THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
THE GHOSTS OF THE PAST, SPEAK TO ALL WHO LISTEN...
Years before I became a practicing astrologer and occult columnist, my first foray into the “strange and unusual” was through my deep fascination with ghosts. Ever since I can remember, I’ve been enchanted by the spirit world: I read every collection of scary stories I could get my hands on, hosted a séance for my …
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The Hungry Ghost Festival is over and for the new foreign students studying in Singapore, you might be confused about what was happening. The Chinese have Hungry Ghost Festival (also known as Zhong Yuan Jie in Chinese), which is likened to Halloween of the Americans. This is the time where the Chinese believes that the …
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Can kids see ghosts? Not necessarily, but children with a phobia of ghosts can sense them everywhere — in creaking floors, shadows cast by trees and the odd aches of a home. For these children, ghosts are real, and therefore their fear of ghosts is real too. Children seeing ghosts see them because, well, that’s …
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Have you ever seen a ghost? Many of us have weird sensations about seeing shadows or shapes out of the corner of our eye, only for them to disappear when we turn to look. And while you may be one of those people who is not afraid of such a paranormal experience, did you ever …
Are ghouls real? That depends. Current science can’t prove that there are spirits walking through walls or screaming below floorboards. Our spooky sightings, however, have certainly felt real. Humans have been spotting specters for as long as we’ve been around, and to some degree we can explain why. These seven mental and physical factors can …
Sometimes I spot a flock of birds, departing in mass from the branches of a barren winter tree. It always feels like a sad event to me. Where once the birds seemed to provide warmth and company to the tree, now they are gone. Like departing souls of those we have loved and lost. The …
The Hungry Ghost Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month every year, is landing on August 22 this year. As the gates of the underworld open up, spirits and ghouls of the departed escape and roam the earth. Since the vast majority of us are looking to enjoy the day’s …
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It is widely known and accepted that people are afraid of ghosts. But what do ghosts themselves feel? Are they sad that they died? Do they enjoy scaring us? The field of ghost emotions (also known as “adfectuspirituality” or “psychological heebiejeebism”) is arguably one of the fastest growing disciplines in psychology today. Emotion laboratories worldwide, …
It was in June 1998. A group of NSmen from Bedok Police Station decided on a trekking expedition up Mount Ophir. We heard of stories of the mythical beings of Gunung Ledang e.g. The Princess of Gunung Ledang whose beauty mesmerises men into falling in love with her and join her into the immortal world …
It was on a thursday that my friends and i went for camp..[Well, we guys calls it TONNING..] It did happened previously that its still vivid in my mind… We arrived in the early afternoon as we took a bum boat to Ubin.. We were all glad that we arrived safely. Suddenly, one of my …