| Why does a person believe in the paranormal? After | | | | paranormal. There have been many attempts to prove |
| all, in this age of technology and constant scientific | | | | or disprove ghosts, UFOs, telepathy, conversations |
| advancements one could expect that such beliefs do | | | | with the spirit world and other unexplained |
| not exist anymore. Quite the contrary! The paranormal | | | | phenomenon. However, no one succeeded in bringing |
| world became hugely popular lately. Many T.V shows, | | | | a definite answer to any of these mysteries despite |
| movies, books and websites are dedicated to the | | | | trying for a very long time. There are many theories |
| topic. If nothing else this abundance only confirms the | | | | out there about the paranormal, but none is considered |
| current interest in the paranormal. | | | | definitive. That is this uncertainty that keep the interest |
| Each aspect of the paranormal had its time in the | | | | in those mysteries alive. There is no answer and one |
| spotlight. Witch hunt from the 15th to 18th century, UFO | | | | can still wonder and theorize. The new continents and |
| around the First and Second World War, Spiritualism or | | | | unexplored areas of the world that fascinated our |
| communication with the spirits at the end of the 19th | | | | ancestors have been replaced by the otherworldly |
| century and beginning of the 20th century. Despite the | | | | realms where so much remained unexplained and |
| various trends that existed throughout the centuries, | | | | undiscovered. |
| humans have been attracted to the unknown, | | | | While not so many people will admit to a sincere and |
| unbelievable, unexplainable since the beginning of times. | | | | constant interest in the paranormal, everyone will lend |
| Once the forte of the eccentric and peculiar | | | | an attentive if discrete ear to those fantastic stories. |
| characters, the interest in the paranormal has now | | | | Everyone will ask themselves the question "What if?" |
| become main stream. Proof to that are the hugely | | | | Some might snicker and declare loud and clear that |
| popular shows such as NBC's Medium and CBS's | | | | ghosts, witches or vampires are only nonsense, but |
| Ghost Whisperer. In this age where most mysteries of | | | | they will listen nonetheless. No one can really escape |
| the past have been explained away by science, this | | | | the speculations that surround the paranormal. It is only |
| fascination with the paranormal world might translate a | | | | human to want to know and understand. |
| need to wonder. Back when Christopher Columbus | | | | That is this ability to wonder, imagine and dream that |
| crossed the ocean, there were still opportunities for | | | | give human their humanity. The firm belief that the |
| wonder. What was on the other side of this expanse | | | | world surrounding human beings is not enough and is |
| of water? Did those fantastic animals described in the | | | | not limited to what can be seen is one of the |
| account of the explorers really exist? Was there life | | | | characteristic that make humans human. The belief in |
| on the moon? Today, all those questions have been | | | | God and other out of this world creatures and |
| answered and the field of the unknown is constantly | | | | phenomenon is part of becoming an evolved, intelligent |
| getting smaller. | | | | and thinking being. |
| All that is left to the curious but unscientific mind is the | | | | |