World Wide Prayer Circle – Sunday, December 11, 2011

WELCOME!


Thank you for visiting the new World Wide Prayer Circle here at the Eye on the Paranormal site! Every Sunday you can come by and post your prayer request[s], no matter how large or small.

We welcome anonymous prayer requests.

Anyone can come by, read your request[s], and engage in intercessory prayer according to their religious or spiritual background. This way, we can unify the entire world in a circle of prayer.

Please limit your posts here to the matters of prayer requests, participating in praying, and updates on prayer requests.

Thank you!

Para Unity in the Paranormal Community, Can it Happen?

By Martha Hazzard Decker

Para Unity in the Paranormal Community, can it happen? Like any other industry the paranormal industry is made up of many different paranormal communities. Many individuals probably have never thought of paranormal investigations and paranormal research as an industry. If one were to stop and think about it, I think they just might begin to think about it in a different light. It is an industry of TV shows, paranormal events at haunted locations, bed and breakfasts, clothing, books, and movies and so on. Yes, there is money to be made in the educational and entertainment side of the industry.

There are para unity groups, radio shows and Internet TV shows dedicated to raising awareness within the paranormal community to stop the in-fighting and start working together as a whole. It has become the “hot topic” of the year and is a good idea whose time may have come. Some of the meanness that is out there and within the community could also be caused by closed eyes or narrow viewpoints. A response to an article by Dr. Michael Frisbee, The Paranormal Christian, Deceptive Doctrines of the Occult is a good example. In order for unity to begin it must come from within. There will never be a time when everyone or every group has the exact same beliefs or thoughts. That idea could lead us to become assimilated into a world of Star Trek or even Dr. Who. It would be professional for groups and individuals to come together and try to unite and then work toward the ultimate goal of working together.

Many paranormal groups are doing just that and have always done just that and will continue on the same path. It’s a good thing when one group can trust another group and call them when their help is needed or a case may actually be in their locale. One group on FaceBook is the Southeast Oklahoma Paranormal Investigators and member Nikki Buchanan are doing just that and helping their community. Buchanan belongs to many FaceBook groups and has worked to bring the community together and assist her in obtaining goods to pass out to seniors in her community for the holidays. Often the good will go unnoticed and the drama wins out. Para drama has been around for years and will continue to spin around like As the World Turns.

Several months ago an Internet TV show listed para unity as the topic for that night. Several individuals tuned in only to discover a diatribe of statements against another group. Para unity? It must have flown out the door to the studio when it was last opened. It was interesting to watch how people would come in to watch and leave after a few minutes. This was noted through the chat room.

Why is there such discord within the paranormal community? Some think jealousy is the reason. Others think their area is for them alone and become territorial. Some expect another group coming into their space to contact them and ask for permission. If anyone has a list of paranormal groups and their territories it might be handy to post it online for others to read. Some groups may want to be on TV so much so that they will do whatever it takes to get their show.

One Internet radio show that broadcasts through George Lopez’ Dead Air radio shows Weekend from Waco is hosted by Reverend Mark Manly and he often talks about unity within the community. He often hosts other groups and individuals who are working for unity.

It seems that paranormal unity or para unity has become the buzz word of the decade. It seems that every decade has a buzz word or idea. In the eighties it was putting tubes in the ears of children and it moved on to the idea that if a child was active, they must be hyperactive. It changes and will continue to change decade by decade. A simple way to unit is to “go with the flow” so to speak. Granted some of that comes with age and life experience, but when it does come life becomes better.

A search on Google using paranormal unity will bring up quite a few websites to search. There is one site aptly named Paranormal Unity and its mission is to bring individuals within the community together who are willing to work together. They had a good idea but the site appears to be defunct yet the links for groups around the country still work. There is a banner page with some nice graphics that are offered to the public and can be used to show support of para unity.

Some individuals think that para unity is an ill-conceived idea due to the trickery and fakes who abound online. One way to help change the public’s idea or at least get some of them to begin to view the paranormal community as a viable idea is to help weed out the fakers. That is different than having unity within the community and a goal that can be worked on as a whole. Scam artists exist everywhere and in all walks of life. The aggravating and potentially dangerous part of that is that unsuspecting victims allow them into their homes. That is the discussion for another article. Tony Hart-Wilden writes in his commentary on Who Forted the following about unity, “Paranormal individuality doesn’t mean you can’t research and exchange information with others, but it does mean you can be selective what method, theory and evidence you chose to accept. And it won’t stop you from listening to other people’s opinions and ideas, if you did that, how could you possibly criticize them? How much of joining, a family, network, or crew, is actually just a propaganda tool for the people that started them. And when it’s related to a group that has a T.V show, or puts on high profile events, who actually joins for the unity and who joins for the reflected glory? Instead of relying on someone else to open doors for you, why not try to open them yourselves ? When your not bound by anyone else’s rules or protocols you can still learn from them, but only if you chose to do so, rather then having them inflicted upon you by being a member of a group that imposes them.”

Who is right and who is wrong may seem like a school yard battle, but responsible groups working together can usually win out. Even if the other group wants to be on TV so bad they make up evidence, step on their friends and fake cleansings. This is where the truth will prevail or come out in the wash one day. Unity can be achieved by some but not by all. There are plenty of groups out there that strive to work with other groups and individuals. That’s how the change begins.

The Paranormal Christian – Spirit Talk

By Pastor Michael Frisbee, DD/DM

When one does a search of paranormal research and investigations, watch the several different ghost hunting shows on cable television, or searches for books of these same topics, the subject or ability of mediums inevitably surfaces.  Without a doubt, people claiming the ability to sense the presence and communicate with the dead grows each passing day.  There are para-celebrity mediums like John Edwards, Sylvia Browne, and James vanPraagh, lesser known mediums that are making a name for themselves on shows like Paranormal State, The Dead Files, etc, and then your unknown mediums, the people who claim this ability that attach themselves to Paranormal Investigative Teams.

Within this group of mediums, you have the fakes (cold and warm readers with no real ability) and those with an actual gift.  The fakes, their problems lie in the deceptions that they are conducting for which they will have to atone when they pass.  They will be surprised by whom they will be atoning to.  The reason I mention the particular three celebrities above is because they are FAKES.  They have all been tested and observed, and it has become apparent they are using these “Mentalist”-style techniques to gather information and feed it back to get a “reading”.  You can do a search on Google to find the various debunking sites that lay out the facts and truth behind these para-celebrity readings.  From “studio plants”, bugging a holding room for audiences, doing research and pumping production people for information before readings, to mind-play tricks, all of them have been found to be fakes, yet millions seeking answers from beyond continually suspend their beliefs and logical thinking to accept these frauds and their fake abilities as the real deal.

Now, there are mediums out there that are connecting with the spiritual world, but unfortunately, it is not our dead relatives or the previous residents of a house that have passed into the spiritual realm.  In my first blog and on my first radio show for “The Paranormal Christian”, I presented scriptures that proved that when we die, we receive our judgment from God immediately, and move on to the reward (Heaven), or punishment (Hell).  In last week’s blog presented by Reverend Mark Hunneman, my co-host on the radio show and author of “Seeing Ghosts Through God’s Eyes” (www.seeingghoststhroughgodseyes.com), explained quite well how the concept of Purgatory, held by the Catholic Church and getting integrated by many people’s beliefs to explain why human ghosts would be here on earth for us to get evidence of, is not supported by the Scriptures.  On the show that followed this past Saturday, I presented listeners with even more information, from the Catholic Church’s own history, which they have not always held the belief of Purgatory and that it was not presented until 593 AD by Gregory the Great.  In fact, there was no Pope until after Gregory the Great.  Here’s a link to give you a full run down on the changes to doctrine and dogma through the past two millennia by the Church that “never changes”.  There is corresponding scripture as to why it goes against God’s Word. http://bit.ly/uymGpg .

The Bible is quite clear about contacting the dead (Using New American Standard Bible). 

Deuternonomy 18:10-12 - There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you.

Isaiah 8:19-20 - When they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living? To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Those are just a couple of scriptures related to this topic specifically.  So there is a great danger for those who practice and serve as mediums.  That danger is very apparent when you add in the fact that there are no human ghosts here on earth for them to communicate with.  So what are they connecting with? 

Ephesians 6:10-12 - Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Satan is the ruler of the dark spiritual forces of this earth, of the rulers, the powers.  This encompasses the demonic, the fallen angels that rose up against God with Lucifer (Satan) that are now demons that prowl all around us, seeking to destroy us.

1 Peter 5:8-9 - Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.

So when mediums – truly “gifted” mediums – connect with a spirit, they are connecting with the demonic, whether they are doing it knowingly or not.  Demons are fallen angels, so they can appear as “beings of light”, and they have witnessed the life of every human being that has and is living on this planet.  They can present themselves as these people, with all the knowledge of their lives, and even their “secrets”.  This also applies to spirit guides, guardian angels, etc.  True angels, they work unseen in our lives, at the command of God and His Son, Jesus Christ.  They do not communicate directly with us, for that goes against scripture.  Demons do it because they are in rebellion, and seek to separate us from God and God’s Word.

There is only one spirit we will, as Christians, ever have direct communication from, and that is the Holy Spirit, which is of God.  When we are born again in Christ and our sins washed clean by His precious Blood, we now have a direct line spiritually through Christ and the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit gives us those gut feelings when we come witness something not of God’s Word, or we come across doctrines and activities that are not of God.  There are gifts of the Holy Spirit found in 1 Corinthians 12 – you can look up that one ;)

When dealing with the spiritual realm, be sure to test the spirits.  If it doesn’t glorify God and His Word, or align with it, then you can be assured, you are dealing with the demonic. Be sure to tune into tomorrow night’s (12/10/11) at 7 pm EST when we deal with Mediums, Channelers, and Reiki.  Click here: http://bit.ly/vwVuxM 

Issue 53 – Bad Psychics, Criminal Psychics & Predator Psychics

By Kirby Robinson

It's been a lousy week for fake psychics or those who might have a small gift but seek to use it for personal gain and not as means to help people. But what can we really expect of fakers and predators?

PSYCHIC CLAIMS TO HAVE VISIONS OF MISSING BABY LISA IRWIN

If you have not heard of the case of the missing baby Lisa Irwin, you haven't been watching cable news. The one-year-old has been missing since October 4, 2011. The police have turned up no leads and are now saying the case may never be solved. The family refuses to help and have asked that people stop gathering in prayer vigils outside their home

All of the above is very sad. But what's even sadder is that now so-called psychics are trying to cash in on the case. [I feel I must constantly say that yes, there are real psychics. But for every real one there are many fakers out there.] It seems that a psychic by the name of Stephanie Almaguer has gone public with her visions of where baby Lisa will be found. Stephanie has posted drawings of where the body will allegedly be found on her blog. One wonders why go public at all? Contact the local police and have them check it out. Nothing was ever found at the site so we wonder where did the visions come from? If the ability to see things others can't comes from GOD [which it does] will GOD show them things that are false? No. Why would a loving GOD ever do that? Then it must come from someplace that holds less than honorable intentions. This is the same psychic who claims to have worked on the Haleigh Cummings case-- and to date her body hasn't been found either. So why did this so-called psychic get involved? Let's take a look at her blog activity and her personal appearances on cable TV.

In 2009, when she began blogging, Stephanie she has posted very few times. Even as recently as the summer, postings have been in the single digits. Since October, she has posted over 70 blogs. She keeps inserting herself into even more missing person cases.

Is it not sad that people seek to gain fame and riches on the backs of dead people? If this person was concerned about helping she should just do that: help and keep her actions in the shadows. Only a person who seeks no reward for their actions outside of helping people will do that.

If you watch Stephanie's appearances on the cable programs that have featured her, watch her eye movements. They show a person who is being less than honest. In fact, now she has been threatening legal action against those who have chosen to expose possible fake psychics like her.

DID YOU KNOW THAT SYLVIA BROWN IS A FELON?

Most do not due to the lack of media coverage this woman gets. Just like the case with Stephanie Almaguer, Sylvia Brown [sometimes spelled Browne], she also inserted herself into a missing person's case, informing the suffering parents that their son was dead when he was alive.

Here is a link to an interesting site that gives you all the info you need to know:

http://www.stopsylvia.com/articles/peoplevsbrown.shtml

PSYCHIC PREDATORS -- MODERN DAY ELMER GANTRY'S

I'm talking about the book Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis, not the film which only covers 100 pages, changes the story and does away with many of the characters. But just like Elmer, the preacher, he is able to blind, confuse and turn into zombies many of his followers. It really is scary--if one can be scared. [I have complete and utter faith in GOD that he will protect me and angels are always watching where I go and where I have been.] Such zombielike confusion was shown by a comment that I received in last week's blog by a person who posted under the name of Nancy.

The sad thing is you people are no different then the people of salem and the jews who sent christ to death. If Christ appeared before you today you would attack him as well and print garbage to make him look bad. You disguise lies in your writings to support your idiotic opinions and claims. If you really were, you would have the insight to know how wrong you are. Your words display hype and lies. Like the boy who cried wolf (which after reading your posts on A&E site- you surely act like), you say you aren't saying one thing when in fact you are. Shame on you. Really? You discuss the Penn State sex incident and Psychic Kids TV show in the same article? Disgusting and immature attitudes from you, a so called grown up adult. An extremely Irresponsible article you have written. How can you even practice Buddhism or Christianity and point fingers like you do? Such a hypocrite. You make us Christians look bad. I look forward to discussing your article with my peer group on sunday.

1 As to the people of Salem, their interest was twofold. They killed people so they could claim their property, and the second reason was to keep woman in their place.

2 The Jews didn't kill Christ. That is a myth used against Jews for centuries. You're showing your anti-Semitic side.

3 If Christ appears in front of me, I would be on my knees, for he is my teacher, guide, savior and protector. Who might yours be?

4 Show what I have posted that is a lie.

5 If you say that I have no right to judge, then how do you have the right to judge me?

6 In your peer group why not talk about the warning in the Bible concerning talking to psychics?

This person is a strong example of a psychic worshipper. It's something that psychic predators use to control the public and the people they feed off of. The psychic predators claim they have special powers that set themselves apart from others. Psychic predators claim they hold the key to secrets, and that only through them can the public learn about these secrets. Psychic predators claim that unless you have the same talents/gifts, you could never understand their powers. If you dare question what they do, then you'll be attacked.

What you never hear a psychic predator admit that what they are after is fame wealth power and worship from the general public and what fallows is idol worship

If these people really have what they claim, they would give thanks to God and admit that they are simply a channel for God to work through them. They would accept no money for their work. But we've seen that they do the exact opposite.

Did you ever hear them mention God on the show, Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal? [One mom brought up her belief in angels and demons in an episode, and notice Chip's annoyed reaction].

Next week we delve into how they exploited the children …

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Skating Monks!

By Lisa Maliga

It was a fairly typical public session for a weekday afternoon at the skating rink in Los Angeles, California. A few home-schooled adolescents were training for their next competition. A housewife in new skates struggled with her back crossovers, and two men in burgundy sweats and rental skates remained shakily upright. Men in their thirties with close cropped black hair and dark skin were not that unusual a sight in Southern California. But before they had changed into their skating attire they’d been wearing burgundy and gold monk’s robes. 

That morning the Tibetan Buddhist monks had been involved in their practice of chanting mantras and later having their morning cup of milky Indian tea. The monks wore the Tibetan Buddhist version of a three-piece suit; the robes consisted of a long skirt, gold and maroon vest and a separate cloth winding around the upper body sari-style. Hanging around Tibetan lamas was something I was accustomed to as I visited the center frequently. Yeshi and Tenzin were of Tibetan descent and had been raised in Bhutan and India respectively. Studying in a South Indian monastery, exposure to any type of skating had been via satellite. When the tangka [religious] painters got to America they knew who the names of Olympians Michelle Kwan and Tara Lipinski. Tenzin, the younger monk, had been given a pair of inline skates but had only tried them out on the bumpy driveway with no instruction. Yeshi, the senior monk with a doctorate in Buddhist studies, had never been on any type of skate before.

Their standard attire wasn’t conducive to skating, so the resourceful monks brought along suitable athletic apparel in their knapsack. I’d never traveled anywhere with monks but the trip to the rink was entertaining as they described all the sites they’d seen in Southern California. They had visited Magic Mountain, Disneyland, Universal Studios, and had pictures of the Hollywood sign. Lakers fan Tenzin had seen his favorite basketball team play twice at the Staples Center, once viewing a game from a box seat. 

The security patrol car in the parking lot had stopped near my car where I was unloading my skate bag, and the uniformed guard stared at the two robed Buddhist monks. On or off the ice, men just didn’t wear skirts, even in Southern California. After my pals changed into their burgundy warm-ups, they were able to watch a senior level pairs team run through their long program. The coach with the gold blades was the two-time Olympic pairs champion and I informed them of this fact.  Meanwhile, Timothy Goebel was warming up. Tenzin and Yeshi were very impressed with the high quality of skating and Yeshi joked: "I could do that!" when the man lifted the girl above his head in a star lift.  More comments were made, with Tenzin remarking that: "I can do a triple Axel." I smiled. I knew that he would skate well but probably wouldn’t even complete a bunny hop.

As it was a weekday afternoon so there weren’t too many skaters. Once we changed into our skates, we went over to the entrance and Tenzin was the first one on the newly resurfaced ice. The comments about doing triple Axels faded quickly from his memory. The young man was attempting to keep his feet beneath him and the blades pointed due north. His knees stiffened and I had to hold his hands. Once he got to the first corner I helped Yeshi onto the alien surface. An aesthetic type, I wondered how long the senior monk would last and if he wouldn’t be happier sitting in the bleachers drawing pictures of Buddha. His body was almost in a state of rigor mortis and I was worried that he’d fall and not be able to get up. I left him to hold up the railing while I skated over to coach Tenzin. As I was gently leading Tenzin I felt it…that instant before the inevitable fall. His knees locked, his feet slid forward and continued to do so until his rear end made contact with the ice. There was a torrent of laughter. In unison the monks’ amusement filled the rink. The word icebreaker was apt! Soon Yeshi experienced his first fall and remained on ice in a seated half lotus posture, too baffled to get up. 

Progress was slow, as swizzles, two footed skating, which required a lot of knee bending, wasn’t understood by either artist. Tenzin interpreted bending his knees to mean his waist even though his comprehension of English was fluent. My goal was to have them glide on the ice rather than hobble about as many beginners did. I decided to have them do a scooter like move with one foot straight and the back foot slightly turned out with the blade doing the pushing. This method worked for them and they began to make quicker progress than before. Their concentration was keen. Falls still elicited laughter from the fallen and the friend. Tenzin’s blades slammed into the wall and he did a half belly flop.  Yeshi completely lost his balance when his hips and feet had an internal argument. 

Tenzin greeted each lap around the rink with enthusiasm and a sense of accomplishment.  Yeshi used his advanced yoga training to imitate his teacher and his skills surpassed that of the younger and more athletic Tenzin! He was able to balance so well on one foot that he began to do a modified spiral. This was to skating what the arabesque was to ballet or the scale to gymnastics. One leg was extended behind the skater so it was parallel to the ice. Rarely did beginners attempt such a move unless they had extensive athletic training.  I wondered if Yeshi was an incarnation of a former world championship level figure skater! 

For over two hours the "ice babies" frolicked on the cold surface they’d grown to love.  An advanced level teen commented on their progress, stating that most first time adult skaters never let go of the railing. And like any successful novice, they spent some time in the uncrowded center ice area.

Although I was their teacher, I learned more from them. I was shown how mindfulness of one’s surroundings allowed a person to excel in an unfamiliar activity. The monks harmed neither themselves nor any other skater. They didn’t attempt moves that were too difficult, yet they tried to perfect what they’d been taught. When I told them that the session was nearly over, both were genuinely surprised. Not once had the men looked at the clock.

No matter what path one follows, effort is always necessary. But enthusiastic effort was what the practitioner was encouraged to cultivate. The monks skated for the first time that day demonstrated the latter point perfectly. With sincerity and effort they tried something new and succeeded.

As they cast a final, seemingly longing glance at the rink, I asked if they wanted to skate again. Athletic Tenzin didn't seem too sure, but Yeshi, the intellectual artist-turned-skater, did!

World Wide Prayer Circle – Sunday, December 4, 2011

WELCOME!

Thank you for visiting the new World Wide Prayer Circle here at the Eye on the Paranormal site! Every Sunday you can come by and post your prayer request[s], no matter how large or small.

We welcome anonymous prayer requests.

Anyone can come by, read your request[s], and engage in intercessory prayer according to their religious or spiritual background. This way, we can unify the entire world in a circle of prayer.

Please limit your posts here to the matters of prayer requests, participating in praying, and updates on prayer requests.

Thank you!

Djinn or Genie are they real or folklore? Do they come from the paranormal world or another dimension?

By Martha Hazzard-Decker

Djinn or Genie are they real or folklore? Do they come from the paranormal world or another dimension? Djinn have been around through religion and folklore for thousands of years. Most Americans often think of I Dream of Jeanie when they think of the Djinn or the genie that grants three wishes. They are mentioned in Islam, the Bible and other religious books. While the concept of the Djinn does not occur in the original Hebrew version of the Bible the word is used in Arabic translations. In the “Testament of Solomon,” he describes enslaving demons to build his temple. Then there was the novel so many read, “Arabian Nights.” Who didn’t wish for their three magic wishes? The earliest reference in literature to Djinn is found in “The Book of 1001 Nights.” Even the cartoons taught children to be careful of what they wish for because the wish would be granted quite literally. The name is spelled many different ways and they are called by a variety of names.

Arab folklore and Islamic teachings describe them as supernatural creatures that occupy a parallel world alongside our world. It also states that Djinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of Allah. The Qur’an states they are made up of smokeless flame and they can be good, evil or benevolent, according to Wikipedia. Some archaeologists within Middle Eastern cultures consider beings less than angels to be Djinn when describing stone carvings and other works of art.

In “The Vengeful Djinn,” by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and Philip Imbrogno they write about unveiling the hidden agenda of Djinn. She discusses theories in quantum physics and explores the relationship between Djinns, demons, fairies, shadow people and extraterrestrials. (This author attempted to contact Ms Guiley for an interview but she did not respond) In the book Djinn are described as, “A particular type of entity that exists between the multiverse of matter and energy. The Djinn exist in a dimension close to our own, and they seem to have the ability to interact with certain people who live here when it suits their purpose.” She goes into quite a lot of detail in the book and on the website for the book.

If you go to About.com to obtain information about the Djinn this is some of what you will find, “Djinn: A spirit from Arabic mythology that can be either good or evil. The djinn are less powerful than angels, but can assume the shapes of humans, animals or whirlwinds. Belief in djinns has been wide-spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula and Central Asia; the spirits are even mentioned in the Koran. In fact, Satan often is believed to be the most prominent of the djinns. Belief in djinns may well predate both Christianity and Islam. In Zoroastrian Persia, before the coming of Islam, evil female spirits called jaini were thought to cause disease and misfortune. The word djinn comes from the Arabic "jinni," or demon. Its root is janna, meaning "to cover or conceal." In English, the word is often translated at "genie,” in an article by Kallie Szczepanski.

Real or not real is similar to a recent article on Eye on the Paranormal regarding ghosts and just what is a ghost. We may never know is the Djinn or real but researchers are working hard to prove there may be alternate dimensions or even worm holes in many places and while open people are actually seeing into the other dimension, sometimes even interacting with beings there but calling them ghosts. A good example of alternate dimensions could be seen on the TV show “Fringe” as they travel back and forth between parallel dimensions. On this show there are the same people in the both dimensions, they look the same but the worlds and people are different.

Some individuals claim there are six major tribes of Djinn, they are related to the Fay and are supposed to be older than mankind. The tribes live in different area and will interact with people in different ways. It is believed that some Djinn can be very dangerous. Dependent on what reference you read there are at least three tribes and up to six. There is a movie on YouTube called Reptilians, Demons and the Djinn in ancient Mythology by wolovoman80 that provides additional information.

Irfit are considered to be one of the strongest tribes and violent toward humans. Jann are allies of Irfit and more conservative. The Ghul are said to be corrupted by infernal powers. The Madrid are said to be the smallest of the tribes and the oldest. Shaitan are said to be master deceivers. There are those who believe they can bind Djinn to an object using a spell once they know the Djinn’s true name and possess a piece of the Djinn. An easy Google search will give you plenty of pages to peruse looking for spells. You can even buy Djinn bound jewelry on eBay by the hundreds. It is said that once bound a Djinn can be forced to do the bidding of the owner. Hence Aladdin’s lamp type of image books and shows.

This article is by no means meant to tell you all there is to know about Djinn or if there is such a thing. It is meant to provoke thought and communication so comments are welcome. What do you think?

If you have something you would like to see discussed here please contact the author with that information.