When Ghosts Speak: Understanding the World of Earthbound Spirits by Mary Ann Winkowski. Foreword by James Van Praagh. © 2007 Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-58118-6. Hardback. Paranormal. 238 pages. $24.99 US. [ Purchase ]

Summary
Mary Ann Winkowski is a devout Catholic, a happily married woman, and a suburban mom like any other, except for one thing: she talks to dead people. Mary Ann discovered this gift when she was a very young girl and spent her early years attending local funerals with her grandmother to communicate with those who had died. Thus began a lifetime of helping the departed make peace with whatever keeps them from crossing over. Mary Ann shares with us fascinating stories of her many paranormal encounters, as well as advice on how to recognize when you’re not alone.

Review
The book opens with Part One: Listening to Spirits which tells of Mary Ann’s inspiring journey, covering the fifty years she has been conversing with the earthbound spirit world.

Within Part Two: Understanding Earthbound Spirits, Mary Ann does a brilliant job at dispelling ghostly myths, tackling topics like energy sources used by earthbound spirits, eerie ‘super powers’ (the full moon does have an effect guys!), cold spots, whether or not earthbounds have special access to higher knowledge, the dangers of summoning ghosts, to where ghosts congregate (surprise, it’s not cemeteries!) and detecting earthbounds. Read more

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Teresa (nom de plume: Torrance Sené) is a self-proclaimed geek, a Janeite, a lover of werewolves and bad-ass angels, an aspiring novelist and an avid book reader who freelances as a web designer. You can follow her on Twitter at @eireannoir.

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Ghost Worlds: A Guide to Poltergeists, Portals, Ecto-Mist & Spirit Behavior by Melba Goodwyn. © 2007 Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0-7387-1195-9. Paperback. 241 pages. $14.95 US. [ Purchase ]

As a one-stop book for beginning the adventure of ghost hunting, Ghost Worlds offers practical ghost hunting tips, describes how to conduct a ghost interview, create an environment that attracts spirits, and how to capture evidence of ghost using traditional ways and new technology. Along with this, Melba Goodwyn, a seasoned ghost hunter and parapsychologist, offers original insights and true stories from over twenty years of work. She presents in-depth explanations of different kinds of ghosts, entities, and other paranormal phenomena. We are given a look at the best places to look for ghosts, the types of phenomena (traditional spirits, residual ghosts, shadows ghosts, ecto-mist, portals, vortexes, crisis apparitions, bi-location, demons, haunted objects, levitations, ghost lights, spirit guides, thought forms, and EVP), and gives a detailed look at a average ghost hunters kit. Finishing it all off, Melba tells what she calls “the ultimate ghost story.”

I found this book highly valuable and fascinating and plan on recommending it to all who have an interested in the spirit world and in ghost hunting.

Teresa

Teresa (nom de plume: Torrance Sené) is a self-proclaimed geek, a Janeite, a lover of werewolves and bad-ass angels, an aspiring novelist and an avid book reader who freelances as a web designer. You can follow her on Twitter at @eireannoir.

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