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Paranormal Showcase
Welcome to the Paranormal Showcase Section!
Every month someone who plays a unique role in the paranormal community will be selected and have their very own article written about them here! We are seeking "stand out" individuals from around the world who have made an impact or has had an influence on ghost hunters everywhere! People will be sought out via Internet, word of mouth or e-mail submission and interviewed. Every showcase will be posted in the 1st week of every month. If you know someone who has impacted the paranormal research world, and you would like to see their face here, please e mail us at:
NOVEMBER 2007 SHOWCASE
President Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States of America
Term: 1861-1865
In light of President's Day in the United States this month, I figured that Ol' Abe, would be perfect for this months Showcase.
Former President Abraham Lincoln was born in I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years.
It is known he married Mary Todd and had four boys, and he was also famouse for the "Gettysburg Address" and on January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy.
President Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States of America
Term: 1861-1865
In light of President's Day in the United States this month, I figured that Ol' Abe, would be perfect for this months Showcase.
Former President Abraham Lincoln was born in I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years.
It is known he married Mary Todd and had four boys, and he was also famouse for the "Gettysburg Address" and on January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy.
There's a side to Abraham Lincoln that a lot of us DON'T know about.
His connection to the Spirit World and the Occult.
Rumors spread that Lincoln had an interest in the spirit world. In England, a piece of sheet music was published which portrayed him holding a candle while violins and tambourines flew about his head. The piece of music was called The Dark Séance Polka and the caption below the illustration of the president read "Abraham Lincoln and the Spiritualists".
It was also rumored that Lincoln consulted with these mediums and clairvoyants to obtain information about future events in the war. He found that sometimes they gave him information about matters as mundane as Confederate troop movements -- information that sometimes matched his own precognitive visions.
It was also rumored that after his asassination On April 14, 1865, it was also rumored that
Mary Todd turned to mediums and spritualists.
If you would like to read more on the topic, I suggest picking up the book
"Was Lincoln a Spiritualist or Curious? Revalations From the Life of a Trance Medium" by medium Nettie Colburn Maynard.
You can find the book at Amazon.com
or ask your local library.
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