Posted on 09 September 2024, 7:21

More than a few “spirits” communicating with “earthlings” have said that their world is beyond human language and comprehension.  And yet, efforts have been made to give some indication as to what that world is like.  One such effort was said to have been made by the famous American clergyman…

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Posted on 27 August 2024, 7:43

Although I had read bits and pieces about William Lyon Mackenzie King, former prime minister of Canada, concerning his interest in spiritualism, I had not realized the extent of that interest until reading Anton Wagner’s comprehensive and intriguing books,

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Posted on 12 August 2024, 11:33

The mediumship of Mina Crandon, aka “Margery,” is probably the most controversial case in the annals of psychical research.  Only that of Eusapia Palladino rivals it in that respect. The Margery case has been previously discussed at this blog, the most recent being

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Posted on 29 July 2024, 7:22

As I read the book, The Scole Experiment, subtitled “Scientific Evidence for Life After Death,” by Grant and Jane Solomon, soon after its release in 1999, I was continually fascinated with the phenomena reported by the investigators over their five-year study, beginning in 1993, in the…

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Posted on 15 July 2024, 8:34

A number of people have reported a “life review” during a near-death experience (NDE) – seeing every second of their lives flash before them in what might be called a timeless moment.  A man named Tom Sawyer had an NDE in 1978, one in which he recalled living every thought and attitude connected…

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Posted on 01 July 2024, 8:13

If I Could rewrite Chapter III of my 2011 book, The Afterlife Revealed, I would include comments made by Charles L. Tweedale, an Anglican minister, in his 1909 book, Man’s Survival After Death. …

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Posted on 17 June 2024, 7:28

A heartwarming movie titled A Rumor of Angels was released in 2002 and is occasionally seen on television reruns.  The film stars Vanessa Redgrave as an elderly recluse in a small ocean-front town.  She befriends a 12-year-old neighbor boy who is grieving the loss of his mother…

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Posted on 03 June 2024, 7:16

An aging friend who appears to be nearing the end of his life has become a very angry man recently.  There was a time not long ago when he was very jovial as we talked over coffee or tea about such trivial matters as baseball and football, as if they are the most important things in the world. …

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Posted on 20 May 2024, 5:55

This is a continuation of the prior blog.  It involves the renowned Irish medium Geraldine Cummins (GC) and four sisters.  Molly Ross, the youngest and only living…

Posted on 06 May 2024, 10:47

The story of the Ross sisters, as communicated through the mediumship of Geraldine Cummins, (below) perhaps the most accomplished automatist of the 20th Century, suggests that family grudges and feuds carry over into the afterlife if not resolved before death. The story also suggests that we can have…

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