VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2

Hi Everyone!

There's a definite chill going up my spine these days, but not because of any particular paranormal activity! We are moving into the latter half of our fall season here in southern Ontario. The leaves have turned into beautiful colors of orange, red and gold, and the winds of change have really picked up. In fact, last night, a storm toppled many branches off trees and one poor fellow even found a huge branch had crushed his car. It will soon be winter, with frosty weather and snow, snow, snow. Time to hibernate inside more and perhaps pick up a good book.
Speaking of books, I rented a table at the Hamilton Small Press Fair this past weekend. It was a wonderful event where I could showcase my books, sell a few and meet many other local authors. I even saw an ex-boss during the afternoon event, from when I was editor of a local arts magazine. All in all, it was a most interesting day, which was even better as my younger dauther, Jennifer, took time out to spend the day with me.
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This month's story is about a woman who has been open to the spiritual realm since she was a child. Though it was harrowing for her when she was young, she has learned to cope with the experiences over the years and has also harnessed her own psychic abilities. Here is her story:

Michele Grew Up With Spirit Visitors

As a child growing up in Hamilton, Ontario, she often saw the spirit of a man who lived in the attic of her home. She says he often visited her room, which initially frightened her as a child. But it would prove to be the first of many spirits to enter her life and something she would become quite accustomed to seeing.
As a young mother, Michele had just put her children to bed and was finishing up some laundry in the basement. Fighting off tiredness, she also attempted to finish some other chores before she retired for the evening. From the kitchen, she suddenly spotted the basement door from the living room slowly opening. It opened completely and Michele was stunned.
“I think my mouth dropped open and I went quiet for a moment,” she said.
When she heard her mother asking what was wrong, she replied that she’d just seen the door move on its own.
“There was no way anyone was down there, since I was the only one on the main floor of the house and my kids were all upstairs in bed.”
Gathering up her nerve, she moved toward the doorway with her dog in tow, but the animal wasn’t having any part of it.
“She got to the door and growled and ran behind a chair. I thought how grateful I was to have such a good watch dog,” she added with a laugh.
Holding back tears, Michele looked through the doorway and saw nothing but blackness. Had it just been her imagination? She really wanted to know, so she asked the next-door neighbor to come and check things out. To her surprise, the basement door appeared to be locked when he tried to enter. He just could not get that door open and the strange thing was that the door had no lock!
The following weekend, Michele, her sister-in-law and a friend decided to hold a séance to find out what was going on in her home.
“We gathered around the kitchen table with candles going and the light from the sky just starting to fade, with our hands joined.”
Michele had dubbed her ghost ‘Joe,” so they began by asking him for some sign that he was present. They continued for about an hour, when the phone rang.
“On the phone was a male asking for Joe! I was speechless.”
With that, they concluded their séance and moved into the living room. In that room was an antique clock and as they talked about the evening’s events, it began to chime. Thirteen times, the old clock chimed, but it was only 1 a.m. Of course, that’s not so strange, but the fact that the clock had no working parts sure was!
Today, Michele lives in a bungalow style home on Hamilton Mountain with her husband and five children. Late one evening, she found herself deeply buried in work at her computer in the living room when she heard her six-year-old daughter, Samantha, call to her. She turned to look down the hall toward her bedroom and saw her in her nightgown running into her room.”
Michele wondered where she’d been, since she hadn’t heard her get out of bed.
“I quickly got up and made my way down the hall. I stopped at the door and looked in, only to find her snuggled up in her bed. I went over to her with expectations of her rolling over and smiling at me.”
But Samantha didn’t move. Michele tucked her daughter in and she still didn’t stir. She was fast asleep.
“I took a step back when I noticed she was wearing a set of pink pajamas and not a night gown!”
The next day, Michele mentioned the incident to her husband. That’s when little Samantha piped up.
“She commented that the little girl was probably her twin, that I had miscarried during her pregnancy. My husband and I both looked at each other with our mouths open.”
They realized that their little girl was probably right!
This would not be Michele’s only phantom visitor in her Hamilton home. And over the years, the now 42-year-old also learned that she has psychic abilities, as well as a spirit guide named White Feather. Her psychic abilities often drew spirits from beyond to her the night before she planned to give a reading to someone. She related what happened one evening before such a reading.
“I had gone to bed and seemed to fall asleep quickly. I had done a few readings that day and felt quite drained of energy. My spirit guide had told me to rest, as the next day would prove to be stressful.”
That night she was awakened when her husband got out of bed.
“I saw him walk out of the bedroom and into the hall. When he re-entered the room, he didn’t go around to his side of the bed, but came to my side and was reaching for something off the dresser nearest to me. I saw him in this white haze that made him look very spooky. I tried to blink over and over to see him clearly, but I couldn’t.”
Michele continued to stare at this hazy figure, when she felt her husband’s side of the bed move, as if someone had just gotten into it.
“My heart began to pound and as I turned to look, I saw my husband as if he had never left the bed. I quickly turned to see who it was that I had been watching on my side of the bed when, to my surprise, there was nothing there!”
In the morning, her husband couldn’t find his brush, which he’d left on the dresser. When he asked Michele if she had moved it, she related the events of the night before.
“I told him it must have been the spirit I had watched during the night reaching in that direction.”
She also asked the ghostly figure to return the brush and after a few days, it mysteriously reappeared at the same spot from which it was taken.
Michele, who is now a professional psychic, clairvoyant, paranormal researcher, certified Usui Reiki Master and practicing Wiccan, said spirits have also awakened her many times by whispering in her ear. At first, she could only see a fuzzy, white light at the end of her bed, but now she sees a full spirit form.
“They get a bit louder and usually stand at the end of my bed, as if waiting for me to say something. I have to tell them to come back when I am awake or when my client arrives, so they can be heard and give their messages. Most go away until morning, while some will stand there looking very antsy. I assure them they will be ok to wait and please go away.”

Haunted Pub

Michele, who calls herself Destiny Moon, has also taken part in a few haunting investigations in and around Hamilton. The most impressive was a trip to the Microbrewery Pub & Cask Aile House on Augusta Street, which was built in approximately 1843. The site used to house ship’s captains and their families and then became a private residence in the ‘70s. It later became a coffee house and in 1979, opened as the Winking Judge. The site was then closed for 18 months and reopened in 1998 as The Augusta’s Winking Judge Microbrews Pub.
On her web site at http://www.magikcauldron.com Michele notes how, along with another psychic friend named Mary, she made her way up the front steps to the vine-covered building.
“It wasn’t hard to pick up the spirit energy right away, as we walked into the pub, because it was quite powerful to both of us.”
The pair began their investigation on the main floor. Michele pulled out her EMF meter to determine where the spirit energy was and began taking pictures. That’s when she saw a spirit of a man sitting near the bar.
“He was dressed in a dark-colored uniform/suit and wearing a hat, although he took no notice of us. He was the only spirit we detected on that floor.”
They then moved up the stairs to the second floor Judge’s Chambers, which is now used as a darts and game room.
“As I got closer to the top stair, I felt a little nudge against my shoulder making me slightly trip on the one stair. I laughed and said that someone was in a hurry to get up there before we did. Mary immediately picked up energy in the far left corner, with a cold breeze felt only in that area.”
They checked the windows and looked for vents, but no drafts could be found. As they continued to investigate, Michele thought she heard one of the owners come up the stairs, but no one was there.
“It was then that we both felt and saw the vision of a young person (male, late teens) moving around us in the hall area. Mary saw a woman in a long dress, but she quickly disappeared. We said that we just wanted to look around and not to bother them.”
There next area of investigation was the attic. While there, Michele sensed a positive family energy and felt that children were running about. The pair thanked any resident spirits and headed toward the stairs. As they approached them, Mary said a small spirit passed by her very quickly and nearly made her fall. She felt it might be the spirit of an orange/tiger-colored cat that had been seen by others in the pub on many an occasion.
When they checked out the basement of the pub, all seemed in order. However, Michele said they picked up on the energies of two mail spirits and she heard one of them laugh as they looked around. After making their rounds, Michele and Mary sat for a while enjoying a cold drink and review what they had found.
“Mary jumped up to get a closer look near the front door, where she saw the image of a man standing there. I took pictures right away, but he was quick to move out of the way. He may have been one of the gentlemen from the basement that we felt.”
The Hamilton mother is also a practicing Wiccan and on her web site, she notes that the craft is generally misunderstood.
“Wicca is a very peaceful, harmonious and balanced way of thinking and (offers) a life which promotes oneness with the divine and all which exists.”
Originally known as ‘The Craft of the Wise,’ witchcraft in all its forms sprang from those who were in tune with the forces of nature, had a knowledge of herbs and medicines, gave council and were valuable members of their village or community as Shamanic, healing leaders.
On her site, Michele offers visitors a list of herbs and their healing power, such as Aloe for protection and luck, Coconut for purification, protection and chastity, Basil for love, exorcism, wealth, flying and protection, and nutmeg for luck, money, health and fidelity.
On her web site, she also discusses crystals, which can be used for such things as healing, divination, meditation and personal growth. These include such stones as Agate for protection and healing, Amazonite for clearer thinking, Amethyst for vivid dream and relieving depression and Chrysocolia to soothe nervous tension.

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NEWS:
1) Last Thursday, I was invited to the 13th Annual Arts Hamilton Awards night for writers. I had submitted copies of my children's book "Talking To My Angel" a few months back. I was overjoyed that both of my daughters chose to attend this event with me. While I did not win the award in the children's book category, we had a good time. I also don't feel bad about not getting an award, as a fellow author who was there as well, who has been submitting his books for quite a few years, finally got an award. I guess you have to really get your name out there for awhile, before being officially recognized. Anyway, next year, I will be submitting "Glimpses 2" It Could Happen To You! in the non-fiction category. One has to keep trying!
2) Friday night at about 11 p.m., I went along in the hearse with George and Cathy Brady of Hamilton Paranormal on a ghost hunting expedition. What great fun that was! After stopping for coffee to warm our spirits, we went to the Darnelly Mill, which is widely known around these parts as an actively haunted location. We all took a lot of pictures as we walked the paths on the property, which was once an Indian reservation. Then we entered the mill, which still has three sides of its walls still standing.
George put me in one of the rooms by myself, where many people have experienced voices and footsteps on the roof. There is a particularly nasty male spirit, who dislikes men so much that when they try to sit in this room, they usually get hit, pinched or downright punched. After his very first experience in that room, George refuses to go in. Women, on the other hand, usually get their hair stroked or parts of their body touched - parts that you don't want a spirit handling! One woman even had her bra undone under her shirt!
Well, I went in expecting something to happen, but unfortunately, it didn't. I admit that I was pretty scared and was saying my prayers the entire time. lol I managed to stay in the room for 8 minutes - significantly longer than some of the men who have tried it. My only indication that the residing spirits did not want me there was an intense pain in my stomach that disappeared the minute I stepped outside.
3) I've done it! My fourth book is finished and in the hands of my publisher. Playing With The Devil is not a paranormal book. It is a true story presented as a fiction novel. This book tells about a family of 12 children in Newfoundland in the '50s and '60s, in which all of the siblings were mentally, emotionally, physically and sexually assaulted at the hands of their mother and her many paramours. It was a most difficult story to write, as it is based on facts, however, I felt the truth needed to be brought forward. This book should be available within about a month's time and you will be able to find it on my sites.
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That's it for this month everyone. Don't forget. If you have a strange, but true story to tell, I want to know about it. See you in December!

All the Best,
Martha