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Welcome to the Paranormal Insights E-Newsletter.
Paranormal Insights: A Visual Para-History of Oregon and Washington
I’m pleased to announce that I have finished a lifelong dream. After decades of starts and stops, and even finishing first drafts, I have published my first book! Copies are available for purchase on my website: www.paranormalinsights.net.
My friend Devin Conroy-Groves is a professional photographer, and together we have written the first in what will be a series of books exploring the haunted history of many places both here and abroad. This and subsequent books combine Devin’s stunning photography with my psychic readings of the locations, along with their histories and legends.
 
We traveled to several locations around Oregon and Washington finding a variety of haunted, historic sites. The book includes shipwrecks, ghost towns, old military installations, haunted houses and more. We visited some sites on our own, and some as part of my Haunted Hot Spots classes.
The book was a joy to create. We had true collaboration on the project and both of us had the same idea as to what we were looking to produce. And, we were introduced to many beings from many places. All of whom assisted in our better understanding of the sites we visited. It didn't hurt that each of the places we visited had their own unique beauty and story, aside from the paranormal aspect of the location.
When I’m asked about the difficulties in writing this book, I’m hard pressed to think of any. I guess the most difficult thing for me was choosing which photos to use. Devin took hundreds of truly amazing photos. We couldn't use them all.
Choosing the settings for the book was also difficult, there are so many incredibly beautiful places with their unique histories and stories. We just had to realize that we can’t do it all at one time. This is part of the reason why this is the first in a series of planned books, not the only book. We are already hard at work on the next one.
Having completed a lifelong dream is very fulfilling. That the end product is one I can be genuinely proud of makes this that much sweeter.
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Healing the World
By William Becker
I've been watching the world, society, my community and myself and our reactions to so much going on these days. First, I want to say this is not a political piece. It’s an energy and spiritual piece. Sometimes those all seem to intertwine.
We seem to live in a world of great polarization and even greater violence. And the answer I see consistently on the news, on social media, even in more progressive outlets is more violence.
This isn't always physical violence. Along with the calls to bomb organizations – i.e. people both innocent and guilty – the rhetoric I continue to hear is hateful, or angry at the very least. The emotions permeating the world seem to be mostly those of hostility. This is even true from those promoting peace and taking care of humanity and the planet.
I understand how easy it is to take a position and dig in. But when we are so hostile to all in opposition, we create more violent energy ourselves. I’m not saying we don’t address wrong doing. We must do so. But how do we approach others? What is it we are called to do as beings of both spirit and energy? We educate and give example from a place of peace and free from any sort of violence.
 In my experience, society has mostly forgotten that there is more to the world than what we see and physically experience. There is a spiritual energy to the planet and to each of us. We are each called to find our own place in that spiritual energy and to be fully ourselves.
Our thoughts, and emotions are part of the creation of the energy around us and the energy we put out into the world and into the universe. We are a big part of the balance of energy; the yin and yang, positive or negative, or whatever name you want to ascribe to the phenomena.
When we respond to something with anger, that’s the energy we put out. When we respond with hate, we create hate in the world. When we respond with violent emotions, we create an atmosphere of violence that is self-feeding and grows into an all-consuming monster.
 When we respond to the world around us with an attitude of peace, understanding and love, that is the energy we create. This become the reality of the energy surrounding us, and manifests as the energy we put into the universe. When enough of us create this energy of beauty, the world is transformed. Injustice fades away. As injustice fades, so do wars. So does hunger, so does the insecurity that leads to so much violence. And in the places where it might still exist, violence is neutralized by peace and love.
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Haunted Hot Spots Events:
I have just booked the Stanley Hotel for January 10th & 11th!!! I'm still working out the details and will keep you all posted through my website and Facebook.
These events are held in a variety of locations around the Pacific Northwest and beyond. I find locations of particular historical and paranormal significance and offer these expanded classes there. The classes include a psychic based investigation element. Many of the places we have held these events in have been made famous by authors or television programs. Haunted Hot Spots events take a variety of forms, so prices vary.
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Stanley Hotel ~ Estes Park, CO
Details upcoming so keep checking my WEBSITE for updates on this spectacular Haunted Hot Spot event!
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Photo Courtesy of Devin Conroy-Groves