Hello Dear Friend,
Welcome to another Sunday Letter, I hope that you are well and that the weather is fine where you are. Oh dear, how very British of me, talking about the weather…
As I sit looking out of my window the mist, which descended last night completely covering the view of the downs, has just about lifted and it is supposed to be a fine day. Jo is downstairs getting ready to go to the allotment, the seedlings need to be planted and everything is growing well. I am looking forward to my next visit, which will probably be once my Open University course has finished for this academic year and my last assignment is submitted on the 25th May. Then I just need to do a lot of reading for A233 which starts in October.
This week’s letter is slightly different as I have been musing on the paranormal over the last few days, so, follow me down the rabbit hole of Stone Tape Theory and attachments…
Food for thought
I recently came across an article entitled ‘Hey Man, Can I Use That Building When You’re Done With It?’ I am not sure now where I found it now, I really must take better notes when traveling the web. The article was discussing the building of the Olympic Park for the Summer Games in 2028 in Los Angeles, and how they could repurpose the buildings afterward by building them in a different way in order that the components could be used in future buildings with the minimum of waste.
But the article then goes on to mention the housing problems facing San Antonio, it says -
In San Antonio, where the population growth rate is among the highest in the country, Stephanie Phillips is at the center of a policy shift as the Deconstruction and Circular Economy Program manager at the city’s Office of Historic Preservation. The city adopted a deconstruction ordinance last year that focuses on residential property built before 1920 (citywide) and before 1945 (in historic and neighborhood conservation districts).
it then goes on to say:
Phillips likens it to organ donation. A building may have reached the end of its life, but its parts can repair and renew life in other older structures. The process, she says is about “reversing the dependency on replacement products and the widespread disposal of valuable cultural assets while maintaining local cultural identity and a key source of generational wealth for our longtime residents: their homes.”
This got me thinking about haunted houses and the stone tape theory…
What would happen if the houses having parts ‘donated’ were haunted? Would the ghosts and spirits stay with parts of the building when they are incorporated into a new building or used to repair an old structure? Anyone who has watched some of the shows on the telly knows about haunted objects, things that meant so much to a person when they were alive that they continue to be attached to them after death.
Mostly it is a benign attachment, but sometimes it can be a disruptive one. There have been shows dedicated to investigating buildings that have been relocated and are haunted, the one that springs to mind is Ghost Town Terror. A huge ranch in Montana which has a collection of historic buildings rescued from across the state.
Stone Tape Theory
The Stone Tape Theory was first talked about towards the end of the 19th century, and simply put its premise was that the energy given out by emotional and traumatic events could be ‘stored’ within the fabric of a building or place. Literally stored in the stones, until someone who was gifted could perhaps watch the replay and feel those emotions once more.
The idea that environmental elements are capable of storing traces of human thoughts or emotions was introduced by multiple 19th-century scholars and philosophers as an attempt to provide natural explanations for supernatural phenomena. In 1837 the polymath Charles Babbage published a work on natural theology called the Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. Babbage speculated that spoken words leave permanent impressions in the air, even though they become inaudible after time.
I find the subject of the paranormal fascinating and tend to think of reality as a many-layered thing, which, every now and then, has wrinkles in it, which allows us to glimpse what has gone before, and maybe some things which are still to come. I would love science to come up with a way for everyone to see and hear the different realities. Something along the lines of night optic vision goggles, but tuned into the spiritual frequencies and energies used by spirits and ghosts.
Or -
Evocative uses Mycelium to create building materials.
By combining agricultural waste and mushroom mycelium, New York-based company Ecovative creates strong materials with structural properties that it says are similar to concrete and stone, yet compostable, too. It sources waste from farms, cleans it and introduces it to mycelium. The loose particles are then packed into trays, where the mycelium grows through and around the particles, binding them. After six days, parts are dried and ready.
From the Positive News Website
Now is it just me, but that brings to mind the mycelium which exists within tree roots and can communicate amongst the forest. It would be an interesting juxtaposition to have the Stone Tape Theory incorporate the messaging properties of the mycelium…
What are your thoughts on this? I would love to know.
There are links below to some further reading if you are interested.
Articles for further research on this topic
Sharon Hill’s article Spooky Rocks for the Skeptical Inquirer
Wikipedia Article about Stone Tape Theory
Talking Trash - Three Ways of Building Using Waste
Until next time, as ever, may your angels and guides watch over you and protect you until we meet again.
Love and Light,
Tracy
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