By Robin M. Strom You’ve heard them described as the “artistic type.” They’re highly creative and have truly unique and unusual ideas. They’re the ones who believe in the possibility of the supernatural, or may report having had a mystical experience of their own. Perhaps they dabble in eastern philosophies, or non-mainstream religions. This is the type of person who would cut off his ear in a fit of depression - Van Gogh. Or perhaps the type of creative genius that would take his own life...

By Robin M. Strom If you're interested in finding out how you rate, take the transliminality survey below and find out. Thalbourne Transliminality Index (1998) Answer true or false on the 30 questions below. More true answers indicate a higher transliminality rating. 1 Horoscopes are right too often for it to be a coincidence. 2 At times I perform certain little rituals to ward off negative influences. 3 I have experienced an altered state of consciousness in which I felt that I became...

By Robin M. Strom, author of  On the Hunt for the Haunted; Searching for Proof of the Paranormal As discussed in the book,  On the Hunt for the Haunted,  the voice on the audio recorder was both clear and clearly exasperated.  The first said simply “Get out,” and then a few seconds later the female voice directed us to “Get out now!”  Both voices were female, and both were caught in an empty room.  We had been in the residence for several hours, and she had tolerated us up to that point.  But...