COMMENTARY: WHY DO WE ALWAYS QUOTE SILVER BIRCH?
Silver Birch is a high-level spirit teacher who for 61 years transmitted information through trance medium Maurice Barbanell. He came through to an established physical and trance circle that met monthly in the home of London author, journalist, and drama critic Hannan Swaffer. Silver Birch was one of several guides that came to the circle and was well-known and loved by the leaders of British Spiritualism. He was always patient, consistent, authoritative, and without ego. His wisdom and eloquence were undisputed. His words have stood the test of time.
Silver Birch made it clear that he was sent as the spokesperson for a vast group of high-level spirits "prophets, seers, sages, wise men of the East and the West, of high and low estate, philosophers of Greece and Rome, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, and Babylon, mingled with those of later generations from Italy, France, and Germany".
The Teachings of Silver Birch, first published in 1938, guided spiritualists during World War II when England was threatened with invasion. After a fascinating foreword by Hannen Swaffer, Silver Birch tells his own story and answers countless questions, including about life in the spirit realms.
Like many millions of Spiritualists, we have found the teachings contained in the books of Silver Birch to be a revelation. They are a wonderful guide to the purpose of life and the afterlife. Read more about Silver Birch.
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCER LEARNS THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL ACTIONS
In May of 1966, 16-year-old Reinee Pasarow of La Crescent, California, became unconscious following an allergic food reaction. During her near-death experience, Reinee had a life review in which she had a surprising revelation.
ANSWERS ABOUT THE AFTERLIFE
In this series, out-of-body explorer Jurgen Ziewe has been answering questions about things he has personally observed during his more than 40 years of exploring the afterlife dimensions in full waking consciousness. This video (Part 4) covers the following questions:
Do we eat and enjoy food in the Afterlife, and what is it made of? Do we still work when we no longer need to? What kind of work will we do? What do we look like after we die, and are we forced to reincarnate? What is the process behind reincarnation? What are the mechanics?
Access more Answers About the Afterlife.
THE KONSTANTIN RAUDIVE PHONE CALLS In 1994 afterlife researcher George Meek received a phone call from ITC researcher Konstantin Raudive (pictured) who had died 20 years earlier in 1974. Raudive claimed he had George's deceased wife, Jeanette, beside him. Fortunately, George had an answerphone attached to the line and was able to hit the record button. Five other ITC researchers, Mark Macy, Sarah Estep, Sonia Rinaldi, Dr. Walter Uphoff, and Hans Heckmann (a close friend and colleague of George Meek) received similar phone calls from Konstantin Raudive during the same period. In each case, the phone call mentioned the previous phone calls. Listen to George Meek's phone call from Konstantin Raudive in the spirit world (1 min 24 secs).
A FORMER ATHEIST DOCTOR DESCRIBES HER STUNNING NDE
Former atheist, neurologist, and hospice physician, Dr. Bettina Peyton, shares her transformational near-death experience and offers valuable insights. [See article in EXPLORE: The Journal of Science & Healing on the case]. Then Dr. Marjorie Woollacott, a neuroscience professor, discusses the transformations caused by near-death experiences and mystical experiences, along with their relationship to consciousness, love, and joy.
ONE HUNDRED CASES OF SURVIVAL AFTER DEATH
For those who like specific evidential cases, we strongly recommend White Crow Books' reprint of a Spiritualist classic, A. T. Baird's OneHundred Cases for Survival After Death. These are cases taken from the archives of The Society For Psychical Research and include cases of dreams, apparitions, trance phenomena, materialization, and direct voice phenomena. The author claimed that he could have chosen a thousand equally good cases from the files. Read more.
JAMES VAN PRAAGH HEARS HIS MOTHER SPEAK THROUGH DIRECT VOICE In October 2017 best-selling author and spirit medium James Van Praagh kindly took time out of his schedule to create this important video testimonial about the mediumship of Leslie Flint.
THE BESSIE MANNING CASE
(Case 91 in A. T. Baird's book above at p.195). "I am Bessy Manning and I want you to send a message to my mother." This request was made to Maurice Barbanell at a direct-voice sitting held on February 10, 1933, at which Estelle Roberts was the medium. Then the voice added the mother's address: "14 Canterbury Street, Blackburn." "My name is Bessy Manning," she repeated, "and I died with tuberculosis last Easter. I have brought my brother who was killed by a motor. . .Tell Mother I still have my long plaits. I am twenty-two and I have blue eyes. Tell her to come, could you bring her here?"
"Maurice Barbanell sent off a telegram of invitation to Bessy's mother in Blackburn—and it found her! On February 20, Mr. Barbanell met Mrs. Manning at the station and escorted her to Teddington, London, where the seance was held. A few days after the seance she wrote a letter of thanks saying "I heard my own daughter speaking, in the same old loving way and the self-same peculiarities of speech. She spoke of incidents that I know for a positive fact no other person could know. I am her mother and am the best judge."
OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF DEATH Susanne Wilson talks with Brian Smith about the questions "Can someone who has a lifelong, intense fear of death ever lose that fear?" and "Can a bereaved parent truly "heal" from grief and what does that look like"?
SELF-GUIDED AFTERLIFE CONNECTIONS This is a free training program developed by Dr. Craig Hogan that will help you learn how to be more open to messages from your loved ones now living on another plane of life. To achieve this result, you must go through all the training stages, in the order in which they are presented, to learn the skills. This training is not a one-time meditation you go through. It will teach you how to enter a state of mind in which afterlife connections can and do occur. They happen in 86% of the people who go through the training. Read more.
AN INTRODUCTION TO PARANORMAL INVESTIGATING
Phillip Wyatt is an evidential spirit medium and experienced paranormal researcher and investigator who specializes in helping Earth-dwelling spirits move on to the next dimension. He is the founder of Georgia Paranormal Investigations and has an extensive background in the study and Practice of ITC. He is also the founder of the Facebook educational group Ghost Education 101 and co-hosts the weekly podcast Ghost Education 101. His books 'The Art Of Spirit', and 'Spirit Reflections' are collections of Spirit Images derived from the ancient form of divination called water scrying.
FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - NEXT WEEK - ALL WELCOME
Friday August 16th, 2024/ Same in Australia AN EVENING WITH SPIRIT
Organised by Sydney Northern Beaches Spiritualists. Every month an excellent professional medium from the United Kingdom, Europe, or Canada will be giving messages to people present in our Zoom Room, as evidence that life continues.
This month's guest in UK medium is Debs Kiely who offers online and live readings, courses, and events. She has a passion for mediumship, psychic readings, and spiritual talks.
The meeting will follow a normal Spiritualist Church service format with Debs providing a short address followed by a demonstration of spirit messages. After the meeting, there will be time to share spiritual experiences, ask questions and make new friends.
Times:
Pacific time 2 a.m. Friday
Phoenix 2 a.m. Friday
Mountain time 3 a.m. Friday
Central time 4 a.m. Friday
New York 5 a.m. Friday
London 10 a.m. Friday
Singapore 5 p.m. Friday
Perth 5 p.m. Friday
Sydney 7 p.m. Friday
Auckland 9 p.m. Friday Check time in your city
Contact Paul Hinson
paulhinson@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/5562413788
The meeting is free of charge but donations are gratefully accepted to defray church running costs
Local Donations to BSB 484-799; A/C No. 165 648 823 Overseas Donations - Swift Code METWAU4B
PayPal – Use NBSC2024@gmail.com
Saturday August 17th, 2024 / Sunday August 18th, Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro.
NO meeting this week - next meeting Saturday August 24th.
Sunday August 18th, 2024/ Monday August 19th, Australia
Global Gathering Our speaker this week is Clark (Sunny) Burgess who has had more than 35 years experience as a working medium. He has just completed a 10-year research project on trance mediumship which has resulted in his book "Explore Your Soul's Purpose Through Trance and Inspirational Control". The book references over 160 books in the research, quite a few of which are rare publications that he travelled the world to read. A book focusing on the trance mediumship of Elizabeth Bedford was one such rare publication. Equally, another book was compiled by the author who played the role of stenographer to document every detail of her sittings with multiple leading trance mediums during the 1940s at the London Spiritualist Alliance.
The book has been described by medium James Van Praagh as "a premiere guide book for any student who is serious about developing their gift of trance mediumship. Sunny, has delicately and precisely brought the mechanics of trance to new levels of basic understanding. I feel this guide is a "must read" for anyone embarking on communication with the spirit levels."
Times:
Pacific Time 2 p.m. Sunday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 3 p.m. Sunday
Central time 4 p.m. Sunday
Eastern time 5 p.m. Sunday
London 10 p.m. Sunday
Vienna 11 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 August 19th, 2024/ Tuesday August 20th, Australia
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 2 p.m. Monday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 3 p.m. Monday
Central time 4 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 5 p.m. Monday
London 10 p.m. Monday
Vienna 11 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
Tuesday August 20th, 2024
Australian-based Physical Mediumship Development Circle (Dark Circle) Every week participants interested in trying to develop 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 3 a.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 3 a.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 4 a.m. Tuesday
Central Time 5 a.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 6 a.m. Tuesday
London 11 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 12 noon. Tuesday
Perth/Singapore 6 p.m. Tuesday
Sydney Australia 8 p.m. Tuesday
Auckland 10 p.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Email paulhinson@gmail.com for more information and the Zoom link.
Wednesday August 21st, 2024 / Thursday August 22nd, Australia
Spirit Search And Rescue with Gordon Phinn.
No group this week - next group Wednesday 4th September 2024.
Wednesday 21st August 2024, Thursday 22nd August, Australia Automatic Writing and Mediumship ETC. Discussion with Sheila Lowe
Share resources and discuss what participants are experiencing.
Times:
Pacific Time 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Phoenix 5.30 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 8.30 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/ Melbourne 10.30 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 12.30 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 August 21st, 2024 / Thursday August 22nd, 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 6 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 9 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines and link.
A CHANNELLED MESSAGE FROM EILEEN CADDY- BE A LIGHT BEARER
"Never sit back and say the world is in an awful mess, the country is in an awful mess but there is nothing much you as an individual can do to help the situation.
There is a tremendous amount each individual can do to help the whole situation. With love in your hearts and a complete surrendering of yourselves to Me to use you as I will, I can use you as channels to do much to help many souls that are floundering around in darkness.
When you sit in peace and stillness together each day you become a tremendous power as the vibrations are raised and you open yourselves up and allow Me to use you to channel My divine Love and Light out into the world and into the lives of individuals. You feel the tremendous linking up of all the forces of Light all over the world. You feel the links becoming stronger every day. You are My Light-Bearers.'
~ guidance received by Eileen Caddy
PETS AND THE AFTERLIFE
Many people who have near-death experiences are thrilled to be reunited with their pets or even pets that family members had owned years before.
SIMPLE ACTS OF KINDNESS
People are always surprised in life reviews during a near-death experience that it is often the tiny things they do for others that leave the biggest impact.
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I’m enjoying your posts and emails every week and my heart blesses you. Thank you again." Daniela.
3) "The lecture on AVPs, a term I hadn't come across before, was exhaustive and extremely interesting even though many of the cases mentioned are well known to us. The 12 digit serial number memorized by the NDEr was the nearest thing we have so far to a 'target' being seen and remembered. But let's face it, if you found yourself suddenly floating near the ceiling looking down on your apparently dead body and what doctors and nurses were doing the last thing you'd notice would be a target on top of a piece of equipment.. So as the lecturer said, these have to be made much more noticeable. The one who recalled the 12 digit number must be considered an exception; remembering numbers was a rare talent he had." Tony
HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC: 'TO WHERE YOU ARE' In 2001, Josh Groban guest-starred on two episodes of the Fox television drama Ally McBeal. In his second appearance he performed "To Where You Are" written by Richard Marx and Linda Thompson, at a church service. The song played a crucial role in the early success of Josh Groban’s career allowing him to establish himself as a major artist in the music industry. The song remains a staple in his live performances and continues to be adored by his fans. In the years since, it has given comfort and inspiration to millions.
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.
Silver Birch made it clear that he was sent as the spokesperson for a vast group of high-level spirits "prophets, seers, sages, wise men of the East and the West, of high and low estate, philosophers of Greece and Rome, Syria, Chaldea, Persia, and Babylon, mingled with those of later generations from Italy, France, and Germany". 
In 1994 afterlife researcher George Meek received a phone call from ITC researcher Konstantin Raudive (pictured) who had died 20 years earlier in 1974. Raudive claimed he had George's deceased wife, Jeanette, beside him. Fortunately, George had an answerphone attached to the line and was able to hit the record button. Five other ITC researchers, Mark Macy, Sarah Estep, Sonia Rinaldi, Dr. Walter Uphoff, and Hans Heckmann (a close friend and colleague of George Meek) received similar phone calls from Konstantin Raudive during the same period. In each case, the phone call mentioned the previous phone calls. 
strongly recommend White Crow Books' reprint of a Spiritualist classic, A. T. Baird's 
"I am Bessy Manning and I want you to send a message to my mother." This request was made to Maurice Barbanell at a direct-voice sitting held on February 10, 1933, at which Estelle Roberts was the medium. Then the voice added the mother's address: "14 Canterbury Street, Blackburn." "My name is Bessy Manning," she repeated, "and I died with tuberculosis last Easter. I have brought my brother who was killed by a motor. . .Tell Mother I still have my long plaits. I am twenty-two and I have blue eyes. Tell her to come, could you bring her here?" 
This is a free training program developed by Dr. Craig Hogan that will help you learn how to be more open to messages from your loved ones now living on another plane of life. To achieve this result, you must go through all the training stages, in the order in which they are presented, to learn the skills. This training is not a one-time meditation you go through. It will teach you how to enter a state of mind in which afterlife connections can and do occur. They happen in 86% of the people who go through the training. 
This month's guest in UK medium is 
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro. 
Our speaker this week is 
The book has been described by medium James Van Praagh as "a premiere guide book for any student who is serious about developing their gift of trance mediumship. Sunny, has delicately and precisely brought the mechanics of trance to new levels of basic understanding. I feel this guide is a "must read" for anyone embarking on communication with the spirit levels."
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays 7 a.m. (Sydney).
Every week participants interested in trying to develop 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.
Automatic Writing and Mediumship ETC. 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. 
