Comparing old-fashioned and modern methods of capturing spirit phenomena. While the Spiritualism movement was at its peak in the 19th century and early 20th, mediums and other folks looking to contact the dead or otherwise prove the existence of ghosts used a few different tools: Spirit boards or Ouija boards Originally sold as a typeContinue reading “Analog and Digital Ghost Hunting”
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Serendipitous Ghost Photography
Last week I blathered on about photographic methods for faking images of ghosts. This time we will be taking a look at how ghosts appear in photographs by chance. Accidental spirit photography usually falls into two categories: orbs and faint figures (often consisting of faces or head-and-upper body forms, though there are exceptions.) Orbs: TheseContinue reading “Serendipitous Ghost Photography”
Conversing with the Dead
The term “seance” comes from the French word meaning “session,” (from Old French seoir, meaning “to sit”). These days, practically everyone knows a seance involves meeting with a group of like-minded people (or curious sceptics) in a dimly-lit or darkened room to try to communicate with the deceased or other denizens from the “spirit world.”Continue reading “Conversing with the Dead”
Summer is a-coming in
Now that the weather is finally brightening up, I will interrupt the usual writing-and-novel-related posts to bring a bit of nature and sunshine to your day. Also, a chonky pony:
Happy Blah (insert religious or non-religious holiday here)
It’s that time of year once more. (No, not the one where I take a bath). The one where, suddenly, Halloween decorations are sold simultaneously with tinsel and baubles in the same aisle for a couple of weeks, followed by just festive decorations in mid-November if you’re lucky (if you aren’t so lucky, there areContinue reading “Happy Blah (insert religious or non-religious holiday here)”
Nightwalks 