From My Viewpoint

Days are shorter. Nights are longer. There is more time for though. The August conference is history but the many seeds planted there show signs of germinating and growing into healthy further development of the electronic voice.

As any garner knows, one must always be vigilant against weeds and disease. A vegetable or flower garden is like the garden of our mind. Not all of us are gardeners in the fields, but we are all gardeners of thoughts and of deciding to put certain of those thoughts into action.

Those who have spent years in front of their tape recorders find it a humbling experience. The longer they sit, the more hours they spend asking for communication from the other side to answers to their questions, the more they realize how little they know. They have had more genuine electronic contact with other dimensions than anyone else, yet none of them would presume to tell others that they have discovered the secrets or unlocked the many facets of the complex phenomena known as EVP. They know the answers to the phenomena do not come quickly or easily and yet they are content. Each tiny bit of the puzzle that is unlocked is regarded as a great victory.

When we sit down at our tape recorders we never know what is going to be recorded. I, and I know others, have received messages at times that could cause considerable grief, panic or excitement among large numbers of people. It is the type of information that the weekly tabloids found in your supermarkets would blazon on their front pages.

We who have received messages of this type feel deeply responsible to others. We know that at times unseen contacts speak with “crooked” tongues. We want nothing to do with sensationalism. Once we were few; now we are many. On one hand this is good, but on the other, as more and more individuals learn about EVP and become actively involved with it, dangers increase. The self-declared prophets, those who want to share with the world their messages from God who spoke to them last week on tape; the purveyors of “truth,” be it gloom, doom or joy from their EVP contact from Mars or the Man in the Moon, must find, it is hoped, a small audience.

We can understand how such claims can only harm the entire field of EVP. What comes through to us and what we think we hear on tape (and the two are not always the same) must at times be seriously questioned. Let us continue to be responsible individuals when we “speak” for EVP and do nothing that could harm others or the field of EVP itself. Let us hope that we are given the wisdom to know when to speak and when to remain silent.

Conference Report

Our August conference was even more successful than I dared hope. Although registrations began to trickle in last April, and slowly grew in number, it was not until the middle of August that we were almost overwhelmed with them. In addition, the last week we had phone calls day and night from people who said they were on their way. So many came that the Hyatt Regency ran out of rooms. Fortunately, I was able to help the late registrants find accommodations at a near-by hotel.

Participants came from seventeen states, Washington, D.C., Canada and Finland. Altogether we had slightly over 100 individuals with us during the three days. The feelings expressed to me during the conference, and in the many letters since then, were almost unanimous in praise for the featured speakers, workshops and general meetings, and Hyatt facilities.

The fact that we had outstanding lecturers and a number of interesting workshops helped attract many individuals. Several remarked during the conference that the only criticism they had was that they couldn’t attend all the workshops; each one sounded so interesting. Another person asked on Sunday as he was leaving, “How did you manage to get so many leading researchers in the field of survival?”

Increasingly, the evidence presented through EVP suggests survival and more and more researchers in the field are looking upon it as such. Most of those who were with us took a positive approach towards the electronic voice and felt the future looked bright and held much promise. Time and again I and others emphasized the need for research that could lead to better communication for the many of us sitting in front of our tape recorders and those who speak to us from other dimensions. I had the privilege of meeting for the first time several extremely knowledgeable individuals in the field of electronics. Each one has recently become interested in EVP, and by talking to them and getting to know them personally I feel they will have much to contribute to the field of research and development that we will be able to use on a practical level in the next few years.

We had a heterogeneous group at the conference but whatever their background they were all united in their interest in EVP. The group was friendly, and I had the pleasure of frequently observing people who had been strangers the day before sitting and talking animatedly with new friends about the electronic voice. One of the most important benefits of attending a conference of this nature is meeting and exchanging ideas with people. This happened in Baltimore.

To all those who were unable to be with us—you were missed! To those who were there—it was good meeting you!

Com-Feedback

The second EVP Quarterly Tape was recently received from Alexander MacRae of Skye, Scotland. One of the most interesting parts of the tape was a demonstration of an EVP phenomena recently discovered by MacRae. He calls it Com-Feedback which is basically a repetitive process of playing possible EVP communications through a resonant system.

You place a small tape recorder (the portable cassette type is good) inside a small resonant enclosure, such as a can, bucket, etc. After doing this, you play a cassette tape of one or more suspected paranormal messages through the tape recorder that is inside the enclosure. As you are playing back the tape, make a copy of this onto another cassette tape recorder. The microphone should be placed close to the resonant system with the volume low. You now have a copy of a copy. Take the second copy and play it through the resonant system, again making a copy of that. (Only two tapes are needed.) Continue doing this five to seven times, listening to the segment you are copying every time or two.

Something interesting and unexpected starts to happen. Not surprisingly your voice and background noise begins to deteriorate and by the fourth copy you will not be able to understand what you have said. The surprise is that the paranormal voice becomes clearer, up to a certain point, with each new copying process. You will also notice new paranormal messages emerging that you had no idea were there.

It takes some time, patience, and a certain amount of experimenting until you get a good workable resonant system, but results can be worth the time spent. For a copy of the tape and for future EVP Quarterly Tapes write: Alexander MacRae, (address removed). Cost of each tape which will be sent airmail is $11.80.

Letter from AFAR

Further news of the Jurgenson “Wave” has been received from Luise Fuchs of Allfeld, West Germany. In the May NEWS, I quoted from Luise’s letter in which she said she had spent a week in Sweden with Friedrich Jurgenson in October 1979. While there, she learned how to use the Jurgerson “Wave” and since that time has used it exclusively with good results.

I wrote to Luise and asked her for more information. Tom Roers, Maryland AA-EVP member, kindly translated her reply, which I will quote in part. “…at Mr. Jurgenson’s in Sweden, I witnessed what can come in on the so-called Jurgenson Wave. I have gotten the longest recordings on this wave. It is found on:

Medium Wave=AM    Here in Allfeld on Frequency 1492

“Within West Germany, this frequency can be a little different and I don’t know whether it’s a lot different for America. Therefore, I would advise you to seek the medium wave AM spot which lies between Moscow and Vienna: (in Germany) this is the right frequency. At this point on the radio various transmissions are able to come through, but they comprise EVP voices too. If our friends are coming through well, then the EVP voices come in a wave-like or rhythmic rushing sound. Please don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear this rhythmic rushing right away. Keep trying. Once this point is found, stay with it even if EVP voices are not immediately satisfactory. From my experience I can say that this is the best frequency for radio-recording.”

We are indebted to Luise for her clear explanation and for sharing with us her experiences using the Jurgenson Wave. She is eager to hear from other AA-EVP members who use it successfully. If you do, let me know and I will pass the word on to Luise.

An invitation to visit has come from Edelgard John of Rothenburg, West Germany. Mrs. John, a friend of Luise Fuchs, joined the AA-EVP last June. In her recent letter she wrote, “Many American tourists are coming here. If ever a member of our Association would visit Rothenburg, I should be glad to meet her or him.” For any AA-EVP member who plans to be near Rothenburg in the future and would like to accept Mrs. John’s kind invitation you may write to her: (Address removed).

An interesting and thought provoking letter has come from AA-EVP member, Norman Marsh of England After his wife Marjorie died over three years ago, he decided to try to contact her via a tape recorder. Norman bought a recorder and attempted unsuccessfully for months to reach her. He wrote to Gilbert Bonner, well-known English EVP researcher, for suggestions which he followed closely. I will quote in part from Norman’s letter: “I purchased a small cassette recorder and made a recording of a German newscaster and played this back as a noise source, placing my reel to reel recorder about 7 feet away with the microphone in the middle… (After about 6 more months of negative results) I was startled to hear a strong woman’s voice call my name. …The following day I asked aloud who is doing this and a voice of excellent quality said, ‘Norman, it’s Marjorie, it’s true, it’s true, it’s true!’”

Three days later, Norman sat down to listen to the ‘Marjorie’ message on the reel tape before transferring it to a cassette tape. He writes, “There was no trace of it. Every word had vanished. …I turned the tape over and tried each side and tracks 1 to 4, but to no avail. The recording had been erased without a trace. …I had waited so long and then this happened. I was miserable but decided that I would carry on.

“I continued my recordings using the same German speaker as a noise source when halfway through the cassette was the recording that had been erased from the reel tape, ‘Norman, it’s Marjorie, it’s true, it’s true, it’s true!’”

Norman asks, “How did the message become erased from the tape of the reel to reel recorder and find its way on to the cassette which was 7 feet away in the PLAYBACK position? Was it done deliberately to show that paranormal activity was responsible...?” He closed his letter with, “While she (Marjorie) believed implicitly in survival by faith she was hesitant to accept that communication was possible. I have no doubt that the words, ‘It’s true,’ referred to communication.”

EVP has spread to the East! Jamil (and I will not use his last name on the possibility it might cause him some difficulty) lives in Amman, Jordan. We have exchanged many letters and I have sent him some EVP tapes. Jamil has become interested in the electronic voice and recently joined AA-EVP. In the letter in which he enclosed his membership he wrote, “I am doing my best to introduce EVP but I have to be tactful since fanaticism prevails in this part of the world. Anyway, slowly but steadily I will act.”

Korean-007 Air Disaster

Those who attended the August conference and heard Mercedes Shepanek, Virginia State Coordinator, play her tape Saturday morning as part of the tape demonstration were highly impressed. All of the messages were received 8-9 hours after the Air Florida crash into the Potomac River in January 1982, and seemed to come directly from ‘helpers’ who were trying to assist the victims of the crash.  (Tape 3C on enclosed list.)

Now, it seems possible that Mercedes may have tuned into what took place after the Korean airplane crash the end of August. It is noteworthy that with the Air Florida crash, Mercedes knew about it and asked for information which was apparently given. However, in the Korean disaster she did not know that the plane had been shot down. It was not until the following day that the world learned what had happened.

Mercedes sent me a copy of the excellent tape. Some of the Class A messages, all on the reverse side of her tape, are: “This man has her ear cut off.” “These people went up there you know. They all have hysterics, they all hysteric, they all hysteric.” “Look now. Things are no good.” “Well God chose them.” “So be it.” “We all may work quietly?”

The messages came one after the other. With the ‘hysteric’ message there was a babble of several excited voices. The message near the end, “We all may work quietly?” suggests that someone was asking the ‘helpers’ to become calmer as they were working.

William Welch Speaks?

William Welch was one of the foremost EVP researchers in this country before his death in the 1970’s. He is the author of the book, Talks With The Dead, published in 1975.

Harold Sherman called me several weeks ago and said that he had received a letter from Raymond Cass, English EVP researcher. Raymond had written that he had just listened to the William Welch Memorial tape, “Talks With The Dead,” which was given in 1976 at the Harold Sherman Body/Mind/Spirit Workshop in St. Louis and which Harold recently sent to him. Cass was so moved by the tape that he felt compelled to go to his tape recorder to see if he could record a message. A clear voice whispered loudly, “Darling Kitty.”

Since Kitty was the name of Welch’es wife, Harold tried to reach her in California to see what term her husband had used in addressing her. Although Kitty was not home at the time, Harold talked to a gentleman who knew William and Kitty well and had recorded many times with them. According to this gentleman, when William spoke to his wife he would frequently refer to her as “Darling Kitty.”

The day following my conversation with Harold, I wrote to Raymond and said I would like to share his experience with the AA-EVP members in the November NEWS. Raymond promptly replied and most kindly sent me a copy of the Class A “Darling Kitty” message. I will quote from his letter.

“The Kitty voice was received just after listening to the Wm Welch tape and trying a mike recording which proved abortive. I quickly switched over to the medium wave and twiddled around the Jurgenson frequency (about 1480 KHz.) On the instant I heard a loud hoarse whisper.. . “Darling Kitty,” riding on the drone and immediately captured copies of it.”

I might add that this is the first tune I have heard the Jurgenson frequency (or “wave” as Luise Fuchs calls it.) It is a distinctive, unusual sound that seems to be created deliberately by the other side and does not sound like the typical electronic sounds that come through our radios. Once heard it will not be forgotten.

Research Ideas

In each issue of the NEWS we try to give you one or two ideas that you can use in your EVP work. This time, as a result of the conference and of individuals knowledgeable in the field of electronics who want to share their ideas with us, we have more.

Melvin Sobol a physicist from New York, attended our conference and presented several excellent ideas during the panel discussion Sunday morning. (Tape 9C & l0C enclosed list.) There isn’t room to give all of them but the following are two of those he gave.

1.   Try adjusting the bias on your tape recorders. You might have to modify them a bit but Melvin thinks it is a useful avenue to investigate. If we turn the bias up there should be an additional base of energy available.

2.   If the Spirits do, in fact, operate on a higher frequency and if this frequency corresponds to our physical idea of frequency, it might be a good idea to record for a very short period, the tape moving very, very rapidly. The entities apparently use short bursts of live energy. If we can record at extremely fast speeds, entities may be able to give us a great deal of information on a short segment of tape, which we could hear as we slowly play back the tape.

Melvin said that electronic technology might have to be developed to permit doing what he has in mind. Do any of our engineers and electronic experts have some ideas along this line? Here is an opportunity for you to become more involved. Let me have your ideas and I will share them with others.

Monty Hearon an engineer and Co-State Coordinator with his wife, Bobby, from Oregon has written to me about how he uses ultrasonics in his EVP work. Many of us have heard or read about Otto Konig, in Germany, who is using ultrasonics to produce unusually loud and clear paranormal voices. We who attended the August conference had the opportunity to listen to a tape of the several outstanding voices he has received, but we learned that his equipment was unusually complicated and expensive. Since then, I have heard that he has not been successful in picking up much if anything, that is paranormal. From meeting and talking to Monty and Bobby last May, I learned that he has been using the ultrasonic sound with good results since February 1982. I asked him to share with us how he did this and I will quote from his letter.

“… As you know, we use the microphone technique for recording. We have many times heard a click or faint rap just before a voice starts speaking. We asked why this occurred and received the answer, “It makes it louder.” This led to the concept that some source of energy might help our invisible friends… I realize that others have reached the same conclusion and use a radio or music softly in the background for that purpose. However, it occurred to me that ultrasonic sound would be ideal. It would not be picked up by the microphones and ultrasonic sound having a higher frequency has more energy than audible sound. I had a Radio Shack ultrasonic sound burglar alarm so simply disconnected the horns and turned it on. The microphones were directly in front of the alarm about six feet away... We received some tonal voices and quite loud. As you would suspect though, all the voices were not that way but enough were that we have continued to use the ultrasonic sound when recording.

“The alarm I first used had a frequency of around 23,000 Hertz. Later I bought another for taping and it has a frequency of about 40,000 Hertz. I think the better, although we have gotten some good results with the newer one.”

Monty would like to hear about anybody who tries this technique and learn what results they get. If you let me know, I will pass the word on to him. Incidentally, if you have access to an audio generator, this already has an ultrasonic band on it and you can use it for experimental purposes.

Walter Sherbrooke an electronics engineer from California who attended our conference has many good ideas. In a recent phone conversation he suggested that those who are taping voices try to get hold of a double-head tape recorder. The moment it records it plays back in less than a second. If headphones are worn during recording, the recorder will be playing back at you through the headphones and through the recorder. You will be able to hear the paranormal entities speaking and perhaps could have a running conversation with them.

Walter is compiling a cross-country list of AA-EVP researchers which was begun at the conference. If you would like your name and address on this list, with the idea in mind that perhaps sometime in the future it will be shared with other AA-EVP members on the list, please let me know and I will send it to Walter.

Reports from Members

I am pleased to announce that Bill Weisensale, an AA-EVP member from California, has resumed publication of The Spirit Voice. [Editor’s note: These are to be in the AA-EVP Archive.  Bill has transitioned to the other side.] This was published for a while several years ago but, for personal reasons, had to be discontinued. I received my first copy of the new issue in September. His newsletter reflects his excellent grasp of electronics. Bill is interested in the technical development of equipment which can be used by many.

In a recent letter to me he wrote, “The Spirit Voice is an independent, technical EVP newsletter published as time permits, with a quarterly goal. The primary objective is to assist in the development of Spirit Voice Receivers. Subscription is by request. Donations not exceeding $15 a year, to help cover publishing and mailing costs, are appreciated. You may write to Bill: (Address removed).

Paul Johnson, President Spiritual Advisory Council (SAC), attended our conference. His organization holds several conferences a year. SAC, interested in various types of survival evidence, is becoming increasingly interested in EVP. At their recent conference, Walter Uphoff, a lecturer at our August conference spoke about EVP.

Dan McKee, Illinois State Coordinator has written that he is starting to play the tapes made at the conference in reverse. This is a time consuming job but he sent me the reverse tape of one of the lectures and there were interesting messages on it such as: “I see those downward. I reach the cement.” “Life is in part. Enjoys it.” “A line to cut in there.” “Sounds all right. That big a ruckus I’m hearing it.” “We are with him.”

New State Coordinators

Two people I met at our August conference and with whom I was very impressed were Jerry Bennett of Georgia and Roger Brower of North Carolina. Both men show an interest and the ability to further electronic research of the paranormal voice. I am pleased to announce their acceptance as State Coordinators of their respective states!

Roll Call

Since August the AA-EVP has gained 50 new members. A record! We have left the “magic”

We have number of 100 far behind and are “galloping” onwards. We have members in thirty-four states and seven foreign countries.  Our Puerto Rican member has moved to Massachusetts and is enrolled in the doctoral program at Harvard.

Conference Tapes

You who were saddened that you were unable to attend our conference; those who did come but had difficulty in choosing among the interesting workshops; to everyone who wants to discover or relive memories as to what took place during a workshop, lecture, tape demonstration or panel discussion—take heart—all of this is possible! Hugh Custer and his wife, Ann, who tape for many conferences, taped ours. Look over the cassette order form and order your tapes directly from STAR. The tapes contain a wealth of information and suggestions that will help all those interested in EVP.

Meet new Friends—Share Names and Addresses

One of the services offered by the AA-EVP is making available to members in the various states, the names and addresses of other AA-EVP members in their particular state. Due to the great influx of members, these lists are not up to date. About half of you will get a form with this newsletter to be filled out and returned to me within two weeks if you want your name and address shared with Association members in your state. If you would rather not have your name on the list, just ignore the form. For those of you who do not receive a form, it is because you have already indicated to me whether or not you want to be on the list. However, if you have changed your mind, one way or the other, drop me a note in the next fourteen days, and I will change your status.

Odds and Ends

How about a membership to AA-EVP to a close friend or relative for a Holiday gift? If you like, I can send an appropriate Holiday card, their membership card, and a personal note to them the first part of December so they will know this is your gift to them. Reflect on how fortunate we are in our world as compared to Jamil who wrote, “...fanaticism prevails in this part of the world.”

Berthelot Urbain, our new Belgium member in his recent letter to me quoted a saying of Aristotle that I like: “The ignorant affirms, the experts doubt, and the wise reflect!”

Let us all try to be wise!  Sarah Estep

Established to Provide Evidence as a Result of the Electronic Voice That We Survive Death