Introduction to Ghost Hunting
(c)2009 by Fiona Broome, founder of HollowHill.com
How
to do a baseline check
You'll do at least two
basic baseline checks.
The first is your average mood and temperament.
Baseline check #1:
For at least three days in a row, pause when you first wake up. Even
before you get out of bed – possibly before you even open
your eyes – see what your emotions are like. Are
you happy, sad, or somewhere in between? Are you feeling calm, a little
anxious, or even a little eager?
What
about your physical wellbeing? How's your energy level?
Did you have a restless night after watching a suspenseful
TV show? Do you need more sleep, and do you have time to get it?
Or,
do you feel refreshed and ready to leap tall buildings in a single
bound?
Consider
every aspect of your mental, emotional, spiritual, psychic, and
physical wellbeing. If possible, even before you get out of bed, jot
notes about this in your ghost hunting journal.
(If
you wait until later, you may forget exactly how you felt. Accurate
notes and observations are essential.)
This
gives you a good idea of how you feel on an average day. It's what
you'll use when you compare your feelings the day of the ghost hunt,
and during the investigation.
If
you don't see a clear pattern within three days, keep checking each
morning until you're confident of your personal, average baseline.
If
you’re still not sure, see if you can remember your most
vivid dream of the night before. At the conclusion of the dream, were
you happy, sad, energetic, tired, bored, or excited? How people feel in
their dreams often reflects their personal baseline emotions.
The second and third
baseline checks occur the day
of the ghost investigation. There are at least two times when you
should check how you're feeling.
Same-day
baseline checks: The morning before the ghost hunt, do a
similar check when you first wake up. This doesn't have to be as
extensive. Mostly, you're comparing how you feel on that morning,
against how your average morning is.
As
usual, note this in your ghost hunting journal.
Later
in the day, right before the ghost hunt, pause for another self-check.
This can be as informal as a momentary reflection while
you're stopped at a red light.
However,
when you're a new ghost hunter, I recommend stopping a few minutes
before you reach the haunted site. Note especially how anxious or eager
you feel, since that heightened sensitivity can affect how
you perceive the energy (and perhaps the entities) at the site.
(Your
increased sensitivity can be an asset, as long as you're aware of it.)
If
you're feeling significantly different than you did when you woke up,
jot a few notes about this. Later, you'll review your investigation
results with those feelings in mind.
There
is a third time when you may want to check how you're feeling, and
that's after the investigation. See how the ghost hunt
affected you. Check if you're taking some of the site's
energy home with you.
(Generally,
we like to go to a coffee shop after a ghost hunt, and discuss what
happened. That often provides necessary closure so we don't remain
psychically or mentally connected to the events of the evening.)
Though
this can become an easy habit for some ghost hunters, some of us need
to be reminded of regular baseline checks.
If you have a pre-investigation checklist – for example, a
list of tools to bring with you and equipment to double-check
– add your baseline checks to that list, as a reminder.
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