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Venefica, to simply state, without trying, that there is no such thing as a single path, one that we can research towards, is simply defeatist, and illustrates my point about my efforts to research in this direction is like urinating against the wind... And the point I was making in my post was that...

Hrm. Sounds like something to pass the time, and might be useful! I distinctly remember my time in the Pride Hotel, Yorkshire, where we appeared to have 3 ghosts. Only 1 left physical signs, she was, at the same time, the most loveable and the most annoying. She was a young girl, drowned when the pl...

How very odd... they're all of the same format, so I can't be reading them wrong (reading them exactly the same way for all three) ... ah, well, maybe I have...

Interesting. Someone who embeds dimensional trackers in text. Not very good ones (2 of your "links" realised and severed it), but still, interesting. Anyway, wingsdefu, your definition is, sadly, too broad for any effective dissertation on combat techniques. Cultural demons (fallen angels,...

Thanks for the info there guys, it's actually quite important. First off, the Red Queen, as chaos egregores theoretically should when given enough power, has evolved and become an almost fae like personality, from what little I saw on my brief scout of this network. Big spiders are indeed confirmed,...

Know what you mean about the 2012 thing... wanna know where the whole bloody silly rumour comes from? "The Mayan Mystery", by Maurice M Cotterell... he said the Mayan calendar "ended" on the aforementioned date, and did not research further to find that the Mayan calendar is a *c...

the balance is the most important thing in existence, and, indeed, most "high" magick is simply a more complicated derivation of the "low", easier in theory, but harder in practice. That's my 2c

Yep, it's time for another Update from the trenches! Thankfully, only one event of *note*, which was the physical attack of Shadow People upon a couple in Fritch, TX, happily sorted now... but psychics, mystics, weird new spirits and the like continue to come out of the woodwork, and things get more...

Yeah, this is one of the biggest problems. But if a scientist can categorise it, and scientists accept the categorisation, we can get somewhere. Anyways, sometimes, V, it's a bigger problem than that... for example, this resolution mainly came from a very acrimonious argument I had viz spirit guides...

True, true. Anyway, I've just discovered another researcher has been working on fixing one of the problems I see in psychic research (a lack of comprehensive common terminology), and have requested his article on the subject. We'll see how both that and my research subject's data goes, along with an...

Well, at the moment, I'm just starting out in seriously researching psychic abilities, and am beginning to collect data. There are many problems with paranormal research in general, and it might be helpful to write a book detailing these problems, while also showing how current research is trying to...

fair enough, all answers. Like I said, it's tempting, and I'll think about it.

Interesting, Frank, but didn't answer any of my questions, which is possibly a reason you're getting "spam canned" I've not seen the other forums, or why it was banned, but answering forum questions tends to help your case of "I'm not a spambot."

Hell, it's tempting... but then there's all sorts of questions publishing a book raises, from "Who is this going to offend?" (moral), to "Who's going to read this the wrong way and get in trouble?" (moral), to "What's the split of the royalties, chummer?" (financial) Bu...

Welcome to OF, Eisen. Part of the problem, really, is perception. We all perceive things differently, so finding common ground can be *jeeeest* a tad tough. But you've learned more about yourself, which, regardless of the bad things you now know you have within you, is a good thing. Discuss, ask, le...

Tell me about it... the day I meet a Shade who's honest about whether he's munching on too many people's fear, or a trickster that doesn't want to break/change/joke about *something* is the day I hang up my hat with sequins and stuff... not that I have one, but the metaphor stands.

Well, this *is* weird. From the entire thread being deleted, to one guy seeming to sympathise... to him then getting a PM indicating hatred from other members for being "one sided"?!? I'm terribly, terribly confused. Either the place I just left for good was 1984, or it was secretly Brazil...

Aye, that's a big problem, it seems. I'm currently having a rather hectic discussion about this very issue with someone on another forum. Her belief: Everyone has a spirit guide. Mine: Not everyone has a spirit guide. Simple issue, but since she's a mod, it's led to one removed post and a lot of &qu...

Aye, meself also.

essentially, I've found it's not the belief itself (or lack thereof), but how fundamentalist you are about it. Now this gentleman appears simply confused, but you, Venefica, have met, like me, a fundamentalist atheist. With spiritual questions, the most honest answer is "I have no proof, but I ...

Well, from what I've gathered myself, some souls come under attack from all *sorts* of spirits, some taking the soul away (still connected to the body) to cause it all sorts of harm (depression, etc), some literally ripping it from the body (the results of which seem to be a complete numbness about ...

Don't really work with greek deities, but hell, Chiron seems a nice enough sort.

Not sure what he's getting at here. I think (don't quote me on this) that he's trying to espouse architectural magic (highly ritualised, highly specialised, but, because of this, highly powered) as powerful. Oh, and that Masons are powerful mages... I think. Not quite sure what he's trying to ask or...

*chuckles* not a social networker either, sorry.

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