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Talking to the Dead Halloween Ritual

Halloween – dress up - dress down to the bone, it’s all for amusement, right?

Not if you follow some ancient beliefs about this special celebration. In ancient times Halloween (Holy Eve or All Hallows) and the days following November 1st - All Saints’ Day - November 2nd - All Soul’s Day or Day of the Dead, were more than fun; it was a sacred time of the year for people such as the Celts to honor their elderly, ancestors and dead. Festivities and rituals of these three days can be found in Celtic paganism history and later Catholicism holydays combined pagan beliefs with saints. In the Celtic pagan tradition it was thought that the veils between the two worlds - the living and dead - thinned so that spirits of the dead could float through or walk the earth to visit their living relatives. Then they crossed back over to the “underworld”.

During the spirits’ visit spooky things happened, as you can imagine. The living would dress-up in hopes that some spirits wouldn’t recognize and haunt them. But if they wanted the spirits to visit they would invite them with a similar ritual below.

To connect with the spirits of your loved ones to say hello and/or ask a question do this beautiful sacred ritual.

Gather: Pen (perhaps a favorite color) and paper
Flower – any kind
Photo of deceased
Incense – pleasant plus helps create a mood
Candles – white, black and orange – white – clear visions, black - spiritual unknown and orange for season and color of renewal
Burning vessel – ashtray or cauldron and matches
Glass or bowl of water – signifies the other world and also can douse any fire mishaps.
Sweet & beverage – Symbolic gesture for visiting spirit guests
Table or clothe on floor – to lay the above upon.
Chair - optional
Or you can do it simply by lighting a white candle, place it in a window along with a treats and add a chair for a spirit to sit and visit. Remember to snuff candle before leaving the room for the night.
For a few minutes quiet your self, then say, ‘Only good can enter herein.’ Perhaps add a prayer to the Divine to bring forth healing, loving energies to you and protect you from negative fearful thoughts and/or energies. After all it is Halloween and negative energies/entities can roam free along with your loved ones’ spirits.
Next - make a list of all of those who have passed, and how they affected your life. I write thanking my departed loved ones for all they gave me - love - support etc and to my ancestors for bestowing blessings upon me such as the abilities and talents that help me living fully.

You can fold the paper, keep it overnight and bury in earth or burn it while performing your ritual. As the paper burns it turns to smoke rising up and is symbolic for sending your thought to the mental psychic airwaves. Doing either is ‘mailing your message’.

Peer into the water, relax and connect to the psychic mind - perhaps an image will form or a memory will be recalled. After that, invite your spirits to visit by taking your white candle, sweets and beverage to a window so as they walk the earth they will see the light and recognize you (home.)

Stay as long as you like, thinking of your loved ones, talking to her and him. If you hear, think or sense a message was given, take note it for later examination. Or, after your ritual (remember to snuff the candles and incense), you might dream about the spirits, as this is an easier way for them to communicate.

Spirits often can’t get through to their loved ones because the grief is so strong. To your best ability, endeavor to be calm, upbeat and peaceful. You might get a message for another (relative or friend). If you do, share it.

Spirit communication is often stronger when conducted in a group - even two people - so perhaps a relative and/or friend might want to do this ritual with you to share in the experience.

Wishing you a merry frolicking good time and a cauldron full of blessings.

In my novel, "The Skye in June", the main character communicates with the dead, her angel and the living telepathically. Read more at www.juneahern.com
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Published on October 30, 2010 20:05 Tags: celtic, celts, day-of-the-dead, halloween, pagan, ritual, seances, spirit-communication, spirits, spiritual, wicca, witch, witches

WOMAN GHOST WANTS JUSTICE! The Sharpsteen Museum

See the ghost investigation at the Sharpsteen Museum in Calistoga, California through using this link to youtube.com https://youtu.be/CGn4PdYp1Nk



HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED GHOSTS?The latest ghost investigation with The Haunted Bay at a popular museum in Calistoga, California revealed an angry woman spirit that wanted to be heard and vindicated. 1892 a group of men took over a product owned by business woman Emma Eels and other women.

I write about it in my book, How to Talk With Spirits. Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts and other hauntings at this museum that unsuspecting visitors have also witnessed.

Available eBook and April 29, 2017 paperback.

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Published on March 26, 2017 10:55 Tags: ghosts, paranormal, parapsychology, spirit-communication, spirits

VAMPIRE ENITIES, POLTERGIST, BOTHERSOME GHOSTS

Excerpt from "How to Talk With Spirits: Seances • Mediums • Ghost Hunts by June Ahern
Chapter 1

QUESTIONS FROM THE CURIOUS LIVING


The boundaries, which divide Life from Deathare at best shadowy and vague. Who shall saywhere the one ends, and where the other begins?
– Edgar Allan Poe –



PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS about and perplexed by what happens after death, or if anything does happen at all. They wonder what the spirits of the dead might appear as, how they will manifest and what kind of messages will they give. They want to know why the spirits communicate, and if the spirits or ghosts should be feared. Although this book is mostly about communicating with our beloved ones who have passed with ways in which you can lovingly stay in contact, some people have experienced the darker side of spirits, which I can help understand and even avoid or dismiss.

I have always seen and felt ghosts around me, even in my dreams. Some have been very scary and mean. People have told me I need help, so I’m asking you. How do I stop it?

You might not be able to completely stop spirits from communicating with you or seeing ghosts. I hear often from people who are having unwelcomed visitations from bothersome spirits and at times, vampire entities. They feel no power to stop these visitations. I’ll suggest some things here and in later chapters how you can tone it down for pesky ghosts and send them away from your space.

Let me assure you that most spirit/ghost sightings and/or hauntings are quite harmless, although unnerving. Animals and the young, especially babies, see them all the time. Creative people also have a tendency to experience them maybe because they are much more aware of “unseen” energy and colors.
The positive visiting spirits can be rather joyful and interesting. You don’t have to put up with the visits and manifestations. With your psychic abilities, you can curb and control them. It takes willingness, education, and guidance (see my ESP Quiz at end of book.)


The best thing you can do for your ghostly encounters is to learn how to control the visits. That will include which spirits/ghosts you wish to communicate with, when, and how. If they bother you stand up to the ghosts and tell them forcefully to back off or to be gone! Although sorry to say, it doesn’t always work that simply. Still, I’d start there. In time the spirit/ghost will listen and comply. Then again, and this is what I usually start with, negotiate with them sharing your space or bothering you. Say, “Don’t make so much noise!” or “Don’t touch me.” Personally, my advice is to never give permission to an unwelcomed or unknown spirit to touch you! 


Later in the book more about vampire entities:

If you are aware of low-grade, vampire entities please don’t focus on them or engage in any way. They thrive on frightful and curious reactions from the living. When someone shows no fear (or less fearful because itis quite creepy) they usually just slither along to another source to haunt. If it’s a poltergeist (mischievous, bothersome) entity eliminating it might need the cooperation of those sharing your living space. Many cases of poltergeist haunts involve pre-teen and teen members of the family. (advice cont'd in book)                                                                 ###

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Published on April 10, 2017 08:01 Tags: ghost-encounters, paranormal, psychic, spirit-communication, spirits

DO PETS KEEP IN TOUCH AFTER DEATH?

In my book, How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts, I answer many questions from the curious living.

A question often asked of me is about our pets, our beloved companions in life.

Below is an excerpt.

To see my ghost investigations around San Francisco and Calistoga, California, go to my website for links to YouTube.com or directly to Youtube search, The Haunted Bay and Beyond


• Can pets that have passed away communicate with us? We animal lovers dread the moment when our beloved pets––our companions––die. We fear our pets are lost to us forever.

The grief can be as powerful as when we lose a person. Communication from a pet can be just as emotional as one with the spirit of a human loved one, and the reasons we want contact with them are the same. 

The energy of a pet doesn’t dissipate quickly after death. Animals are spirits, just as all life is spirit. Since we share the earth, it is easy to believe we exist in the spirit world together. They have a strong spirit presence and in my experience, can often be felt easier than human spirits can. 

People ask me if animals can communicate with us after death. I assure you, contact and communication with your pets can happen. During séances as well as in private psychic sessions I have shared many messages with teary-eyed pet guardians from their beloved animal friends. The spirits of dogs or cats commonly appear without an inquiry. Usually, they come to sit by a particular person. If not, after I describe the animal, someone happily claims it as her or his pet.

When you communicate with your spirit pets, you will receive images, actions and/or hear their animal sound. If communication is through a pet medium, she or he will receive from the pet particular information to identify contact with your pet has been made. The medium might see your pet’s personal habit or a favorite belonging.


Pet mediums are certainly one method for communicating, but I encourage you to do it on your own as well.

Sit quietly in the room you and your pet favored. You can place a photograph (your favorite one) in front of you or hold it. Take several deep breaths to relax. Say your pet’s name a few times. Relax deeper and let your mind drift to an image of her or him, maybe a special playtime, or look at that photo. Bring back that loving feeling: Imagine stroking your pet, feel the fur and warmth beneath your fingertips. You could feel the wet nose of your dog nudging your hand. You might hear the purr of your cat. There is no doubt you will experience the presence of your pet as you move into the memories.

What will you want to know about your pet?  (cont'd in book).

Book paper and eBook available www.juneahern.com Amazon.com Createspace.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Smashwords.com

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Published on April 19, 2017 19:09 Tags: ghost-investigation, paranormal, parapsychology, pets, spirit-communication

PARANORMAL, TAROT, SPIRIT EXPERIENCES. I NEED ADVICE.


Would you please help me out with this? 
More and more people share personal paranormal experiences with me. They want to understand how, why and what should they do about their  about ghost sightings, spirit visitors and more psychic happenings.

They tell me,  I think I saw a ghost. I think my house is haunted. I felt my (deceased loved one) and can I believe this really happened to me. How do I know it's for real? How do I get rid of annoying ghosts? Can you clear it up for me?

 Some read the tarot cards, have premonitions or just know things about people, places and objects without any prior knowledge. They want to know why and how to further their psychic abilities; i.e. how to read the cards right.

At times, when taking my ESP Quiz and scoring high in the receiver or sender of telepathic messages they really want more education with not necessarily taking classes.

I tell them so much of this in my book,How to Talk With Spirits: Mediums, Seances,Ghost Hunts - and still many continue to contact me with questions.

I can give time and knowledge, but you all know how precious time is and especially since I'm (suppose to be) semi-retired; enjoying grandkids, long walks with my old mare; lunch with lady friends and of course, hanging out with the husband. All this while I'm lecturing, writing my sequel to The Skye in June (my most well read popular book) and teaching.

I'd like to offer a session to answer these questions. Usually, I answer them in a class. I've been back to teaching more and busy with  book party reads as well as OH FUN! special events, my Hallowe'en Gala Affair 2018.

Here's what I'm asking of you:  Can you help me find a title - a name for a new service?

It won't be a psychic reading.

What would I call a service where I, not giving a psychic reading, teach, clarify these experiences and support psychic growth and talents - here's some thoughts: Spiritual Coaching? Metaphysical Coaching?

Any ideas?

Thanks! June

 New in 2019 mediumship classes. Skype or in Person in San Francisco's Bay Area.

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Published on August 22, 2018 19:03 Tags: ghost-encounters, paranormal, psychic, spirit-communication, spirits

EBOOK SPIRIT COMMUNICATION SALE!

My Ebook on Amazon.com about spirit communication special countdown price starting at only $1.99 and days following will go up until 10/25/18 So get it soon!  

Personally autographed special price of $8.95 until November 2, 2018 order directly through me. W/postage in USA only $12.95.  See "Purchase" at june ahern 

"How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts" gives safe, positive ways to connect with our departed loved ones and how to avoid those we don't want to connect with. 

Many questions from the curious living about how, why and when are answered.  

A beautiful All Hallow's Eve (Halloween) ritual and meditation is offered to invite the spirits of loved to visit for a short time.  

Suggestions how to approach a seance, have a private session with a medium and also, how to communicate with your deceased loved ones by yourself is given.

A most informative and practical guide to an often controversial and sensitive subject: communicating with the dead. By the end of it you'll decide for yourself is talking with the  dead is for you.

Hope you like it. Let me know what you learned, if you connected with loved ones and ask a question for my insights about how to make a clear connection.

Check out my other books at june ahern dot com.
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Published on October 19, 2018 07:06 Tags: ebooks, halloween-ritual, kindle, paranormal, spirit-communication

SPIRIT'S SUDDEN DEATH

How Can the Living and the Dead Accept a Sudden or Unexpected Death?

I've mediated between the living and the dead quite a few people after the sudden and unexpected death of a beloved one.

Sometimes the death was an accident or an undetected illness like a heart attack and at times, a murder.

Very soon after the death the living person will want me to contact the spirit of the person.

A sudden death of a loved one is devastating in ways only those who've suffered from it grasp.

The shock and pain lasts for years, sometimes until the living also become spirits. A part of the living, especially with murder victims, dies also.

The ones left behind, the living that is, are in a tremendous shock; unable at times to even talk coherently and often physically effected with uncontrollable tremors.

In shock and disbelief both the living and the spirits ask how can this be? Why did it (the death) happen? Repeating it over and over.

That shocked spirit in - disbelief says; where am I? Why can't she or he (the living) hear me? See me? Please, help me. I need to be with (a loved one.) I'm afraid.

Often in an accident the body was damaged, mangled, deeply hurt - perhaps their body was crushed in an accident, or died by fire or in some case the person had been shot or stabbed to death and the spirit looks at their bodies shocked at what they see: Why does my body hurt so bad? Why can't I move my arms or legs. Why am I bleeding so much?

The spirit wants to understand how they "flew" out of their body - still feeling attached to the physical  body with no time to adjust to being near death like with a lingering illness or age related.

Chaos.Confusion. Fear. Disbelief. On both sides: the living and the dead.

And, how can I be of help - how do I interact in a calm and healing way for both sides?

It's sad and difficult to tell the living, please give him or her time to adjust being gone from their physical body.

To the spirit I say, you no longer exist as a physical being. You had an accident, a heart attack, or were killed.

Anger on both sides. Stay calm, I tell myself listening to the wails and rants of injustice, the blaming.

My advice isn't readily accepted nor is it appreciated, at least for a while.

Gently I say, please give him or her (the spirit) time to accept the death, the transition.

I mediate between them - carrying messages back and forth in some reasonable way to sort through muddled words, sobs -  to listen to both sides and make sense of it:
The living -who murdered you? The spirit: Why was I murdered?
The living - did you feel a lot of pain?
The spirit: It was a terrible pain and then I woke up in a different place.

In time, some of the high anxiety settles. Shock shifts to grief, grief shifts to acceptance for most on both sides and then the yearning to stay connected leads to a more peaceful communication.

Learn more about how I've dealt with sudden deaths including suicides in my book, "How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts."


In process a film about one of my murder cases I worked with law enforcement. See me investigate paranormal activity in a documentary series with The Haunted Bay and June Ahern on YouTube and Amazon Prime, The Haunted Bay.

June is an author of Four Books. Paperbacks and eBooks. Spirit book also an audiobook. She teaches and lectures on the benefits of developing and training the psychic mind.

june ahern dot com

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Published on June 15, 2020 19:49 Tags: murder, paranormal, psychics, spirit-communication, spirituality

INVITE SPIRITS TO VISIT


HALLOWEEN: SPIRITS ARE FREE TO VISIT EARTH
NOVEMBER 1ST: THEY VISIT: SAINTS, INNOCENTS & SINNERS
NOVEMBER 2ND: ENJOY THE VISITS; MEMORIES LINGER


WELCOMING SPIRITS OF YOUR LOVED ONES IS LIKE INVITING SOMEONE TO VISIT YOU.


Send an invitation to your departed loved one especially at this time of Halloween, originally known as All Hallow's Eve, a Holy Eve before what is All Saints' Day and Day of the Dead: November 1st and November 2nd when the spirit readily come to walk Earth and visit.

Begin with a written invitation: write her or his name; dear...hello...greetings - however you greet a loved one, a friend your pet. It's nice to write a short note, perhaps a favorite memory. This creates a heartfelt connection with the spirit of the departed. 

Along with your note you can add a photo of your loved one to sit in front of you. 

Place a white candle (safely) in a window as a beacon, telling your spirit, here I am, come visit.  

Close your eyes, take a few or more relaxing breathes and softly call the name of your loved one 3x. If you're crying, wait, redo, be calm; sit still and open your mind and heart for a visit from spirit. Enjoy the moment.

You might "feel" an energy change, a presence, or see in your mind's eye your loved one, and then again you could "hear" a message within or smell a particular scent associated with that person.

If you have a question, phrase it simply. If you have a comment, again make it simple without a whole lot of details Spirits do best  with simple messages.

If you have what you think, no connection, perhaps in your dreams, (the easiest way to connect with spirits) you'll connect. 

In the days following stay aware of "coincidences" that remind you of that person or pet. Spirits often communicate through symbols. For instance, a bird perches close to you, a bird your person used to enjoy - or the color of it. 

In my All Hallow's Eve celebration and ritual I create a Remembrance Board as part of my special Gala Ritual Celebration; this time on Zoom. 

In front of it is an altar representing the season's colors and candles. Usually, my Halloween altar is a bit more elaborate but this year for the purpose on Zoom I didn't add as much.

More about creating a Halloween Altar in my book, "How to Talk With Spirits: Seances, Mediums, Ghost Hunts" paperback, audio, eBook.

Learn more about my other books, my Zoom events, and me at june ahern dot com



 

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Published on November 01, 2020 08:59 Tags: communicate-with-dead, halloween-rituals, spirit-communication

HOW DEAD ARE THE "DEAD" IF WE CAN SEE THEM?

I see ghosts, do you? 




The question is, how dead are the "dead" if we can see and talk to them? 
 
Nowadays, there's an increase awareness of the importance and use of the intuitive mind as well as spirit communication. 

While skeptics deny spirit communication can happen, the public is eager to know more about the subject. 

Since my NDE, over 50 yrs ago, I've been visited by spirits of all kinds and in many places.  and do enjoy a good ghost meet and greet. 

Working on paranormal investigation with the The Haunted Bay Paranormal Investigations (YouTube, AsianAmericanMovies.com & Amazon Prime) has been a great opportunity to meet plenty of ghosts - some good, funny and some not so nice at all.  
One of my favorite investigations -  
Sharpsteen Museum,Calistoga, CA. seen on YouTube - with some historical spirits or copy and paste this link https://youtu.be/xfg2SKmTu9E 
Enjoy the short clip - please give it a thumbs up and comment.
People ask me, are you afraid of them?  Do they haunt you, follow you around? How do they talk to you? 
The answers to those are covered and more in my book, How to Talk With Spirits: Seance•Mediums•Ghost Hunts available through me and almost all major book selling sites ebook, print & audio. Amazon 

You'll learn how to safely and successfully communicate with your dead loved ones with proof they are talking to you after leaving the physical body.

What about you? Do you talk to the "unseen"? How are your experiences? 
I'm thinking a how to communicate with spirits & mediumship class again 2023. If interested, contact me in comments or email june at sf coaching dot com
Learn more about my other books and online classes at http://www.juneahern.com
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Published on November 30, 2022 14:18 Tags: ghost-stories, intuition, paranormal, spirit-communication