There are several locations on this earth, more than one might think, that simply do not comply with any known rules governing what we regard as conventional or normal. These are areas where objects, animals (and occasionally human beings) spontaneously vanish and reappear and in these same locations there are alleged sightings of UFOs, ghosts, spectral buildings and other phenomena that simply defy description. Over the years there have been several attempts to define the mechanism that allows these bizarre events to manifest, but so far nothing concrete has emerged.
However, one feature common to them all is a long-standing reputation for supernatural phenomena of every type, the popular argot description of them is ‘window areas’ and the phenomena include:- Sightings of pitch black, coffin sized artefacts that spontaneously appear and disappear, witnesses have described their appearance as gateways to an infinite stygian void. Others have likened them to the monolithic and featureless ‘Stargate’ that appeared in the film, ‘2001 a Space Odyssey’
- Reports that buildings, objects and sometimes people in these locations become completely enveloped in a strange luminescence.
- The presence of anomalous hybrids, especially wolf-like creatures
- Anomalous readings on magnetometers
- The occasional appearance of crop circles
- And, in particular, occult imagery and practises
While it may be no more than coincidence, surprisingly enough most, if not all of these features, can be found in the area surrounding the now near legendary Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland. What this actually signifies is not clear, but it is strange that many ancient locations associated with spirituality have this attendant quasi-occult and mystical tradition. One particular area in the United States, which is known to display a varying permutation of these characteristics, is the so-called ‘Skinwalker Ranch’ in Utah, [*Note*, a ‘Skinwalker’ is the title given by indigenous Native American tribes to shape-shifting, supernatural creatures akin to werewolves and other legendary creatures]. The owner of the ranch experienced a range of these phenomena including strange lights, encounters with apparent extraterrestrials, cattle mutilations (ten of their animals had been killed) and a shimmering portal several meters from the ground through which, they claimed, unearthly views could occasionally be glimpsed.
The Skinwalker Ranch
The Skinwalker Ranch lays claim to having an array of orange coloured, glowing, visible portals that appear spontaneously over the land. The people who have seen them state that the portals (which are flat discs several feet across apparently suspended vertically and quite arbitrarily in midair) permit glimpses into another reality; the reports from the witnesses are quite consistent and describe how they have quite literally seen an ‘alien sky’. There are also reports of strange, small, airborne craft flying towards and vanishing into the portals/openings. Viewed from the side the effect is rather similar to watching a film or cartoon where a large object progressively vanishes behind and into a very narrow lamppost or tree. What is not clear however, is whether these anomalies connect with another dimension, or they are corridors opening instead into another time frame, perhaps the far future or distant past? Why they are there at all is a complete mystery.
The people affected by the events that took place in Arizona between 1994 and 1996, were the family of Terry Gorman (sometimes and confusingly, depending on the source, referred to as the Sherman family). Not surprisingly they were extremely traumatised by the events they witnessed, and after selling the ranch for approx. $200,000 to NIDS (National Institute for Discovery Science), a research organisation founded by the Las Vegas based millionaire philanthropist Robert Bigelo specialising in researching paranormal phenomena, purchased a smaller ranch approx 15 miles away.
It is vital to make clear that NIDS is the antithesis of groups like CSICOP
(Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims Of the Paranormal). This organisation is composed of people who seem dedicated to debunking the possibility that any supernatural or paranormal agency interfaces with the physical world today; this includes any and all types of psi phenomena. Perhaps we should pay a little more attention to this organisation and those like it.
Ostensibly, CSICOP, its members and fellow travellers, claim to be sceptical, rational, fair minded and objective in their approach to investigating claims of anomalous and paranormal phenomena. This, if true, would be admirable because the subject of the paranormal needs a critical but fair-minded organisation to examine some of the claims, especially those that have apparently impeccable provenance. Unfortunately this is simply not the case because, in the main, CSICOP appears to set up these claims to fail and brands anything that does not fall within its narrow remit as ‘pseudo-science’.
This is an excellent and simple stance to defend because it immediately throws the weight of proof on those making any claims of ‘psychic phenomena’, which includes psi, clairvoyance, spiritualism, the continuation of consciousness after death and even some aspects of Ufology. As far as their sceptical stance goes it falls under an unhappy mixture of aggressive atheism, humanism and debunking, one has to ask why, what is there for them to lose? While hiding behind the pretence that they base their opinions on science rather than dogma, they claim that the public needs to be saved from charlatans making specious claims, and rightly so, but it is also certain that their operating paradigm will not guarantee an unbiased perspective on anything. However, there is one eminent psychologist and occasional contributor to the CSICOP canon who does admit that remote viewing seems to work, and of course remote viewing falls squarely in the field of paranormal phenomena.
Nevertheless he still refuses to fully accept it on the basis of any evidence so far offered, saying that ‘extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof’. This being the case it is unlikely that organisations like this will ever accept any evidence irrespective of how strong it is. It is uncertain whether they, as a body, have as yet openly attempted to debunk religion since this too is an entirely supernatural phenomenon founded on faith alone. That said, perhaps it does effectively demonstrate that CSICOP and its members are as blinkered and dogmatic in their fevered debunking as true believers are in their irrational and unthinking belief in what is demonstrably untrue.
The Link with Magick
There have been many explanations proffered for what occurred to the Gorman/Sherman family, everything ranging from a cynical media hoax or a test site for US government ‘black project technology’, to a Native American curse cast by the indigenous Navajo tribe on the Ute tribe for trespassing on and, as they saw it, desecrating their traditional land. An explanation, which, along with many of the events experienced, has strong resonances with the plot of the extremely successful and alarming Steven Spielberg film, ‘Poltergeist’.
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This excellent movie likewise had the people at the centre of events falling foul of spirits aggrieved that a large housing development was constructed on an ancient, Native American burial ground. Whilst at first sight the ‘curse hypothesis’ seems unlikely and even ridiculous, it may ultimately be the one that holds most provenance if one considers the mechanism by which both chaos and other types of magick appear to operate. We are contemplating the ability to alter reality at its most fundamental and permanent level using the most ephemeral yet underestimated of tools: sheer willpower. Unfortunately, this hypothesis depends entirely on whether one considers that magick is a form of workable, albeit exquisitely subtle technology, or not.
It is probably as well to pause briefly and look at how this phenomenon appears to operate, for it is part and parcel of what occurs in these window areas, particularly if the ‘curse hypothesis’ has any provenance, because what happens there is by any definition magickal. Altering reality is of course precisely what chaos magicians do after creating the ideal conditions for their incantation/desire/spell to have its effect. The magician or shaman, in this case the two are effectively interchangeable, induces a physical, and crucially, deeply meditative mental state, where all his (or her) concentration is focussed on whatever they are attempting to accomplish. Once the magician deems that all is ready, they release the kernel of the wish/spell into the physical world, and if all has been done correctly there should be a tangible result for good or ill.
If on the other hand there has been a mistake in the procedure then the intention is hurled straight back at the magician, which is a variant of the old saying, “Be careful for that which you wish because you might just get it”. A very similar process is used to create ‘sigils’, or signs and symbols frequently used in magick of all kinds. During this process a wish or spell is carefully written out in full then slowly ‘condensed’, perhaps by removing certain of the words and letters then rearranging what remains into a shape, until it becomes an extremely potent and much reduced representation of the original message. The magician then uses the condensed ‘energy potential,’ (unfortunately there is no really suitable alternative term) in the symbol during whatever ceremony is deemed suitable to potentiate and empower the desire he/she is attempting to set free.
While this particular variant of magick viz. chaos magick, is a relatively modern interpretation, it still carries powerful resonances with traditional magick where the magician, particularly if employing the services of an imp or demon, risks considerable harm, or even death, should they fail to observe the strict protocols when dealing with the supernatural entity. It will become obvious how the comparisons between what occurs in window areas and the mechanics of magick have strong links. On the other hand it could be an example of ‘spiritual technology’ at work, for if all the theatrical trappings are cast aside this is yet another valid definition of practical magick.
The issue in question here is can something as ephemeral as a thought or a deeply held desire no matter how sincere or fervent affect the external world? Consider this: Some years ago the US Department of Mines conducted an experiment to see if a watched pot really did heat up more slowly than one that was not watched. To do this they contained atoms of beryllium in a magnetic ‘bottle’ to act as the ‘pot’ and the heat came from a microwave source, when the pot was being watched a laser beam was shone on it.
The results were startling; the laboratory measurements indicated that during a cycle when the pot was continually watched the atoms took longer to heat up than when it was not watched, if anything the laser energy should have added to the heating effect. They could not discover any rational explanation why this should have occurred, but it was speculated that in somehow manner the atoms had been ‘aware’ of what was expected of them and acted accordingly. Might this odd phenomenon be at the core of all instances where magick has been invoked? If nothing else it demonstrates that the quantum world obeys an entirely different set of rules to that of its Newtonian cousin.
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