The Dark Side: Not Just a Metaphor for Evil
From religious and Biblical warnings all the way to science fiction epics that determine whether someone is inherently good or bad by the “side” that a character chooses, I’ve heard terms like the dark side, dark forces, dark entities and simply passed them all off as metaphorical ways to express the presence of evil. Several weeks ago Dana Mitchell, a cast member from the Ghosts of Shepherdstown paranormal television series, sent me some photos she had taken in Colonial Williamsburg during her visit, and she captured several dark, hooded figures walking down the street (only one was clear enough to show). I was intrigued because I likewise had captured a dark hooded figure in front of the Bruton Parish Church after a Christmas concert. I thought that I had just captured a person dressed warmly in a long black hooded coat, but upon a closer look it was missing the face—like the depictions of the Grim Reaper without the scythe.
My first photographic encounter with the “dark side” was several years ago when I was taking photos of St. Peter’s Anglican Church, an original 18th century church in New Kent County where Martha Dandridge, later to become the wife of our first president, attended services as a young woman living at home. Dusk was rapidly approaching, and I captured a dark mist floating up by the top of the church’s steeple. I took three photos, one right after the other, and the mist only showed up in the second photo, with no trace of it showing up in the first or third photo. I had both seen and photographed white mists before, even capturing partial faces in them, but never a black mist—and no, I could not see any kind of face in it, even when I zoomed in.
Ever since my interview with George Noory on Coast to Coast, people have sent me photos that they have taken from all over the country, and in some of those photos, I have seen small dark hooded creatures that resemble the Jawas from the mind of George Lucas (I know, another science fiction reference). But in these recent finds, from the cameras of both Dana Mitchell and myself, human-sized creatures in long black coats or robes with hoods have appeared, and I can’t help but wonder what the difference is between the black mists, the Jawa-like apparitions, and these taller phantoms. However, both psychics and paranormal researchers that I have met along the way of my odyssey-like journey have assured me that these dark entities are not only evil but also dangerous. A psychic friend of mine who can actually see with her eyes what I can only photograph told me that these apparitions are inherently evil and quite dangerous to any humans.
Now I’ve had my doubts about things like comparing positive and negative energy to light and darkness, but I recently saw the results of experiments with water. I originally saw this on the show Ancient Aliens, “Dark Forces”, but I researched this a little further to see who studied this and how the experiments were carried out. Dr Masaru Emoto took vials of water, and gave some vials both positive messages (spoken) and labels, while labeling other containers with negative spoken and written labels, and then froze the water. The results of the experiment were truly astounding: The water frozen with the positive words, both vocal and written, created beautiful ice crystals that were actually light in color. As for the vials given the negative labels—the frozen crystals were misshapen and dark in color. This experiment not only attests to the power of the spoken and written word, but also to the fact that the color of the ice crystals was not just metaphorical, but a reality (See just some of the photos from Dr Masaru Emoto’s Water Experiment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au4qx_l8KEU Be sure to watch until the end to see how dark and misshapen the water crystal for “anger” is). Who would have ever thought that the spoken word had so much power? Some paranormal researchers even suggest that dark entities actually feed off of the negative energy put out in the form of the spoken word. If words can do this to water, what can they do to other living things? Who would have thought that metaphors were real? I will never look at dark and light the same way again . . .
Here’s my photo of a dark hooded figure (with no face) standing in front of the Bruton Parish Church as people leave from a Christmas concert.
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Here’s Dana Mitchell’s photo from Colonial Williamsburg, just a few hundred feet up the street from the same church:
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Here’s a close-up of Dana’s photo showing a rather intimidating face:
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Tim Scullion is a published author, photographer, and musician. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary, with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree Cum Laude. In addition to the book mentioned above, Tim has written a novel, a series of instruction books on the guitar, a children’s book (all available on Amazon) and has a photo-essay published by the University of Virginia in the book Troubled Times Companion, Vol. III.
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