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Actually I rather like the idea of ‘The Impossible Dream’, but I’d have to go for the Andy Williams version (recently see in the Honda advert)
Andy
Quote:what shape would you form into?Oh, I dread to think!!
Been accused of all sorts over the years.
But, as it’s my main area of esoteric study, probably an Enochain entity.Either that or John Dee himself
Andy
I certainly agree with Michael’s comment about ‘ghosts’ being a catch all term, and it’s not one that I personally use that much. I tend to refer to such things as presences, as it’s a much more open and neutral term.
I also agree that ‘White Ladies’, Hooded Monks, Black Dogs etc, are not ghosts. I tend to think of them as manifestations of energies inherently found at certain localities. Genius Loci quite possibly? I recently wrote an article for my IoPR site suggesting that Genius Loci’s can manifest as a ‘site guardian’ IF the site has been disturbed in some way (especially if it’s ritualistic) But certainly concede that this may not be the case. I certainly agree that a ‘site guardian’ can be created, but its it the creation of something new, not previously found at a site, or the manipulation of the inherent energies, thus ‘remodelling’ the existing presence?
Andy
HI Simon
I moved house late last year, what a nightmare!
Andy
HI Yuri
Everything that’s recorded on an investigation is throughly examined in the hope that we’ve captured something valid, but there’s nothing, so far, to convince me otherwise.
HOWEVER…… Take a look at the picture below!
This was sent in by a visitor to the IoPR website some time ago and has, quite frankly, stumped me!
We’ve no idea what’s created the light anomoly!
Here’s a closer look
The entire ‘object’ is within the picture strongly suggesting that it is indeed in the back of the garden. the 3 lights line up excalty and suggest that the object is oval in shape and the faint ‘beam’ beneath it touches the ground. Very strange!
Andy
HI Yuri
Great meet you at Andy C’s
Sorry we didn’t a chance to chat, hopefully we’ll meet up again soon.
Andy M
OK, I disappear for six months, having only posted a few times, now I come back to the forum and come out with the following, but hey, got to be honest guys…
I’ve involved the paranormal investigating malarkey for the best part of 20 years now, long before digital cameras came into existence. back in the those days there was no such thing as Orbs. They only started to pop up once digi camera’s became cheap enough the bought by non professionals. they were first photographed in Japan, where they were thought to be, and were called ‘Spirit lights’ and were believed to be the departing spirit following burial. But most expert in digital cameras knew they were simply very small items close to the camera, which reflected the light of the camera flash, but because the camera was focused on the largest object, usually the much more distant grave stone, the illuminated particle was very out of focus and blurred. (sorry, bit of a long sentence there!) As digital cameras became more widely available so the orb phenomena spread! The Americans made them really popular by posting ‘orb’ photos all over the internet, but that was just more evidence that weren’t paranormal, because if they were then ghosts are everywhere, literally!
But, as soon as you look at these shots in more detail it is possible to see what’s causing them. Indeed, I’ve spoken to two professional photographers about orbs, to get their professional insights. One of them works exclusively in digital and, after she’d stopped laughing, she told me that some photography schools offer courses in how to prevent getting these annoying blemishes in your photos. You can imagine it, there you are charging £100′s for your work as a photographer and ‘Fred and Joan’ have got big grey stops in front of their faces!! It’s mainly due to the Flash, which is 4 times brighter than on a conventional camera, being too close to the lens on ‘all in one’ camera units. according to Ann, the photographer, you need to use a 6million plus pixel camera, as it is able to see through the ‘flair’ of an ‘orb’. if you use such a camera, or one that has a separate flash unit, you’ll not get orbs at all.Basically there are three causes of ‘orbs’
1) dust. as I said before, the light from the flash illuminates the dust, but it’s very out of focus so you get that odd grey blob appear. If you have a higher res camera, and you enlarge the ‘orb’ you may see a brighter point within the orb, that’s the actual piece of dust that caused the orb. Some people even speak of seeing a face in the orb, but that down to ‘pattern recognition syndrome’ where we unconsciously look for the human visage in random patterns (faces in the fire) There are by far the most common type of orb. and I’ve got literally 1000′s of such photos from haunted locations, but, then again most of these places are old buildings, so there’s a reasonable chance of there being dust around. And, as the slightest breeze can scatter dust, there’s no surprise that they are there one second and gone the next, we are talking about area of about 2 inch squared in front of the lens, tiny, but you can get an awful lot of dust in this area.
2) insects, less common than dust, but the same thing happens, illuminated by the flash. These often appear as smaller and much brighter than dust but, again if you’ve a reasonably hi res camera, enlarging the picture can often reveal wings and legs! An insect can be several feet away and still reflect the flash back at you. In fact I’ve got a great piece of video footage that shows a bright light anomaly at Michelham Priory. a bright light whizzes across the room, suddenly does a U-turn, then heads directly for the camera, WOW! I thought, but when it get closer to the lens you can clearly see wings
3) Moisture. again it’s down to flash illumination, but it can also be light from another source reflecting off of it. The fact is you’re always going to get moisture in the air. even on a hot sunny day, unless humidity is zero there will be moisture about, and don’t forget your own breath.
There are of course other causes of light anomalies, factors such as light refraction with the lens set up capturing light, or other such reflections.
Please don’t get me wrong I’m a whole hearted believer in Ghosts. Over the years I’ve seen, heard and felt more than enough to convince me these phenomena are real, But Orbs really are not reliable evidence as proof of the paranormal.
Sorry to have rambled on for so long but I feel quite passionate about this subject and do get carried away some times.
Andy M.
Sounds like as good idea to me
AndyM
We may also discover that someone else is looking into the same thing at the same time and ‘pool their resources’, rather than go over the same areas twice.
From experience I can say that, if something ‘big’ is going down more then one person is bound to pick up on it, makes sense to share info!
AndyM
Hi Yuri
That’s exactly the idea I had in mind with this thread!
Someone can, without revealing details of their own work, mention that’ve come across ‘something’ that’s worth looking into, but that they don’t have the time etc. Someone else could ‘pick up the ball’ and run with it.
Could pass the info on via PM if they’d sooner keep the details pivate?Andy M
As a former regular attendee of Earth Quest, I can certainly vouch for Andy’s enthusiasm. Would it be Andy who would ‘look after’ the items?
Andy M
Quote:we could become the new Priory of Sion!And hopefully more real than the old one!!
AndyM
Please don’t think I being awkward, but as you say £50 is quite a bit.
Well any contributor be allowed ‘private access’ to the items, or only at public events?
I don’t mean just ‘show up when they feel like it’, but on certain occasions pre-arranged with the ‘holder’, if, for example a person feels that there may be a connection to what they are working on at any given time?Andy M
(I put my post up before reading’s Michael’s post, but he’s making the same point as I am regarding access for future ‘quests’)
Hi Guys
I have to say I agree with Martin here.
Who would actually take charge of the items, where would they be held, would we all have access to them?
They are important and need to be looked after, but if we’re contributing to the purchase do we all get access to them?
AndyM
You can just imagine it! The ‘next generation’ of Psychic Questers going on a quest for these ‘hidden’ sacred items, does have a romantic air about it!
AndyM
(previously Amer – found my old log in details)
