What is a Vortex?

A Vortex is often mentioned by psychics when exploring a house or area. If you will remember years ago the house commonly referred to as the “Amityville Horror” was described as having a vortex. But what is a vortex? The American Indian cultures describe it as a portal where spirits travel from this world to the next and vise-a-versa. To some psychics it is a hole through a person, spirit or thing can pass into another dimension. A vortex is also described as a circular flow of water or air, the tornado is the most common. So a vortex can mean 2 entirely separate things depending if you are referring to the supernatural or the weather.

The ghost of Freddy Jackson

This is one of the more famous “ghost photos” It is a group shot of a squadron of RAF (Royal Air Force). The insert photo shows a face of a man behind another man. The face belongs to Freddy Jackson an aircraft mechanic who was killed 2 days before this photo was taken.

We often seek out the supernatural out of fear of the unknown

Fear, grief and curiosity are the main driving forces that surround our quest to find out more about the supernatural. Fear of death is the major driving force. We all have to die at some point and most of us fear it. Grief after the loss of a loved one can sometimes drive us to look for evidence of a spirit world. Curiosity is awakened if you have experienced something unusual and want more information about it.

 Also something I have noted is that when times are harder than normal with a war, famine or natural disaster there is always a surge of heightened interest in the supernatural.

Your faith has very little to do with ghosts

Just because I believe and have seen ghosts it does not mean I am not Christian. So many of the websites for amulets, ghost facts and haunting info are tainted with Wicca. Religion of lack of has no bearing in the haunting that I have known of. I don’t think that any spirit will come up to you and inquire what your beliefs are before making their presence known. After all, how many burglars inquire about the income status of their victim before doing the deed. We contain human spirits before death and become human spirits after death. As to “evil” spirits they were once evil humans, no more demonic than the next evil human.

Amulets and their use

In an earlier post I mentioned the use of amulets and religious objects in ghost hunting. To make the object or amulet affective for protection it will have to be blessed. The Catholic Church has a long standing procedure for blessing crosses, objects and places. Do not feel like an idiot if you need an item blessed, they will be happy to do it for you. Also I am sure that many other religions do the same thing.

As a side note, if you have been married in the Catholic Church then you already wear a blessed item – your wedding ring. The wedding rings are blessed by the priest in the wedding ceremony with holy water.