Posts Tagged ‘Paranormal’

Shape Shifters, Cursed Lands and Talking Animals all in Iroquois Supernatural Tales

One of the reasons I enjoy researching and writing about haunted history is that inevitably the truth is always a great deal more fascinating and stranger than fiction.  In the U.S., many tend to write about the history of the past couple hundred of years on this land, yet truth be told, the natives have lived here for perhaps thousands of years and their history is rich with tradition and spiritual tales.

With a rich history reaching back more than one thousand years, the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy–the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, the Seneca, and the Tuscarora–are considered to be the most avid storytellers on earth with a collection of tales so vast it would dwarf those of any other society. Covering nearly the whole of New York State from the Hudson and Mohawk River Valleys westward across the Finger Lakes region to Niagara Falls and Salamanca, this mystical culture’s supernatural tradition is the psychic bedrock of the Northeast, yet their treasury of tales and beliefs is largely unknown and their most powerful sacred sites unrecognized.

Assembling the lore and beliefs of this guarded spiritual legacy, authors Michael Bastine and Mason Winfield share the stories they have collected of both historic and contemporary encounters with beings and places of Iroquois legend: shapeshifting witches, strange forest creatures, ethereal lights, vampire zombies, cursed areas, dark magicians, talking animals, enchanted masks, and haunted hills, roads, and battlefields as well as accounts of miraculous healings by medicine people such as Mad Bear and Ted Williams.

Grounding their tales with a history of the Haundenosaunee, the People of the Long House, the authors show how the supernatural beings, places, and customs of the Iroquois live on in contemporary paranormal experience, still surfacing as startling and sometimes inspiring reports of otherworldly creatures, haunted sites, after-death messages, and mystical visions. Providing a link with America’s oldest spiritual roots, these stories help us more deeply know the nature and super-nature around us as well as offer spiritual insights for those who can no longer hear the chants of their own ancestors.

In their book, Iroquois Supernatural: Talking Animals and Medicine People, Bastine and Winfield bring the paranormal beings and places of the Iroquois folklore tradition to life through historic and contemporary accounts of otherworldly encounters. One of my favorites can be found on page 209 called The Dale, which discusses the village of LilyDale and Cassadega Lake in New York. Other fascinating tales include:

• Recounts stories of shapeshifting witches, giant flying heads, enchanted masks, ethereal lights, talking animals, Little People, spirit-choirs, potent curses, and haunted hills, roads, and battlefields

• Includes accounts of miraculous healings by shamans and medicine people such as Mad Bear and Ted Williams

• Shows how these traditions can help one see the richness of the world and help those who have lost the chants of their own ancestors

Author Michael Bastine is an Algonquin healer, elder, and former student of famous Tuscarora medicine man Wallace “Mad Bear” Anderson and Tuscarora healer Ted Williams.  Author Mason Winfield is a supernatural historian, founder of Haunted History Ghost Walks, Inc., and the author of 9 books, including Supernatural Saratoga. Both authors live near Buffalo, New York.



Sensing the Spirit World: Adventures in Ghosthunting

Want to know more about paranormal research including tips on what to do and what not to do when ghosthunting? Enjoy this 20 minute video course, Sensing the Spirit World: Adventures in Ghosthunting, with author Kala Ambrose on the Learning Annex, available to watch no matter where you live, from the comfort of your home. Explore where the ghosts of Blackbeard and his pirates still roam as you join Kala Ambrose, a psychic/medium, paranormal researcher, and host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, as she shares her adventures in ghost hunting and visits with the spirit world. Learn about the most actively haunted capitol in the US, and venture west into the Blue Ridge Mountains where the pink lady awaits your presence. Kala Ambrose takes you behind the scenes to each haunted location she visited in search for ghosts, and offers ghost hunting tips for those brave enough to explore.  Click here to see the video on the Learning Annex. 



Stop the Bullying of Werewolves

The Werewolf Book by Brad Steiger

It’s not enough for me that Brad Steiger has delighted, entertained and kept me up many nights with his tales of the sinister, the haunted and the macabre. I just can’t stop, I’m back for more.  Brad has been my guest on Explore Your Spirit Radio many times since the show began in 2006.  We’ve discussed Real Vampires, Revelations, Real Aliens, Shadow World and Strange Guests and I hope to have Brad on the show for many more discussions about the supernatural. After all, he’s written over 170 books and the man eats, breathes and has ventured into the paranormal world throughout most of his life.  His latest book, The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Beings is out and available now to serve as your guide to what is wandering out there under the full moon.

Kala Ambrose, author, wisdom teacher, talk show host and columnist

I’ve always loved wolves and thought that their stories, like many other mythologies were skewed by the fears of people at the time. Wolves are loyal to their pack, mate for life and there are too many reports and legends of shamans shape-shifting into wolves to ignore the possibility, so this little red riding hood has traveled the forests many times in search of the not so big bad wolf. Of course, this wise woman wouldn’t go looking for tigers by hanging meat around her arm and calling “Here Kitty, Kitty”, so nor do I venture unsafely through the woods without proper protection.  What I have ventured into with my work is to debunk some myths and explain and teach about the ancient ways and traditions. The poor wolf has been so maligned through the ages that like many other noble creatures including witches, they have been given a bad name by bullies from the past. The time has come to stop the bullying and condemnation and enter into the light of education and understanding.

The history of werewolves has always been slanted to the sinister, but new fictional tales seem to be releasing updated ideas about werewolves, including Charlaine Harris’s werewolf character in her series, The Adventures of Sookie Stackhouse and the HBO adaption of True Blood. If you’ve read the books or watched the series, the character of Alcide certainly warms your blood towards werewolves and shape-shifting Sam Merlotte is the friend that everyone wishes they had.

In his Werewolf book Steiger shares the legends of werewolves and how they have been portrayed in movies and television. He also chronicles the legends, the mythologies and the shamanistic tales of the werewolf as reported through thousands of years. The book is the go-to guide to understanding not just the evolution of the werewolf, but the evolution of the fears and consciousness level of humanity.

Legendary author and paranormal researcher Brad Steiger

Steiger’s The Werewolf Book is going into my library and will shared with students for years to come as we discuss the shape-shifting of human thought and consciousness.

Another classic for the ages, Brad Steiger continues to educate and entertain. I eagerly await his next book to come. Want more Brad Steiger? Listen to my interviews here with him in the archives of Explore Your Spirit Radio and he’s just released a YouTube video where he reads a story from his book, watch it here.

 



Investigating the Real Men in Black with Nick Redfern

Are the Men in Black real? If so, are they aliens, fairies or something entirely different? I interviewed author Nick Redfern about his book The Real Men in Black to find out what he has uncovered about these mysterious beings. The result can be found here this week on The Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, as Nick Redfern returns to EYS to speak about his new book, The Real Men in Black: Evidence, Famous Cases and True Stories of These Mysterious Men and their Connection to UFO Phenomena.

The Men in Black were elevated to superstar status in 1997 in the hit movie of the same name. Although the Hollywood blockbuster was fiction, the real Men in Black have consistently attempted to silence the witnesses of UFO and paranormal phenomena since the 1950s. In The Real Men in Black, author Nick Redfern delves deep into the mysterious world of these mysterious operatives. He reveals their origins and discusses classic cases, previously unknown reports, secret government files, and the many theories that have been presented to explain the mystery. Highlights of The Real Men in Black include: The story of Albert Bender, the first man to claim an encounter with the Men in Black, The involvement of the MIB in the Mothman saga that dominated the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the 1960s, Encounters with the MIB at the site of one of the world’s most famous monsters: Loch Ness and exclusive interviews with leading researchers of the MIB phenomenon.

Nick Redfern is a full-time author and journalist specializing in a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, UFO sightings, government conspiracies, alien abductions and paranormal phenomena. He writes regularly for the London Daily Express newspaper, Fortean Times, Fate, and UFO Magazine. His previous books include Three Men Seeking Monsters, Strange Secrets, Cosmic Crashes, and The FBI Files. Among his many exploits, Redfern has investigated reports of lake monsters in Scotland, vampires in Puerto Rico, werewolves in England, aliens in Mexico, and sea serpents in the United States. Redfern travels and lectures extensively around the world.

Listen to the interview on Explore Your Spirit Radio



Exploring the Creepiest Places Around the World

Welcome to Kala’s Quick Five, where I speak with authors about their work. With his usual well-researched documentation and lively writing style, Dr. Bob Curran writes about spooky places where ancient forces hold sway and he encounters ghosts, sinister specters, vampires, the living dead and doorways to other worlds. He chose a hair-raising collection of eerie investigations from his native Ireland, through the empty deserts of the Middle East, to the misty hills of Tibet and back through Europe to America–even venturing close to the Gates of Hell itself for his new book, The World’s Creepiest Places, which is the topic of our discussion today.

Kala: Bob, are there actually some places in the world where people shouldn’t really go? Where as they say, “fools rush in, where angels fear to tread?” Places where strange memories and ancient forces still linger, even in the modern everyday world?

Bob: After writing the book, I’m coming to the conclusion that perhaps there might be. I’m not just talking about haunted places – that wasn’t the purpose of the book. That would have been The World’s Most Haunted Places. I wanted to look at places where things had happened which maybe somehow defied rational thought and gave the individual the reaction which we call “creepy”. These are places which perhaps are dominated by the memory of one bizarre individual (such as Warleggan or Buckfastleigh) or where perhaps one form of reality ends and another begins, as in the Flannan Isles. So, particularly with the latter, people shouldn’t go to some of these places. My mind is still open on the subject but perhaps caution is still the best option.

Kala: Have you found that people receive physical warning when they approach or enter haunted places? Are we in fact hot‐wired to respond to such things? Perhaps this is what we mean when we talk about a place feeling “creepy” or of something “giving us the creeps”.

Bob: I think that the feeling that we call “creepy” is actually more of a reaction to a set of circumstances. This reaction is of course made up of a number of elements – perhaps the appearance or atmosphere of a site, such as a dilapidated old house or a lonely road for example, the history and tradition of the place and the associations that we have with that (has a murder been committed there maybe, or something terrible occurred) and there is perhaps also a sense of anticipation. We expect to be scared or maybe we are on edge in case something does happen to us. So in that respect, perhaps, a creepy feeling can serve as a warning although mainly I think it derives from a sense of anticipation within us.

Kala: In your book, you researched a castle built over a suspected entrance to Hell. What did you find when researching this area?

Bob: The place that you’re actually referring to is Houska Castle in the Czech Republic. It was believed that all over the world there were a number of entrances into Hell, whether they be formal Gateways of maybe just cracks in the earth, always assuming that Hell in somewhere below us, Houska Castle is supposedly built over one of these cracks. Strangely enough apart from being built over such a crack, there is no real reason for the castle to exist – it is not, for example, an important military fortification; it doesn’t guard any supply routes. It was simply built between the years 1253 and 1276 at a great deal of expense for no apparent purpose. It was, however, built over a large and extensive cave system which was said to be one of the Seven Entrances to the Infernal Regions.

It was built using convicted criminals and those who had been captured in foreign wars. However the king, Ottokar II of Bohemia who built the fortress, said that he would grant a pardon to any man who would go down into the cave system and find out where it led. The first man was lowered down on a rope but he had only been gone for a few moments when he screamed out to be hauled up again. Though he’d only been gone several minutes, he seemed to have aged thirty years. His hair had turned white and his face was covered in wrinkles. His mind was gone and he kept babbling about half-animal, half-human things that lived down there in the dark and huge winged things which flapped through the caverns. Was he on the very Borderlands of Hell? Nobody else volunteered to go down but over the years, there have been stories about an alternate world lying far below us.

Some of this seems to have seeped into the Castle itself as some of the guests there – the place became a kind of Renaissance Castle in later periods – complained over strange figures along the corridors and evil smells in some of the rooms. One in particular, a tall figure in black, robed like a monk, is frequently seen as is a small hunched shape, accompanied by a foul stench, which is seen in the corners of some of the rooms, disappearing as soon as it is approached. Although it’s supposed to be very grand and beautiful, it’s not a place where I would choose to spend a holiday I can tell you!

Kala: You also looked into the stories of a mysterious island that is reported to drift in and out of other realities. Were you able to locate the island?

Bob: This is the uninhabited island of Eilean Mor (the big island) in the Flannan Isles lying out to the West of Scotland. It is a bleak and windswept place but even today, locals on the neighboring islands, especially the island of Lewis, still refer to it as “the other country”, where one reality ends and another begins. And there is something – uncomfortable – about the place. You get the sensation that you are being watched all the time and when the wind roars in the gullies amongst the rocks you have the sensation of all sorts of voices speaking and calling to you.

The only man made structures on the island are the ruins of an ancient church, dating from the 8th century and dedicated to St. Flannan the patron of these islands, and a fairly modern lighthouse. In 1900, three keepers vanished from the lighthouse and no trace of them has ever been found.  They vanished around Christmas but their disappearance was not discovered until Boxing Day. Were they carried away by fearful weather which had raged through the islands? Were they taken by some awful sea-monster which rose up out of the deep or did a storm open a portal between one world and another and they accidentally crossed over? These are some of the theories which have surrounded the now-famous disappearance. Some will even tell you that the three men are still there, unseen on the other side of a dimensional wall and in another reality, still trying to find their way back into our own world which they left all those years ago. It is easy to dismiss such stories as fanciful nonsense and yet when you are standing on the lonely island, waiting for a boat to come and take you off again, it is easy to believe that the sound of the wind in the rocky gullies are the cries of missing lighthouse men, calling desperately for help. A very creepy place indeed!

Kala: Bob, you explored vampires, ghosts, the living dead and other supernatural stories and creatures. Which one scared you the most and convinced you that it was absolutely real and thriving?

Bob: This is a difficult question to answer. I’ve always come to the subject of the supernatural whether it be ghosts, creepy places or strange creatures with, I think, an open and enquiring mind. These things may exist or they may not. It’s up to me to look at the evidence and draw my own conclusions. I suppose that over the years, such an approach has almost made me a sceptic and things tend to scare me less.

For example, one of the locations which I mention in the book – Leap Castle in County Offaly, Ireland – is supposedly one of the most haunted castles in Western Europe. I have been there several times and it has never bothered me. Mary, my wife, on the other hand will not set a foot inside the door – the place totally “creeps her out”.  That’s what I mean by the idea of response to a place. By the same token I did feel uncomfortable on Eilean Mor, the island which I mentioned in my previous answer, but I suppose the place which chilled me the most was the Belsen Concentration Camp which I visited several years ago when I was giving a lecture in Germany. But that wasn’t for supernatural reasons but because of the atrocities which had been committed there. As for which of the creatures I believe might exist – I am always asked by people “Are such things real?” My answer is always the same – if they are real to you, then they are real.

Want to know more about the locations we discussed here and many more? Check out Dr. Bob Curran’s book – The World’s Creepiest Places. Dr. Bob Curran was born in a remote area of County Down, Northern Ireland, but left to travel and work in the United States, France, Italy, Mexico, North Africa, Spain, Holland, and parts of Eastern Europe. This has given him insight into the cultures and beliefs of people around the world. Living again in Northern Ireland, he holds several university degrees and acts as a consultant to such bodies as the Office of First, Deputy First Minister, and Tourism Ireland Ltd. He is author of many popular books on folklore such as Vampires; Werewolves; Man-Made Monsters; and Lost Lands, Forgotten Realms (all published by New Page Books). He can be found musing on drbobcurran.blogspot.com.

For even more Bob Curran, listen to my interviews with him about his other books on Explore Your Spirit Radio including Werewolves, Fairies, and Zombies.



This Fall Go Ghosthunting with Kala

Ghosthunting North Carolina with Kala

 
Ghosthunting
North Carolina
is now available in
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Ghosthunting North Carolina
By Kala Ambrose
I’ll be traveling all around the state of North Carolina for book signings, so if you’re here in NC, come see me and pick up a copy of the book at your favorite local bookstore. My travel schedule is posted on ExploreYourSpirit.com 

Ghosthunting North Carolina
is part of a
Haunted Travel Series
called
America’s Haunted Road Trip
Ghosthunting North Carolina
provides maps and travel information so you can research the haunted sites for yourself. Jump in the car with some friends and hit the road and explore with Kala as your guide.
 It’s a lonely process writing a book, months, really years go by and for many writers like myself, we struggle and strain to express what we want to say in so many words. Many times we return to look over the completed project and fight an overwhelming desire to toss the entire manuscript away. Fortunately for most of us, we have a wonderful family member or friend who talks us back down and gently eases the manuscript from our clenched hands and soothingly reminds us that they think the book is wonderful.Once this process is complete and the book has been shipped off to the publisher, the editing process begins, the cover art is selected and the countdown begins for the launch of the book. The first day of a book release is quite different than movie or music releases. Books go deep, the person has to open the cover and enter privately into a journey page by page. Typically there are no stars turning out for the event dressed in their red carpet best and only rarely do screaming hordes of fans line up for days in advance to buy the book like they once did for CD’s.I wanted to write Ghosthunting North Carolina for several reasons. The first being that I love history and have always thought that more people would be interested in history if they were able to hear the stories in a more interesting way. History is provocative, rife with struggles, pain and the overwhelming desire of people to survive and make their way in life against all types of obstacles. When the stories are told with the people in mind, the reader can not help but to be interested and the stories themselves are timeless, as each generation faces similar struggles. Only the names, uniforms and dates change, as the human condition marches on.

As someone who has seen and communicated with the spirit world since childhood, I also relished the idea of investigating these haunted sites for myself in order to see if I would experience the paranormal anomalies and ghostly apparitions that others have reported at each location. I wanted to tell these dead men and women’s tales and allow their voices to be heard.  North Carolina is a fascinating and very haunted state. The Coast of East Carolina has more shipwrecks than anywhere else in the U.S. due to the shifting sandbars and rocky coastline which has claimed hundreds of ships through the years. From the pirate ghosts of Blackbeard and his crew wandering the beaches, to the missing colony of Roanoke and other colonists who dreamed of a better life here in the New World, the coast is haunted with their presence and their stories. You don’t have to be from North Carolina to appreciate these stories, as the ghosts share their history of our America, from the battleships, battlefields and forts to the shifting sands of time and place where they lay their heads each night.

I also loved the concept of this series of books, which is called America’s Haunted Road Trip. The publisher is in the process of creating a Ghosthunting book for each of the 50 states and when I took on this project, I saw it as the opportunity to be a Haunted History Ambassador for the state of North Carolina.  I was able to share my personal experiences about the history of this state, including spending the night in the most haunted State Capitol in the U.S. and spending many nights in one of the most haunted hotels in the state.  In many of the locations I write about, I encountered and at times communicated with the spirits who still haunt this location.

Their stories are waiting to be told and I invite you to take this journey with me and with them through Ghosthunting North Carolina. I also share the experience of having a ghost who decided to take this journey with me and stayed with me while I wrote this book. He would pop into my office from time to time as if he became the unofficial editor of the book, checking in on me and my progress. While I expected to encounter a variety of ghosts while researching this book, this was one surprise that even caught me off guard.

Fall is here, the evenings are growing cooler, the sunlight is mellowing a little more each day into a golden glow and soon October and Halloween will be upon us.  Curl up next to some candlelight and take this journey with me as we ghosthunt our way through North Carolina. We’ll start on the rocky coast of the Atlantic Ocean, venture into the haunted plantations of the Piedmont and complete our journey in the misty Blue Ridge mountains. You’ll never look at North Carolina in the same way again and it may leave you with the desire to jump in the car and come investigate these areas for yourself.

Go Ghosthunting with Kala
So come explore with me, here’s how…..
1. Ghosthunting North Carolina is available at bookstores including Indie stores in North Carolina and in Barnes and Noble and Costco.2. The book is available online through Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com3. Ghosthunting North Carolina is also available through Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook.

4. Get a signed first edition copy of the book and chat with me about the haunted history of North Carolina as I travel across the state through September and October at bookstores, museums, Costco’s and other locations.

5. Watch the video book trailer of GhostHunting North Carolina and share it with friends.

6. Go to www.GhostHuntingNorthCarolina.com and share your most haunting experience with me on my post there asking about your favorite ghost stories. I’ll also be updating information and events regarding the book here along the way.

7. Join me on Facebook and Twitter and chat with me about the book and if you have the time and inclination, I would greatly appreciate a review of the book on Amazon.com

8. For more behind the scenes tips on paranormal investigations, take my video course on the Learning Annex called Sensing the Spirit World: Adventures in Ghosthunting with Kala Ambrose.

Until the next time we meet, Happy Haunting!
*~Kala~*


Zombies Roam the Streets Looking for Food

Zombies Will Walk for Food

You’ve heard of the zombie movie Shaun of the Dead, but what about an official Zombie Crawl? In San Jose, California, on August 31st, 2011, Zombies are wandering the streets in the yearly festival – Zombie-O-Rama. The event features live music by Brass Hysteria, a Zombie Fashion Show, costume contests and parades and the screening of a new Zombie movie - Fido.

Of course the main event is the Zombie Crawling itself, in which groups of Zombies are spread out across the area in fifteen minute intervals unleashed on the unsuspecting public as they crawl and writhe across the Gore Park and the downtown area in their full Zombie attire.

Zombie walks and festivals of this nature are becoming more popular and many of them are held in cities around the U.S. in connection with a fundraising event for local food bank charities. In 2006, almost one thousand zombies gathered in Pittsburgh, PA, setting a world record for the Guinness Book of Records while collecting a tremendous amount of canned food for the Community Food Bank. This festival in Pittsburgh has grown throughout the years and is now called Zombie Fest. Seattle, Denver, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia and other major cities have since broken this attendance record with zombie events of their own featuring over seven thousand zombies in appearance. The Zombie Fests continue to evolve each year adding new features and entertainment in each city with pub crawls, movie screenings, fashion shows and continued involvement with raising money and awareness for the food banks in each city.

For more information on Zombie Festivals, and to join in the fun while supporting a good cause in your community, check out these links:

World Zombie Day

Saturday, October 8th
Pittsburgh Zombie Fest
Pittsburgh, PA

Zombie Pub Crawl
Sat, October 8, 2011
Minneapolis, MN

Eye Heart Brains Zombie Walk
Sat, October 22, 2011
Denver, CO

Red White & Dead Zombie Walk
Seattle, WA

Philly Zombie Crawl

Philadelphia, PA

Chicago Zombie
Chicago, IL

Zombie Walk

Houston, TX

The NOLA Zombie Walk
New Orleans, LA

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More about Kala Ambrose: Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, intuitive and host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show. Her thought-provoking interviews entice listeners to tune in around the globe. Described by her guests and listeners as discerning, empowering and inspiring, she speaks with world renowned authors, artists, teachers and researchers delving into metaphysical and paranormal topics.  Her new book – Ghost Hunting North Carolina hits the stores on September 13, 2011.

 



An Insider’s Look into Ghosts, Spirits and Hauntings

Exposing Ghosts, Spirits and Hauntings

“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We would not dare to conceive the things which are really mere commonplaces of existence. If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and and peep in at the queer things which are going on, the strange coincidences, the plannings, the cross-purposes, the wonderful chains of events, working through generations, and leading to the most outre results, it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable.”- Arthur Conan Doyle

Interest in ghosts and paranormal investigations continue to be on the rise in a resurgence of the topic similar to the late 1800′s and early 1900′s where luminaries including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had great interest in spiritualism and the spirit world in general. The main difference now is the technology available to capture EVP recordings of haunting sounds and spirit communication as well as the advances in video and photography. This has led to mixed results on what constitutes proof of ghosts, spirits and apparitions. The biggest debate ongoing may be with the orbs captured on photos. Digital photography has provided a plethora of orb photos, and the answers are not clear as to which orb photos are reflections of light from other sources or which may be a spirit caught on film.

In Exposed, Uncovered, and Declassified: Ghosts, Spirits and Hauntings (New Page Books 2011) co-editors Michael Pye and Kirsten Dalley gather some of the world’s experts on the paranormal and ask them each to share what they have uncovered during their years of investigating haunted sites and psi phenomena.

Each author contributed a chapter based on their expertise including Michelle Belanger’s coverage of Canadian investigators who tried to create a spirit; Loyd Auerbach’s information on the field of parapsychology; Nick Redfern’s research on animal ghost apparitions; Joshua Warren’s photographic evidence of ghosts; Andrew Nichol’s study of ESP and haunted houses; Raymond Buckland’s tips on how to talk to ghosts; Dr. Bob Curran’s research on the connections between poltergeists and humans; and Marie Jones’s exploration of alternative theories on ghostly apparitions.

In my work as a paranormal researcher and as the host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with many of the authors from this book. You may enjoy listening to my interviews with them to find out more about  their work. The shows can be listened to online anytime from the Explore Your Spirit archives and downloaded on to your mp3 player. They include:

Dr. Robert Curran

Exploring the Dark Side of Fairies

Werewolves

Zombies

Lost Lands and Forgotten Realms

Nick Redfern

NASA Conspiracies

Contactees

Loyd Auerbach

Ghosthunting

Marie Jones

DejaVu

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More about Kala Ambrose: Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, intuitive and host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show. Her thought-provoking interviews entice listeners to tune in around the globe. Described by her guests and listeners as discerning, empowering and inspiring, she speaks with world renowned authors, artists, teachers and researchers delving into metaphysical and paranormal topics.  Her new book – Ghost Hunting North Carolina hits the stores September 13, 2011. Kala lectures and teaches on Metaphysical and Paranormal Phenomena including the Ancient Wisdom Teachings and Healing Temples of Egypt, Working with Auras and Energy Fields, Haunted History, and Wise Woman Wisdom.



Supernatural Experiences in Hilton Head for golfer Ian Poulter

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World champion golfer Ian Poulter had a rough day on Friday, May 27th, 2011 playing the Euro BMW PGA Championship, where his performance shall we say, wasn’t up to his usual par. Perhaps he has other things wearing on his mind. According to Poulter’s Twitter account, he is currently living in a haunted house. Beginning in late April, Ian began to take notice of the paranormal phenomena he was experiencing in a home that he was renting in Hilton Head,South Carolina.  He had this to share on Twitter,  “Check this out, we have a ghost in our house this week & I’m not joking we have had some very strange goings on every night,”

He reported locking and dead bolting doors only to find them thrown open the next morning with no signs of forced entry or damage to the locked doors.  At last count, he had experienced this event seven times.  He’s reached out on Twitter to mull over getting a camera to record the ghostly experiences as they continue in the home.

Supernatural experiences of this nature make it difficult to get a good night’s sleep and to rest peacefully. This may have led to increased stress and sleep deprivation for Poulter during his stay in the home, which could have the effect of throwing him off of his game.

Ghosthunting North Carolina by Kala Ambrose

More about Kala Ambrose: Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, intuitive and talk show host of the Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show. Her thought-provoking interviews entice listeners to tune in around the globe! Described by her guests and listeners as discerning, empowering and inspiring, she speaks with world renowned authors, artists, teachers and researchers delving into metaphysical, holistic and paranormal topics. Kala is a highly interactive teacher on a mission to educate, entertain and inspire. Her new book – Ghost Hunting North Carolina hits the stores in September 2011.



I Once Lived In A Haunted House

Kala Ambrose

Since my childhood,  I have seen and felt ghosts and restless spirits. Through my many experiences with the supernatural and paranormal realms, I have interacted with powerful beings of light, faced encounters with beings from the dark side and seen ghosts from every walk of life.  I am now sharing my lifetime of experience and training in my new book – Ghosthunting North Carolina, which hits the stores on September 13, 2011 and can be pre-ordered now through Amazon. I also teach workshops around the country where I show people how to become more intuitive, how to connect with the other side, how to sense negative energy in a home or building and more importantly, how to discern whether the energy can be removed and cleansed or whether it is best left alone.

Over the past decade, I’ve seen a rise in paranormal activity, which is corresponding with the veil between the earth plane and the spiritual realms lifting at this time.  I believe that a conscious evolution is occurring on the mind, body and spirit level and as this evolution continues, many people will connect with their intuitive abilities and be able to communicate with the spirit world, including with ghosts, which have remained on the earth plane.

In my book, I share what I see and sense when entering a haunted building and I invite you to take the journey with me as I explore the state of North Carolina. My journey begins in the coastal wetlands of East Carolina where I explore haunted lighthouses, battleships, forts, and the shipwrecked beaches

where Blackbeard and his pirates still roam.  Next I toured the Piedmont area of NC to visit the most actively haunted capitol in the US and interact with the ghost of a former NC State Governor. Next, I headed out west into the Blue Ridge Mountains where the ghost known as the pink lady and her friends await your presence at the historic Grove Park Inn, where many presidents, celebrities and ghosts have stayed over the decades.

I’ve learned a lot over the years of interacting with the spirit world and not every encounter was smooth. I once lived in a haunted house, where the ghosts weren’t friendly or ready to move on into the light. I learned about what the spirit world can do first hand and it was a very powerful lesson. My story about this experience is featured here on AOL’s My Daily.  Read on to see what happened to me when I lived in a very haunted house where the ghosts weren’t friendly…

More about Kala Ambrose…
Kala Ambrose is an award winning author, intuitive and host of The Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show (radio and TV). Her thought-provoking interviews entice listeners to tune in around the globe! Described by her guests and listeners as discerning, empowering and inspiring, she speaks with world renowned authors, artists, teachers and researchers delving into metaphysical, lifestyle, and paranormal topics. Kala’s book, 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled delves into the mysteries of ancient Egyptian mystery schools and explains their wisdom teachings. Kala Ambrose is a highly interactive teacher on a mission to educate, entertain and inspire. Her new book – Ghost Hunting North Carolina hits the stores in September 2011. Kala lectures and teaches on the Ancient Wisdom Teachings and Healing Temples of Egypt, Developing Business Intuition, Working with Auras, Chakras and Energy Fields, Wise Woman Wisdom and Exploring the Paranormal. More info at ExploreYourSpirit.com



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Books by Kala Ambrose

The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body

Humanity is entering a new era...we are evolving into super-powered beings of light. Our auric and etheric bodies are experiencing a transformational shift as new crystalline structures form within and around our auras.

Kala Ambrose, a powerful wisdom teacher, intuitive, and oracle, teaches how to connect with your rapidly changing energy body to expand your awareness and capabilities on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels.

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The Awakened Aura: Experiencing the Evolution of Your Energy Body contains a wealth of practical exercises, diagrams, and instructions. Learn how to interpret and work with the auras of others, sense energy in animals, and sense and balance the energy in buildings and natural locations.Discover how energy cords attach in relationships, how to access the akashic records through the auric layers, how to use elemental energy to enhance your auric field, and much more. More info at TheAwakenedAura.com

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Ghosthunting North Carolina
Explore haunted lighthouses, forts, and shipwrecked areas of East Carolina where Blackbeard and his pirates still roam as you join author and paranormal researcher Kala Ambrose in Ghost Hunting North Carolina.

Journey across the state and visit the most actively haunted capitol in the US, and continue west into the Blue Ridge Mountains where the pink lady and her friends await your presence. Maps and travel information are provided to every haunted location for those brave enough to make the journey in person and for paranormal researchers who are interested in exploring haunted North Carolina.

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Ghosthunting North Carolina takes you behind the scenes with detailed information about each destination. More info about Ghosthunting North Carolina.

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9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled
Kala's book, 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled, delves into the teachings of ancient Egypt and Greece and explains the Mystery Schools and their ventures into the other realms.

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The nine lessons are designed to stir the soul, awaken the mind and reveal long forgotten memories of past lives in these schools, as well as inspire you to explore the magnificence of who you really are. More info at TempleofStellaMaris.com

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