...

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