COMMENTARY: THE WONDERS OF PHYSICAL MEDIUMSHIP
So many people today, even committed Spiritualists, do not know that Spiritualism was founded on physical mediumship. They are unaware that genuine physical mediums have been responsible for giving hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life (including some of the world's greatest scientists) the absolute certainty that death is simply a transition to a continuing life on a different vibration.
Because so much of the detail of the work of the great mediums and spiritual healers of the past has been lost, we are especially grateful to the creators of the website that hosts the complete archive of the Noah's Ark Society.
Susan Farrow, former editor of Psychic News, writes: "The NAS was founded in 1990 to promote the understanding and development of physical mediumship. It flourished for over fourteen years until its eventual closure in 2004. During the fourteen years of its existence, no fewer than one hundred and thirty-nine journals were produced, covering every aspect of PM, including its history, mediums, phenomena, home development circles, public seances, and much more." Check out the Noah's Ark Society Archive.
BRILIANT BOOKS ABOUT PHYSICAL MEDIUMSHIP Our guest on this Sunday's Global Gathering, N. Riley Heagerty, has been researching historic Spiritualism and Mediumship for over three decades and has concentrated on the physical phenomena attending the great mediums who manifested their gifts within what he refers to as the “Century of Wonders” between 1848 and 1948. According to Mr. Heagerty, “That century produced mind-staggering manifestations witnessed on numerous occasions by individuals whose integrity would be an insult to question".
On Sunday 3rd March at 3 p.m. Eastern time https://zoom.us/j/7595442928 he will talk about his latest book about the mediumship of Etta Wreidt - one of the greatest American direct voice mediums of the 20th Century. Check out his nine previous books on the great physical mediums of the past.
PHYSICIST REPORTS ON CONTEMPORARY MATERIALISATIONS Professor Jan W. Vandersande is a rare (retired) academic. His book, Life After Death: Some of the Best Evidence details what he experienced with a physical medium in South Africa. He mentions observing flying trumpets, seeing ectoplasm, and hearing spirit voices through the trumpet. "Those experiences changed my life in at least two ways," says Vandersande, who holds a doctorate in physics and served professorships at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and at Cornell University. "Firstly, it gave me the conviction that there is life after death. Secondly, it made it possible for me to be able to critically read much of the literature about psychic and paranormal phenomena." Read his report on three sittings with physical medium David Thompson.
HOW DO THE EXPERTS COPE WITH SKEPTICS?
This panel of experiencers and researchers discusses materialistic skeptics and how to handle their contrary perspectives. Panelists include Dr. Eben Alexander, MD; Neal Grossman, Ph.D.; Stephan Schwartz, and Marjorie Woollacott, Ph.D. The moderator is Janice Miner Holden, Ed.D., a leading near-death and transpersonal experience researcher, president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS), and editor of the "Journal of Near-Death Studies".
DAN DRASIN CAPTURES PERFECTLY THE TECHNIQUES USED BY CLOSED-MINDED SKEPTICS "So you've had a close encounter with a UFO or its occupants. Or maybe you've experienced an "impossible" healing, a perfectly cogent conversation with your dead uncle, or an irrefutable demonstration of "free energy," and you've begun to suspect that the official view of reality isn't the whole picture. Mention any of these things to most working scientists and be prepared for anything from patronizing cynicism to merciless ridicule". So begins Dan Drasin's brilliantly insightful article, Zen and the Art of Debunkery OR How to Debunk Just About Anything.
CLINICALLY DEAD FOR 10 MINUTES; WHY WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR
When Rosemary Thornton's husband committed suicide, she became so depressed that medical professionals expressed doubts that she would ever fully recover. Two years later, she was diagnosed with cancer, and during a “minor medical procedure,” she bled to death and had no heartbeat for more than 10 minutes. In heaven, she was told that if she agreed to return to earth, she’d be restored to good health, physically, emotionally, and mentally. Subsequent medical tests affirmed that every trace of the disease was gone, but as Rose often says, the “bigger story” was the restoration of her soul. Read more about her book.
MARCH EDITION OF THE INNER VOICE MAGAZINE
This month's edition of Nancy and SteveFreier's wonderful magazine contains an important discussion of Artificial Intelligence - something that is already affecting us all. Also, among the many wonderful articles, there is an account of Nancy Freier, Kathleen Jacoby, and Steve Freier successfully conducting a séance using Skype technology in 2014.
Access it here.
HOW INCARNATING ON EARTH HELPS US GROW AS SOULS
Ann Clark, Ph.D., is a former Research Director of The Michael Newton Institute. A sought-after speaker on the afterlife, she is a Michael Newton Institute certified Life between Lives facilitator and a Reiki Master. She is the owner and practices at Wisdom for Wellness, in Hoover, Alabama. Her popular “Great Loss Workshops" are offered online as are her Past Life and Life Between Life regressions. She is also the author of a wonderful book called "Healing from Great Loss: Facing Pain and Grief to Recover Your Authentic Self".
DOPS RESEARCHER TO RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) today announced Dr. Edward Kelly will participate in two distinguished events in April 2024. Dr. Kelly will deliver a keynote address at the 14th annual BIAL Foundation Symposium in Porto, Portugal, (April 3rd-6th) and will be presented with the Myers Memorial Medal from the Society for Psychical Research in London, England (April 9th).
Read more.
A PSYCHIATRIST TALKS ABOUT AFTER-DEATH CONTACTS Dr. Daniel Benor used to think that people who had after- death contacts were suffering delusions until he read an article in the American Journal of Psychiatry in 1988 that claimed that two out of three people experienced them and that they are extremely helpful.
MARK MACY'S 'THINGS TO DO IN THE AFTERLIFE'
Mark Macy has been in a privileged position to learn about the afterlife from working with ITC communications.
He writes: "After we die, we awaken in the spirit worlds with emotional baggage. Whether we travel light or lug a lot of stuff determines what kinds of experiences and opportunities will open up for us. Here’s a list of the main afterlife destinations, starting with the most visited and working down to the least visited by people fresh off the Earth." Read more.
SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Northern Beaches Spiritualists (Sydney, Australia), are having a face-to-face meeting on Friday 1st March 2023, at Manly Vale Community Centre - Innes Road Hall at 7 p.m.. See more details.
The guest medium on Friday 1st March 2024 is the much-loved Florence King, Australian Psychics Association Psychic Medium of the Year in 2014. Florence can be contacted for private readings and classes via her website.
NEXT WEEK'S FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - ALL WELCOME
SOME TIMES WILL CHANGE NEXT WEEK as
daylight saving USA starts Sunday March 10th.
Be sure to check the list.
Saturday
March 2nd, 2024/ Sunday March 3rd, Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Ana Castro. (SLIDS)
A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec, and Chico Xavier. See videos of previous meetings
Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 2 p.m. Saturday
Mountain time 2 p.m. Saturday
Central time 3 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Saturday
London 9 p.m. Saturday
Rome 10 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 8 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 10 a.m. Sunday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday
March 3rd, 2024/ Monday March 4th, Australia
Times will change next week - USA meetings 1 hour later.
Global Gathering: every Sunday/Monday Our guest, N. Riley Heagerty, has been researching historic Spiritualism and Mediumship for over three decades and has concentrated on the physical phenomena attending the great mediums who manifested their gifts within what he refers to as the “Century of Wonders” between 1848 and 1948. According to Mr. Heagerty, “That century produced mind-staggering manifestations witnessed on numerous occasions by individuals whose integrity would be an insult to question". Check out his nine previous books.
He will talk about his latest book about the mediumship of Etta Wreidt - one of the greatest American direct voice mediums of the 20th Century.
Times:
Pacific Time noon Sunday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Sunday
Central time 2 p.m. Sunday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Sunday
London 8 p.m. Sunday
Vienna 9 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday
March 4th, 2024/ Tuesday March 5th, Australia
Times will change next week - USA meetings 1 hour later.
GOSH: Gatherings over Strange Happenings with Kim Parker When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays 7 a.m. (Sydney).
A small group that meets to share and explore the meaning of strange experiences like missing time, seeing scenes from another time, interacting with a person who suddenly wasn't there, bi-location etc. If it's something you cannot share easily with others, bring it to this group to get validation and speculate on its cause. See short video about GOSH
Times:
Pacific Time noon Monday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Monday
Central time 2 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Monday
London 8 p.m. Monday
Amsterdam 9 p.m. Monday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday Check the time for your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday
March 4th, 2024/Tuesday March 5th Australia
Life with Ghosts Zoom Chat - with filmmaker Stephen Berkley
A monthly group meets on the First Monday of the month at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Special Guest this month: Jude Higgins, Ph.D., will demonstrate how she uses sound to reunite clients with their departed loved ones.
An opportunity to discuss all things related to after-death communication as a means of healing grief. Stephen Berkley is the writer/director/producer of the movie "Life with Ghosts" and undertook a seven-year personal journey exploring mediumship, automatic writing, and Induced After-Death Communication at the University of North Texas to produce a film about the latest science involving the importance of continuing bonds.
See a short extract from Stephen's talk about the making of the movie.
Times:
Pacific time 5 p.m. Monday
Phoenix time 6 p.m. Monday
Mountain time 6 p.m. Monday
Central time 7 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 8 p.m. Monday
London 1 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 2 a.m. Tuesday
Sydney/Melbourne 12 noon Tuesday
New Zealand 2 p.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Stephen Berkley
admin@lifewithghosts.com Click this link to join.
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
Times will change next week - USA meetings 1 hour later.
Australian-based Physical Mediumship Development Circle (Dark Circle) Every week participants interested in trying to assist in the development of physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 40 minutes, relax, and listen to music. This is a long-term project and participants must be prepared to sit in harmony without much seeming to happen on the surface.
Times:
Pacific time 1 a.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 2 a.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 2 a.m. Tuesday
Central Time 3 a.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 4 a.m. Tuesday
London 9 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 10 a.m. Tuesday
Perth/Singapore 5 p.m. Tuesday
Sydney Australia 8 p.m. Tuesday
Auckland 10 p.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Email Paul Hinson Advall@iinet.net for more information
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 / Wednesday March 6th, Australia
Army 4 Love: Every 1st Tuesday/Wednesday of March
Debra's Army4Love Gathering welcomes all with compassion and love and embraces everyone, particularly those who may be suffering from emotional, physical and other psychic pain. Debra enables all to safely share their experiences in her Sacred Space. In every Army4Love Gathering Debra welcomes Spirit to speak through her to the group. Each gathering will focus on a relevant topic, and Debra will ask the group to virtually hold one another in the Spirit of hope, healing and love. Debra will also provide a mini-healing for the collective at the end of each gathering. Debra’s intention is that Army4Love will help you have a greater perspective and understanding regarding your adversities while helping you release and alleviate pain.
EMAIL: Via a form on her website to avoid spam: https://www.goldenmiracles.com/contact.php
Times:
Pacific time 2 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix 3 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain time (Denver) 3 p.m. Tuesday
Central time 4 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern time 5 p.m. Tuesday
London 10 p.m. Tuesday
Rome 11 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday
Melbourne/Sydney 9 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 11 a.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Join Zoom Meeting @ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87968366796
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024 /Wednesday March 6th, Australia
What If? With Cheryl Page
Cheryl Page is a medical researcher and medium who dares to ask questions about what is possible with mediumship. She suggests that we inadvertently cut ourselves off from the nearly infinite possibilities that Spirit brings when we are rigid about the “right” way to practice mediumship and is looking for interested mediums or those developing to join her in some fascinating experiments.
Times:
Pacific Time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Central Time 8 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 9 p.m. Tuesday
London time 2 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 1 p.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 3 p.m. Wednesday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Cheryl Page
Join Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2716017767?
pwd=aGtML2h3d3I5bW9GYnMxQ05scjF3Zz09
Meeting ID: 271 601 7767 Passcode: 54321
Wednesday March 6th, 2024 / Thursday March 7th, Australia
New Group - 1st and 3rd Wednesdays! Spirit Search and Rescue with Gordon Phinn
Gordon Phinn is an extraordinary medium, poet, scholar, writer, storyteller, and spiritual teacher. He has just released a memoir covering the last ten years of his out-of-body adventures called "Moving Through Many Dimensions" [check out the Contents in the READ SAMPLE]
We have persuaded him to share some of his more interesting experiences helping people whose minds have not adjusted to the fact that they are dead.
Times:
Pacific Time noon Wednesday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain Time 1 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 2 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern time 3 p.m. Wednesday
London 8 p.m. Wednesday
Vienna 9 p.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Thursday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: David Wright https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Automatic Writing and Mediumship ETC. Discussion with
Sheila Lowe
Share resources and discuss what participants are experiencing
1st and 3rd Wednesdays.
Times:
Pacific Time 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Phoenix 6.30 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 6.30 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 7.30 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern Time 8.30 p.m. Wednesday
London time 1.30 a.m. Thursday
Perth 9.30 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/ Melbourne 12.30 p.m. Thursday
New Zealand 2.30 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Sheila Lowe sheila@sheilalowe.com https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87248527074?
pwd=cXNNZERDbGtSc3VWU3hCQ05OSlFndz09
[if the room is not open email Sheila]
Wednesday March 6th, 2024 / Thursday March 7th, Australia
USA-based Physical Mediumship Development Group Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena.
THIS GROUP IS CURRENTLY TAKING NEW MEMBERS
Times:
Pacific 6 p.m. Wednesday
Arizona 7 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
London 2 a.m. Thursday
Perth 10 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 1 p.m. Thursday
New Zealand 3 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines,
Thursday March 7th, 2024 / Friday March 8th, Australia
August Goforth: Exploratorium.
August, a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in New York City, leads a participatory "Exploratorium" where readers of the book "The Risen" will be encouraged to offer ponderings and ideas on grief and growth. Free pdf copies of the book are available here.
This group meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month.
Times:
Pacific time 12 noon Thursday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Thursday
Mountain time 1 p.m. Thursday
Central time 2 p.m. Thursday
New York time 3 p.m. Thursday
London 8 p.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Friday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Friday Check time in your city
Contact: Glangley@mcn.org
Thursday March 7th, 2024 / Friday March 8th, Australia
Afterlife Book Club with Gary Langley 1st Thursday of the month at 5 p.m. California time.
March book "Wolf''s Message" by Suzanne Giesemann
Times:
Pacific time 5.00 p.m. Thursday
Phoenix 6 p.m. Thursday
Mountain time 6.00 p.m. Thursday
Central time 7 p.m. Thursday
New York time 8 p.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 12 p.m. Friday
New Zealand 2 p.m. Friday Check time in your city
Contact: Glangley@mcn.org
https://zoom.us/j/3155117825?pwd=RWtBOVJRRFJP
TmpxWlNKUXo3bWlmQT09
RECENT DISCOVERIES IN COSMOLOGY OPEN MINDS TO LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Mario Livio, an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland claims that experts are now saying that they are aware of between 100 billion and 200 billion galaxies in the universe. Also, since the James Webb Space Telescope launched in 2020, we are becoming aware of exponentially more. Our galaxy, The Milky Way, contains between 200 and 400 billion stars and at least 100 billion planets.
How can there NOT be other life forms in this incredible universe?
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEDIUMSHIP "You can show those who are heartbroken by bereavement that death is the great liberator, that it brings freedom to the soul and that reunion is a certainty. Where there is love you can bring this truth by demonstration - the churches cannot do that ...
In a world which chases after illusion and shadow, you can show where truth is to be found. And you can prove what you say, which nobody else can do. This is a great task; it is divine work; it is a labour of the spirit; it is a tremendous service". Philosophy of Silver Birch p. 59.
1) "just to take the time to say a big thank you for all the marvellous work you both do
for all of us in spreading the word of the afterlife.
Could you please tell me are there any books on Dr Nanji and his wife Annie Nanji as this story
is just wonderful and really inspiring to us all.
I would also just like to say your Friday afterlife report has helped me a lot with coping with this world.
Kindest regards to you both".
John and Beatrice
Can anyone help with this enquiry?
2) "Unas pocas palabras, gracias los amo, gracias por tanto amor por nosotros, un abrazo a la distancia." Jose
3) "Thanks for bringing up the work of Cleve Backster. It should be much better known." Gordon Phinn
4)
"Thanks for mentioning Cleve Backster’s work in today’s Afterlife Report. (His name actually *was* spelled “Backster!”) He’s one of my heroes. I visited his lab in NYC in 1970, and spent some time with him, and it was a fascinating experience". Dan Drasin.
INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC: EVA CASSIDY SONGBIRD
One of the most beautiful songs sung by one of the world's most beautiful voices.
“I woke up in the middle of the night and the song just came into my head,” said Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac’s classic Rumours ballad. “I got out of bed, played it on the little piano I have in my room, and sang it with no tape recorder. I sang it from beginning to end: everything.” She added, “I can’t tell you quite how I felt. It was as if I’d been visited. It was a very spiritual thing. I was frightened to play it again in case I’d forgotten it.”
Lyrics: For you, there’ll be no more crying
For you, the sun will be shining
And I feel that when I’m with you
It’s alright, I know it’s right
To you, I’ll give the world
To you, I’ll never be cold
‘Cause I feel that when I’m with you
It’s alright, I know it’s right
Whilst we encourage and we publish many papers and reports by afterlife researchers, we are not in a position to guarantee the accuracy of all claims. We accept the imputed claim that the afterlife and paranormal research done by the researchers is done in good faith. ALL WORK IS COPYRIGHT BY THE CONDITIONS SET AT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON COPYRIGHT.
even committed Spiritualists, do not know that Spiritualism was founded on 
Our guest on this Sunday's Global Gathering, N. Riley Heagerty, has been researching historic Spiritualism and Mediumship for over three decades and has concentrated on the physical phenomena attending the great mediums who manifested their gifts within what he refers to as the “Century of Wonders” between 1848 and 1948. According to Mr. Heagerty, “That century produced mind-staggering manifestations witnessed on numerous occasions by individuals whose integrity would be an insult to question".
Professor Jan W. Vandersande is a rare (retired) academic. His book,
"So you've had a close encounter with a UFO or its occupants. Or maybe you've experienced an "impossible" healing, a perfectly cogent conversation with your dead uncle, or an irrefutable demonstration of "free energy," and you've begun to suspect that the official view of reality isn't the whole picture. Mention any of these things to most working scientists and be prepared for anything from patronizing cynicism to merciless ridicule". So begins Dan Drasin's brilliantly insightful article, 
MARCH EDITION OF THE INNER VOICE MAGAZINE 
The University of Virginia’s Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) today announced 
Northern Beaches Spiritualists (Sydney, Australia), are having a face-to-face meeting on Friday 1st March 2023, at Manly Vale Community Centre - Innes Road Hall at 7 p.m.. See 
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Ana Castro. (SLIDS)
Our guest, N. Riley Heagerty, has been researching historic Spiritualism and Mediumship for over three decades and has concentrated on the physical phenomena attending the great mediums who manifested their gifts within what he refers to as the “Century of Wonders” between 1848 and 1948. According to Mr. Heagerty, “That century produced mind-staggering manifestations witnessed on numerous occasions by individuals whose integrity would be an insult to question".
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays 7 a.m. (Sydney).
Every week participants interested in trying to assist in the development of physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 40 minutes, relax, and listen to music. This is a long-term project and participants must be prepared to sit in harmony without much seeming to happen on the surface.
Debra's Army4Love Gathering welcomes all with compassion and love and embraces everyone, particularly those who may be suffering from emotional, physical and other psychic pain. Debra enables all to safely share their experiences in her Sacred Space. In every Army4Love Gathering Debra welcomes Spirit to speak through her to the group. Each gathering will focus on a relevant topic, and Debra will ask the group to virtually hold one another in the Spirit of hope, healing and love. Debra will also provide a mini-healing for the collective at the end of each gathering. Debra’s intention is that Army4Love will help you have a greater perspective and understanding regarding your adversities while helping you release and alleviate pain. 
Cheryl Page is a medical researcher and medium who dares to ask questions about what is possible with mediumship. She suggests that we inadvertently cut ourselves off from the nearly infinite possibilities that Spirit brings when we are rigid about the “right” way to practice mediumship and is looking for interested mediums or those developing to join her in some fascinating experiments. 
Automatic Writing and Mediumship ETC. Discussion with
Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena. 
August Goforth: Exploratorium.
1st Thursday of the month at 5 p.m. California time.
"You can show those who are heartbroken by bereavement that death is the great liberator, that it brings freedom to the soul and that reunion is a certainty. Where there is love you can bring this truth by demonstration - the churches cannot do that ...
