Illuminati

ILLUMINATI

The Illuminati (plural of Latin illuminatus, "enlightened") is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, the name usually refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-era secret society founded on 1 May 1776. The society's goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life and abuses of state power. "The order of the day," they wrote in their general statutes, "is to put an end to the machinations of the purveyors of injustice, to control them without dominating them".^[1] The Illuminati—along with Freemasonry and other secret societies—were outlawed through edict, by the Bavarian ruler, Charles Theodore, with the encouragement of the Roman Catholic Church, in 1784, 1785, 1787 and 1790.^[2] In the several years following, the group was vilified by conservative and religious critics who claimed that they continued underground and were responsible for the French Revolution .

This organization’s goal was to spread the ideals of Enlightenment among like-minded individuals. It was not until April 1778 that the order became the Illuminatenorden, or Order of Illuminati, after Weishaupt had seriously contemplated the Bee order.^[11] During this early period, the order had three grades of Novice, Minerval, and Illuminated Minerval, of which only the Minerval grade involved a complicated ceremony. In this the candidate was given secret signs and a password. A system of mutual espionage kept Weishaupt informed of the activities and character of all his members, his favorites becoming members of the ruling council, or Areopagus. Some novices were permitted to recruit, becoming Insinuants. Christians of good character were expected, with Jews and Pagans specifically excluded, along with women, monks, and members of other secret societies. Favored candidates were rich, docile, willing to learn, and aged 18–30.^[12][13] (SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA).

It is interesting to note that the illuminati had close contacts with freemasonry and wanted to exploit the knowledge of the masons to their advantage. For this purpose the founder of the illuminati, Weishaupt, joined the masons to know more about them. He was not able to succeed in his mission as the masons were dire secretive and kept their knowledge in a small circle. The main motto behind the illuminati is “trust no one”.

The goal of illuminati is a step towards a positive growth. But is that all? Their way of operation and their want of power and absolute knowledge is frightening. People claim that all over the world the members of the illuminati occupy powerful positions. Everything contains some link or logic, maybe these type of secret organizations are the reason behind our national policies, Whatever be it one thing is sure as given in this quote:

“BEAUTY MIGHT BE DANGEROUS BUT INTELLIGENCE IS LETHAL”

Intelligence coupled with power can either be good or bad. Let’s hope the good is more.

 Post by: Shruthi Ramadurai.

POLTERGEIST

German for " noisy ghost," a poltergeist is a supernatural spirit that makes noise. Poltergeists move furniture, bang on walls and doors, and break things to make their presence known.
In some cases poltergeists can be quite aggressive, hurling objects through the air and striking people. Poltergeists often visit séances, and have lately been active as movie and TV villains, such as in the 1982 movie Poltergeist. But, only the more spiritually strong poltergeists can do this, for being able to solidify or materialize yourself enough to make contact with the material world takes a lot of energy.

Poltergeists are also famous for their ability to posses a body of a mortal, or immortal. They do this usually when the person is asleep, simply because it is a simpler process. Such process varies from each ghost to the next, but for the common single branch poltergeist, or poltergeist often seen as an orb of blob, this is done by making the form of the sleepers heart, and resting on it perfectly, like a stencil to a drawing. Another form of the multibodied poltergeist, or poltergeists with limbs and extra-torso body parts, for example, human, you must lay on the sleepers body and get it perfectly lined up.

Poltergeists can come in many forms, including anamorphic animals, or animals besides humans. One more common form is the litesch poltergeist, or living poltergeist. An example of this would be a witch whom has preformed a spell that makes them able to live for the amount of lives that their true lucky number is. 


This is often called immortality. Everytime they die, they need a new body. Litesch poltergeists aren't a living form, and have the freedom to leave a body when they wish, and unless you left because the body died, not use up a life, and also to never enter a body. While doing this you can only touch or interact with other ghostly figures or objects.
Source:https://en.wikipedia.org/

A term used to describe a supposed spirit or ghost that manifests itself by moving and influencing inanimate objects.
Reports of poltergeist activity typically feature heavily on raps, bumps, thumps, knocks, footsteps and bed-shaking, all without a discernible point of original or physical reason for occurrence. Many accounts also detail objects being thrown about the room, furniture being moved, and even people being levitated.

I personally  don't believe in all these things, But yet it scares me.....

I have personally experienced it in my kitchen ,but finally it was my cat's work...

Posted by :S.Divya

The 'Crying Boy'

The history behind the painting of the ‘Crying Boy’

To start with, the ‘crying boy’ painting is basically a portrait of a small boy crying with his lips puckered up. This painting was by artist Bruno Amadio. The ‘crying boy’ painting was very famous and popular in the 1980s era, where several copies of this ‘crying boy’ painting was issued and put for sale. A lot of people actually came forward to buy this portrait for some reasons that we are quite unclear of, because first of all, painting were supposed to make people happy when they look at it, not give them the creeps. Everything was going well and smooth till one day a strange incident happened which then caused everyone to believe that the ‘crying boy’ painting was cursed and brought bad luck upon people who owned this painting. Ron and May was a couple who happened to own this painting where they have hung it on the walls of their home. Unfortunately, a fire broke out in the couple’s kitchen and the inferno soon spread throughout the entire house. All things in their house caught fire and started burning. What was unsettling here was the ‘crying boy’ painting, where when the whole house was in flames, the ‘crying boy’ painting was completely untouched by the fire, while every other thing in the house was turning into ashes. After that creepy incident, many people have claimed that their house too have caught fire with the ‘crying boy’ painting being unscathed by the fire. Since then, the painting has been seen as a bad omen by many. The story behind the sinister painting is as follows, where Bruno Amadio has adopted a boy named Don Bonillo, who was orphaned when both his parents were burnt to death before his very own eyes. A priest has actually advised the painter not to adopt this boy with a very sad background as this boy was believed to be cursed, for some unknown reasons. But the painter went ahead by bringing Don Bonillo to his house. After a period of time, Bruno Amadio’s house caught fire and without a second thought, he blamed the boy for the mishap that has happened and chased that boy away from his home. After that, no one has ever heard of that boy again. Incidents of fires breaking out in homes that have the ‘crying boy’ painting became extremely frequent and common, that this issue eventually made its way to become the headlines of the  British newspaper named ‘The Sun’. Till date, no one has ever had the guts to hang the cursed painting of the ‘crying boy’ in their homes. (Source: http://www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/the-curse-of-the-crying-boys)

My personal take on this entire case is that all these claims of fire break outs solely due to the existence of the painting in their homes is false because scientifically, you need a reason for something to catch fire. Fires might have broken out due the carelessness of the people. The reason why the ‘crying boy’ picture was unaffected by the fire maybe because the frames of the paintings issued by the company that sells these paintings might have a lacquer coating that could be fireproof or the canvas could be fire resistant. Just because people blamed the painting for fire accidents in their homes, arsonists might have used this opportunity to set fires to homes and put the blame on the painting. Unless one of us is crazy enough to buy this painting and hang it on our walls… let’s wait and watch!

Post by: Sujani Ganesan

A paranormal encounter in my life

  From where can I begin .. I was a person who dint believe in ghosts spirits zombies anything related with horror.
  but me writing article of my own experiences amazes me till date




This incident happened when I was 17 years old I was off to a vacation with my parents to my hometown I seriously didn't know what the  people were doing there that  place was new to me it was practically a village and everyone din have  access to  technology I was really excited to be there My dad had planned to be there for around 2 months cause it was my summer holidays  and he wanted to spend it there i was very friendly with elders and mostly with the people who were living around  I am mostly a night person I can be awake till 5 in morning so I  have no habit of sleeping early


So after the dinner, my whole family and villagers out there  sat out for a small chitchat and there came a discussion about paranormal stuff
There an old lady she must be mostly in her 50s she told that the place which we are staying is haunted.





She told us that a girl in her mid-20s had committed suicide years ago in the same place  as  she went on with her story stating that the young girls' name was Lakshmi and she was loving a boy called Krishna and they loved each other for a very long time  her father got to know about the love issue  and has refused to give  consent to their marriage due to some caste issues
Hearing this the girl  with a lot of grief has  hanged herself.


As I was hearing, this I was not  scared at all cause mostly in movies I've heard a lot of stories like this.
When this thing came to the limelight was when everyone in the house had gone to sleep I was sitting with my book reading a nice romantic novel
It was around 3 30 and I was sitting and while I was reading I heard a faint anklet noise coming through the window once i heard it I didn't give much thought and the second time it was kind of coming closer and this time with the anklet noise came strong stench out of nowhere it was really bad really felt dizzy  i seriously couldn't breath and i was scared i really didn't  know what to do my hands got  cold  and that noise i heard was  unique and i hope i don't hear it anymore for others this might be a story but for me it was an...



                                              EXPERIENCE THAT AS GOT NO PARALLEL


                                                                                                                         by Amritha Devi 

Number of the beast

NUMBER OF THE BEAST

 

Introduction:

The Number of the Beast (Greek: Ἀριθμὸς τοῦ θηρίου, ArithmostouThēriou) is a term in the Book of Revelation, of the New Testament, that is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13.^[1] In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible, the number of the beast is 666. In critical editions of the Greek text, such as the NovumTestamentumGraece, it is noted that 616 is a variant.

 

Interpretations:

Ø Idealist  View :

Idealism, also known as the allegorical or symbolic approach, is an interpretation of the book of Revelation that sees the imagery of the book as non-literal symbols.^[49]

The idealist perspective on the number of the beast rejects gematria, envisioning the number not as a code to be broken, but a symbol to be understood. Idealists would contend that because there are so many names that can come to 666 and that most systems require converting names to other languages or adding titles when convenient, it has been impossible to come to a consensus. Given that numbers are used figuratively throughout the book of Revelation, idealists interpret this number figuratively as well. The common suggestion is that because seven is a number of completeness and is associated with the divine, that six is incomplete and the three sixes are "inherently incomplete".The number is therefore suggestive that the Dragon and his beasts are completely inadequate. Another suggestion is that this number represents an individual's incomplete or immature spiritual state.

Ø Futurist  View :

A futurist view of the Mark of the Beast is that the rise of a supranational currency (for example, the euro, even though this is the currency used by the Vatican) could be a hallmark of the End Times and that the mark of the beast will be a sign on the forehead or on the right hand.^[52] Futurists (focused on the future) believe that the revelation addresses primarily the Second Coming of Christ and similar events at the time's end. Although many do find truth in these general assertions, this view does not take into account all historical views.

Religious difficulties with a world currency currently exist. According to the Futurist view, to overcome the extant difficulties the Antichrist will use forced religious syncretism (i.e. in the name of counterterrorism and world economic stability) to enable the creation of the currency. Some interpret the mark as a requirement for all commerce to mean that the mark might actually be an object with the function of a credit card, such as RFID microchip implants. In Christianity, some believe the implantation of chips may be the imprinting of the Mark of the Beast, prophesied to be a requirement for all trade, and a precursor to the events of the second half of the Book of Revelation.

There are other interpretations too for this “Number of Beasts”- Identification by Gematria,Mark of the Beast-Preterist view,Historist view,Numerical Significance.

(Source-Wikipedia)

     I personally believe that these superstitions are not to be taken seriously in this 21^st century.Discriminating a number,and claiming it as evil is not to be appreciated. There are many other beliefs and theories about “Evil Numbers” in many cultures,say for example the number 8 in India is considered to be bad based on numerological claims.                        Blindly believing in these theories is rather irrational and will also impact the future generation’s perspective about numbers and their usages.Also,people are quick to blame numbers or some elements,by calling it evil,rather than owning it up to themselves. They also believe in these auspicious dates and days because of which they totally forget how to live their life peacefully.Any date(number) can be good or  bad depending on our action.It’s high time to eliminate these ideas and move on become a more open and forward-thinking society.

POSTED BY: Akshaya.K.S.

Zombie Apocalypse

ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

A Zombie is a fictional undead being created through the re-animation of a human corpse. They’re typically dead bodies that move, they don’t have souls the way  ghosts do. They  are mostly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from the Haitian folklore, where a zombie is a dead body re-animated through various methods, most commonly, magic. Modern depictions of zombies, however do not involve magic, but often invoke science fictional methods such as radiation, mental diseases, viruses, scientific accidents, etc., (source: Wikipedia).

Now you might ask what zombies have got to do with an apocalypse..  or is it even possible for us to invoke the dead..  well, the former is the subject matter of this post..  Whereas the latter is a matter of personal opinion.

With so many theories about zombies making rounds, one of the most popular theory is that there will come a stage where the undead rise from their cemetery and take over the world as we know. They want nothing but our brains.. Scary huh? Well, for the skeptic in you to believe this notion, continue reading..

Wade Davis, a Harvard ethnobotanist, presented a pharmacological case for the zombies in a 1983 paper in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology. He travelled to Haiti (the birthplace of zombie claims) in 1982 and as a result of his investigations, claimed that a living person can be turned into a zombie by two special powders being introduced into the blood stream (through a wound). These powders were said to induce a death-like state in which the will of the victim would be subjected to that of the bokor. The process described by Davis was an initial state of death-like suspended animation, followed by re-awakening-typically after being buried- into a psychotic state. While, some rationales claim that , mentally ill people (schizophrenics) wandering  near graves were considered as zombies by the locals and slowly the legend around the zombies and their invasion started to spread like wild fire.

In India, according to Hindu mythology, we have an equal to zombie, called the vetala. They are claimed to kill children, cause miscarriages, and harass the living. These creatures have an awareness
of the past, present and future and are often the slaves of sorcerers. They can be dispatched by reciting holy mantra and performing the funeral rites of the dead.(source: fandom).

While this concept may not be in your best taste, we can’t rule out this possibility altogether. For years, through different religions and cultures, we are warned that an apocalypse is fast approaching. This apocalypse (or the end) can come through any means and zombies are not an exception to this theory of world’s end. The fear of the unknown is what keeps us to worry about these bizarre situations. Contemplating a theory this weird is sure a talent reserved to the human brain. Claiming that we have civilized and all that, there are still people who are preparing  for the zombie apocalypse. Also, given that corpses are buried in a tuxedo or a long gown, zombie apocalypse will be a formal event.Funny as it might sound, am sure some of you are getting your backpacks ready.  Just in case.. ;)

Mine is ready…

Post by: Shruthi Ramadurai.

What is a Ouija Board?

                                                     Today it's a paranormal communication device currently marketed and sold by Hasbro as a board game. Historically, it's a method for talking with the dead. Where does this come from? The ancient Chinese as a form of automatic writing starting over 900 years ago.
The modern Ouija uses a board with letters to spell out words, Yes/No for direct questions and even numbers. It uses a Planchette device (the pointer shaped like an upside-down heart) to communicate.
The modern board also has a dark reputation linked with possession, violence and even death. How much of that is true and how much is paranoia?
Some of that paranoia started with the movie The Exorcist: the story of a young girl being possessed by a demon. The movie shows the possession starting with the girl using a Ouija alone. The movie itself was fiction, but is based on a true story.
What happened in The Exorcist is not true, but the Ouija is not without danger, such as...

NEGATIVE ENERGY :
                               It's a focal point of energy from a group of people. This creates a buildup, all of which is not nice and positive that can build up and take over a session. Whether from the ghosts who carry it, like chains behind Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol, or from a person in the group who had a stressful day.
But what is clear, the Ouija Board is not a tool of the devil, but instead a communication device that has it's roots in the most ancient methods of energy manipulation, giving us a better understanding of the "other side".

THE BIG 3 RULES OF OUIJA:
                                                                              These are the top 3 rules that have protected me over the years. They encompass many different factors and are the root safe communication.

   1 . BE SERIOUS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GAME 
                                                                              Being in a serious mood ensures your natural             psychic defenses are turned while you're talking to the dead. You are ready for negative energy, naturally closing yourself off to it, and protecting yourself  from it.


   2 . ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE AT THE END 
                                                                           Mischievous or negative ghosts will refuse to say Goodbye. This is like  a stubborn child refusing to leave the store until you get them candy.             You take the kid out of the store just like you put the planchette  down to Goodbye. This ends the session and sets your mind to shutting that door opened from the other side.


  3 . NEVER USE THE OUIJA BOARD IN YOUR HOME
                                                                                                  The negative energy from bad ghosts can affect you. You're at rest and want to feel comfortable in your home, a place where you're most vulnerable. The last thing you want is negative energy swirling about, affecting your mood, causing problems in your family, and nightmares while you sleep.


HOW TO START COMMUNICATION ?

• Be in a quiet room without disturbance
• The Ouija session should not be interrupted because breaking concentration can cause delays and negative energy.
• Be comfortable
• Be seated at a square or rectangular table where the Ouija Board so you don't have to lean or bend your arms at awkward angles.
• If the Planchette doesn't move ~ try luring a spirit with the following…
• “Spirit, this is a safe place." or "Is there a spirit out there with a message for somebody at this table?" 
• If still nothing, switch roles! Try changing switching the Leader with an Energizer.

WHO ARE YOU SPIRIT?

Once the Planchette is moving, here are some things you could ask...

1.           The spirit's name
2.           The spirit's age when he / she died
3.           The spirit's gender
4.           What year they died in
5.           How they died
6.           Do they have a message for someone in the group, or someone connected to the group
7.           Or, is there anything they want to say or request from the living
8.           Or anything else you think might be important. A Ouija Board session is like a great                     conversation. Pretend to be  Larry King or George Stroumboulopoulos, but with dead                 people.

CLOSING THE BOARD :

Remember Rule #2, always say Goodbye!
What happens if you fail to close the door? Something negative might come through. Hopefully you never know the feeling of drawing a strong negative energy into your space.
A perfect example is what happened to me at the old James Street haunted shop in Hamilton.


JAMES STREET SHOP EXPERIENCE :

There were three of us in the old shop on James Street South in Hamilton when we decided to contact the dead. Sitting at a small round table in the middle of the shop floor with our homemade Ouija Board, we set out to contact the resident ghost.
Her name was Elizabeth, and she made herself known to multiple psychics. They said she didn’t like us in her home and was causing negative energy to drive us away.
We wanted to learn more and knew the Ouija Board was our best bet.
The old woman eventually came through. We asked, "Do you want us to leave?", and the planchette stopped. The board didn't respond, however the room did.
We started feeling very strange, like the air was heavy and hard to breath. Something was watching us from the empty psychic parlour, from the backroom, and in every dark corner.
The feeling of dread was so uncomfortable we decided to end the session by forcing the still Planchette to 'Goodbye' and quickly leaving the shop.
The next day the shop felt normal again.
If this happens to you...
Force the Planchette to Goodbye
Take it off the board which will break the connection
Remain calm, and make sure the team is also calm
The best method is to be proactive. If a spirit is getting angry or insulting (swearing or threatening) … END THE SESSION.
Saying goodbye before the negative spirit gets up a head of steam will usually work.ALWAYS FOCUS!
The ghosts being summoned are working through your team's energy. Focus is important. If one person is not focused and calm, then the message(s) could be slow and confusing. Focus on the energy that's moving the Planchette and nothing else............(source:wikipedia)


                             My personal take on OUIJA BOARD is that  it's really kind of hard to say. The board itself is just a board with a planchette. It's you that makes the board work. There are two schools of thought on this subject. The first is that the board strictly works through ideomotor response which means your deep subconscious controls the movements of the planchette and its subsequent responses. Many believe this is the full extent of the board's so-called power.

Blog posted by :  S.DIVYA

The concept of Exorcism and the Case study of Exorcism of Anneliese Michel

Exorcism what does it mean  ? Ans who's an exorcist ?  Here's the answer for it !

An exorcism is nothing but driving out the evil entity or demonic possession from a person or a thing ! 

For doing an exorcism the priest should be trained (ie) all priests cannot perform exorcism  not every family go for exorcism

For performing an exorcism the victim should have physical strength and usually it's believed that an exorcism done at the right time will drive out the evil entity 

There are three types Exorcism 

• Baptismal exorcism is blessing an infant prior to baptism to cleanse it of the evil resulting of the original sin 
• Simple exorcism blessing a place or thing with evil  influence 
• Real exorcism performing a rite of exorcism (ie) to get of demoniacal possession from a human being there these are the three types of exorcisms 

Anneliese Michel  in this case anneliese had died at the end of the exorcism.

She had experienced epileptic seizures. 

She was depressed and she was treated  at a psychiatric hospital  she was just sixteen years old and the first thing she experienced was something pinning down her bed and she started hearing noises 

Her family had convinced that she has been possessed by a demon  they asked many priests, to Perform the rite of exorcism but most of them neglected  

She had intense dislike religious objects and she was unable to lead a normal life she physically and mentally  displayed aggression. 

By eating insects and drank her own urine after that she had given a mood stabilizer and was prescribed anti psychotic drugs . 

Priest Alt said that she din look like she had seizures , due to medical condition and Arnold Renz a priest started to do the rite of exorcism he dis over 67 exorcisms on her and at last stage of her life she just weighed 68 pounds 

She died on 1976 after she died lot of questions has risen there were different perspective of this case (i.e.) 

She might have died by not given proper medical treatment , if she had given one she would have been saved a week before her death 

Anneliese Michel - Wikipedia

 My personal take on the Rite of exorcism and especially this case of anneliese is that I partially believe her story and I have personally,  seen how an exorcism is done so I strongly believe the concept of exorcism and in the case of anneliese iam  surprised  by studying the whole case it's making me think from the different of view what if anneliese could have overcome the demonic possession if just few more exorcisms had done on her just because she wasn't physically strong to undergo the process she did not survive the whole process 

Iam thinking  from a religious point of view, 

She might have died because God wanted to liberate her soul and set her free and therefore this is my opinion on exorcism and the case of Anneliese  !! Do you believe in these kinds concepts ?

                                                                                         Posted by : Amritha devi

                       

Island of Dolls

 Island of dolls, Mexico

Mexico is a tourist attraction for many around the world. It is famous for its nachos, Mexican grills and the list goes on and on. However, I do doubt that many of us are unaware of an island that exists in Mexico and it is called the Island of Dolls. Located in Xochimico, Mexico, the Island of Dolls, also known as Isla de Las Munecas is situated. It is said to be located on top of a floating bay. The sight of this island itself is extremely sinister and creepy, with dolls hanging everywhere without hands and legs. The island used to have a caretaker in the name of Don Julian Santana Barrera. People believe that the birth of the island was due to an incident that happened, where a girl on the island died by drowning in the water surrounding the island. Julian had tried to save the girl’s life, but failed. After the girl’s death, Julian had found a doll floating on the bay of the island. Assuming that the floating doll belonged to the dead girl, Julian had taken the doll and had tied it to one of the trees in the island. When visitors of that island spoke to Julian about it, they thought that Julian was possessed by the dead girl’s spirit which was why he had begun to tie more dolls to the trees in that area. People whom have interacted with Julian have said that Julian was very guilty about the fact that he wasn’t able to save the girl’s life. What was most spine-chilling was the death of Julian after some time, at the same spot where the girl had drowned. Since then, many people have been to this island and have tied countless dolls to the trees to the extent where in present day, the dolls look like a string of ‘decorative’ items on the trees. Many have also claimed that they have actually seen the eyes of the dolls moving and have even heard the dolls talking to each other. Now, this island is open to tourists as a tourist attraction. (source:http://www.isladelasmunecas.com/)

After analyzing the history of the Island of Dolls, my personal take on this is that all the stories of a girl’s spirit haunting the place is false, where what might have really happened is that a person living nearby the area might have some old, broken dolls that were no longer used by the children and having no idea on how to dispose of them, might have tied them to trees. People who came across this island may have seen these dolls and might have thought that it was some kind of custom to tie dolls to trees. This might have eventually evolved into a story involving paranormal activities and many have started spinning tales about this island. Just for the perk of it, I personally feel that paying a visit to this island might be interesting, to find out for ourselves if all the stories revolving around this strange island is really true or not. What do you think?

Blog posted by: Sujani Ganesan