Spirit Adventures. Karen Tatro

okay you're not real. Then they go away. Looking back, I also now understand that many of these spirits more than likely were people that were coming to me because they could sense this ability that I had. They may have wanted me to possibly help them or pass on messages to their loved ones? Ghee, did they know ahead of time this would be my calling eventually and would not be fearful of it. My son and I talk about this reality now in my adult life, how we all have “timelines” so to speak, he calls them. I call them the “windows” of our knowing, and truthfully with all time being eternal in that spirit realm, just maybe they were there to sort of show me where I was going when ready? I also have understood that some of these visits were my spirit guides and those that walk with me in this lifetime.

      I can recall many times seeing a man hovering, sitting Indian style by my bed, looking at me with a book in his hand and talking to me with words of wisdom. He was dressed as what we may referred to as a monk, or Tibetan man. How funny that for years now, he often comes in during my readings to help assist people sitting with me. But how would I have known that growing up if I did not eventually just face my fears and the ridicule of being “Phoebe” on friends as I was often referred to in my family and friends’ group. Even though I feel extremely far from Phoebe, but yes, I do have those “Karenisms” and I guess that makes sense.

      So let’s fast forward a bit, as this is not an autobiography but more so briefly moving through the development I guess of my “Karenisms” and getting to the work that I currently do, which is the world of Ghosts and Spirits.

      I like many could write an autobiography about all the different spirit experiences in my life and much about many things, however, I really wanted to bring you sort of down a road that led me to this embracing. As I grew, of course I had many profound encounters and moments of really beginning to understand this all, but nothing truly was as powerful as the time in my life that was face to face with my fears and the reality of just what I was; a medium.

      The Mirror Magazine

      In 2009, I decided with much probing that I really wanted to bring my abilities to a place of not only understanding them, but to fully embrace them and well, honor that inner knowing that I have this for a reason. I created a digital magazine, The Mirror Magazine. It was a simple magazine of maybe 66 pages, all detailing pictures, articles and stories of spirituality and paranormal. I thought, okay this is the perfect place to start to talk about these topics. This would be a common ground, a place of discussion and a place where I could share my experiences, thoughts and feelings about these topics but also research and interview people in the field. It was not a very profitable adventure for me, but it covered itself. I learned how to become a graphic artist and magazine publisher, all on my own. It is something that to this day I am still proud of myself for deciding to do and figured it out all on my own and without any college degree or backing to do so. One of the many lectures I give to people, that truly if you want to do something, there really is a will and a way to do it. Often, we must be our own inspiration, motivator and parent in many ways, or we will never achieve our goals and dreams.

      Literary Award

      In my May addition, I wanted to feature a haunted hotel and what it would be like to personally spend the night at a haunted hotel. I was going to write about my experiences along with others who have stayed at a haunted hotel. I thought this would be a great article and would also open the doors to exploring the field, for my own personal reasons. Boy, I had no idea what the future would reveal for me and the path that it would lead me down. It did not just open a door for me, it really opened the floodgates as they say. It changed my life and became still to this day one of the most profound spirit experiences that I had.

      So, this is where it all began for me; The Shanley Hotel in Napanock NY, in 2010.

      I will share with you my story of the Shanley Hotel along with other locations, both public and private cases that I have worked on over the past 10 years in this series. Everything you will read will be true encounters and my personal insights regarding the spirit world. I have learned a great deal in all my encounters. One thing that I have always prided myself on, is the fact that all my wisdom and much of what I teach or talk about truly is from the spirits I encounter; my readings, galleries, cases and events, and not from a book or other people’s insights.

      There is a great deal of living to learn from the spirits on the other side! As I always say, Spirituality and Paranormal co-exist together and we are all spiritual beings living a human life.

      So, enjoy and thank you for going on this journey with me.

      Karen Tatro Spirit Medium