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M is for Movies (In Alphabetical Order)

Wow! This was hard selecting the Top Ten supernatural and paranormal movies. Ask me again tomorrow and I might have a whole new list. 
1408: Adapted from Stephen King’s short story, a man (John Cusack) who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror. 

This is a must see for all horror/supernatural/paranormal buffs!
Fun Fact: In its standard edition, the DVD runtime is exactly...

L is for Lucid Dream

Lucid Dreams: A lucid dream is any dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming. It usually happens while you are dreaming the dream. 
But let’s take this a step deeper. In this type of dream you have the ability, at least to an extent, to control your thoughts and actions as well as your surroundings. It’s like being awake and conscious inside your dream. Freaky. 
Great Movie on Lucid DreamingI’ve had a handful of dreams like this, although it’s been a while. I remember one vivid...

K is for Key Cards

Key Cards: Cards that are used in a card-guessing experiment. Participants of this experiment try to guess of five symbols from a deck of cards that are shuffled and presented randomly. 
If you saw the movie Ghostbusters, at the beginning Bill Murray is conducting just such an experiment with hilarious consequences. 
Wednesday: M is for Movies is my favorite post. Stop by and let us know what your favorite supernatural or paranormal movies are. 
K is for Karma: I'm also posting...

J is for Judgment

Do You Believe In A Final Judgment? One where you will have to give an account for what you say and do in this life? Just about every civilization has believed in an ultimate judgment in the afterlife that will determine where and how they spend eternity. 
Charon ferrying newly deceased across River Styx to UnderworldGreek Mythology: You went to the underworld ruled by Hades and were judged by three judges, Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Aeacus. They passed sentence based on an individual’s dee...

I is for Illuminism

Need a Path to Enlightenment? How about Illuminism, the belief that you or a movement of a particular group has superior knowledge not accessible to humankind in general. Of course, the name Illuminati comes to mind. If the group(s) does exist, most imagine that they conspire to control world affairs by controlling governments, corporations and global events. 
According to conspiracy theories, the Illuminati want to attain political power establish a New World Order. At least, this is how...

H is for Haunted House

Love That Selfie!!!Have you ever been in a haunted house? How does a house become haunted? I’m convinced it comes down to a matter of authority. A presence has a legal right to remain there. Sometimes it’s possible to take authority and kick that presence out. Other times, it simply doesn’t work that way and the presence remains. 
I mentioned in my post F is for Footsteps there was a house my wife worked at as private duty home health care for an elderly woman. I would visit often and we...

G is for Ghost

Come Play With Us - The ShiningA ghost (phantom, specter, apparition, or spook) is generally accepted as the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can manifest itself to the living. 
There is a real fascination with ghosts these days as there are no shortages of ghost hunter and paranormal reality shows and Websites. TV shows like Unsolved Mysteries, Sightings, Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State, and The Haunted to name a few take the viewer to locations that are notoriously haunted...

F is for Footsteps

Many of us have heard them. Footsteps. In the attic. Or the next room. We could be awake or asleep. We check our surroundings and do a quick inventory of who should be in the house and where they are. You conclude everyone is accounted for. Except for whoever or whatever is making the footsteps. 
You sweep the house and check for burglars. All is well. Until you her those footsteps again. Along with hearing voices, audible sounds like footsteps are downright spooky. 
My wife is a CNA...

E is for ESP

Extra Sensory Perception: Is ESP reserved only for a few gifted individuals? Or does everyone have a special ability that goes above and beyond our five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste? 
According to a recent Gallup Poll, 3 out of 4 Americans profess at least one paranormal belief. The most popular is ESP at 41 percent followed by haunted houses at 37 percent. 
I’m a Holy Roller of sorts and believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, three of which are Word of Kno...

D is for Dream Communications

Dreams: Where to begin? I could blog on this topic alone for a solid year and only scratch the surface. 
As far back as we have written records, there have been accounts of unusual phenomena occurring in connection with dreams. Dream interpretation is something I find fascinating and have studied for decades. But that is a blog series for another day. 
Let’s go a bit deeper. What are the sources of dreams? Where do they come from? Within the person? God? An outside source? That bad bu...