Journey Through the Light and Back

After suffering from a terminal illness, in 1982 Mellen-Thomas Benedict ‘died’ and for an hour and a half he was monitored showing no vital signs. Miraculously he returned to his body with a complete remission of the disease – and what may be the most inspirational near-death experience story known to date.

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Near Death Experiences

NDE Light from Near Death Experiences

Rene Jorgensen on the Call the Doctor Show

NDE expert and researcher Rene Jorgensen appeared on the TV show Call the Doctor along with Dr. Jeffrey Long and David Benneth to discuss the scientific evidence for near-death experiences, research and insights from the experience. Jorgensen also shared his research from his book "The Light Behind God," which investigates the parallels to religion.

Enmore Spiritualist Church medium in Falconio murder mystery

Caterina Ligato, (left) a medium who attended development and meditation classes at Enmore Spiritualist Church has said in an interview in the Daily Telegraph that she has contacted the murdered back packer Peter Falconio and that he has given her a message that the wrong man has been jailed over his murder:

 

Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio

Psychic: I know what happened to Peter Falconio

Ten years after the mysterious disappearance of English backpacker Peter Falconio, Australia’s leading psychic medium, Caterina Ligato believes she can shed some new light on the case, including the revelation that John Murdoch, the man convicted of Falconio’s murder, is innocent.

“I contacted Peter through my guides to attempt to ascertain exactly what happened. I was asked by a media agency to see if I could speak with him and I have” said Ligato who is famous for her ability to talk with the spirit world and perform exorcisms.

“He told me he got involved with some bad people and agreed to be a part of a deal which involved drugs. However, he did not keep his part of the deal and fled the UK with Joanne as he was worried that the people involved might go after her.”

read the rest of the interview here.

An interview with Alison DuBois

Patricia Arquette (left) with Alison DuBois

The popular TV series Medium was based upon the life of medium Alison DuBois. The series starred Patricia Arquette as the Medium.

To read an interview with Alison click here.

Brittany The Book Slayer also has a good review of Allison's book Don't Kiss Them Goodbye here.

'The One' is a TV show about mediums that investigates people's pyschic abilities.. It is not about Spiritualism.
However it can be interesting and fun to attend and the producers are seeking potential audience members

theaudience@seven.com.au or Telephone 02 9877 7226

audience wanted for TV show in Sydney

'The One' is a TV show about mediums that investigates people's pyschic abilities.. It is not about Spiritualism.
However it can be interesting and fun to attend and the producers are seeking potential audience members

Channel Seven have asked us to post the following information if you wish to attend. You may want to get in early as these programs tend to be very popular :

Whether you are a believer or skeptic you are invited to meet out psychics and be a part of our studio audience in our ground breaking show.

We are filming at the Seven studios at Everleigh on the following dates :

July 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th

Contact :

theaudience@seven.com.au or Telephone 02 9877 7226

Movies About Spiritualism

In this modern day of mass and quick communications via a host of new media, Spiritualism seems to have fallen by the wayside as a subject for film.

However there are many good short clips on Youtube about the subject (one is below) but we hear there is a new Spiritualist organisation that is to concentrate on producing documentaries about Spiritualism that will include attempts to show as much physical evidence as possible.

More about that when it comes to hand.

Here is a short film about the history of Spiritualism made by the SNU.

Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist ?

One of the world's largest Spiritualist organisations, the SNU in England has many free books on Spiritualism that can be downloaded including one with the above title.

This is a list of the books available and their sizes. Go to the SNU website here.

Beyond the Five Senses	L Margery Bazett	75	183k	1946
The Seven Principles	George F. Berry (SNU President 1920)	13	41k	1921
Trance Addresses 1866	Emma Hardinge Britten	105	327k	1866
Researches	Sir William Crookes	65	208k	1926
The Universe and Man	James F. Malcolm O.B.E	28	84k	1964
Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist?	Nettie Colburn Maynard	54	157k	1917
Glimpses of the Next State (The education of an agnostic)	Vice Admiral W. Usborne Moore	273	941k	1911
The Voices		252	754k	1913
Spirit Identity by the Direct Voice		19	60k	1914
Spirit Teachings	William Stainton Moses	195	558K	18??
More Spirit Teachings	William Stainton Moses	72	220k	18??
The Life Beyond The Veil	Rev. G. Vale Owen	92	282k	1920
Spiritualism in the Evolution of Philosophy	Ernest Thompson MSNU	64	211k	1950
The Reality of Psychic Phenomena	W. J. Crawford	117	680k	1916
The SNU in 1936

The inventor of television and Spiritualism

I am convinced that discoveries of far-reaching

importance remain waiting along these shadowy and discredited paths

John Logie Baird

John Logie Baird on Spiritualism

The Fox Sisters

 

The world's most eminent scientists are not usually associated with the dim-lit surroundings of a clairvoyant's parlour.
But some of science's biggest names have not only dabbled in, but been entirely convinced by the world of the seance.

Guglielmo Marconi, Alexander Graham Bell and John Logie Baird are familiar to most for the household indispensables they invented. But the attraction to spiritualism they all shared is definitely not part of the GCSE science syllabus.
All three men, and many other Victorian scientific pioneers, became involved with the religion, which depended on strange forces being demonstrated through bizarre phenomena.
Read the full story here

A psychic medium who works with children

Chip Coffey is a psychic medium who works with children to help them regain control of their psychic abilities. Through his work he can help a child become more in tune and less afraid of the spiritual activity around them.

SNU reverses Eric Hatton book decision

The SNU, one of the UK's longest running Spiritualist organisations has reversed it's decision not to stock the autobiography of well known medium Eric Hatton.

Read the full story at the Spirit of PN.

Secret life story of psychic MP Winifred Coombe Tennant

Lloyd George & Winifred Coombe Tennant

A fascinating story from the BBC ( spotted by Spiritualism Link)

"Details of the life of Welsh Liberal politician, Winifred Coombe Tennant, have been revealed in new book.

In the 1920s Coombe Tennant was well known in political, artistic and spiritualist circles.
She was a suffragette, a supporter of Welsh Prime Minister Lloyd George, a psychic medium and for a decade wore traditional Welsh costume every day.
The book is based on her diaries and is written by author and art historian Peter Lord.
Mr Lord told BBC Radio Wales Ms Tennant was an "extraordinary woman".
"This diary is a unique document from a difficult period," he said.
"It runs from 1909 to 1955 and the part we have just published runs until 1924, but it gives intimate details of every aspect of her life.

Tennant isn't the only Member of Parliament who is a believer. It is said that Winston Churchill was a great , although secret believer in Spiritualism "

Legal matter ;

for an important update on legal matters concerning the church please go to :

http://enmorespiritualism.blogspot.com/

another good read

On the subject of the new internet newspaper Spirit of PN they also have a section selling books of interest and this happens to be one we have read and recommend ( and it's very inexpensive)
Visits by Our Friends from the "Other Side": The Remarkable Mediumship of Minnie Harrison
By Thomas Harrison

Price:

£3.50 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery.

Go to the Spirit of PN website and browse their books.

The Spirit Of PN

The Spirit of PN appeared on the net about 6 months ago and looks set to fill the void created when the decades old Psychic News newspaper was abandoned by one of Britain's foremost Spiritualists organisations, the SNU. It is edited by Sue Farrow and amongst it's contributors are many who wrote for the Psychic News.

The web newspaper (there is talk of a print edition which would be welcome ) currently has a story about  a decision made by the SNU to ban the sale of a book at it's book store- which we only recently recommended :Eric Hatton’s long awaited book, Taking up the Challenge.

Eric Hatton is one of the most loved Spiritualists in Britain and the decision to ban his book from sale at the SNU has upset many people who are perplexed as to the reasons. It seems an extremely harsh decision for a man who has worked most of his life to aid the SNU.

Read more at the Spirit of PN. It is one of the few news outlets left for Spiritualists !

A magnetic personality

Is it something in the water in Croatia ?

Bogdan

A second young boy has come forward who appears to be 'magnetised' and can balance metal objects on his body including weights. Ivan Stoiljkovic is only 6 years old. 2 months ago we published the tale of another Croatian boy, 7 year old Bogdan who also appears to be magnetised and can balance metal objects.

Ivan's family and neighbours say he has healing qualities in his hands and has cured various ailments including upset stomachs and sore knees although the lad says he tires quickly when using his powers.

Read more at the Mail Online and watch the video below.

A memoir- highly recommended

Eric Hatton has been a Spiritualist from his teens and for many years was the highly regarded President of the SNU-one of Britain's leading Spiritualist's organisations and the Minister of Stourbridge church.

His autobiography Taking Up The Challenge has been published and can be purchased at Amazon.

 Enmore recommends it as not only an insightful read but as an important reminder that Spiritualists come from all walks of life. In this case Eric was a successful businessman as well as a keen Spiritulaist.

'Taking up the challenge' is the story of one man's determination to find an answer to the question we will all ask at some time or another - Is there life after death?

When Eric Hatton's much-loved brother was killed in1946, he was determined to embark on his own investigation. Thus began a quest for evidence which has so far spanned more than six decades.

 During that time Eric has become one of Spiritualism's best-known figures, respected for his transparent integrity and the level-headed approach he brings to the examination of evidence for survival beyond death. An accomplished speaker and broadcaster, Eric has shared a platform with many of the greatest mediums the Spiritualist movement has produced.

Though his experiences of the next world - some of them breathtaking - have left him with a complete conviction of the reality of the afterlife, his career as a successful businesman has meant that his feet have always been planted firmly on the ground. Eric's extraordinary story is at times challenging and at others heartwarming. Above all, it is the startlingly honest and inspiring account of a man who had to find out the truth for himself.

The Enduring Arthur Conan Doyle

No author n modern history has been as popular as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who created Sherlock Holmes. Every decade there is either a new feature film or TV series based upon his works.

Sir Arthur is one of the most well know Spiritualist and he wrotes books on the subject some of which can be accessed for free here :
http://www.spiritwritings.com/doylecitations.html
Here is the first part of an amateur film about him titled :No Place Like Holmes: The Reluctant Spiritualist

Can you see the ghost in this picture? Spirits haunt derelict asylum

    Can you see the ghost in this picture? Spirits haunt derelict asylum

THEY are haunting images of bedlam - an Australian lunatic asylum that opened more than 170 years ago.

An exhibition by photographer Yvette Worboys titled Ghosts has captured eerie images of the former Gladesville Mental Hospital, in Sydney, which opened in November 1838 and closed in 1997.
Worboys, who has lived in the area most of her life, said she was drawn to the partly derelict hospital by its residual energy.
"There is quite a presence, an energy, there," Worboys said.

More than 1200 patients are buried in unmarked graves on the property. Ms Worboys said psychics asked to analyse her photos believed there was a presence in them.
"Mediums have looked at the images and seen a presence there," she said.

Read the full story in the Herald Sun

Scientist Proves ESP Is Real

From the New York Times :


Prof Bem

One of psychology’s most respected journals has agreed to publish a paper presenting what its author describes as strong evidence for extrasensory perception, the ability to sense future events.

The decision may delight believers in so-called paranormal events, but it is already mortifying scientists. Advance copies of the paper, to be published this year in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, have circulated widely among psychological researchers in recent weeks and have generated a mixture of amusement and scorn.

The paper describes nine unusual lab experiments performed over the past decade by its author, Daryl J. Bem, an emeritus professor at Cornell, testing the ability of college students to accurately sense random events, like whether a computer program will flash a photograph on the left or right side of its screen. The studies include more than 1,000 subjects.

Some scientists say the report deserves to be published, in the name of open inquiry; others insist that its acceptance only accentuates fundamental flaws in the evaluation and peer review of research in the social sciences.

“It’s craziness, pure craziness. I can’t believe a major journal is allowing this work in,” Ray Hyman, an emeritus professor of psychology at the University Oregon and longtime critic of ESP research, said. “I think it’s just an embarrassment for the entire field.”

The editor of the journal, Charles Judd, a psychologist at the University of Colorado, said the paper went through the journal’s regular review process. “Four reviewers made comments on the manuscript,” he said, “and these are very trusted people.”

All four decided that the paper met the journal’s editorial standards, Dr. Judd added, even though “there was no mechanism by which we could understand the results.”

But many experts say that is precisely the problem. Claims that defy almost every law of science are by definition extraordinary and thus require extraordinary evidence. Neglecting to take this into account — as conventional social science analyses do — makes many findings look far more significant than they really are, these experts say.

“Several top journals publish results only when these appear to support a hypothesis that is counterintuitive or attention-grabbing,” Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, wrote by e-mail. “But such a hypothesis probably constitutes an extraordinary claim, and it should undergo more scrutiny before it is allowed to enter the field.”…

[continues in the New York Times]