The
Three Most Haunted Cities in the USA:
New
Orleans, San Francisco, and San Antonio
Photo by Ariella Moon |
Haunted cities
aren’t the best place for a shaman. Horrific people and tragic events leave ominous
or heartbreaking energy imprints on buildings, battlefields, prisons, and
long-gone field hospitals. Luisah Teish, author of Jambalya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical
Rituals (Harper One 1985),
identifies New Orleans and San Francisco as “psychic seaports.” In regard to
New Orleans, Teish explains:
“Visitors
to the city become `tipsy’ after being there only a short time. `Tipsy’ is the
name given to that state of mind that precedes possession.”
I believe
tourists drink heavily in New Orleans to dull the waves of psychic energy.
Personally, I avoid the French Quarter even though I love its architecture. But
research for my fourth novel in the Teen Wytche Saga, Spell For Sophia (November 2014, Astraea Press), compelled me to
visit the Big Easy. Two months later, I landed in San Antonio for the Romance
Writers of America national conference. San Francisco? After decades of living
near “the city” I no longer feel its psychic pulse. But what should you do if
you if you visit a haunted city?
The Alamo, as drawn in 1854 Source: en.wikipedia.org |
3 Tips for Avoiding A Psychic Assault
1. Research. Highly haunted cities have violent or
catastrophic pasts and a high concentration of fatalities within a narrow
vicinity. New Orleans has experienced multiple battles, slavery, plagues, and
floods. It has also housed some notoriously macabre personalities. In San
Antonio, roughly 800 people died during the 13-day siege at the Alamo. San
Francisco lost an estimated 3,000 people during the 1906 earthquake and the
fires that followed. Research will warn you which buildings and areas to avoid.
1906 San Francisco Earthquake Looking toward the fire on Sacramento Street Photo by Arnold Genthe Source:en.wikimedia.org |
2. Shield. Do not walk around with an Open-to-be-Haunted
attitude. Nasty entities and energies will react as though issued an invitation
to harass, frighten, and invade you. Instead, envision yourself completely
covered by a silver psychic HAZMAT suit. Then mentally pull in the suit until
it becomes a second-skin superhero suit. Visualize it deflecting unwanted
energies and entities.
3.
Fight Magic With Magic. Wear an amulet, a magically charged
protective item. In Spell For Sophia, Breaux,
the grandson of a voodoo priestess, gives Sophia a silver dime on a red string
to ward off evil. Some people wear a cross. Others carry jet, a stone that
protects against evil spirits. An amulet could be a symbol of your ancestors or
your totem animal. I wear amethyst, a healing stone that also wards off danger.
New Orleans,
San Francisco, and San Antonio are beautiful cities, well worth visiting. Just
be informed, shield, and wear or carry an amulet so you can have a magical time
minus the evil entities.
~Ariella Moon
Copyright 2014 Ariella Moon
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