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Communication
with
theDead...
by
Keith W. Stump
Can you "make contact" with dead relatives and
friends? Here is an eye-opening look at a topic that has intrigued millions!
S
OME
time ago we re–
ceived a curious tape
recording from a
Plain
Truth
reader.
The unusual recording pur–
ports to contain excerpts from
actual voice conversations
with
persons who have died and
"passed into tbe higher planes."
This two-way, telephone-li ke
communícation was reputedly ac–
complished by means of an elec–
tronic instrument invented by a
group of American scientists and
psychic investigators.
Many of you have probably seen
newspaper or magazine articles
about this alleged "breakthrough."
Sorne may have heard the actual
recordings. A few have written to
The Plain Truth
asking about this
extraordinary device.
Is this-at last- concrete evi–
dence of the continuance of con–
scious personality after death? Are
these
real/y
the voices of the dead?
If not,
what are they?
And what about " mediums" and
"séances"? Can they really provide
us with a link to the dead?
tant as that of man's ultimate des–
tiny.
Is
there a life beyond the
grave?
If
so, is it possible to com–
municate with those who have
"passed over"?
Virtually all civilizations since
the beginning of history have pos–
sessed sorne form of belief in an
afterlife. And not surprisingly, at–
tempts to communicate with the
dead go back to earliest antiquity.
The belief that the spirits of
those who have " passed over" can
make contact with the living is
known today as
spiritua/ism
or
spiritism.
Modero spiritism had its
birth in Hydesville, New York, in
the middle of the last century–
specifically, March 31, 1848.
It
is an interesting story. For
severa! nights, mysterious rappings
and strange noises had kept the
Fox family awake. As far as John
Fox could determine, the dis–
turbing sounds could not be at–
tributed to mice, rats or the wind.
History is f ull of "haunted
houses" of this type. But in this
case, events took a unique turn.
tapped out by invisible hands! The
Fox sisters had established a
dia–
logue
with the unseen presence
causing the noises!
They then asked the presence
questions that could be answered
"yes" (one rap) or " no" (two raps) .
The presence willingly supplied an–
swers.
Painstaking sessions employing
various types of codes enabled the
Fox sisters to acquire detailed in–
formation about the presence.
Amazingly, it claimed to be the
spirit of a dead peddler, Charles
B. Rosma, murdered many years
earlier in the basement of the
cottage now occupied by the Fox
family!
News of the goings-on in the
Fox house spread rapidly, creating
considerable stir. Neighbors were
invited in to hear the "conversa–
tions." Many became convinced
that the Fox sisters were in actual
contact with the dead.
Modero spiritism was boro.
Within a few decades, the con–
troversia! movement had gained
millions of followers around the
globe.
Messages " from the Other Slde"
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Invisible Hands
Few questions are as vitally impor-
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On March 31, John Fox's two
young daughters playfully issued a
challenge
to the noises- a chal–
lenge to
repeat
their own patteros
of raps. Remarkably, their exact
patteros
were
repeated-seemingly
Death, the spi ritists declared, is ·
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merely a door to continuing life-
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