COMMENTARY: SPIRIT COMMUNICATION THROUGH ELECTRONIC DEVICES
For more than 50 years experimenters all over the world have been tape-recording 'paranormal voices'—voices that cannot be heard when a tape recorder is playing, but that can be heard when the tape is played back. The experimenter turns on the tape recorder and asks a question, leaving a space for an answer. When the tape is played back, an answer is sometimes heard. This is called the electronic voice phenomena or EVP.
Many of the messages claim to be from loved ones who have died. Sometimes they use the experimenter's name and answer specific questions. The Association Transcommunication insists that the voices must be studied scientifically and not treated as a form of amusement or sensationalism. Led by Tom and Lisa Butler they have undertaken scientific studies of EVP - read more.
One of the beauties of this method is that almost anyone can learn how to record EVPs. Sheri Perl has created an EVP Slide Show which explains how people can get started as well as examples of her own EVP experiments using different sound sources. John Wright was one of several of our subscribers who were able to use it to establish regular long-term meaningful communication with a crossed over spouse.
THE ATRANSC - BIG CIRCLE
Here are some stories told by people who have recorded the voice of their loved one using electronic voice phenomena (EVP). The Big Circle is a name given by Martha Copeland's daughter, Cathy, for people in the physical and in the etheric who help one another in life. This is an Association TransCommunication (ATransC) project. Parts of these videos were provided by worlditc.org.
OUR LOVED ONES ARE ONLY A WHISPER AWAY Lance Reed, EVP and ITC researcher writes:
"I believe in a spiritual world that's living and fully awake, My purpose is to bring evidence and comfort of this world to the people. I want to live each moment, where each and every person on this planet realises just how precious we all are, with the thought of knowing there is more to this life than we believe or have been told—knowing that this life is only a small part of the journey, where their loved ones that have passed before them are only a whisper away. This realisation, I believe, would change the world for the better." Lance will be our guest on next Sunday's Zoom Global Gathering at 5 p.m. Eastern USA time https://zoom.us/j/7595442928.
CALLING EARTH - FABULOUS DOCUMENTARY
Make the time to watch or re-watch this wonderful documentary by filmmaker and writer Daniel Drasin. He has done a great job of sifting through mountains of information to create a clear timeline of the development of communication with the deceased from EVP to direct radio voice and then visual images to the Scole experiment. Daniel will be hosting the discussion on next Sunday's Zoom Global Gathering.
VICKI TALBOTT: COMMUNICATING WITH OUR LOVED ONES BEYOND THE VEIL WITH EVP
When Vicki Talbott's only child, Braden, died in a kayaking accident in 2000, they both already knew about the afterlife and EVP. So it was not a surprise to Vicki when she started receiving messages from Braden on her answerphone. What did surprise her, however, was that Braden had already been coming through to a group of mothers experimenting with EVP whose children called themselves and their parents "The Big Circle". Vicky joined the Big Circle and she and Braden continue to work to communicate and unite children with their parents and teach people about life everlasting. See Big Circle Recording Sessions and Welcome to Eternity.
THE VATICAN SUPPORTS EVP Unknown to many Christians, the Catholic Church has been actively positive and encouraging towards investigations of the electronic voice phenomena. Two of the earliest investigators were Italian Catholic priests, Father Ernetti and Father Gemelli, who came upon the phenomena by chance while they were recording Gregorian chants in 1952. Father Gemelli heard his own father's voice on the tape calling him by a childhood nickname saying 'Zucchini, it is clear, don't you know it is I '. Deeply troubled by Catholic teaching regarding contact with the dead, the two priests visited Pope Pius XII in Rome. The Pope reassured them: "Dear Father Gemelli, you really need not worry about this. The existence of this voice is strictly a scientific fact and has nothing to do with spiritism. The recorder is totally objective." Read more.
ITC REPORT AROUND 1999 During the 1990s miracles happened in terms of contact with the afterlife which began to be reported in the mainstream media. You can read more about them on Mark Macy's website The Beacon.
MARK MACY AND WORLD ITC
According to Mark Macy, a leading researcher in this area, throughout the 1990s the research laboratories in Europe received extended, two-way communication with spirit colleagues almost daily through telephone answering machines, radios, and computer printouts. He writes "As a result, for the first time in history, we have been shown direct physical evidence of what life is really like after we shed the physical body." In this video Mark Macy explains how he first got involved and the contribution of George Meek.
PHONE CALLS FROM THE DEAD. Scott Rogo and Raymond Bayless published examples of calls involving the deceased in their 1979 book Phone Calls from the Dead (read PDF). At the time it was criticised by skeptics as being "unscientific". In 2012- 2024 parapsychologist Dr. Callum E. Cooper revisited the subject in his book Telephone Calls from the Dead (revised edition 2024) and extended the work of Rogo and Bayless with new examples and further analysis. He gives some biographical details of Rogo and Bayless, then traces the history of research into anomalous communication utilising the telephone. In some cases calls were spontaneously received, in others, researchers built equipment – psychic telephones – which they hoped would facilitate contact with the beyond.
PARANORMAL PHONE CALLS RECORDED During several weeks in 1994 six American ITC researchers received phone calls from fellow researcher Konstantin Raudive who died in 1974. These were George Meek, Mark Macy, Sarah Estep, Sonia Rinaldi, Dr Walter Uphoff, and Hans Heckmann (a close friend and colleague of George Meek). In each case, the phone call mentioned the previous phone calls. Listen to a recording of the call to ITC experimenter George Meek.
German ITC researcher, Adolf Homes, received a text file on his computer in Germany giving details of the phone calls. His computer was not connected to the internet and the message simply appeared on the screen. The message said other successful contacts had been made to China and Japan by telephone and fax.
CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH PROJECT There are many reports of people receiving contact with loved ones via cell phones. One of the most well known was the case of Charles Peck whose cell phone sent out 35 messages to all his loved ones afer he died in a train crash. Dr. Barušs and Durra Kadiragha completed a pilot study involving 21 participants who claimed to have received cell phone calls (35%), photos or videos (20%), text messages (20%), non-vocal sounds during telephone calls or on voicemail (15%), or extraneous voices during telephone calls (10%), from deceased family or friends. Their findings were presented at an online joint meeting of the Society for Scientific Exploration and the Parapsychological Association in July 2021. In 2023 Dr. Imants Barušs was awarded a $44,500 grant by the Bial Foundation to study phenomena. Read more.
SONIA RINALDI'S PHOTOS AND VOICES SENT FROM SPIRIT Susanne Wilson talks with Sonia Rinaldi who shares that departed loved ones and interdimensional beings send their pictures and voices to us by using everyday materials and equipment. Sonia Rinaldi has three decades of instrumental transcommunication (ITC) research and is developing novel ITC methods.
Friday July 19th 2024 AN EVENING WITH SPIRIT(ON ZOOM) Organised by Sydney Northern Beaches Spiritualists.
Guest Canadian medium Rickie Avitan.
An online platform demonstration with a visiting medium or a presentation or a discussion. The meeting will follow a normal Spiritualist Church service format with Rickie providing a short address followed by a demonstration of spirit messages. After the meeting, there will be time to share spiritual experiences 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
Advall@iinet.net.au 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 July 20th 2024/ Sunday July 21st Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Ana Castro.
A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec, and Chico Xavier. See videos of previous meetings.
Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 1 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 6 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 8 a.m. Sunday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday July 21st 2024/ Monday July 22nd Australia
Global Gathering: every Sunday/Monday Daniel Drasin and Vicki Talbott will introduce our guest this week, Lance Reed, a well-known and respected ITC operator/ researcher. Lance began sitting for mediumship development in 1995 and in 2006 turned to EVP. He records EVPs daily as a member of "The Big Circle" and is passionate about helping others to learn this simple way of obtaining evidence of the afterlife. He believes everyone can do it and will be showing people how to get started themselves. As he says, it takes patience but once the other side decides to make contact it can change your life.
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 Room opens 15 minutes before meeting
Co-ordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday July 22nd 2024/ Tuesday July 23rd Australia GOSH: Gatherings over Strange Happenings with Kim Parker When: Every two weeks on Mondays
(UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays at 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 a 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 time in your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Tuesday July 23rd 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 Paul Hinson Advall@iinet.net.au for more information and Zoom link.
Tuesday July 23rd 2024/ Wednesday July 24th Australia
Spirit Art We are meeting to create spirit art with messages.
No art experience required.
Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
If Dr. Sue is not there at the appointed time, it is probably because she is dealing with an ongoing health issue.
She apologises in advance and will try to be back next time.
Times:
Pacific time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Central Time 8 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 9 p.m. Tuesday
London 2 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/873881773
Wednesday July 24th 2024 / Thursday July 25th, Australia
Platform Mediumship with Paul M. Hinson
2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month USA / at 4.30 p.m. Pacific time
Paul is an English medium now based in Sydney. He does "platform readings" giving messages to most people present.
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. Wednesday
Perth 8.30 a.m. Thursday
Singapore 8.30 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/ Melbourne 10.30 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 12.30 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Contact: Paul Hinson
Advall@iinet.net.au https://zoom.us/j/5562413788 PLEASE NOTE: CHANGED ROOM
Wednesday July 24th, 2024 / Thursday July 25th, 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
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines,
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,
Thursday July 25th 2024 / Friday June 26th Australia
August Goforth: Exploratorium This group meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. But this month
it is on a week later.
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.
Thursday June 25th 2024 / Friday June 28th Australia Sheri Perl's Meditation, Inspiration, Communication (MIC) This group will meet on the 4th Thursday of the month at 3 p.m. Eastern time - cancelled for this month.
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THE POWER OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
"You cannot convince people of spiritual truth. They can only convince themselves. You cannot convert people; they can only convert themselves. Spiritual power must work its own will, and not until the soul is receptive can the individual accept the truth". Guidance from Silver Birch, '66 p.73.
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"Oh fantastic report as usual, very informative, I love the song ! ...
I had a time slip. I drove for 2hrs going 100km on a freeway, driving my land cruiser on my own to see my dying mum. My car was not on cruise control and for me not a second went past, but I had driven over 200kM and went more than 2 hours past my turn-off !" Karen
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THE POWER OF THE OM CHANT Jurgen Ziewe explains that he composed this Om Mantra after he had realised the powerful effect that the mantra had while he was out of his body. He writes:
"The effect is always different and completely unexpected. I compare it to launching a rocket from outer space, where it does not have to overcome the gravity of the Earth. You are instantly carried off into a higher stratum, yet strangely, not always into the pure spiritual realm, because it often depends on where you are mentally at the time, but it will always have a beneficial effect. Mostly though, I end up in the most sublime worlds and states..." The science behind the Om Mantra.
HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC: 'I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU'.
This song seems very appropriate when we think of EVP or other forms of spirit communication. Over and over we are told that love is the link that brings our loved ones back to comfort us and that where there is love there will never be separation. Stevie Wonder is an incredible musician and songwriter ("You Are the Sunshine of My Life", "I Just Called to Say I Love You", "Isn't She Lovely") having recorded 30 top 10 hits and selling more than 100 million records worldwide. In 2009, Wonder was a passionate worker for civil rights and was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
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COMMENTARY: SPIRIT COMMUNICATION THROUGH ELECTRONIC DEVICES 
Lance Reed, EVP and ITC researcher writes:
Unknown to many Christians, the Catholic Church has been actively positive and encouraging towards investigations of the electronic voice phenomena. Two of the earliest investigators were Italian Catholic priests, Father Ernetti and Father Gemelli, who came upon the phenomena by chance while they were recording Gregorian chants in 1952. Father Gemelli heard his own father's voice on the tape calling him by a childhood nickname saying 'Zucchini, it is clear, don't you know it is I '. Deeply troubled by Catholic teaching regarding contact with the dead, the two priests visited Pope Pius XII in Rome. The Pope reassured them: "Dear Father Gemelli, you really need not worry about this. The existence of this voice is strictly a scientific fact and has nothing to do with spiritism. The recorder is totally objective." 
Dr. Cardoso began experimenting with EVP in 1997 and soon developed Direct Radio Voices. In 2000 she founded 
Scott Rogo and Raymond Bayless published examples of calls involving the deceased in their 1979 book Phone Calls from the Dead (
During several weeks in 1994 six American ITC researchers received phone calls from fellow researcher Konstantin Raudive who died in 1974. These were George Meek, Mark Macy, Sarah Estep, Sonia Rinaldi, Dr Walter Uphoff, and Hans Heckmann (a close friend and colleague of George Meek). In each case, the phone call mentioned the previous phone calls. Listen to 
There are many reports of people receiving contact with loved ones via cell phones. One of the most well known was 
Organised by Sydney Northern Beaches Spiritualists.
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study with Ana Castro.
When: Every two weeks on Mondays 
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.
We are meeting to create spirit art with messages. 
Platform Mediumship with Paul M. Hinson
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
Run by mother and daughter Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsely, the
THE POWER OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 
FEEDBACK: (Three only)
he had realised the powerful effect that the mantra had while he was out of his body. He writes: