Rosemary Ellen Guiley - The Vengeful Djinn: Unveiling the Hidden Agenda of Genies

Rosemary Ellen Guiley is one of the leading experts in the paranormal and supernatural fields. She has written more than forty books, including nine encyclopedias, as well as hundreds of articles. Rosemary makes numerous appearances on radio and in documentaries, and is a frequent guest on the radio program Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. Her website is www.visionaryliving.com and her email is reguiley@gmail.com. Rosemary and Phil have a special website devoted to the djinn at www.djinnuniverse.com.

Philip J. Imbrogno has researched paranormal phenomena for more than thirty years and is recognized as an authority in the field. He has been interviewed by the New York Times, appeared on NBC's Today Show and Oprah, and has been featured in documentaries on the History Channel, A&E, Lifetime, and HBO. He can be contacted by email at Bel1313@yahoo.com.

ROSEMARY ELLEN G U I L EY

PHILIP J. IMBROGNO

For john Keel, who established a path into an unknown land so we could all follow, explore, and learn

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Forthcoming by Philip J. Imbrogno and Rosemary Ellen Guiley

Multidimensional Portals: The Emergence of a New Reality

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UR RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION OF djinn not only required an in-depth study of legends from many cultures, but also quite a number of books on mysticism and magic. The correct spelling of the word djinn translated directly from Arabic to English is djinn. Western readers may be more familiar with the commonly used phonetic spelling, jinn. Throughout this book, we have used "djinn "as the preferred spelling in order to conform as much as possible to Arabic translations.

This is why most Islamic scholars such as Muhammad Fahd Khaarum and Muhammad Kareem Ragheh insist that all readings of the Noble Qur'an must be done in its original Arabic form. It is astonishing to discover that no other religious work in recorded history can match the Qur'an in that it is recited the same and has remained unchanged for the past 1,400 years.

Companions who memorized his teachings passed on the information orally to students. Early Islamic teachers in the fourth Islamic century decided to write down completed versions handed down from seven authoritative "readers," which in turn created seven basic texts in Arabic. All seven versions are basically the same but with minor variations in phrasing. For the research in this book, we used the Abu Bakr "Asim" reader version of the Qur'an. This is the predominant reading used today by many Islamic African and Middle Eastern countries.

Although we were not able to read the original Asim version of the Qur'an in Arabic, its teachings and historical information in the English version still made considerable sense to us. We both found the Qur'an a wonderful book of information and spiritual teachings, and we highly recommend its reading to all persons, regardless of religious background or philosophy concerning life. The Qur'an, like many great religious books, is a guide concerning spiritual awareness and ascension to a higher plane of existence.

HE DJINN-CALLED THE "HIDDEN ONES" in Middle Eastern lore-are aptly named. This mysterious race of beings has remained cloaked in shadows for centuries. Created out of smokeless fire, they have powers and life spans that far exceed those of humans. Their shapeshifting abilities have enabled them to hide in plain sight the world over, either as the unseen or in a host of paranormal guises. We are interacting with them, whether we know it or not. Our awareness of otherworldly realities is rapidly expanding via both paranormal experience and science, and we need to know about the djinn, who comprise a major part of the picture.

My serious interest in the djinn began some years ago during my explorations of the paranormal and occult. I had of course, come across them in childhood, when I read Middle Eastern folk tales about the wish-giving genies, such as the famous tale of Aladdin and his magical lamp in The Book of 1001 Nights. Within the confines of folk tales, the genies were intriguing but seemed relatively harmless-they were mischievous tricksters who had to be dealt with carefully. Aladdin used them to his favor to gain riches, but in other tales people did not fare so well, making wishes that genies granted in peculiar, distorted, and even cruel ways. The saying "be careful what you wish for" takes on a heavy importance and an entirely new meaning when dealing with the djinn.

Years later, when I was well into my career researching the paranormal, the genies cropped up again, this time as their proper name of djinn. Despite the recognition, their identity was blurry in Western interpretations. Works on angels and demons sometimes cast them in the same light as demons, beings with supernatural powers and a dark, evil nature. I sometimes found them to be completely equated with demons. Clearly they were something else in their own right, but their true nature remained hidden. I included brief descriptions of them in some of my books, most notably The Encyclopedia ofAngels, The Encyclopedia of Demons eT' Demonology, and The Encyclopedia ofMagic and Alchemy.

The desire to explore and reveal the hidden drives my work in the paranormal. I have never been content to focus on any narrow field or topic. My interests and curiosity have always cast a wide net. The work I do now-full-time since 1983-was sparked in childhood by a combination of a voracious reading appetite; a fascination with mythology, folklore, the supernatural, science fiction and fantasy; a sprinkling of psychic experiences; a passion for astronomy; and an intense desire to understand the big picture and write about it. All of these things seemed naturally connected to me, and as I grew up and delved into my paranormal research career, those connections became evident in new ways. The "paranormal" revealed itself as a vast and fluid field, a constantly shifting kaleidoscope of interconnections and patterns. Pick up a thread anywhere in the paranormal-angels, demons, fairies, extraterrestrials, shadow people, mysterious creatures, psychic experiences, visionary encounters, and so on-and it will lead you to everything else. Sooner or later, the paranormal transforms into the mystical, where we confront all of the big questions about the "meaning of everything" that humans have grappled with over the centuries.