Felix Lee Lerma: A Medium who Contacts the Dead

Article by Walter Semkiw, MD

Mediumship and Contacting the Dead

Gary E. Schwartz, PhD, a Professor at the University of Arizona, conducted an experiment which definitively shows that mediums can communicate with deceased individuals. To review this study, go to

HBO Afterlife Experiment on Mediums Contacting the Deceased

Mediumship of Felix Lee Lerma

IISIS Reincarnation Case Felix Lee Lerma - Psychic Medium ImageDr. Schwartz worked with very well known mediums such as John Edward. Though I personally have never had a session with John Edward, I have had a session with a young medium, Felix Lee Lerma, who has made me a believer in his abilities to communicate with the dead. Felix is picured to the right.

A close friend of mine, let us call her Anna, was born in Croatia and moved to San Francisco as a teenager, along with a community of other Croatians. In 2008, a number of people in her community passed away.  Several of Anna’s friends had sessions with Felix and they related that the information gained was very meaningful.

Anna had lost her mother several years before and she was very excited about the prospect of communicating with her beloved mother. Anna not only made an appointment with Felix for herself, but she also made an appointment for her niece. Both appointments were set up for a particular Saturday, with Anna scheduled to see Felix at 1 PM and her niece scheduled to see him at 4 PM.

On the morning of the appointments, Anna’s niece called to advise that she would not be able to make the session with Felix. Anna then suggested that I take the appointment instead, since it was already paid for.  Anna did not inform Felix of the change in plan, nor did her niece.

Two Spirit Families Show Up for a Session with Felix

When Anna arrived to see Felix, he noted that there were two different families from the spirit world that were very anxious to speak to her. He stated that one family was Croatian, which was understandable. What was unexpected is that Felix stated that the other family was Ukrainian.

My parents were born in Ukraine and apparently my deceased family members showed up early during Anna’s session, apparently anticipating the session that I would have later that afternoon. Anna has no Ukrainian relatives or friends, other than me.

Remarkably, as noted, Felix was unaware that I was going to have to session at 4 PM instead of Anna’s Croatian niece.  Further, in addition to Felix having no knowledge about my appointment, Felix knew nothing about me. I myself had never heard of Felix before that date.

The question is, how did Felix know such specific information regarding a Ukrainian family when Anna appeared for her appointment?

In Anna’s session, Felix accurately named Croatian relatives who had died and he provided details about their lives that were true.  These individuals had unusual first names, such as Radko, which would be difficult for a non-Croatian to know.

In sum, after our sessions, Anna and I were convinced that Felix genuinely was able to contact our deceased relatives and convey accurate information from them to us. Felix conveyed information that he could not have learned through normal means.

Contact Information for Felix Lee Lerma

I can share that information provided to Anna and me through Felix was valid and helpful. Though I cannot guarantee that others will have the same experience, Felix is a resouce for those who would like to try to contact their lost loved ones. For those who are interested, please visit his website: www.felixleelerma.com

Contacting the Dead or Spirit Beings, Spiritual Communication, Mediumship and Gary E. Schwartz’s Afterlife Experiments

Article by by Walter Semkiw, MD

Research of Gary E. Schwartz on John Edward and other Mediums who Contact the Dead

gary e schwartz arizona IISIS Reincarnation Case StudyGary E. Schwartz, PhD, is a professor at the University of Arizona and the Director of its Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health.  Dr. Schwartz received his PhD in psychology from Harvard University and was a professor of psychiatry and psychology at Yale University before joining the University of Arizona.

Dr. Schwartz, pictured to the right, has had a longtime interest in scientifically assessing mediums, individuals who claim to be able to communicate with deceased individuals, that is, with spirit beings. Some of the world’s more famous mediums include John Edward, who was featured in the television show Crossing Over, and James Van Praagh, a best-selling author on communicating with the dead.

HBO Experiment to Assess the Accuracy of Mediums Communicating with Spirit Beings under Controlled Conditions

I would like to cite one experiment that Dr. Schwartz conducted, along with a collaborator, Linda Russek, PhD, that was videotaped by Home Box Office (HBO), the cable television company.  As such, we will call this study the HBO Experiment, which is found in Dr. Schwartz’s book, The Afterlife Experiments. In this study, mediums would try to provide information to a subject about the subject’s deceased relatives.  We will refer to the mediums’ sessions with the subject as “readings.”

HBO Mediums Experiment Design with John Edward, Suzanne Northrup, George Anderson, Anne Gehman & Laurie Campbell

Linda Russek, the HBO producer for this project, insisted that none of the mediums or the experimenters, including Gary Schwartz, would know the identity of the subject who the mediums would perform readings on.  In this way, neither the mediums nor the experimenters would be able to research information regarding the subject prior to the experiment.

The HBO Experiment was done on February 20, 1999 in Tucson, Arizona, at a house specifically set up to prevent interaction between the mediums and the subject. When the mediums arrived, they were brought into a fenced-in back courtyard of the house.  The mediums were also kept separate from one another so that they could not compare notes in between their readings.

Linda Russek’s chosen subject, Patricia Price, was brought into the house and placed in the room where the readings would be conducted. She was seated in one of two chairs that were separated by a white, opaque, cloth screen.  The screen was positioned in this way so that the mediums would not be able to see the subject, and as such, the mediums would not be able to pick up clues based on nonverbal communication.

john edward medium crossing over IISIS Reincarnation CaseThe five mediums who participated in this experiment were John Edward (pictured to the right), Suzanne Northrup, George Anderson, Anne Gehman and Laurie Campbell.  Dr. Schwartz considers these individuals to be very highly gifted mediums.  Specific content from readings performed by the five mediums are included in Gary Schwartz’s book, The Afterlife Experiments.

Determining the Validity of Mediums

Videotapes from the HBO Experiment resulted in 200 pages of transcripts. The information from the videotapes was categorized into six types of information: names, initials, descriptions, historical facts, temperament and opinions.  An opinion would be a statement such as ”your son wants me to tell you he doesn’t blame you for his death” (1) Opinions, such as this, would be difficult to objectively validate. The other hand, the other five types of information, names, initials, descriptions, historical facts and tempermant, can be readily verified.

Overall, the information provided by the 5 mediums, which was documented through the videotape transcripts, resulted in 600 specific items or pieces of information.  This information was organized into documents for the subject, Pat Price, to score. The documents did not reveal which medium produced the information for each document.  As such, the subject did not know whose results she was scoring. The subject, Pat Price, was asked to score the accuracy of each item of information provided on the documents.  It took ten hours to do the scoring.

After the sessions with the mediums were completed, Dr. Schwartz designed a control for the experiment by creating a list of yes or no questions regarding Patricia Price’s deceased relatives.  In addition, open-ended questions were also created regarding the deceased relatives.  A control group was created consisting of 68 students from the University of Arizona who were not mediums or psychics.  The control group was set up to ascertain how many correct responses could be obtained by simply guessing.

Outcome the HBO Afterlife Experiment Assessing Mediums

The results from the HBO Experiment were quite striking.  The range of accuracy for the five mediums ranged from 77% to 95%, with an average of correct items for the mediums as 83%.  In contrast, the average of correct items for the control group was only 36%. Dr. Schwartz made the following calculation:

“When the 83 percent for the mediums was compared with the 36 percent for the control group of students, the statistical probability of this difference occurring by chance alone was less than one in ten million.” (2)

These results of this study are displayed in the graph provided below (click to enlarge).

IISIS Reincarnation Cases Kevin-Ryerson Image

 

This study does provide strong support that mediumship, the ability of a medium to communicate with deceased individuals, is a valid phenomenon.  It should be noted, though, that the mediums did not achieve a score of 100%. One must understand that mediums and psychics do not produce accurate information 100% of the time.  Still, through this experiment, it was shown that mediums can produce accurate information at a far higher percentage than what can be obtained by chance, a percentage that is very statistically significant.

To reiterate, Dr. Schwartz calculated that the odds of the mediums scoring so highly by chance alone was one in 10 million.

Types of Psychics and Mediums

At this point, let us explore this phenomenon further, as there are several types of mediums.  Let us define mediumship as the ability of a human being to communicate with spirit beings or deceased indivduals, or the ability to allow a spirit being to talk through the medium.  In constrast, let us define an individual as “psychic” if that individual can derive information through extrasensory perception, but without the involvement of spirit beings.

Spiritual Communication

Spiritual communication is a term that is used to describe the phenomenon of human beings accessing information from spirit beings. A synonymous term is spirit communication.

Trance Mediums & Mediumship

A trance medium works by going into a meditative state and allowing a spirit being to utilize the medium’s body to communicate with human beings.  When a spirit being comes through a trance medium, the medium’s voice, accent, facial expressions, manner of speaking and sense of humor can change dramatically, so much so that it seems like the medium has become a different person.  Typically, the trance medium is not aware of what the spirit being is saying, or what goes on in the session, while the medium is in trance.

Kevin Ryerson, IISIS Reincarnation ResearchKevin-RyersonA well-known trance medium who works in this way is Kevin Ryerson, who has been featured in four of Shirley MacLaine’s books.  Kevin jokes that in his work he serves as a “human telephone,” providing a connection between the spirit guides he works with and his clients.  Kevin only channels a handful of spirit guides who are well known to him.

I have worked with Kevin extensively since 2001 and found that one of the spirit guides that he channels, whose name is Ahtun Re, has the ability to make past life or reincarnation matches with a high degree of accuracy.  Ahtun Re’s personality, voice, fund of knowledge and sense of humor is quite different from Kevin’s. In sessions, I have very intense discussions with Ahtun Re, a spirit being, directly.  After the channeling session is over, Kevin does not have knowledge of what transpired.

My book, Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation, is based on my dialogues with Ahtun Re.

Another example of a trance medium who channels past life information is found in the reincarnation cases involving Penney Peirce.  The spirit guide channeled through the medium in the Peirce cases provided past life information that was encyclopedic in scope and detail, far beyond what the medium herself could have known.

Conscious Mediums & Psychics

A medium may also transmit messages from spirit beings while conscious.  Hans Christian King is an established medium who works in this way.  Hans has four specific spirit guides who work with him.  When a client sees Hans, it is the spirit guides who gather information for that person.  The spirit guides then telepathically transmit this information to Hans, who relays it to the client.  Hans is fully conscious during this process.

Of interest, through my work with Kevin Ryerson, past life identities of John Edward and Hans Christian King have been derived.  To learn more, to:

Reincarnation Case of Kate Fox | John Edward-found in Born Again

Reincarnation Case of Nostradamus | Hans Christian King

Mediums Who Communicate with Deceased Loved Ones

A conscious medium may specialize in communicating with deceased individuals, usually departed relatives of the clients who come to see the medium.  The work of Gary Schwartz, described above, involves these types of mediums.  John Edward is a medium who works with several spirit beings or spirit guides who assist him in communicating with a client’s deceased relatives.  John calls his spirit helpers or collaborators “The Boys.”

Skeptics often try to dismiss the work of these types of mediums as trickery. Belief in their talents, though, not only comes through the work of individuals such as Dr. Gary Schwartz, but from personal experience with mediums and witnessing that they can indeed provide information that is accurate, information which could not have been accessed by normal means.

I had such a reading with a medium named Felix Lee Lerma. To learn more, go to the:

The Mediumship of Felix Lee Lerma

Mediums & Psychics Different Abilities

In closing, evidence exists that there are gifted individuals who are able to communicate with the dead or spirit beings.  Different mediums vary in what they can do. For example, Kevin Ryerson does not have the ability to communicate with deceased relatives; rather his mediumship involves working with a specific group of spirit guides or teachers. Conversely, John Edward does not typically channel specific spirit guides, rather he works with deceased relatives of his clients.

Footnotes
1. Schwartz, Gary E., The Afterlife Experiments, Pocket Books, 2002, page 119
2. Schwartz, Gary E., The Afterlife Experiments, Pocket Books, 2002, page 121

Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC), Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP), Raudive Voices, Reincarnation, Levels of the Spirit World: An Understanding of Heaven and Hell. The Value and Purpose of Religion

Instumental transcommunication involves communication between spirit beings and human begins via devices such as telephones and televisions. Such communications have given insight into levels of the spiritual world corresponding to concepts such as heaven and hell. Religions have served a great purpose in providing moral guidelines to help individuals ascend to higher spiritual levels. Evidence of reincarnation shows that souls can change religion from one lifetime to another, which will help eliminate the divide between people of differing beliefs and help create a more peaceful world.

iisisreincarnationevidenceitcjuergenson7-1Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD from Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation

In addition to this article, to review first hand descriptions of the Spirit World or Heaven, please go to:

The Mediumship of Leslie Flint and Reports from the Spirit Realm

Definitions of Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC) and Electronic Voice Phenomenon

Instrumental Transcommunication is defined as communication by spirit beings with human beings via telephones, tape recorders, televisions, computers and other electronic devices. This communication can involve images projected onto TV screens or computer monitors, as well as voice transmissions recorded on tape or electronic devices.

Electronic Voice Phenomenon refers to the capture of voices from the spirit world on tape recorders or electronic devices. As such, the term Instrumental Transcommunication encompasses Electronic Voice Phenomenon. As described below, the term Electronic Voice Phenomenon was coined by Dr. Konstantine Raudive, and voices heard through EVP have been called Raudive Voices.

An example of Instrumental Transcommunication involves the the image of Frederick Juergenson, provided to the right, which is discussed below. For ITC images on this page, place your cursor on the images to enlarge them.

Spiritual Communication: A Deceased Friend Telephones a Physicist from the Other Side

I would like to begin this section with a personal anecdote. In August 2007, I attended a seminar in Mount Shasta, California, organized by Michael and Raphaelle Tamura, featuring Michael and James Van Praagh. Michael Tamura has been clairvoyant from childhood and he has spent his life training other clairvoyants. James Van Praagh is a medium who communicates with deceased individuals and who helped created the US television series, The Ghost Whisperer.

At this gathering, I met a physicist with a doctoral degree who works at a New York hospital supervising radiation treatment for cancer patients. This physicist shared a story with me.

He related that a close female friend of his died at a relatively young age. One day, about two weeks after her funeral, the phone rang and he answered it. The voice on the line was the voice of his friend who had died.

She told him that she was calling to let him know that she was alright and adjusting to her new life in the spiritual world. The conversation lasted several minutes. They both then said goodbye and the call ended. The physicist told me he was sure that the telephone call came from his deceased friend. This earnest statement from a man of science led me to learn more about such phenomenon.

Instrumental Transcommunication 

In December 2007, I attended a lecture given by Mark Macy, co-author, along with Dr. Pat Kubis, of Conversations Beyond the Light: Communication with Departed Friends & Colleagues by Electronic Means.

In Mark’s lecture, I learned of research that has been done in which spirit beings have used devices such as audiotapes, telephones and television sets to communicate with humans on the physical plane. As noted, this type of communication has been termed Instrumental Trans-Communication or ITC.

Spiritual Transcommunication: Friedrich Juergenson’s Dead Mother Speaks to Him through a Tape Recorder

IISISReincarnationEvidenceITCBirdOne of the early researchers in this field was a Swedish film producer named Friedrich Juergenson, whose hobby was recording bird songs. In 1959, as he was playing back a recording he had made in nature, he was startled to hear the voice of his own mother, who said, “Friedrich, you are being watched. Friedel, my little Friedel, can you hear me? (1)

Friedel was the pet name that his mother called him, which no one else knew. Friedrich was aware that he never recorded his mother on this tape, which made him believe that this was indeed a communication from the spirit world.

Pope Paul VI Starts an Instrumental Transcommunication Research Program at the Vatican

This incident sparked a research project for Juergenson, who subsequently recorded thousands of spirit voices. In 1964 he published a book in Swedish entitled Voices from the Universe, followed by another entitled Radio Contact with the Dead.

Juergenson subsequently did a documentary on Pope Paul VI and he became friends with the Pontiff, who became interested in the spirit voices caught on tape. Pope Paul VI even initiated his own Instrumental Transcommunication research project at the Vatican.

Dr. Konstantine Raudive also Hears from his Deceased Mother & Coins the Term “Electronic Voice Phenomenon,” aka Raudive Voices

In 1967, Juergenson’s Radio Contact with the Dead was translated into German and Dr. Konstantine Raudive, a Latvian psychologist, read it and became interested in ITC. Raudive created his own methodologies utilizing laboratory conditions. In one of his recordings, he too heard the voice of his deceased mother in a transmission, who used her usual nickname for him, saying “Kostulit, this is your mother.” (2)

Raudive postulated that spirits could manipulate the white noise of radio static, generated when a tuner was set between radio stations, to create voice transmissions that could be captured on tape. Raudive called this Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) and published a book entitled Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead.

Testing Under Laboratory Conditions Confirms the Existence of Raudive Voices

ReincarnationEvidenceRaudive7Raudive’s experiments were treated with skepticism by the scientific community and two audio engineering firms in England, Pye Records, Ltd. and Belling and Lee, Ltd., embarked on replicating these experiments under controlled conditions. Despite stringent controls, paranormal voices were indeed detected in these experiments.

In 1969, Raudive shared a First Prize Award from the Swiss Association for Parapsychology and the faint paranormal voices heard on tape have been called “Raudive Voices” in his honor.

After Konstantine Raudive Dies, He Communicates with his Instrumental Trancommunication Colleagues

What is particularly interesting is that when ITC researchers themselves die and cross over to the other side, they have been successful in contacting their earthly cohorts. In these transmissions, they have provided information about the spiritual realms.

In the image provided above and to the right, a photograph is provided of Dr. Raudive projecting an image of himself from the spirit world onto a television screen. Other communications are described in the caption. This image and caption are reproduced from Conversations Beyond the Light: Communication with Departed Friends & Colleagues by Electronic Means, by Macy and Kubis.

Spirit Photos: Friedrich Juergenson Appears on Television during his Own Funeral

iisisreincarnationevidenceitcjuergenson7-1Friedrich Juergenson, the individual who heard the voice of his deceased mother on a tape he made of bird songs, died in 1987. While alive, he developed a close friendship with Claude Thorlin, a fellow researcher in ITC phenomena.

Juergenson was noted to be psychically gifted himself and on the day that he died, it is reported that he sent a telepathic message to Thorlin indicating that during his funeral ceremony, he would try to manifest an image of himself on Thorlin’s television. Thorlin took the telepathic message seriously and instead of going to his friend’s funeral, he stayed home and set up a camera to photograph his television.

Indeed, during Juergenson’s funeral, Thorlin photographed images of Juergenson’s energy body on his television, which appear in Conversations Beyond the Light and are featured to the right. A physical resemblance between Juergenson’s spirit body and physical body is evident.

Instrumental Transcommunication Images Support the Existence of an Energy Template that Creates Physical Appearance

In Conversations Beyond the Light, other images of deceased individuals are also provided, some of which were imprinted on the hard drives of computers. These images demonstrate that we have an energy body in the spirit world which has an appearance similar to our physical body.

These observations give credence to the idea that we have an energy body or hologram that serves as a template for our physical body. This energy template is discussed in the section entitled: Principles of Reincarnation.

Other Instrumental Transcommunication Leaders who have Communicated from the Spiritual World

Let me describe a few other examples of ITC researchers who were able to contact their colleagues following death.

George Meek reportedly received a telephone call from fellow researcher Konstantine Raudive after Raudive died in 1974.

Jules and Maggy Harsch-Fischbach founded the Transcommunication Study Circle of Luxembourg (CETL), an organization dedicated to ITC research. On February 4, 1993, they found a text message on their computer from their departed colleague, Ernst Mackes, who died on ReincarnationEvidenceMackes7November 26, 1992.

On March 4, 1993, they found another image of Ernst on their computer, apparently transmitted from the spiritual plane. It showed Ernst looking like his old self, sitting at a computer, wearing the glasses he wore in life and sitting under a palm tree in a tropical scene in the spirit world. This image is provided to the right.

Insights from Instrumental Transcommunication Messages Regarding the Spirit World and Reincarnation

Numerous messages have been received from the spirit world by ITC researchers, which are described in Conversations Beyond the Light. These messages give insight into life, the spirit world and reincarnation. I will summarize some of content of these messages below:

Death & Attending One’s Own Funeral

Regarding the process of death, it is indicated that we remain in the vicinity of our body after we die and that we remain close to our loved ones, though only those who are clairvoyant will see the deceased person’s energy body. Even if not clairvoyant, relatives may feel the presence of the deceased person.

Individuals who have died can attend their own funerals and hear their eulogies. The feeling after death is one of lightness and freedom, as if a “heavy suit of armor” has been shed. (3)

Ian Stevenson, MD, of the University of Virginia, published a fascinating reincarnation case in which an individual, who had done Buddhist meditation throughout his life, reported being conscious during his death, funeral and rebirth. To review this case, go to: Reincarnation Case of Nai Leng | Choakhun Raisuthajarn (Choate)

The Astral Body & Astral Plane

After shedding the physical body, we live in an etheric body, an energy body which underlies the physical body. The etheric body later disintegrates, which allows us to transition to spiritual planes or levels of the spirit world where we have a different energy body. A term used to describe this form is an astral body, which exists on the astral plane of the spiritual world.

In the transition to the astral plane, some may fall asleep and wake up in the astral plane not knowing how they got there. Others may remain conscious during the transition. Individuals may wake up in a hospital setting. Loved ones and pets who died previously may be waiting for the newly deceased person. This phenomenon was reported in the: Reincarnation Case of James Leininger

Adjustment to the Spirit World following Death

In a hospital or other healing setting, the newly deceased adjust to life in the spirit world. Those who had amputations of limbs in the physical world receive guidance on how their astral limbs will regenerate through thought.

People who died at an elderly age will become younger and those who died in childhood will grow older until a desired age is reached, usually appearing to be 25-30 years of age. When leaving the hospital, one finds surroundings similar to Earth, but more vibrant.

Spirit World Levels or Planes: Heaven & Hell 

Levels of the spirit world, based on experiences of clairvoyants Echo Bodine and Judy Goodman, as well as input from Ahtun Re, a spirit being channeled through Kevin Ryerson, are presented in Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation.

Planes of the spirit world are also described through ITC communications, which relate that following death most humans travel to the lower, middle and higher astral planes. The lower astral planes attract people who are focused on survival, who are of lower levels of evolution.

Existence in Hell

In his lectures, Mark Macy has described the lower astral levels as “dismal planes,” similar to what we would imagine purgatory or hell to be like. It is described that petty thieves, pickpockets, adulterers, liars and fraudulent businessmen congregate here. Murderers are observed trying to kill each other, who become frustrated because nothing can be killed in the spiritual realms.

Individuals & Communities can be Stuck in Spirit World Lower Levels

IISISReincarnationEvidenceITCVikingsIt is described in ITC communications that communities can be voluntarily frozen in time. For example, people in Stone Age villages or ancient Viking settlements can perpetuate their existence. Reincarnation and further development can be delayed, if the soul chooses.

If a soul delays its spiritual evolution, when they reincarnate, they aren’t as developed as other souls, which accounts for the diversity in levels of evolution on the Earth plane. This explains why some people in human existence can commit heinous crimes, which can be incomprehensible to others. These perpetrators have chosen to delay their evolution, though karma will not allow them to remain stagnant forever.

Middle Astral Levels or Planes

Ethical and evolved individuals go to the middle astral planes, which consist of beautiful landscapes, pleasant dwellings, cities, concert halls, schools and universities. People can be aggregated in communities based on religion, culture, ethnic group, race or other factors that one identifies with.

Though this type of voluntary segregation occurs on the middle astral planes, a more universal outlook is gradually developed and indeed, must be attained for entrance to the higher astral planes, which reflect the religious concepts of heaven.

Creative individuals, such as artists, musicians, scientists and philosophers, enjoy the astral worlds, as they can pursue their interests, much as they did on Earth, but without the need to make a living to survive. When such individuals reincarnate, they can then express their ideas in the physical plane.

ITC researchers who have died describe a facility in the astral planes where they, in the spirit world, work on developing ways to contact ITC researchers on Earth through electronic means.

Life in the Spirit World: Playing Golf & Eating Synthetic Food

ReincarnationEvidenceITCHeavenThose who enjoy recreation, such as playing golf, can recreate their avocation as much as they like, though souls eventually get bored of things like playing golf and then seek further development. In the astral planes, synthetic food can be created, including meat, though no animals are killed to create food. Ahtun Re, the spirit guide cited above, has also indicated favorite foods can be created in the spirit realm energetically via memories from life on Earth.

Heaven: The Higher Spiritual Levels or Planes

ITC messages indicate that higher planes exist, called the mental-causal planes, which are the source of technical and artistic breakthroughs. These discoveries are telepathically sent to the Earth plane to those who can receive the ideas. This is why new discoveries on Earth are often observed to be developed by different people in diverse parts of the world at the same time. Individuals on Earth can receive these telepathic downloads through dreams or intuitions.

Even higher planes, called the celestial planes, are known, which are closer to God. This is where souls known as Ascended Masters and spiritual teachers reside. Those in the middle astral planes know of the celestial planes, though they have not experienced these highest levels of the spirit world.

Spiritual Evolution, Lucid Ecstasy & Many Mansions of the Father’s House

Ahtun Re, the spirit guide channeled though Kevin Ryerson, whose dialogues with me, including on subjects such as soul evolution and planes of the spiritual world, make up my book, Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation, says that he exists on the plane closest to God. He describes his state of consciousness on this highest plane as “lucid ecstasy.” This is the ultimate level of heaven.

The concept of multiple levels or planes of existence in the spirit world can be used to understand the statement made by Jesus, “In my Father’s house are many mansions.”

Spiritual World Level or Plane is Based on Spirituality Level on Earth

One can travel to specific spiritual planes based on our development. In general, we are no different after we die. Those who are less evolved go to communities consisting of less evolved beings, while those who have worked on their spiritual evolution on Earth will congregate on higher planes.

The Value and Purpose of Religion in Light of Evidence of Reincarnation

Religions have served to fill a void of knowledge regarding what happens after death and the nature of the spiritual world. The moral guidelines provided by the prophets of religions have served to help people behave in a manner which will lead them to ascent to higher levels of the spiritual world, to levels traditionally called heaven. In this way, religions have served a great purpose and have provided comfort to humanity.

Problems and wars have arisen when religions have divided people and a strong identification with a particular religion has led to conflict and violence between people of different religious beliefs. Acts of violence only serve to lead a person to a lower plane of the spiritual world.

Religions will continue as they provide community and mutual support. Evidence of reincarnation, which shows we can change religion from one lifetime to another, will help remove the divide and make us understand that we are universal souls. In this way, we will understand that we are truly one human family and we can use resources to build a world we want to return to.

Past Life Memories & Retaining One’s Individuality

In the spirit world, memory of all past lives is restored and we may seek out friends from prior lifetimes.

Friedrich Juergenson, in a computer contact in 1992, stated: “Beings keep their individuality during ‘reality changes’ with their consciousness and reincarnations.” (4) This statement reflects observations made in xenoglossy reincarnation cases, in which personality appears to be retained intact within the soul.

Juergenson later reported from the astral plane in 1993 that “all thoughts are nothing but telepathy.” (5) This statement refers to the ability of souls in the spirit world to communicate telepathically, without the need to use speech.

We Bring Life Issues with Us to the Spirit World

Friedrich Juergenson also communicated, regarding the spiritual world, “If you didn’t solve your problems on Earth, they will be waiting for you here. In this new reality, the titles and positions that you held on Earth are unimportant. What remains is your soul. What is really important here is your ethical feelings and the humanities, all things of a constructive nature.” (6)

ITC communications indicate that individuals take their problems with them after they die. It is advised that Earth is the best place to work out problems. The astral world is described as a place where you can theorize and work on ideas mentally. On Earth, you are confronted with your actions and the consequences of those actions: it tests what you really believe in. (7)

Reincarnation and the Spirit World: Earth Life is Proof of the Pudding

Based on ITC communications from the astral plane, Kubis and Macy come to the following conclusions. “The point is that one can create many mental constructs and play with ideas on the astral plane. But actually living on Earth is putting one’s ideas into nitty-gritty practice. Life is the acid test of what one really believes in.” (8)

Vacations and Spirit World Travel

Instrumental Transcommunication TravelIndividuals can space travel mentally to other dimensions or planets, or can use dirigibles, hot air balloons or airplanes, surface travel by electric cars or motorcycles, depending on how they like to travel. (9)

Thomas Edison’s interest in Spiritualism, his Spirit Phone or Spirit Box and Instrumental Transcommunication-Elon Musk as Edison Reincarnated

Towards the end of Conversations Beyond the Light, it is pointed out that Thomas Edison, who invented the light bulb among many other things, made a serious attempt to create an electronic device that could be used to contact deceased souls, which has been called a spirit phone or spirit box. In other words, Thomas Edison was involved in trying to invent an Instrumental Transcommunication device.

Of interest, a contemporary incarnation of Thomas Edison has been identified. To learn more, go to the:

Reincarnation Case of Thomas Edison | Elon Musk

Mark Macy and Dr. Kubis end their book with instructions on how people can do ITC experiments themselves. To see ITC videos, hear ITC recordings and learn more about ITC, go to the web site: www.worlditc.org

View Daniel Drasin’s Documentary Video on Instrumental Transcommunication entitled:

Calling Earth

 

Footnotes

1. Pat Kubis and Mark Macy, Conversations Beyond the Light: With Departed Friends and Colleagues by
Electronic Means, Griffin Publishing/Continuing Life Research, Boulder, CO USA, 1995, p. 102
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Ghost or Spirit Photographs & Reincarnation: The Soul Provides a Template that Influences Physical Appearance

A Minnesota State Trooper took photos at a fatal accident scene which unexpectedly showed an image of a ghost rising above the scene with a very animated facial expression, which could not have been maintained in death. The spirit facial image is the same as the facial features of the deceased boy. This observation supports that there is an energy template that is a basis for physical appearance in reincarnation cases.

Ghost PhotoAfter a Fatal Automobile Accident, a Policeman Takes Ghost Photos

Article by: Walter Semkiw, MD

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An Apparent Spirit Being or Ghost is Photographed

 

One winter evening, four teenagers went for a car ride through the Minnesota woods. At one point, a boy in the back of the car moved to the front passenger seat and the boy who was in the front re-positioned himself in a back seat.

Before the boy who moved to the front could buckle his seat belt, the vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree. The boy in the passenger seat was killed, while the other three teenagers were unharmed.

A Minnesota State Trooper came upon the scene, examined the boy in the passenger seat and realized that he was dead. The trooper radioed headquarters and requested assistance. As he was waiting for backup to arrive, the trooper started taking photographs to document the accident. He turned in the camera to the police lab.

A police lab technician came to the state trooper and told him that the photographs of the accident contained very unusual elements, in that it appeared that the spirit of the deceased boy could be seen above the vehicle. The police lab technician gave the photographs to the state trooper, as the technician didn’t know what to do with them.

Clairvoyant Echo Bodine Enters the Seen

The state trooper also was unsure what to do with these supernatural images. On the advice of friends, the trooper contacted Echo Bodine, who he was told was a reputable clairvoyant in the Minneapolis area.

The trooper made arrangements to see Echo and when they met, he showed her the ghost images. He gave the photographs to Echo, telling her to preserve them and to do what she thought would be best.

Echo has kept these images in confidence for years. We are grateful to her for allowing these images to be posted on the ReincarnationResearch.com.

 

Active Pose of Spirit Being Shouting supports Authenticity of the Ghost Photos

If the photograph with the apparent spirit of the deceased boy rising above the vehicle is genuine and not some type of artifact, then this spirit image has important implications. One would think that the police lab would have ruled out malfunction of the camera, including double exposures, before giving  the images to the state trooper.

Echo felt that the boy in spirit form is shouting “No!”–as the boy was not ready to die.

The image below and to the right depicts the dead boy sitting in the front passenger seat, slumped against the car door. In this posture, he could not have maintained the active pose of shouting, which is captured in the photo of the spirit being rising above the car.

Evidence Reincarnation spirit photoThis fact supports that these are genuine photos of a person’s spirit body.

It is unclear what the colored lines of the light around the dead boy’s body represent. It may be that these lines of light are parts of the boy’s spirit body leaving the physical body, prior to coalescing outside of the physical body.

Ghost Photos Support that an Energy Template of the Soul Exists

The image of the boy’s face floating above the vehicle supports the premise that there is a spirit body that underlies the physical body.

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The Soul’s Energy Template and Physical Appearance