Philosophy
Manifested Hauntings
In 1972 eight members of the Toronto Society for Psychical Research got together with the intention to create a ghost. They created a man named “Philip” and gave him a fake history. He was born “Philip Aylesford” in 1624, he joined the military at age 15 and was knighted at age 16. He was befriended by Prince Charles (Charles I), fought for the crown in the English Civil War, worked as a secret agent for Charles II, and knew Cromwell. He had an affair with a Gypsy. His wife discovered his infidelity and accused the girl of witchcraft. The Gypsy was burned at the stake and “Philip” committed suicide at age 30 in 1654. For months they got together and attempted to communicate with this spirit they manifested. They started to get knocks and rapping and some even got mental images of their idea of Philip. What does this mean for how and what we interact with on the non-physical plane?
Well, what if you had died and you did not go back to assimilate with the whole. You came back to stay with your loved ones, but they went on with their lives not acknowledging that you were there. You no longer have the energy needed to make the journey back to the energy body, so you’re stuck here on this physical plane with no one knowing you’re here. You stick around moving from one place to the next waiting to be heard. But no one acknowledges you, they don’t interact with your energy. One day you happen upon these people who are sitting there wanting to talk to Philip Aylesford, and you’re like “this is a really good opportunity for me to interact with these people.” You attempt to interact with them as yourself, but they don’t interact with you as you because they’re doing an experiment and they want to interact with Philip Aylesford. You decide to take on the role of Philip. You put your energy into becoming the manifestation that was created. Even though the individual Philip Aylesford never existed, you borrowed the idea and the personification to allow your energy to interact with these people.
Taking that same possibility and applying it to places or things that are “haunted.” I am more open to hearing about interactions from a location that doesn’t have any lore, because the lore that comes with a location influences the interactions that one receives. If there is lore that comes with a house that says a mistress lived there, and she was a seamstress, and she made her own wedding gown, and then she died suddenly on her wedding day. Everyone who has an experience where they see a spirit dressed in a white gown, they equate it to be this mistress. It bolsters the story that is attached to that location. Any energies who want to be heard but have gone ignored over the years, step into those roles, and play that part. Because some acknowledgement is better than no acknowledgement, just like in real life. Living people do that every day. They lose who they are and become who they think others want them to be. They play the role. Why wouldn’t it also be true for spirit. When people spread the stories about a place or an object, and they talk about all the details or lore related to that object or place over the years, it builds up the expectation of the role to be played and for the experience to be had. Then any passing spirit will just step in and get that momentary acknowledgment of existence.
Next time you go to a “haunted” location, ignore the stories that pre-load you with expectations. When you see a manifestation don’t assume it meets your or someone else’s expectations. Don’t ask “Are you the woman in white”, instead just ask who they are and do they want to be heard. Then be open to any response given and don’t try to work or weave that response into the preexisting narrative.
You’re there in this space and you’re asking for contact. You’ve lit the beacon, the lighthouse, and you’re guiding spirits that want to be heard and acknowledged to come and talk with you. Don’t then try and weave their contact into the narrative that others are trying to support. Instead, be open to explore what else.
