Post by WitchBoy on Aug 30, 2002 19:26:13 GMT -5
ok i post this here as it seems to fit better
“Ghosts” are a multi-faceted phenomenon that deserves to be classified as a range of different events. Many ghost sightings are readily explained as individuals who appear out of their normal location or time; often the ghost also seems to change the surroundings of the witness, giving the impression of a "time slip".
What is open to question is whether these are glimpses into another time or does the witness or ghost does actually travel time?
Ghost hunter and author, Joan Forman collected many reports time slips from around the UK. One example concerns a Warder who was on duty in the Byward Tower, at the main entrance to the Tower of London. One night, he looked up to see five or six Beefeaters from a much earlier time, seated round a log fire, smoking pipes. Not only that, the whole room had altered in appearance. The room reverted back to its original state when the warder left the room and returned moments later. Forman gathered such an amount of evidence she was able to publish “Masks of Time” a book dedicated to this phenomena.
Forman’s interest in Time Slips took her to Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, where she was to have a Time Slip of her own and allow her to develop the theory of the ‘trigger factor’.
Joan entered the courtyard of Haddon Hall, pausing to admire the architecture. Without warning she ‘saw’ a group of four children playing at the top of the stairs, a girl about nine years old caught the attention of Joan. She had shoulder-length blonde hair, a white Dutch hat and a long green-grey silk dress with a white collar. Joan watched with in fascination the children playing in the yard “fully aware that she was not seeing with the physical eye, yet conscious of watching real action.
Joan decided to find the identity of the oldest child and entered the Hall looking at every family portrait. In the middle of the ancestral paintings, a picture of the girl she had seen was hung; it was Lady Grace Manners who died in the 1640’s.
The trigger factor occurs when one is interested in their surroundings but not concentrating on them; a slip occurs at a precise place and moment and the witness is thrust seemingly, into another time.
At Leeds Castle in Kent, Alice Pollock experienced what could be called a 'classic' time slip. Alice was experimenting in the Henry VIII's rooms by touching objects in an attempt to experience events from another time. After a period of receiving no impressions whatsoever, the room suddenly changed. The room lost its modern, comfortable appearance to become cold and bare. The carpet had disappeared and there were now logs burning on the fire. A tall woman in a white dress was walking up and down the room; her face seemed in deep concentration. Not long after the room returned to its original state.
By researching in history it’s was found that the rooms had been the prison of Queen Joan of Navarre, Henry V's stepmother and had been accused of witchcraft by her husband.
With a wealth of information available on time slips in books and the internet, many of the cases quoted are often quite old and occurred at least thirty years ago. Once case that has recently come to public attention is that of an off duty policeman.
In July 1996, in Liverpool’s Bold Street, an off duty Merseyside Policeman inadvertently travelled back in time
While shopping with his wife in the city centre, one Saturday afternoon, Frank and his wife split up to buy from different shops, Carol his wife went to Dillon’s Bookshop, while Frank went to a local record store.
A small 1950’s box van crossed in front of Frank, honking his horn in its progress. The van’s livery stated it was from “Caplan’s”. He looked down to his feet, and realised he was stood in the middle of the road
Frank crossed the road and saw that 'Dillon’s Book Store' now had 'Cripps' over its entrances and moreover, the shop was selling women’s handbags and shoes rather than books
Looking around the street, Frank realised that the people he could see were dressed in the fashions from the 1940’s but strangely a young woman in her 20’s walked past him with a popular brand named handbag. This reassured him that he was partially in 1996; he smiled at the girl as she walked past and entered ‘Cripps’.
“Ghosts” are a multi-faceted phenomenon that deserves to be classified as a range of different events. Many ghost sightings are readily explained as individuals who appear out of their normal location or time; often the ghost also seems to change the surroundings of the witness, giving the impression of a "time slip".
What is open to question is whether these are glimpses into another time or does the witness or ghost does actually travel time?
Ghost hunter and author, Joan Forman collected many reports time slips from around the UK. One example concerns a Warder who was on duty in the Byward Tower, at the main entrance to the Tower of London. One night, he looked up to see five or six Beefeaters from a much earlier time, seated round a log fire, smoking pipes. Not only that, the whole room had altered in appearance. The room reverted back to its original state when the warder left the room and returned moments later. Forman gathered such an amount of evidence she was able to publish “Masks of Time” a book dedicated to this phenomena.
Forman’s interest in Time Slips took her to Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, where she was to have a Time Slip of her own and allow her to develop the theory of the ‘trigger factor’.
Joan entered the courtyard of Haddon Hall, pausing to admire the architecture. Without warning she ‘saw’ a group of four children playing at the top of the stairs, a girl about nine years old caught the attention of Joan. She had shoulder-length blonde hair, a white Dutch hat and a long green-grey silk dress with a white collar. Joan watched with in fascination the children playing in the yard “fully aware that she was not seeing with the physical eye, yet conscious of watching real action.
Joan decided to find the identity of the oldest child and entered the Hall looking at every family portrait. In the middle of the ancestral paintings, a picture of the girl she had seen was hung; it was Lady Grace Manners who died in the 1640’s.
The trigger factor occurs when one is interested in their surroundings but not concentrating on them; a slip occurs at a precise place and moment and the witness is thrust seemingly, into another time.
At Leeds Castle in Kent, Alice Pollock experienced what could be called a 'classic' time slip. Alice was experimenting in the Henry VIII's rooms by touching objects in an attempt to experience events from another time. After a period of receiving no impressions whatsoever, the room suddenly changed. The room lost its modern, comfortable appearance to become cold and bare. The carpet had disappeared and there were now logs burning on the fire. A tall woman in a white dress was walking up and down the room; her face seemed in deep concentration. Not long after the room returned to its original state.
By researching in history it’s was found that the rooms had been the prison of Queen Joan of Navarre, Henry V's stepmother and had been accused of witchcraft by her husband.
With a wealth of information available on time slips in books and the internet, many of the cases quoted are often quite old and occurred at least thirty years ago. Once case that has recently come to public attention is that of an off duty policeman.
In July 1996, in Liverpool’s Bold Street, an off duty Merseyside Policeman inadvertently travelled back in time
While shopping with his wife in the city centre, one Saturday afternoon, Frank and his wife split up to buy from different shops, Carol his wife went to Dillon’s Bookshop, while Frank went to a local record store.
A small 1950’s box van crossed in front of Frank, honking his horn in its progress. The van’s livery stated it was from “Caplan’s”. He looked down to his feet, and realised he was stood in the middle of the road
Frank crossed the road and saw that 'Dillon’s Book Store' now had 'Cripps' over its entrances and moreover, the shop was selling women’s handbags and shoes rather than books
Looking around the street, Frank realised that the people he could see were dressed in the fashions from the 1940’s but strangely a young woman in her 20’s walked past him with a popular brand named handbag. This reassured him that he was partially in 1996; he smiled at the girl as she walked past and entered ‘Cripps’.
