I was scared off long ago.
I blogged the other day and said that the Supernatural was anathema to me. I had a very frightening experience when I was younger and I denied any Supernatural acknowledgement after that. Here's my short story:
I was 20 years old (this is almost 40 years ago!), and my girlfriend at the time became friendly with people who belonged to a Spiritualist church. I attended a service or two and found it quite unnatural---the seances and the belief in the after-life boggled my mind. Here was a church devoted to communicating with the dead! It was deadly serious--not your ouija board stuff--but it frightened me.
At one time I was invited to a meeting with a famous psychic. There were a lot of people there and every word she spoke ("I am in contact with your father, Mary, do you have a message for him?), that sort of thing, freaked me out. After the meeting, our contacts having organised the event, I was introduced to the psychic. Her words to me were something like: " I felt your presence tonight and know that you are one of the chosen ones who can interpret messages and communicate with the departed."
Do you know that I did not sleep for a month after that (real macho huh?), because I thought my room was full of spirits. I was genuinely frightened and had nothing to do with that church ever again.
I know there are times that we all have premonitions and sometimes, co-incidentally, a thought or scenario in our minds may turn real, and I wonder whether any Joeusers have had these experiences. More importantly, how do you feel about the Supernatural?
Cynical and serious comments welcome.