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Are Autopsies, Organ Transplants, and Hasty Disposal of Bodies Spiritually Contraindicated?
Posted on 14 May 2012, 8:07
In a recent episode of the popular NCIS TV series, a Marine, a young Muslim man, was murdered and the NCIS coroner was about to do an autopsy on his body when the dead man’s father showed up and begged the coroner not to disturb the body as his son’s spirit would be negatively affected if his body…
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The Many Barriers to Spirit Communication
Posted on 30 April 2012, 8:30
Before the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) was organized in 1882, some very distinguished scholars and scientists investigated the phenomena of what came to be called Spiritualism – communication with the spirit world. Many of them were told by spirits about the difficulties they encountered…
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Difficulties in Spirit Communication Explained
Posted on 16 April 2012, 9:29
No doubt one of the reasons why research into mediumship has not been more widely accepted has to do with the lack of clarity in most of the communication purportedly coming from spirits. Even with the best of mediums, there is much vagueness and ambiguity, even gibberish, in the communication. …
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Remembering Titanic Victim William T. Stead 100 Years Later
Posted on 02 April 2012, 10:01
With the 100th anniversary of the Titanic disaster coming up on April 15, it seems like an appropriate time to remember William T. Stead, one of the victims of the tragedy. A 62-year-old British journalist and pacifist, Stead was on his way to New York City to give a lecture on world peace…
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Was D. D. Home like Babe Ruth, David Thompson like Nick Swisher?
Posted on 19 March 2012, 9:40
Daniel Dunglas Home (1833 –1886), a Scottish American, has gone down in the history books as perhaps the best physical medium ever. His feats included phantom forms, levitations, floating objects, luminous hands, materializations, strange luminous vapors, beautiful music from an accordion with…
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Finding The Truth in The Light
Posted on 05 March 2012, 10:04
Ever since reading Dr. Raymond Moody’s seminal book on near-death experiences in 1975, I have read at least 50 books dealing with the near-death experience (NDE). If I were to rank them by what I call the “4 INs” – Interesting, Informative, Intriguing, and Inspirational – I’m reasonably sure…
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Was Doctor/Minister the Titanic’s Bravest Man?
Posted on 20 February 2012, 10:23
As the Titanic plunged to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean 100 years ago this April 15, Colonel Archibald Gracie, a New York resident, was sucked down with it. However, he somehow managed to surface and survive. Gracie could not judge how long he was under water, but it “seemed…
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109-year-old Scientist Continues to Pursue Illumination
Posted on 03 February 2012, 18:13
“Imagine for a moment how much human life would change if this question were answered in the positive,” Dr. Alexander Imich (below) writes in his 1995 book, Incredible Tales of the Paranormal, referring to the question of whether consciousness survives the death of the physical .body,…
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Dying Words: Steve Jobs Wasn’t the Only One
Posted on 23 January 2012, 9:03
At the October 16 memorial service for Apple founder Steve Jobs, Mona Simpson, his sister, delivered a eulogy in which she told of her brother’s final words: “Oh Wow! Oh Wow! Oh Wow!” The initial reports did not include the exclamation points, but one might infer…
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The Problem with Spirituality Surveys
Posted on 09 January 2012, 11:49
Every time I read about some survey relative to spiritual beliefs, I have to question its validity, primarily because very few of them have clear-cut “yes” or “no” answers and because so many of the words used by the researchers have different meanings for different people. One recent…
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