In celebration of the upcoming season, I’ve decided to dedicate this site to the best places to experience the magic of Halloween and there’s no better place to start than Salem, Massachusetts.

Let’s get the major drawback out of the way first. Salem is one of – if not the – prime locations to celebrate Halloween, so expect anything within the city limits to be booked solid well in advance of October. That being said, this guide would be all but useless if I didn’t include a few interesting places to stay.

First on my list would have to be The Inn on Washington Square. The room rates range frome $100 (The Common Room) to $225 (The Honeymoon Suite) and there’s a two night minimum on all weekend and Haunted Happernings stays, which makes it one of the more expensive Bed and Breakfasts I’ve looked into. However, not only has it recieved great reviews, its genuinely haunted and is an ideal spot for the vacationing ghost hunter. For more details, see The Inn on Washington Square.

For those interested in a little less kitsch, The Salem Inn  – comprised of three historic homes and “centrally located in the heart of historic Salem” – may very well be the place for you. Prices range from $190 (Captain West House) to $350 (Peabody House).

Again, since its a little late in the season, your best option would be staying in nearby Danvers, MA at Extended Stay America Boston – Danvers (5.21 miles from Washington Square). Their average daily rate is $91. Danvers is most widely known for its association with the 1692 Salem witch trials. The house of one of the convicted “witches,” Rebecca Nurse, is still standing in Danvers and can be visited as a historical landmark. Throughout October you can take part in “America’s most exciting Halloween Festival”, Salem Haunted Happenings. In its 28th year, Haunted Happenings kicks off October 1st with the Salem Chamber of Commerce Grand Parade and ends October 31st with  The Reality Bites Costume Ball at the Hawthorne Hotel.

Also throughout October is the Festival of the Dead, “an annual event series that explores death’s macabre customs, heretical histories, and strange rituals”. Highlights include:The Retro Zombie Ball  Spectral Evidence: Ghost Hunting 101 The Annual Psychic Fair and Witchcraft Expo Death and Rebirth: Ritual Transformation The Vampires’ Masquerade Ball The Mourning Tea andMessages from the Spirit World: Salem’s Only Authentic Séance.The Festival ends on October 30th at the Hawthorn Hotel with “the world’s most exclusive Halloween event”, The Official Salem Witches‘ Halloween Ball. For more details, visit the Festival of the Dead.

Now would be a good time to mention (to the aspiring paranormal investigator) that the Hawthorne Hotel is also supposedly haunted. In fact – as you probably suspect – there are tons of haunted locations in Salem, including Gallows Hill, The Ward House and Saint Mary’s Cemetary. For more locations, check out Shadowlands Haunted Places Index.

As you can see, Salem is filled with places for spook-tacular adventures (sorry…I couldn’t help myself) but please remember, infamous footnote in history aside, there’s more to “The Witch City” than ghosts and witches, including (but not limited to) the oldest National Historic Site in America, Salem Maritime National Historic Site.

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Psychic can mean many different things to many people, when the word is mentioned, and then people have many different perceptions within their imaginations of a person who claims to be a psychic. Some think they are god gifted where others think they see dead people, and some people think psychic is people who can see the future. The modern word psychic originates from Greek meaning of the soul. Although this is a modern word, psychics have always been around. In eastern parts of the world psychics are labeled as see ers.

When we try to understand what a psychic is or how he or she is able to do psychic readings, we need to draw a direct link between psychic ability is to attune to spiritual realms. As we mentioned earlier psychic in fact is a matter that concern the soul – spirit side of life. This also brings up another debate as to, what is soul/spirit. The answer to this may also vary depending on your personal beliefs. Let’s say you are a faithful person, then the meaning of the soul maybe; it is a spiritual form that exists within you, and is of God – Creator origin. Or perhaps if you are spiritual then it is your true essence, vital force that governs the universe at large which you are also part of this universal spirit. Therefore our souls our spirit takes shape and exists in spiritual form.

Psychic is a person who has an psychic ability and experience to attune themselves to this spiritual dimensions, where the vibrations of these spiritual realms can be felt and from this silent communication to this spiritual dimensions they are able to see hear sense messages, and through the wisdom and experience of their hearts they are then able to interpret these spiritual guidance back to the enquirer. Psychics can attain to this silent ethereal realm by means of either meditation, or trance like state or more advanced psychics can do so at will. Seekers of psychic answers do so for many reasons, as we have always been fascinated to know events or situations before they actually happened. Genuine psychics can predict also anticipate future events for the one enquirer. These spiritually attuned souls spend many years studying spiritual teachings also testing the borders and boundaries of these spiritual dimensions which co exist with our normally seen world.

Psychics have provided much positive life changing information to thousands upon thousands of people from all walks of life and from all parts of the world. Yet just like any field, this field of metaphysics is the target of some malicious characters, as psychic related fields have never been regulated or policed. This allows those hostile characters to pop up every now and then. But a genuine psychic will prove themselves over time and those fake psychics fortunately fade out of equation.

History of see ers are quite fascinating to spiritually minded people, some imagine they are God gifted to be able to attain such awareness, yet in truth they are ordinary souls (all souls are pure in their true nature) who simply choose to walk the psychic path; which is the path of their souls within, to silently tune themselves just like a radio to receive messages of purest realms. Psychic readings are done to guide and answer spiritual people to most calm and positive oceans. Perhaps you may like to try genuine psychic readings soon.

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