Leonore Sweet - How to Photograph the Paranormal

Dr. Leonore Sweet takes pictures of the paranormal, and she tells us which are authentic mysteries and which can be explained. Even better, she tells us how we can do it, the simple equipment needed, and how to rule out the known so that you can be sure your pictures are unexplained. In her delightful book, she offers numerous photographs of the paranormal.... Armed with the knowledge she offers, you can determine whether the photos YOU take are of known phenomena, or if you have touched the unknown with your camera.

Whitley Strieber, UnknownCountry.com

This book is a search for answers to the source and meaning of the balls of light phenomenon from a Pacific Northwest author who professes no interest in science. The captivating aspect of the book is the very personal journey the reader is taken on, looking, thinking, and wondering along with the author.

Carol Pedersen, from Crop Circles Commentary, March 2004

WOW... and WOW again... superb... simply superb... brilliant photographs... enlightening! Enthralling... captivating! I haven't enjoyed reading anything so much for ages. I digested every word with thought. Written with a skeptical eye, this wonderful work reveals startling evidence drawn from a vast number of sources and may well contain the very answers to some of life's greatest mysteries. In a word, marvelous!

Rob Port, United Kingdom, paranormal photographer, webmaster and

moderator of http://groups.msn.com/WickedsWeirdsville

The book was absolutely marvelous! You covered a great variety of subjects and your abundance of research was outstanding! I especially love your personable style of writing with your little dashes of humor. After reading it, I feel that I have just had a long visit with you, and a very pleasurable one with news of your husband, brother, grandson, pets and even your recent journeys!

Rev. Dorothy Leon, a pioneer light photographer and author of

Is Jehovah an E.T.?, Ozark Mountain Publishers, 2003

Wonderful research work. Your dissertation is a masterpiece!

Carol of Lightworks Plasma Imaging and founder of http://orbstudy.com

Dr. Sweet has presented a fascinating study of a phenomenon that is beyond analysis and explanation by any means at the disposal of science, but that only demonstrates a limitation of science, and does not invalidate the possibilities presented by her study. What are the Orbs? No one can tell, and wild speculation serves no purpose. But, an open-minded reading of this book will certainly cause one to wonderand wonder again. Is it not exactly that kind of wonder that has created, and continues to create, that greatest of wonders: the human mind, and all that it can create as consciousness expands into an unfolding Universe?

Alexander Docker, Ph.D., Dean of Academic Studies,

American Pacific University

Your book is fabulous! You've covered so much, and the photos look great! You've done a wonderful piece of work.

John and Jan Young, webmasters of www.orbsbybeans.com

and former moderators of

There is a burgeoning awareness of the presence of energies in our environment that in some cases can be photographed but not seen with the naked eye. They are not caused by light leaks or camera faults. The human eye is not accurate; the camera is. Dr. Sweet has done an absolutely magnificent job of putting it all together.

W. C. Levengood, Ph.D., Pinelandia Lab, biophysicist

and America's foremost crop circle researcher

I've been reading your manuscript and it's quite amazing. You've raised some interesting questions and provided a lot of detail about the orb phenomenon. Your pictures are incredible.

Vicky Thompson, author of The Jesus Path: 7 Steps to a Cosmic

Awakening, Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003

Overall you have an excellent collection of photos.... We still have much to learn and everything published helps bring in more information. Your book will be a wonderful addition.

Chris Gunn, computer graphics guru and

webmaster of www.orbstudy.com and www.bizynet.com

Copyright 2005

by Leonore Sweet

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this work in any form whatsoever, without permission in writing from the publisher, except for brief passages in connection with a review.

Cover design by Rosie Smith

Cover photograph 2004 Peter Clemmer

Interior crop circle illustration 2004 Anne Dunn Louque

Excerpts from Harper's Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience by Rosemary Ellen Guiley, copyright 1991 by Rosemary Ellen Guiley. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

Excerpts from Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits, Second Edition by Rosemary Ellen Guiley. Copyright 2000 by Rosemary Ellen Guiley. Reprinted by permission of Facts On File, Inc.

Excerpts from Lost Secrets of Ancient Hawaiian Huna by Tad James, copyright 1997 by Tad James. Reprinted by permission of Advanced Neuro Dynamics.

Excerpt from Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune with permission of Red Wheel/Weiser, Boston, MA, and York

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sweet, Leonore, 1947

How to photograph the paranormal / Leonore Sweet.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 1-57174-411-8 (tpbk.: alk. paper)

1. Spirit photography. I. Title.

BF1381.S94 2005

133.9'2--dc22

2004020565

ISBN 978-1-57174-411-1

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3

Printed on acid-free, recycled paper in the United States

This book is intended to provide information regarding paranormal photography and related subject matter. Other than enhancing the color in some photographs to make the anomalies more visible, the photographers did not alter any of the photos in this book. The publisher blacked out some faces and added several arrows for reasons of privacy and clarity. Brand names of products are mentioned for informational purposes only. Identification of these pieces of equipment does not mean the manufacturers acknowledge the use of their products for this purpose. The author has no financial ties to these companies.

Dedicated to

Libby Lou and Max,

two stray pups who illuminated my path.

Many things out there don't exist for us, not because they are unreal, but because in here we have not shaped the brain to perceive them.

Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Figures : Ectoplasm on SE corner

Figures : Orbs, vortex, and ectoplasm at LEC

Figures : Ectoplasms in Peter's backyard

Figures : Christian's orb

Figures : Hawaiian lava tube orbs

Figures : Monument near Cooke's Place

Figures : Orbs posing for flash unit

Seek and ye shall find. The world of paranormal photography is open to all who enter with an open mind. Photographing the paranormal is not difficult and does not require special training or complicated equipment. This book will increase your chances of success and teach you more than you ever wanted to know about the paranormal.