F is for Footsteps

Many of us have heard them. Footsteps. In the attic. Or the next room. We could be awake or asleep. We check our surroundings and do a quick inventory of who should be in the house and where they are. You conclude everyone is accounted for. Except for whoever or whatever is making the footsteps. 

You sweep the house and check for burglars. All is well. Until you her those footsteps again. Along with hearing voices, audible sounds like footsteps are downright spooky. 

My wife is a CNA and does private duty home health care. My kids and I visit as the elderly are often lonely and enjoy the company. We've heard footsteps too many times to count in one particular house and they would always stop short of entering the room we were in. True story. More on this when I do H is for Haunted Houses. 

E is for Exorcism: If you haven't checked out my post from Monday on the A to Z blog, you can do so by Clicking Here. This was a fun post with no shortage of views in the comments.

Question: Have you ever heard footsteps? Was there a point they could come no further? What did you do?

Honorable Mention: Fairies, Faith Healing, Fallen Angels 

Tomorrow: G is for Ghost.

E is for ESP

Extra Sensory Perception: Is ESP reserved only for a few gifted individuals? Or does everyone have a special ability that goes above and beyond our five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste? 

According to a recent Gallup Poll, 3 out of 4 Americans profess at least one paranormal belief. The most popular is ESP at 41 percent followed by haunted houses at 37 percent. 

I’m a Holy Roller of sorts and believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit, three of which are Word of Knowledge, Word of Wisdom, and Discerning of Spirits. This is information provided from a source outside of my normal five senses.

I am a three-fold being of body, soul, and spirit and I receive information via my spirit that operates outside the realm of my body and its five senses. So, I have ESP. One doesn’t have to play with Ouija boards or have séances to operate in this realm. 

Finally: I’m posting over at the A to Z Blog and the topic is E is for Exorcism. Stop by and check it out by ckicking Einstein’s face toward the top of my left side bar or click the pink A to Z link above. Enjoy! 

Question: Do you believe you have ESP? If so, what type? 

Honorable Mention: Ectoplasm, Electrokinesis, Elixir, Exorcism 

Tomorrow: Footsteps

D is for Dream Communications

Dreams: Where to begin? I could blog on this topic alone for a solid year and only scratch the surface. 

As far back as we have written records, there have been accounts of unusual phenomena occurring in connection with dreams. Dream interpretation is something I find fascinating and have studied for decades. But that is a blog series for another day. 

Let’s go a bit deeper. What are the sources of dreams? Where do they come from? Within the person? God? An outside source? That bad burrito you ate before going to sleep? Ah, another blog series for another day. 

Salem's Daughters: In my upcoming book Salem’s Daughters, one of the witches possesses the ability to cause other people to not only dream, but prophecy their future. She has no idea what the dream or the future of that person is. The prophecy in the dream is revealed the next day when the person wakes up and tells it to someone else. This allows me lots of liberties with the character and plot twists and turns. 

Honorable Mentions: Demon, Déjà vu, Divination, Dragon, Doppleganger 

Monday: E is for ESP

C is for Cursing

Cursing: Just as easily as we can bless others with our words, we can also curse them. And ourselves. 

Words carry power. In the Bible, God created everything in Genesis 1:1. Then during the days that followed, He simply spoke things into being with the elements created in Genesis 1:1.

But when words are used to tear down, they find a way to lodge in people’s hearts and minds and can destroy one’s spirit and stir up hatred and violence. How often have the words been spoken, 

"You're so stupid."

"You'll never amount to anything."

"Loser." 

Words not only work on the individual level, but on a global scale. Just read the headlines or watch the news. The words people spew out of their mouths have caused riots and wars on a global scale.

Good News: "A proverb says: A curse without a cause cannot land." This is good news. So what happens to the curse if it cannot land on it's intended target? It will fall to the ground, or return to the sender. This is not good news for the sender.

Words have power depending on the level of authority the person speaking them has and how vulnerable the recipient is.We need to watch what comes out of our mouths, and guard ourselves when people say words over us. 

Honorable Mention: Cryptotheology, Cold Spots, Channeling, Clairvoyance, Conjuration

Tomorrow: D is for Dream Communication

B is for Blessing

Blessing: Everyone wants to be blessed. The basic concept here is to give or receive favor. Blessings are administered via words. Words are far more powerful than we realize. We have the ability to bless and to curse with the words that leave our mouths. 

There is a Proverb that states, “The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” 

Another Proverb states, “Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.” 

Jacob Stealing Esau's Blessing

Guard Your Blessing: Blessings are so desired that some will stoop to deception and trickery to receive another person’s blessing as with the story of Jacob and Esau in the Old Testament. 

So it is not enough to give and receive blessings. One must also guard them with diligence, as there will always be those who try to talk us out of them by telling us we’re not good enough. Or they will try to steal the blessing outright. Oh yes, they will.

Honorable Mention: Bible, Bermuda Triangle, Big Foot 

Tomorrow: C is for Cursing

A is for Alien and Insecure Writers Support Group

I keep abreast on what people believe regarding aliens. The thoughts are as diverse as the human mind can imagine. Keeping this in the context my A to Z theme of The Supernatural, there are many groups who believe the whole alien agenda is really demonic in nature. There are no aliens. The universe exists for the Earth and its inhabitants. 

It’s really demons, fallen angels, who manifest themselves throughout history as aliens visiting ancient humans. They helped civilizations of antiquity build the great pyramids of Giza, the magnificent Mayan ziggurats of Mesoamerica, the Nazca lines in Peru, and dozens others too numerous to list. 

But let’s not stop there. Meticulous and precise astronomical meanings are also associated with these amazing structures, built seemingly by ancient people with technology and tools they should not possess. Add in the incredible mathematics and the possible numerology these numbers and angles might represent ... whew! Mind blown!

According to these groups, the demonic agenda is to confuse humans into thinking we are here by reason other than a Divine design. 

IWSG: Oh, before I forget, my concern for the Insecure Writers Support Group, as it always is this time of year, keeping up on everything A to Z. As a co-host there is much to do. 

So I need to plan my days so I can get proper sleep, eat right, exercise, and be cool with the vino. Gotta be smart about this and be prepared for the long haul. Onward A to Z!

Question: What are your thoughts on aliens? Do they exist? If so, what the heck are they? 

Honorable Mention: Angel, Arch-angel, Apparition, Amulet

Tomorrow: B is for Blessing.

The Great City of Teotihuacán

Great Pyramids of Giza

Nazca Lines of Peru

My 26 Topics for A to Z

Okay folks, A to Z starts this Wednesday. Below are the 26 sub-topics of my theme The Supernatural and Paranormal. These are really fun subjects and I hope you stop by often as there is something here for everyone. 

My favorites are H is for Haunted Houses and M is for Movies and I hope you mark these two days and visit. 

Remember, the A to Z Challenge is meant to be a blessing and not a burden. Just have fun with it, pre-post as many days as you can, keep them short and simple, visit people, and hook up with them on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. Any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments. And don’t forget, Wednesday is also IWSG so don’t forget to add a little something to you A post. And good luck to you! 

A- Aliens 

B- Blessings 

C- Curses 

D- Dream Communications 

E- Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) 

F- Footsteps 

G- Ghosts 

H- Haunted Houses 

I- Illuminism 

J- Jamais vu 

K- Karma 

L- Levitation 

M- Movies 

N- Numerology 

O- Out of Body Experience 

P- Poltergeist 

Q- Quantum Physics 

R- Reincarnation 

S- Signs and Symbols 

T- Telepathy 

U- UFOs 

V- Vortex 

W- White Noise 

X- Xenoglossy 

Y- Yeti 

Z- Zombies