Interview with a Spirit Doll

Cassandra

A few months ago I purchased a doll from an estate sale. It was a doll that was part of a line of dolls that I have been collecting a while. The doll was being sold by someone who was selling a set of dolls they had inherited and after shipping it was only $20. Other listings for this doll were anywhere from $60 - 100 so I figured I got a good deal. The doll came and I put it on my vanity in my room. After about three weeks, I started to hear noises at night. At first I thought it was my cat because like any other cat, she likes to move around at night. Quite possibly it was her a lot more of those times than I think. But more than a couple of times I would hear noises coming from my vanity as if someone was going through the makeup and perfume bottles on it. One such night, I yelled at my cat to get down from my vanity, and my cat meowed at me from the pillow next to me - while the noises were happening! The noises did stop a few seconds later. This occurrence does not happen every night but it does still happen. I also would get the feeling that someone was in the room with me. I decided that these might be caused by the doll, and that someone's spirit was attached to it. I grabbed my EMF reader and placed it near the doll. After about a minute the lights started flashing yellow. After that I got my dowsing rods out and asked - Is there a spirit inside this doll? The rods crossed, indicating a yes. 

I started to get a very annoyed feeling from the doll. It very much did NOT want to talk just then. I decided to let the doll continue to sit on my vanity. For the next week I started to acknowledge the doll's existence. I would say good morning/night, say hello and goodbye, etc. Nothing special. 

Today, I got the feeling that the doll was calling out to me as if to say Hey! I'm ready to talk now! I grabbed the doll and brought it over to a table and pulled out my rods. I gave the doll a basic idea of what I expected for the answers. I told it I would ask it a series of yes/no questions, cross the rods for yes, push them apart for no. And then we began.

The Interview

I really like to have a name to call each spirit that resides in this house. I still am not sure how to go about asking for their preferred names without a spirit box (which I don't currently have). I was trying to think of questions to ask to hopefully get a name, and the name Cassandra kept passing through my mind. It wasn't like someone's whisper or anything mystical sounding/feeling. It felt like a recurring thought that wouldn't leave my mind. Cassandracassandracassandra. And that was my first question. May I call you Cassandra? The rods almost immediately crossed. Yes. And there I had a name. Great. I told her it was a relief to have a name to call her rather than just "Vanity Doll". 

Next, I wanted to know how old she was. She gave me the impression that she was older, maybe late 20s to early 30s. Normally, my first age-related question is something like, "Are you over 18? Are you under 18?" so I can see if they are an adult or a child. I try to keep in mind that with older spirits, what they considered an adult would largely depend on the age of consent in their era as well as where they lived at the time. In some areas, the age of consent was 13 even as late as the 1800s and early 1900s for girls! Since I got the idea that she was an adult by our standards, I asked, "Are you over 18?" The rods crossed meaning she was in fact an adult. I then asked her age by decade to narrow down her age. "When you passed, were you in your 20s?" The rods moved further apart. No. I learned a bit ago with other dolls that some of them are intelligent and are aware of the passage of time and know that they are older than when they passes and will consider that when answering how old they are. When I ask about age or something I want to know about their lives, I add something like "When you were alive," or "At the time of your passing," to help indicate that I want to know about their life. Next question: "When you passed, were you in your 30s?" The rods crossed easily. Yes. Alright, now we're getting somewhere! Once I'm able to isolate a decade, I divide it by half. I ask if they are under 35 in this cause and clarify with them that I mean ages 30 to 34, or, are they over 35 - within the ages of 35 to 39. First question: "Are you between the ages of 30 and 34?" The rods made a faint chime as they crossed. Yes. From there I asked if they were each age one by one. at 33, the rods crossed. Cassandra was 33 years old when she passed. 

After that, I wanted to know when she was born. The doll is a Gibson girl, which was popular in the early 1900s. I decided to start there. "Were you alive in the 1920s" The rods crossed. "Were you alive in the 1910s?" Again they crossed quickly. "Were you alive in the 1900s?" Crossed again. "Were you alive in the 1890s?" The rods crossed again. Since she indicated that she was 33, I decided to stop there. Next, I decided to find out what year she was born. "Were you born after 1895?" The rods crossed. From there I went up by year, but I only needed to go up one. The rods crossed again at the next year. Cassandra was born in 1896. Since she was 33 at the time of her passing I did the math which would put her death around 1929. "Did you pass in 1929?" Yes. I decided to stop asking about her timeline and save months and dates for another session. 

I asked her more questions about her life. I asked her about her social status. "Did you consider yourself to have a lot of money, or were you considered to have a lot of money?" The rods crossed quickly. "Did you consider yourself to be quite wealthy?" Yes. "Did you have many suitors?" I received a very excited yes. She did have suitors and she was quite happy about that. A lady with a lot of suitors must have gotten married at some point, so I asked. "Did you get married?" I got what felt like a huffy yes. Like someone who got married but didn't care much for them. "Did you get a divorce?" Yes. "Good for you!" I told her. I got the feeling that the divorce was her idea but maybe I should have asked. I decided about to ask about children. "Did you have any children?" Yes. I got the feeling that she had more than one so I started with two. "Did you have two children?" No. "Did you have three children?" Yes. I'll be honest I did not expect the answer to be three, yet being 33, she may not have had enough time to have more. But she indicated she had three children. Having child spirits in my house, I decided to ask - "Did you enjoy spending time with your children?" Immediate and enthusiastic yes. I immediately got an intense maternal feeling from her and I imagined her with three young children walking about the street, maybe eating sweets. "Do you enjoy being around children other than your own?" Slightly more hesitant, but I got a yes. "Do you like Eva?" I asked about the other spirit that resides in the area. No. I mean, not all children are perfect, and Eva does have some spice to her. "Would you like for their to be other child spirits in this house?" Yes. Okay, so she does like children and doesn't mind when they're around. That's fine. 

After that I deiced if she liked being on my vanity. "Do you like being on my vanity?" No. Okaaaaaaay.... Maybe the dresser? "Would you prefer to be on my dresser?" No. "Do you want to be in this room?" Very quick no. "Would you like to be downstairs?" Yes. Okay, now we're on to something. But where downstairs? "Would you like to be in the cabinet?" No. "Do you want to be on the bookshelf?" Yes. 

I got the feeling that she was getting done with the session. I got a very annoyed energy from her and decided to end it. I thanked her for her time and the information and placed her on the bookshelf downstairs. 

For a first session with one of my spirit dolls that I hadn't previously talked with, I think I got quite a bit of information. Normally it takes a couple of sessions to get this much information. Most of the ones I've interviewed will answer 3 to 5 questions and then be done. I'm quite pleased that Cassandra was willing to answer my questions. When I placed her on the bookshelf her energy became very relieved and more relaxed. I am hoping to have more sessions with her in the future.