Beware, yoga practitioners: it might lead to harder things like Hinduism. Father Francesco Bamonte, who heads the Italy-based International Association of Exorcists, warns the world that Yoga invites demonic possession. More in the London Telegraph’s ‘Rise of Exorcists in the Catholic Church’ in which we learn the Vatican is spearheading efforts to train a new generation of devil exterminators.
Pope Francis is rumored to have performed an exorcism during a Mass in St Peter’s Square last May. [Photo via telegraph.co.uk.]
Beware, yoga practitioners: your sun salutations and downward dogs might lead to harder things . . . like Hinduism. Father Francesco Bamonte, who heads the Italy-based International Association of Exorcists, warns the world that yoga is a gateway to demonic possession. More in the London Telegraph‘s recent article, ‘Rise of Exorcists in the Catholic Church‘, in which we learn the Vatican has launched a program to train a global strike force of devil exterminators.
Don’t worry, you can always do Christ-centered stretching from now on to out-maneuver Beelzebub, like the kind offered at Christ Centered Yoga in Norcross, GA or Yahweh Yoga in Chandler, AZ.
I for one am eagerly awaiting Christ-centered Kama Sutra classes.
Before proceeding I strongly urge you to read and hear the 10/20/13 seance transcript and video regarding the “Buddhist exorcism” the audience and I attempted to conduct in an effort to help “V,” the spirit of a 2-year-old toddler, escape and pass through the door to Heaven in accordance with the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
During the next show on 11/2/13 I was happy not to have heard from V, as it hopefully meant our so-called exorcism was successful and she moved forward.
Boy was I wrong. The following (and final) show on 11/3/13 left me completely floored. This is one of those good Ouija board stories. No possessed kittens, no dire warnings of doom, but a truly positive and spiritual experience. The Ouija board at its best. Read on…
Before proceeding I strongly urge you to read and hear the 10/20/13 seance transcript and video regarding the “Buddhist exorcism” the audience and I attempted to conduct in an effort to help “V,” the spirit of a 2-year-old toddler, escape and pass through the door to Heaven in accordance with the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
During the next show on 11/2/13 I was happy not to have heard from V, as it hopefully meant our so-called exorcism was successful and she moved forward.
Boy was I wrong. The following (and final) show on 11/3/13 left me completely floored. This is one of those good Ouija board stories. No possessed kittens, no dire warnings of doom, but a truly positive and spiritual experience. The Ouija board at its best. Read on… Continue reading “Boneyards EVP Log – 11/3/13”
Ghost: “We’re human.” The Saturday night audience was a full house of Halloween weekend and Day of the Dead revelers. At the closing seance, bold audience volunteers Mike, Mel and Tara personed the Ouija board. The planchette was shooting all over the place but sadly all we got was strings of consonants over and over which made for a frustrating experience. It did confirm that it was not alone and that there were 7 of them in the room with us at that moment. If you’ve been following the previous seance posts you know there are at least 12 spirits (or subconscious ideomotor impulses, depending on your beliefs) in the building whom I have affectionately dubbed the Synagogue Saints. It’s not unusual for all 12 of them not to make a showing at once.
The Hindu God Shiva, or Mahakala as the Tibetan Buddhists call him, is a prominent presence in the show.
The Saturday night audience was a full house of Halloween weekend and Day of the Dead revelers. At the closing seance, bold audience volunteers Mike, Mel and Tara personed the Ouija board. The planchette was shooting all over the place but sadly all we got was strings of consonants over and over which made for a frustrating experience. It did say when I asked what it thought of the show, CLAP. Also it confirmed that it was not alone and that there were 7 of them in the room with us at that moment. If you’ve been following the previous seance posts you know there are at least 12 spirits (or subconscious ideomotor impulses, depending on your beliefs) in the building whom I have affectionately dubbed the Synagogue Saints. It’s not unusual for all 12 of them not to make a showing at once.
(Personally I was thrilled not to hear from little V, because if she had made a showing it would mean our haunting Buddhist exorcism in the previous show had been a failure. I urge you to read/watch that now, and then to read what happened in the Earth-shattering final session on 11/3/13.)
While the Ouija session continued I fired up the P-SB7 spirit box as usual, and here are the highlights. The raw footage is 7.5 minutes. I have cut it down here to the most clearly spoken minute of highlights. Each has been slowed down and had the volume amplified while maintaining the original pitch, for better ease of listening. Transcript with my comments follows below the video: Continue reading “Boneyards EVP Log – 11/2/13”
Ghost: “Come to us.” Before proceeding I urge you, gentle reader, to read and view the previous show’s (10/17/13) seance summary as there is a direct carryover with this one culminating in my effort to conduct a “Buddhist exorcism,” for lack of a better description, on the 2-year-old “V,” a recent arrival at the synagogue and not one of the 12 original ghosts at this location that I call the Synagogue Saints.
Before proceeding I urge you, gentle reader, to read and view the previous show’s (10/17/13) seance summary as there is a direct carryover with this one culminating in my effort to conduct a “Buddhist exorcism,” for lack of a better description, on the 2-year-old “V,” a recent arrival at the synagogue and not one of the 12 original ghosts at this location that I call the Synagogue Saints.
All caught up now? Great, you may proceed. At the show’s climax audience volunteers Eric and Kristen personed the board. We at first assumed we were speaking with an adult spirit (or subconscious ideomotor impulse, depending on your beliefs) but then it kept spelling MAM, MAM, MAMover and over. At first we thought it was their initials but it told us NO.
Do you know anyone here? YES.
Who? LAURA.
Yep, there was indeed a Laura in the house who looked decidedly freaked at seeing her name spelled out on the Ouija board. How do you know Laura?
The response was more MAM over and over again.
LAURA: I don’t know anyone with those initials.
ME: It’s talking like a child saying the same word over and over. I think we’ve got a kid here.
MY USHER SUSAN: Do you mean MOM? YES … MAM, MAM, MAM.
Indeed the repetition was childlike and rather sad. We imagined a young child calling for its mother over and over and not sure how to spell it. This is extremely similar to my encounter with young MALA/MALALA 2 years ago during BZ:ABOTD who wound up following me from the Blue Grotto in West Philly to Plays & Players Theatre and taking up residence there but that’s another story. In short, it seems children who have died violent deaths are particularly frightened and stuck, not sure how to move on. Heartbreakingly, they especially want to find their mothers.
Where’s your real mom? KILLED.
Who killed her? DAD.
Did he kill you, too? YES.
ME: Are you V? YES.
ME: V, I’m glad you’re here. We’re going to help you today. But Laura’s not your mom. Does she look like your mom? YES … MAM, MAM, MAM.
ME: V, we’re gonna try to help you. Stick around. Do you want to speak with us electrically? YES.
At that I crossed the room and fired up the P-SB7 spirit box as usual. Stunning results and transcript below. The raw footage is 9 minutes. I’ve cut it down to just the best minute or so of highlights with each EVP slowed down and made louder:
Still angry. [First thing outta their mouths and this is a direct carryover from the previous session when they made clear their sudden anger at me. I’m still hoping for an explanation so I can rectify whatever otherworldly faux pas I’ve apparently committed.]
Baby. [A direct response to our question at the Ouija board, “Are you a child?”]
Do you understand that? [In other words, are they coming through clearly on the spirit box.]
It’s Laura.[I had called out multiple times to the spirit box asking V, “Can you call out to Laura?…Can you call Laura’s name?” As you can see below it did so every single time I asked.]
Laura … On a Ouija board.
Come to us. [No, I don’t think this is a demonic invitation for us to join them in the netherworld a la Don’t Fear the Reaper as I don’t believe there’s anything evil residing in this sanctified building. I believe it’s just a further cry for help.]
Just go. [Not unusual for them to be in disagreement as I’ve learned from previous sessions here. One’s saying come to us and another’s telling us to just leave.]
Calls you Mommy, Laura. [Indeed V does.]
Laura.
Take in the girl … Laura. [Warning to Laura: Don’t offer to take her in! Don’t even think it! She’ll follow you home in nothing flat. I did that with Mala/Malala 2 years ago and she followed me around for months until I found her a good home as a playmate to the lonely ghost of the Small Boy known to haunt Plays & Players Theatre. Besides, there’s no need for V. to follow any of us home because we’re about to conduct a one-of-a-kind Buddhist exorcism to try and set her free.]
Help her.[This was toward the end of the session. I had just announced that I was about to try to help V. And their response?…]
…I love you.[Well, don’t love me yet but thanks for the vote of confidence in my novice exorcism abilities.]
I then wrapped up the show and the audience sat while I recited from pp. 230-238 of the edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead pictured right (starting with, “O, child of Buddha-nature, that which is called death has now arrived…”) which provides instructions to the recently deceased on how to move forward and get outta here. I then rang a Tibetan Buddhist singing bowl several times.
We’ll see whether it worked during the next seance at the Saturday 11/2/13 show. With any luck we will not hear from little V again because she’ll be long gone where she belongs…
IMG_2813After a month’s hiatus we’re back online, folks. Boneyards is back from the dead to rock your underworld just in time for Halloween. Only 3 shows left–10/20, 11/2 and 11/3. Last night’s 10/17 show was the kickoff. Read on–
Something quite phenomenal happened at last night’s seance that closes every show.
After a month’s hiatus we’re back online, folks. Boneyards is back from the dead to rock your underworld just in time for Halloween. Only 3 shows left — 10/20, 11/2 and 11/3. Last night’s 10/17 show was the kickoff. Read on —
Something quite phenomenal happened at last night’s seance that closes every show. In short, a dead kid needs our help and I intend to help her. Will you join me? At first, our two Ouija volunteers Kathryn and Geoff (with verbal help from Questioner Karen and myself) got the planchette to tell us its initial, V, and that it was 2 years old. This has happened to me before but rarely; a child spirit that has been around for many, many years will take on a certain adultlike maturity even while remaining childlike in its answers and overall behavior. This was borne out as V, when answering a question, would point to the star shape on the Ouija board rather than spelling a complete word, just like any 2-year-old might. In a different context it might have been adorable. V did confirm that she was standing to my right (I held out my right hand and asked if she was near it or near my other hand), and that she was not alone. This didn’t surprise me as I already assumed that the 12 Synagogue Saints, as I call them, were in the room with us. But V told us that only 5 were present. I don’t know why, but I feel that V was a little girl although gender was never specifically discussed.
I crossed the room and fired up the P-SB7 spirit box.
Meanwhile at the Ouija board, the planchette moved to YES and stayed firmly planted; not just sitting there but refusing to move. If you’ve used a Ouija board a lot you know what I mean. We switched Ouija volunteers numerous times in an effort to “warm up” the board, like tuning in a radio, but the result was always the same. The planchette was firmly planted on YES. Prior to this, the planchette had also been moving extremely slowly and we cracked jokes that maybe it was an old woman who has visited us in a previous session. At that the spirit box called out “Lazy!” loud and clear across the room (see the full EVP video and transcript below).
But there is a larger picture unfolding here, readers. This kid, this perished toddler, V, is frightened and asking for our help. Some of the spirits around her are also asking us to help her. I’ll tell you what I plan to try in the upcoming show this Sunday, but first get the full picture–
Don’t worry, you can always do Christ-centered stretching from now on to out-maneuver Beelzebub, like the kind offered at Christ Centered Yoga in Norcross, GA or Yahweh Yoga in Chandler, AZ.
I crossed the room and fired up the P-SB7 spirit box.