THE SUPERNATURAL SIDE OF MAINE

THE SUPERNATURAL SIDE OF MAINE
By C.J. Stevens
John Wade, Publisher, P.O. Box 303, Phillips, Maine 04966
paperback, 276 pages; ISBN 1-882425-17-0 (2002).

If you believe in ghosts and ghouls,
And things that go bump in the night,
Then pick up this book and read of tales,
That will give you quite a fright.

The Supernatural Side of Maine,
Is filled with stories told,
Of Guardian Angels and UFO’s,
And witches young and old.

There are haunted lighthouses along the coast,
And abductions from aliens too,
And if you travel to Shapleigh Plains,
The ghost of Reverend Bryant may haunt you.

Telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition,
They all play a part,
In the paranormal, psychic world,
Can you feel it in your heart?

Some folks are evil and jinxed,
To perform a proper exorcism is hard,
The Ouija board is not a toy,
Pass me another Tarot card.

Palm reading can tell your future,
Hypnosis may reveal your past,
Not just of this life but of others before,
Oh put me under fast.

There are haunted inns throughout the state,
And superstitions that we all know,
There have also been sightings of Bigfoot,
Leaving 20-inch footprints in the snow.

A sensitive named Tamaranda sees ghosts,
The unfriendly ones she can smell,
In her workshops she uses color, sound and poetry,
To heal those who don’t feel well.

In Bucksport a gravestone can be seen,
That is under a curse they say,
The stone has a woman’s leg on it,
And it never goes away.

There are men in black, who might visit you,
If they did you wouldn’t be bored,
They drive old black Buicks or Cadillacs ,
Never an import or a Ford.

Jane Roberts’ books on Seth are featured,
Soon Sethian philosophy spread,
With advice like “trust your inner self,”
What else really needs to be said?

Dowsing adventures are explained in detail,
The branches find water and minerals too,
Some claim to find gold and silver,
And deep deposits of oil – no, it’s true!

Phantoms, poltergeists and woodland spirits,
Vampires and werewolves in Maine,
And people that talk with animals,
It’s enough to drive a nonbeliever insane.

So if any of these topics appeal to you,
Don’t worry about a thing,
Just find this book and dig right in,
Or else read anything by Stephen King.

Comments

[Lee Holloway]

This book is a major disappointment. First, the title is misleading because at least half, possibly more, of the book pertains to events in other locations that have nothing whatsoever to do with Maine. Additionally, the fact the bibliography is filled with "new age" titles indicates the author either had no interest in the subject matter or was totally lacking in research skills. There are some wonderful out-of-print books on the "supernatural" side of Maine, but Mr. Stevens didn't bother to read them (or, more likely, didn't know where to find them). As an example of the author's poor research skills, Maine has at least a dozen well-known haunted lighthouses yet, he includes only five. Why? Because he didn't know, or attempt to find out, about the others. The book also contains several factual errors.