Seance to contact John Lennon, Nuri Alexander

by heathervescent

Earlier this month I read a press release that announced a pay-per-view séance where the medium would attempt to contact John Lennon. It's been getting some heat in the press recently with Yoko being quoted as saying it's "Tasteless and Tacky" in addition to other attacks.

It's true - the producers are the ones that reap the benefits of this made for TV entertainment program. But how different is it from a show like America's Most Haunted? (Ghosty clips can be found here.)

But let's get back to ghosts and contacting the dead. I personally have never been able to contact spirits or the dead, unless you count those times back in high school with the Ouija Board. I do know there are "more things in heaven and earth, than are dreamt of in [my] philosophy" - Shakespeare. So I'll give almost anything a few moments of my critical eye and decide for myself.

I'm not going to be tuning into the John Lennon séance - but that's because I don't really care about contacting John Lennon. However, I am about to embark on a short journey to a supposed death location and attempt to contact someone. I am traveling with a colleague to Panamint Dunes in Death Valley - the location where Nuri Alexander’s physical remains were found. Nuri Alexander, also known at “The Blue Scout, was an apprentice of Carlos Castaneda, an author of many controversial books on Toltec Shamanism and later founder of Tensegrity (not of the Buckminster Fuller kind). When Castaneda left the world in 1998, apparently distressed at his departure, Nuri drove to Death Valley and threw herself off a cliff.

All this is conjecture and speculation. No one knows what actually happened. When a “guru” leaves the world, followers of the guru are always distressed at the passing, looking for almost any way to keep connected. This time tomorrow, I’ll be in Panamint Valley, stalking her last physical location and attempting to make contact with Nuri. I’ll be back on Monday and share my results.

| 03/30/06 | Celebrities