WITCHCRAFT TOOLS

I am going to show below some of the main tools used by wizards and witches around the world, regardless of the current mystique. It also draws a correlation between the tools and the blades of the Tarot, something very interesting for those who are fan of this oracle.

* CUP - For the Magic symbolizes wisdom, life, abundance. For witches, symbolizes power, the emotion, the heart. It is also used for potions and parts. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 1, "The Magician".

* BOOK OF SHADOWS - Book with all operations and magical used by the Wizard or Witch. In the Tarot card corresponding Blade 2, "The High Priestess".

* GUIDE - Protector. As the Magic of Abramelin may also be a source of power, sought through contact with the angels. In vestments can be represented with a statue of a gargoyle, gnome, or an angel, in order to represent a protection for the altar for the ritual or invocation. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 3, "Temperance".

* MAGIC WAND - Is an important tool for the Magician, symbolizes power, intelligence and the will of the Magician. It has the same importance as the "Magic Wand" Wand or cord used by the witches. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 4, "The Emperor".

* THE STAFF - Means leadership, search, priestly wisdom, the pilgrimage. Vestment used mainly by the Magi Clerics. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 5, "The Pope".

* MAGIC TRIANGLE - Symbolizes the Trinity, the Triune God, the three-dimensionality, the manifestation of spiritual entities. Light, Fire, and The Triangle Force facing up, symbolizing the male energy, with its apex facing down the female. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 6, "Lovers".

* THE POT - It´s the symbol of the transmutation of substances. According to its use, elevation. It is mainly used by witches to make parts. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 7, "The Chariot".

* MAGIC SWORD - Symbol of strength, power, male power, wisdom, protection, balance, control, justice. The sword in the sheath means caution. This tool is mainly used by the Magician. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 8, "Justice".

* MAGIC LANTERN - It´s the symbol of enlightenment and understanding. It also represents "the presence". In the Tarot card corresponding blade 9, "The Hermit".

* TRIDENT - Its meaning is related to satanic rituals, black magic, the invocation of demons. The Trident also means "THE POWER OF THE SEA", Poseidon, Neptune. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 10, "The Wheel of Fortune".

* ROBE / COVER / HOOD - Symbolizes spiritual strength, protection, clothing used by both the Wizards and Witches. Vestment is a widely used in rituals. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 11, "The Force".

* A BROOM - In a positive sense, symbolizes purification, cleaning. It is used by black magic rituals evil. Legendarily known as transport of witches. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 12, "The Hanged Man".

* DAGGER - The meaning is very similar to the "Magic Sword". The difference is that the dagger is most often used also by the witches. In black magic rituals, it symbolizes the Court, Death, Sacrifice. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 13, "Death".

* PORTION / FILTERS - It is a manifestation of the magic spell. Can have a power good or bad, depending on the purpose of its preparation. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 14, "Temperance".

* ALTAR - Local support for the sacred magical tools. Elevation prayers. You can also have another connotation of the place for offerings and sacrifices. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 15, "The Devil" (for white magic blade 15 INVERTED).

* BELL - Mainly used in white magic serves to draw the attention of spiritual beings from other planes. It symbolizes, open roads, manifestation of God. Presence of God. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 16, "The Tower".

* PENTAGRAM - Symbol of the power of man (woman) in relation to the cosmos. It is the symbol of Halloween. It also means protection. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 17, "The Star".

* MAGIC MIRROR - One of the most important magical tools, it is possible to see other astral planes, other worlds and dimensions. It symbolizes self-knowledge. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 18, "The Moon".

* SALT - Has a great power exorcising. A circle of salt protects those who are inside of influence and evil manifestations. A handful of salt thrown in a spell is able to neutralize it. A bath salt can scare possessing spirits. Halloween witches and evil (the) black magic may have undermined his power in the presence of salt. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 19, "The Sun".

* CRISTAL - Symbolizes the spirit, the soul (because of its purity and transparency). How come the earth, it also means the union of matter and spirit. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 20, "The Trial".

* NEEDLES - Mean materialization, channeling magical power of witchcraft to a person. Can be used for good and healing, as in acupuncture. Or worse in black magic, as in voodoo, "the doll is stuck with a needle with the intention of hurting the person whom it represents." In the Tarot card corresponding blade 21 INVERTED, "The World".

* MAGIC CIRCLE - Symbolizes infinity, perfection, has the same connotation as the alliance used in Christian marriages. It can also be used to protect against evil. In the Tarot card corresponding blade 21, "The World".

* CAT - Has multiple meanings: it represents the wisdom, prudence, the liveliness. Despite popular culture attribute to bad luck to the cat, mainly black, to the magicians, it is personal protection, protection of the home. In black magic, black cat male, is the personification of the devil. The Tarot card corresponding Blade 0, "The Fool".

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

The word Halloween has its origins in the Catholic Church and the contraction is done incorrectly from the term "All Hallows Eve" which means Day of All Saints, and corresponds to the first days of November, which is a Catholic day of observance in honor of Saints dead. But in the 5th century BC, in Celtic Ireland, summer officially ended on October 31. That day marked the beginning of the Celtic New year and was celebrated with a holiday called Samhain.

The story goes that on that day the disembodied spirits of all those who died during the year, would come back in search of bodies of people living in which they inhabit during the coming year. It was believed that this was the only hope of life after death (ghoulish). The Celts believed all laws of space and time were suspended during this time, allowing the spirits of a linkage of the living. (Gahagan).

Naturally, the still-living did not want to be possessed by spirits of the dead. So on the night of October 31, the villagers would extinguish the fires in their homes to make them cold and undesirable. They then dress up in costumes and paraded around the neighborhood, being as destructive as possible in order to frighten away spirits looking for bodies to possess them (ghoulish).

During the Roman era, they adopted the Celtic practices as their own. However, in that the belief in spirit possession waned, the practice of dressing up like hobgoblins, ghosts and witches took on a religious belief to a ceremonial role. So, although some work and satanic cults have adopted Halloween as their favorite holiday, the day did not originate in evil practices as some people suspect.

It grew out of the rituals of New Year celebration by the Celts and rituals of Europeans in the Middle Ages. Today Halloween is just what one makes of it, good or bad.

* Symbol of Halloween - Jack-O-Lantern

A pumpkin-lantern, (in English Jack-o-lantern) comes from Irish folklore.

According to the story, a man named Jack, who was a notorious drunkard and trickster, made a deal with the devil that was on top of a tree. Jack carved the image of a cross in the trunk of the tree, as a trapping the devil up the tree. Jack made a deal with the devil if he never tried or torment him, Jack would erase the cross let him get down the tree.

According to the tale, after Jack died, his entrance into heaven was denied because of his dealings with the Devil. But the devil in hell fearing his jokes did not want it, then the devil, who had become his friend, gave a candle to light his paths. Jack then knew that having only that candle, it would have to last for eternity and he put it inside a turnip. The turnip was carved to be hollow and with holes for the passage of light emitted by the light of the candle.

The Irish used turnips as their "Jack's lanterns". But when the immigrants came to the United States, they found pumpkins much more appropriate than the turnips, and even today, is the most striking symbol of the event.

* Trick or treat

The custom of trick-or-treating (mischief-or-treating,: give us good things or we do mischief) seems to have originated in a European custom of the 9th called "Souling". On November 2, Day of All Souls Day of the Dead, Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes", or pies made of square pieces of bread with currants. The more cakes they received, the more prayers they would promise to the dead relatives of those who donated the pies. At that time, it was believed that the dead remained in limbo for a time after death and, through prayer, even by strangers, could expedite the passage of the blade to heaven.

It was also the Celtic culture that to appease evil spirits, it was necessary to leave food for them. This practice has been transformed over time and the beggars have come to beg for food in exchange for prayers for all the family members dead. In this context, there was a tradition in Ireland, a man leading a procession to raise farmers' offerings, so that their crops would not be cursed by demons. A kind of blackmail, which then led to the "Trick or Treat".

The custom of Halloween was brought to the United States in the 1840s by Irish immigrants fleeing their country by the shortage of their staple food, the potato. At that time, the mischief favorite in New England (U.S.), was writing on the walls of houses and remove the locks of the gates (ghoulish).

THE WITCH OF SALEM

Laurie Cabot, now 76, was born in 1933 in the city of Wewoka. Her name was Mercedes Elizabeth Kearsey. As a child kept hher admiration for the occult and supernatural world. The first witch who saw in the media was in the movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." For her there was not only evil spells, after all the kiss of the prince who awakened Snow White would not be a spell, a kind of magic as well?

Moreover, the Bible was confusing ... while the holy book taught that witches should die (inquisition), incoherently he also teaches that we should love each other and should not kill anyone?! - "Moses did not resort to magic when he challenged Pharaoh. And when Jesus was born ... He was visited by three wise men, who were actually astrologers and sorcerers. Yet I learned that Mary was an ordinary person who gave birth to a God"... This does not make sense in her head - "How can anyone believe that any woman would do such a divine feat, at least she should have been very special, I wonder if she would not be truly a goddess. She had too much power."

Her first supernatural experience occurred even in a Catholic church. Was when she fell into a trance during a prayer at this time she was 6. Then came the cognate experience (omens), which could provide facts ordinary days before they happen. Clearly, for a child it was all strange and bizarre. But Laurie absorved new experiences very quickly and wisely.

During high school, contacts with spirits and her curiosity increased her hunger for more knowledge, was when she learned about portions and healing. Everything seemed natural to her but for her friends they were really supernatural manifestations, so that the discrimination and social isolation was an inevitable consequence.

But now things have changed a lot. Grew up believing that witches could be so good, that make parts for healing and rituals to promote the welfare of the people.

Famous throughout the world and pioneered the dissemination of witchcraft in the United States, published books that became best sellers. Titles such as: The Power of the Witch, The Witch in Every Woman, Celebrate the Earth have been translated into several languages.

Today when she comes out on the streets of Salem with all her clothes certainly still provokes awe in many people, but also admiration.

In Salem, Laurie Cabot is well known, a celebrity, was about to be declared by the government with "Official Witch of Salem". What made her store that before only sold herbs, tarot portions a real tourist spot.

SPONTANEOUS HUMAN COMBUSTION

In December 1966, the body of Dr. J. Irving Bentley, 92, was discovered in Pennsylvania, next to the consumption electricity meter of his home. In fact, only part of his leg and a foot, even with the slipper had been found. The rest of his body had been burned to ashes. The only evidence of the fire that killed him was a hole that was in the bathroom floor, the rest of the house was intact and had not suffered anything.

How could a man catch fire - with no apparent source of spark or flame - burning down his own body, without spreading the flames to anything around him? The case of Dr. Bentley, and hundreds of other cases like it have been labeled "Spontaneous Human Combustion" (SHC).

Although he and other victims of the phenomenon have been burned almost completely, the neighborhood where they were, or their clothes, often were left untouched.

Can humans be consumed by fire spontaneously? Many people believe that spontaneous human combustion is a real fact, but most scientists are not convinced.

What is spontaneous human combustion?

Spontaneous combustion occurs when a person breaks into flames because of a chemical reaction within, apparently not caused by an external source of heat.

The first known spontaneous human combustion was the Danish anatomist Thomas Bartholin, in 1663, when he described how a woman in Paris "was reduced to ashes and smoke" while asleep. The straw mattress on which she slept was damaged by fire.

In 1673, a Frenchman named Jonas Dupont published a collection of cases of spontaneous combustion in his book "De Humani Corporis Fires spontane".

Hundreds of cases of spontaneous combustion occurred since that time and have one common feature: The victim is almost completely consumed by flames, usually inside their residence, and medical examiners present reported having smelled a sweet smoke in rooms where the events had occurred. The peculiarity that the charred bodies had was that the extremities often remain intact. Although the torso and head are charred beyond recognition, the hands, feet and / or part of the legs may be unburned. In addition, the room around the person shows little or no sign of fire, except for a small residue left on furniture or walls.

In rare cases, the internal organs of the victim remain untouched while the outside was charred. Not every victim of spontaneous human combustion were simply consumed by the flames. Some develop strange burns on the body, although there was no reason for it, or emanate smoke. Not all caught fire has died: a small percentage of people had survived by spontaneous combustion.

Theories to ignite the human body needs two things: intensely high heat and a flammable substance. Under normal circumstances the human body does not have any of those features mentioned, but some scientists have speculated about the possibility of such events over the centuries. In the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens ignited great interest in spontaneous human combustion. One of the most popular suggests is that the fire is sparked when methane accumulate in the intestines and is ignited by enzymes. However, many victims of spontaneous human combustion, suffer more damage on the outside than inside their bodies, apparently contradicting this theory.

Other theories speculate that the origin of fire could result from a buildup of static electricity inside the body, or originate from an external geomagnetic force exerted on the body. An expert on spontaneous human combustion, Larry Arnold, suggests that this phenomenon is the result of a new subatomic particle called 'pyroton' which interacts with cells to create a micro-explosion. But there is no scientific evidence proving the existence of this particle.

If human combustion is not real, what actually happened with the charred remains of all these pictures?

One possible explanation is the wick effect, which states that a body in continuous contact with a live coal, a lighted cigarette or other heat source, acts much like a candle. The candle is made of a wick surrounded by a wax acid-resistant. When lighted the candle wax keeps it burning.

In the human body, the fat acts as a flammable substance and the victim's clothing or their hair as wick. The fat melts from the heat, soak the clothes and acts like wax, keeping the wick burning slowly. Scientists say that is why the victims' bodies are destroyed without the call to spread the objects around.

And what about the photos of burned bodies, but with the hands and feet intact?

The answer to this question may have something to do with the temperature gradient - the idea that the top of a seated person is warmer than their bottom.

Basically, the same phenomenon occurs when you hold a match with the flame at the bottom. The flame will often vanish, because the bottom of the match is colder than the top.

CENTRALIA - THE REAL SILENT HILL

A long time ago some coal mines have been discovered within the Pensilvânia. It was quite natural that a city would rise with an invasion of people wanting jobs in the area.

The city was baptized Centralia, and raised enough with the exploration of coal.

Then it happened ... no one knows for sure how ... But the fact is that in May 1962 a fire was started in a garbage dump over an open coal.

In vain the population tried to extinguish the fire and finally decided to wait for the fire to end by itself.

In June of that year the mines were still smoldering and it was found that the heat, instead of decreasing, was increasing! The fire spread to the coal seams reaching alarming proportions.

Over the months the residents were feeling the effects of the fire. As trees and vegetation around languished, the ground was hot and now and then, jets of steam emerged from it. But what killed the city was the financial effects. As the mines were paralyzed, the workers ran out of money and the ones that could, left the city. But some stayed hoping that the problem would be solved.

Areas of the city were isolated, whole families removed from their homes, roads were blocked.

In 1980 the fire was still burning! Geologists have confirmed that it was impossible to extinguish the fire!

In 1981 an accident caused the greatest tumult in the city. A man was walking around and the ground opened beneath his feet. He fell into a giant hole and managed to hold the roots of some trees and was saved by his cousin. This event attracted media attention and government efforts to find a solution... it was spent more than 40 million to try to extinguish the fire...

Years passed and what was a beautiful city became a ghost town that no longer exists on the maps.

Now, more than 40 years later, the underground of the city is still on fire!

If you want to know more information about it visit Centralia´s webpage.

THE DOOR TO HELL

The place is found in Uzbekistan near the village of Darvaz. In the desert of Kara-Kum geologists pierced the place in search of natural gas. In the middle of the hole, they reached a large underground cavern.

It was so great that the floor collapsed and much of the equipment fell into it.

It turned to a pocket of gas with an incredible depth ... No longer able to approach the site because of toxic gases they had the idea to set fire at it. Then it was just to wait till the fire to be over.

The thing is the place is still burning and for more than 30 years now.

Experts have tried to determine when the fire will extinguish. Some believe that still takes about 250 years. Others believe it will last forever.

FIND A GRAVE

The idea came from Jim Tipton. A guy with a strange hobby... visiting graveyards to look for famous people´s graves.

He saw there was no specific site about that and decided to register the pictures he took from the graves with a biography of the dead.

The site grew amazingly receiving lots of daily visits from people all around the world and the visitors helped sending pics and information about famous people´s graves from everywhere. With time he started to also put information about anonym people.

Anyone can help posting information of dead people´s graves. Visit Find A Grave, make a little registration and you´re ready to go!

NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE (NDE)

A near-death experience (NDE) refers to a range of personal experiences associated with impending death.

The experience is often described as involving a feeling of extreme peace, a sound similar to a bell or a buzz, a passage in the darkness, then a transition to the light.

However, little research in this field indicates that these feelings happen if the patient get in situations that affect the state of the brain, such as cardiac arrest and anesthesia. The conditions that lead to a state of near-death appear to significantly affect the nature of experience. Still, many people who had near-death reports are similar. These are usually caused by the use of psychotic (due to severe neurochemical imbalances) or drugs such as hashish or LSD.

Believers think that NDEs prove the existence of life after death. Skeptics think that NDEs can be explained by neurochemistry and are the result of changes in a dying brain.

Patients sick or dying, victims of traffic accidents or drowning include, in detail, how it feels to be on the other hand, a process that is believed to be of a first step after the end of life.

The NDE has received the attention of medical experts around the world. Most people surveyed experienced physical and psychological trauma that would lead to so-called physical death was not the manifestation of chance. Not rare are the stories of doctors who found patients dead and, minutes later, were surprised by the resuscitation from the resumption of vital signs.

In the so-called astral travel or projection, the experimenters of the NDE tell they met strangers or relatives already dead. They have in common the memory of the appearance of a white light and reported the possibility of seeing their bodies at an angle close to ceiling - a few meters away from where the physical body was.

For science, the phenomenon can be explained as an effect of pharmacological substances mixed in the treatment of patients in ICUs. There are also those who believe that the experience might be related to neurological or psychological problems, or self-suggestion. However, even the experts admit that there are phenomena that science has yet to unravel.

THE ENIGMA OF JOELMA

The Joelma Building, one of the most imposing buildings in Sao Paulo, burned down by more than four hours on February 1st, 1974. The result of this tragedy were 345 injured and 189 killed. Even today experts ensure that the place is surrounded by a strange spiritual energy. Witnesses said the building Joelma carries a curse.

In 1948, there was a house where is now Joelma Building. There lived a chemistry professor, Paul Campbell, 26 years, along with his mother and two sisters. Paul shot and killed his mother and sisters and buried the bodies in a pit that had built in the backyard. After Paul committed suicide. The police worked with two hypotheses for the crime. The first is that the family would have rejected a girlfriend. The second is that Paul would have killed his mother and sisters because they had serious health problems and he did not want to take care of them.

The mystery of the death of the entire family has never been solved. After the recovery of bodies, a firefighter also became a victim of the curse and died of corpse infection. The triple murder-suicide shocked the population of Sao Paulo and became known as "The Crime of the Pit". The place became famous for being haunted.

In 1972, the house gave way to a modern building of 20 floors. It was the Joelma Building. Because of the Crime, the number of the street was changed, but the curse was not forgotten.

On February 1st, 1974, at 8:45 am, a short circuit in the air conditioning of the building started the fire. With nowhere to run, people panicked. The heat reached 700 º C and many jumped from the top of the building. The fire virtually destroyed the Joelma. There was no water in the cars of the Fire Department ladder Magirus and only managed to reach a part of the building.

Thirteen people managed to escape by elevator, but could not save themselves. The bodies were not identified and were eventually buried side by side in St. Peter's Cemetery in the capital. The thirteen bodies gave rise to the mystery of the thirteen souls and to them are attributed miracles.

After the fire, the building was four years closed for construction. When reopened, it was renamed the Plaza of the Flag. Witnesses said the dead spirits roam the building today. The Building Joelma has dozens of empty rooms, but the attempt to rid the place of spirits continues. The stories about the old Joelma are still a great mystery. Some believe, some doubt and some are sure that everything is true.

CHUPACABRAS (GOAT SUCKER)

The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats. The blood was drained or exhausted from the bodies of dead animals and also were not reported sightings of the beings possibly causing the facts.

More recently the occurrences of this kind have become more frequent and regular in various regions of the world. A few years occurred in Brazil, dozens of cases involving even the sighting of monstrous beings, close to the sites. Also OVET's (extraterrestrial flying objects) were observed during the night, flying over the areas affected by the phenomenon. The animals involved in these incidents were sheep, chickens, dogs and goats themselves. The sites were in reference farms, close to homes, neighborhoods of cities and even closed backyards.

The basic features provided by the phenomenon are as follows:

* Occurrence during the night;
* Absence of noise or excitement of animals;
* Absence of marks in the soil or vegetation, showing signs of attack or fight;
* Injuries or bites, the necks of animals mutilated;
* Absence of blood in the bodies of animals;
* No traces of blood externally;
* Removal of some organs;
* Removal of fetuses (in one case at least in Brazil);
* Several animals affected in the same place and the same night;
* Presence sometimes found in the nearby region of creepy beings;
* Frequent observations OVET's in affected areas at the facts.

RAUL´S TRAUMA

Raul had moved a little over two years for a neighborhood that was in the same city where he grew up. He was a man of middle age. He had always been seen as a quiet man was never seen in company of friends, was never seen receiving visitors, was quiet and very few were the times that someone heard him pronounce any word. There are rumors that say he was like that because of an injury he had suffered as a young man, in fact the trauma actually happened, but this by far was caused due to the escape of his parents leaving him abandoned, as people say.

Raul was 14 and got home from school. As usual lunch was ready, he as a constant DejaVu, threw the backpack on the couch, gave a kiss on his mother and went straight to sit at the table.

- Raul my son, how many times I have to say you need to wash your hands to sit at the table? Every day I have to say the same thing, so you'll end up getting an infection and will take some work for me, as always .- said Vera, Raul's mother.

- Mom you´re so dramatic. I get exposed to bacteria all the time, I will not die if I eat without washing my hands, I use knife and fork and not my hands to eat. And besides, if I swallow two or three bacterias there is no problem...

- Enough, you better eat or food will get cold.- Vera said smiling.

Raul laughed and began to eat greedily as if he had not seen food for decades. There was a car coming and Vera looked out the kitchen window to see who it was.

- Look, your father has arrived. Did something happened? - Vera left the kitchen and Raul continued to eat without giving importance to what she said.

After a few minutes Vera came into the kitchen along with Arthur, father of Raul.

- Hi son, everything´s all right? - Said Arthur.

- Everything, something happened?

- Well, things happen all the time.

- Bah, this I know. Is that you never got that time at home since you started working.

- That´s the first time today, I decided to take your mother out to lunch .- Raul got surprised, but it was not so unusual his father having crazy outbursts of romanticism.

- Bye Raulzito, I'm hungry.

- You go like that? With clothes to stay home?

- What's wrong? Stop being glib boy, bye... I'm gone, I'm not here .- Vera gave farewell smiling being taken in hand by Arthur, who already showed impatience.

- Bye, big guy. We will not take long.- Arthur said giving a bye with the other hand.

Raul spent the afternoon alone, used to play video games and eat the swill he wanted without being harassed. The night was already extending his long arms on the horizon and Raul began to worry because his parents were taking long to come back and had not given a call. He decided to call his father but noticed that the phone from his room was silent, left the room to call from the livingroom and met with Arthur and Vera standing in the middle of the room.

- Hell, nor heard the noise of the car, was good huh! By the time you arrived, you must have eaten the whole restaurant.

Arthur shook hands with Vera and went in the direction of Raul who opened his arms to embrace them. Raul froze, froze when realized his parents went through his body. Shocked, he turned quickly and saw them still walk hand in hand toward the wall that was also crossed by them, leaving a nearly imperceptible light.

To this day on, Raul never saw his parents or heard any news of them, the police never knew what happened and the few relatives they had given the case closed because they could not do anything. Raul was taken to live with his mother's sister. He never touched on the subject, cause he felt that the mere mention of the word death, body or burial, pluck him visceral pain. He knew what had happened and this secret he would never reveal to anyone.

DEATH ASKS FOR A RIDE

The origin of this legend is uncertain. It probably comes from the time of wagons and carriages. And it has different versions, depending on the time and place where it is told.

In the United States, it is said that people driving down desert roads give a girl a ride to her house, the nearest town. But stopping the car, the driver realizes that the girl disappeared, leaving a handkerchief or a scarf in the back seat. Confused, he rings the bell, tells what happened and shows the object. Parents recognize it and say that her daughter died many years ago in a car accident in the exact spot where the driver stopped to give her a ride.

In Brazil, it is told that taxi drivers take a beautiful girl in front of the cemetery. She asks for a ride around town and stops again at the door of the cemetery. At checkout, tell the driver to pick up money in her parents' house. He takes the address and go. He goes to the address and knocks the door and an old man opens it. He tells the story. The man at first suspicious, gets upset when the taxi driver describes the girl, her clothes and face. And points out a photo on the wall. "It's that girl," says the taxi driver. "It was my daughter," replies the old man. "She died many years ago."

THE ARAGON BROTHERS CASE

I do not know if this is a true story, just kindly ask you to read it with a neutral point of view.

Manaus June 18, 2005, the police finally located the two Aragon brothers and the sister, a fact that despite highly publicized by the press gained little national impact due to lack of clarification from the authorities.

Two brothers were found dead in mysterious circumstances, the second a girl who was in the range of eighteen, was found wandering lost in the woods, naked. Been committed by a kind of momentary madness and today is under psychiatric treatment.

The news released by the police were very absurd and contradictory. No one knew, in fact, what had actually occurred.

By the year 2008, when an alleged letter came up. In that letter the youngest brother Roberval narrates a fact that could explain the mystery occurred on that date, but police denied the veracity of the letter.

In the letter they report the existence of a tape recorder, the researchers say that this writer has never existed, but many say it, even today, it´s under police power. The family does not confirm the facts and since 2006 do not appear in public and has made it clear they will never talk about this subject...

No one knows for sure how the contents of this letter hit the Internet, just know that this is a fascinating story.

Here is the contents of that letter:

"(Manaus June 15, 2005)

19:12 - I, Roberval Aragon, start the fact that no doubt will change the course of humanity. My brothers and I are three years in preparation for this day, and today we will change the course of history. We will be icons of modern religion of any sect or secret order.

19:54 - We are heading to a cabin, which lies in a region far away from Manaus, but specifically in the east, is after the district Teixeira Jorge, I'm not sure the name of the town... Reinaldo was the one who tried to find the site, said there was a perfect location for the ritual, I hope everything works out.

20:22 - We're stuck in traffic, my brother is impatient, Alicia our middle sister had to turn off the phone. My father is bothering.

23:12 - We´re here! It took a long time, but finally arrived... Now we have to prepare the ground.

23:15 - I was unable to help in the preparation of the site, make it clear that my brother is a tyrant. He thinks he knows everything, and who found a way to bring it to our world was me. Let me be clear that he thinks he knows how to proceed, but all he knows it was taught by me.

23:20 - The day is perfect, we have a beautiful new moon which signifies the beginning of a new cycle, the night is hot and everything made here will not die but only be leaving in search of a new and real meaning.

23:22 - Sorry, let me explain what is the ritual. Today we bring to earth the great Horthembrak, but we need to invoke a Djinn, and through him we call Horthembrak.

It is a laborious process, I do not have much time, so I will not explain to you who is Horthembrak or what is a Djinn, I shall explain how to invoke them. I just hope you do not try to do this without proper preparation, we made a long study to get where we are:

First you need to have at hand any material: carbon black, a glass bottle bathed in water with salt and pine needles, four black candles, a book of the Bible, you must also have a black cape, the text of Genesis, a handful of coal dust and you can not forget the compass. After the material you must draw the stone coal a huge letter "c" on the ground, it has to be about to close, it should have only a small opening for the leader of the ritual to enter. Not forgetting that this entry should be in opposition to Jerusalem. You have to find exactly the north, south, east and west and every point you put a candle. You have to put coal dust at the base, since it symbolizes the ashes. And before you entered the circle walk around it eighteen times in a counter-clockwise. Burn the page of the Bible Genesis 1-6 where he talks about the creation of man. Then the person inside the circle has to put their feet facing southwest, they must kneel and touch forehead on the floor and call the fire Djin, this symbolizes submission.

In that the others outside the main circle are only protected by a circle of salt and should follow the invocation. Must say something in Latin:

"IN MEDIO firmamentum aquarum ET separete AQUAS AB AQIS quæ SUPERIUS Sicut Inferius, ET Inferius Sicut Quae Quae SUPER, AD PERPETRANDA MIRACULOUS KING unius. Pater ejus EST SOL, LUNA VENTUS ET MATER HANC GESTAVIT IN UTERO SUO, ascendit EARTH AD COELUM ET Rursus The COELO IN Terran Descendit. Exorcise TE CREATURE AQUAE, UT SIS Mihi SPECULUM DEI VIVI IN operibus ejus, FONS VITAE ET, ET Ablutie peccatorum. AMEN."

I do not know what it means, just know that we have studied a lot to learn all phonemes, refused to speak wrong, my brother just told me that this is not anything satanic, not even Christian, but the elemental forces, spirits of life. We do not believe in God or the Devil, only in cosmic forces, energies of nature and the guardian spirits. I believe that this move of the Bible and the references to Jerusalem, no more than mere symbolism.

00:32 -Finally finished preparing, I guarantee if it was me, I for sure would have done it faster. They called me, I must go to my circle of protection, but I will not let go my notebook, will record everything.

00:37 - My brother went into his circle and began the ritual, Alicia asked me to stop writing and concentrate on the rite.

01:27 - He is standing with his forehead on the floor, there is no reaction sketching, I was afraid he was sick a few minutes he let out a groan strange as that of twigs being broken, I'm not scared, just anxious.

01:44 - Awesome, my brother is possessed, he said it is the very Horthembrak and not a Djinn, said he'd love me to write everything about it. I feel the most important man on the planet.

What I will write are not the words of my brother, but the great Horthembrak:

Horthembrak: The Life, we can say that it is only an illusion. You live for years, but it's worth? If you miss, be condemned to eternal fire. This is how Christians think. Pure spoof. There is no hell or the underworld, there are only two poles, two choices and two masters. If you do not like one, moves to serve the other and if you like this other, how this could hurt you? Think about it, hell is not a place of torture but a new kind of paradise, a place of joy for those we like.

I: What happens when our spirits are on earth tormenting people what does that mean?

Horthembrak: (laughs) You are very childish. Do you really believe that a girl raped will torments others after death? Do you really think this is possible? If she alive, could hardly defend herself, why now after her death she would develop such a titanic force? Every soul follows their course, those spirits are illusory, they love to disturb your peace, can mimic voices and even mannerisms. Try using it to contact you and when they can, they get free access.

Me: But you did not say that demons are not evil creatures?

Horthembrak: No they´re not, demons are intelligent beings, much smarter than you, they challenge the very creation. We do not live as humans. You are like pets.

02:54 - He said that to obtain success and come up our reality he must have sex with my sister. I did not agree with it, it is out of line, it is against nature, but my sister agreed and so I am here outside the room waiting for them.

03:15 - They seem to have ended, my sister is with a face full of dissatisfaction, do not know why but I feel disgusted.

03:44 - I desculad. The letters are illegible, I can not write, just write to apologize, apologize to my father, I'm sorry to all. I want to make clear that I am innocent, God knows I am.

I just make an eyesore, but it was necessary, not my fault.

My brother suddenly began beating Alicia violently on her face. I tried to avoid, but couldn´t, with only one arm he threw me across the room. I saw no alternative... I was defending myself and defending the life of my sister.

Get that metal pipe in his head, this was the only way to stop him.

.. h.. min - I do not know what time it is, my clock just stopped, I am sitting on the floor, I hope the day dawns, so think these things go away, my brother is fallen, fainted on the floor. My sister is still unconscious, the room is cold, the fear I feel is incredible, such a big fear that I got to throw up. I do not know what's going on, things got out of control. I just protect me and my sister, within the circle of salt.

.. h. .. min - Sorry if the ink pen is now red. The pen I was using floated in front of me and simply exploded, as if there was a bomb inside. I do not know why, but I can not stop writing. I think it has a real reason. I think I may serve as an example. A bad example

.. h.. min - Seems curse... the moring is not coming, I am afraid, I've thought several times in pleading for the Christian God, but I can not falter, I have to be strong. Cried for the guardian spirits.

.. h. .. min - Now I heard a horrible sound. I'm terrified, as if there was a crowd screaming and crying outside the hut. I'm not scared...

.. h.. min - There are three black figures looking at me, they have red eyes, try to contact them, tell them I'm here at their service

.. h.. min - Now just felt the worst feeling of my life, the beings are gone, I felt as if several cold larvae had tryed to get in my body, they tried to enter my mouth. I can not run, my legs would not obey me, now I know how a person feels paralyzed. I realized that these spirits are nasty, I just hold my breath and they do not take me.

.. h.. min - I am making it, I held my breath several times, they are gone. Left me alone. I won!

.. h. .. min - I hear steps, finally someone came to our rescue, who knows I may even save my brother...

After three days of searching the police found the bodies of the two brothers. Reinaldo was lying in the room with the body in form of a cross and on his feet was a dog's skull. Roberval was found lying on his knees, his face was purple, he died of asphyxiation, police said it was suicide. One exotic way to kill himself. Alicia had been found naked, running through the forest. Was in an advanced state of dehydration.

To this day no one knows hows the case ended, no one really knows if Alicia was pregnant or had success with that invocation.

This case remains a mystery, many will laugh, say it is just a rumor or a mere story. Others use this case as an example to young people that one day may have this kind of curiosity...

THE RAINY BRIDE

On the road, when talking about amazing stories the truck drivers never forget the "Rainy Bride".

It´s a story about a young couple that would get married. He was a truck driver named Jordan, she, a beautiful woman named Suzana who sang in a church choir.

The boy would have to pay a trip to the celebration of this long-awaited union. In return then, join his heart with his beloved.

She, very happy, did not talk about anything else. Her mornings have never been so beautiful. Thousands of plans passing through that little head. Get her house, her children, would be on the window, smiling, when the prince of the road were to arrive.

So the date of that day arrived, but he (nobody knows why) failed to return. Suzana hopefully, in front of the mirror, saw the desperate hours pass. Gradually that hope changed to uncertainty. Everyone wanted to help with words, gestures, but nobody could do nothing.

Suzana ran to the side of the road that passed through their city and began to wait. Her parents begged her to come home, but the poor one faced days of despair waiting for her beloved one. In one of those afternoons a cold rain caused Suzana pneumonia that took her life.

The couple did not realize their dream and Suzana´s lover never returned. But still, the truck driver that to go through that city on a rainy afternoon will be surprised with a terrible conclusion: in the edges of the road he´ll see a girl who was and still is waiting for a guy who will never come.

THE HAIRY LEG

One of the most intriguing urban legends of the Northeast of Brazil is with no doubt the Hairy Leg. A supernatural entity that would have haunted the streets of Recife during the 1970s.

Appearing where least expected (and by the way, where one would expect it to appear?), this creature was the opposite-symmetrical of Saci Pererê. In other words, it was a leg-without-person, rather than a person-without-leg that appeared jumping and attacked passers-by, kicking around everybody and then fled jumping.

THE CUT ASSES

In the 80s the neighborhood of Mayor Jose Walter (Fortaleza/Brazil) suffered attacks from a maniac that cut women asses.

From 1985 to 1987, the day by day of Jose Walter was so gripped by fear that a maniac - Cut asses - broke into the residences and cut off the buttocks of the women present.

On February 1987, Francisco Evandro Oliveira da Silva, 26 years old was recognized and arrested.

He pled guilty and 20 days later was found dead in prison.

But... some say that he was not the 'true' Cut-asses... or at least not the only one.

And the myth that the real Cut asses can come back goes on in the minds of the neighborhood till nowadays...

THE SEVEN FIGURES

There was a man sitting on a park bench where he always used to stay awhile.

He was relaxed looking at the trees the sun and wind, the pigeons in search of food, street vendors selling trinkets, nesting birds, children playing, the church bells tolling, old men rolling data or playing dominoes.

Suddenly he found himself surrounded by seven face covered figures and one of them said:

"We are residents of the future"

"What did you come to tell me?" - He asked, feeling uncomfortable.

So, one by one began to say:

1 - I am a storm: one day I can take everything you have.

2 - I'm hunger, one day I can come and you will know one of the biggest problems that plague the world.

3 - I'm unemployment: one day I can visit you and you will not know how to survive.

4 - I'm a fire: one day I can leave you homeless and without shelter.

5 - I am melancholy: one day I can reach you and you will lose the will to live.

6 - I am the solitude: one day I can knock on your door and you will not have friends to hear you or to talk.

7 - I am old age: when I arrive, you will be empty, sick and without goals.

Suddenly, like a whirlwind, the seven figures spoke at the same time, haphazardly. The man, calm and relaxed before, began to tremble.

Starting to breathe, gradually starting to feel better, and as if by magic, he could see the faces of the seven figures.

Were exactly equal to him!

He, with decision, said:

"Stop!
You are thieves of peace!
Are robbers of distracted minds!
You are myself!
You are my thoughts!
You do not live in the future!
You live in my head, but it I'm the boss!"

... He continued

"Here I learned from the trees that renewal is possible after having lost their leaves.

Here I learned from the doves that there will always have more food than doves hungry.

Here I learned from the vendors that the employer is not always necessary and there will always be ways to survive.

Here I learned from the birds in each nest down, new nests can be built.

Here the children taught me that it requires no effort to be happy and want to live.

Here I learned from the bells that as we are alone, there will always be someone to listen.

And here I learned from old men who are always viable targets to achieve, even if it is a winning bet of data or a game of dominoes."

Little by little those figures started to change their heavy expressions, opening a soft smile and began to say:

1 - I'm Prosperity.

2 - I'm Plenty.

3-I am the Progress.

4 - I'm Safety.

5 - I am Joy.

6 - I am the brotherhood.

7 - I am sure that Life is Eternal.

Feeling that had dominated his own "ghosts", the man walked out smoothly and quietly towards tomorrow.

"If you do not dominate your head, it will dominate you"

THE BATHROOM BLONDE GIRL

This urban legend is very popular between students of public schools in São Paulo.

It says that a beautiful girl with blond hair about 15 years old was always planning ways to kill classes. One of these ways was to stay in the school bathroom waiting time pass.

One day a terrible accident happened. The blonde slipped on the wet bathroom floor and hit her head on the floor. Got in a coma and soon died.

After all this, the girl was not satisfied with her premature and tragic end, her soul would not rest in peace and she went on to haunt the bathrooms of the schools.

Many students swear to have seen the famous bathroom blonde, pale and with cotton in her nose to prevent the blood stains.

PARANORMAL BLOG

As explained on Wikipedia "Paranormal is a general term that describes unusual experiences that lack a scientific explanation or phenomena alleged to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure."

And that´s exactly what I am going to approach on this blog... stories relating to paranormal phenomena like ghost stories, urban legends, poltergeist phenomenon, parapsychology, etc...

I was always fascinated by the inexplicable and unknown and kept reading and researching about the subject.

Now I decided to share with you all the cases and stories I found...

I am not here to say that they are the truth... if they are real or not I will let you judge by yourself...

A TRUE GHOST STORY!!!

It happened last month... I was in that point between asleep and awaken when I heard a noise in my room and through the sheets (I normally sleep all covered from top to toes) I saw a figure with the same silhouette of my brother close to my computer´s desk. At that moment I thought with myself: "He is probably looking for cigarettes... better show him where they are."

My first move was to take the sheets away to wake up and show him where the cigarettes were. But the thing is when I put the sheets out there was nobody there.

It was strange but then I woke up and walked the house to see where he had gone. When going to his bedroom I saw he was there in deep sleep.

At that moment I felt no ground under my feet cause my mother always said to me that my daddy (he died of a car accident one month before I be born) was exactly like this brother of mine if he was black, same body type, same face...

I couldn´t sleep anymore after that, it was about 4 am.

When the morning came I commented the happening with my mother and she said that it must have been my daddy´s visit to see if everything was ok with me :-O

GHOSTS, SPIRITS AND DEMONS!!!

This video might shock you, and may even scare you!

It´s not my intention here to say everthing on it is real... judge for yourself...