"Bringing light where there is darkness and hope where there is despair."

 "Bringing light where there is darkness and hope where there is despair."

"Bringing light where there is darkness and hope where there is despair."

August 28th, 2020


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https://www.victorzammit.com/images/vicrussiasm7.jpgCOMMENTARY: SHARED NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES A GAME CHANGER A few years ago, it seemed like every month or so we would see news headlines claiming that some skeptic has "proved" that NDEs are hallucinations caused by oxygen deprivation, or an effect of the dying brain, or some other fanciful biologically-based explanation.

The fact that during NDEs people see and hear things that they could not possibly have normal access to is one of the most impressive lines of evidence that near-death experiences are far more than this. The book The Self Does Not Die: Verified Paranormal Phenomena from Near-Death Experiences (2016) by Titus Rivas, Anny Dirven, Rudolf H. Smit, Robert G. Mays, Janice Miner Holden (Editor) contains over 100 reliable, often firsthand, accounts of perceptions during NDEs that were later verified as accurate by independent sources.

Dr. Kenneth Ring and other researchers showed that another feature of many near-death experiences is a life review. The interesting thing about these is that they are not like replaying a video recording. Instead, experiencers see their lives from the perspective of everyone else they interacted with. They access the feelings and memories of the other people involved. These are things that they would have no normal way of knowing. (Ring and Valarino 1998).


NDE Researcher Kenneth Ring


There are at least 15 lines of evidence that refute the "dying brain" theory, but the gamechanger, the final piece of evidence that demolishes the biological argument, is that people can have an experience identical to an NDE when there is nothing physically wrong with them. Also that a bystander who is not ill or injured can share aspects of another person's NDE.



DR. RAYMOND MOODY DISCUSSES SHARED DEATH EXPERIENCES "This clearly undermines the standard counter-explanation of near-death experiences that they have to do with the compromise of the oxygen flow to the patient's brain because the bystanders were not ill or injured, the surgeon was not ill or injured... We're obviously dealing with something here that is more than the cut-off of Oxygen to the brain.


Dr. Raymond Moody Discusses Shared Death Experiences



JEFFERY OLSEN'S NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE When Jeff Olsen's car rolled, he lost https://www.victorzammit.com/images/Jeffolsenbook.jpgconsciousness. Suddenly he found himself out of his body and "on the way to heaven" with his wife and baby son. He writes: "Then, suddenly, I was calm. The pain was gone. I looked around. I was floating above our car accident. Before I could react, I felt a presence near me. It was Tamara. We were encircled in a bubble of light that was emanating complete peace. I knew then she was gone, but it was as if my grief were suspended. All I could feel was serenity". Read more.



DR. JEFF O'DRISCOLL AND NURSE BOTH SEE THE SPIRIT OF JEFF OLSEN'S WIFE "Rachel (a nurse) and I stood in the doorway. The room was loud. A team of doctors worked to stabilize the patient (Jeff Olsen). As I watched, the sounds around me faded out. I couldn’t even hear Rachel speaking next to me. I sensed a divine presence in the room. And then I noticed a light. In it was the form of a woman, floating above the patient’s bed. She looked vibrant, otherworldly—I knew innately that this was the man’s wife". Dr. Jeff O'Driscoll.

  
A doctor and his patient glimpse heaven's wonder



https://www.victorzammit.com/images/Listen- Hans Otto Konig.jpgMESSAGES RECEIVED THROUGH RADIO ITC BY HANS OTTO KOENIG 
"Tell everyone that we are alive".
“Listen, many believe but don't know that there is no death. There is only one connected life forever".
"Please help all people to convey this, that there is an afterlife! Believe me, it's important".



SCOTT TAYLOR'S SHARED NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE Scott Taylor recounts his shared near-death experience at the 2014 Conference for the International Association for Near-Death Studies.


Scott Taylor's shared near-death experience



ALL INDIGENOUS CULTURES KNEW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH SPIRIT
http://www.victorzammit.com/images/shaman.jpg" ... If you examine the records of the past, you will find that the more you go back to primitive times, the more natural was the exercise of psychic faculties. But, like all other faculties, they have atrophied through long disuse and the number of those today who can register the vibrations of the spirit is very, very small. You, all of you, are living in prisons. You have five tiny windows to your prison, and these five apertures are your physical senses. You are unaware of the millions of happenings around you unless they can be seen, smelt, touched, tasted, or felt. But because you do not see the busy, teeming, active world around you, that does not mean to say it has no existence. It means only one thing, that you are unable to register its vibrations..." p.117 The Seed of Truth - Silver Birch.



PROJECT ST PETER - EPISODES 1 and 2
In 1986 George Meek's "Metascience Foundation INC" was building a “Celestial Broadcast System” - an advanced system of communications between people in non-physical form ("Spirit Team") and researchers on Earth. The goal was to assist mankind's search for advice on how to solve the earth’s problems, evolve, and end war.

The system was comprised of two pieces of equipment - “Angel I” and “Michael I”. A telepathic trance medium channeled instructions from the Science team in “Heaven” to the research team on “Earth" and told them how to build the device. They also presented many scientific and universal concepts in lecture format, given mostly by Dr. Albert Einstein.

This research project was code-named “Project St. Peter.” The "Spirit Team" included “53 illumined brothers and sisters of Celestial Universal stature” referred to as “LIFELINE” or “Alpha Celestial Unit One”. These "Spirit People" include many famous and well-known luminaries and personalities from around the world.


Project St. Peter with Keith Clark

SEE EPISODE 2



FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
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Would you like to engage with like-minded people in a live online zoom group?

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We have been supporting a range of groups which have been running several times a week for the last three years. The current line-up includes mediumship practice, dream analysis, spirit art, automatic writing, developing mental and physical mediumship, sharing strange happenings, and more.

Every Sunday there is a Global Gathering bringing together researchers and experiencers from Australia, U.K., Europe, and North and South America. These meetings usually feature a different guest speaker.
Video recordings are available.

For a full program see victorzammit.com/zoom.

The expert leaders of these groups are giving their time and talents to the community in the spirit of selfless service. The following three new groups will be starting soon.


EXPERIMENTING WITH TRANCE STATES
https://www.victorzammit.com/images/KarenFrancisMcCarthy.jpgAre you interested in experimenting with trance for various purposes, for example communicating with a loved one, accessing your inner guidance or healing? Karen Frances McCarthy, author of Till Death Don't Us Part, will be running a free session on Zoom once a month, on Saturdays at 10.30 a.m. New York (Eastern) time. Karen is an experienced medium and teacher, trained at the AFC. Email if you would like to be involved. hello@karenfrancesmedium.com



AFTERLIFE BOOK CLUB
https://www.victorzammit.com/images/hughbenson30.jpgThe most famous and best-loved book of Monsignor Hugh Benson, Life in the World Unseen has become a classic of Spiritualism. He describes his arrival in the spirit world and his surprise that there was no judgment, no eternal hell, and that the only religion was love. His book contains detailed descriptions of the middle astral planes as well as descriptions of his excursions into lower and higher spheres. It will be the subject of discussion for the first meeting of the Afterlife Book Club led by Gary Langley and Karyn Jarvie on Zoom on Tuesday 8th Sept. at 6 p.m. California time (Wednesday 7th, 11 am Sydney time). https://zoom.us/j/7595442928.


SPIRITUALISM TODAY with NORMA TURNER Ph.D. Norma has already run weekly groups on Monday nights for more than two years. She is returning after a break with a new group on Sunday nights.
https://www.victorzammit.com/images/NormaTurner.jpgIt will be a combination of a presentation of some aspect of Spiritualism and spirituality followed by open discussion. If you have questions about Spiritualism or spirituality or religion, bring them here. Sundays, beginning
Sunday September 6, 2020.
Time: 5:00-6:00 p.m.. Pacific Time (Phoenix) 
Contact: njturner@earthlink.net
Norma’s Room: https://zoom.us/j/3499782616 



NEXT WEEK'S AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS

Sunday 30th August 2020

Global Gathering: "Special Evidence for Life After https://www.victorzammit.com/images/Milesbooks1.pngDeath." Few people know more about the evidence for the afterlife than Miles Edward Allen, who has been studying and writing about it since he was in college in the 1970s. Like many of us, early in his investigation he encountered a skeptic who refused even to look at the evidence. Since then, he has focused on refining the evidence and will be talking about some of the most compelling cases that you can read about in The Hereafter Trilogy: The Book That Removes All Doubt.

Check time in your city
IN THIS LINK
Los Angeles 2 p.m. Sunday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Sunday
Chicago 4 p.m. Sunday
New York 5 p.m. Sunday
London 10 p.m. Sunday
Rome 11 p.m. Sunday
Sydney 7 a.m. Monday
https://zoom.us/j/7595442928


Monday 31st August 2020

GOSH: Gatherings over Strange Happenings
Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and the USA) and Tuesday 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.

Check time in your city IN THIS LINK
Los Angeles 2 p.m. Monday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Monday
Chicago 4 p.m. Monday
New York 5 p.m. Monday
London 10 p.m. Monday
Rome 11 p.m. Monday
Sydney 7 a.m. Tuesday
https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Co-ordinator
Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com


Tuesday 1st September 2020

Practice, Practice, Practice
When:   Every First & Third Tuesday/Wednesday.  5 p.m. Pacific; 8 p.m. New York; 10 am Sydney (Wednesday)
Check your time here
Whether you have done a psychic or mediumship course, are just embarking on the discovery of your latest “skill”, not sure what you are doing, need support, need willing people to be there for you then this group may be for you.  Any skill level catered for. karynjarvie@ozemail.com.au
Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/7595442928


Wednesday 2nd September 2020  

Automatic Writing and Mediumship Discussion
Share resources and discuss what participants are experiencing
1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Pacific Time
https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Coordinator: Sheila Lowe sheila@sheilalowe.com


Physical mediumship development group
with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan
7 p.m. Central time; 8 p.m. New York; 5 p.m. Pacific Time;
The group is now admitting new members.
Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena.
Contact Rob Blackburn (rkblack@mtco.com) or Craig Hogan (r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org) before joining the group.
https://zoom.us/j/4381898190


More details of meetings

Videos of past Global Gatherings



SALUTING ALL THOSE WORKING TO PROTECT WILD ANIMALS The past 30 years have seen the threats to our natural world increase at a terrifying rate. International Animal Rescue is one of many organisations working to save wild animals from the encroachment of human settlement and the cruel trade in exotic "pets".


Orangutan Baby School


A STORY OF SYNCHRONICITY
https://www.victorzammit.com/images/michaelcocks3.jpgRev. Michael Cocks writes: "I love Stephen’s prayer about the Good Shepherd who leads us along our personal paths. The following story recounts how that Shepherd appeared to guide me as I drove over a mountain pass on a stormy night." In his blog post, he shares how he was guided to rescue a young lad who had been trying to commit suicide by exposing his body to the cold. Read more.



A SITTING IN THE POWER MEDITATION
A "sitting in the power" meditation is a meditation to help you connect with spirit for mediumship and psychic development. It was originally brought to the world by Glyn Edwards through a trance mediumship session at The Arthur Findlay College. This is Beverley Anne Freeman's version of "Sitting in the Power.


Sitting in the Power with Beverley Freeman



DUTCH WRITER SEEKS VOLUNTEERS TO HELP POLISH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HIS BOOK
In August 2018 Paul J. Van Leeuwen self-published a book titled Kwantumfysica, Informatie en Bewustzijn in Dutch or ‘Quantum Physics, Information and Consciousness‘ in English. He has now translated the book into English but, because he is not a native speaker, he needs volunteers to read a few chapters and change the words that don't sound like good English sentences. Interested? Fill in this contact form.


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FEEDBACK (Four this week).

https://www.victorzammit.com/images/feedback.jpg1) "Hello Victor and Wendy, I loved your Silver Birch quote.  Hope all is well in Australia!  Life is still great here in Santa Fe". Tom

2) "I always look forward to the Report and enjoy the content. Just wanted to say that "Finding Joe" particularly had resonance and was exactly what I needed today". Helaina

3) "It was great to read about Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross'
professional life studying death and dying. What I find interesting is when one medium gets the same information from spirit as another medium. I was also given the same information from spirit, that no one dies alone - this is so interesting. I see people after their sittings when I explain this, their life changes. This is worth everything". Marion Dampier Jeans.


4) "I can tell you that MB, my longtime friend and a counselor/hospice worker, told me just the other day, in a phone call, "It is VERY common to hear the dying speak to those loved ones who passed before us, VERY common."



HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC: EVA CASSIDY AUTUMN LEAVES

One reviewer wrote about Eva Cassidy
"Imagine just stumbling into this club and hearing the greatest singer. Shocking transcendent beyond perfection."

Another said "I've heard Nat King Cole, Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald sing this song...beautifully. They sang it. This woman owned it. She took it apart, re-assembled it, infused it with her soul, her passions, her dreams and gave it to us. It was as if I had never heard it before. She not only gave something new to me, she drew something out of me. Her love for song aroused my love for listening. She danced with me...in a sense. I am touched. RIP Eva."

Eva Cassidy Autumn Leaves


Lyrics: Autumn Leaves

The falling leaves drift by my window
The falling leaves of red and gold
I see your lips the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall



Whilst we encourage and we publish many papers and reports by afterlife researchers, we are not in a position to guarantee the accuracy of all claims. We accept the imputed claim that the afterlife and paranormal research done by the researchers is done in good faith. ALL WORK IS COPYRIGHT BY THE CONDITIONS SET AT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON COPYRIGHT.

Edmund Dawson Rogers was born in 1823 to a poor Methodist family in Holt, Norfolk. His father, John, abandoned the family, leaving his mother, Sarah, alone. With help from Sarah’s brother, Edmund was able to attend grammar school where he studied Latin and Greek. When he left school, he apprenticed with a druggist and studied botany for six years.

Rogers married Sophia Jane Hawkes in 1843 and two years later moved to Wolverhampton where he worked as a surgeon’s dispenser and joined the Staffordshire Mercury as a journalist. By 1848, he was appointed editor of the Norfolk News. It was during this time that he began to doubt his faith and at the same time was introduced to the spiritual teachings and philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg who lived 100 years before him.

Rogers used his knowledge of mesmerism to help an invalid lady, “Miss A.” in 1865. She was confined to her bed and he used the technique to give her some relief from her suffering. Miss A. would soon confide in him about her peculiar abilities, which included premonitions and clairvoyance. Roger visited Miss A. regularly for several years. She related to him her visions of the spiritual plane. During a family outing, he was even able to contact her from 40 miles away.

Rogers became more involved with Spiritualism. In 1869, he attended seances with D.D. Home and Mrs. Marshall. In 1870, he became acquainted with the Everitts and attended Mrs. Everitt’s seances. Conan Doyle’s book refers to a narrative given by Rogers in 1885 at a séance conducted by Mr. Elington.

At the séance, ectoplasm was produced. Rogers described it as “a dingy, white-looking substance” that swayed and pulsated. He said that there were fourteen persons present and that there was sufficient light to enable the writer of the report “clearly to observe everybody and everything in the room.” The ectoplasm took form. Eventually, the connecting link severed and became invisible, and the “form” advanced to Mr. Everitt, “shook hands with him, and passed round the circle, treating nearly everyone in the same manner.”

In 1870, Rogers became the first editor of the Eastern Counties Daily Press which became the Eastern Daily Press. He moved London in 1873, and at the request of leading members of the Liberal Party established the National Press Agency. That same year, he helped form the British National Association of Spiritualists. He also founded the journal Light which he edited from 1894 until his death in 1910.

In 1881–1882 he founded the Society of Psychical Research with Sir William and was a founding member of the London Spiritual Alliance. He also published and edited The Tenant Farmer (1894–1898) and The Free Speaker (1873–1874).

Rogers and his wife, Sophia, had six children, two sons and four daughters. Sophia died in 1892. Rogers followed in 1910 while living in London.

Additional Reading:

Rogers, Edmund Dawson. (1911) Life and Experiences of Edmund Dawson Rogers, Spiritualist and Journalist (new edition by Kessinger Publishing, London, 2004) 

http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1910__hopps___life_and_experiences_of_edmund_dawson_rogers.pdf

Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur (1926) “The History of Spiritualism” Volume II, Chapter 4

Sojourner Truth was born in 1797 as Isabella “Belle” Baumfree (Bomfree), one at least 10 children born to James and Elizabeth Baumfree. The Baumfrees were slaves to Colonel Hardenbergh and lived on his estate near Esopus, New York. After Hardenbergh died in 1806, Belle was sold several times, ending up with John Dumont. She married another slave named Thomas and had five children, one fathered by Dumont because of a rape.

In 1799, the State of New York began to abolish slavery, but it wouldn’t be complete until July 4, 1827. Dumont promised Belle her freedom, but never let her go, so in 1826, she escaped with her infant daughter, Sophia. She worked as a housekeeper and later rescued her son, Peter, suing the slave owner in court.

In 1843, Belle became a member of the Methodist church. God came to her and told her she must preach the truth. She changed her name to Sojourner Truth and lectured on abolitionism, women’s rights, religious tolerance, and pacifism. In a letter from Cora LV Scott to Amy Post, she described Sojourner’s lectures as “…pearls cast from the crown of Truth …the world will long remember her when other names are forgotten.”

In 1856, Sojourner made another big change. She had become fascinated by Spiritualism and sold all her possessions in 1857 to move to the village of Harmonia near Battle Creek, Michigan. As she continued with her lectures, they were now more than political stances, they were inspired teachings.

The Battle Creek area was a meeting place for all types for progressive thinkers at the time. Hicksite Quakers accepted Spiritualism and formed the community that was soon home to Swedenborgians and Universalists. Reynolds and Dorcas Cornell, founding members of Battle Creek’s Hicksite Meeting who were practicing Spiritualists, incorporated the Village of Harmonia in 1855. Their son, Hiram, founded the Bedford Harmonial Institute in 1851.

Andrew Jackson Davis traveled to Harmonia to speak about his Harmonial Philosophy. They hosted the Michigan Annual meeting of Progressive Friends. The village was also home to ex-U.S. Senator Nathanial Tallmadge, and Spiritualist lecturer and Fourierist, Warren Chase.

Sojourner lived in the village from 1857 to 1867, before relocating to nearby Battle Creek. During the 1870s, she remained politically active, trying to secure land grants for former slaves from the Federal government. She met with President Ulysses S. Grant and actively supported his reelection. She even tried to vote for him but was turned away.

Sojourner was nearly deaf and blind toward the end of her life. She never learned to read or write, but her lectures helped change the cultural fabric of the United States. She died in 1883.

Additional Reading:

Irvin Painter, Nell (1996). Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol. New York and London: W. W. Norton & Co.

Johnson, Paul E.; Wilentz, Sean (1994). The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Wilson, Brian C. (2013) “The Battle for Battle Creek: Sectarian Competition in the Yankee West.” Quaker Theology. Vol 23, Summer-Fall

Rev. Robin Reale, PhD (ABD), Special Education Public Policy, is an ordained Spiritualist Minister and Metaphysician through the Fellowships of the Spirit, Lily Dale, NY. Robin serves Spiritualist churches throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Indiana, and New York as lecturer, medium, and Spiritualist historian. November 1, 2000 was dedicated Robin Reale Day in Massachusetts following receipt of the prestigious Eugene Rooney Public Service Award for excellence in teaching & training. She served in Peace Corps Chad and Senegal, and consulted in Lithuania to rebuild the education system after communism.

Isaac Post was born in 1798 on Long Island, New York. Amy Kirby Post was born nearby in 1802 to Joseph and Mary Kirby. They were both members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). About 1821, Isaac Post married Amy’s older sister, Hannah. They moved to Cayuga County, New York in 1823 and had two children before Hannah became ill. Amy moved in with them to help care for the children. Hannah soon died, and Amy stayed on, eventually marrying Isaac in 1828. He and Amy had two sons.

Soon after marrying, Amy and Isaac joined a radical wing of the Quaker church headed by Elias Hicks.  They moved to Rochester in 1836 and Isaac went into business as a druggist. In 1842, they helped found the Western New York Anti-Slavery Society. Amy organized fundraising events and group conventions. They held meetings in their home and hosted prominent lecturers including Frederick Douglas and Susan B. Anthony. Their home was also part of the Underground Railroad.

Amy became involved in the women’s movement at the same time. She attended many conventions and signed the “Declaration of Sentiments” and “The Just and Equal Rights of Women” resolution. After the War, she became a member of the Equal Rights Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association. In 1872, she successfully registered to vote, but she was turned away at the polls.

In 1848, the Posts rented rooms to Kate and Margaret Fox, who had gained a reputation for communicating with spirits through rapping noises. They introduced the girls to their circle of friends and gave up their Quaker religion to become Spiritualists.  Amy became the Fox sister’s mentor during the early part of their careers, giving them advice, encouragement, and protection. She and Isaac attended their original weekly circle along with R. D. Jones, John E. Robinson and George Willets.

After much trial and error, Isaac became a spirit writing medium. In 1852, he published a book entitled: Voices from the Spirit World, Being Communications from Many Spirits which included messages from Benjamin Franklin and Swedenborg. Amy focused her attention on public speaking and promoting Spiritualism. The Posts became leading defenders of the Spiritualists in Rochester. Their son Willet, followed in Isaac’s footsteps, becoming a druggist and Spiritualist.

Amy and Isaac stayed active with their social reform activities until the end of their lives. Isaac died in 1872, but Amy remained active for many years afterward. Less than a year before her death in 1889, she attended the International Council of Woman Suffragists at Washington.
 

Additional Reading:

The Post Family Papers (1817-1918): https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/finding-aids/D93

Powalski, Caitlin (2009) Radical transmissions: Isaac and Amy Post, Spiritualism and Prograssive reform in Nineteenth Century Rochester Rochester History, Vol 71, No. 2, Fall 2009. Available on-line: https://www.libraryweb.org/~rochhist/v71_2009/v71i2.pdf

Theodore Weld was born in Hampton, Connecticut in 1803, son to Elizabeth Clark and Ludovicus Weld, a minister of the Hampton Congregational Church. After attending Hamilton College and the Oneida Institute, he went on to study at the Lane Seminary in Cincinnati in 1834.

It was an experience in grade school that led to Weld’s profound concern for racial equality. When an African American boy named Jerry entered his class, the teacher segregated Jerry from the rest of the students. Theodore asked to be seated next to the boy. As an adult, Weld became a passionate abolitionist. He gave lectures, trained workers for the American Anti-Slavery Society, and wrote influential pamphlets anonymously. He was also an adviser to an anti-slavery bloc in Congress in the early 1840s.

It was during an anti-slavery convention that Weld met Angelina Grimké. Angelina was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1805, the daughter of a slave-owning judge. Growing to detest slavery, she followed her older sister Sarah to Philadelphia in 1829. There she adopted the Quaker religion and turned to teaching. Shortly after, she became an abolitionist and promoted women’s rights.

Grimké and Weld were married in 1838. Since Weld was a Presbyterian, Angelina was formally dismissed from the Society of Friends.  Theirs was not a traditional marriage. A collection of letters during the couple’s courtship shows that they wanted an egalitarian marriage. They spoke of their spiritual attraction to each other, and that they had same-sex friends who were just as dear to them.  They said a marriage should be founded on “spirit and equality.”

The Welds had three children, Charles Stuart, Theodore Grimké, and Sarah Grimké.  In 1840, they moved to New Jersey where they ran schools until 1862. During that time, they became progressively less orthodox. Angelina’s became interested in the Millerite movement in the mid-1840’s, and later the couple became involved with Spiritualists, including, medium Isaac Post and William Lloyd Garrison.

The Posts had rented rooms to Kate and Margaret Fox, who had gained a reputation for communicating with spirits through rapping noises. Amy became the Fox sister’s mentor during the early part of their careers. The Posts, like Angelina, had given up their Quaker religion.  Since the Welds believed physical bodies were only temporary housing, Spiritualism was a good fit for their ideals. It supported the belief that spiritual friendship was the foundation of all relationships. In the spirit world where there was no sexism or racism.

In 1863 the Welds moved to Massachusetts, where they continued teaching. Angelina suffered a stroke in 1873.  Weld lived to be 91 years old and died in Hyde Park, MA in 1895.

Additional Reading:

Abzug, Robert H. (1980) Passionate Liberator: Theodore Dwight Weld & the Dilemma of Reform. New York: Oxford University Press.

Nelson, Robert Kent (2006) Society of Souls: Spirit, Friendship, and Antebellum Reform Imagination. William and Mary dissertation

https://b-womeninamericanhistory19.blogspot.com/2019/02/us-women-fighting-for-equality-grimke.html

http://iapsop.com/spirithistory/liberating_the_enchained_spirit.html

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef1746a088b0f1d559bb4f871100ada1?s=49&d=mm&r=gKarenSeptember 22, 2020Karen's Korner

WELLA & PET ANDERSON: Spirit Art

Impressions about depression and whether there is a plan to our human evolution. What effect does our ignorance have on the population in the Afterlife?

This is the second free Virtual Reality App of the ASTRAL OVERVIEW EFFECTS PROJECT.

This one is aiming to give an immersive experience of higher consciousness.

If you have an Oculus Quest or an Oculus Go, can download from here: http://www.magicfantasyart.com/magicf...

If you wish to know more about Jurgen's Work please visit: http://www.multidimensionalman.com Jurgen's books provide many graphic and vividly told first-hand accounts of his journeys into the Afterlife Worlds.

They go into much greater depth and detail than it is possible in these short videos: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jurgenz

Here is a glimpse of the first virtual reality of the Astral Overview Effect Project, which people, who have an Oculus Quest, can download from here: http://www.magicfantasyart.com/magicf...

If you wish to know more about Jurgen's Work please visit: http://www.multidimensionalman.com Jurgen's books provide many graphic and vividly told first-hand accounts of his journeys into the Afterlife Worlds. They go into much greater depth and detail than it is possible in these short videos: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jurgenz

For more please visit: http://www.lightandmagic.co.uk

THE ASTRAL OVERVIEW EFFECT is a virtual reality project by Jurgen Ziewe, who has written two books on his lifelong Out-of-Body experiences. He is also a commercial 3D illustrator and animator.

Since 2014 he has experimented turning his experiences into Virtual Worlds using the Unity Game Engine, but until now the quality has been unsatisfying to convey what it is like to visit other dimensional realities.

Having mostly retired from his commercial work he is now dedicating all his time to put his skills to work in this fascinating project:

To create Virtual Reality environments which will give people a glimpse of what it is like to enter alternate reality in full waking consciousness, just like during an Astral Travel Experience. In order to accomplish this momentous project Jurgen is hoping to raise funds for the cost of the development.

The term "ASTRAL OVERVIEW EFFECT" is borrowed from Astronauts viewing the world from space, which in many instances, almost inevitable, impacts and changes their consciousness and perception. It is hoped when people enter Virtual Reality in order to view what an OBE feels like, this may have a similar effect. Become a part of this exciting project by visiting. http://www.lightandmagic.co.uk

This Virtual Reality Experience was designed to simulate a Lucid Dream.

As we enter an unworldly space, fully immersed in it yet in full waking consciousness, this will give us an idea of what it may feel like to be in a Lucid Dream.

The scenery was deliberately kept unworldly and somewhat surreal, with subtle whispery prompts to remind us that we are dreaming and should be aware of this.

This VR animation was originally designed to be viewed late at night, perhaps just before bedtime, so the mind would pick up on it in a dream including the prompts, "Am I dreaming", hopefully with the result of obtaining lucidity. The video should be viewed in 360/3D at the highest possible setting such as 8K or 4K. To get the highest possible quality on your VR headset you can download the original crisp and sharp 360 VR Video with all the others which are part of the "Astral Overview Effect Project" at the link below. Because hosting costs money. A voluntary donation would help. In return you would receive a package of 15 high resolution screen saver images of Jurgen's other Virtual Worlds to enjoy. http://www.magicfantasyart.com/magicf... The work is inspired by Jurgen Out-ot-Body experiences into higher states of consciousness. You can read up on his work here: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jurgenz

Heaven - What gets you there?

Expanded states of Consciousness Do I stop being "ME" when I enter Unity Consciousness?

Why do people ever want to leave "Heaven" once they arrived?

Our human form is only an appearance of a far greater Self.

What and who are Angels?

A tiny glimpse into the Angel Phenomena from my limited viewpoint of Astral Travels.

The way we are and the way we consider ourselves we are barely alive now. Our true Life begins with Awakening. Until then, everything in our human world is little more than child's play. Complete Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Jurgen's books provide many graphic and vividly told first-hand accounts of his journeys into the Afterlife Worlds. They go into much greater depth and detail than it is possible in these short videos: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jurgenz Please visit the website for more information: http://www.multidimensionalman.com

Life Reviews seem to be unique to Near Death Experiencers, but under certain conditions Out-of Body Experiencers can enter higher states of consciousness where they can relive past lives or incarnations in full here-now present reality awareness.

Far from being "dead" after we die our sense awareness becomes heightened to a degree unimaginable to us in our physical bodies while alive. What causes us to behave anti-socially to downright evil?

Most importantly, how do we transcend into a higher plane if we got stuck on a lower Astral level after we die? Out-of-Body Experiencers employ certain techniques. Do they work when we are dead?

A short video, Why we need to get used to the fact that our "Afterlife" will be More Real not Less Real, More "Physical" not Less "Physical". Complete Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czec0... To get inspiration and a more in-depth knowledge of the Astral worlds and the adventures there please refer to Jurgen's books: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jurgenz Visit the website: http://www.multidimensionalman.com/

A short summary presentation of some of the Afterlife condition we may experience, based on personal experiences of Out-of-Body travels as chronicled in the books "Multidimensional Man" and "Vistas of Infinity" by the author and artist Jurgen Ziewe. To get inspiration and a more in-depth knowledge of the Astral worlds and the adventures there please refer to Jurgen's books: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/jurgenz Visit the website: http://www.multidimensionalman.com/