Spirits of the dead and wandering ghosts are at their most powerful during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar.This as many are aware of is that calendar month of August. Some of these foul powerful ghosts often seek exacting revenge on the living and their are those ghosts that often search only for a form of closure, but as we are aware not all those lost souls released from the gates of hell are not harmful. Some hungry ghost seem to just want to come and visit their loved ones and catch up on what they have missed. And just catch up with living family members to what has gone on over the long months since their last visit or recent death.
The curse of Hungry Ghosts
To the eastern culture, the calendar calendar month of the 7th moon, which is between the 2nd hebdomad of August and first hebdomad of September, is a month of hungry shades festival. This is the calendar month where the spirit of the dead or the shades are released from the world of sleep and are allowed to wander freely on earth.
In East Asian religions, a hungry ghost is a kind of ghost associated with hunger, common to many religions. Hungry Ghosts are often thought as just haunted tortured lost souls from Buddhist iconography who suffer from their greed, envy and jealousy. And this they make known openly to the living.
The harmful or evil restless spirits that roam the earth freely throughout the year, are certainly the ones to be careful of. And it so seems that their paranormal powers or influence on the living are more propionate at this time of the year then any other. Many equate this to the personal fears of the living. Either from remorse over wrong doings or just the great fear of ghosts themselves sparking the bad luck associated with such encounters.
Hungry ghosts are the source as many believe for strange unexplainable paranormal occurrences happening to them in the long hot month of August. From lost items and mysterious unexplainable accidents to strange mysterious fires. The powers of a Hungry ghost to effect the living is thought by many to be un measurable.
When August 1st rolls around each year be afraid be very afraid! The ghosts that can to your home have many tricks up their shrouded sleeves. From pesky Womb ghosts to deadly anal spooks ( Also See: " Womb Ghosts --- A Womb With A Boo!" here) your life can be in serious trouble. And if your a paranormal Investigator you might be at a higher risk because many ghosts know who you are and most likely where you live.
None of this is a joke by any means. August has always been the month when it seems lifeless ghost gain more energy. Haunting that have laid dormant gain strength. And all paranormal mayhem breaks loose in the world of the living.
These evil restless ghosts are known to demand many things from the living besides respect. Relations ships are often destroyed as well as many cases of actual ghost possession are accounted for over this most audacious time.
Hungry Ghost Month Precautions
In a recent article When the ghosts see red! By CHRISTINA CHIN http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/14/nation/9269525&sec=nation.
According to Taoist ghostbuster Ong Q Leng, spirits are at their most powerful during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar but those released from the gates of hell are not harmful.
“The harmful ones are the restless spirits that roam the earth freely throughout the year,” says Ong, who claims to have seen them all, from office haunting's to eerie bodily possessions.
The 34-year-old spiritual healer shares some advice with those low on luck during this festival.
Do not wear red this Hungry Ghost Festival. The spirits are drawn to red, so avoid anything red, including underwear. This is especially so if things have not been going smoothly for you these past few months.
She also warns believers against going out past 9pm.
“Stay away from drugs and alcohol because it`s easier for spirits to take over those who are intoxicated. If you are always alert, it`s also difficult for people to cast a spell or charm you,” she added.
Usually the child conceived or born in the evil Ghost Month of August, more often then any other time is the reincarnation of a Family's Hungry Ghost relative coming back to haunt the living, as a real human being again. So is the belief in many Asian Counties and in People of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and North Carolina where Voodoo Hoodoo beliefs are entangled with those of Hungry Ghosts and their great powers in the month of August.
Hungry Ghosts have a powerful influence on the psyche, provoking many long serious mental illnesses. Maybe from the fact that they are our ancestors and certain qualities are passed down genetically to us fro them directly. Often the majority of mental illnesses is caused by the presence of ghosts in a person that they do not even know is in their possessing them until it's too to late. This is more pronounced in small children then in adults. As the child of 5 takes on the characteristics of a drunk or mentally unstable 50 year old. Words obscene foul language. Everything that so many or often to think of as a demon possession or often that of just a Hungry ghost.
Hungry Ghost Month Taboos From around the World:
Never wash your clothes at night or your grand children will suffer there whole life's long.
Do not allow small pets into your bedroom at night to do so will make the ghosts that come to visit annoyed with you. (Some Pets warn of ghosts in homes) They the ghosts will often strike you with serious illness that will last one year to the day.
Do not under any circumstances comb or brush your hair with anything but your hands and fingers. To do this spells real trouble. The hungry ghosts are said to make men impotent and women sterile for 5 years if you do not follow this dire warning.
Only take a full bath on Wednesday of each week. Wipe your body down with a damp cold rag each night steeped in green tea and rose petals. If you do not heed this you will suffer from great headaches and loss of being able to speak for one year or more.
Do not bare your shoulder or bare arm except on Tuesdays of the month.
Do not get any tattoo's or piercing this month they will never heal and you may die from it.
Only wash your hair with clear water and vinegar the entire month. to not do this spells loss of control of your bowels for the rest of your life.
Do not wear strong smelling perfume or deodorant.
Do not cry this month. Hold back your many tears. If a ghost see's you cry then it will take your soul or possess you. If a child cries though their s no effect if they are under the age of 10.
If anyone dies this month have them immediately cremated and do not morn them until December. Pretend it never happened or their soul will go to hell forever for your misdeed.
Do not put trash out of your house to be picked up the entire month . One should wait until the month is over to throw something out of your house. This spells disaster that your children will not find happy marriage or wealth.
If a young girl does not pray each night from 7:PM until 10:pm she will surly never conceive a child of her own.
Young Boys and all men up to the age of 50 should not masturbate the entire month. To do so means the hungry Ghost will curse you to never father a son.
A Few Ways to Keep The Ghosts Away
Turn your dormant completely around. The part that faces in should be facing the outside of the house. especially effective if your doormat says welcome. Some have been known to take the doormat away for the entire month, or stop using the front door if you can and use another entrance. Even climbing in a window. Many will even go to the extreme of blocking the front door or all doors with furniture and items inside and out.
American Witches and those around the world often wear special pentagrams blessed in october from a special ritual just for this purpose, this month to only scare away Hungry Ghosts. The symbol is drawn on parchment sealed in wax and worn in a locket of silver.
Smudging is always a good way as is a House blessing. Also Voodoo's in New Orleans make a special Zombie bottle that frightens away visiting ghosts. the bottled zombie must be caught on a friday from a fresh grave. The zombie ghosts is then told that he will not be set free unless he keeps all other ghosts away from the house the entire month of August.
To stop anal ghosts it is good to purge your self once a week the entire month so one does not roost in your booty. Anal ghost can be a nasty problem and you too soon will never forget the haunted experience.
Another good cure to keep a anal ghost from effecting a man is to only eat hot 10 spicy peppers with each meal for the entire month. A woman who does not want a womb ghosts should wear a fresh sanitary napkin the entire month or a pad. Of course this will trick any ghosts that wants to infest her womb that she is on her monthly cycle and they will leave you alone.
Those of you who live outside of Korea have perhaps never heard of "fan death" even though it kills thousands of people every year. Especially in the month of August. Some believe it is caused by the chill of the dead recurring in the month of August to take back souls so the ghost that were let loose can stay in this world and the newly dead will take their place in hell.
Never color your hair in August many believe that dying away gray hairs makes Hungry Ghost think you are younger then what you are. Hungry Ghosts do not effect people over 65 because they know they are one step from the grave.
Necromancer Lisa Lee Harp Waugh tells us that she does not practice Necromancy for the entire month of August. She states that the supremacies of over powering and too many ghost to handle happens every August. Waugh believes it has something to do with the heat and magnetic waves of the season. " I usually hang a wreath of Voodoo-Hoodoo Origin, and a powerful Gris-Gris Hex to ward off the hungry dead, on my front door." "I have done this for to many years to count." "It' like the old trick of hanging a mans Tie or hat or scarf on the outside door Knob." " It tells the ghosts or spirits that you are not accepting company." Said Waugh.
Never wash your clothes at night or your grand children will suffer there whole life's long.
Do not allow small pets into your bedroom at night to do so will make the ghosts that come to visit annoyed with you. (Some Pets warn of ghosts in homes) They the ghosts will often strike you with serious illness that will last one year to the day.
Do not under any circumstances comb or brush your hair with anything but your hands and fingers. To do this spells real trouble. The hungry ghosts are said to make men impotent and women sterile for 5 years if you do not follow this dire warning.
Only take a full bath on Wednesday of each week. Wipe your body down with a damp cold rag each night steeped in green tea and rose petals. If you do not heed this you will suffer from great headaches and loss of being able to speak for one year or more.
Do not bare your shoulder or bare arm except on Tuesdays of the month.
Do not get any tattoo's or piercing this month they will never heal and you may die from it.
Only wash your hair with clear water and vinegar the entire month. To not do this spells loss of control of your bowels for the rest of your life.
Do not wear perfume or deodorant.
Do not cry this month. Hold back your many tears. If a ghost see's you cry then it will take your soul or possess you. If a child cries though their s no effect if they are under the age of 10.
If anyone dies this month have them immediately cremated and do not morn them until December. Pretend it never happened or their soul will go to hell forever for your misdeed.
Do not put trash out of your house to be picked up the entire month . One should wait until the month is over to throw something out of your house. This spells disaster that your children will not find happy marriage or wealth.
If a young girl does not pray each night from 7:PM until 10:pm to God, she will surely never conceive a child of her own.
Young boys, teens and all men up to the age of 50 should not masturbate or touch their genitalia for any reason what so ever for the entire month. To do so means the hungry Ghost will curse you to never father a son. Some go as far as not washing it or wiping them selves after defecation to just keep these types of spirits away.
People will sometimes pretend to be sickly or stay the whole month in bed to make the ghosts think they are dying soon so they will be left alone.
Another great thing to do is to go on a holiday or vacation trip to a foreign place where hungry ghosts will not be able to find you.
If you boil fresh cabbage everyday for the month day and night for the entire month, real ghosts will not enter your home.
To stop ghosts from taking your soul to hell or driving you mad. Place fresh plates of food on your front door step three times a day the entire month. Ghosts will eat it the food and leave you and your family alone.
Do not have any photos of yourself taken this month of August or any August. If your picture is taken and several Hungry Ghost happen to be in the photo with you. Then you will be dead very soon. Never take any photos avoid drivers licence and passport photos also.
This year the Hungry Ghost Month coincides with the opening of the summer Olympics. Many are concerned for their young athletes safety from Hungry Ghosts. To protect them many wear red.
If all else fails next mont is the Moon Festival month and ghosts can start to be banished with the help of such people that know how to deal with it!
During this month, the Chinese would avoid any auspicious ceremonial such as as marriage, building work or beginning of concern and even postponing a surgery if possible. In Chinese belief, during this month, the domestic dogs will howling long and wary. because they warn us that Hungry ghosts are on the prowl.
Don't Look For The Secret Voodoo Cemetery Gates Of Guinee... They Might Find You!
Some say All Seven Gates of Hell located in Rome, New Jersey, Central Africa, New York, Stull, Kansas, Paris, France or in even on the land of Voodoo, New Orleans. To think of the gate or actually try to find out where the dead enter into this world it is the biggest Taboo for Hungry Ghost Month. If you follow the dead back to the gate at the end of the month you will surely live in the land of the dead alive for eternity.
At least that's what Voodoo Queen Bianca tells me. "The Gates to the underworld are very real States Bianca, " They are the portal to the great dark world of beyond." Some call them the Gates of Guinea, or the Door To The Damned." Says Bianca.
Bianca The current Voodoo Queen Of New Orleans is the highest ranking Voodoo Officiate in the haunted city. She has sat on her voodoo throne for over 28 years. Bianca tells of how as a young girl of 15 she found the gates to the other side. Many voodoos say it is one of the seven gates to hell. Please also see: The 7 Gates of Hell "ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE"
The exact location of the haunted cemetery gates isn't really ever told to outsiders of the Secret Societies. New Orleans Tour Guides and Haunted Cemetery or ghost tours will skirt around the issue, or just look at you like they don't know what your talking about, so never mention it (seriously). They say just to talk about the accursed cemetery gates spells doom to those that ask or search for it or speak of it openly to anyone.
Many believe that the gates to the other world or portal is actually a large white mausoleum. Once upon entering it you will be forever trapped in the unholy world of the voodoo spirits and the dead. Those who know ... feel it is inviting them , "The Ghede" to take you away. Only someone pure of heart with only one burning question to be answered by the dead is ever told the whole truth. If you are so unlucky to cross the threshold of these gates legend tells, then you are taken alive to the otherworld forever trapped but you do not die you become immortal. You then become one of the truly undead! Many say this is what happened to Marie Laveau I, Sanite Dede, Dr. John and many notable Voodoo leaders that just simply disappeared off of the face of the earth. (They passed unseen to the other side whole in body and mind to live immortal.)
A unnamed New Orleans Voodoo priestess says quite bluntly, search and you shall find them rusted shut, or worse they will certainly find you and be wide and opened. Its primary goal is to both enlighten and bridge the worlds of the dead and the living, considered the most sacred and the profane. The gates she says are sometimes those to a large Mausoleum that you enter. Inside you will see stairs leading up and down. No one who has gone and further then that has ever come back to tell what is above or below on the other side. Marie Laveau the first is the only person who is said to be able to cross over back and forth between the two world because she was so powerfully a Voodoo Queen. But she is only allowed to be in our world on 5 or 6 days of the year. Those days being -- Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Fat Tuesday, Carnival or New Orleans Mardi Gras day, All Saints' Day, or All Souls' Day, St. Johns Eve and her birthday.
"Real Voodoo Immortality has it's price." " You never die but you are no longer in the world of the living." Says Reese Smith. "To find the voodoo gates for eternal life one needs only to listen." "Inside or behind the gates there can be heard a strange sound, the rhythmic deep beat drums beckoning you to come to the threshold of a large old mausoleum."
References
When the ghosts see red! By CHRISTINA CHIN http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/14/nation/9269525&sec=nation.
American Necromancer Lisa Lee Harp Waugh is also one of the many well respected featured contributors to the number one best selling Zombie book in the world!
