Wading in the Shallows...

This is a blog that purports to provide an intelligent, educated, Christian perspective on the various aspects of the paranormal. It represents a personal quest for answers to questions that I frankly haven’t even fully formulated yet. It is more of a vague yearning for knowledge of some of the deeper things of God’s creation, things that humankind has yet to understand or even, in some cases, to admit exists.

I believe that in this reality we “see through a glass darkly”, as Paul said in 1st Cor. 13:12. I also think that C. S. Lewis hit the nail on the head when he described the places outside Aslan’s country as the Shadow Lands. We move somewhere in between different worlds, some of which cast shadows into the realms of the others. What many describe as the “paranormal” are just fleeting glimpses of these shadows of a much larger, universal reality.

I think another (less tired) analogy might be to call our current world the “Shallow Lands.” Like someone wading in the shallows of a lake, we are in two very different realities at once. We see everything outside the water clearly. Looking past the veil and into the water we observe things with increasing degrees of difficulty. The deeper we look, the darker, and more difficult understanding what is there becomes. They are shadows in a darkened pool, strangely close and yet frustratingly elusive. Hence my choice of a name for this blog. It's not perfect, but hopefully you'll get over it.

This blog is intended to catalog my own journeys and studies. As I progress, I will record my insights, thoughts, and personal experiences here as a form of on-line journal. It isn't intended to be final, fully documented, or even necessarily completely consistent (though hopefully it will be). It is mainly a snapshot of my wanderings of the moment and so I reserve the right to change my mind whenever its necessary.

I use the term "paranormal" in a broad sense, and expect to read and comment on a wide variety of phenomena: ghosts, fairies, angels, demons, spirits, UFOs, conspiracy theories, as well as large, more abstract questions like the relation of paranormal studies to religion and the Bible, and the overarching theories of the nature of the phenomena themselves.

Also, please note that I see it as my role to judge what I learn through a Biblical worldview. It is not my purpose to cram in verses of scripture at inappropriate moments or to use this blog as an explicit tool of evangelism. Don't expect me to cram my beliefs down your throat; neither expect me to make any apologies for them. Take this for what it is: A Christian applying the critical faculties God has given him to a series of difficult questions.

Hopefully, someone will find my efforts useful.