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2006 Archive:
The Winchester Mystery House - Ghost Chronicles
December 28, 2006

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Investigating Jane Doherty - Ghost Chronicles
December 20, 2006

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Shadow People - by Lee Prosser
December 16, 2006

Column - regular feature

The Westford Knight - Ghost Chronicles
December 15, 2006

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Haunted Real Estate by Richard Senate
December 13, 2006


Traditions Behind Christmas By Vince Wilson
December 8, 2006


The Haunted Dibbuk Box - Ghost Chronicles
December 6, 2006

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Have Ghosts? Will Travel: A Ghostgeek's Guide to the RMS Queen Mary By Jen Brown
December 4, 2006


Thanksgiving: A Day of Forgiveness - by Lee Prosser
December 1, 2006

Column - regular feature

America's Stonehenge - Ghost Chronicles
November 29, 2006

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Instrumental TransCommunication (ITC) - by Jeff Belanger
November 16, 2006


Ghost Hunt Seminar - Ghost Chronicles
November 15, 2006

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Ghost Photography: Orbs by Robbin Van Pelt
November 9, 2006


Pet Ghosts - Ghost Chronicles
November 6, 2006

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Ghosts Haunt the Inn by Richard Senate
November 3, 2006


Japanese Woman Artist - by Lee Prosser
November 1, 2006

Column - regular feature

The Ghosts of the Windham Restaurant - Ghost Chronicles
October 30, 2006

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

The Salem Witches - Ghost Chronicles
October 23, 2006

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Homan House, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: A Preliminary Report by John Sabol
October 20, 2006


What Does Halloween/Samhain Mean to You? - Compiled by Jeff Belanger
October 16, 2006


That is the Way of It - by Lee Prosser
October 15, 2006

Column - regular feature

Fooling the Ghost Hunter by Richard Senate
October 11, 2006


Jack Kerouac - by Lee Prosser
October 2, 2006

Column - regular feature

Civil War Re-enactors and the Ghost Experience - by Jeff Belanger
September 15, 2006


Who Goes There in the Shadows? - by Lee Prosser
September 15, 2006

Column - regular feature

Engagement and Data Analysis in Symmetrical Field Investigations by John Sabol
September 11, 2006


Occult Warfare by Richard Senate
September 6, 2006


Cats and Other Critters From Beyond the Grave - by Lee Prosser
September 1, 2006

Column - regular feature

Chicago's Strange Angles and Haunted Architecture by Ursula Bielski
August 25, 2006


I Have a Hunch: A Look at Psychics, Mediums, and Clairvoyants - by Jeff Belanger
August 16, 2006


Geof Gray-Cobb - by Lee Prosser
August 15, 2006

Column - regular feature

Orbs: Have They Become that Boring? by Tuesday Miles
August 14, 2006


A Night on Char-Man Bridge by Richard Senate
August 7, 2006


Five Union Soldier Ghosts - by Lee Prosser
August 2, 2006

Column - regular feature

A Visit With Author and Witch Kala Trobe - Interview by Lee Prosser
July 26, 2006


Perceptual Stratigraphy: Making Sense of Ghostly Manifestations by John Sabol
July 24, 2006


The Trouble With Witches - by Lee Prosser
July 15, 2006

Column - regular feature

A Look at Our Haunted Lives - by Jeff Belanger
July 13, 2006


An Active Ghost Hunt at a Haunted Bed and Breakfast by Richard Senate
July 7, 2006


Lee Prosser, 1969 - by Lee Prosser
July 4, 2006

Column - regular feature

My Theory on Spirits by Edward L. Shanahan
June 28, 2006


Ethnoarchaeoghostology: A Humanistic-Scientific Approach to the Study of Haunt Phenomena by John Sabol
June 19, 2006


Christopher Isherwood & Lee Prosser in 1969 - by Lee Prosser
June 16, 2006

Column - regular feature

ESP, M&Ms, and Reality - by Jeff Belanger
June 15, 2006


A Duel on the Airwaves by Richard Senate
June 5, 2006


Marjorie Firestone and Her Dream Predictions - by Lee Prosser
June 1, 2006

Column - regular feature

Until Death Do Us Part? by Rick Hayes
May 31, 2006


Part Four: the Conclusion: Primrose Road - Adams St. Cemetery - by Marcus Foxglove Griffin
May 22, 2006

Column - regular feature

Folklore, Folklore, Folklore with Dr. Michael Bell - interview by Jeff Belanger
May 16, 2006


Swami Chetanananda and Lee Prosser - by Lee Prosser
May 15, 2006

Column - regular feature

Theatre, Sance, and the Ghost Script: Performances at Haunted Locations by John Sabol
May 5, 2006


Willard David Firestone and the River Ghost - by Lee Prosser
May 1, 2006

Column - regular feature

When the Spirits Held Sway at the White House by Richard Senate
April 25, 2006


Part Three: Investigation: Primrose Road - Adams St. Cemetery - by Marcus Foxglove Griffin
April 20, 2006

Column - regular feature

Talking Reincarnation with Dr. John Gilbert - interview by Lee Prosser
April 17, 2006


Billy Bob Firestone and the Ghosts of Pythian Castle - by Lee Prosser
April 15, 2006

Column - regular feature

Cryptobotany: the Search for Lost Plants by Richard Senate
April 7, 2006


The Mysteries of Druidry Book Excerpt Part 4 of 4 by Dr. Brendan Cathbad Myers
April 6, 2006


Vedanta and Durga - by Lee Prosser
April 2, 2006

Column - regular feature

The Mysteries of Druidry Book Excerpt Part 3 of 4 by Dr. Brendan Cathbad Myers
March 30, 2006


Ritual, Resonance, and Ghost Research: The Play in the Fields by John Sabol
March 27, 2006


The Mysteries of Druidry Book Excerpt Part 2 of 4 by Dr. Brendan Cathbad Myers
March 23, 2006


Celtic This, Druid That, Saint Patrick Hit Me With a Wiffle-Ball Bat - by Marcus Foxglove Griffin
March 21, 2006

Column - regular feature

The Mysteries of Druidry Book Excerpt Part 1 of 4 by Dr. Brendan Cathbad Myers
March 16, 2006


Christopher Isherwood, Time Loops, and Ghosts - by Lee Prosser
March 15, 2006

Column - regular feature

Druids - by Lee Prosser
March 3, 2006

Column - regular feature

Natural Selection and the Involution of the Gettysburg Ghosts by John Sabol
February 28, 2006


Part Two: Investigation: Primrose Road - Adams St. Cemetery - by Marcus Foxglove Griffin
February 20, 2006

Column - regular feature

Lights, Camera... Action! by Brian Leffler
February 16, 2006


Divination and Geomancy - by Lee Prosser
February 15, 2006

Column - regular feature

Spirit Messages from a Murderer by Richard Senate
February 8, 2006


The Ghosts of Springfield, Missouri - by Lee Prosser
February 3, 2006

Column - regular feature

The Ghost Storyteller: A Dinosaur Among Lemmings? by Charles J. Adams III
January 23, 2006


The Fools Journey: A Magickal Roadmap to Life - by Marcus Foxglove Griffin
January 20, 2006

Column - regular feature

Tarot and Spiritual Alchemy - by Lee Prosser
January 15, 2006

Column - regular feature

Demons from the Dark by Chip Coffey
January 9, 2006


Spooky - by Lee Prosser
January 3, 2006

Column - regular feature



April 17, 2006

Talking Reincarnation with Dr. John Gilbert

Interview by Lee Prosser

Dr. John Gilbert It is always enjoyable to visit with Dr. John Gilbert, a man of keen insights and a scholar of the occult. His reputation as a Certified Tarot Grandmaster and a Kaballah Master is well known. This interview is centered around his vast knowledge of reincarnation and his opinions on the subject. John, let me start this interview by asking what you think of the growing public interest in reincarnation since the 1980s?


Dr. John Gilbert: Public interest always seems to follow new information. It seems to me more and more people are reincarnating with some residual memory of one or more past lives. As more people openly admit these things, interest will continue to grow. Also hypnotism is opening up some stored memories of past lives and this adds scientific evidence that tends to support the idea of reincarnation.

Is it possible, that when a person does automatic writing and states he or she is in contact with a deceased person, for example, Abraham Lincoln, that the contact is not with Lincoln, but with an entity who knew or encountered Lincoln on the Inner Planes, and that the real Lincoln has already reincarnated? What are your thoughts on this?

JG: I believe it's possible for the real Lincoln to come through in automatic writing even though he has already reincarnated in another identity. I also am quite convinced people on the other side are exactly the same as they were in this lifetime. So, yes, it is possible that people who knew Lincoln could be writing messages. It's also just as possible that charlatans are having a good time posing as Lincoln. Unless we know exactly who's doing the writing, we must assume it could be anybody.

What are your thoughts on reincarnation as a universal theme in so many cultures?

JG: True knowledge tends to be universal, so it's not unusual for many different cultures and many different people receiving the same information.

Can a past life be read through the use of Tarot cards?

JG: Anything is possible. I've written a paper on this subject that your readers may find helpful. It's called "How to do Past Life Readings" and you can download it at http://TaroptInstitute.com/articles/past.htm

Can a future life be read through the use of Tarot cards?

JG: Again, anything is possible. But when we look at the past we can see what has happened in our life. When we look into the future, what we see is a look of probabilities and we don't know which of those probabilities will occur because we don't know what decision we're going to make in the future.

Herein lies the great problem with all divination. What we see is not what will happen, but what might happen if we continue to make the kinds of decisions we've been making in the past. The great thrill of being human is that we can change our thinking and our behavior anytime. And, every time we change our thinking or our behavior, we change our future. 

For this reason, and many others discussed on the Tarot Institute Web site, I use the Tarot to tell me what will happen if I continue doing and thinking what I'm doing and thinking right now. If I don't like what I see, all I have to do is change my thinking and my behavior and the future I was going to get doesn't materialize. Instead, I have a better future because I chose to have a better future.

Some astrologers believe that if a person dies on a given astrological sign date, that is the sign they will come back as in the next incarnation. What are your thoughts?

JG: I think it's pretty clear we choose our birth dates based on the signs and planetary positions that will help us achieve what we want to achieve in any given incarnation. I'm quite convinced I chose to come into this lifetime with my Sun, Venus, and Jupiter all in Aquarius and in the Fifth House along with Mercury so that I could accomplish what I want to accomplish. The fact Neptune fell on the cusp of my First House may have been a fluke, but I suspect I wanted that Neptunian energy to assist me with my ministry.

I'm also quite certain I wanted to grow in this lifetime by arriving when the Moon, Mars, and Saturn were all in Aires in my Seventh House -- the House of Hidden Enemies. Several people I've harmed in past lifetimes have come back into my life this time around to even the score by using the energy of this House. I'm really glad to get this behind me by accepting, forgiving, and loving them in this lifetime instead of becoming resentful and revengeful so we can go around again and again as adversaries. It's good to be done with negative relationships.

Do you know what some of your past incarnations were, and would you share something about them?

JG: Yes, when I died at age ten, I started to remember a great deal about who and what I was in many lifetimes. I also started to remember people in this lifetime who were an important part of one of my previous lives. There's a common thread.

I've been a priest of one kind or another in all of the lifetimes I remember. In Egypt I helped embalm the dead and counsel the grieving by helping them prepare to join their loved one. In France I was one of the inquisitors. Many of the people I harmed in that incarnation have come back at this time to even the score. Many of those I helped in other lifetimes have come back to assist me in my current ministry.

Another interesting thing is that most of my former teachers seem to be here during this lifetime. My Kriya Yoga Master was an old friend, mentor, and teacher. My Christian Gnostic teacher and mentor was an old friend, mentor, and teacher. My Druid teacher and mentor was an old friend, teacher, and mentor. I find this interesting and I enjoy being a Christian Gnostic Kriya Yoga Druid in this lifetime.

Are you able to foresee your own personal incarnations in the future?

JG: No, and I don't care to go there -- at least, not yet. There's a part of me that doesn't want to come back here again. But, there's another part that wants to do something to relieve the pain and suffering of this world. I'm just not ready to plan my next incarnation right now.

If a person were to attempt to find out about personal past incarnations, what approach or techniques would you suggest to that person?

JG: In my opinion, absolutely the best way to discover things about your past lives is to go there during meditation. The Essene Healing Meditation is one of the very best ways to approach this. Most people can learn this powerful technique in less than a month of daily practice. Their technique is available on the Internet at http://ModernEssenes.com.

How often have you done past life readings?

JG: Quite often in the past. Today, I'm more prone to suggest people do their own work by learning to meditate deeply, meet and commune with their spirit guides, and go back into their own akashic records. First of all, what they learn for themselves is more believable than anything I can tell them. And, secondly, by approaching it in this manner each of them moves along their own spiritual path more easily. Besides, it's a lot easier to teach somebody to do it for him or herself.

Do you have a spirit guide, or guides, that help you? Would you discuss them?

JG: We all have spirit guides helping us whether we care to commune with them or believe in them or not. It's a commitment they made while we were on the other side before we decided to become the Fool and enter this incarnation. It's also a mutual commitment, because we will be or already were their spirit guides in some other incarnation. It's one way we help each other.

My main spirit guides are: 1) Wild Oak -- a fellow Lakota medicine apprentice in a former lifetime, 2) Thomas -- a Kaballah Master who was one of my star pupils a long time ago and who serves as my gatekeeper, 3) Chin Tsu -- a Taoist master who was my first wife's gatekeeper, 4) Judy -- my first wife and gifted psychic (she passed over in 1996), 5) William -- a ritualist who is an extremely powerful magician and Kaballah teacher, 6) Myriam -- my Essene master teacher, and 7) Rhodonn -- my closest friend and mentor.

Do you believe in what is popularly called "guardian angels"? Why or why not?

JG: Certainly. Guardian Angels are there to protect and to serve us. But please don't take my word for it. Learn how to meditate deeply, meet your own Guardian Angel, and open the lines of communication. The Essene technique works as well as anything and better than most other approaches. In the Magickal Order of the Golden Dawn (http://MagickalOrder.com) we work with our spirit guides and Guardian Angel to make progress on our chosen spiritual path.

What do you think of the statement: "Every person has a guardian angel. Every person is capable of being clairvoyant in some manner. Most have forgotten how to access either as childhood is replaced by the culture or adulthood."

JG: I agree we all have a Guardian Angel. I agree we're all intuitive and through practice can become clairvoyant, clairaudient, and clairsentient or develop any psychic faculties we want to develop. All it takes is practice.

In recent years, some scientists have voiced the opinion that such things as reincarnation incidents, ghosts, hauntings, paranormal situations, psychic revelations, and the supernatural are mere by-products of overactive brain chemistry, not real. What do you say?

JG: I used to believe that, but I know science can be manipulated to prove anything the scientist wants to prove. On the other hand, people who develop their own intuition know what they know and nobody can take that knowledge away from them. Once you learn the truth, you know the truth.

What would you like your human form to be in your next incarnation? 

JG: Whatever serves my purpose best is what I will be.

What are five of your most favorite books for reading and re-reading?

Oh boy! Now that's a question. I love to read. Might I suggest that the reading list at http://UniversalGnostic.com is probably the best list of my favorites.

You seem a highly positive person. What one word, or one sentence, best sums up your personal philosophy?

JG: I believe the Divine is everything and there is nothing that is not a part of the Divine; and we're all in this lifetime together to love and help each other. 

Why do think your purpose is in this lifetime?

JG: Based on my work with my spirit guides, I'm quite convinced we all come here to accomplish three major things during our lifetime. First we come here to learn how to love more and more. We come here to learn how to love ourselves, other people, and everything in the creation more and more. Secondly, we come here to help each other learn how to love more and more. Thirdly, we come here to help each other make life easier for everybody concerned. Beyond that we come here to accomplish specific personal goals we set for ourselves and that varies from person to person.

What suggestions would you suggest for pursuing information and studies on reincarnation?

JG: Forget about studying about reincarnation and go for learning more about yourself and your own past lives. Learn about your spirit guides and open up communication with them. You'll learn far more that way.

Do you have a personal Web site you could share with the audience?

JG: Aside from the few I've already mentioned, my main Web site is http://UniversalGnostic.com the Web site for the Universal Gnostic Church -- where you can learn how to travel your own spiritual path. The Gnostic Lessons are a very powerful tool for following one's own spiritual path.

Would you explain what a Gnostic is please?

JG: Sure. A Gnostic is a person who believes she or he can have a personal relationship with the Divine and opens up communication with the Divine to attain that personal relationship.

John, it has been good visiting with you during this interview. Thank you for sharing. Is there anything else you would like to add?

JG: No. I think we've covered everything. But I might mention that Kriya Pawer Meditation is a good alternative meditative system for people who don't care to try the Esseme Healing Breath Meditation. See http://GnosticYoga.com for details.


Visit Dr. John Gilbert's Web site at: http://UniversalGnostic.com



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Jeff Belanger and “The Bridgewater Triangle” at Dedham Community Theatre - April 6, 2014 9:00PM

The Spirits of the Mark Twain House - Hartford, Connecticut - April 12, 2014

Paracon Australia - East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - May 10-12, 2014