The Prophet from Different Dimensions

Author: Trevon Riley

Edgar Cayce As a Young Adult

Edgar Cayce was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on March, 18, 1877, where he spent his early years on a farm and learned about plants and soils. He would remain an active gardener for his entire life and Cayce also believed in herbal remedies. Cayce was the most documented psychic of the 20^th Century. Cayce began to find out about his supernatural abilities as early as his childhood. Cayce displayed that he had a supernatural ability to memorize the pages of a book by falling asleep on it. Also he was able to talk to his deceased father’s spirit. Due to those interactions he was often criticized, where people labeled him as a strange person. All he wanted to do with these abilities were to help others, because he felt like his gift was from god.

Photo of Older Edgar Cayce

Known as “The Sleeping Prophet” due to his psychic readings in a trance-like state. While in this state, Cayce would be in the universal conscious, where his mind would be in contact with all time and space. Cayce found out about this ability when he suffered laryngitis, which made him lose his voice. After a year, Cayce suddenly was cured due to him being under hypnosis. While under hypnosis, it was discovered that he could diagnose and recommend cures for others while in that state of hypnosis. He could respond to peoples’ personal questions and he would give the clients advice. There has been 14,306 of Cayce’s psychic readings documented, where he performed them in his trance-like state. The psychic readings would generally be about health, dreams, business, relationships, and spiritual growth. His final psychic reading was on himself on September 17, 1944.

Cayce made an uncanny amount of true prophecies or predictions in his lifetime. He prophesied on the Stock Market Crash of 1929, World War II, and the death of presidents. The stock market crash was predicted during a reading in 1925. Cayce stated that the client would find himself in a possession of a great deal of money. The reading advised the client to exercise caution in caring for his wealth. Also a few months before the stock market crashed, he warned a stockbroker of the impending “great disturbance in financial circles” that was about to take place. He predicted World War II in 1935, where he warned a 29-year-old client about catastrophic events building up in international communities. Cayce stated, “As to the affairs of an international nature, these we find are in a condition of great anxiety on the part of many; not only as individuals but as to nations.” Cayce would continue to show his godly abilities to the world until his death on January 3, 1945.

Works Cited:

“About Edgar Cayce.”Association for Research and Enlightenment. Accessed 22 Oct. 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20130626070913/http://www.edgarcayce.org/are/edgarcayce.aspx

“Chronology.” Association for Research and Enlightenment. Accessed 23 Oct. 2020 https://www.edgarcayce.org/edgar-cayce/chronology/

Cox, Dale. “Edgar Cayce, The Selma Years - Selma, Alabama.” ExploreSouthernHistory.com – Edgar Cayce in Selma, Alabama. Dale Cox, 2011. https://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/selmacayce.html

“Edgar Cayce’s Seven Prophecies That Came True.” Association for Research and Enlightenment. Accessed 22 Oct. 2020. https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/ancient-mysteries/seven-prophecies-that-came-true/

For Further Research:

Encyclopedia Entry about Caycehttps://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/edgar-cayce

Edgar Cayce short biography http://oaks.nvg.org/cayce-bio.html

Peter Ferguson

Many people have claimed to see ghost, or something supernatural throughout their lives. The mysterious light that appears at night time on US Highway 21. At the beginning of Lands End Rd. there is a moss covered tree that it is said, if you park next to it at night you will experience an extraordinary and ominous light blaze past you. Lands End Rd. is located in the warmth of the coast in Beaufort, South Carolina. Much history surrounds the low country cities. The Charleston-Beaufort area has history embedded deep in its roots almost everywhere you go. During the civil war, Charleston was a key city for the confederates and was eventually going to be over taken by the Union as the war was winding down. They needed Charleston because it was the south’s biggest port.

During an attempted invasion of Charleston, Union soldiers were able to sneak up behind a Confederate soldier and cut off the head of Private Frank Quigley. Many of the Charleston and Beaufort area locals believe the mysterious “Land’s End Light” is the deceased confederate soldier searching for his head. In the research I did, many of the ghost light theories are believed to be the “spirits of people who are beheaded stays on earth in search of their head. (Jones)” Although this is a far-fetched idea it it’s still a possibility. It is also believed the light will lead you to the spot where Private QUIGLEY http://eatsleepplaybeaufort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/fremont5soldier.jpg was beheaded.

           
For many locals, Lands’ End Light is very real, there have been many first-hand accounts of people who have claimed to see this supernatural light. The Charleston newspaper usually does a story about this supernatural phenomenon every other year during Halloween. The local police told local news stations about the line of cars parked along the ominous stretch of highway hoping to see the mysterious light. It can only be seen in the midst of the night and it’s believed if you are scared or fear what isn’t known then the light won’t appear. If you have an open mind and accept the unknown it will appear.

           
Humans go out seeking the unknown because we, as a species, want to understand the unexplainable. Two people died in the pursuit of this mysterious light in their vehicles. While in pursuit of the supernatural light the two men ran their car off the road into a tree. The mystery of the unknown fascinates us and makes us eager to learn more. As long as there are folk lore and ghost tale stories, there will always be people wanting to know more. Although some people might not realize what they really are getting themselves into.

Works Cited: 

Atteberry, Tom. “The ghosts of St. Helena’s chapel of ease and Land’s End light – true hauntings from South Carolina’s sea islands.” A gothic curiosity cabinet, 16 Oct. 2016, http://www.gothichorrorstories.com/behind-urban-legends/the-ghosts-of-st-helenas-chapel-of-ease-and-lands-end-light-true-hauntings-from-south-carolinas-sea-islands/.

Gooch, Bary. “Lands End Light – Frogmore, St. Helena Island, South Carolina.” SC Informational Highway. 16 Oct. 2016, http://www.sciway.net/hist/lands-end-light-st-helena-island.html

Jones, Louis. “The Journal of American Folklore.” American Folklore Society, vol. 57, no. 226, Fall 1944, pp. 237-254, JSTOR, doi: 10.2307/535356.  

Roberts, Nancy. nt. 2012, Eatsleepplaybeaufort, http://eatsleepplaybeaufort.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/light1.jpg 

Links for further research:

Graydon, Nell. South Carolina Ghost Tales, Beaufort Book Shop, Inc, 1969. This book is about all the supernatural phenomenon that go on in South Carolina. In this particular excerpt of the book it gives extensive information on Lands End Light and its history.

Heffernan, Erin. “The ghosts of Beaufort County: From strange lights to the Blue Lady locals share favorite ghost stories.” The Island Packet, 17 Oct. 2016,  http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/article39629214.html. This web source talks about the many theories on what the supernatural light came from. This article also gives locals first-hand accounts as well as other ghost tales. 

Schlosser, S.E. “South Carolina Folklore.” American Folklore, 18 Oct 2016, http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/united-states-folklore/south-carolina-folklore/. This web sources discusses the importance of the many folk lore stories in South Carolina. The author also discusses many of the details of Lands End Light. 

Enter the Devil’s Gate: Devil’s Gate Dam Pasadena, CA

Samantha Jones

            “Devil’s Gate is named for the appearance of a horned devil face in the narrow canyon of the Arroyo Seco, a natural riverbed flowing from the San Gabriel Mountains into Los Angeles basin” (LAGP). This dam is located beneath Suicide Bridge. It was built around the 1920’s to modify the water flow through the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena, CA. This was the first control flood dam in Los Angeles County. There is an urban legend behind this mysterious dam. Since the Devil’s Gate Dam, Cobb Estate, and Suicide Bridge are all connected by points, they named it the Arroyo Triangle. It is believed to be one of the seven portals to Hell.

People claim that the portal was opened by three occultist scientists. Jack Parsons , Aleister Crowley , and L. Ron Hubbard  all believed that this Devil’s Gate had some sort of magical energy that could give them power. The three performed rituals that were believed to go along with their project. They referred to this as their Babylon Working. “Babylon Working is a summoning of an entity known as Babylon that would aid then in the creation of an ‘anti-christ’, a child who would eventually destroy mankind” (Marie). But, a few years later, Parsons, Crowley and Hubbard’s friendship died down and they went their separate ways studying in their own perspectives. Parsons died in 1957 due to an unexplained explosion in his home laboratory.

A few years later, several children went missing around the Devil’s Gate area. Two of the missing childrens’ mysteries were solved by uncovering their bodies buried from a killer who was discovered around the area. The other missing children were never found. People believe that they were dragged into the portal and can not get out. A special paranormal activist group who especially believes this mystery are the Paranormal EXP. They visited Devil’s Gate Dam back in 2011 and got first hand voice recordings of a little boy stating his name as ‘Tommy’.



There are many people who believe in this paranormal portal to Hell and think it is true. It dates all the way back to the Native Americans believing this dam was haunted and forbade anyone to go there. Along with that, there are also a handful of people who do not believe in any of it. Even with all the evidence. I feel those people do not want to admit that they maybe a little believe in the Devil’s Gate because they are just not sure whether to believe or not. I guess it is up to you, do you believe in ghosts or portals to Hell? I feel you should go visit Devil’s Gate Dam for yourself and then answer that question.

Work Cited and Further Research:
Anderson, Donna. “Is Devil’s Gate Dam in Pasadena a Portal to Hell?” examiner.com. N.p., Aug. 11, 2012. Web. Oct. 12, 2015.

Kreuzer, Nikki, “Devil’s Gate Dam”. Photograph. LABeat. LA Beat. 25 Feb. 2015. Web. 15 Oct. 2015.

Los Angeles Ghost Patrol. “Devil’s Gate: A Portal to Hell?” laghostpatrol.com. Sayontan Sinha, May 18, 2011. Web. Oct. 6, 2015.

Marie, Kelly. “The Story of Devil’s Gate Dam.” Definenormal.org. N.p.,Sep. 22, 2012. Web. Oct. 12, 2015.

Paranormal EXP. “Devil’s Gate Dam-Pasadena, CA.” paranormalexp.com. July 8, 2011. Web. Oct. 12, 2015.

S.I.U. The Supernatural Investigation Unit. “Devil’s Gate Dam Pasadena/LA Canada, CA” hauntedlosangeles.blogspot.com. N.p., Feb. 28, 2014. Web. Oct. 6, 2015.

Shanghai Tunnels

Author: Bryn Whitley

                      The Shanghai Tunnels are a notorious place, located deep underneath the streets of Portland, Oregon. Many of the businesses that are in Portland are connected by the tunnels and have openings to the tunnels in the basements of the buildings. There tunnels are a mysteriously haunting place. It is said in, The Haunted Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, Oregon, the art of shanghaiing occurred in these tunnels dating all the way back to the 1850’s and ended somewhere around the 1940’s. This article also states that Shanghaiing was the act of stealing men that would wander around in the tunnels at night, or would enjoy a few or more drinks at that bars that are above the tunnels, many of these men would be taken and sold to ship owners. The owners of these ships would pick out “able-bodied men” and use them on their ships as slaves (The Portland Underground FAQ).

 

 According to, The Haunted Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, Oregon, unfortunately, not all of the people stolen in the tunnels were male, some of them were females, sold as prostitutes to work on the ships one of which is a woman named Nina is said to haunt the tunnels underneath “Old Town Pizza.” It is said by locals that Nina was a prostitute who was drugged one night and thrown down the shaft to the tunnels. This fall was fatal, and now it is said her ghost haunts the tunnels and the scent of perfume still lingers in the air (The Haunted Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, Oregon). In fact, there is a carving that says “Nina” into the brick in one of the passageways said to have been there since the tunnels were first used for shanghaiing (Haunt in Shanghai Tunnels Portland). According to, The Haunted Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, Oregon, she is not the only ghost that is said to haunt these tunnels,

“Many individuals who walk the tunnels in Portland have stated that they have heard moans, talking, screaming, and even the sound of crying. While it is believed that many of these sounds may be a result of the energy expelled in the area, and may be residual based hauntings, there are many who firmly believe that these are the sounds of truly intelligent hauntings. The opinion is carried that these intelligent hauntings realize that they have been trapped in the tunnels and because most do not know how they got into the tunnels to start with, they have a difficult time finding their way out.”

This is possible with the belief in ghosts, and the supernatural. I believe that many people might experience more supernatural occurrences with the belief in ghosts. Is it possible that ghosts exist, or are people simply seeing something that they chalk up to the belief in ghosts? In the article, Poll: Majority Belief in Ghosts, when asked if people believe in ghosts 48% of people said yes, while 45% said no, this shows that more people believe in the supernatural. This could, perhaps, explain why people take tours of these tunnels.

A collection of boots found in the tunnels taken from the Ghost Adventures visit. 

Today, tours are given in the tunnels by a number of tour groups. This leaves me to question the beliefs of many people; perhaps they take tours because they like to be scared, they are a skeptic, or a true believer. As you walk through the tunnels I can imagine what it was like back in the 1900’s, filled with a musty smells, with hints of alcohol and perfume. You could possible hear the moans of the soon to be sailors, and the prostitutes. Many people believe that if you walked through these tunnels during this time period you would not see any of this, in fact, many believe shanghaiing did not exist at all (Mellema). This is left to be decided by the individual, but I believe once experiencing the eeriness of these tunnels one cannot help but form an opinion. 

Works Cited:

Alfano, Sean. "Poll: Majority Believe In Ghosts." CBSNews. CBS

Interactive, 11 Feb. 2009. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-500160_162-994766.html>

"Ghost Adventures: Shanghai Tunnels Pictures." Travel Channel. Travel Channel, n.d. Web. 19

Oct. 2012. <http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/ghost-adventures/photos/ghost-adventures-shanghai-tunnels-pictures>.

"Haunt in Shanghai Tunnels Portland, Or 97201 Portland,

OREGON Multnomah Haunt." Haunt in Shanghai Tunnels Portland, Or 97201 Portland, OREGON Multnomah Haunt. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://www.strangeusa.com/Viewlocation.aspx?id=8136>

The Haunted Shanghai Tunnels in Portland, Oregon." The Haunted

Shanghai Tunnels In Portland, Oregon. Haunted Places to Go, 2012. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.haunted-places-to-go.com/shanghai-tunnels.html>

Mellema, Valerie. "Portland Underground: The Shanghai Tunnels."   

Portland Underground: The Shanghai Tunnels. Legends of America, 2012. Web. 11 Oct. 2012. <http://www.legendsofamerica.com/or-shanghai.html>

"The Portland Underground FAQ." The Secrets of the Tunnels. N.p., n.d. Web. 16

Oct. 2012. <http://shanghaitunnels.info/>

"Shanghai Tunnels." Spooky Places. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Oct. 2012.

<http://spookyplaces.us/place/shanghai-tunnels-portland-oregon/>.

Links for Further Research:

Portland Walking Tours

http://www.portlandwalkingtours.com/tours/underground_portland.php

                This site gives more information on booking tours through the Shanghai Tunnels.

Oregon. Com

http://web.oregon.com/trips/pdx_shanghai.cfm

                This article gives extra information on the Shanghai Tunnels and extra pictures.

News Channel 8 Shanghai Tunnels reveal Portland's sinister history

http://www.kgw.com/news/Sha-138610174.html

                This article gives a brief history of the Shanghai Tunnels and what occurred here.