All editorial content by Zsuzsana Summer, www.arcanamatrix.comIssue date: Saturday, February 24, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------ P A R A N O R M A L I N S I D E R ------------------------------------------------------------ Hello Everyone, and welcome to the final issue of The Paranormal Insider. As I mentioned last week, this column is being discontinued, but I certainly hope you have all enjoyed our explorations into the world of the unexplained. I thank you all for your letters and kind comments and if you wish to stay in contact with me, please visit me at my personal website, www.arcanamatrix.com or email me at zsuzsana@arcanamatrix.com For our farewell issue, I would like to dip once again into my mailbag and share some of our readers' amazing paranormal experiences with you all. I thank everyone who has submitted letters and shared their stories with me and our subscribers - we are all connected and it's a beautiful thing to see this truth in action. From angels to Yeti, and from apports to X-Files, there is an amazing world of wonder at the very edge of our physical senses and mundane awareness and I wish you all happy and enlightening explorations of the worlds beyond, today and always. P.S. Paranormal Insider Readers! Today may be the final edition of the Paranormal Insider, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy GopherCentral's other flagship publication dealing with the world of the strange, weird and bizarre. That's why subscribers will receive our Bizarre News newsletter. If you don't want to receive Bizarre News then please unsubscribe to today's edition of the Paranormal Insider. Thanks for reading! ------------------------------------------------------------ Walk-Ins and Ruth Montgomery (The following 4 submissions are in response to a reader named Cynthea Z. and refer to a discussion about Ruth Montgomery's writings in our column of June 15/06) I have read just about every one of Montgomery's books and came to the conclusion about two things. I believe Walk- Ins are possible but I also feel her Spirit Guide, Lily, was either not on the up and up or was non-existent. Anyone that has studied the Metaphysical Masters, such as Blavatsky, Fox, Leadbetter, Besant, Hodges, etc. knows that our spirit guides' only function is to "guide". They do not make our decisions for us, nor are they insistent that they are to be followed...they are just to "guide". I cannot remember which of the books of hers I read, in which Ruth indicated that Lily was insisting she do as it demanded. This was a clear indication that Lily was the one that was in control and not Ruth. Hence my questioning whether Lily was invented to sell books, or if not, then Lily was not from a good place. The modern New Age movement is filled with not so honest, jump-on-the-bandwagon-of-cash authors and seminar lecturers. What they are "teaching", as our modern-day New Age teachers, was what THEY read from the previous works of the masters from the late 19th & early 20th century writers, whose works are readily available through any bookstore. Their work is not original but just a republication, in their own words, of what those old masters already published and for that, they are making lots of money through book sales and seminars having set themselves up as the "Teachers"...the people we need to flock to to get guidance and to understand. They are not legitimate teachers, they are copy-cats and charlatans, because they give no credit to those they learned from, those that published their ideas and philosophy on metaphysics long before these know-nothing New Age "teachers". There are some honest authors out there that have published their writings on their own personal genuine experiences with NDE's, PBE's & DE's and I am sure these writings have helped those to overcome their fears of death. But, alas, the waters are treacherous with money-hungry sharks whose only goal is to seek gurudome and fortune, no matter how ill-gotten. As for Ruth Montgomery's walk-ins, there may be some element of truth. In fact, I tend to believe they do exist because of my extensive study into metaphysics. However, history has proven that when one wishes to deceive, throwing in some truths tends to make all of it Truth, to the deceived. Ruth's predictions of Earth shifting on its axis is a very strong probability (Edgar Cayce himself, a genuinely honest man and mystic, predicted this would happen before he died in 1945. So, Ruth's prediction was not an original one. However, it is important to remember that since her spirit guides were wrong in their prediction as to when the earth would shift on its axis, this should make everyone wonder what else her guides were wrong about. It should also make you wonder who and what was Lily. Being perceived as a sweet old lady does not constitute an honest one and being a sweet old lady does not guarantee she couldn't be deceived herself. As a student of metaphysics for over 42 years, having studied the late Masters Blavatsky, Fox, etc., true awareness has been the greatest gift. A word to anyone interested...never give up mastership of yourself to anyone, for YOU are a Master in your own right. You just don't remember this:) Good luck in your search, Cynthia. a reader ******************************************************** Hello! I have never read Ms. Montgomery's book, but I am somewhat of a science nut. The shift is happening. Not violently, not overnight, but in strange little waves here and there all over the planet. It does happen quite frequently in geological time. The only ones really affected are our poor animal friends who rely on the magnetic poles for migration and maybe even their own self-awareness/location. (As a side-note, I wonder if all these beachings are not somehow related to the waves of shifting, and not to the Navy's sonar completely.) There is a site, www.experiencefestival.com, that has many writings that could possibly help your reader. Just enter Ms. Montgomery's name in the search bar. Or any other subject. It's a very comprehensive site. There was a scientific site that was doing daily mapping around the world, with volunteers using fixed compasses and relaying their info via internet. But then the site went high tech and asked the "volunteers" to buy new computer interactive equipment to more easily compile the data from each site, and, being disabled, on a fixed income, I just couldn't afford the almost $300 "donation" to continue. Strangely enough, I've been searching, trying to find any info, updates on the project, and have come up empty. The "scientist's" name was Ted Tutweiller. That much I recall because I would get newsletters from him. Oh well, I hope I have helped your reader a little bit, in any case. It may take a hundred years for a complete shift. Or it may not shift completely at all; it may just fluctuate and return to what we call normal. There is an area in the southern Atlantic Ocean that has completely shifted. I can't remember exactly how large it is, perhaps a few hundred miles square; not knowing how they measure area at sea!! I thoroughly enjoy all your writings, Zsuzsana. Delving into the arcane is another of my passions, because I believe science and "magic" go hand in hand, different sides of the same coin. All of our great early scientists were also alchemists and astrologists. It's why they were so persecuted. The "black arts" were no more than early chemistry experiments and biology lessons. Rather a simplistic view, I know, but everything can be made simple once you remove all the outer trappings of superstition, societal norms, taboos, and personal expectations. Thank You so much for all of your hard work! It is appreciated. Sincerely, Susan Stanford ************************************************************ Hi, I don't know anything about the axis shift that has been predicted but if you had seen the news after the tsunami there were many report that it has knocked us off of our axis by a degree or so temporarily. Maybe this is what was predicted? a reader ************************************************************ Zsuzsana, I'm writing in response to the letter from Cynthea Z. I haven't read the book she mentioned, but do believe that the axis shift has already happened...at least by a few degrees. If you will pay attention to the major weather shifts which have been happening and notice that what was once warm is now cooler and what was cooler is now warmer, climate-wise, you will see what I mean. The major thing I have noticed with the predictions of earthchanges and shifts is that people automatically assume they are HUGE, sudden shifts and changes. However, each change and each shift starts with one degree...one small thing and we are usually too busy to notice it, just accepting it as 'normal' or ignoring it completely. Watch the weather shifts and make note of the increased 'unusual patterns' or extreme temperature ranges. It will become more obvious that something has shifted, even if it isn't how some have predicted it to be. Most timing on predictions has a margin for error due to external influences which can include the massive amounts of prayers for safety, healing, etc. I have often found that a seed thought planted in the mind of a seeker often prevents or alters what the intial 'vision' or prediction had shown. (example: Warning someone to pay more attention to their speed while driving averts a possible ticket or accident.) It can be the same with the massive predictions as well, especially since the book mentioned by Cynthea Z. was a widely read book by people who believe in the power of the mind. The most significant single event which can be associated with the earth shift is the tsumami over in the India area. This is all my own observations and may or may not have any scientific proof or validity but if only one or two more people start thinking about slow shifts and changes, maybe others will see the patterns as well. Thank-you for allowing me to express my observations. T.A.C. ------------------------------------------------------------ Psychic Pets Hello, A friend of mine e-mailed your article about psychic pets. I found it very fascinating. I also have a story I would like to share with you about an experience I had with my cat Merlin. Merlin was an orphan. His mom was hit by a car and died. A woman who works at my Vet's office brought the orphaned kittens in and offered them free to good homes. Well I took one look at my Merlin, who was 3 1/2 weeks old and absolutely fell in love with him. Merlin is a very skittish kitty. He never really likes anyone but me. He is also very, very protective of me. I guess because he was so young, he kind of thought I was his mother. The poor thing didnt even know how to clean himself after using the litter box and he would come to me crying and the good mother I am, I would take a warm wet paper towel and clean him, then another to dry him off. It really was rather funny. My husband could not believe how Merlin was with me. My husband is an over the road truck driver and he would be gone for weeks at a time and when he did get home it would only be for a day or two and he was off again. So, it was just Merlin and me. Merlin had gotten very protective of me very quickly. Every time someone, including the mail carrier, would open my front gate to come into the yard, Merlin would run to the door growling and hissing, then run and get me. He knew whoever it was that came into the yard didn't belong there. I also would order pizza and such to be delivered since cooking for one can be too much work. I would tell Merlin that Mommy ordered food and the "man" will bring it, you let me know when the "man" gets here. Merlin would sit on the arm of my sofa looking out the door and lo and behold when the "man" got here, he would growl and run and get me. I digress, just wanted to give u a background on Merlin lol. My husband and I bought our home from an elderly lady who had not lived in the house for about 2 years due to illness. When I found out the house was for sale I immediately contacted her (Eileen) because my cousin lives next door and at that time my mom was still living, she lived across the street, and because I was alone so much everyone thought it would be a good idea to be closer to family. Merlin was just about a year old and one spring evening I was out doing yard work and had the back door and front door unlocked since I was back and forth between the 2 yards. I was alone as usual as my husband was on the road. It was starting to get dark, so I cleaned up everything, brought the mower to the back yard and came into the house. Merlin was sitting at the bottom of my stairs just staring up. I didn't pay much attention to him until about an hour later when he really was freaking out growling and hissing and still sitting at the bottom of the steps. Well at this point I was rather freaked myself, so I called my mom and stepdad and told them I think someone is in my house hiding upstairs and explained to them what Merlin was doing. They came over, with base- ball bat in tow lol, and we proceeded upstairs. Well, we checked every closet, under every bed and even went down into the basement. We searched the entire house and no one was here but us. Merlin was so freaked he would not even go upstairs with me to bed that night and since his litter box was kept upstairs I literally had to bring it down because he refused to go upstairs. Well, he acted like that for about a week - he was terrified to go upstairs. Finally about a week or so later he calmed down but was still very leary of going upstairs. Well, eventually everything went back to normal and I forgot about the incident. Exactly one year later, in April, Merlin did the exact same thing again. I just couldn't figure out what was going on with him. Well, I went through much the same thing as the year before but this time I knew no one was upstairs. I just tried to calm Merlin down. About 3 months later, I got a letter from Eileen's ex- husband, just asking how things were going and if we were enjoying our first home and he also told me that Eileen had passed away a year ago last April! I was thinking in my head Oh My God!! Eileen and her ex had lots or problems but she did move back in with him because of illness and he took care of her until she died. Eileen loved this house, it was her haven, her get away when she and the ex needed some space. Well, as soon as I read that letter, I knew what Merlin was so upset about, Eileen was here "visiting". So I did a house blessing, blessed each room, and I also had a nice little chat with Eileen, telling her that as she could see her house was fine, actually had done some improvement, that I loved the house as much as she did and that it was well taken care of. I also told her that she could go on into her next life with peace because all was fine here. After that a peacefullness came over my home and Merlin was back to his usual self. The following year in April all was calm and Eileen never has returned and Merlin has never gone through any "freak outs" again. I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I enjoyed telling it! Sincerely, Cathy Standle ******************************************************** My Sabastian knew he was dying. He contracted kitty diabetes and I didn't realize the signs of this disease, I just thought he had a slight kitty cold. He and I were very close. I used to tell him that he is a human in a furry coat, that's how well he understood our human language. My husband and I were watching an animal program on TV and a video clip showed a cat retrieving his toy. I was telling my husband that I only had 1 cat out of all of the cats I've owned that retrieved like that. Sabastian looked at me as if to say, "Well watch this Mom." He went and got his toy and brought it to me so of course I threw it, he chased it and brought it right back to me. He understood what we were talking about and taught himself to retrieve. When he got sick I told him on a couple occasions, "Bass, you have to get rid of this cold, -I don't want you to die on me, you're my best friend." Then he would act as if he felt better even though he was still going downhill. I was getting ready to take him to the vet that morning but the vet's office didn't open till 8 am it was 6 am and he really went downhill fast. I realized he was dying and even if I had gotten him to the vet it would be too late. I finally went over to him and softly said, "My sweet Sabastian, you can go to kitty heaven if you need to." Instantly he reached out his paw and touched my cheek as if to say goodbye and died right then. I miss him so badly. That was 2 years ago. Every once in a while I will catch a whisp of him out of the corner of my eye running past me or feel something jump onto my bed. I know it's my kitty Bass. I know he will always be with his favorite human forever. Sincerely, Janet **************************************************** I was reading your column with readers stories about animal bonds and I had to share. I adopted a gray and white tabby. He was only about 5 weeks. His owner didn't like him and had wanted me to take him at 3 weeks. I refused because I couldn't stay home and feed him. When she threatened to have him destroyed I took him at 5 weeks. He was so lonely I ended up adopting his litter sister. They were very close all their lives. I had to put him down when he was 14 and she was so depressed. He came back to visit several times. He was very large (22 pounds) and I could see and feel him jump up on the bed several times after he was gone. His sister was 16 when I had a dream that he came back and they ran off together through a grassy field as eagerly as kittens. The next day she died in her sleep. I knew he had come back to make sure she wasn't alone and to let me know he would take care of her. She was always a momma's girl and it gave me great comfort to know she was not alone. a reader ************************************************** Dear Zsuzsana, My neighbor had a stroke and emphysema and had to be put in a home. She left her pet Lhaso Apso with us to take care of. The weekend we went camping (the dog had been on many excursions with us prior) she suddenly got sick at the campsite. It lasted a whole day. The camp caretakers figured it was mountain sickness as we were at 7,000 feet. We thought we would have to leave early but as suddenly as it started it ended and all went well the rest of the trip. About 2 weeks later we received the memorial card for her owner. The date she died was the date the dog was sick. The owner, by the way, had been in a home 60 miles away at the time it happened. I don't believe this is a coincidence as a year later we went to the same campsite and the dog was fine. If you have time let me know of your thoughts on this. If not I understand and thank you for at least reading my message. A big believer in the paranormal, Margaret Dolphin (Margaret, I think this is a perfect example of a pet with a great telepathic connection with its owner. Thanks for sharing it, Zsuzsana) ------------------------------------------------------------ Messages From Beyond Back in 1989 I had a cousin in his early 40's that was dying of cancer. We knew the end was near and while he lived many miles away he was always in our hearts while we waited for the inevitable to happen. I was sleeping early one morning and woke up to a freezing temperature in my bedroom. This was the end of July and I always slept with my window open and a fan running. Now it usually rarely got cool that time of year let alone freezing. I also noted a different smell in my room. It was electrical/medicinal/mechanical smell. I immediately thought my fan was overheating. I got up out of bed and shut off the fan and covered up with more blankets and went back to bed. It was about 5:30 am because I looked at the clock to see how long I had to sleep before getting up for work. When I got home from work that night I got a phone call from my sister telling me that our cousin passed away at that exact time that morning. I found out that my aunt (his mother) had woken up to hear his voice say "Hi Dad!" (who had already passed over) at the time that he died also. Another time I had a college friend that was dying of cancer. She lived in Hawaii. I am from the midwest so I am unsure of the time differences. At any rate I was working the night shift at my nursing home and suddenly the call lights began beeping and flashing at a very strange rate. Usually the beep is a steady timed beep until the call light is answered. There is an accompanying light that flashes at the same rate. These call lights were sounding more like Morse code. Some long beeps, some short beeps, some rapid and some slow. There was no rhyme or reason to this and we went into every room to see is one of the residents was in need of assistance but they were all sleeping. We left a note for the maintance man to check it out and he didn't find a thing wrong with it. It never happened again. I later found out that my girlfriend had died that night. I do believe she stopped by to say goodbye. Julie ****************************************************** My family has had several encounters since my wonderful grandmother passed away in September. She actually left me a phone number typed in on my cell phone. I thought my husband or daughter had done it and I called the number which happened to be my grandmother's tax man and friend who I used to use. This year I decided on someone else. I thought he had called me and someone in my house typed in his number on my phone, so I thought well maybe I should call him and let him know I got someone else to do my taxes. That night I told my husband and daughter. Neither of them had put the number in. They didn't even know his number so I think it was my grandmother telling me to be courteous (that's how she was) and at least let him know so he wouldn't expect me. It makes me feel warm inside to know she is still with me. I loved her so much but I never knew she could work a cell phone! Will be missing your column, Mary ****************************************************** Zsuzsana, I know this will be long, but I had to write in....I've had all kinds of paranormal experiences happen to me over the years, and I've studied lots of the different paranormal topics, but I've never heard of 'apports' until you discussed it in your column. After realizing what an 'apport' is, I know I've had lots of these things to happen to me as well, but the one that sticks out most in my mind is this. In 2002, my uncle, John Mark, who was only 46 years old, passed away. He lived in Missouri at the time, and my family and I live in West Virginia, which is where John Mark had grown up. He was only 11 years older than me, and we were close when he was here, but through the years, he moved around from state to state, and we often didn't hear from him for a few years at a time. The summer before he died, I had located him, and had been talking to him on the phone quite a bit, but I hadn't seen him for about 4 years or so before this, and never got to see him again. When he died (due to alcoholism), it was a shock to all of our family, but I probably took it the hardest, being so close in age to him. I cried for days and was really shaken up by this. I prayed to God for 'signs' and I had a couple dreams about John Mark that seemed so real. However, the 2 most significant signs were comforting, yet so odd at the time. The first one involved me sitting in my car, playing a tape of a song that he had liked and that he and I had listened to together, a few years before. I was crying, thinking of him, and his initials (J.M.M.) suddenly appeared in the dust on the dashboard, only they were backwards! I've heard that spirits live on a 'plane' that is 'mirrored' to ours, so things would appear backwards, coming from them, right? The second and MOST significant event was that I had just swept and mopped my hallway and of course, had been think- ing of John Mark and getting teary-eyed. I walked out of the hallway and into another part of the house, to do some more cleaning and when I later came back into the hallway, there was a big tangled ball of fishing line in the middle of the hallway floor, and it even got 'caught' around my ankle. It had definitely not been there before, and no one else had come into the house, and although my boyfriend and my sons liked to go fishing, there were no fishing poles in the house and NEVER before had I seen a tangled ball of fishing line that big. I was wondering where it came from and I went into our dining room, which had a big walk-in closet in it. Suddenly, I heard a very loud crash in the closet. When I looked, the wooden rod that was in the closet, with clothes hanging on it, had broken. Never before had this happened either, and considering it was made of very thick wood, I'm surprised that it happened then, too. I immediately thought of my uncle and the 'signs' I had been requesting, but didn't have any idea what these 2 things meant, until I talked to his ex-wife (who was also very upset about his death) and when I told her about the fishing line and the clothes rod, she was so shocked...... she said that while they lived in Missouri together, he always went fishing at a huge lake called 'Finger Lake', and amazingly enough, he never used a real fishing pole..... he used a plain ROD (basically, a stick) with FISHING LINE tied to it! She said his friends were amazed that he could catch so many fish this way, when they had expensive poles and didn't catch much at all! And, on another interesting note.....John Mark is the one who taught me how to fish when I was a kid......I've even seen him dip a kid's wagon into the edge of a pond and pull it up quickly with a fish in it! Yes, 'signs' are everywhere, but sometimes we don't pick up on their meaning until we really think about them, or even ask someone else what they think it means......we need to be more open to looking for and receiving the many signs that are given to us. In our hectic lives, we have shut the door to the part of our brain and heart that can connect with the 'other side', but we can re-open it if we try! Sincerely, Gina ****************************************************** I hope you've all enjoyed reading these submissions and if I haven't had the chance to print your story here, I hope you have gained from the knowledge of others' paranormal experiences - I know I have. Best wishes to you all. Carpe diem! 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