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I first learned about the contemporary "America's Talking Poltergeist" case upon reading Fortean Times magazine #79.  Below are two photos of family members as seen in the article. From left: Bill and Maxine Mc Wethy, Twyla Bell Eller and her daughter Desireé Megan 'Fae' Ward (right) and Desireé Eller  When I arrived in Oklahoma on Thursday, August 10, 1995, my plan had been to visit Maxine Mc Wethy and her family after getting settled at my hotel room; however, the drive from the airport to my hotel took longer than planned.  I was fatigued after the flights and had a headache (rare for me) so I arranged to join the family at the house in Centrahoma the next morning.  Here are the notes I wrote at the hotel in Ada that afternoon: Aug 10th — arrived in Ada and spoke to Maxine and Marla/'Fay' to get directions to house . . . Fay mentioned that Spirit allowed Maxine to hold its hand.  When asked how often it speaks, Fay said it talks (non-stop) a...

In a comment on one of my recent articles, By attending to our ego we are attending to ourself , a friend called Viswanathan quoted the following passage from chapter 13 of Reflections on Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi by S. S. Cohen: Now we turn to the positive side of the question, whether meditation on the Heart is possible. Bhagavan declares it to be possible, but not in the form of investigation, as it is done when the ‘I’ is the subject. Meditation on the Heart must be a special meditation, provided the meditator takes the Heart to be pure consciousness and has at least, an intuitive knowledge of what pure consciousness is. Only that meditation succeeds which has this intuitive knowledge, and is conducted with the greatest alertness, so that the moment thoughts cease, the mind perceives itself in its own home — the Heart itself. This is certainly more difficult to do than to investigate into the source of the ‘I’, because it is a direct assault on, rather direct contact with, t...

Last week, the British Medical Journal published a review article titled "Dietary Sugars and Body Weight", concluding that "free sugars" and sugar-sweetened beverages contribute to weight gain.  But what are "free sugars", and why does the scientific literature suggest that the relationship between sugar intake and body weight isn't as straightforward as it may initially appear? Read more »

 This article presents the information published in the third part of "Centrahoma Story Filmed" from the June 14, 1995 issue of the Coalgate Record-Register with nothing changed or redacted.  Also quoted are some selected excerpts from  The Bell Witch: A Mysterious Spirit (1934) by Charles Bailey Bell — including t he statement about a future Bell family member to whom the 'Spirit' "would make itself known."   Centrahoma's Maxine Mc Wethy was previously married to Jearld Carlton Bell (1935-1995) and several of her children have the 'Bell' surname.     Centrahoma Story Filmed by Wanda Utterback   Part three of a series of articles about paranormal activities which have occurred since 1990 at the home of Bill and Maxine McWethy in Centrahoma.  The story was filmed in May by LMNO Productions in Los Angeles and will air this summer or fall on an ABC special tentatively titled "Put to the Test." LMNO was in Centrahoma for s...