Progress Report: March 2012
 

Part 1: Background

The Wave Wizard is an electronic listening device that I've been working with for over 25 years now. The basic concept for my device actually dates back to the earliest days of radio, and in fact, the Wave Wizard can be thought of as a type of radio receiver: A "universal receiver" capable of tuning into the electromagnetic waves from natural sources such as the Earth and its atmosphere, as well as man-made electrical noise from equipment and appliances, and yes, even regular radio broadcasts if a signal is within range - this includes AM, FM, CB, SW, HAM, emergency communications, and more.

Why is this so important for paranormal research? Because the electromagnetic effects that are detected by the Wave Wizard are exactly the same kinds of effects that can cause transient readings on EMF meters, and the same kinds of effects that can intrude upon tape and digital recorders to produce spurious noise that might be mistaken for EVP voices. Video cameras are also susceptible to electromagnetic glitchery. In some cases, stray electromagnetic waves can even interact with a building's electrical system to cause flickering lights, radio and TV interference, or other strange phenomena that a homeowner might misinterpret as being "ghostly" activity.

Clearly, a means for monitoring and evaluating the electromagnetic field would be useful in paranormal research, but most investigators have fallen into the trap of thinking that EMF meters can do the job. The question they never seem to ask is: What do EMF meters tell us about the underlying nature of the electromagnetic fields they are measuring? Numbers on a dial can indicate the overall strength of the local field, and flashing lights can alert you if it exceeds a certain level, but once again, what does an EMF meter really tell you about the nature of the thing it is supposed to be measuring? Answer: Absolutely nothing!

The Wave Wizard goes beyond EMF meters - way beyond - by giving researchers a means to explore the ambient electromagnetic field for all that it really is, not reduced to terms of numbers and flickering lights. Wave Wizard users will quickly learn that there are layers upon layers of different frequencies and waveform patterns at work within the local electromagnetic field. Emissions from various sources create a complex and unique EMF environment at any given location and time, an environment that is far more elaborate than mere numbers on any meter could possibly describe.

On the other hand, with just a little experience, Wave Wizard users can learn to distinguish the various types of EMF emissions by their characteristic qualities, identify the most common sources, and recognize whether something they hear is normal, abnormal, or perhaps, coming from a genuinely paranormal source.

If "paranormal energy forms" generate, or operate within their own type of electromagnetic field - and there is ample evidence suggesting that they do - then the Wave Wizard should be capable of detecting the frequencies, isolating the waveform patterns, and converting their characteristic EMF signature into a corresponding audio frequency output that can be listened to in real time over earphones, analyzed with appropriate computer software, and/or recorded for analysis and evaluation at a later time. The potential for groundbreaking discoveries in this area of research is unlimited.

Proto versions of the Wave Wizard were given extensive field testing during my years as an active site investigator, and something new and useful was learned on virtually every occasion. Over time, I was able to predict which areas of a building were likely to be hotspots for activity because I learned to recognize a certain tell-tale aberration in the electromagnetic fields of reportedly "haunted" sites. Note that the aberrations I'm referring to here were a matter of quality, not quantity, so EMF meters proved completely useless for detecting those same hotspots.

Of course, in many cases the Wave Wizard was crucial in helping to demonstrate that certain effects were not paranormal in nature, but simply the result of transient and perhaps unusual, yet perfectly mundane and explainable, electromagnetic activity. So for those of you that have been brainwashed into thinking every time the numbers and lights on an EMF meter blink it means there's a ghost in the house, you might be disappointed to discover that a furnace fan or the neighborhood CB'er is much more likely to be causing those previously "unexplainable" disturbances. However..

On one dramatic and possibly historic occasion, a colleague using my device heard what we believe may have been the actual electromagnetic force field produced by a "ghost". She reported that it sounded like "giant bird wings flapping," exactly the kind of sound I would expect to hear from a strong magnetic or electromagnetic source pulsating in close proximity, but not a sound that I can explain by any normal cause - at least not in the location and circumstances of the site under investigation. (Incidentally, the "bird wing" effect of a pulsing EMF does fits nicely with the photographic evidence discussed in my article on Energy Form X, found here.)

More field testing and independent observations will be needed before we can declare that a legitimate body of evidence for an association between paranormal activity and electromagnetism has been established, so if you're ready to take part in this important research effort, please contact me for more details, or to ask any questions, offer supportive comments, etc. Thanks!

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Additional information about EMFs and the original Wave Wizard can be found here .
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Part 2: Recent Developments

After many years of testing and tinkering, I felt that I had finally developed the "final version" of the Wave Wizard back around 2008-09. Some personal distractions derailed my active pursuit of promoting and marketing the Wave Wizard at that time, so the project sat on the back burner until early 2011. That's when I was contacted by Mrs. S from Wisconsin...

Mrs. S had been experiencing a series of unusual electrical disturbances in and around her home: e.g., the garage door was opening and closing by itself; the clothes dryer worked erratically or not at all at times, then perfectly well a few minutes later; room lights would blink on and off; even the electronic locks on her car doors started operating on their own. These mysterious and apparently unrelated events led Mrs. S to wonder about poltergeist activity, so she'd gone to the internet seeking information, found my website, and wrote to ask for my opinion. I told her about my Wave Wizard device and suggested that it might be able to help her track down the cause of those electrical disturbances, whether paranormal or otherwise, and she agreed to give it a try.

For me, this would be the first time that someone other than a friend or paranormal research colleague would be introduced to the Wave Wizard, and the first time that I'd be working with someone "long distance" so to speak - without being there to personally demonstrate proper use of the device or to explain the nuances of what was being heard. Thus, I expected it to be a valuable learning process for myself as well as for Mrs. S, but I was completely surprised by what eventually transpired...

Mrs. S emailed me soon after she received the Wave Wizard package. She had immediately gone to work with it and performed a basic survey of the electromagnetic fields within her house. She asked about some of the more interesting effects that she had heard and I was able to answer most of her questions, although it did seem that she was picking up a few effects I wasn't familiar with, and I was particularly puzzled one day by her remark that the device's battery would go dead so quickly. In my own experience one 9 volt battery should power the device for many months of periodic use, but Mrs. S reported that the battery would last only a few hours at her location. Her husband happened to be knowledgeable in electronics, so I advised him on how to measure the current draw with an ammeter, and according to his tests, the device seemed to be functioning correctly.

At that point I didn't want to mention how common it is for batteries to unexpectedly die during paranormal investigations, since I thought this might lead Mrs. S to the premature conclusion that there was indeed something paranormal at work in her house, but soon things took a dramatic and undeniable turn into the twilight zone.

After about a week of fairly ordinary results, Mrs. S reported that she had begun hearing voices that were apparently trying to communicate with her through the Wave Wizard. In addition to voices, she soon began to hear other strange sounds coming from the device - in particular, siren-like whoops that she first heard on the morning of the February 2011 earthquake in New Zealand. She had heard the sounds in the overnight hours and upon watching TV news reports about the earthquake the next morning, she identified her mystery sounds as being the same as the sound of ambulances in New Zealand. She reported similar effects prior to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan a month later, March of 2011.

Meanwhile, the electrical disturbances at Mrs. S's house were continuing, but even more disturbing, she and her husband were beginning to hear pounding and knocking noises around their house (these were heard by both of them audibly, without the use of the Wave Wizard) and in one of her last reports, Mrs. S stated that she had witnessed a frying pan fly off the stovetop and onto the floor all by itself. Soon after that, she politely informed me that she had decided to take a break from using the Wave Wizard, concerned that it was somehow opening a door to something she did not want in her home or her life. Unfortunately, she has not responded to my recent enquiries.

My correspondence and experience with Mrs. S had the simultaneous effects of:
1) Halting all thoughts of marketing the Wave Wizard pending further review and
2) Opening my mind to a whole new world of possibilities for the device.

Whereas I always had, and still do, consider the Wave Wizard primarily as a tool with which investigators can observe and evaluate electromagnetic activity during site investigations, I had often felt it should also have good potential as a "spirit communication" device. After all, if EVP/ITC type communications arise from some intentional electromagnetic activity emanating from "the other side," then the Wave Wizard should be perfectly capable of detecting those signals and rendering them into an audible format.

Inspired by Mrs. S's experiences and feedback, I've been experimenting with some variations to the Wave Wizard's circuitry and a few nights ago I was startled to hear a male voice say the name "Evelyn" through my earphones. Note that this was not in the usual style of EVP voices where a substantial amount of imagination goes into determining what (if any) words might be hiding underneath all the noise and static - this was as if someone had stepped up behind me and whispered the word directly into my ear, very clearly and distinctly.

No, the name "Evelyn" doesn't hold any particular significance for me (yet?) and after many more hours of listening I haven't heard any other voices coming through the ethereal waves, but that one instance has been enough to motivate me to keep going with this project and to make the newest version of my Wave Wizard available to anyone interested in helping continue the research.

The enhanced Wave Wizard, for now I'm calling it The Wave Wizard Plus, provides several new features that will make it more versatile and open to customization, while still preserving all of the original's proven and practical usefulness. Specifically, there is a larger and more sensitive tuning coil, a switchable low frequency filter to help attenuate 60 Hz AC hum, a diode detection mode, and auxiliary input jacks to allow for a wide range of experimental applications.

If there's any downside, the WW+ may not have quite the streamlined appearance of its predecessor, at least not right away, as it is still in prototyping status and the cosmetic design is subject to change. But for anyone who dares to give it a try and work me on field testing and future developments, very special introductory pricing will be offered.
 

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