| I dare say that many of us have been sat at home | | | | method of signaling their presence. I have good |
| and felt that 'something' wasn't quite right. Had a | | | | friends who have had music playing through their |
| feeling that there was something different about the | | | | sound system when it has all been switched off, |
| place but not quite been able to pin down where that | | | | even after disconnecting the speakers! The kitchen |
| feeling was coming from. Sometimes is can drive us | | | | seems to be the centre of activity in my home and |
| to distraction trying to figure out exactly what it is | | | | amongst other (non electrical activity), I have spirit |
| and what triggered the feeling, unfortunately we | | | | switching the kettle on in there, playing with the |
| can't always find the source. | | | | telephone on the bedroom, and draining batteries in |
| I know when I walk into my home whether I have | | | | mobile phones and MP3 players. |
| an extra 'guest' as it were, as I can feel the shift in | | | | Another method of contact is through sound. Unusual |
| the energy. The best way to describe how this feels | | | | bangs, knocks and clicks, that you know are not |
| to me, is for you to imagine walking into a room filled | | | | naturally occurring - the kitchen is a great resource of |
| with electricity, almost like a static charge, as if the | | | | sound making devices. The kettle switch, dustbin lid, |
| room contains dozens of TV screens all emitting | | | | cupboard doors etc. Instead of disregarding the |
| white noise. Somehow the energy in the room feels | | | | noises that your house makes, as most of us do. |
| more dense, the air seems to change and more | | | | Listen to the sounds, try and decide where they are |
| often than not I feel the 'pressure' of someone near | | | | coming from, investigate what could have made the |
| to me, a closeness that make me feel like I could | | | | sound, could it be naturally occurring? If not, who |
| reach out and touch someone stood there. But that's | | | | made the sound? |
| just how I feel, everybody has different reactions. | | | | Of course there are the tales of having objects |
| So how can spirit let you know when they are | | | | moved around the home, but this takes a lot of |
| around? Well, to be honest, how spirit choose to | | | | energy to perform, so is perhaps not as common as |
| make contact can often be based upon personal | | | | we would be made to believe by television |
| references. For example, a common method used by | | | | programmes. Although it is common for small items |
| spirit it to use a smell, this could be a hint of | | | | to disappear for a while, only to turn up in the |
| perfume, or a cooking aroma etc. As smell is the | | | | strangest of places! Keys seem to be a popular |
| strongest of the senses linked to memory, a scent | | | | choice and television remotes, things that we notice |
| or aroma can transport us back to a place in time | | | | being out of place very quickly. |
| when that smell was common place, leading us to link | | | | In reality, the most commonly reported sign that of |
| it to the people that were around us at that time. It | | | | spirit activity is temperature change. Generally |
| could be tobacco smoke linked to a grandfather, | | | | referred to as 'cold spots' where the temperature of |
| sweet perfume linked to an aunt, or face cream | | | | a specific area can be quite dramatically lower than |
| linked to a grandmother. The smells that are chosen | | | | that of the surrounding area. Warm spots also occur, |
| generally have a specific link to a person you are | | | | though there are generally regarded as being formed |
| connected to. I won't say that it is always easy to | | | | by loving energies as opposed to generic spirit |
| make the connection, as occasionally the link can be | | | | activity. Whether they are warm or cold, make a |
| pretty bizarre, and you may have to search way | | | | note of where you encounter them, how long are |
| back in your memory to place the smell, but the link | | | | they there for, and whether they always appear in |
| will be there. | | | | the same place. At the same time you notice the |
| Electricity is also a useful tool for spirit. Affecting | | | | temperate change, keep you eyes and ears open for |
| lights, TV's and radios seems to be a common | | | | any other signs that you have a 'visitor' in you home. |