There is so much to tell from my experience at Forest Haven that I feel like it's too much to put in one post.
Part of my approach to developing my medium abilities is to reach out to like minded communities on social media. It's through one of these communities that I connected with a paranormal investigator, who offered to show me around Forest Haven. Forest Haven is an abandoned asylum not too far from me. It operated from 1921 to 1991, and had some of the most horrific cases of abuse and mistreatment of the patients in the entire state of Maryland, if not the country.
I invited a friend who is a much more experienced spiritual communicator than me, which they gladly accepted. Both of us sensed the presence of a dark entity in the place in some pre-visit meditations. In addition to learning about some of the spirits who remain on site, I got a sense there was a dark energy portal somewhere in the woods on the property. This made me nervous, because I already knew that I was sensitive to the presence of ghosts. I couldn't discern whether my anxiety was a result of a benign ghost presence vs the presence of dark forces/energies. As soon as we stepped onto the property, my friend and I could sense that we were surrounded by entities. I could feel the presence of at least one ghost as it approached me - my spine immediately began tingling. We conducted a protection prayer, and as soon as it was finished we could feel the pressure back off.
Our paranormal investigator guide first had us walk to the furthest building we were going to tour. As we walked past one of the buildings, I got a whiff of perfume. I could sense spirits inside the buildings watching us as we walked by. We turned a corner, and I immediately sensed a spirit watching us. As soon as he left, I said out loud "he went left." My counterpart said at the same time, "he went that way," directed his arm in the same direction, and informed us that the spirit was going to inform the others of our arrival. It felt good to be validated by another who is sensitive to the spirit world.
At one point, I walked into a HUGE wall of dark energy. This energy pushed me back a few steps and gave me an overwhelming sense of sadness. It was so strong that I started crying. My counterpart asked spirits for assistance in pushing back the energy so we could proceed. We continued a bit further. This trip was the first time I entered a building with ghosts present since my awakening. I was curious and a bit apprehensive about what I would encounter. The first building we entered was Hemlock. It was a 'prison' building where the most difficult patients were kept. (Spoiler alert, if you want to know what happened that I'm going to describe below, you can watch the video!).
Our guide led us down a central corridor to begin our exploration of the building. The floor was littered with artifacts of times gone by in the facility. A paper with cleaning staff names written on it in beautiful penmanship caught my eye. It was from 1989. As we reached the end of the hallway, we turned left. Flashlights in hand, we looked in rooms and I could sense the remnant energies of the people who once lived and worked in the facility. My two companions were conversing about something that completely missed me, because I got the feeling that I was compelled to move in a certain direction. I walked away from them and toward a small room at the end of a side hallway (you can see me take off at the beginning in the video linked above).
I approached the room to which I felt called, and I could sense a presence there. As I tried to step into the room, I was met with resistance. The ghost there didn't want me to come into the room. I knew he was there and I had felt called there but once there it was clear that I wasn't welcome. Turns out there was a reason for it. My friend informed me that I reminded Eddie (the ghost's name) of a nurse that once worked at the facility. No wonder he didn't want me intruding on his space! What happened next was one of the most incredible things I have ever witnessed. I don't think that my words can do it justice, so I suggest you watch the video to find out what happened! I will try to describe it if you aren't inclined to watch, but know that it will pale to witnessing the actual events as they unfolded.
My counterpart is extremely gifted in spirit communication. They are able to not only see into the spirit world, but also can assist Earth-bound spirits in crossing over into the spirit realm. These are skills I endeavor to learn as I expand my abilities. Eddie the spirit didn't have a lot to say. Evidently he was heavily drugged (as were most of the patients at FH) and slowly losing his mind. Eddie didn't know why he was still Earth-bound. When he was asked if he wanted help transitioning, he said yes. It felt safe to assist him - he wasn't one of the spirits being kept at the facility by a ghost dabbling in dark energy (more on that in another post).
My friend called upon his father - in his life he was another gifted communicator who also helped Earth-bound spirits cross - to help Eddie. I really wish I could have 'seen' and heard what occurred next, but I could sense it. My friend's father spoke with Eddie for a bit, reassuring him that he would be safe and loved on the other side. Then he opened a portal. I was immediately hit with a wave of energy. Eddie's family came through and spoke with him. When all were ready, they walked through the portal together. It was at that moment that I was again hit with another wave of energy. As soon as they walked through, the energy in the room changed dramatically.
I'm so incredibly glad that I was able to witness this crossing over. Receiving messages from spirits and sensing ghosts is one thing, but to 'see' the moment when one crosses over to the other for the first time is something I will never forget! I look forward to many more occasions where I cannot only witness but also have the skills to let these lost souls find their way home.
There is so much more to share about my experience in Forest Haven, so stay tuned!
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