Special Projects

A Haunting on Block Island —June 5, 2009

A local Inn on Block Island had always been rumored to have ghosts and last year there had been numerous sightings so the owners called Mary & Joan to book an appointment to clear the ghosts and space clear the inn before the summer season started. They booked the first weekend the inn was open for the season, normally a set up weekend for the staff. After booking the clearing appointment the phone rang with reservations until the entire weekend was fully booked. (So much to having the inn to ourselves but the more the merrier) We arrived with a total of 12 peace messengers for the weekend.

The Narragansett Indians were the first inhabitants of Block Island as evidenced by remains that date back thousands of years. Their name for the island was “Manisses” which translates to “Island of the Little God”. A Viking ship captained by Henry Sinclair landed on the island on June 2, 1398. We arrived on June 5, 2009, almost 611 years to the day later.

In 1614, Adrian Block, an explorer sailed to the island and gave it his name and in 1661 the island was settled by the Dutch. There were many shipwrecks off the waters of Block Island, the most famous was the Palantine that caught fire and went down off Sandy Point in 1738. Ghost lights of the ship can still be seen on foggy nights. The famous pirate Captain Kidd frequented the island and was rumored to have buried some of his treasures on the shore. There probably were other pirates who visited the island and/or some islanders may have masqueraded as pirates themselves.

The ghosts we encountered were extremely playful and liked to hid keys and play tricks on all of us. We dowsed and found a group of teenager ghosts in the barn that enjoyed our good humor. There had been an accidental death of Arian Block’s 16 year old son by a drug overdose and his friends had felt guilty and returned to be with him after their death.

Our dowsing revealed that the arrival of the Viking and settlement by the Dutch may not have come peacefully. We located a major battle site on the side yard of the inn abutting the harbor. The time period dated to the time of the Vikings landing. A major battle took place and left extreme sorrow on the land as many natives were taken as slaves to work on the Viking ship. Several young warriors had tried to escape and return to their families on the island and remained there as ghosts at the inn. Dowsing revealed many people living, working or visiting the island today are healing levels of this trauma from their cellular memory inherited from their ancestors.

There was an older woman in a white dress that was waiting for her sea captain husband to return from the sea. Her name was Clossie and she decided to stay at the inn as a helper until his return. To heal the trauma of the shipwrecks and loitering of these ships along the shoreline, we made a beautiful mandala of flowers, shells, and seeds and planted a quartz crystal in the sand at Sandy Point and make a blessing to the Spirit of the Sea. A sea lion swam along the shoreline and poked his head up through the surf and was looking at us and then swam into the channel and poked his head up from the other side, thanking us for the work we had done.

We know there is more work to be done on the island and we look forward to returning at a later date.

The inn has a wonderful dining room and this season has been the busiest ever. They are totally booked with weddings and have more weekend dinner reservations than some of the larger well known restaurants on the island. Yeah! The clearing work was a success and everyone who visited the island this summer mentioned how it felt so much lighter, happier and they had a fabulous time.

Salem

The Peace Messenger traveled to Salem, MA for a community clearing in November 2008. Our dowsing discovered that there was a curse on the waterfront and this was the first thing to do. We learned from our dowsing that Salem was a major trade center for America and that many of the goods were brought from China. Some or most may have been stolen by Pirates to sell in the Americas and we believed that the curse was put on this coastline due to the stealing of goods from Far East. Salem has one of the largest museums of Chinese goods from the 1600’s time period. Such a Surprise. We also learned that many ships had sunk in the harbor and were perhaps burned. Later we would discover that they were burned in order to keep disease from entering the country. We released the curse and make an offering to the sea and waterfront.

We then moved on to the Witches Memorial. This is very interesting and very emotional memorial. The have stone memorial markers for all the witches who were killed following the 1692 witch trials. Visit http://www.salemweb.com/memorial for more information. Our dowsing revealed these women and men were not witches, many very young girls and an elderly man but people who took a hit for something bigger. Most likely, fear of the unknown, fear of a different kind of power. Many of us experienced body symptoms, particularly around the throat area. We had many ghost visitors during the clearing. A judge who was there holding the energy of judgment, some very small children who were killed by their parents to protect them , pirates from the pirates ships and a witch named Giles who spoke very loudly and did not want us to do anything that would hurt the tourist trade . She was holding the energy of the town making profits off the witch story and wanted to hold that old energy in place. With some persistence we were able to talk her down, but it was rather intense for a few moments. This may be the very thing that helps this town move to a cultural center (we later learned some folks in Salem are trying to move the town to a more cultural town versus a town that sells witches and demons ete. Finally we ventured to the House of the 7 Gables where we instantly knew there had been slave trade. This was very intense around the entire property and we made some offerings here as well and cleared the energy of slavery from the land and buildings. We went back to the sea and built the rainbow bridge for thousands of souls to pass to the light.

It was a fine day and everyone did a wonderful job. All who attended brought their unique gifts and talent.