Is There Anybody Out There Who Can Identify An Orb?

Wow... you've given me some very valuable information here, my friend. I did take all the pics from the same point in that turret, maybe turning slightly and zooming once or twice but they were all taken from the same point on the ground, pointing upwards. You'll notice, if you look at the photos in TeapotCommerceMomma's response, I think on page one, that the orb was only present in one photo, and they were taken one after the other with only a few seconds pause. I'm sure you'll agree that this indicates that the orb was moving around, so couldn't have been dust on the lens, nor light coming through any openings. I'm going to take that photo to my fax/photo viewer and zoom in on it, to see what I can make of the orb. From what I could see on my website, it was a ring of more radiant light, with an interior circle of white light, and a shadow in the centre of that. That shadow is what I'm interested in.

You could well be right about spirit travelling around with me, because I have almost constant presence in my home, and I've captured orbs in several photos, particularly when visiting ancient stone sites, and burial grounds, castles and priories. I've also had other encounters with the spirit world, which I won't go into now, but might use in future discussions. Needless to say, I have already spotted orbs in past pictures! lol.

I've never used a ouija board but I do scry with water, mirror and pendulum. I've had amazing results at times, particularly with the water, on a Samhain night. It scared me a bit at first, but I held fast. In spates, the water was as rough as a stormy sea and the force was pulling at the bowl which I was gripping with both hands and between my knees to make sure I wasn't causing the movement. It would then calm down for a few seconds, afterwards, repeating the "contact". Wow!

I'm going to hunt around for an emf meter because I'm interested to know just how much of my time is spent in spirit company. I feel them sometimes, and my closest friend's mother came to me, as she left her body, and this earth. That was quite an amazing experience. I didn't know what time she had passed on until 5 o'clock that evening, and she visited me at precisely 3.27 a.m. My friend told me at 5.20 p.m. that she had passed away peacefully at "around" 3.30 a.m. How spooky is that?

Ok... I've almost written a book myself, so I'm going to close for now. Thank you so much for all this info... I'm very grateful to you for contributing so much. I might try and get a hold of that book too, and I will definitely keep taking the pictures. Brightest Blessings, my friend.

PS: I've invited you as a friend, as I would welcome your views on other discussions I might put out in at least this area. I would love to contribute to some of your discussions too. I hope you'll accept.

I did put this in your previous response but if you'd like to have a look at the whole set, you can find them in DD, in my Bodiam Castle, East Sussex Album. The orbs are much easier to see there, my friend, if you can fathom out how to view them, but if you don't wish to do that, go back to TeapotCommerceMomma's response, where I have posted the other "orb" photos.

Meanwhile, I'm going to go to DD and have a look at that pic of Chey you put in there. I have a feeling she has a constant guide with her... or maybe even two, and I'm interested in scrutinising that pic! lol. That's if it's ok with you, my friend. xx

You're right there, my friend. There are people who are non believers who always look for a logical explanation, rather than believe in the spirit world. Perhaps the spirit world frightens them... I don't know, but I'm a great believer too, and all the logic in the world won't convince me otherwise, unless they come up with a really sound explanation enough to make me look again and again.

I feel that when you see something like this in a photograph, you have to look beyond the surface, almost right into the photograph, before you can see what's really there. I have captured a few orbs in my time, and even encountered manifested spirits. They don't worry me because I believe they're there, and for a purpose.

Thank you for the compliment about the photos. Brightest Blessings, my friend.

Basically, it's a paranormal manifestation of energies. If you would like to know more about it, you might like to follow this link, which a friend gave to me in the discussion. It explains things quite fully and even gives pictures and explanations for orbs. http://www.psychicinvesti... .

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution. I'm sorry to baffle you, my friend. lol.

Thank you for that, my friend. I will certainly look those people out in Alienhub. As it happens, I have had a response from an experienced ghost hunter in here, who has given me a lot of very valuable information, for which I'm extremely grateful, but differing opinions are ever welcome.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.

I don't think this was a problem with the lens, or light refraction my friend, for one, simple reason. I took five or six photos from the same spot, sometimes zooming, and sometimes turning slightly, but upwards of the turret from the same position on the ground, and at intervals of just a few seconds. That particular orb in the main photo was there in only the one picture that including the top ceiling of the turret. I'm afraid it was too far away to be anything to do with my camera, and certainly not a bright enough, solid light, to be the sun shining through a window. That's why I concluded that it was an orb.

I think your dad might just have been trying to be logical, as a non believer, because that's what non believers do. They try to apply a logical explanation. Either that, or he didn't want you to be afraid. I think you're probably correct, in that you captured a spirit orb.

Brightest Blessings, my friend and thank you for your contribution.

The castle has been reported to be haunted by sounds of singing, and chants in a strange language from inside, a woman in red at a window, and a little boy who runs over the footbridge, disappearing halfway, thus giving rise to the suspicion that he might have met his death by drowning after falling off the footbridge into the moat.

As for deaths, they would probably have been mostly natural causes, because the castle never underwent a siege. However, there were, inside both portcullises, and between portcullis and heavy oak door, a chamber where unwelcome visitors had boiling oil poured on them, through a series of large holes in the ceiling. So, there could have been a few untimely deaths there, if anybody unwelcome decided to call.

A ghost hunter came in here with some experience, and told me that orbs are not always past spirits from the building, but could be a spirit guide or something similar which travels around with me. I tend to think that could be the case because I know they're present in my home and garden and have been captured in other photos at places I've visited.

Brightest Blessings, and thank you for your contribution.

It's a dang long way off to be a spec of dust, my friend, and it's way above and light inlets, at a height of some 100 feet or so. The light shining through the windows is reflecting downwards, I believe, and the highest window, some distance below the orb.

I don't think I'm making up a reality either. There are spirits out there... I've encountered some, and they're for real, my friend. I have also capture orbs in other locations too, and an experienced ghost hunter who responded to this, reckons I might have an orb travelling around with me, as my guiding spirit.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.

Sorry typo... first sentence should read way above*any light inlets.

When I said we all make up our own reality, I didn't mean it as if you were delusional or anything. I was speaking on a more philosophical level in regard to the possibility that our own thoughts and ideas shape the world around us. It is quite possible for a person that believes in spirits to see spirits because of their belief in them, as it is just as possible for someone not to see spirits because of their disbelief in them. My point was to emphasize that it's not truly important what others think something may be, but that it is important what you think something is because it is part of the reality that you are perceiving. I think we are all here to live, learn, and grow-- mentally, spiritually, and physically. It is up to the individual to interpret any given experience or life event and then determine what purpose or reason it has occurred in the individual's own path of life.

Ah yes, thank you for explaining. I agree with everything you've said there. What I wanted here, however, was others' opinions because I couldn't finally make up my mind what it was. I have seen orbs before and I've seen entities, but this, in bright daylight, just didn't seem to be quite right. However, I feel assured now that spirits are around us all the time, either in the form of orbs, or entities.

Thank you again, my friend.

Lol... ok, bear with me, my friend. I've gone to study the picture a little closer. Then I'll come back and tell you my before and after findings! I feel like Sherlock!

Strongheart... I've spent several minutes in the picture combing it for another orb and for the life of me, I can't see one. Can you clarify what you mean by upper window on the right, as there are no windows at all on the right-hand side. They're fireplaces and archways to the loo. The only windows in the place, other than the ones on the left of the picture, and the one, smaller one at the top on the facing wall, which is lit by sunlight.

I combed the top archway on the right and the top fireplace, but in neither of those places could I see anything but discolouring by moss, dirt, and apparent scratching of the stone. I don't have the facility to turn negative, but I could invert the colours so the pic was blue, and it gives an entirely different feel to the pic... kind of eerie, and not natural.

All I can see is as I saw before... no magnifying of mortar joints but definitely a clear orb other than the following: 1. There is a solid ring of light around the orb, which appears brighter than the rest. 2. The centre part is lighter than the wall, but duller than the ring around it and is transparent, which could denote a vapour drop, but I've disproved that to myself with the picture I'm about to post, which was taken on a 90 degree turn, approximately I believe, up the same turret, just two or three seconds later, and no orb visible. 3. When zooming in, I don't see any magnification of mortar joints but I do see a face. It's a guy, with quite a chubby face, and he could possibly have a moustache. He's smiling, and his hair is in a kind of "Billy Fury" quiff at the front, and short.

That's all I can offer you. I looked deep into the orb, rather than through it, although the mortar joints were still visible through it, but just as a background.

Now... can you clarify what you saw for me, please. I'm intrigued, but I just can't see it. Meanwhile, here is the next picture which you will see was taken on the exact same minute, in the same area. Where is the orb, or moisture droplet now? It doesn't fit!

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution, my friend.

Here's the pic... I forgot it! lol.

Sorry to take so long to get back to you! Things got busy for a bit!

It was really interesting, when I looked at it a few minutes ago, I noticed a third! Here's what i see and under what conditions.

Clear orb: X2 magnification I see what looks to be a chubby face. But when I X4 magnification, I can see the actual mortar joints through the orb and slightly magnified. Not discrediting it by any means but I don't feel anything there.

#1 this is the orb I mentioned first. At first it seems as if the inside of the ledge is tapered and in shadow but when you realize the light is lighting up the area beyond this you notice it is a shadow, looking closer, it is easier to see the smoke colored orb against the background. X2 made it easier, X4 it stands out!

#2 I didn't notice this until tonight and it surprised me as it almost appears to be emerging from that opening. X2 and X4 magnification reveal it is spherical in nature and while it could be said to be a cast shadow, the lighting all around it says that is not possible.

What these orbs are, I don't know but I do know I feel no threat from them, just inspire curiosity.

I'm in much the same situation, my friend, so no need to worry about lateness. Life seems to be so busy at the moment... get one thing sorted and it throws another in your path, but hey... we'll get through.

I did come in a few days ago and inspect these pictures, but then something happened that my computer froze up and I lost everything in here, plus my attention was drawn to something which was urgent, so I've put it on hold for a few days. However, I'm here now, and this is what I saw...

I can only really perceive the original "orb". However much I zoom in, I can't see any magnification of the mortar joints. I see an orb which is partially transparent, but not wholly, and it's encircled by a solid ring of white light. Within that circle, I see a face, as you do, chubby and smiling, and as explained before. Around the face, I also see little dashes or specks of light, or density. Naturally, if I zoom too much, the face becomes distorted and breaks up into fragments, similar to the little specks of light around it. However much I look, that's all I can pick up from it. It never changes from how it's been captured on the camera.

The second orb you mentioned, I hadn't seen as "shadow" in the first place. I had thought it was perhaps a chip in the stone, which looked darker because it was at a different angle. However, when I realised where I was looking, I could see a distortion inside the opening, much like a thin, dark grey coloured voile veil, circular in shape, if you like. So I looked closer. It's transparent, but there's something there... you're right! The left-hand side of it appears to be casting shadow on the archway, and the remainder is inside the opening. That's all I could make of it though, and I'm still not sure what it is.

Your newly discovered orb, I'm not sure about either. It does appear something is emerging from an opening... or is it the opening, itself, cast in shadow? Again, I'm not sure about this, but I did see, when looking at that area, another, on the ceiling. It was quite unobtrusive and appeared to contain an impish face, rather like "Sonic", with two little ears close to the top of its head, but I came away from it without too much investigation because I thought it might have been my imagination playing tricks. Still, my mind was on the first orb; the one to which I drew attention in the first place. I'm becoming used to the idea that I probably have a spirit guide, or entity of some type following me around. I don't think it's threatening, but in the light of a few "happenings" prior to this visit, and starting with a visit I made to Michelham Priory, and a video I watched recently, I suspect that a spirit has "attached" itself to me and is ever present. Everything falls together, the castle included, but I'm still open to comments from others. There are a couple of ghost hunters involved in this discussion and their knowledge has been quite helpful. Both believe it's an orb, but one has an opinion on it and the other wants to see more photos, so I shall oblige and see what transpires from that.

Thank you again for your thoughts... I know you can see paranormal, or spiritual things, and I value your opinion, my friend.

How is it that each time I think to look and see if you have responded, it is within moments of your actually doing it? I think you are sending messages via ethernet! LOL

From just the pictures I couldn't tell much but I would really like to visit and see for myself. There are so few old places in the U.S. where interesting things have occured except back east and I really dislike going to that part of the country as it has a negative energy for me. I'll be watching to see how this develops!

Lol... you're apparently oblivious to the phenomena around you. I feel you believe, but don't wish to probe into them any deeper, for some reason. I'm inquisitive. I like to know what's out there, and what other people perceive of such phenomenon.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your light-hearted contribution. It's great!