DO WE MEET OUR LOVED ONES IN THE AFTERLIFE? Unlike some Eastern religions, Spiritualism has always emphasised the reality of personal survival and
the fact that it is possible to communicate with people who have died.
Can you imagine having a two-way conversation with your 'dead' partner where they speak in their own voice for half an hour? You talk about people you both know and things that are happening in both your lives. Their voice is loud and clear and independent of the medium and can be heard by the other people in the room. The conversation can even be tape-recorded.
This is what happened to Dr. Dinshaw Nanji, an Indian Doctor who lived in Sweden, when he traveled to London in 1971 to sit with Leslie Flint, the famous direct voice medium. Dr. Nanji's wife, Anni, had died five years previously, and he was desperate to contact her. After that first session, he continued to travel to London twice a year for further sessions for the next 12 years until he was too frail to travel.
Fortunately, we have more than 66 remarkable tapes of their sessions. They talk in casual conversation like any married couple. Anni tells Her husband that she now looks about 20 years old and that he will also be young again when he joins her. She says he comes to visit her very often when he is asleep and cannot understand that he does not remember. Dr. Nanji said: "This wasn't someone impersonating my wife, it was my dead wife who knew so many things unknown to the medium, Leslie Flint."
THE AFTERLIFE VIEWS OF SIR WILLIAM AND LADY BARRETT ( A DOCUMENTARY BY DR. KEITH PARSONS) One of the important historical figures in psychical research in England is Sir William Barrett FRS, an experimental physicist. Through many investigations, he satisfied himself about survival after death as well as a wide range of other psychical phenomena. And through cooperation with Lady Barrett and the medium Gladys Osbourne Leonard, he also showed that post-mortem communication was possible from the Other Side. This documentary looks at the lives of this interesting & distinguished couple. Keith Parsons has made numerous 'afterlife evidence' videos and you can see his playlist here.
NO-ONE REALLY DIES
If you're still not sure about the afterlife, or even if you are, you must read Michael Tymn's book No-one Really Dies: 25 Reasons to Believe in an Afterlife. It will leave you intrigued and fascinated. In the first chapter, he details the personal experience of a mediumship reading that stunned him and, in the second, the incredible experiences that led Jon Beecher to create White Crow Books. Many of the cases reported in this book are bizarre and exceed the normal boggle threshold, but it should be kept in mind that the high-profile people who reported on them did so after numerous observations, often under highly controlled conditions. And all of them put their considerable reputations on the line by sharing them publicly. Read chapter headings from the Kindle edition.
A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCER WHO SAW THE PROCESS OF PLANNING HER LIFE Sometimes when near-death experiencers
express reluctance to return to the life they had just left, they are told that they had chosen the circumstances of that life themselves. When they continue to say "that's impossible" some claim to have been shown the equivalent of a video clip of a meeting where they agreed to their life plan. Betty Guadagno had a spiritually transformative experience in March 2019. She was shown that she had chosen the experience of being an orphan after both her parents suicided, being a drug addicted sex worker, and an atheist.
THE EARTH-LIKE ASTRAL WORLD Back in 1961, an out-of-body experiencer described his excursions into the astral world (the lower regions of the afterlife) in a book that is almost identical in detail to accounts by Swedenborg and those in "Life in the World Unseen" dictated by Mons. Hugh Benson to Anthony Borgia. He says that it takes time for a person's astral body to synchronise with the vibration of a particular level which may explain why some out-of-body experiencers feel that they don't have a body. Read Frederick C. Sculthorp's "Excursions to the Spirit World".
NDEs HELP PREPARE US FOR END OF LIFE
Canadian inter-faith chaplain David Maginley spoke at an IANDS conference about the beautiful, transformative effect NDEs can have at the end of life. Through moving stories and tender humor, David brings you to the bedside to encounter ordinary people realizing their extraordinary potential as they touch the love from which we flow.
TO CHANGE YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE EFFORT "Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections. You are exactly the same after death as you were before. Nothing changes; you only give up the body. If you are a thief or a liar or a cheater before death, you don't become an angel merely by dying. If such were possible, then let us all go and jump in the ocean now and become angels at once! Whatever you have made of yourself thus far, so will you be hereafter. And when you reincarnate, you will bring that same nature with you. To change, you have to make the effort. This world is the place to do it". Paramahansa Yogananda
WILLIAM BUHLMAN: BELIEF IS NOT THE WAY
Out-of-Body experiencer and highly recommended writer William Buhlman dealt firsthand with disbelief when his loved ones and friends refused to believe that he was having repeated out-of-body experiences. He claims that this is a common experience for the many thousands of children who have OBEs.
REVOLUTIONARY INSTRUMENTAL TRANS-COMMUNICATION
According to Mark Macy’s blog, Macy Afterlife: The Beacon, scientists working for the International Network for Instrumental Transcommunication (INIT) received from the afterlife:
• pictures of people and places in the afterlife on television that either appeared clearly on the screen and remained for at least several frames or which built up steadily into a reasonably clear picture over multiple frames.
• text and/or picture files from people in the afterlife which appeared in computer memory or were planted on disk or similar recordable media.
• text and/or images of people and places in the afterlife by way of fax messages.
Such contacts, which were received by European experimenters over a 10-year period and by researchers worldwide from 1995 through 1997, gave us a clear picture of life after death. Read more.
INSTRUMENTAL TRANSCOMMUNICATION Hans F. Kennis from the Netherlands experimented with EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) from 1973 with good results. From 2008 onwards he experimented with photographing ITC images in water, combined with simultaneous EVP. On his excellent website ITC EXPERIMENTS, he gives details of 33 scientists who studied ITC and were convinced of its reality. He also outlines 3 cases where he was able to get evidential pictures of people, two from centuries past and one known to him, combined with EVP verification of their identity: 1. Robert de Bar 2. John Dee and 3. Jos Spijkstra
You can read his considered conclusion about EVP and ITC after 47 years of systematic research on this page.
MICAHEL NEWTON AND DOLORES CANNON
Rob Cimperman is a prolific new filmmaker. His new documentary, "Unlocking the Soul" is free on Tubi TV (works in the USA and selected countries) and YouTube. In this short extract, he discusses the techniques used by Michael Newton and Dolores Cannon in their between-lives hypnotherapy and how they differ but also discovered common themes like planning challenges with guides and elders, and a life review after death.
QUESTION: DO WE LOSE OUR INDIVIDUALITY IN THE AFTERLIFE?
Victor: Not according to Mons. High Benson, a highly credible afterlife teacher, who writes: "As we progress and advance from realm to realm, we retain our individuality as well as the outward form and features by which we are recognised. The light which bespeaks (shows) our spiritual elevation may become more intense, but never so much as to submerge, beneath its power and brilliance, that which is our very personality". Anthony Borgia "Heaven and Earth".
UNCLE FRED IS STILL ALIVE
One of the major concerns that the idea of reincarnation raises for many people is the fear that when they get to the other side their loved one will have been reincarnated and will not be there to meet them. Recently out-of-body experiencer Jurgen Ziewe put out a video commentary trying to allay that fear.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE "I AM" ASPECT OF SELF
A one-day meditation retreat Sunday, May 21st, 2023 Read more.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE ANOTHER CHANCE "The great glory of the knowledge we strive to bring to your world is that life does not end with death, that all who have suffered, that all who have failed, are provided with an opportunity of self-redemption, that the tears of frustration are wiped away in the knowledge of what can be achieved, that all who have desired to enrich their world and failed can add their lustre to mankind's growth". Guidance from Silver Birch
The “Angel Guidance Zoom Group” is now on the Second Saturday of each month.
You are invited to join Angel Medium Nancy Freier and friends to talk with the Angels.
They have a lot to say to help raise our spiritual awareness, healing and navigating life’s challenges. As they have said, “We will be zooming enlightenment around the world.” Please join us!
Times:
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Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Ana Castro.
A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec, and Chico Xavier. See videos of previous meetings.
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Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
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Sunday May 14th 2023/ Monday May 15th Australia
Mediumship Development with Dr. Susan Barnes. Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Meetings: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday
Times
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Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733
Sunday May 14th 2023/ Monday May 15th Australia Global Gathering: This week's guest Sheila Lowe writes:
"When my daughter Jennifer was killed by her boyfriend in 2000 I always thought I would write about her life. The title of the book came to me right away, but I couldn't seem to get started. Eventually, I dropped the idea, despite many people urging me to "write the story of my life." That book has now been written. Growing From the Ashes details Sheila's journey from a fear-based childhood rooted in a religious cult that teaches "any spirit contact is from the Devil," to the freedom of knowing that there is no death, only life after earth.
Times:
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London 10 p.m. Sunday
Amsterdam 11 p.m. Sunday
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New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday Check time in your city
Co-ordinators: karynjarvie@ozemail.com.au and wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Sunday May 14th 2023/ Monday May 15th Australia
Spiritualism Today with Dr. Norma Turner Every Sunday - a combination of a presentation of some aspect of Spiritualism and spirituality followed by open discussion. If you have questions about Spiritualism or spirituality or religion, bring them here.
Times: Pacific 4 p.m. Sunday
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Contact: njturner@earthlink.net
Norma’s Room: https://zoom.us/j/3499782616
Monday May 15th 2023 / Tuesday May 16th Australia
Dream Circle with Kim Parker
A small group meets every two weeks - to share and explore the meaning of their dreams.
Times:
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Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Wednesday May 17th 2023 / Thursday May 18th Australia
Automatic Writing and Mediumship Discussion with Sheila Lowe
Share resources and discuss what participants are experiencing
1st and 3rd Wednesdays.
Times:
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Perth 8.30 a.m. Thursday
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New Zealand 12.30 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city Coordinator: Sheila Lowe sheila@sheilalowe.com https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87248527074?
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[if the room is not open email Sheila]
Wednesday May 17th 2023 / Thursday May 18th Australia
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.
Pacific and Arizona time 6 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain Daylight time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central Daylight time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
London 2 a.m. Thursday
Perth 9.a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city THIS GROUP IS CURRENTLY NOT TAKING NEW MEMBERS
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org
Thursday May 19th 2023 / Friday May 20th 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:
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Mountain Daylight time 1 p.m. Thursday
Central Daylight time 2 p.m. Thursday
New York time 3 p.m. Thursday
London 8 p.m. Thursday
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New Zealand 7 a.m. Friday Check time in your city
Contact: Glangley@mcn.org
AMELIA KINKADE: WHAT ANIMALS ARE TRYING TO TEACH US Amelia Kinkade is an American actress, dancer, and author. She is also an animal communicator who has written several books about human-to-animal communication and worked closely with Dr. Edgar Mitchell. She has also become an inspirational speaker who lectures in 10-15 countries a year where she trains animal lovers from all walks of life including doctors and vets.
DO ALL ANIMALS SURVIVE DEATH?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions about the afterlife. Information that pets that have been loved while on earth survive in the afterlife has come from every country – through near-death experiences, mediumship, after-death contacts, etc. It has been repeated over time and space. Silver Birch tells us that loving your pet raises its vibrations so it can join you in the sphere where you are. All animals survive, we are told, but in their own areas. It is interesting to note that while Christianity has traditionally taught that animals do not survive death that may be changing. Some 60 "well-known Christian teachers" have stated their own belief that animals go to heaven in this book.
HIDDEN MIRACLES OF THE NATURAL WORLD
We live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world to light, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg bends the boundaries of time and space with high-speed cameras, time lapses, and microscopes.
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INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC: WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
This 1970 version includes a powerful spoken introduction by Louis Armstrong. First recorded and released as a single in 1967, What a Wonderful World was written for Louis Armstrong. It was intended as an antidote for the increasingly racially and politically charged climate of everyday life in the United States. The song also has a hopeful, optimistic tone about the future, something we all need to focus on right now.
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DO WE MEET OUR LOVED ONES IN THE AFTERLIFE?
Fortunately, we have more than 66 remarkable tapes of their sessions. They talk in casual conversation like any married couple. Anni tells Her husband that she now looks about 20 years old and that he will also be young again when he joins her. She says he comes to visit her very often when he is asleep and cannot understand that he does not remember. Dr. Nanji said: "This wasn't someone impersonating my wife, it was my dead wife who knew so many things unknown to the medium, Leslie Flint." 
f you're still not sure about the afterlife, or even if you are, you must read Michael Tymn's book 
Back in 1961, an out-of-body experiencer described his excursions into the astral world (the lower regions of the afterlife) in a book that is almost identical in detail to accounts by Swedenborg and those in "Life in the World Unseen" dictated by Mons. Hugh Benson to Anthony Borgia. He says that it takes time for a person's astral body to synchronise with the vibration of a particular level which may explain why some out-of-body experiencers feel that they don't have a body. Read Frederick C. Sculthorp's 
"Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections. You are exactly the same after death as you were before. Nothing changes; you only give up the body. If you are a thief or a liar or a cheater before death, you don't become an angel merely by dying. If such were possible, then let us all go and jump in the ocean now and become angels at once! Whatever you have made of yourself thus far, so will you be hereafter. And when you reincarnate, you will bring that same nature with you. To change, you have to make the effort. This world is the place to do it". 
Macy Afterlife: The Beacon
Hans F. Kennis from the Netherlands experimented with EVP (
"As we progress and advance from realm to realm, we retain our individuality as well as the outward form and features by which we are recognised. The light which bespeaks (shows) our spiritual elevation may become more intense, but never so much as to submerge, beneath its power and brilliance, that which is our very personality". Anthony Borgia "Heaven and Earth". 
"The great glory of the knowledge we strive to bring to your world is that life does not end with death, that all who have suffered, that all who have failed, are provided with an opportunity of self-redemption, that the tears of frustration are wiped away in the knowledge of what can be achieved, that all who have desired to enrich their world and failed can add their lustre to mankind's growth".
The “Angel Guidance Zoom Group” is now on the Second Saturday of each month.
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Ana Castro.
Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Global Gathering: This week's guest Sheila Lowe writes: 
Every Sunday - a combination of a presentation of some aspect of Spiritualism and spirituality followed by open discussion. If you have questions about Spiritualism or spirituality or religion, bring them here. 
Automatic Writing and Mediumship Discussion with Sheila Lowe 
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. 
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