Welcome to SOuL Searchers

Welcome to SOuL Searchers, our paranormal investigations page. Here we will take you on a journey of discovery through past and present investigations. One of the many things you will find unique about the SOuL Searchers team, unlike the majority of other paranormal investigators is that we undertake our investigations from a shamanic perspective. An important function of a shaman is to act as a Death Walker, an intermediary between the physical and the spiritual realms. During our investigations we will be conducting in depth evaluations of spiritual activity from our own unique perspective in order to help grounded souls move on to higher realms and to further our own understanding of the nature of spirits and the afterlife.

We hope you will find our discoveries that we have shared within these pages, to be interesting and useful. If you have any questions or comments, please be sure and let us know.

Equipment List

Pictures and information adapted from "How To Hunt Ghosts : A Practical Guide by Joshua P. Warren."

Notebook and Pen

As with any research, taking notes and keeping records is really important. Locations, dates, times, witnesses' names and contact information, environmental conditions and experiences should all be recorded. A notebook should be your constant companion on an investigation. You can't trust yourself to remember all the details! When others scrutinise your work, the thorough details will prove invaluable. Such items are also important in the delicate process of finding patterns and correlations. A Research Log Sheet has been created for your use, based on the one in Joshua P. Warren's book. Feel free to use it for various tours/investigations we go on (as a record keeper) or use it as a base to create your own!

Flashlight

A good torch is integral to ghost research. Most times you will find yourself in dark places. It can even be a good idea to have 2 torches. Keep a small, lightweight one in your pocket and a larger bulkier one, especially handy if you're outdoors. Since you will be using other equipment, you may even want to consider investing in a hands free one that straps to your head. A red filter or gel on your lens might also prove beneficial. In a dark setting, your eyes are less affected by red light. This means if you turn off the light, it takes less time for your eyes to adjust in the darkness. Those precious extra few seconds could prove priceless if it means the possibility of actually seeing a possible faint apparition!

Torches can obviously be bought just about anywhere. For the headlight versions and red light torches or red filter/gel cover I would look in places like ebay, sporting good & camping stores and disposal stores. You could even just cover your torch with some red cellophane!

Watch

Recording the time of events is important in any field of work. Knowing the time allows you to pinpoint the specific moment when something occurs. This can be especially helpful in deducing patterns in activity.Discovering patterns is the key to defining imprints. Variables like the hour and stage of the moon might play a role in imprinting. Often a particular scene may replay itself only when these conditions are right. For example, a phantasmal suicide might be reenacted on every full moon at three in the morning, just like it originally ocurred.

A watch that can be seen in the dark is important. It is also a good idea that investigators synchronise their watches. It is well known that spiritual activity sometimes stops watches and clocks. If you find that you watch has stopped, note the time it occured. Watches are delicate instruments and powerful energies can overwhelm them.

Compass

A compass is the most basic tool for detecting strange magnetic and electromagnetic fields. They are one of the most popular tools for beginners. To use one most effectively requires keen awareness and a steady hand. Obviously, when all is normal, a compass needle points to the north. If the device is influenced by another energy, the needle is affected. If the needle does not point north, or if it is moving erratically, you are encountering some kind of unusual field. In some cases the needle will actually spin as if it's in the middle of a magnetic vortex. This is the simplest way to detect the presence of unseen spirits. If your compass isn't acting normal, something is awry.

As with all instruments, you must be careful to rule out conventional explanations. Magnetic fields can be created by the wiring in appliances and electronics, or by metal objects that have been magnetised.

Compasses are small,inexpensive and easy to find. You can find them in stores such as Big W, KMart, Rebel etc. Basically any store that sells camping and sporting goods. You can pick up a compass from as little as $4.

Electromagnetic Field Meter

The serious ghost hunter will quickly find an electromagnetic field (or EMF) meter to be an essential tool. They do exactly what it sounds like: give specific readings of electromagnetic energies. Read outs can be obtained in most any format, including a standard needle, LED indicators, digital and an accompanying audio tone. When choosing an EMF meter, ones that detect DC fields are best. However, AC meters can work as well. The fields encountered by ghosts can at times switch just like an AC field. Therefore, either type of device can detect ghosts, but it's best to use AC meters to find and rule out artificial fields, and use DC meters for locating phantoms. That's becasue AC is used in most homes and natural electrical fields are usually of the DC type. EMF meters generally provide readouts in units called 'milliGauss'. An average television usually gives off around 4 to 8 milliGuass from a foot away. Keeping this in mind will help you scale the impact of readings you get in the field. Most EMF meters cannot detect the subtle energy given off by the human body. However, devices like the TriField Natural EM Meter can pick up humans from up to ten feet away. It can also be set to pick up radio waves and microwaves.

When using EMF meters in a haunted location, you want to look for erratic fields of energy with no physical source. The best of these are self-contained fields that hover in mid-air, gliding around an area, then disappearing. When you detect such a field, you should take a photograph. As you will see, an EMF meter and camera are best used hand in hand.

The most challenging aspect of using EMF meters is ruling out artificial fields, created by electronics, wiring and appliances. Any time electricity runs through a wire, it creates a magnetic field around it and our modern world is inundated with electrical technology. Some meters will filter out artificial fields automatically, reading only those created in the natural environment. However, in most cases, you'll have to know how to do this yourself. The key is the behaviour of the field. Since fields created artificially by tv's, lights, computers etc are primarily the product of electricity running through their wires, they do not fluctuate, they always remain constant. The closer you are to the objects, the stronger and more stationary the fields. The farther away, the weaker and more inconsistant. However, fields associated with spectral activity fluctuate wildly and are usually temporary.

Nine times out of ten, if a mysterious field is constant and stable, it's artificial; if it fluctuates erratically, it's paranormal. With experience, you'll quickly become proficient in differentiating between the two. Most life-forms create inconsistent fields. Simply try to imagine the motions of a spirit moving around you, traveling about the location. When you detect paranormal fields, try to track them, following the motions of the ghost. You may find these contained masses of energy doing remarkable things: moving towards walls, then disappearing into them, or rising higher and higher until they seem to float away.

Some hot spots always have a wealth of bizarre electromagnetic energy. If you continually get fluctuations in an area, and you've ruled out all artificial causes, you may have a hot spot. The energy might be caused by a ghost or could be a source of energy the ghost uses to materialise. Such masses of EMF's may be the product of geomagnetic activity or a large scale artificial source, like power lines. Even though artificial and conventional types of energies are not paranormal themselves, they could still enhance, or somehow affect, the total electrical environment necessary for a ghost's materialisation. Masses of artificial EMF's, from perhaps an electrical power box, might somehow be used by a spirit to aid in manifestation.

There are several compact, hand-held versions on the market. The cost of one usually varies from around $40 to upwards of a few hundred dollars. Some EMF meters are: GaussMaster, CellSensor, Trifield and TriField Natural. You could even make your own! There are companies on the internet that sell EMF meters (just do a google search) as well as ebay. I would also look at retailers like Dick Smith and Tandy.

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