Hauntings (Ghosts, Haunts and the Occult)

Product Information

With Halloween fast approaching what better time to introduce you to the family of four who have been dubbed the 'real-life Addams family'. Jon Paul Kenny and partner Kymmi Jeffrey run ghost hunting business The Occult Hauntings, hosting tours at haunted venues all over the country. The 19th and early 20th century are particularly well represented in the areas of spiritualism and psychical research. Price was also a collector of antiquarian material. Among the early books are: We take her everywhere," Jon Paul said. "We were driving down Deansgate when we got branded our name of the real-life Addams family. We’ve trademarked it."

It’s that old notion of catharsis: nothing makes you feel better than a good scare. The Ancient Greeks did it with tragedy. When was the heyday of the horror movie? The early 1930s when the likes of Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman gripped the imagination of the west. Nor does Paganism have the divisiveness of organised religion, yet it still offers some sense of spirituality in an increasingly atomised world where "God is Dead", as Nietzsche said. The lines between fact and fiction blur even further with documented cases of the real-life intelligence services trying to tap into the paranormal, most famously recounted in Jon Ronson’s book (and then film) The Men Who Stare at Goats, an investigation into how American military tried to tap into and weaponise psychic abilities. Edward Warren Miney (September 7, 1926 – August 23, 2006) [1] and Lorraine Rita Warren ( née Moran; January 31, 1927 – April 18, 2019) [2] [3] were American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of alleged hauntings. Edward was a self-taught and self-professed demonologist, author, and lecturer. Lorraine professed to be clairvoyant and a light trance medium who worked closely with her husband.Newkirk, Greg (July 1, 2016). "Conjuring the Truth: Enfield Poltergeist Investigator Says Ed and Lorraine Warren Never Investigated Case". Week in Weird. As well as books, the collection includes pamphlets, journals, posters, ephemera and a small number of conjuring manuscripts from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. New works, particularly on the history and psychology of magic, are regularly added to the collection.

Jacob, Richy Maria (June 24, 2020). "Judy Spera Now: Where is Ed and Lorraine Warren's Daughter Today?". The Cinemaholic . Retrieved November 3, 2020. I Googled the history of the building when we got home and she got the soldier spot on. She has a bit of a gift. Doing investigations with the girls is very controversial; people ask if it’s appropriate taking them on tours. If she has a superpower, we don’t want her to be scared – and why shouldn’t she use it?"The MyWirral newsletter will bring you news from across the borough in a way you’ve never had before. Gibbons, B. J. (2018). Spirituality and the Occult: From the Renaissance to the Modern Age. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0415244480. The pub, in Bretforton, is steeped in history. It was built in the 15th century by a farmer as an early type of farmhouse. The term occultism derives from the older term occult, much as the term esotericism derives from the older term esoteric. [11] However, the historian of esotericism Wouter Hanegraaff stated that it was important to distinguish between the meanings of the term occult and occultism. [19] Occultism is not a homogenous movement and is widely diverse. [13]