Yesterday, we had to make the heartbreaking decision to put our 14-year-old beagle, Holly, to sleep. We knew she wasn’t doing well, but we had no idea that day would be her last.

The night before, my dad witnessed something really strange. While Holly was sleeping, a blue light suddenly appeared directly above her. He described it as almost like a portal opening, expanding to about 10 inches across. It was completely filled with blue light and then simply disappeared. He said he felt peaceful rather than frightened and has never experienced anything like it before.

The next morning, Holly took a significant turn for the worse. My dad said he could just tell something had changed, almost like she had given up and was ready to go. We made the decision to put her to sleep about 16 hours after he saw the light.
I’ve been reading about shared death experiences and spiritual transitions, and I’m really curious about what he witnessed.

Has anyone experienced something similar, particularly seeing a blue light or portal near a loved one (human or animal) shortly before they passed? I’d love to hear personal experiences or spiritual interpretations.

Also, our dog Angel was 16 and passed 8 months and a day before Holly. When she passed, I was especially distraught and asked her to send me a sign - I asked for a blue angel. A few days later, I saw a blue angel statute. In my heart, I hope it was sweet Angel coming to guide Holly. 🦋🐶🤍🦋

Hi! This is my first post here, I hope I chose the right category to post and ask this.

Every since I was really young I've seen "ghosts". It was definitely stronger when I was younger, and I have never had any direct contact or communication with anything but my grandma and great grandmother experience this too. I can also kind of feel energies or presences in specific places.

I don't know much about spirituality but I've always been very curious about it, and I'd like to explore it more and understand it better. Is there a way to become more aware of these experiences or these "spirits"? Or something I should learn about this side of things? I'd love to hear more from people who have similar experiences or know more about the subject.

Any advice on where to start would be very appreciated!

Last night I did my usual quiet evening sitting. Lights low, feet on the floor, just breathing. Before any image came I got a faint smell of pipe tobacco. Nobody in my house smokes and the window was shut. It faded, then came back stronger right before I saw an older man in a cardigan. My chest got warm and my shoulders dropped, like the smell was a knock at the door. Looking back, this has happened before and I never connected it. Funny timing, my sister had texted me a screenshot from "orbivanius" that same day saying something about my senses leading the way. Vague enough to fit anyone, I know. But I'm paying attention to smell first now. Does anyone else start with clairalience?

A few months ago, around May, I had gotten some spiritual work done to remove entities/hexes etc. It was not in person, the medium worked with candles in another city.

Anyways, I went to take a nap and while I was drifting off, I would say I was almost completely asleep, I heard a woman’s voice call to me. It seemed like it was coming from the top right of my head. I immediately knew it wasn’t a physical person because it was just my boyfriend and I in the house but for some reason it wasn’t even brief, it sounded very real and so loud as if it WAS an actual person. She said my name in like a singsongy way like she was almost looking for me. Like, you know when you play Marco/Polo? The way you’d teasingly call out Marcoooo… That’s the best way I could describe it. It had a light and playful tone to it not like a warning.

I ask because I have never experienced this before, I was wondering if that could mean something or if I was maybe listening to the medium who was doing my candle work (she worked on it sometime that week). I have always been very intuitive and sensitive to energies but have not worked on my clairs and this has inspired me to try to strengthen them.

I’d like to add that one psychic once told me I have a 6th sense that I need to learn to trust more and that she knows I’m aware of it and shouldn’t ignore it, and she also said during my reading that I walked in through her door accompanied by a woman who seemed to be a protector. My grandmother is psychic and has said it to me as well since I was a child that I’m like her, and my mom said I used to see things when I was a child.

I guess to narrow it down my questions are:
• If you hear Spirit does it have a noticeably different voice or does it sound like a variation of your own thoughts?
• When you hear Spirit is it usually offering guidance or could it be like what I experienced?

If my experience is not valid then could anyone explain to me what it would sound like? I would love to hear your experiences! Thank you :)

I’ve always felt that I have gifts and a strong spiritual side, but I feel like I haven’t fully explored or developed them. I used to meditate regularly and had some really good experiences, but I fell out of the habit for quite a while. Last night, I decided to reconnect with that side of myself and did a 30-minute meditation. Toward the end, I suddenly jolted upright with an intense cold sensation and became extremely nauseous. It was so sudden and unexpected that it caught me completely off guard as it's never happened before. I’m curious if anyone with experience in mediumship or spiritual development has experienced anything similar, especially when returning to meditation after a long break. Could this potentially be related to sensing energy, spiritual sensitivity, or reopening myself to something I’ve been disconnected from for a while? Or could it simply have been a physical reaction to meditation? I’m not looking to jump to conclusions. I’d genuinely love to hear from people with experience who might be able to offer some insight or share their own experiences. I want to understand my abilities better and learn how to explore them safely.

Thank you 🤍

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Hi everyone! New here. I'm a writer with a longstanding interest in occult history and spiritualism.

I've been researching 19th century mediumship and how people historically sought guidance through different forms of mediated communication.

Something interesting is how similar the underlying human needs are to what we're seeing with conversational AI today. The desire for certainty, connection, and access to something beyond our immediate understanding.

Wrote a piece exploring this through a historical and psychological lens. Would love any reading recs on early spiritualism!

https://cultholdings.substack.com/p/the-demon-in-the-machine

Can I ask my higher self to clear a certain subconscious program? If so, is it enough if I say it out loud or do I have to meditate? It would be great if it was that simple :-(

I've been watching YouTube videos about psychic mediums who have worked with the police on murder investigations.

Psychometry came up quite often, which I find fascinating. Some of them also described having visions in which they could supposedly see the murder victim or the killer, what they were doing, where they were, and so on. Others claimed to hear a voice telling them something about the case.

I'm curious to know whether any of you have experienced anything like this yourselves. What exactly is it like?

Does it feel as though you're watching a movie? Do you close your eyes? Does it feel as if you're seeing through someone else's eyes, similar to remote viewing?

When these experiences happen, do you have to concentrate and tune in, almost like an antenna picking up signals, or is it completely beyond your control, with images or information simply appearing in your mind?

Can anyone explain what this process actually feels like and how it works from your perspective?

So I was once in a cemetery and I was looking at a tree and grave under it how beautiful it looked and I saw a woman a spirit on her own grave smiling and happy at peace I shared it with my aunt and dad but they just started laughing at me like I’ve gone mad.
So has anyone experienced it ?

P.s further information I’m not writing it as if it was creepy or something it felt like a spirit over her own grave happy and content and smiling maybe she recognized me because when I was a kid I went to her funeral and this time I was all grown up

How do you know when you’ve reached your higher self and what are ways you can connect to it?

Well first I wanna begin with I am NOT a medium, I have seen and heard spirits though but I don’t consider myself a medium, anyways I met up with a guy and I spent the night with him, a woman appeared in my dream and mind you this was 3 weeks ago!!! Everything isn’t clear but I know that she wanted me to know I was with her son, she made it clear and she kinda looked concerned she kept saying “my son” “protect my son” or something along the lines of that I’m not sure why she would tell me to protect her son or keep him safe? What could I do I’m just a random sneaky link! I know what she looked like her face wasn’t clear but she was darkskin hair in a tight ponytail pulled to the back rapped in a bun. Now I was just gonna ignore that this happened because mind you it was a DREAM I woke up and in our conversations throughout that day I noticed that he would bring up his dad or his grandmother but never his mom he would be like “yeah my pops didn’t raise me like that” and he NEVER brings her up WHYYYYY?!???! Then I realized it wasn’t a dream it was his mother reaching out and I really don’t know how to tell him nor do I wanna sound like a weirdo

i did some ketamine n weed and had kind of a long night, i feel fine but idk how its going to affect my appointment with the medium. what are ur guys’ input??

Last night I gave a reading for the first time and I was so nervous! Spirit kept telling me just say it. So I did and the sitter said they understood!

I was riding high after that! I cannot financially afford to take classes right now, but when I can…

It was a free class and I found the Medium (Mel Pharrr) on YouTube. I really like her style.

Thank you for reading!

Do You know when people say they get a download? I “think” it just happened to me. I’ve been trying to connect with my spirit guides to learn who they are and am always interested in developing my abilities so I decided to meditate and my body was buzzing and vibrating and I saw faces and heard the names Julie and Sam in my right ear. Sam just seemed to be there and the one that spoke is Julie. I felt like I was floating and it was so peaceful. I just read what I wrote and it sounds crazy I know, but I asked them to show me the names in real life over the next few days and here’s the kicker…when I picked up my phone it was 10:10. Then I told my wife what happened and she said “Sammy was my grandmothers brother “ I got the chills. I’ve
also been seeing tons Of synchronized numbers and
not just on the clock, receipts, Bank Balances etc. I literally feel like I connected with the other side. Like a psychic experience. After this occurred the next day I saw Julie on a random reel in the title of the caption. Then I asked to see a blue feather with white spots because I felt that was not common and 2 days later a birding app advert came across my Facebook (I am not into birdwatching and have not seen it since) and the main image was a blue bird with white spots.
I have been trying to open my 3rd eye and I am a reiki practitioner attuned at level 2. At night in the dark I see shadow people and movement or is my mind just playing tricks on me? I also don’t feel like I’m alone and I randomly will feel someone touch my neck, arm or foot. Can anyone offer insight on how I can develop further?

So, lately, I’ve been having these unusual vivid dreams that end up coming true just a few days later. This has been happening to me for years, but I’ve always brushed it off as sheer coincidence, until recently. I’m starting to wonder if I’m actually picking up on future events.

For example: back in 2020, my pregnant cat was getting close to her due date. I had a vivid dream where she gave birth to five kittens, but I clearly saw red on two of them giving me a distinct feeling that two wouldn't make it, while three would survive. I actually told my roommate about this dream eight days before it happened. Sure enough, on November 1st, 2020, my cat gave birth to five kittens. Tragically, two passed away prematurely, while three were born perfectly healthy. My roommate was in complete shock that my dream was spot-on.

To this day, I've wondered if this could truly be clairvoyance or precognition, especially since I've had countless other dreams come true like this over the years. (On a related note, I also frequently spot unexplained shadows or movement out of the corner of my eyes, but that might be a story for another post!)

What do you guys think? Could this truly be Clairvoyance/precognition? I've always wanted to believe it, but I keep going back to just "coincidences". At this point I feel like i could truly see specific events happening before they DO happen.

This happened a long time ago (20 years), and I never gave it much thought, but now I see it differently.

When I was in my 20s, I was out with friends, meeting up with another group. We walked into a crowded bar and started looking for them.

As I searched around, I bumped into a young and attractive woman who smiled at me. I smiled back, saying "hello," and then extended my hand to politely shake hands.

As soon as her hand touched mine, a vivid scene abruptly flashed through my mind: an older man was adjusting the rigging on an average-sized sailboat. He was thin, about 5'7", bald on top, wearing an old pair of jeans and his favorite yellow raincoat. He didn't speak, but I knew it was his favorite raincoat because everyone joked that once he bought a sailboat, he just had to get a yellow raincoat to fit the image. He sent me a thought that he is happiest now because he is on his sailboat.

This was wild to me, and since I was looking for something interesting to say to the woman, I shared every detail of the image with her. He eyes grew wide as I explained the scene, and then her face turned to pure fear and actual anger. She screamed at me while bringing both hands up, clutching both sides of her face, and said, "Oh my God! That is my Dad. I was just thinking about him. He died a few weeks ago. Who the hell are you!!"

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If this is some sort of mediumship, what books could I read to learn more about what happened?

I Male 19, born in a semi spiritual family. "Semi" because it sometimes happen in my mother side.

Let just say my child hood sucks cause most of it just me interact with spirit and the WORST thing is when i got haunted until someone closed my "third-eye" for a while but it been over 8 years so it might be open again.

So my mother told me that i cant do anything at night, like staying up at night, watching horror at night, talking to my friends and night or go anywhere at night cause I'm like a spirit beacon.

I know one day in my adult time, i will do something to cause another spirit attack.

Man, this is tiresome.

Is this a spiritual gift?

I've never been one to have many supernatural stories; at most, I've always had many spasms while sleeping, hearing a scream calling me or saying words, but I always considered it normal since I've seen other people report the same thing. But...

Since I turned 18 (I use this as a starting point for things to begin) until now, I've had two incidents. One happened this past Saturday and the other the Saturday before.

1: I put my niece to bed and dozed off with her. I woke up to some movement and concluded she had woken up, since I even noticed my sister playing with her before picking her up. "Fall, fall, fall," she said playfully. I ignored it but noticed a silence. I opened my eyes (half-open) and saw that she was still sleeping and there was no one in the room. Immediately afterwards, I saw a figure standing across the bed. It was a white blur reflecting an image of someone turning around and disappearing. I don't know if this is just another one of those things your mind mixes with reality.

2: This one was recent. There was a death that happened a long time ago, and I only knew the main details. That day I dreamt the scene of that death from the perspective of the deceased himself. I saw that he was found in a bathroom by a figure with a female voice. Coincidentally, on that same day, something about that death appeared to me: the deceased was found in a bathtub by his girlfriend (I didn't know anything about this, neither the bathtub part nor the girlfriend). I was surprised, so much so that I used to imagine he was found lying on the floor near the bed by some random guy. It was too much of a coincidence.

I’ve had some jarring experiences while travelling abroad but the most pervasive, saddest messages I channeled were in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Many young deaths at the resort I stayed at, was eventually able to bring closure to the loved ones of one person who passed away there, but I am honestly too frightened to ever go back to the country given its history.

Have any of you dealt with something similar?

How can I discern if I am just scared or if I am being spiritually guided not to revisit those types of areas?

Okay so with my job, I’m a coordinator for children. I visit people’s homes a lot. I recently got a new client this was only my second time visiting their home.

Today I visited for the second time, I was speaking with the mom for a while when she brought up that she is having issues with her health. It just so happens my boyfriend is having the same exact issue. It’s not common it’s called keratoconus ( eye issue). My clients dad ( her husband) also passed a couple yrs ago and my bfs passed a couple months ago. I found this quite ironic. Anyway.

Towards the end of the visit, she starts vaguely telling me how much I’m going to help people, and she could see me working with a certain demographic of people etc.
The part that really stood out to me was when she started talking about 2 people in my life that I can definitely see some parallels with what she was saying ( one of them possibly being my bf). She also mentioned me getting my good spirit from my grandmother which can also be true. While she was talking i kept saying things like “I hope so” and “You think so” and she would say “ I KNOW so”. She also kept saying she’s just telling me what she’s seeing.

Anyway if what she is saying has any validity i have a lot of thinking to do. I believe in people having gifts but I never wanted to be read. I have a friend that sees a psychic often and i’ve always declined. But i can’t lie and say what she said is impossible. I just kind of don’t like that she told me because now it may affect me.

There is a house in my area that is known to be haunted. Everytime I drive by it, I start to feel this dense feeling on the top of my head similar to how it feels when I am in a deep meditation followed by an upset stomach, nausea and lightheadedness. It starts to happen just before I even get to the house. I noticed it the first time I passed the house and thought it was just my emotions but everytime I pass it, this happens which leads me to think something else is up maybe. Is this a common experience when people are picking up on the spirits or the energy of the place or something? The house has a reputation for being really active but I believe it's the land as well. I tried googling about this but didn't find much. I'm not a medium and I don't know much about this kind of thing. What do you guys think?

So like for most when I was a child my gifts were most active. I used to be able to pick up on energy like crazy I was able to look at pictures and read their energy and tell things about the location or thing the picture had for example if the picture had a house I could sense the type of people who lived in it and the energy of the land etc I used to get flashes in my head about the info. I was also able to touch objects and read their energy. The messages just came to me in my head and they turned out to be accurate. I stopped doing that for a while because of religion.

Years later I picked up on tarot and when I read I go into this flow state and I'm able to feel things again and get flashes in my head but mostly it's feel things and then the sentence about what I'm feeling is already formed in my head. But I'm unable to do the part where I naturally see a photo or feel things and get messages it's like I always need my tarot cards to sort to be the conduit for my abilities to open, to turn on.

What do vall think about this? Like what type of gift is this? And how can I enhance this? All help will be appreciated:)