The Phenomenon of Seeing Spirit Faces in Photos<br /><br />I have noticed that a recently popular arguement is being used on ghost forums that seeing faces in photos<br />is not seeing spirits, but is instead due to pareidolia (payr.eye.DOH.lee.uh). Pareidolia (according<br />to wordspy.com) is the erroneous or fanciful<br />perception of a pattern or meaning in something that is actually ambiguous or random. Pareidolia is definitely<br />a noted phenomenon <img border="0" alt="[Ja]" title="" src="graemlins/default/ja.gif" /> , but just because we have identified and labelled this tendency does not mean we know the cause <img border="0" alt="[Noo]" title="" src="graemlins/default/noo.gif" /> . The<br />reason people experience pareidolia remains a mystery, and therefore, is only subject to theory.<br /><br />Carl Sagan suggested in The Demon Haunted World that the purpose for face recognition<br />likely evolved for parent/child bonding purposes. And while pareidolia may indeed be useful in bonding, <br />it is not proven that this is why we see faces from infancy. It is up to each of us to decide for<br />ourselves whether we believe that people see faces in patterns and photos<br />due to some instinctual bodily reaction to stimulus, or whether it is our innate ability<br />to perceive the many layers of reality that exist and teem with life.<br /><br />My theory is that we are surrounded by layers and layers of life forms that visibly border our reality through<br />physical patterns. I believe that seeing spirits in photos is a form of interaction with the spirit world<br />and a skill that can be gained and strengthened by searching photos--practice. <br /><br />Below is a photo I took recently of a palm tree where spirits are often easy to see (perhaps due to <br />the energy from the tree, or the patterns available, or both). I see dozens of faces of<br />all different types of beings. I have highlighted three of these in the left photo as examples that I can see<br />most clearly within the collage.<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.metawake.info/images/spirit_faces.jpg" alt=" - " /> <img src="http://www.metawake.info/images/spirit_faces2.jpg" alt=" - " /><br /><br />If you found this photo at all interesting, there are many more like it in my photo galleries.

<img border="0" alt="[Samurai]" title="" src="graemlins/default/samurai.gif" /> <br />Isn't anyone going to challenge me on this theory? <img border="0" alt="[Question]" title="" src="graemlins/default/questionmark.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[Wave]" title="" src="graemlins/default/wave.gif" />

I dont see any reason why we should challenge you,Everyone is allow to believe whatever they wanna believe.To be honest I truely believe in intraterrestrial life form.

Thanks for that reply Tracesat! Everyone on Aus-City Forums are so polite. <img border="0" alt="[Ja]" title="" src="graemlins/default/ja.gif" /> I am encouraged knowing that there are other's with very open minds. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/default/smile.gif" /> <br /><br />I am still always interested in a friendly debate though with those of differing viewpoints. It is my favourite way to learn. I must admit that I have seen people offer up photos that they think contain faces and I feel that it is just wishful thinking. Undoubtedly some people will think this about mine. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/default/wink.gif" />