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Footsteps in the Attic: More First-Hand Accounts of the Paranormal in New England

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In his second book on the paranormal, Paul Eno hits another home run and proves he's at the top of his game as a paranormal investigator and author. Baseball analogies aside, Eno manages to engage and intrique his readers again, just as he did with 1998's Faces at the Window.

In Footsteps in the Attic, he lays out his utterly unique and ultimately convincing view that what we call "ghosts" are really far more complex, and really arise from slips in time and alternate universes. This based-in-fact scientific explanation makes this book stand out among the many Halloween "scare" books on the market now that read more like fiction.

And from the story of a disappearing house to an apparently troubled classroom in an elementary school and his dire warnings about parasites and the use of Ouija boards, Eno tells a far scarier tale than those fiction-inspired haunting stories ever could. This is because everything he writes about comes from his personal involvement in these cases.

For anyone interested in truly understanding the paranormal, or even opening your mind to the possibility of its existence, I highly recommend this book.

In the world of the paranormal, we're routinely faced with two voices, the believer and the debunker. In this refreshing take on the world of "ghost sightings" we're given a third choice, a rational voice that balances the previous two with scientific insight and theories that span the gap from quantum physics to metaphysics.

In Paul F. Eno's worldview, "ghosts" can be caused by several different phenomena, from "standing waves" or low frequency sound waves, to time displacements, and from visitation apparitions to parasitic entities. We learn about each of these through actual cases Eno has investigated. Each sighting is taken seriously and examined with an even-handed manner that allows for any possibility.

His hypotheses are well researched and although he is careful to point out that he is not a scientist, his work reflects the findings of some of the greatest minds in "new" or quantum physics.

If you're ever troubled with what seems to be a haunting problem, this book should be your first line of attack. In fact, you may want to keep it on hand just in case. This modern Ghost Buster may not carry around a power pack, but his methods are going to be a whole lot more effective if you are ever face-to-face with the real thing.

This book is that increasing rarity in the paranormal world - an original account written by an actual investigator with a thoughtful approach to his subject. It covers an array of paranormal experiences from ghosts to time slips to parallel universes - and again, all original and thought-provoking. The author mentions in passing that he was friends with the late D. Scott Rogo - as a huge fan of D. Scott Rogo's, I would definitely put Paul Enos in the same credible category. And I'm buying his previous book.

While the stories in "Footsteps in the Attic" weren't anything shocking or amazing in most cases, I found them more believable because of it. Eno's simple, no-nonsense style presented the facts of each investigation in logically order.

I was struck by the way Eno would attempt to explain any paranormal activity in non-paranormal terms. This approach gave quiet credence to everything from his personal written accounts to the photographs in the book.

Furthermore, I enjoyed Eno's scientific approach to explaining the existence of ghosts. I found it very plausible, and supported much more strongly than previous explanations I had heard. Eno laid evidence as he saw it on the table repeatedly throughout the book, but always in what I felt were appropriate moments.

If you enjoy ghost stories, paranormal events, or even speculating on the afterlife this is the book for you.

I ripped through this book in a couple of sittings, and literally could not put it down. Paul Eno offers up some fascinating and, what I would call, groundbreaking theories about what exactly ghosts are, and where a lot of those strange little occurrences we have come from. His quantum mechanics approach may set any preconceived notion you have about why we see ghosts on its ear. Be prepared to consider a completely new perspective. The theories are not "dumbed-down" for those of us who have not made a study of quantum physics. They are explained in clear, thoughtful, and concise terms that any lay-person can understand.

The theories he poses go a long way in explaining the extreme and persistent déjà vu I have experienced all my life. The chapter on parasites gave me much insight into what that shadowy little wisp I had in my benign little middle-class house was, why it gained strength over the course of almost two years, and then turned not-so-nice after all. A trusted psychic told me at the time that the thing I had was not human, and that I had picked it up through Tarot cards, both of which Mr. Eno verifies with his explanations.

This is paranormal investigation at its finest. Paul Eno has set himself apart as a top-notch investigator of the paranormal. He and his team investigate, with methodical precision, each of these ghosts, poltergeists/parasites, and "tortured souls" with intellect and compassion. After reading this book, I will NEVER touch a Ouija Board again. Much information is here for the taking - highly recommended for anyone seeking an alternative explanation which is not afraid to deviate from the norm.

This book was better than faces in the window, although it was good too, This is a book I will keep in my library.

Truly an amazing read. My advice is to be very skeptical and test everything. The scientific (quantum reality/multiple dimension) theory to me is very plausible, and although science is biased towards the nonexistence of God, it's slowly moving to its own realization that there is God, and there is intelligent design. But getting back to the author's observations and subjectiveness, I'm moved by his sincerity and professional work ethic. I wish this was offered hard-bound, but you would do well to just get a copy.

I will start this review with a few quotes from the book that will help you understand how the author(paranormal investigator) explains the paranormal events in the book and how he addressed them to help the people involved and sometimes remove bad entities from their houses.

These following quotes are from the introduction.

Quote 1. In quantum reality, all of us, whether "living"or "dead" are intimately united in very concrete ways. Time as we understand it doesn't exist. Our sense of "self" is and illusion. All that ever was and all that ever can be exists all at once - in multiple, parallel universes.
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This is the concept of parallel universes, also known as the "multiverse".

Quote 2. I don't believe that ghosts are "spirits of the dead" because I don't believe in death. In the multiverse, once you're possible, you exist. And once you exist, you exist forever one way or another. Besides, death is the absence of life, and ghosts I've met are very much alive. What we call ghosts are life forms just as you and i are. I certainly don't believe that ghosts are just video - like "recordings" on the environment.

Quote 3. My experience is that there are three basic phenomena that people experience as ghosts: space-time displacements, parasites and what traditionally are known as visitation apparitions. For any of these to become apparent to an observer, electrical and geomagnetic factors that effect quantum reality have to fall into place. These include electromagnetic fields at the sight, minerals in the soil, the height of the water table, and proximity of high tension wires.

Quote 4. What i call "ghosts from elsewhen" essentially are conscious glimpses into other areas of space-time. As long as the electromagnetic "ducks are in line" these space-time displacements can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. I believe they occur at points where two or more universes overlap.

Now i will discuss the chapters of the book.

Chapter 1 Ghosts From Elsewhen. Involves ghost stories where the author believes the ghosts are living people in parallel universes. And that you are able to see or hear them due to electromagnetic influences where universes overlap.

Chapter 2 Tortured Souls. This chapter involves ghost stories similar to chapter 1. Living people in parallel universes who, "while in emotional distress", are inadvertantly projecting themselves.

Chapter 3 The Parasites. Involves stories of bad entities and poltergiests. The author believes these are entities that live in the void, that feed off of negative, sad, depressed emotions of humans. Can also be referred to as demons by some people. In these stories the entities are attracted to humans in these forms of emotional distress or people who open doorways with things like Ouija boards.

Chapter 4 The Ancestors. Discusses connections to the departed and how they can help you.

Chapter 5 Death: The Final Frontier? The authors views on death.


I believe this was a fairly good book. It is mostly ghost stories with the authors theory mixed in. But let me reassure you that the stories themselves don't get bogged down with his theories. He gets most of his theories out of the way in the introduction. The stories themselves gave me more than a few chills. They were definitly worth reading. And whether you agree with his theories or not, it can be nice to check things out from a different perspective.

this book strays from the inhuman, demonic from hell type of thinking. it goes into quantom physics, and the rip in time, big bang way of thinking.the only thing imight question is his photos of ghosts. ir lights give off a host of lightrefraction, dust e.t.c. all in all a good read. not for your pop ghost hunter. i book that gives one pause to think.

i was looking for a good scary ghost story book. instead, i find nonsense theories about physics from someone who know just enough to be completely wrong!