I personally think seances are a bad idea for me, just like ouija boards and collecting EVPs. In my opinion, I have enough problems with spirits as it is. I have no desire to encourage them to come around or hang around.

I try to mind my own business about other people doing these things, although I do think these activities can open doorways and that people should be cautious about communicating with spirits. I think the dead can lie just like the living. I also think that they can become attracted to people and follow them home.

I would never participate in a seance because you may cause an evil spirit to cause you many problems. I have two stories to tell that were told to me by others. These two stories will come later. One is about two couples who decided to have a seance near me and the other was told to me by a man who was is the US Navy stationed in the Mediterranean Sea or Middle East back in the 1960s. I strongly advise against any séances. That goes for "ghost walks" too. I made the mistake of going on a ghost walk at the urging of my sister. I will expand on the two séances and ghost walk later. I don't have to look for ghosts or entities, they come to me. I must be some kind of ghost magnet. Most of the entities are friendly. I fear the evil ones and the poltergeists.

When my dad passed away a few years ago, I felt his presence when I was in his house. My mom was still alive then but suffering from dementia. I was looking after my mom as did my siblings. We took our turns looking after my mom. I was in my dad's basement and I strongly felt his presence. Being that I can become quite unnerved, I asked my dad's spirit to not touch me or spook me.

As I was locking up the house, I told my dad if he wanted to communicate with me, he could wiggle the back door knob. His spirit did in fact wiggle the back door knob after I locked up the dead bolt and the door knob locks. My dad's spirit, or I think that it was my dad gave me a signal. I wasn't afraid because I think that it was my dad.

A few weeks later, I went to look after my mom. I was on the telephone which was located near the front door. I heard the front door as if someone was pushing on it. I thought that it was one of my siblings. I opened the door but nobody was there. I guess my dad was still around. His spirit has been gone for some time. Sometimes I think that he is still around and comes and goes.

If the dead want to interact with you, they will. You can document that interaction if you wish. But to demand it – it would be like someone coming to my home and demanding I cook them a meal or do tricks or something. I take exception to people demanding I do stuff, so why would I want to do that to a spirit?

I totally agree. If the entities want to interact with someone, they will. I don't demand that entities leave my home. I believe that they leave when they are ready. Sometimes when I leave the house for a length of time, I will ask the entities if they want to leave a message on my voice activated micro-cassette recorder. I don't demand it. In the past, I have left out a blank piece of paper and a pencil and asked the entities to leave a message or draw a simple line or scribble. So far no spirit picked up the pencil.