Featuring a talk by David Miller
Where: River Road Church – Baptist, 8000 River Road (NW corner of River and Ridge Roads)
When: Saturday, September 16, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, followed by potluck lunch at the conclusion of the program.
Central Virginia IONS Community Group Program Title:
“Introduction to The Sibold Effect”
Our September 16, 2017 program will feature a talk by John David Miller, award winning author of The Sibold Effect: Beyond Science, History, Ghosts, and the Appalachian Supernatural. He will discuss his extensive research about spirits on his ancestral land in Southwest Virginia.
While returning from a trip to the Coral Sea, Dave Miller, on the casual suggestion of his girlfriend, purchased a piece of land in Southwest Virginia he had never seen and knew nothing about.
Though the purchase seemed like a random act at the time, after closing he noticed his mother’s maiden name on the bottom corner of the survey plat. This led to the surprising discovery that his land was directly connected to three of his first generation grandfathers.
Thereafter, during a remodeling project on the property, strange and bizarre supernatural activity
began to occur and was captured on film. Dave became convinced this was not a haunting but
communications from beyond. Dave also began to realize it was no accident he had happened to acquire this ancestral property, and it must have happened for a reason.
He spent the next fifteen years investigating this
conundrum, trying to explain the unexplainable, in a personal quest to discover if destiny and purpose truly exist.
The Sibold Effect takes a multifaceted approach to Dave’s search for answers as to why and who brought him to the land of his ancestors, combining elements of science, spirituality and other disciplines.
Dave examined the “heavy” historical imprint on the property as well as the variety of terrestrial energy fields that converge on this geological hotspot. He also explored genealogical, numerological, archaeological, extraterrestrial, and sacred geometrical connections to the property.
But Dave’s ultimate conclusions finally came when he studied Cherokee folklore about the area, and Cherokee beliefs in the spirit/nature relationship. Dave’s saga is a fascinating journey that offers
profound lessons for us all, and we are extremely pleased to have him as a guest speaker.
About David Miller, Our Richmond IONS Presenter:
David Miller grew up in Bon Air, but spent every summer playing in the caves surrounding Greenville, West Virginia, deep in the Appalachian Mountains. This started a series of lifelong coincidences that one day would draw him back to the very place where he began his adventure. This life journey would prepare him for what he would find one day buried on the side of the mountain that contains the graves of his ancestors.
Dave has been a contributor to Smithsonian Magazine, Ancient-Origins.net, and Paranormal
Underground Magazine. Dave self-published The Sibold Effect: Beyond Science, History, Ghosts, and the Appalachian Supernatural in February 2016. It has since won six international book awards. More details are available on his website at http://www.thesiboldeffect.com.
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