Toy Story 3 Magnet
Giovanni Sealy
Many years ago I read a story of a man who experimented with a magnet strapped to his forehead. From what I remember, he examined this experiment in his attic study. He harnessed a magnet on his forehead for what I believe was an hour per day.
After a time, he noticed a ghostly boy running through his study. Then, his world was immersed within another, noticing a young man and a woman sitting next to a tree. A final vision of the same man and women, but this time they actually notice him also and seem frightened.
Walter Rawls, who worked with the effects of monopolar magnetic fields on matter with the late Albert Roy Davis, told me in a telephone conversation of his experiments with a North pole magnet situated over the pineal gland.
Within the first week, he was sitting at his desk reading documents when he noticed something move out of the corner of his eye. As he looked up, the ghostly figure of a man had walked through one wall, moved across the room and disappeared through another wall. The figure was totally unaware of Walter. Further exposures to this North pole field took place over a second and third week.
The third week, while busy working on documents, Walter noticed a change in the room. When he looked up, the wall had dissolved away and he was looking at a small hill where a man and woman sat beneath a tree. It was the same ghostly male figure who he had seen on the other occasions. He sat quit still, watching this pastoral scene for several minutes.
The man looked over toward Walter and appeared startled. It was as if he clearly SAW Walter this time and possibly recognized Walter as the ghost that he had seen the previous week! The image faded away and the wall restored to its normal condition. From that moment on, Walter never used the pineal stimulator again.
James Kane and Barbi Agostini visited Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens last Friday, tossing their rope fishing line with a powerful magnet on the end into a stream and pulling out a safe. After opening it, the couple found clusters of water-damaged $100 bills that amounted to about $100,000.
While it was not the couple's first time catching a safe, they had never hooked one with treasure inside, so they contacted the New York Police Department to report their discovery in case it was a part of illegal activity.
The couple said the NYPD told them they could not connect the safe to a crime because the money was in poor condition and there was no ID or hints of who the item belonged to originally. The police allowed Kane and Agostini to keep the money, the couple said. The NYPD didn't return ABC News' request for comment.
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One of my favorite activities was collecting sewing pins off the floor with a magnet as a young child. You may be thinking, how odd! The activity itself was not the draw, it was the company, environment, and sense of worth I felt when doing it.
My grandmother, Julia Casilda Castellanos, whom I refer to as Mami, was a woman of incredible importance in my life. She owned a sewing shop in her converted garage, and it was one of my favorite places to spend my time. She would always assign me a critical task. As you may have guessed, the task was collecting all the sewing pins off the floor with a magnet. At the time, I loved feeling useful. However, the best part of our time together is how my grandmother would soak up my every word or even the songs she would ask me to sing to her. She somehow made me feel like I was the most important person on earth. She had this effect on everyone around her.
Julia was an extraordinary woman. In honor of Women's History Month, I would love to share the story of her life briefly. I can assure you that while she may not be in the history books, she lived a life of sacrifice, strength, and significance worth remembering.
Julia was born in Lindero, Gibara, Cuba, on January 23, 1916. She had a large family, a total of 15 siblings. Her father provided for them as a tobacco farmer. Julia was homeschooled and spent her time learning how to sew at a young age. She became a teacher and taught children in her home, including her youngest brother, who is still living at 93. He is the youngest of the Castellanos siblings.
The Castellanos family was very involved in a local church called Friends Church. Friends Church in Wichita, Kansas, had missionaries that went to Cuba to help the locals. Through this missionary, Friends Church was formed in Gibara, just a few miles from Lindero, where Julia was born. Her family created a small gathering of church friends and met in her parent's home. This small gathering is where she met her husband, Angel Manual Sales Prades. This connection to Friends Church became a significant turning point for the future of the Sales Family.
For those who are not as familiar with Cuban history, this was a difficult time for Cubans, especially those who sought help from the United States. Fidel Castro assented to power in 1959 by overthrowing President Fulgencio Batista (Council on Foreign Relations, 2021). Batista had been against communism and was supported by the U.S. government. The change in Cuban leadership also changed the relationship between U.S. and Cuba for many years to come. Castro nationalized foreign assets and raised taxes on U.S. imports. This decision was retaliated against by the U.S., and ultimately led to the Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961. After this unsuccessful attempt to invade Cuba, in 1962, the U.S. prohibited all trade with Cuba, which was a significant contributor to the Cuban economy (Council on Foreign Relations, 2021).
On October 16, 1962, Julia and Angel were presented with an opportunity for asylum for themselves and two young sons, A.J. Sales and Gonzalo Luis Sales. This opportunity would come at the cost of leaving their family, jobs, identities, and home to bring their own immediate family to safety. This decision would not only change their lives but the lives of future generations.
The Church World Services, Friends Church, decided to sponsor a Quaker Family from Cuba. Due to Julia and Angel's close connections in the Friends Church in Cuba, they were the ones selected. On November 14, 1962, the Sales family moved to a city in the United States, Wichita, Kansas.
In Wichita, Kansas, the Casado family, who happened to be from the same town in Cuba as Angel, was the only family at the church that could speak Spanish. They were very successful realtors in the city. They were instrumental in helping to find jobs, getting the kids registered in school, obtaining clothing, and many other things needed for these refugees.
Angel and Julia started their lives over with the church's help to create a better life for their family. They became American Citizens on May 3, 1976. Since Julia was in a new country with a different language, she hung her hat as an educator and leaned into her sewing skills. Her first job in Wichita, Kansas, was as a seamstress and tailor, altering men's suits for Henry's Department Store. She worked for them until they closed many years later. It was then when she became an entrepreneur. Her son, Gonzalo, made a sewing shop for her in her home. She continued a successful business of altering clothes until she was 95 years old. Gonzalo continued to care for her until her death at age 100.
There is a lot more history to cover, and perhaps, I will write more over time. For now, in honor of Women's History Month, let me share with you a few significant moments of sacrifice, strength, and significance shown by this incredible woman, Julia.
Julia sacrificed a lot for the love of her family. She cared about her sons with all her heart and knew she needed to see them to safety. She left her family, home, and a job she loved to find protection in a new country.
Julia was strong. To move to a new country in a heated time in Cuban/U.S. history could not have been easy. She did not know English initially but worked hard to learn her new life as an American. Julia even went back to high school as an adult to obtain her high school diploma, one that she proudly displayed in her sewing shop. She was hard-working, even though she had to give up on her first career to make a living. This hard work ultimately led to becoming an entrepreneur. As a female during this time, it was no small feat!
Julia's life had great significance. Everyone who met Julia loved her. Customers would come over to have pants hemmed and find themselves sitting in her rocking chair in her sewing shop with a full belly. She made sure anyone who stepped foot in her door was well-fed. She had a way of making everyone feel significant, including me. I will never forget the many times she would offer me white powdered donuts or arroz con pollo, saying, "EAT," because she was worried that I was too skinny as a child. Even when I introduced her to my future husband, she made him multiple meals over a few hours to ensure he was adequately fed. Her mission always seemed to be to care for everyone around her. However, her most tremendous significance is the legacy she has left behind, including her two sons, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Even as I write this story, I look up and see a painting she created that hangs above my head as a constant reminder of her love, talent, and beauty. When I look behind me, I see the painting her 9-year-old great-granddaughter, my daughter, re-created to emulate her great-grandmother's artwork. Her great-granddaughter also shares her love and talent for art. Meanwhile, she is on my mind all the time as I navigate my career as a woman.
Now, as I reflect on those special moments in her sewing shop, I realize the significance of our time together. It was not simply me using a magnet to collect pins. Instead, I was the magnet, and she was the pin. I was gathering every ounce of wisdom she shared with me. She taught me about the woman I wanted to become and the person I strive to continue to be each day. She showed me how to be kind to those around me, love with my whole heart, give unconditionally, and, most importantly, do things even when they are hard or scary. She was so strong!
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