Electromagnetic Fields and Detectors

To begin with you need to understand some things about electromagnetic fields or commonly called EMFs.  First there are two types of fields.  The first is an AC (alternating current) field.  These fields are generated by man made objects, which run about 50 to 60Hz.  These are sin waves.  These waves are also vectored.  In other words they have a direction.  Second there are DC (direct current) fields.  These are also sin waves and are directional.  They are created by natural forces.  These forces can be lightning or the fields generated by living organisms for example.  Sharks can detect these fields.   AC fields drop off very quickly as you move a way from the source as to DC fields.  Though it must be said that the fields generated by lightning can be detected for up to 7 miles.  The fields that we are concerned with in ghost hunting exists in the magnetic range of the spectrum and our measured in milligauss.  You are looking for a reading in the range of 1.5 to 7 milligauss.  Anything lower can be attributed to background readings and anything higher is suspect.

Now you have a basic understanding of what an EMF is.  Now I would like to talk about some of the things that really bother me.  They deal with all the talk of sensitivity to these fields and the misuse of detectors by the so called experts on the various paranormal shows.  They give out a lot of misinformation. As far as sensitivity of people to electromagnetic fields there is no proof.  The Institute of Environmental Health as reported 12 studies made on this subject.  Only 1 suggested that there might be link and their conclusion was that this only meant that more study was needed.  Also this talk of fear cages is absurd.  As I stated above EMFs drop off very quickly.  Holding a detector up against an electrical conduit or wire and announcing a fear cage has no merit.  If you believe in sensitivity you need to measure the field near the level of your head or at the distance a person would be away from a source of field.  Fields drop off quickly.  A high reading near a conduit or wire can be at 0 near where a person would be.  They won't be in a place to be exposed.  Again I also said that studies do not support sensitivity to these fields. As far as other effects on the human body they can't prove any.  Studies show effects on baboons and not adult people.  I don't know about you, but I am certainly no baboon.  Only in children is there some indication that these fields may be connected to a type of leukemia.  Those doses have to pretty heavy a lot more than you find in a house.  For your information these fields can be felt.  When high enough they will cause the hairs on your body to vibrate at a high rate giving you that cobweb feeling or a feeling of being touched.

Next as far as detectors go there are all types out there, cheap and expensive.  As I stated before these fields are directional.  If your meter only has one sensor in it is very easy to get a false positive.  You can be right  on top of a field, but if you are holding the meter perpendicular to the field you will not detect it.  Moving across a field with such a meter can cause a false positive as you detect it and suddenly no longer read it because you are no longer in line with it. If you have such a meter keep it moving in all directions so that you can confirm your reading.  It is much better to have a meter that has a sensor for each of the 3 directions in 3 dimensional space. Such meters would include the Trifield meter or any of the more expensive meters.  Even with these always scan the area to confirm your readings.  Also be careful not to jar  any meter so that you don't get a false positive.

I hope this discussion has cleared things up for you and dispelled some of the misinformation.  Any comments on the subject would be appreciated.

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Child Spirits

While on the subject of spirits and their types, I must say that there are no child spirits. Yes, children die but only the body and physical mind are that of children. All spirits who have gained a body came here after progressing as far as possible in the preexistence to this life. We had been raised to full maturity and proved our selves worthy to enter this mortal life to be tested. To grow through the steps of life; being an infant, being a child, being a  teenager, an adult and growing into old age.  The spirit may enter the body of an infant, progress through the stages of mortal development, but if that child dies before maturity, the spirit of that child would appear in its mature form.

Spirits or ghosts that appear in child form are one of two things.  They are one a deception by evil spirits or demons. Two they are a residual haunting and not there at all.  Just a recording of some past event playing back through the loop of time.

I know that some of you may not believe this. But, as I said ghost hunting is just as much religion  as any other form of belief or cultural identity.  Ghost hunting must be approached from our own spheres of influence to truly have meaning to each of us.  Looked at in this light so that we may gain some understanding of what we experience.

Types of Spirits

This blog is about the types of spirits you may encounter while you hunt. The first issue to get out of the way is that there is no way to look at this without invoking religion. Regardless of people or other hunters may say ghost hunting itself is a Religion. I say this because religion provides us with explanations of the world around us. Explanations we can not quantify by the scientific method. Things that must be taken on faith. Such as the existence of spirits.

Now that said I'll get back to the main subject. First you must understand that all things were created spiritually before they were created temporally. So trees, animals, people and even the earth have spirits. So it might not be unheard of to encounter the spirit of a deceased pet or other animal that has lived. You may also encounter the spirits of people who have lived here on earth and are basically still trying to work out there lives. These are just people, with beliefs and desires just like you and me. They can be people who tried to do good or people who did evil. What ever attitude they possessed while in life is the attitude they possess in the spirit world. They can be good or bad. There is one other type of spirit you need to understand and that is the demon.

You must understand that there is not all these different types of entities out there as you here about from all the various groups. Entities such as elementals and other nature spirits or what ever name you wish to give them. There is only the one third of the hosts of heaven which rebelled and were cast out of heaven along with Lucifer. These individuals did not keep their first estate and were not aloud to come to this earth to get a body as we were. In other words they are one third of Gods children, our brothers and sisters, who fought against Gods plan for all of us. They are here following Lucifer, who was a son of God like us, working to bring us down with their deceptions and lies to their level of misery. People will tell you that you can always tell when there a demon around because of bad smells or they physically attack you. This can be true, but remember, the legions of Lucifer can appear as angels of light and deceive us.

It must be said that any attempt to use mediums, psychic, Ouija boards, dousing rods, pendulums or any other such devices to contact the other side, no matter how well intentioned, only attracts these evil spirits, whose desire it is to lead all of us down the path of loss by means of their deceptions. All these means open us up to their control and influence. We must never do anything which surrenders the control of our precious bodies to these spirits. Even the recorders used to record the unheard voices or EVPs should be considered with caution. These recorders may show evidence of the paranormal, but the origin of those voices or evidences must be suspect.

One quick word about angels since I have talked about demons. Angels are not special creations with wings as everyone would have you think. They are our brothers and sisters who have lived on this earth in mortality just as we do, have passed on and have been called to deliver needed messages from heaven. All the angels mentioned in the Bible had a mortal existence here on earth. They our children of our god, as us. They were obedient in their first estate, as us. They were born into mortality, as us. They lived lives in accordance with God's law. They then passed away. In many instances they have been resurrected in order to physically pass needed keys to us. Finally they were called of God to pass these messages to us. An angel is a messenger called of God.

Are There Ghosts

     With  all the interest and hub bub about the after life and ghosts, people are always seeking to prove or disprove the existence of ghosts.  Simply put, there is no proof.  Even with all the TV shows like Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures and Paranormal State, to name a few, there is no proof.  It is a large leap in logic to say that the evidence they present means there are spirits around us.  It must be said that the belief in spirits is a matter of faith and can not be proved through any manner of technology or higher level of learning.
     That said, it is my sincere belief that there are spirits all around us.  Simply put the existence of spirits is a matter of faith and is a faith we are here on earth to develop.  Every man, woman and child that ever lived on this earth is still here.  They are only hidden from us by a veil.  A veil which allows us to develop this faith.  Should this veil be lifted we would see there spirits all around us.
     This veil at times and places is thin and we get glimpses into the spirit world.  Thus the origin of haunting s and the belief that ghosts exist.