PROPER EQUIPMENT, is essential when investigating paranormal activities and allows for  
collection of evidence.  What we recommend for our investigators is inexpensive and will do the job.
Sense we know most all of our investigators are volunteers and have other costs to pay for in their    
normal life.

Approved Terminology:

Anomaly:  An occurrence or condition removed from ordinarily understood experiences.

Apparition:  The projection or manifestation of a quasi-physical entity.

Debunk:  To expose or excoriate as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated.( see below)

Demonic Haunting:  Demons are one of the inhuman entities out there, they are a rare occurrence..

Ectoplasm:  The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium  
during communication with the dead.

E.V.P.:  Electronic Voice Phenomena, disembodied "voices" and sounds imprinted on audio  
recording devices.


E.M.F:   See the link below for information on what is EMF and its side affects..

Ghost:  A ghost is the energy, of a person who has died and has somehow gotten
stuck between this plane of existence and the next.  Most researches believe that these spirits do not
know they are dead.. Very often they have died under
Traumatic, unusual or Highly emotional circumstances.
(quote: by UPI)

Ghost Hunting:  Various investigation methods used to determine the authenticity of ghosts and   
haunting.

Intelligent Haunting:  In this style of haunting the entity or entities is aware of their surroundings.  
These entities can acknowledge the existence of the humans around them and will even try to  
communicate with you.  These spirits can touch you, move things around, make noises, change the
temperature in the room, can even be seen as a black shadow.  But they are not out to scare you, just want to be
noticed..

ORBS:  Round, opaque lights of energy captured on film.. Or are they just moisture spots, dust  
floating in the air, or possibly a small flying insect.. You be the judge..  

Natural Protection:   Many believe in using a protection bag, these bags are made up of several things.
The following are things you would find in them.
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Course Sea Salt,   This can help protect you from evil coming into you home if placed on the ground across doorways,
on window seals, and any other outdoor areas.
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Black Onyx Stone,   Protection from evil.
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Crystals,   Protection from evil.
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Smokey Quarts,  This is a Healing stone.
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White Howlite,   Protection and Spirit communication  (to help protect and give you better knowledge in
communicating with a spirit)
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Light Blue Agnet,   Brings in Angels  (Helps to bring Angels for protection)
**
Amethyst,   Connects with your spirit guide.
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Rosemary,    If you wash with rosemary after an investigation, this helps to get rid of any negativity from the
investigation.

Paranormal:  Beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation.

Residual Haunting:  The most common type of haunting is a residual haunting.  A residual haunting  
is like a broken record player, repeating the same thing over and over..Some would say the spirit is  
loss in a time warp, the spirit isn't really there, just the energy.  In some cases you may hear  
screaming, crying, footsteps walking up and down stairs.  Some of this is brought on by the    
traumatic event that happen in their human live..

Vortex:  An anomaly which sometimes shows up in still photography taken at the site of a  
suspected haunting, appearing as a translucent white mass.  It can be seen in different shapes,  
some researches believe this is a portal to the spirit realm.

Are Ghosts Evil?  Despite the teachings of some religious faiths, traditional ghosts are “not” evil or harmful.  Over the
years. some have come to believe that study of the paranormal is linked to the occult arts.  This has prompted many
people to think that ghosts and “demons” are one in the same.  Many faiths teach that ‘communing with spirits’ is
wrong and this has led the followers of these faiths to assume that, because it is considered wrong, the spirits
themselves must be “evil”..
In addition, I have spoken with people who feel that ghosts are the benign spirits of the dead at all, but demons who
pretend to be ghosts in order to kill, maim and terrify the living.  Needless to say, there is absolutely no evidence
whatsoever to suggest that this is the truth... which leads us to our next question..

Do Ghosts Hurt People?  There have been instances of people being hurt by ghosts and by paranormal activity in their
homes.  However, it should be stressed that this is not the normal state of affairs and that instances of injury (caused
directly by spirits) are very , very rare.  As mentioned previously in this book, injuries have been reported because of
displaced objects in a haunting and people have also been injured in accidents, usually caused by a fear of the
activity.. I have often stated that more people are injured running away from a haunted house than by anything going
on there.
In fact, (despite what Hollywood tends to portray) cases involving injury are so rare that we tend to focus on them for
years afterward.  Many readers may be familiar with the story of the Bell Witch of Tennessee, a ghost that purportedly
not only injured the occupants of the location but also took credit for killing one of them.  This event happened nearly
two centuries ago and we are still taking about it today.  That’s how seldom people are ever really hurt by ghosts.

                        (From Troy Taylor’s book.   “Ghost Hunters Guidebook”)
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                                                              (click on links below, to read these articles)

The Bible and Ghosts:     The Bible and Ghosts  


Dowsing Rods


PHOTO DEBUNKING


SKEPTICS AND DEBUNKING


Zen....And The Art of DEBUNKERY


WHAT IS EMF
GHOSTS OF ARIZONA
PROTOCOLS and BASIC INFORMATION
Ghosts of Arizona, uses the latest equipment and techniques to help answer   
questions you may have.  We will treat your case with the utmost  
sensitivity and professionalism.  All cases are on a confidential level,   
unless a release in signed.
HERE ARE SOME BOOKS THAT WE RECOMMEND FOR ANY NOVICE OR   
EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATOR SHOULD READ..

1)  GHOST HUNTERS GUIDEBOOK :
THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO INVESTIGATING GHOSTS AND HAUNTINGS.
By TROY TAYLOR
(Required reading by our team)
2) HEALING THE HAUNTED                by DR. KENNETH MCALL
3) GHOST HUNTING            by JASON HAWES AND GRANT WILSON
4) SLEEPING WITH GHOSTS            by DEBE BRANNING
5) THE COMPLETE IDIOT'S GUIDE TO GHOSTS AND HAUNTINGS      second edition
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