   Author J. Allen Cross is a practicing witch of Mexican, Native American, and European descent, who has written a new book, American Brujería: Modern Mexican-American Folk Magic. Besides this exciting upcoming book, other topics include negative entities and agreements, creatures on the Other Side, and using his abilities as a psychic medium to help others. Visit BigSeance.com/178 for more info.      Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Episode Teaser :00 Intro :35 Patrick originally heard today’s guest on the Ask a Hag Podcast. 1:17 Bio for J. (Joshua) Allen Cross 2:37 The description of Joshua’s upcoming book, American Brujería: Modern Mexican-American Folk Magic. 3:29 In Joshua’s interview on Ask a Hag, he discussed Marilyn Painter’s interview in the very first episode of the Big Seance Podcast regarding Demons and Agreements. 5:15 What is the difference between Brujería and Mexican-American Brujería? And what are the misconceptions? 11:00 Curanderismo and Hechicería. 14:15 Guadalupe, Catholic Saints, and Joshua’s form of Mexican folk magic. 17:14 More on Demons or Negative Entities, and Agreements. 20:57 Joshua’s work in the paranormal as a psychic medium. 24:37 Psychic mediums on some of Joshua’s favorite paranormal television shows. 27:57 Growing up with paranormal experiences, dreams, headaches, and developing psychic abilities. 30:23 There are creatures on the Other Side! 32:15 Psychic abilities run in Joshua’s family. 34:50 The moment Joshua learned he could use his psychic abilities to help others. 37:00 Joshua’s first case as a sixteen-year-old. 39:05 Final thoughts and what’s coming up for J. Allen Cross! 43:25 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 45:47 Outro 46:41   For more on J. Allen Cross: American Brujería on Amazon Instagram: @oregon_wood_witch Joshua writes for Patheos.com Joshua's Paranormal Investigation Team        The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the séance!      

178 - American Brujeria with J. Allen Cross - Big Seance

Patrick Keller, of BigSéance.com, invites you to join an open discussion on all things paranormal, but specifically topics like ghosts & hauntings, paranormal research, spirit communication, psychics & mediums, and life after death. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the séance!

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   Psychic Medium Dana Stricker tells Patrick of the fascinating, yet strange experiences of her childhood that helped to shape her work, which began at the age of 15 when she gave tarot readings. Other topics include her "Battle Axe" of a spirit guide, a shared experience that left a handprint burned into Dana's leg, and what it really means to be a Witch! Plus, what's life like on the Other Side? Visit BigSeance.com/249 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Dana Stricker’s Bio :46 Patrick and Dana met each other at Amy Bruni’s Strange Escapes event at Belvoir Winery in 2022. 2:26 After leaving the dirty, creepy bunker of the orphanage where Patrick led Dana and a small group in a paranormal investigation at Belvoir, she went home with a child’s handprint burned into her thigh. For more on the investigations from the bunker at that event, check out episode 215. 5:39 Dana is the Social Media Meme Queen! “I just have a very good sense of humor, and I think humor is very important right now in the world, and so I just keep doing it.” 10:48 Dana is a member of the Soulstice Sisters, along with Khristina Bowen and Kathy Feketik. 13:29 Ghostly physical contact in a jail cell at Ohio State Reformatory. 16:10  “I think a place, once a lot of people have gone through it, it seems like it loses something or it gains things that wouldn’t have been there initially.” 19:57 Some of the childhood experiences that shaped Dana’s psychic abilities and mediumship, in which utilized the tarot for many years. 21:55 The “Battle Axe” that is Dana’s spirit guide. 28:30 “I could hear a big band playing in our living room.” Other strange paranormal experiences from Dana’s childhood. 31:25 Help from a theatre class. 34:35 What’s life like on the Other Side? 36:31 “I do practice Witchcraft, but it’s my Witchcraft.” What it means to be a Witch. 42:53 Dana’s advice for young people who may be growing up with similar abilities and experiences, which includes reading Chip Coffey’s Growing Up Psychic. Hear more about this book in Patrick’s interview with Chip in episode 85. 49:32 Dana’s final thoughts. 53:43 Outro 57:55 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 59:13   For more on Dana Stricker PsychicMediumDana.com SoulsticeSisters.com Get Real with Deb and Dana Dana on Facebook Dana on Instagram       The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!      

249 - Psychic Medium Dana Stricker - Big Seance

   Have you received communication from a dead loved one? In this Part 2 episode, listeners Leslie, Kelly, Susan, Bruce, and Amy certainly have! From a physical and literal sign left on a desk to a comforting voice from the garden. Plus a spirit who communicates through an alarm system, the return of a beloved cat, and a lost and found bracelet. Visit BigSeance.com/248 for more info, and to learn how you can share your own story! Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick recently asked listeners to send in stories of messages from loved ones in the spirit world. The most recent episode, episode 247, was Part 1 where Patrick shared those stories. And so today is Part 2 of Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones. Patrick would like to thank those people who trusted him with their stories, because someone out there will be helped, or at least comforted after hearing them. :45 Leslie’s sign from her mother 1:41 “Soul to soul” stories from Kelly 10:04 “I’m here.” Susan Davy’s voice from the garden. 12:40 “The alarm system for my house would randomly go off.” 15:55 “I was able to draw the sketches from memory.” Patrick’s account of a spirit visitation. 19:00 More stories from Bruce 21:19 A lost and found bracelet 27:11 Amy Park Goeddeke’s connection with her cat, Mercedes 30:28 “Talk to me.” 38:04 Outro 43:05 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 44:23     HOW TO SHARE YOUR STORY IN YOUR OWN VOICE Have an iPhone? Open the built-in Voice Memos app to record your story. From there, email your audio to patrick@BigSeance.com. Have an Android? Depending on the phone, Android users will have a built-in voice recorder that should also allow you to send your recording to patrick@BigSeance.com.  Record it Online! Visit SpeakPipe.com/BigSeance to leave your story. There's a 90-second limit, but you can leave multiple messages.  Leave a Voicemail by calling (775) 583 - 5563.        The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!  

248 - Your Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones Part 2 - Big Seance

   Have you received communication from a dead loved one? Listeners Ayla, Melissa, Bruce, and Sherri have! From a gentle and reassuring touch by invisible hands, to a Christmas wish, and even a missing ingredient for a recipe from the afterlife! Visit BigSeance.com/247 for more info, and to learn how you can share your own story! Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick recently asked listeners to send in stories of messages from loved ones in the spirit world. And many of you followed through! This episode is Part 1 of Your Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones. There’s still room for more stories too, and Patrick is even considering a Part 3 if there is enough response. So if you’ve been dragging your feet or trying to decide if you want to send in your story, he’d love to share it. The instructions for how to do that can be found just below the show notes. :58 Thanks to Ayla, Melissa, Bruce, and Sherri for sharing their stories today! 2:01 Ayla’s stories of visitations from her father. 2:38 Melissa shares stories of two generations of loved ones returning to communicate. 33:08 Stories from Bruce, an Evidential Medium. 35:25 Sherri’s story of a missing ingredient for a recipe from the afterlife! 46:10 Consider sharing your story! 48:43 Outro 49:35 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 50:53   HOW TO SHARE YOUR STORY IN YOUR OWN VOICE Have an iPhone? Open the built-in Voice Memos app to record your story. From there, email your audio to patrick@BigSeance.com. Have an Android? Depending on the phone, Android users will have a built-in voice recorder that should also allow you to send your recording to patrick@BigSeance.com.  Record it Online! Visit SpeakPipe.com/BigSeance to leave your story. There's a 90-second limit, but you can leave multiple messages.  Leave a Voicemail by calling (775) 583 - 5563.        The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

247 - Your Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones Part 1 - Big Seance

   Building on the work of Friedrich Jürgenson and Marcello Bacci, Tony Rathman, along with wife Cherie, Ron Yacovetti, and Lourdes Gonzalez, has taken EVP and Direct Radio Voice to a brand new level. They've developed the technology and an exciting new method that they call Staticom! In this episode, Tony, who is also the founder and lead investigator for Entity Voices Paranormal Investigation (or EVPI), tells Patrick how it works, and even shares several fascinating audio samples of the method in action! Visit BigSeance.com/246 for more info! Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Do you have a special story of receiving communication or signs from a loved one who has crossed over? Patrick would love to hear from you! Check out episode 245 for the details, or just go to BigSeance.com/245. :48 Follow @BigSeance on Instagram and Facebook! 1:39 With 14 years of paranormal investigation experience, Tony Rathman is the founder and lead investigator for Entity Voices Paranormal Investigation (or EVPI), and he’s investigated hundreds of locations across the country, as well as overseas in Japan and the Philippines. He is also an EVP/ITC Specialist and along with his wife Cherie Rathman, Ron Yacovetti and Lourdes Gonzalez, they’ve developed an exciting new spirit communication technology known as Staticom. Based on the 40 years of work from Marcello Bacci, the Rathman’s continue to evolve and refine DRV (or direct radio voice) techniques for both longer, clearer and more understandable communication. They’ve since removed radio from the process, and so that’s why they’ve given this baby the new name — Staticom, which now communicates with only Broadband white noise. 2:03 Patrick shares with Tony some of his background with EVP and how Staticom reminds him of how excited he was in those early days of discovering EVP research! 3:42 What is Staticom? 7:08 Taking radio out of the picture! 12:43 Staticom is a Method and uses VST (Virtual Studio Technology). 13:57 How does Staticom compare to the Portal, Wonder Box or Echovox? 17:30 The Ovilus, Pizza, and Rainbows… 19:06 Remember the old, traditional, time consuming way of holding an EVP session? Our expectations (or maybe our attention spans) have changed! 20:31    Tony has always been fascinated by electronics, and built spirit boxes for years. 24:10 Marcello Bacci’s message through Patrick’s clock radio! 25:21 “I’ll say glad to meet ya!” — Marcello Bacci 27:11 Water, Rain, and Wind! 27:43 Communication Stations on the Other Side 29:13 How do spirits communicate through Staticom? 31:33 What’s it like on the Other Side? “It’s complicated.” 34:05 Staticom Example: “Energy of your mind, actually.” 38:10 Staticom Example: “Three hundred” 43:43 Interpreting Messages 46:21 Staticom Example: “And Tony Rathman can see.” 48:45 Staticom Example: “Extraterrestrials” 50:57 Final Thoughts from Tony Rathman 55:22 Outro 57:56 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 59:15   For more on Staticom and Tony Rathman EntityVoices.com YouTube Twitter: @EntityVoices Tony Rathman on Facebook         The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

246 - Staticom Spirit Communication Technology with Tony Rathman - Big Seance

   Have you received messages from a dead loved one? Are you open to it? Do you encourage it? And how does it come through? Does it come through in dreams, signs, or symbols? Inspired by a beautiful conversation among a group of strangers, Patrick invites you to share your stories for an upcoming episode of the podcast. Visit BigSeance.com/245 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 While working on a library reorganization project, Patrick was reminded of a presentation he gave at a local library and the conversations he had with a small group of people who stayed after to share their stories. Vita, who attended with her daughter, shared several experiences. :51 A safe place to share stories and experiences. 3:09 “I had a dream and it came true two weeks later.” 4:42 “I had been praying that my mother’s sisters would come and help her get to the Other Side.” 7:30 A purple daisy. “You have to look for a sign to know a sign is there.” 9:25 An Open Mind. “You’ve got to open your mind. You’ve got to open up and think it can happen.” 11:39 “I felt like my father was giving me information.” Flight 370 and premonitions from a dream. 12:55 What signs or communication have you received from your own loved ones? Are you open to it? Do you encourage it? And how does it come through? 16:43 An example of audio feedback sent from Keli, a listener who contributed to episode 162, our Daily Communication with Spirit episode. 17:52 Send in your stories! 19:25 Here’s how to get your stories to Patrick! 20:09 Outro 22:48 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 24:05   HOW TO SHARE YOUR STORY IN YOUR OWN VOICE Have an iPhone? Open the built-in Voice Memos app to record your story. From there, email your audio to patrick@BigSeance.com. Have an Android? Depending on the phone, Android users will have a built-in voice recorder that should also allow you to send your recording to patrick@BigSeance.com.  Record it Online! Visit SpeakPipe.com/BigSeance to leave your story. There's a 90-second limit, but you can leave multiple messages.  Leave a Voicemail by calling (775) 583 - 5563.        The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

178 - American Brujeria with J. Allen Cross - Big Seance

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