Belief in the Paranormal

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Merry meet all,

I am a fan of the paranormal, as my blog readers all know. Today I want to post about why I choose to believe in it and how I handle the paranormal occurrences in my life that I have become accustomed to. While I know I have mentioned some odd events around my home, I do believe in also looking first for a rational explanation to explain it.

I just read two interesting articles online about why some people believe more in the paranormal than others. The group of people who believe are more prone to a certain type of cognitive thinking. They may be more intuitive than reflective. The ones who are skeptics are more likely to be more reflective thinkers. The intuitive thinkers go more with their gut feeling and are more likely to believe there is a paranormal explanation for everything. A more reflective thinker will find a logical solution for everything first. This is similar to right brain and left brain thinking.

I manage to achieve both intuitive and reflective thinking. Some could argue that when the cast iron potbellied cauldron fell from my fridge, that it was the fridge’s vibrations that caused it to fall. If that is the explanation of why that occurred, then why didn’t anything else fall from the top of the fridge? But I digress. I had no pet cat at the time nor mice. No mouse could make that cauldron fall due to the cauldron’s weight. That would be some remarkable feat on the mouse’s part. I know it seems boring and counterproductive to my blog to include such analysis but it is still necessary. Remembering to be a bit analytical while still enjoying the paranormal can actually enhance your experience of the paranormal because you can be freer to enjoy it. If a draft blows into a room, it may not be a cold spot. There might be a door or window left open that blew in a breeze. So remember to use common sense when first looking for an explanation of why something happened.

There are many skeptics who are out to debunk the existence of Bigfoot or explain away out of body experiences. I say let them be. They are just as entitled to their beliefs and views as we all are. They have the right to criticize and analyze everything as we have the right to Ouija boards. Science seeks an explanation to everything. Science might just come up with some excellent arguments and amazing ideas on things. There has to be a balance between science and intuition. I think science is changing and becoming more accepting of life after death with the invention of Kirlian photography. They believe they can now capture the spirit leaving the body after death with the use of Kirlian photography. Power to them. I would love to see that.

I also believe that some people seek a paranormal explanation for EVERYTHING that happens. I mean everything. This is not healthy. This is a tad obsessive. I see this all the time on paranormal Facebook groups. I do love the world of the supernatural but I am not super obsessed about it. I obviously love it or I would not be writing this blog. But I just still believe in being practical to a certain degree. We are all capable of being rational and intuitive. Some use one more than the other. It is important to maintain some objectivity.

On the other hand, I still hear sounds that my rational mind makes herculean effort to explain. This is so when my cat is in a room with me and I hear a sound from another room. I will know at the time we are the only living beings in the residence. I decided that the sounds at night had to be the house settling. Houses do settle at night. That can explain creaks and groans. Pipes can cause creaks and groans too. I can’t explain everything I have experienced or witnessed like the shadowy person that appeared in my kitchen when a friend was over. I hear a sound of a mop or broom crashing to the floor during the day. I can’t explain that one either especially when I check the room and nothing has moved. If any of you dear readers have an reasonable explanation for that, then I welcome your comments on this post. I truly do welcome your views.

I believe in polarity and balance. I believe in the light and the dark, logic and intuition, and universal love. I believe all are necessary to maintain harmony. We can’t have light without dark and vice versa. I need sunlight to go to the bank during the day but I need nighttime to perform an esbat under the milky orb of the luminous full moon. (Which reminds me…)

This post sums up my beliefs in the paranormal and why I believe in a balance between logic and intuition. I hope that many people out there can also find their own balance, their own harmony. 

Blessings, Spiderwitch