January 2016 - The Magical World of G. Michael Vasey

Magic Is All Around

That magic works is obvious. All you have to do is observe a bit to see magic in action all around you. Let’s take a few examples of what I am talking about shall we? The Placebo Effect – defined as follows by Wikipedia – “Also called the placebo response. A remarkable phenomenon in which a placebo — a fake treatment, an inactive substance like sugar, distilled water, or saline solution — can sometimes improve a patient’s condition simply because the person has the expectation that it will be helpful.” The problem I have with this definition is the word ‘fake’. There is nothing fake about the magical power of the subconscious mind! Magic works on faith, belief and imagination. The more that you believe something to be so, the

Sickened by Conspiracy

Last night, I tapped into the search bar on You tube ‘David Bowie interviews’. I was amazed, saddened and yes, deeply angered by what came up. Video after video proclaiming Bowie a satanist who has faked his own death and much worse. I fear that this has become an epidemic and it is one I personally have no time for whatsoever. Actually, there are two issues at play here. First, the term ‘satanist’ combined with ‘satan’ or ‘the Devil’ and secondly, the idea that people haven’t died – including school kids in the US and famous people like David Bowie. Let’s deal with the first one first. There are satanists. They do indeed exist. However, all the evidence around David Bowie is that he had an interest in the occult

Thoughts On Death

With so many celebrities dying this last couple of weeks, I have been thinking about the subject of death. A theory that particularly caught my imagination was that of Anthony Peake who, using many lines of research, has a theory that we fall out of time at death. There is much more to his theory and those like it that are often picked up by the media that I won’t go into here. However, this thought intrigues me a lot. I have written about time quite often (for example, see this Bowie motivated post) and via meditation I have decided that time is simply a construct of the human mind to give some context to our experience of life. An aspect of ourselves is eternal or rather timeless. It operates

Number 1

It really is quite a thrill to be #1 in your chosen category on Amazon. Thanks for buying or borrowing the book! If you haven’t got it yet – you can buy it here.

What Price A Review?

For the last few days, I have been reaching out asking for reviews on Amazon. The take up has been very minimal. I don’t really understand why my books only get one or two reviews probably because I like to review books that I read. Anyhow, if you have read one of my books, do please consider reviewing it on Amazon. It doesn’t have to be a long review, it doesn’t have to be good – just honest. Meanwhile, I’m quite thrilled to see Your Haunted Lives riding in the top 4 of Amazon UK‘s supernatural category. It has been #1 several times already and that really is gratifying. It’s not doing quite so well in the US though – it’s in the top 100 there in the same category.

Sometimes, You Have to Wonder….

This weekend, I was in Dolni Morava. There is a ski resort of sorts there…. I wasn’t skiing so for a couple of hours or so, I was left to wander around. It was pretty chilly and so I ended up in the restaurant which was packed. I ordered my self a hot chocolate in Czech after waiting my turn. The man, a tall and thin guy, looked at me as if I were and alien. I repeated myself. “Deutsche,” he said. A bit puzzled, I repeated my request in Czech. After all, its not a difficult sentence – “Horka chocolada prosim”. The man looked quite angry – “Deutsche” he said again. “English?” I asked. He repeated, almost spat “Deutsche”. The waitress beside of him looked quite shocked at this

Ghosts In The Machines

Darren Marlar has made the promo trailer into a video….. The audio book is available at Audible.com and all Amazon sites…

Submit a Scary Story and Win An Audiobook

Submit your story to My Haunted Life Too website and you may win a FREE copy of my latest audio book – Ghosts In The Machines – narrated by Darren Marlar of Weird Darkness. If your submitted story is selected and published on the site, we will send you a code to download the book for free at audible.com. Here is how you add your story into consideration – just fill out the submission form here. Here is a sample of the audiobook to whet your appetite….

The Death of Idols

Idols are really symbols that have a deep meaning that is only understood personally. While an idol may have a life of its own, it’s not possible to be the idol or participate in its experience of life. David Bowie is one more idol of mine and countless others, that has left to move on somewhere else. Much will be written about him in the next few days. For me, he was a symbol of something that I chose from time to time, to give my attention to. He is a memory trigger of happy times, great people and incredible memories of my life. Whether that be driving to Cornwall listening to kooks with my then best friend Mike in my late teens, or feeling strong as I listened to

Ghosts In The Machines Audiobook is Out!

Funny how things all seem to happen at once! Hard on the heels of the release of my new ebook – Your Haunted Lives, comes the release of the audiobook version of Ghosts In The Machines read by the talented Darren Marlar – creator and host of Weird Darkness. This news also comes just a couple of days after Darren Marlars’ Weird Darkness podcast series released the first My Haunted Life Toosdays special edition featuring stories from my My Haunted Life Too website. What a great start to the year…. Here is a sample of the new Ghosts In The Machines audiobook….Enjoy! https://soundcloud.com/g-michael-vasey/ghosts-in-the-machines-audiobook-sample