Fri, 12 Mar 99, Reader writes:
My boyfriend and I bought an old 2 family Victorian home about 5 years ago and have converted it to a single family home. The house was built around 1870. We have 5 children between the two of us, so converted the 2nd & 3rd floor apartment into bedrooms and left the kitchen, dining room, living room, etc., in the 1st floor apartment alone and use as intended (the single bedroom on the 1st floor is now our computer room).
The 2nd floor kitchen had an old butler's pantry. We made the kitchen our bedroom and the pantry a walk-in closet. Shortly after that, I walked into the bedroom, looked in the closet and saw what appeared to be an old woman sitting in the pantry/closet staring out the window. Since then there have been lots of incidents of little noises around the room, the closet bars are constantly coming down, one of our dogs stands in the living room and stares at the front stairs as if someone is there. I've actually seen plastic bags in our bedroom move on their own. The activity has been confined to the 2nd floor until today (more on that in a minute).
My younger sister also lives with us. The 3 adults in the house are all of the belief that we have 'guardian angels'/'spirit guides'/'friends' as you call them and have all tried to consult with them about the incidents in the house. My boyfriend was told that there is the spirit of an old woman who inhabited the 2nd floor apartment and that she is confused that we are sleeping in her kitchen and that we cook at our neighbors. He was also told that there is a very old spirit of a man that wanders our neighborhood. One of the neighborhood dogs sees him and is terrified of him (what is normally a sweet friendly dog slinks around and runs home for no apparent reason sometimes).
This morning my sister was taking a nap on the couch on the first floor and was awakened by a human growling noise coming from the other side of the room (but no one was there). Was it the old man that wanders the neighborhood or have we got a 'new' friend that is just now showing themselves or has my sister moving in (about a month ago) added just enough to the psychic energy in the house that we are sensitized or are somehow attracting things?
I would appreciate any insight and/or advise and I promise to write follow-up email.
Sun, 11 Apr 99, Otherplane's reply to reader:
Let's just say that you have an entity or has been a part of the house long time ago. Old houses will have that kind of extra options that you didn't ask for. At time it can pacify the tenants for a while or maybe until they start changing things around. This makes the entity/s feel uneasy. It won't hurt if you tell the entity/s that you have made this modification to accomudate the bigger family that you have. Most of the time it will just remain passive until something else happen that change the vibration of the house. Again, let the entity/s know what's going on. It will only take a few seconds to say a kindly word to an old tenant who is also looking for attention. Sometimes there will be a passerby who also wants attention. You will learn to deal with that.
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