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An Easter Message That Makes Sense
Posted on 07 April 2014, 12:19
With Easter approaching, I think of how much more sense it would make if Christianity would totally dismiss the idea of a physical body being resurrected and accept the evidence that has come to us through psychical research. I am reminded of the 2001 movie, The Body, in which the…
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One Life at a Time: The Way of the Philistine?
Posted on 24 March 2014, 10:23
Many friends and relatives who know of my interest in death and afterlife studies express concern that it is an unhealthy or taboo subject matter. “One life at a time for me” is a typical reaction, a subtle and supposedly “intelligent” way of saying that the person is not interested in discussing…
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Gladys Osborne Leonard & Her Curious Term of Endearment
Posted on 10 March 2014, 10:49
Gladys Osborne Leonard (1882 – 1968) is considered one of the greatest trance mediums in the annals of psychical research. She was referred to as “England’s white crow” and the “British Mrs. Piper.” Some of the very best evidence for the survival of consciousness after death came through…
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An Intriguing 1911 Near-Death Experience
Posted on 24 February 2014, 10:04
While Dr. Raymond Moody is credited with naming the near-death experience (NDE) and popularizing it in his 1975 book, Life After Life, there were numerous accounts of NDEs long before Moody began doing research on them. Several of the pre-Moody NDEs have been discussed in earlier…
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W. Stainton Moses: Awesome Medium or Impostor?
Posted on 10 February 2014, 12:50
According to those who knew him, William Stainton Moses (below) was as morally righteous and honest a person as can be found. He was a priest of the Church of England and English Master at University College, London. “With the even tenor of this straightforward and reputable life was interwoven…
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What the Bible Really Says About Mediumship
Posted on 27 January 2014, 10:54
When my #fundamentalist,evangelical,“born-again”friends – whatever name be attached to them – become aware of my interest in mediumship, they express concern that I am being influenced by Satan himself. They cite Deuteronomy 18:12-13, which they interpret to say that we should not consult the…
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Trying to Make Sense of Ghosts
Posted on 13 January 2014, 9:55
For the most part, I have little interest in haunted houses, ghost hunting, poltergeists, ghostly apparitions, or related anomalous phenomena. However, I had read some interesting and curious things here and there over the years about Alex Tanous (1926-1990) and that prompted me to read a recently…
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Why Harmony is Important in Spirit Communication and Related Phenomena
Posted on 30 December 2013, 9:35
Many a baseball player has said that trying to hit home runs usually results in strike outs. The harder they try, the more they fail. The important thing is to simply relax and make contact with the ball without any extra effort. It’s a matter of finding just the right rhythm, the right harmony. …
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Cora L. V. Richmond – An Amazing Medium (Part II)
Posted on 16 December 2013, 10:08
Scientists, scholars, ministers, and journalists were befuddled by young Cora Scott (later Cora Richmond), who, at age 11, began giving lengthy discourses on various philosophical, metaphysical , social, political, and reform matters. Or rather, one or more advanced spirits gave the discourses through…
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Cora Richmond: A Most Amazing Medium
Posted on 02 December 2013, 14:53
My 2011 book, The Afterlife Explorers, is about the principal mediums and psychical researchers before the formation of the Society for Psychical Research in 1882. The mediums include Emanuel Swedenborg, Andrew Jackson Davis, George Dexter, D. D. Home, and William Stainton Moses. …
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