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PRINCE REACTS TO PHOTO BOOK – MY NAME IS PRINCE – REVIEW AND EVP – November 19, 2019

Yesterday, I woke up to a notice in my inbox that the My Name Is Prince photo book was on its way. I checked the tracking and found out that it had already arrived outside my door.

I noticed this book when it was first listed on Amazon. There was no cover photo yet, but I knew it was going to be good, because it was from Randee St. Nicolas. She worked with Prince on the 21 Nights photo book. I could tell, that she must have been his favourite.

Eight before all this Prince stuff happened to me, I was just deciding to focus on my photography. At the time, I wasn’t quite sure of my talent as an artist. But I could sense him, cheering me on to keep going with my work. I later learned that Prince also loved photography, he took a personal DSLR camera on tour with him. And one of my first EVPs of him, was him saying, “Nice camera”, referring to my Canon M3.

I decided to record EVP (electronic voice phenomenon) as I unboxed the book. I’m always just curious to know what the other half is up to on the other side. Generally, recordings done at home in quiet, are harder to hear. I still managed to get some good clips, though they are more quiet than my usual. I tested it on my laptop’s speakers and I can still hear them, but you will hear them better on headphones. The clips are repeated on loop.

P said, “That’s me”.

He said the name of the book, “My Name Is Prince”.

“Oooh, so great”.

“Wow, it’s a big book, wow”.

He said, “She is my favourite”. He said this in reference to Randee being his favourite photographer to work with.

He said, “Gonna hang up”. Oh, was he on the phone?

And then right after, he said, “I’ll show the book next time you visit me”.

He said after, “I called my mom”.

I really enjoyed reading the essays from the photographer. As a photographer myself, I can always appreciate the stories behind the photos and the kind of talk relating to photography. I was pleased to find out that this was a kind of book that she and Prince had already talked about doing when they were working on 21 Nights. She wasn’t sure if it was right to do this book without him. I am glad she did, and I know he is excited about it as well.

It’s a big coffee table size book. the spine being 1.5 inches thick, you know it’s a hefty book. It’s a survey of all the work she’s done with him over the 25 year working relationship. So a section of the photos are from the 21 Nights project, with some previously unpublished works. There are lots of never before seen photos.

As a photographer, I love her dramatic style, her use of color, her use of composition is beautiful. Her essays would be inspiring for creative professionals, as she describes the working style of Prince, and the way he thought.

I knew I would love it, knowing her previous book. Somehow I knew without knowing, that she would have some recent photos of him. The last section was photos from her last working session photographing Prince in 2014. For me personally, I hold more more dearly, his recent photographs. Because they tell of a man, of what he became before he left us.

I really appreciated all the stories she shared. Most noteworthy to me, is of her mentions about Duane Nelson, Prince’s half-brother, who worked as his bodyguard during some period. For me, it s personal, that I enjoyed these stories. As I have encountered Prince’s family in the afterlife, I know that Duane comes around to play b-ball with him on occasion, and sometimes still acts like a bodyguard.

Thank you Randee, for putting together such a beautiful book.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on November 19, 2019.

Image above: “Prince photo book” by Andrea Mai.

SPIRITS REACT TO THE NORTHERN LIGHTS – EVP September 27, 2019

As I had mentioned in my previous post, I got to see the Northern Lights in Iceland on the first night of my trip. I decided to book an additional tour just for seeing the lights. I had heard from tour guides that Thursday night was going to be really good.

That night, they took us to two spots, until we finally settled in at a spot at Blue Mountain. I could see the lights from the bus window. When we got off the bus, the lights were so huge. It was right on top of us. You could see the lights from almost every angle you turned. It was so big that I couldn’t contain it all in the frames of my camera. It was just too big. Once the light started to dissipate, and people started to settle down a bit. I started to get to work on the photos. Though the lights had become less visible to the naked eye. it was very visible on camera. The camera can see a wider spectrum of light that the eye cannot.

During this time, I was recording EVP as well. I wondered what the reactions of spirits would be, if they were there.

Some of these clips are a bit quieter. I’ve tested them on just my laptop speakers, and while I could still hear most of them, I still recommend headphones.They are repeated on loop.

Getting off the bus, I heard P saying, “I’m gonna take pictures”. Someone then said, “Good for you”. I am both pleased and amused that P can continue his hobby doing photography from where he is. But at the same time, I wonder, is he taking pics of me unaware? I wondered if photography still existed on the other side. But I don’t see why not. As I have dreams about being with my camera and taking photos.

Some spirits noticed the presence of angels, they said, “There’s an angel. Three angels here”. I had said in previous post, that I had been praying to see the Northern Lights. I was quite certain that angels were assisting us. We had seen the lights so unclose, right on top of us, it was like we were being bathed in it. It was truly the most spectacular sight.

P explained to them about the angels, “They travel with me”. This, I’m pleased to know, that my prayers get answered, that we are protected.

Prince’s mother, in spirit, had joined us on the trip. I knew she was coming, as I had told him, she was welcome to, after I heard her say to P about wanting to travel, after seeing one of my photos of Month Blanc. Here, P says, “That’s my mom”.

Here is a clip when we were watching the Northern Lights. Someone said, “Wow”.

They said, “Look out there. Wowwwww”.

Another voice said, “It’s big”.

They commented, “Angels help”.

Someone said, “You see, there’s angels there”. This one might be hard to hear without headphones.

Someone said, “Wow, Prince here”.

This clip just sounds really cute. I don’t know what they are saying, it sounds like hooting, and then there is a high-pitched “Wow” coming from a girly voice.

The night ended, and we got back on the bus. I was still recording, but I forgot. I caught this voice saying, “I’m coming, getting food”.

Someone asked, “Where does the bus go?”. From what I have observed, spirits will travel using means of transportation from our reality. Sounded like some spirits followed us onto the bus to hitch a ride from the field in the middle of nowhere along the highway.

Someone replied, “To Reykjavik”.

P ws talking to other spirits on the bus. He said, “God is so good”.

On the rest of the recording, I heard P talking to these other souls about God. I’m not going to post these clips, because they are too quiet. Someone had said that she was worried about where she was going to go for the night. P told them, “You can always go home. Don’t worry.” But her response was “They don’t want me”. P assured her, that God loved her, and that all she had to do was pray to find out. They prayed together. Very soon after that, something happened, I do not know what exactly. But I presume that she was taken home, because after that, someone else said, “I want to go home, like her”, and another said, “I want to be with God”.

To be honest, when I hear conversations like these, it makes me cry, knowing that these souls had suffered the unknowing of Gd’s love for them. I am so glad that P wants to help them. Yet I am still saddened, knowing that it seems even harder in our reality, that many will not see this, will resist the message, will reject it and fight you on it. I feel like it is even harder here. It seems that the spirits can realize it more easily if they are given a push. Here it seems, materiality gets in the way.

I nearly forgot to mention. After the immense display of the Northern Lights floating over us, another tor bus pulled up to join us, but they had already missed the grand show we had just witnessed. We were, in the right place, in the right time. I swear, it must have been angels guiding the tour bus I was on.

I feel so blessed after this experience, especially to know that God does hear us. I wish everyone would have the chance to feel this.

May God bless you.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on September 27, 2019.

Image above: “Northern Lights” by Andrea Mai.

WHEN GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYERS – EVP September 24, 2019

A week before going to Iceland, I checked the forecast, it was said to be rainy all week for the time I was going to be there. So I prayed every night asking that the weather would not ruin my trip and seeing the Northern Lights. As the week progressed, it appeared that there was a good chance that the clouds would clear up later in the week, making it a good possibility for seeing the lights. However, we had a scheduling issue, as one group member had to leave early, so we had to cram in the schedule so that she would make the most of her shortened trip. This meant that one of the evening tours had to be scheduled for the first day upon our arrival. The tour included hunting for Northern Lights. And the forecast was showing rain and clouds.

I continued to pray that somehow we could still see the Northern Lights.

We arrived that early morning with rain. Though the rain had stopped later in the morning, it was still cloudy. That early evening, as we got on the tour bus, the sun had come out, and the skies had cleared. And there appeared a rainbow!

The tour took us to Secret Lagoon, a lesser known hot spring spa. Truly a delight to bathe in the natural geo thermal water coming from the streams. The minerals and algae in the water is revitalizing, leaving the skin smooth and supple. I really liked this one, as the mini lake had varying levels of heat. Iceland has the best water sources in he world, and even just showering in the tap water is amazing.

Before dinner, the guide told us that he wasn’t optimistic that we would see any lights. It was explained to us that the conditions were not good. It was still cloudy. But after dinner, the skies were looking clearer, snd we could see the stars. He said he was a bit more optimistic about it. I kept praying. You can see in the photos, how cloudy it was.

We drove for a bit and I got my tripod ready. He took us to a spot on the side of the road and we saw the Northern Lights peaking through the clouds!

Photographing the Northern Lights is new to me, even though I am experienced in night photography, this is different, as you are photographing something in the dark. The screen on the back of the camera can only pick up a tiny bit of the light. Manual settings have to be used, you have to be prepared beforehand. I was too quick to start photographing before making sure that I got the camera lens adjusted to the most optimal focus length. There isn’t much time to waste, as the lights are only there for a moment. I managed to get 57 frames in a single position. And with that I was able to string all the photos together into this 7 second video of the Northern Lights. By the way, that is me playing guitar in the music.

Later the guide drove us to another spot that was parked full of big tour buses. We were just a small group of about ten people. He was told by the other guides that they saw the same lights we did, but it was not as visible from where they were. I felt truly blessed that we got to see it where we did. I knew that there must have been angels helping us that night, perhaps guiding the driver where to go.

When I got home, I reviewed my EVP recordings and found out that there were indeed, angels. Please note that some of these clips are quieter than others. Turn up the volume on your device, or try it with headphones. The clips are repeated on loop.

Here, I was outside of the tour bus, and P said, “Angels”.

Here someone says, “Help us see it”.

Here P says, “Thank you, angels”.

It was quite windy that evening, P said, “It’s cold”.

Earlier on the tour bus, someone called out to P, “Prince”.

P was singing to himself while we were waiting on the bus, “Doo doo doo, do do”.

This was just at the start of the trip. I did get to see the Northern Lights a second time later in the trip. It was phenomenal, and I will talk about it in a later post.

I feel truly blessed, knowing the unlikeliness of seeing the lights that night. I truly wish that more people knew that God does answer prayers. Maybe not in the way you expect, maybe not in the time frame you wish. But there is something taking place, that you are just not aware of when you pray to God asking for help.

Image above: “Rainbow in Reykjavik” by Andrea Mai.

ANGELS AT GOLDEN WATERFALL IN ICELAND – PHOTOS AND EVP September 26, 2019lucas

Before my trip to Iceland, I had this feeling that I was going to capture some strange activity on my camera. While I totally do welcome such, it doesn’t happen often. To me, they are signs that the other side exists. So it is really special when something like this does take place.

Were it not for my supernatural encounters, I would not have the faith in God that I do now.

On the third day of my trip, we took a tour of a region called The Golden Circle. While we were at the Golden Waterfall, I was busily taking photographs. I lost sight of where my mom was, and went into a slight panic. I ran towards the entrance in effort to catch up with her, following the boardwalk. But along the way, suddenly the thought took over to take the following two photographs. When I didn’t see my mom, I ran in the opposite direction until I saw her walking towards me.

Looking back at it now, the background scenes of the photos were not of anything particularly interesting. You can see the entrance where the tourist centre is. When I took the photo, I didn’t notice the strange object. It felt like an automatic action, I wasn’t thinking. The two photos above have been processed in Lightroom to increase the contract.

Here it is cropped to get a better view of the object.

Here is the photo cropped close to the bottom. It reveals a rainbow along the arch.I was a little disappointed of the weather being so cloudy, as I could not see a rainbow over the waterfall. But I guess someone wanted me to see one anyway. I’ve seen photos that people have captured of angels. They are often of a huge bright whitish figure. Though I have never seen it with a rainbow like this!

It was too bad that I wasn’t recording EVP at the time of the photographs being taken. But I did record while I was inside the gift shop in the tourist building.

Someone said, “There’s some angels in here”.

Then they made some comment that wasn’t fully audible. P said to them, “You get it wrong. The angels follow me”.

A wee voice said, “Can you please count us?”. You’re going to need headphones for this, as you can only hear it in the background, as there were two men talking near me at the time.

The reply was, “90 angels here”. This one is audible without headphones, but still it is in the background, so listen closely, thought it’s very clear.

I’m quite certain the photos are of an angel, though it’s not typical like the ones I’ve seen. I was already certain of the presence of angels during this trip. I had such wonderful things occur during the trip, it felt guided. I feel privileged to be able to share these things with you. Every time, my faith in God grows.

May God bless you with angels.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on September 26, 2019.

Image above: “Gold Waterfall” by Andrea Mai.

HE SAID, “LOVE GOD” – HALLGRIMSKIRKJA, REYKJAVIK EVP AND PHOTOS – September 28, 2018

Last week, I came back from a trip to Reykjavik, Iceland. I had a wonderful time. It is a beautiful country, and I really enjoyed myself there. And of course, I took lots of photos and EVP while I was there. I will be reviewing them in the coming weeks and sharing them.

On my last day there, we want to Hallgrimskirkja, Reykjavik’s largest church. We didn’t do much in terms of city tours, as we went on day trips to the countryside. This church was the only place in the city that I insisted that we go to. I felt drawn to go there, above all places.

I went at the perfect time, or maybe someone was nudging me about when to go. As we had some spare time in the early evening on the day before, but I insisted we go the next day. While I was there, I got to hear the organ being played, and I even got to see a rainbow appear through this incredible crystal bowl near the alter.

It was such a breathtaking experience to be in this space, that I almost forgot to record EVP. But luckily, I did remember to. Most clips are pretty clear, but others you might want to listen with headphones. Sound quality can vary depending on what device you are using. Turn the volume up to the highest. Clips are repeated on loop.

For the duration of the trip, I felt very blessed. I knew that P must have been travelling with some angels that were helping us to see the Northern Lights.

On the recording, I could hear a chorus of voices saying, “God”.

I noticed on the recording that right before I would click my camera, a little voice was saying, “Bop”. This happened three times! I really wonder who was this, and what was going on? Were they directing my photos?

Here is P saying, “I thank God”.

Someone said, “Oh my God”. It sounded to me that they were reacting to seeing Prince there.

A man started playing the organ, and P and others started singing with the music. He said my name, “Andrea”.

He told me that there were “Three angels here”.

They sang, “God loves you all”.

They sang, “Jesus is coming… Coming soon”.

They sang, “Wash your robes”. I know that this is in reference to Revelation, in preparation for Christ’s return, one must repent and accept Jesus’ gift of salvation.

I found two clips where P sang, “Love God”. When he was alive, he would sign his autographs with this phrase, (during the time when he did still give autographs).

A voice said, “Look, look this way up”.

When the organ playing was finished one of his sets, the people applauded. I heard P say, “Praise God”. I also heard him say this telepathically at the time.

I knew that at some point, a rainbow would appear through the crystal once the sun hits it at the right angle When It finally did, someone said, right before I saw it, “There it is, there is a rainbow”.

It was truly a beautiful experience. What a blessing! I felt so uplifted after this visit. I know that God has commissioned me to deliver messages through my work. I hope this makes it out to those who need to hear it.

May God bless you.

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on September 28, 2019.

Image above: “Hallgrimskirkja” by Andrea Mai.

THE MYSTERY OF THE RUNAWAY PRINCESS – EVP May 24, 2018

Last year, I did my first trip where I recored EVP on location during my trip. I have a wristwatch that records audio, and I would just leave it on while I’m walking around. When I was in Brighton, I did some recordings at the Royal Pavilion while I was taking photographs.

I lived in Brighton during my mid-twenties. I loved that Brighton had the feeling of smallness, but at the same time it was an exciting place to be in. You could walk from one side of town to the other within a half hour. From where I used to live, I could get to the seashore within a ten minute walk. I wanted to go back and see how it was like now.

Unfortunately, my trip was adversely affected by the pouring rain on the one full-day that I had there. I only went to places near my hotel. I got out in the morning and took photographs of the Royal Pavilion. I had the recorder on, of course.

It turned out that I didn’t get a lot of great clips that morning. Being outdoors, the recorder picked up a lot of the wind from the bad weather. I could hear conversations occurring between P and other spirits, but they were only whispers.

However, I did get this one amazing clip that has, to this day, caused me much curiosity. I was outside of the Royal Pavilion, along the front garden, taking photographs, it was starting to rain. No one was near me. A man’s voice called out, “Why are you running, princess!”. (The clip is repeated on loop)

Who could have this person been talking about? Was it a real princess that they were referring to? Why was she running? I found this totally intriguing, so I looked up the history of the royal family who resided in the Royal Pavilion.

The Royal Pavilion was a holiday summer house, the building design took inspiration from India and China. King George only had one child, Princess Charlotte of Wales. She would have spent some time at the Royal Pavilion and the Brighton seaside. According to what I read, Charlotte was a feisty, candid personality, she had a mind of her own. When Charlotte was of marrying age, her father was keen to arrange her marriage to someone that she was not fond of. When talks of the marriage contract could not be agreed upon by Charlotte, she broke off the engagement. When she heard that her father had intended to respond to her braking off the engagement by confining her in isolation, she ran out of her Warwick House (in London) residence onto the streets. A man, who saw from his window, saw the distressed princess and helped her get a hackney cab to get away.

Eventually, Charlotte married someone that she did love, but she died at age 21, after giving birth to a stillborn.

Could it be that this voice was calling out to Princess Charlotte? I wonder why she was running!

This clip was recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on May 24, 2018.

Image above: “Brighton” by Andrea Mai. Print available here.

I WAS TAKING PHOTOS, AND SO WAS HE – EVP May 11, 2019

I’ve found that location environment can really affect the quality of EVP recordings. Places with good acoustics can really amplify the EVP. I also think the type of place will affect what kind of spirits are attracted to be there, therefore affecting the overall content of the recordings. A while ago, I was at the park during Mother’s Day weekend. Lots of families were there to see the cherry blossoms and greenhouse conservatory. I have to say, I was stunned by the things I heard.

Most of these clips are amazingly clear. However what device you are using to listen from will affect the sound quality. I review my audio using Beats headphones, so if you want to hear what I’m hearing, you might want to use headphones to get the full experience of these clips. They are repeated on loop.

As I walked to the park by myself, I sensed that P had brought Mia with him. Turns out to be right! I found this clip of him saying, “Mia, where you going”.

My main objective for being there was to photograph the cherry blossoms. Listening to the recording, it turned out that P was also busy taking photos for other spirits! Here someone says, “Great shot”, and another replies, “Prince took it”.

Here someone says, “Prince take our picture”.

Here someone says, “Prince take my photograph”.

Here someone says, “Take a photograph”.

Here someone comments, “Wow, Prince”, and another says, “Great photographer”.

Here someone says to him, “You make postcard”. I guess they thought he should make postcards of his photos! I find this really funny because that is what I do with some of my photos. I sell them in my shop.

If you didn’t know, P was known among his friends as having a really good eye for photography. He had a Nikon, but in the later years, I saw him switch to a Canon. It’s so amazing to know that we are doing the same stuff together even though we are “apart”.

Here is someone laughing, “Hahahaha”.

I found this clip where a girl voice said, “Dear Diary”. And spoken on top someone saying, “Prince right there, look at that”. Was the girl writing in her diary?

Sometimes the spirits talk crazy fast. Here is what I could make out, someone said, “I wonder what…”. Another says, “This is centre”. Maybe they were wondering where we were?

This clip is stunning. A girly voice says, “Prince, we’re all in here”. It sounds so magical.

Amongst a crowd, someone said, “Prince will be in here”. It sounds like they were looking for him in one of the greenhouse rooms.

After I was done with being in the greenhouse, I went outside to get some more shots. I heard a kid voice ask to try on Prince’s gloves. He agreed to it and said, “My glove”.

Another kid came over and said, “I wanna see them”.

Then the kid said, “They’re giant though”.

I heard P say on the recording that his mother came to join us. Here a kid asks, “Who is this”. And P responds, “My mother”. As I was leaving the greenhouse, I was wondering if his mother was going to come see him for Mother’s Day. And she did!

Someone said, “It’s so beautiful”.

It was a beautiful day out. It makes me so happy to know he is doing things too. Getting to hear a glimpse of it is incredible. I found that in my experience, (some, not all) spirits can be incredibly kind to each other over there. They help each other out. They can be really generous. It’s really touching.

P/S I’ve opened up an online shop where you can get my photography prints. Decorate your home, or give them as gifts!

These recordings were recorded using my EVP Wrist Recorder 3 on May 11, 2019.

Image above: “Cherry Blossoms” by Andrea Mai.

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