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Optical illusions and perception

23rd September 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes General, Stuff paranormal investigators need to know. 1557 views. 0

Optical illusions show us how easily our minds can be fooled into seeing only one side of the picture. What we see is often not the entire truth. Let's look at optical illusions and how we perceive reality and why this is important to understand when it comes to the paranormal.

LLIFS Resource Directory: The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang (1897)

26th August 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes General, Paranormal Book Club. 715 views. 0

The highlight of the LLIFS Resource Directory this week is The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, by Andrew Lang. Published in 1897, it is a retelling of 78 ghostly encounters.

The chair, the door and the ghost?

20th August 2023 Reading Time: 8 minutes General, Paranormal Investigation, Strange and Unusual. 1604 views. 0

When the ghosts don’t want you in a room so they barricade the door with a chair ????‍♀️ This is a weird experience I had at Black Rock involving a chair and a door. Paranormal or not, it was weird but just what I needed to regain a spark and maybe that was the point all along!

Will HADAR be the next big thing in paranormal investigating?

12th August 2023 Reading Time: 5 minutes General, Paranormal Theories, Paranormal Equipment. 1856 views. 1

IR Cameras, Thermal cameras and now LiDAR are all technology paranormal investigators use to try and map figures in the dark. Will HADAR (Heat-Assisted Detection And Ranging) be the next big thing in this area?

Pop Culture Tarot decks to get excited about in 2023

11th August 2023 Reading Time: 9 minutes General, Tarot Review. 616 views. 0

From Marvel to Ghostbusters, here are some new tarot deck releases from your favourite movies and tv shows!

Ghosts Of The Past: Melbourne's Springheeled Jack

5th August 2023 Reading Time: 4 minutes Ghosts Of The Past, General. 1343 views. 0

In this series, I take a look at some historical accounts of ghostly encounters published in newspapers. In this edition, we look at claims of a potential poltergeist in Melbourne who bared a resemblance to the infamous Springheeled Jack! It became such a sensation that the local press bombarded the area all wanting a glimpse or to experience the rappings of Springheeled Jack.

The moon and the paranormal

2nd August 2023 Reading Time: 11 minutes General, Paranormal Theories. 3068 views. 0

Is there a connection between the moon and the paranormal? I look at the myth surrounding the moon as well as various theories that also connect it to paranormal activity.

Houdini the star ghost breaker talks about spirits

28th July 2023 Reading Time: 12 minutes General, Ghosts Of The Past, Harry Houdini. 1059 views. 0

An insightful interview was published with Harry Houdini who talks of his belief in the afterlife, and his belief in his failure to find evidence of it. After all of the deception he exposed, he was still hopeful that one day he would find true evidence of the afterlife, but was it right in front of him all along?

A personal milestone reminds me why researching the paranormal is so important to me

24th July 2023 Reading Time: 8 minutes General. 1407 views. 2

This post is a little different to the norm and gets a little personal. It is a little insight into why researching the paranormal has been such an important and big part of my life in recent years.

LLIFS Resource Directory New Additions July 2023

18th July 2023 Reading Time: 2 minutes General, Paranormal Book Club. 666 views. 0

Here are the newest additions to the LLIFS Resource Directory for July 2023