The Eclectic Mystic

Get ready folks and hold on to your knickers All I knew about the holiday was the basics we are taught in school. Natives, (Hell I was never even taught what tribe) and pilgrims, they came together, shared food and everyone was happy. Never questioned it much but then I started getting this feeling several years ago like Thanksgiving was a hoax and it was glossing over genocide.   If you have been raised in the States, especially in the South you know how hard it is to get others to talk about stuff much less change how they do things. So like a good soldier, I huffed and went along with it for a bit longer then about 4-5 years ago I went down the rabbit hole of who Christopher Columbus was and after doing so it really left me with a bad taste about Thanksgiving even more so than I already had. Because of this, I stopped celebrating said “holiday”. And have been quite vocal about it. However, it wasn't until this year that I realized I don't have the full scope of the history o

History of the Ouija Board For as long as I can remember the Ouija board has had a negative connotation around it short of the few clips of it in Charmed. Over the years I've seen 2 sides of this. You are either “They are fine just a tool to be used” or “They are evil and don't use them.” There has never been a middle ground that I have seen.   Ouija boards have a bad rap of they are used to help open a doorway to the other side to speak to spirits but there is a high chance once you open that door you can be manipulated by evil and or have evil things attached to you or you may not be able to close that door once opened. Because of the connection with spirits, the Ouija board has become a popular item to use during a paranormal investigation.  I have owned a Ouija board on and off for over 15 years. Currently have 3 and will continue to. Years ago one of the first times I ever worked with the board it attracted a spirit. The planchette moved a bit and that was it. Since then I

  Estate sale ghost A week ago today I went to an estate sale, wanted to support some friends, and check out all the goodies. Well, I got more than I bargained for. In such a good way.  Not only did I find some really nice treasures I found a ghost or should I say she found me.  It all started Thursday morning I got up before the sun to get ready for this estate sale and I arrived at about 7:30am at a fucking beautiful house right on the water. Well, I was by far not the only one there nor the first. They don't let people in till 9 am so I had some time to kill. Like usual I tend to walk around and stay to myself a bit. This day was no different especially since everyone was trying to talk over each other. Not to mention it was on the water so I went exploring around the outside of the house and down to the water. It was a drury day with some sprinkles of rain. But it was beautiful in its own way.  Nothing felt off or strange about the property. A little stagnate but that's not

Djinn Arabic: جن‎, jinn / Roman djinn / anglicized genies The actual origin of the word remains uncertain.  The anglicized version of genie is a borrowing of the French génie. Making its first appearance in the 18th-century translations of The Thousand and One Nights/The Arabian Nights.  Djinn are supernatural creatures mentioned in Islamic theology however they are not solely Islamic. They precede Judaism, Islam, and Christianity however the  exact origins of belief in Djinn are not entirely clear but what really is when it comes to the other realms.   All the way from the   Quran to pre islamic17th-century literature there is mention of Jinn.  Some are of the mindset Djinn are evil spirits that dwell in the desert taking on animal forms while others believe Djinn are much older and come from long-ago pagan beliefs that the Djinn are nature spirits that got displaced compared to more popular deities and then later demonized. You may be more familiar with the Genie in a Lamp if you rub