| A little background information on why I am writing an | | | | with a recording device and with another device |
| article on EVP and Ghost Boxes. I was in conversation | | | | playing 'White Noise'. It is thought that the owners |
| the other day, with a couple of people I know and they | | | | (spirits) of these voices are somehow able to |
| that were suggesting that I try out a couple of | | | | manipulate these waves into recognisable words. |
| experiments using a Ghost Box. I had never heard of | | | | However, there have been many developments over |
| a Ghost Box before - so needless to say, they had to | | | | the years, especially with the invention of The Ghost |
| explain what it was and how it worked. What this | | | | Box. |
| would do for my own personal Spritual Development I | | | | But What Is A Ghost Box? By what I can gather a |
| don't know - seems like cheating to me! They know | | | | modern day Ghost Box is made up of a couple of |
| that I can sense spirit. talk to spirit, and hear spirit. But | | | | radio receivers, that are made to scan the radio |
| stronger spirit communication is one of my constant | | | | waves randomly, which are plugged into a mixer, the |
| development targets. | | | | mixer is then plugged into a computer running an audio |
| Their suggestion of my using a Ghost Box arose | | | | program which also generates white-noise and can |
| because they know I cannot hear spirit as and when I | | | | record, a microphone is also plugged into the computer. |
| want - I tend to only hear them when they really want | | | | You can turn the mixer down, to ask a question, then |
| my attention and shout at me. Or maybe it is just | | | | turn up the mixer, which generates the random |
| selective hearing - I'm sure I will find out one day. | | | | frequencies of the radio-waves. Give the 'voices' a |
| I have heard of EVP and it is yet another thing that | | | | chance to respond. Then cut the mixer level again and |
| has been on my to-do list for years but for those of | | | | go on to ask another question. You continue in this |
| you who have no understanding of EVP here is an | | | | way until you have asked all the questions you want |
| explanation. | | | | to ask. |
| EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) is an event in | | | | Turn the radio scanners off. Play back your recordings. |
| which human-sounding voices from an unknown | | | | If you can identify answers to your questions then well |
| source are heard on a recording. These voices are | | | | done you have made spirit communication! With the |
| not heard at the time of recording; it is only when the | | | | computer audio programs, you can usually cut out |
| recording is played back that the voices are heard. | | | | additional unwanted interference which can make the |
| Sometimes amplification and noise filtering is required | | | | voices clearer. |
| to hear the voices. Some EVP is more easily heard | | | | I am sure there are other ways of constructing a |
| and understood than others. And they vary in gender | | | | Ghost Box but what I have described above is my |
| (men and women), age (women and children), tone | | | | novice understanding of it. |
| and emotion. They usually speak in single-words, | | | | One day I may actually get around to carrying out |
| phrases and short sentences. Sometimes they are | | | | some experiments on a home made Ghost Box, or |
| just grunts, groans, growling and other vocal noises. | | | | just normal EVP. But I would certainly be interested in |
| EVP has been recorded in many different languages. | | | | hearing more about this method of spirit |
| A very basic way to try and capture these voices, is | | | | communication. |