Andy Soyo in Haunted Istanbul, Turkey
By Paul Dale Roberts, HPI Esoteric Detective
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jazmaonline@gmail.comThis article is about my late half-brother Andy’s travels. Let me give you a brief history about my half-brother Andrew (Andy) Somprise Soyo. Sometimes Andy liked to be called Andres. Most of my family are world travelers. Traveling and adventure runs in our blood. Andy was no exception to the rule. Andy served in the US Army and served his country in the war in Vietnam. He was an 11 Bravo – Infantry and at one point of time made Soldier of the Year. When Andy got out of the Army, he acquired Malaria, that stayed with him for the rest of his life. He had post traumatic syndrome and at times would talk about things he experienced in Vietnam. Some of the stories I believe were exaggerated like the 5 minute snake that looks like a blade of grass. When bitten by this snake, the victim will die in 5 minutes. Another story is how he placed his hand down to his side and found his hand in his buddie’s brains, because his soldier buddy took a round from a sniper. Andy had stories. With stories you must have adventure and Andy sought out adventure by becoming a race car driver at Laguna Seca. At one point of time, he tried out with the Oakland Raiders and didn’t make the cut. Andy played football in high school and in college. Andy’s position was quarterback in college. Andy also ran for Union President for PG&E and campaigned as if he was running for President of the United States. At one point of time in his life, he embraced the Jewish faith and wore a Kippot. Andy also was a world traveler and traveled to many places in the world. One of those places was Istanbul, Turkey.
Going through some of Andy's old photos, I discovered that Andy went to some very haunted locations in Turkey. Andy was no ghost hunter, but when you go to an ancient city, you have to expect the supernatural. Some of the places that Andy visited are:
Hagia Sophia. Hagia Sophia in ancient Greek means Divine Wisdom. Doing a bit of research, I discover that it was originally built as an Orthodox patriarchal basilica in the 6th century AD. It was declared as the largest Christian cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years. During the aftermath of the conquest of Istanbul in 1453, Hagia Sophia was taken over by the Ottomans and converted into a mosque. As of 1935, it was converted into a museum. This museum contains a collection of Christian and Islamic art, Byzantine mosaics, holy relics, and extraordinary examples of iconography. While Andy was visiting Hagia Sophia, he may not have known that this museum is very haunted. Late at night, security has heard the sound of running feet, many feet running in unison. A woman is sometimes seen with a blue conical hat on her head drifting from one end of the museum to the other end. Her dress is blue, the woman seems very sad and one witness said she seems to be weeping. GHOST IDENTIFIED: WEEPING LADY IN BLUE
Perili Köºk, translates to “the haunted mansion.” Ottoman statesman and diplomat Yusuf Ziya Paºa had this mansion built in the 1910s. Construction on this beautiful mansion was soon halted by the outbreak of World War I. According to legend, Yusuf wanted the house to match the beauty of his Egyptian wife. His wife saw the closing of the Ottoman empire and left Yusuf for her home country. When two of the pasha’s merchant ships sank at sea a financial crisis ensued, leaving the mansion unfinished. Yusuf died in 1926 and was buried within sight of the Nile, asking for his tomb to be built of stones from the ill-fated mansion. The pasha’s second wife and his three daughters remained in the house after Yusuf died, selling the building to its current owner in 1993. The townsfolk started telling stories about a ghostly woman who would appear at the windows of the abandoned mansion. This ghostly woman would just stare at passerby’s and give those passerby’s a creepy feeling. When restoration began in 1995, workers claimed to see the pasha’s second wife walking the corridors. GHOST IDENTIFIED: PASHAS’ SECOND WIFE.
Molla Zey Rek Mosque: Most haunted buildings in Istanbul, Turkey are derelict houses, but this mosque in the historic neighborhood of Fatih is also known as one. Some locals claim that they hear screams coming from a point across the mosque where a stable stood in the past. They also believe there is an underground tunnel going from that point to the Ayvansaray neighborhood.
Baris Yilmaz says that he was taking pictures of this historic mosque and something slapped the camera from his hands. The camera shattered when hitting the ground. Baris then was engulfed in a green mist. When the green mist dissipated, he saw a woman in black. Behind her was a tall man also dressed in black, his face hidden with black wrap around cloth. The tall man was holding what looked like an Ottoman sword. Baris saw the tall man striking the woman’s neck several times and finally the woman’s head rolled off the tree stump and onto the ground, blood everywhere. The Ottoman Sword Executioner looked at Baris and started walking towards Baris. Baris retreated and saw the green mist ahead. Baris ran to the mist and was again engulfed in this mist. When the mist dissipated, Baris was back in this own time. Baris claims that this occurred in March of 2003. Baris says he will never go back to Molla Zey Rek Mosque. GHOST IDENTIFIED: THE OTTOMAN SWORD EXECUTIONER AND HIS VICTIM
The Grand Bazaar of Istanbul: When Andy was shopping at this bazaar, he did mention that he experienced vertigo that day. Now I know why. The bazaar is one of the largest and oldest in the world. It’s still in use and is also a shopping mall. This is an unusual place to have a haunting, but many people that frequent this bazaar say that it is indeed haunted. A section of the bazaar called the “Cevahir Bedesten” is believed by some esoteric sects to have a portal that opens to another dimension. Feriha Teke who shops at this bazaar says that in the fall of 1998, she experienced vertigo and saw the air around the bazaar moving like a wave. She looked around and many people did not notice the movement of the air, but a few were looking that way, as if they were seeing it. The waves then became an oval opening. From the opening a spectral entity came out. The spectral entity looked like a man that was bald headed and sporting a pony tail. Feriha believes she saw a Jinn. Feriha says you could see the outline of this entity, but you were able to see through him. The portal closed and the spectral Jinn moved lightning fast and vanished in the crowd. One of the people in the crowd that seemed to be aware of the portal fainted. After the portal closed, Feriha no longer felt vertigo. ENTITY IDENTIFIED: CEVAHIR BEDESTEN JINN
Bakirpasa Mansion: I found this one on the Internet, they say: “There are many of these old wooden manors, or ‘kosks’ in Istanbul, and they all have long histories and stories to tell. This old rundown kosk looks more like a horror movie stereotype than a venerable old home. Nonetheless, it’s rumored by locals that the mansion disappears for one day a year. Despite the predictability of this occurrence, no one has yet managed to document it. Whether ghosts exists or not, we’d wager few people would be brave enough to spend a night at this mansion on their own.” One report is that there was 3 witnesses that didn’t see the house vanish, but they saw a floating creature circling the roof, land on the roof and then float away. To my surprise, something similar like this happened in Diyarbaker, Turkey, you can see the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9FIM08VEj4 There is also much UFO activity in Turkey. Perhaps the Bakirpasa Mansion is connected with the UFO phenomenon and the floating entity may be a Jinn or an extraterrestrial of some sort. Many ancient alien theorists also believe that Jinns are extraterrestrial. ENTITY IDENTIFIED: BAKIRPASA MANSION FLOATING JINN
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Legends of Cinnamon
By: Deanna Jaxine Stinson, Enchantress
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https://songwriter.amplifiertv.com/channel/Deanna+Jaxine+StinsonThe Cinnamon Forest
My heart is
A forest
Made of
Cinnamon
This love is a flame
Burning within
By your name
Like an invocation
To a goddess
Invoke thee
On a holy night
Into our dreams
Second sight
A fire I cannot fight
No one is who they seem
In this
Supernatural fantasy
Although
Your energy is sweet
Like the incense I breathe
Hot, smoking, spiraling up
Taking me into higher realms
Where the stars dwell
Legends of Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a very pleasing Earth growing plant. It has a delicious aroma and is popularly used in much of our cooking today. Cinnamon is said to be very good for the health of the heart.It is a reddish brown color and is usually ground up for eating. Cinnamon has its roots in our hearts and I will explain why.
Cinnamon is found as a tree bark. In this sense, it represents the elements of wood, earth, and spirit. In a magical sense, it represents fire. The cinnamon is grown in large quantities and then peeled off of the bark to be sold for market. Some is sold whole, and most are ground up into edible spices for cooking. The reason the bark is curled, is because when it dries, it naturally folds into quills.
Cinnamon is mainly grown in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Vietnam and Burma. It is commonly bought in these varieties; Cassia and Ceylon. These crops are very widespread here, and popular.
There is actually many different cinnamon forests throughout the world and I myself wish for the chance to see one in person, one day. I also wish for the chance for you to see one. If you have ever been to a forest such as this, consider yourself lucky.
There is evidence dating back to 2000 B.C. showing the use of this spice. The magic of it has been recorded by the Egyptians, who used it in embalming practices, and the Old Testament of the Christian's bible, where its oil is said to have the power to anoint the soul.
Like with all crops, in the early 1500’s it was a high commodity. The rich were frequently the ones to possess this pricy herb. The greed for it became unquenchable as the Portuguese traveled all the way to Sri Lanka, to overtake the farms. Hundreds of years later, the British overthrew the Portuguese. The Arabians also had a high stake in their own cinnamon wars over pricing with the common people.
There were so many legends told to the people about where cinnamon came from. Travelers selling their goods to the people explained that the cinnamon oftentimes came from large birds dropping the pieces from the sky into nests, which then broke due to the weight. The men would have to ride oxen up the mountain to get the cinnamon. Sometimes, there were wild monsters and beasts, in canyons and forests that had to be fought in order to retrieve the cinnamon. This in turn, causes the prices to rise, since it seemed so rare and hard to come by.
In Rome, Nero is an emperor, who is said to have burned cinnamon in large quantities when his wife died. He burned the cinnamon incense at her funeral pyre. The sources are mixed as to exactly how she died, but, some speculate that he kicked her to her death, while she is pregnant.
By burning the cinnamon, he meant for the gods to recognize the death and have mercy in his role in it. In a sense, Nero is wishing to his own heart; to forgive himself.
We are the greatest gods and goddesses in the direction of our soul’s journey. That is why it is important to listen to your intuition. You have the power of creation and destruction, which will always echo back to you.
Dreams of Cinnamon
If you dream of cinnamon it represents divine forces in your life.
Cinnamon being eaten in an enjoyable manner foretells good luck and love in life.
To be doing something odd with the cinnamon, foretells bad luck.
To have the oil rubbed on your head is a divine message from the Gods of protection and joy.
If you see cinnamon smoke rising, it means your prayers are being heard.
To dream of cinnamon also means that your soul is undergoing a purification process.
Cinnamon foretells the blessings of wealth, power and reputation in spiritual and earthly form.
Cinnamon in Spells
Cinnamon is a common spice used in many rituals and spells.
Buy cinnamon sticks and light them with a flame, to bring good luck, success, healing, blessings and protection.
Hang them above doors and windows to prevent evil from entering your home.
Cinnamon is a good mixing incense to add to any herb smudge stick, or herb burning spell, as it will intensify the power of your herbs.
Its sweet smell and powerful magick make it a perfect choice for almost any ritual.
Legends of Cinnamon
The legends of cinnamon are sweet and fragrant. They are hot and dry. They are of spirit and of fire. The legends of cinnamon are magical, stress-relieving and serene. To bring harmony into your life; I recommend you bring more cinnamon into it.
I wish you well from the legends to the spells!
Until next time, we meet again…somewhere else…somewhere new…in another dimension…another realm...I will guide you there, my true friend...until we meet again...bless you always...my dearest friend...
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www.un1v3rs3.com Deanna Jaxine Stinson, HPI Esoteric Detective
aka The Rose Goddess
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