patty1019
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To Talk or Not To Talk? - 2005/01/19 13:27
Is it wise or advisable to talk to a ghost? If you're at your wits end concerning sounds, sights and smells you can't find an origin for I'd say they're fair game! I've had such experiences and told the ghosts in no uncertain terms that i paid the rent or mortgage now and "I" didn't invite it to come live with me. It's good to vent sometimes but after you do it let cooler minds prevail and state your orders in a no nonsense straight forward manner about what you will and will not accept from it. At first my demands were simple such as, "quit making those ______ _______ noises! I can't get any sleep with all that racket going on so cut it out!" lol. It works for awhile and they usually start up again. I suppose they figure you're sleeping through the night so they can once again make noise. It seems that treating ghosts as invaders dosen't work too well. What does seem to work best is researching the history of the house. There are city directories that go way back, housed at your county library usually. Reading the history of the area is always a plus. You can relate it sometimes to the former occupants, sometimes not. There are large dusty books that your city and county have called plat maps which show where wells are located and such things as structures, ie, houses, outbuildings, barns etc. Best of all, once you have a surname of the suspected family you can go about searching the large dusty volumes called the death records. browsing down columns you can keep an eye out for the address where you are experiencing the ghost. They are catagorized by year when looking at the 1900's. As well, in city records there are probate records which denote mother, father, children, birth and death dates and other interesting facts. By and large it's always best to do a little investigation work when you notice something is definitely going on as pertains to ghostly activity. Sometimes it pays to make friends with the older residents closest to your house especially if they've lived there a number of years. Information about former residents of your house from such sources are always intrigueing.
After all is said and done with the papertrail of former residents who may qualify as the ghosts you are experiencing, you have a good idea what sort of individual you are dealing with. How would you react to such an individual out in public? How would you react if you realized that this person, who's still hanging around, may not realize that they are without a physical body. Give them some experiments to test this out for them. I'm sure you can be creative on your own with that one! lol next when you feel it is in your personal space take advantage of the situation and show it up to date calendars pointing out the year. To further lay the foundation of time display your bills. Make sure to point out to the ghost what the address is, who the bill is sent to, and the date. If you are of a sympathetic feeling towards this ghost's plight you might suggest that they go towards the light and call upon the name of God for help. If they still insist on staying put in your home, make sure to make it very plain what you expect. personally i told it i didn't want to know it was still around, no sounds, no smells, no seeing it, no nothing!!! lol Sometimes the ghost just comes back to interact with new tenants out of lonliness. In heaven there's no lonliness but they aren't in heaven, they're in your house! If you sense certain emotions from it go with your gut instinct and if you want to help it understand go for it. If not make it clear that you want no involvement with it for any reason.
If nothing else remember that we are all ghosts but some of us still have our physical bodies, for now that is! Be very sure of what it is you're dealing with. Some bad spirits of people and non people would have you believe they are good and string you along to get a foothold in your life and possibly in your body. I have seen a family member who exhibited possession on two occasions. It can and does happen so be sensible in what you choose to do.
As for the ouija, personally after i've read and heard reports from all over about the effects of using this, i'd run away and not look back. Whether it's taken a short time or a long time for it to take effect there's always a price to be paid for playing with such things. My relative's house is a good example of this. A beautiful home built in the 1920's by a wealthy couple with lots of time on their hands. they loved to entertain all sorts of people in their home. when the spiritualist craze hit the u.s. the woman of the house decided to be a medium and hold seances. She died in the middle of her last one in that house. I've personally seen 18 ghosts in that house, heard a few others and smelled others yet. If you think the house you're in is too small for you and the ghost you already have, take my advice and don't open the door for countless others to take up residence as well.
hopefully this will help those of you seeking to know what works and what dosen't. These are just some things i used that worked for me. There are countless other resources in city and county records i've not mentioned here, such as microfilm of all newspapers from your town or county. There are historical books at the library also about family lineages where you might find your ghost listed and something about them. look in your counties real estate records for other information about the house and the property. By all means utilize your library's research librarian to locate and find anything and everything you might find of use.
thanks,
patty1019
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