From: To: Subject: [IGHS] Newsletter, June 20, 2004 San Antonio, Texas Date: Sunday, June 20, 2004 3:39 PM ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Remove Link To Unsubscribe from Newsletter: Click on Reply To or send email to ighs-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com for an automatic removal from this newsletter. Mission Statement: The Ghostweb is the official Web Site of the International Ghost Hunters Society. Membership in the IGHS is always FREE. The IGHS is dedicated and committed to the research, documentation, education, and investigation of ghostly phenomena recorded through EVP, digital, film and video photography. The IGHS is a society of ghost believers, ghost hunters, and ghost researchers with over 14,000 members in 87 countries worldwide. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ International Ghost Hunters Society Newsletter June 20, 2004 from San Antonio, Texas Dr. Dave’s Notes: Happy Father's Day to all you fathers out in cyberland. Sharon and I are exhausted from the whirlwind activities that surrounded our Alamo Ghost Conference that ended Saturday night. The Friday night Inner Circle Investigation was planned and managed by Rene Bleys and was a blazing success. We could not believe the number of cemeteries that seem to go on forever. We traveled down one lane in this cemetery named Jeff Davis and passed the section for the Confederate soldiers laid to rest. We bid farewell to William Fink, founder of the Louisiana Ghost Hunters Society who had a 12 hour drive ahead of him. Sharon will be sharing her thoughts on the conference in our next issue. Our Ghost Conference was a sell out, yes, almost a week before the event, we sold out and still had people show up at the door wanting to attend. It was a wonderful spirit that filled the conference room yesterday; strangers came together and departed as friends. These friendships last through the years. We only have speakers who follow the standards and protocols of the International Ghost Hunters Society. Our events provide excellent opportunities for networking with other professionals in this field. For example, one of those attending was a psychologist at a local university. We chatted about how important positive thinking is for everything we do in life. Later we crossed paths during the investigations of the San Antonio Missions. During our conversation, he shared his experiences being regressed in a Past Life Regression. He wanted to know more about the IGHS and the work we do with teaching people about life after death. Those members staying in the Menger Hotel had an extra special treat with visits from the ghosts that haunt this old historical hotel. One member awakened from a sound sleep when someone started tugging on her hand, attempting to pull her from her bed. Many of the members staying at the Menger had ghostly experiences. During the morning sessions, Ernesto Malacara shared the haunted history of the Menger Hotel and his personal experiences of things that go bump in the night. Ernesto is the Director of Public Relations for the hotel. We had lunch with him and he shared more insights into the phantoms that walk the hallways of the Menger Hotel. After the morning session ended, Rene Bleys took some digital photos of Ernesto. In one of digital photos, ectoplasmic vapor was visible. Apparently, at least one or more ghosts had attended the morning sessions. It seems only right that ghosts should attend our ghost conference. Many Texas ghost clubs had representatives attending our conference, from such cities as El Paso, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. We had two representatives from the American Paranormal Society based in Johnstown, PA attend. Nancy Coplin, founder of the American Paranormal Society, and Debbie Harris investigated the Menger Hotel into the wee hours of the morning with Debbie capturing an interesting anomaly in the Garden area. Debbie had charged all of her batteries before flying into San Antonio, but once she arrived at the haunted Menger, all of her camera batteries were dead as a door nail. Debbie also experienced the dampening effects from being within a paranormal field that we have talked about over the years. We spoke about the White Tunnel myth where those who have had NDE observe a white light or tunnel at the time of death, but our research and field investigations suggest this is a myth. The white tunnel seems to appear only to those who will return to the land of the living. We shared examples of parallel dimensions that overlapped into our dimension. We teach that perhaps not all ghosts are ghosts; some apparitions may be resident in a parallel dimension that is overlapping into our dimension. We shared the importance of ghost hunting during peak lunar cycles, which offers the strongest geomagnetic field conditions for ghost activity. We discussed that cold spots that indicate the presence of a ghost and how they can benefit us. We were the first to teach that old cemeteries offered dimensional portals. We talked about how none of the ghost voice recordings have ever mentioned a heaven and hell when they made the transition from life to life after death. We shared some great ghost voices that we have collected from across these United States. Etheric voices from the Gettysburg Battlefield to Eureka Springs, Arkansas and from Jacksonville, Oregon to the ghost towns of Nevada and Arizona. We have found that so many non-IGHS ghost clubs ignore the importance of the emotions expressed in ghost voices. It is those emotions that are the anchors and thus preventing the spirits from moving onward. Negative emotions act as anchors that prevent us from evolving. We can deny that we have negative emotional issues, but our denial does not remove those impending anchors. We teach that now is the time to rid ourselves of emotional baggage, we need to learn to forgive, forget, and move on with life. We listened to some of the haunted hotels in and around San Antonio from Martin Leal, who also owns the local Ghost Walking Tour. He shared his aura goggles so conference members could experience this new device. William Fink, founder of the Louisiana Ghost Hunters Society shared his remarkable video of dematerialization and of the shadow people captured in a haunted theater in New Orleans. Rene Bleys shared his experiences of in a haunted hotel. We listened to a tape recording of strange noises coming from his empty room. Apparently, someone had killed himself with a revolver, perhaps playing Russian Roulette and the sounds are the revolver hammer fell on empty chambers. Digital Ghost Photography Handbook: Are you confused about orbs? What are dust orbs and how do they relate to real ghost orbs? Read our 20 page thermal bound book or download the PDF book and discover how digital photography is the wave of the future. We have been using digital since 1994 and we share with the reader, which are the best digital cameras on the market today. We also share what to look for when purchasing a digital camera and provide some protocols to avoid falling into the dust orb trap. Check it out at http://www.ghostweb.com/booklet2.html. How to Record and Analyze Ghost Voices: Traditional techniques for recording ghost voices are outdated and far less successful. Sharon and I have an accumulated 28 years of experience in ghost research and in evaluating ghost tools for field investigations. Along the way, we have discovered many hidden techniques that enable us to be tremendously successful in recording the voices of the dead. Our new book will disclose our time tested techniques in a step by step procedure that is easy to understand and to apply. Check out the book at http://www.ghostweb.com/booklet.html We ship via Priority Mail through the Post Office, not the slow boat to China known as Media Mail that takes several weeks to arrive at an address. CD Version Home Study Courses: We offer the CD version is for PC computers using Wins95, Wins98, WindowsMe, and WindowsXP. The added features of this CD version, includes color photographs of spiritual orbs, spirit energy ectoplasm, a full body apparition and samples of ordinary airborne dust particles we call dust orbs that fool so many people. The separate Photo Analysis CD is now a part of the CD version. In addition, a printed copy can be made from CD, as in the printed version. We pay the shipping charges for Priority Mail in the USA, International Air Mail to Canada and for an extra ten dollars, we will ship it by Global Priority Mail to Europe and Asia. More information is available at http://www.ghostweb.com/mainhsc.html Fulfill your dreams: Magic Dimensions We all have dreams that we wished that could be our reality, but we do not know how to make that wish come true for us. In our book, we teach about the magic of having your dreams fulfilled. We show the reader how to open a doorway for a new reality where your dream will come true. Many claim this process is a miracle, but Quantum Mechanics teaches us that our miracles are simply an application of this weird science. Out book can show you how to create that miracle! We share with the reader the magical techniques that create the miracle we seek after in life. Magic Dimensions may be one of the most important books that will change your life. Visit our web site at http://www.ghostweb.com/magic1.html for more info on ordering the book. The ISBN number is 0-595-22032-0 and can be ordered from any bookstore or online at major dot.com bookstores. Life Time IGHS Member Certificate: Instead of renewing every year, IGHS members can now purchase a Life Time Membership for $60 or a Life Time Membership and Life Time Clip ID Badge for $75. This is available through PayPal and through our online Secure Order Form at http://www.ghostweb.com/memcert.html. IGHS ID Badges for Investigations: We have received many requests for some kind of Identification Badge to wear while conducting field investigations. We have created a laminated ID Badge with a metal clip that snaps onto your shirt or other piece of clothing. It says that you are a Registered Ghost Hunter/Paranormal Investigator in good standing with the International Ghost Hunters Society and it has our signatures and web address. Order the ID Badge at http://www.ghostweb.com/id_badge.html. Password Memberships: We offer a special membership in our Ghostweb Ghost Galleries. Due to the size of these ghost galleries, we have to limit the number of people because of the bandwidth consumed by downloading the photos, spirit voices, and ghost videos in this area. If you want to view over 9,000 ghost photos, EVPs, and videos, check out our membership program at http://www.ghostweb.com/pass.html. IGHS Membership Certificates: The IGHS offers a beautiful Membership Certificate. The membership certificate is valid for one year Check it out at http://www.ghostweb.com/memcert.html for more information. Kind regards, Dave, Sharon & BooBoo International Ghost Hunters Society Copyrighted 2004 by Dr. Dave Oester All Rights Reserved. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don't miss our next book, it is spooky! American Hauntings Investigated, due out in bookstores in August 2004 Alamo Ghost Conference -- June 19, 2004 -- San Antonio, Texas http://www.ghostweb.com/alamo1.html Dave Oester, Ph.D., DD. Sharon Gill, Ph.D., International Ghost Hunters Society 713 W Spruce, PMB 715 Deming, NM 88030 Web URL: http://www.ghostweb.com/ Email: MagicDimensions@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~