The Matrixing Effect

In my last post I mentioned something known as Matrixing. What is it you ask? Matrixing describes the human mind's natural tendency to find familiar shapes in complex shapes or colors.

Matrixing just isn't something that is used for the paranormal. It's an every day occurrence. Have you ever looked at the clouds and some take of familiar shapes of an animal or fantasy creature? Or how about when you're on your way to school and the bus driver points out to you that there appears to be a face of a woman on the moon? Of course what we are really seeing are craters and such causing very complex shapes that cause our brains to form familiar shapes. This my friends is what matrixing is.

In truth, it's the way that our minds able to process and recognize each other as human beings or even forms of lettering. Unfortunately it is also the cause of people seeing faces in everyday items such as mirrors, rocks, tree branches, etc.

Remember after 9/11 when people were posting pictures of seeing the devil in the smoke bellowing from the towers? Again, it's nothing more than smoke and our minds finding complex designs in the textures. Besides, in my opinion, if it was the devil I don't think he would be that subtle anyways.

Anywhooooo, lets get back on topic here...

One of the most common forms of matrixing is of course optical illusions like this picture here. This is truly a marvel and can show how the eyes and the brain can be tricked into seeing something which is not reality, in this case the image appears to be moving, when in fact it is stationary.

Next are some pictures of one of the more common misconceptions of paranormal activity: Ghosts in the mirror. Below are some pictures of one of the most famous mirrors. It is located at The Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana which is considered to be the most haunted place in the country.



Now its obvious this mirror is really old. You can see scratches and hand prints all over the bloody thing! I guarantee that people take pictures of the mirror and want to see a ghost so bad, their minds pick out images based of shapes and shadows from the scratches, smudges, and flash from the camera. It may be hard to see on this picture, but I took a look at it and found some finger prints that forms a skullish face. Can you see it?



Let me post the same picture with the highlighted face. Granted its not the best "Ghost" image, but hey, its the principal of the thing right?  

  Ok, ok, let me get you another picture of the same mirror. This one just blows my mind at how many people believe this one to be true.

In this picture people are claiming to see a woman on the staircase. I'm sorry but I can not see it at all. All I see are again smudges and scratches. I think someone needs to use some Windex instead of water to clean the window! Now if I step back a few feet from my computer screen and look at the picture, I can see something that might resemble a human figure, but even then its very subtle, and the only way I was really able to see it was based on comments people were leaving for the original poster of this picture in how they saw the figure. Apparently she's walking up the stairs and her hand is on the railing.



This is my assumption of where I think they are talking about seeing the figure. This is a very good reason right here that the paranormal field is constantly mocked at, because people bring garbage like this to the table and think its an image of someone who died in that house. As much as I think there is something out there, you have to look at the obvious facts first. If you can't come up with a reason why something is happening, or what you caught on camera, then it may be something paranormal.