Category: Mental mediumship
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Recently I saw a Facebook post by Cyrus Kirkpatrick, author of Understanding Life After Death, describing an evidential and intriguing session he'd had with Susanne Wilson. I asked Cyrus if he would tell his story here. What follows is his account of his experience. Thanks for sharing, Cyrus! — Recently, I had my first session…
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As a palette cleanser after our political kerfuffle, here's a book review that I originally posted on June 21, 2008. Happily it is Trump-free, though trumpets do make an appearance. ~~~~ Arthur Findlay's On the Edge of the Etheric was first published in 1931. The used edition I purchased came out in 1970; it was the 66th…
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It's often argued that, in any scientific inquiry, the true test involves replication. When it comes to testing the validity of a particular medium, we're sometimes told that if the first sitting goes especially well, we need to schedule a second or even third sitting in order to confirm our initial experience. Something about this…
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In a recent comments thread, Ray G. suggested I check out the Brazilian film Astral City: A Spiritual Journey (Brazilian title: Nosso Lar, meaning Our Home). I’d heard of the movie, which boasted an unusually large budget for a Brazilian project ($12 million, according to IMDB.com) and went on to become one of the…
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This post consists of two unrelated topics. I don't have a lot to say about either of them, but together they add up to one barely adequate post. First, I was interested in an article that a commenter named Ingrid pointed out in a previous thread. The article, "How Understanding Randomness Will Give You Mind-Reading…
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Many cultures have seen a close connection between mysticism and madness — and in fact, there are significant similarities between behaviors associated with some forms of mental illness and the behaviors associated with mediumship (trance mediumship in particular). There are also areas of overlap between the intellectual fixations of some mental patients and the accounts…
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Gnosticism is a very old and complicated spiritual tradition, and I don't claim to be well-versed in it. But as I understand it, the essence of the Gnostic position is that our universe was not created by the one true God, but by a lower-level deity, the demiurge, who messed things up. This explains the…
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I've been a little distracted lately and haven't been focused on blogging. But for what it's worth, here are some random tidbits of wisdom, or if not wisdom, at least thought-provoking stupidity. First, this science article claims new support for the theory of a holographic universe. Note that the universe as a holographic projection is…
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Recently I found myself trying to recall the name of the Universal Studios makeup artist who designed the makeup for the original Frankenstein's Monster (Boris Karloff) and the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney, Jr.). There was no pressing urgency about it, but it annoyed me that I couldn't remember. As a kid, I was fascinated by…
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To learn more about the Jacqui Poole vase, which I've discussed previously, I ordered a used copy of A Voice from the Grave, by Christine Holohan and Vera McHugh (2006; out of print). Holohan is the medium who features so prominently in the story. The book didn't provide a whole lot of new information, but…