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| Where’s Waldo An understanding of simulacra & matrixing. |
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We all remember sitting back and looking deep into a picture for that lovable face with the big black glasses, sporting that red and white stripped shirt. Where’s Waldo? Is that him? No, is that him? In the spirit of Where’s Waldo, some people look at a picture of a tree, bush or various other natural phenomenon’s and can locate many kinds and types of faces. This “trick of the eye” is called simulacra. SIMULACRA is a term used to describe the false identification of random patterns in foliage, rocks and other naturally occurring phenomenon, as faces and other proof of a haunting. See the book “SIMULACRA” by John Michell, 1979. Other paranormal groups refer to it as Matrixing (see the Taps website). Matrixing is the brain’s ability to create something familiar, like a face, in a picture that normally would not be recognizable. Matrixing also applies to EVP’s. Most paranormal investigators do not view these types of pictures as evidence. For these types of pictures, IMOVES uses the following phrase to determine if the picture will be entered in as evidence, WHEN IN DOUBT, TOSS IT OUT! Resources: Ghost-Tech http://www.ghost-tech.com/index.php?PG=matrixing Taps http://the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/arthunters/photo-matrixing.htm The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits- Second Edition By Rosemary Ellen Guiley |