Ghost Hunting Question Options

Okay so I was thinking about going on some "ghost hunting" trips here this year and thought I would throw the idea out here first. The thing is that even though I practice reaching out to various entities and such I don't generally get the best or most reliable results at all. Certainly nothing evocation wise, but that's because I don't do it. Anyway I was thinking it might be easier to work in the right direction if I could practice communication in some way with ghosts and such. I see this as sort of trying to learn to operate a cell phone (ie magic) but not knowing if I am dialing right because even when I do dial right no one is at the other end. So why not go where someone might pick up?

Anyway Ohio is home to a bunch of supposedly haunted places and I'm sure I could do this with friends (who are in no way interested with magic at all but would go anyway I'm sure). So I am wondering has anyone else done anything like this? Any advice, comments, or thoughts?

I have no idea where this would take place yet but if I plan now this could easily become a reality for the upcoming summer.



EDIT: oh and I hope I posted this in the right area...

This post has been edited by ☞Tomber☜: Jan 17 2011, 10:41 PM

Okay so I was thinking about going on some "ghost hunting" trips here this year and thought I would throw the idea out here first. The thing is that even though I practice reaching out to various entities and such I don't generally get the best or most reliable results at all. Certainly nothing evocation wise, but that's because I don't do it. Anyway I was thinking it might be easier to work in the right direction if I could practice communication in some way with ghosts and such. I see this as sort of trying to learn to operate a cell phone (ie magic) but not knowing if I am dialing right because even when I do dial right no one is at the other end. So why not go where someone might pick up?

Anyway Ohio is home to a bunch of supposedly haunted places and I'm sure I could do this with friends (who are in no way interested with magic at all but would go anyway I'm sure). So I am wondering has anyone else done anything like this? Any advice, comments, or thoughts?

I have no idea where this would take place yet but if I plan now this could easily become a reality for the upcoming summer.
EDIT: oh and I hope I posted this in the right area...

Ghost hunting...fun stuff. Probably the first thing to do would be to find a place that has a high probability of being haunted. Then, if you can arrange it, spend some time in that place alone with a tape recorder; I've heard more than once that the easiest way of collecting evidence of "ghosts" is by using a tape recorder.

I've actually done this at a haunted location, and even picked up a voice. It shatters your sense of reality to personally collect that kind of data, even if you continue to remain skeptical.

You can use a tape recorder to pick up voices sometimes in ceremonial magick too, by the way. Ultimately one is supposed to get good enough at working on the astral plane that one doesn't need extra technology. But there's nothing like summoning an entity and having an audio file of it roaring at you to back up the experience.