God is always speaking to us, but most of the time we just aren't listening. We either don't discern His voice or we just ignore Him when He does speak. Far too often, He has to use various ways of getting our attention. In my situation, He chose to use what I cherished the most--my dogs--to make me aware of His Love and Goodness. God speaks in the most unusual, extraordinary, and sometimes funny ways. He speaks the loudest during our times of pain and suffering when we need Him the most.Too often, I experienced pain and unnecessary loss because I ignored Him when He spoke. It was during a traumatic event that it finally dawned on me how long He had been trying to get me to tune my antenna to His frequency, which resonated on the wavelength of my heart. There is no static on His frequency, there only was on mine. I finally figured out that by clearing up the static on my channel, I would always receive clear signals from His transmitter and ride upon His wavelength. By obeying and following His instructions, I can experience more joy, instead of pain or loss.The second lesson I learned was to never give up on praying. Praying is the direct channel into God's throne room of grace and mercy, from which He transmits the signals of love that broadcast answered prayers and instructions. It has been through my journey with dogs that He transmitted the most, because they were the bandwidth on my radio receiver that I operated on. He created them, so He can use them in whatever capacity He chooses. They were just one way He chose to show me how much He really loves me. I just needed to listen and then obey Him.

The hatred didn t exist at the beginning of the war. But soon after the Battle of Queenston Heights and the death of General Brock, the War of 1812 became more a case of survival of the fittest. Besides the brutal fighting; perhaps the most notable aspect of the War of 1812 was the hatred. If not, then why would the dead remain restless?

It was a barbaric war; in an inhospitable climate; with an abundant number of ghost creating opportunities. There were nasty endings from bayonets, swords, musket balls and cannon balls; plus, two huge explosions at Fort York and Fort Erie which resulted in missing bones and unmarked graves.

If you add savagery and death by tomahawk to the following; then death from drowning, freezing, disease, burning and sickness would include a greater numbers of victims than the major battles.

If you thought that being wounded was a better fate, then think again. Instead of a proper pain killer, the wounded were given rum and a musket ball to clamp between their teeth while they braved the most hideous fate possible for wounded soldiers: the barbaric battlefield medical practice of amputation. If a soldier s last memory on earth was being wounded before he died, then that agony might also survive the grave.

Because both America and Britain were not prepared to wage a war with each, there was a shortage of regular soldiers to command in 1812. Therefore, the North American armies were also comprised of militia, Native American Indians and part-time soldiers. Moreover, what started as a political row in the seats of power became more of a personal matter at the local level. In addition to the mounting anger, there was pressure on both sides to increase the number of regular troops in the field as the war continued. The increase in regular troops contributed to a more bitter and violent war, with the final result being several large scale battles and a siege.

Why did the dead remain restless you might ask? Why indeed.

2011 Reprint of 1958 London Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This is Levi's first treatise on magic and was translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite as "Transcendental Magic, its Doctrine and Ritual." Its famous opening lines present the single essential theme of Occultism and gives some of the flavor of its atmosphere: "Behind the veil of all the hieratic and mystical allegories of ancient doctrines, behind the darkness and strange ordeals of all initiations, under the seal of all sacred writings, in the ruins of Nineveh or Thebes, on the crumbling stones of old temples and on the blackened visage of the Assyrian or Egyptian sphinx, in the monstrous or marvelous paintings which interpret to the faithful of India the inspired pages of the Vedas, in the cryptic emblems of our old books on alchemy, in the ceremonies practised at reception by all secret societies, there are found indications of a doctrine which is everywhere the same and everywhere carefully concealed. ( From the Introduction)." Levi's version of magic became a great success, especially after his death. That Spiritualism was popular on both sides of the Atlantic from the 1850s contributed to this success. His magical teachings were free from obvious fanaticisms; he had nothing to sell, and did not pretend to be the initiate of some ancient or fictitious secret society. He incorporated the Tarot cards into his magical system, and as a result the Tarot has been an important part of the paraphernalia of Western magicians. He had a deep impact on the magic of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and later on the ex-Golden Dawn member Aleister Crowley. He was also the first to declare that a pentagram or five-pointed star with one point down and two points up represents evil, while a pentagram with one point up and two points down represents good. It was largely through the occultists inspired by him that Levi is remembered as one of the key founders of the twentieth century revival of magic.

2011 Reprint of 1921 edition. Illustrated Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Fully illustrated with dozens of charts and drawings. This book covers all phases of the spirit world; particularly the powers of good and evil; the underworld, fallen angels, demonism, the intermediate state, heaven and hell, the resurrection of the body and the judgments of the righteous and the wicked. Larkin is well known as a biblical interpreter and lavishly illustrates many of his works. He is best known as the author of Dispensation Truth, also published by Martino Fine Books.

Norfolk has many associations with the paranormal, from ancient tales of Shuck the hound that has haunted the county's lanes for a thousand years to tales of ghosts from the Second World War and of unidentified f lying objects. This book takes a new approach by looking at the paranormal as recorded in the archives of the county. The stories include those collected by some of the county's keenest folklorists such as W. H. Cooke, Mark Taylor, and W. G. Clarke, as well as first-hand records of paranormal experience. Many tales are published for the very first time, such as Mottie Green, the Wells 'witch', and a new light is thrown on more familiar stories such as the haunting of Syderstone Parsonage and the Snettisham ghost. Not least, the book also explains the key role of Norwich in the development of the vampire story! Read this book and your view of Norfolk will never be the same again!

For those seeking answers to the age-old question of whether there is life after death and what those who have passed from this physical realm to another are doing in that afterlife, this book gives encouragement, comfort, truth, and spiritual guidance. Author and medium Penny Barber dispels the misconception that Spirits are malevolent beings trying to cause harm. Instead, Barber's intuitive message is one of love, hope, and understanding-the dead (spirits) are simply human souls needing loving help. Based on actual hauntings-from buildings to battlegrounds-Barber deftly interprets what the "Astral plane" really is. Her methods are described in detail to help the reader rethink his/her attitude about life and death, as well as providing invaluable advice on how one can be open to receiving guidance from and giving help to the "Spirit Helpers." This beautiful narration offers an explanation, dispels fears about death, and gives help to those who Barber refers to as the "sensitives." After reading, you'll master your own mental, emotional and physical planes of existence, and in doing so, bring peace to others. Penny Barber is a writer, teacher, healer and medium. Ms. Barber received a prestigious award from the Spiritualists National Union and is a recommended and recognized top medium by the organization. She lives in Cheshire, England.

From reports of haunted castles, hotels, public houses, and even a prisoner of war camp, to heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, Ghostly County Durham investigates over twenty of the most haunted locations in the area today. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, this selection includes a club-footed monk at Finchdale Priory, the Singing Lady Cauldron Snout, as well as a collection of spectres that call Durham Castle home - including a shadowy figure which haunts the Black Staircase. Illustrated with sixty photographs, together with access details for each location, this book is sure to appeal all those interested in finding out more about the area's haunted heritage.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Ghost Investigator series, author Linda Zimmermann has gathered together her favorite cases from volumes 1-9, which cover sites throughout the northeast. Zimmermann has added a brief description before each case as to why it's one of her favorites, and has added new material on sites in St. Augustine, Florida, which just might be her new favorite haunt!

'If you like gothic mystery, buckle up! This atmospheric read has it all' Woman magazine 'An historical novel dripping with menace' Shari Lapena, author of The End of Her *********** England, 1925. Louisa Drew lost her husband in the First World War and her six-year-old twin sons in the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. Newly re-married and seven months pregnant, Louisa is asked by her employer to travel to Clewer Hall in Sussex where she is to photograph the contents of the house for auction. She learns Clewer Hall was host to an infamous seance in 1896, and that the lady of the house has asked those who gathered back then to come together once more to recreate the evening. When a mysterious child appears on the grounds, Louisa finds herself compelled to investigate and becomes embroiled in the strange happenings of the house. Gradually, she unravels the long-held secrets of the inhabitants and what really happened thirty years before... and discovers her own fate is entwined with that of Clewer Hall's. For fans of The Silent Companions, The Little Stranger and The Familiars, an exquisitely crafted and compelling mystery that invites the reader in to the crumbling Clewer Hall to help unlock its secrets. ********** 'Utterly brilliant... full of secrets and deliciously creepy' Lisa Hall, author of The Perfect Couple 'A spooky treat, which had me turning the pages faster and faster' Cass Green, author of In a Cottage in a Wood

Ghosts and hauntings are found almost everywhere that tragedy has leftits mark. Soldiers, so focused on doing their duty have been seen to still carry out their assigned tasks longer after the war and their own lives are ended. From John Brown, who walks the streets of Harpers Ferry, to the ghosts who continue to refight the Battle of Antietam, miliary ghosts open up anentirely new chapter of history.

In the tradition of their "Haunting of the Presidents, "national bestselling authors Joel Martin and William J. Birnes write "The Haunting of America: From The Salem Witch Trials to Harry Houdini, "the only book to tell the story of how paranormal events influenced and sometimes even drove political events. In a narrative retelling of American history that begins with the Salem Witch Trials of the seventeenth century, Martin and Birnes unearth the roots of America's fascination with the ghosts, goblins, and demons that possess our imaginations and nightmares. The authors examine the political history of the United States through the lens of the paranormal and investigate the spiritual events that inspired public policy: channelers and meduims who have advised presidents, UFOs that frightened the nation's military into launching nuclear bomber squadrons toward the Soviet Union, out-of-body experiencers deployed to gather sensitive intelligence on other countries, and even spirits summoned to communicate with living politicians. "The Haunting of America" is a thrilling exploration of the often unexpected influences of the paranormal on science, medicine, law, government, the military, psychology, theology, death and dying, spirituality, and pop culture.

"Haunted Homeland" is a comprehensive collection of true ghostly tales, not penned by fictioneers such as Poe and King, but passed on by word of mouth and preserved by memory as windows to our nation's haunted past.
From a haunted castle in the wilds of Alaska to phantom clergymen in the southwest and mysterious bouncing lights on the east coast, this latest volume covers the places, the people, and the things that belong to the earthbound realm of the fantastic. Norman has gathered together spectral events of all kinds: apparitions of the famous like Mary Surratt, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Mad Anthony Wayne, haunted crime scenes in Chicago and along the Indiana byways, as well as banshees, poltergeists, and even a ghost named George who has become an accepted resident in a North Carolina home. These anecdotes are not the stuff of imaginary nightmares, but of tales of personal encounters with the haunted parts of America.

"Every time I feel sad or wish my brother was here to hug me, no matter where I am, I hear his favorite song on the radio."

More than one hundred million Americans claim to have had contact with the dead through deathbed visions, dream visitations, and otherwise inexplicable lifesaving premonitions. Is it possible to bridge the gap between our world and the hereafter and make contact with departed family and friends?

In this groundbreaking work, authors Joel Martin and Patricia Romanowski share the dramatic firsthand testimonies of men and women who have connected with loved ones who have passed over. Providing compelling evidence for these experiences and offering new insight into the afterlife, Love Beyond Life is at once fascinating, comforting, and enlightening, an invaluable resource for anyone who yearns to make sense of life's final journey.

Florida's sunny climate and tourist attractions draw plenty of visitors - some of whom never leave. This compilation of supernatural tales shows Florida to be a state rife with eerie occurrences and ghostly denizens. The stories include the spirit of Uncle Charlie at Fernandina Beach's Palace Saloon, the infamous Chupacabras of south Florida, a count's strange obsession with his dead wife, and the mysterious Skunk Ape of Collier County.

Then, adding horror to horror, a pair of thin, long-fingered hands placed themselves on my stomach and proceeded to inch their way up my body. They crawled underneath my own hands resting on my chest. I gripped the bony fingers to push them away, but I couldn't - I was not strong enough. As they neared my throat, I thought I was about to die. When the Slater family heard what sounded like a baby crying in their new house, they had no idea that it was the beginning of a terrifying haunting that would last for more than thirty years, and follow them across the city. This is their story.

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Haunted America will take you on a grand tour of ghostly hauntings, through the U.S. and Canada, sweeping you from the terrifying battlefield spectres at Little Big Horn to a vaudeville palace in Tampa, from ghostly apparitions in President Garfield's home in Ohio to President Clinton's White House in Washington, D.C. Every state in the Union, and Canada, is well represented...Over 70 Terrifying Tales in All. The authors have travelled coast to coast, interviewing eye witnesses firsthand, unearthing accounts from ancient archives, and spending frightening nights alone in haunted houses. In their fifteen years of research, Norman and Scott have collected and documented America's most terrifying hauntings.

The latest in the bestselling series of Americana occult folklore collections that have included "Haunted America" and "Historic Haunted America," "Haunted Heritage" brings together yet another amazing collection of spectral tales from all across the United States and Canada.
The tales-based on interviews, public records, and family histories reach from coast-to-coast in the United States and Canada. Some involve famous families (such as that of American patriot Nathan Hale), and some, famous events (such as the Battle of Little Big Horn). Some are gentle and benevolent (a family member watching over his/her descendants), other vengeful and disruptive (the unresting souls of the wrongfully dead).

"Historic Haunted America" is an engrossing investigation into North American ghost legends, a comprehensive documenting yesterday and today's most shocking hauntings in the United States and Canada.
From the ghost-ridden forts in Old Tucson to the "Inn of the 17 Ghosts" near Philadelphia, from the haunted plantations of Louisiana and Georgia to a haunted community playhouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Michael Norman and Beth Scott tell stories of the past and present so terrifyingly real that even the most skeptical reader will believe.

Spooklights: The Amazing Cloverdale, Alabama Spooklight Mystery is a fascinating and persuasive look that summarizes and documents years of field research into the Spooklights seen near Cloverdale, Alabama. Written by an experienced Spooklight investigator who has witnessed more than 180 Spooklights and argues there may be powerful geophysical produced pockets of energy that are responsible for the formation of the large eight-foot diameter yellowish-orange glowing orbs.

Contents: introductory, question stated; definitions, nature and the supernatural; nature is not the system of God, things and powers, how related; problem of existence, as related to the fact of sin; fact of sin; consequences of sin; anticipative consequences; no remedy in development, or self-reformation; supernatural compatible with nature and subject to fixed laws; character of Jesus forbids his possible classification with men; Christ performed miracles; water marks in the Christian doctrine; the world is governed supernaturally, in the interest of Christianity; miracles and spiritual gifts are not discontinued; conclusion stated, uses and results.

Join local guide Phil Lister on a tour of Haworth's dark and ghostly side: meet the ghost of Room 7 at the Old White Lion, the Grey Lady of Weavers Restaurant and Ponden Hall's harbinger of doom, Old Greybeard. Tour the famous graveyard, in use for over 700 years and believed to house over 40,000 souls.Rediscover the Haworth of the Bronte's, the blackened-stone buildings, washed by Pennine rain, the ginnels and alleyways of a forgotten time - and don't miss the Graveyard Cookbook, a veritable feast of ghoulish delights!

This is the fifth volume of the Spirits of the Border Series covering all hauntings and unsolved mysteries in the State of Texas.