From Our Viewpoint

Look at us--we have a new face! Yes, we are changing the format of our newsletter. I am not one who believes in change for the sake of change, nor do I think you should hang on forever to something for the sake of tradition. Many traditions are meaningful and should be cherished and protected. Others should be relegated to the attic with bustles and high-top shoes. For some time, I have been dissatisfied with our format. It wasn’t “pleasing” to the eye and although what is said is far more important than the physical appearance of a publication felt we could have both. Thus, we have gone into columns. To my surprise, I discovered could include a bit more material but more important, it allows greater flexibility. As an example, you will find a delightful cartoon on page 3 that the editor of Hands-on Electronics gave me special permission to use in our Summer News. I think everyone, taping or not, will appreciate its humor. You will echo the sentiments expressed, in thinking about the recording of unseen voices with, “Ah, yes!”

The last three months have been busy. Members of the Association have come to visit; some for a few hours, others for several days. There has been a heavy load of correspondence, some disturbing, from members and non-members. In many cases, the person writing felt great desperation at the death of a loved one and wondered if life was worth continuing and if they would ever know joy again. Form letters are totally inappropriate at such times and one asks for wisdom to be able to answer that particular person’s cry for help. A few days ago, I returned from a twelve day trip to England where voices were taped, not only by me, but by others in the group. A report of our journey will be found on page 2. There was additional work to do on my book: Voices of Eternity. The galley proofs came later than expected and for seven days I spent twelve hours or more each day making final corrections. Now, for better or worse, everything is “graven in stone.” Please join me in sending positive thoughts in its direction.

One of the disturbing letters I received a month ago was from “Joe.” Joe has never been a member of the AA-EVP but he writes every so often and I try to reply and give what help I can to a very disturbed person. In his latest letter, Joe wrote that the doctor had told him he is terminally ill with a lung condition. He asked if I had any healers in my group of spirits who could come and heal him. Joe ended his letter with: “God and his male angels couldn’t care less! I wonder if I could be helped by LUCIFER whom I think has been maligned, made e scapegoat of for 2,000 years.”

There isn’t room to discuss our philosophical beliefs in the existence of a Lucifer. I certainly am not wise enough to debate for, or against, the actual physicality of such a person. However, if one believes in God—whatever the nature of God might be—then I think one cannot entirely dismiss a Lucifer. I do not accept the stereotype picture of a person with pointed ears and a tail who gleefully brandishes a pitchfork at all those who have “fallen” by the way. If the essence of God is light, wisdom and love, then on the other side, call it Lucifer or Satan or whatever you will, I believe you will find darkness and hate for all that is good, all that which helps man make his slow, stumbling progress to the light.

The following quotes are from some of the letters sent recently by AA-EVP members. They help give me the strength to work with the Joes. Thank you for taking the time to write.

Journey to Mystical England

On June 23, eight of us left for a twelve day journey through the southern part of England. This was under the auspices of our Association and I asked Lynn Gardner of Indiana to make the physical arrangements for the tour and to guide us while we were there. You will remember I had chosen Lynn to lead our last two trips to Egypt because of her experience. She also has the ability to help members of the group realize their unique potential as well as to appreciate the hidden, mystical aspect of places along the way.Plans for the trip began shortly after our third national conference last August. In discussing plans with Lynn, we chose southern England because it had so much to offer those who wanted to touch the spiritual, unseen energies of the past and relate them to the present.

From start to finish, our journey was extraordinary. The group was outstanding in its compatibility. We were each “seekers” of enlightenment and respected the path each person had chosen for himself.

Some of the people were especially eager to tape voices and I tried to help these individuals as much as possible. Winnie Peters, AA-EVP member, MD, taped humming in a cathedral. Patty Tucciarone, of NJ, who had never taped before, received two Class A messages during her first attempt when we visited Beaulieu Abbey, used many hundreds of years ago as a monastery.

It was at Beaulieu, where we went on our first full day, that I also taped my first Class A voice. I had stopped by the family grave of people who bought Beaulieu when it ceased being an abbey, and called out the names of the three people buried behind the locked gate. When I spoke to Victoria, who was buried in the middle, a clear female voice replied, “Yes, I went home,” indicating she had returned home to the spirit world at death.

Tintagel Castle, the legendary castle of King Arthur and Merlin, located on the wild and windswept Cornish coast, was spectacular. Dating back to the fifth century, remote and isolated on an island, it clings precariously to the edge of a cliff. All of us who climbed the steep steps leading up to the castle, sought out a private spot upon reaching the top. I went to an out-crop of stones and gazed down at Merlin’s cave. As the surf thundered back and forth, I could easily visualize what life must have been like those many years ago. I called upon the unseen to speak and my own name, “Sarah,” sounding as if it was coming from a great distance, was clearly recorded on tape.

At Stonehenge, I moved out into the fields away from the crowd, but still facing the monument itself. I asked how the invisibles felt about the current state of Stonehenge and a clear male voice replied, “Now I am gone.”

The dungeon at Warwick Castle was another moving experience. Prisoners were kept in unbelievable deplorable conditions, sometimes for years, in a small, dark, dank room. As part of the room, a small hole had been hollowed out in the ground, with a grate over it, where especially despised prisoners were put. Lowering my tape recorder as much as possible into this hole, I said I hoped they had found the peace they sought. A Class A male voice sounding close answered, “I love you my friend.”

There were many other memorable stops along the way: Glastonbury, where we climbed the Tor, a monument dating back thousands of years on top of a 500 foot high conical hill. Although it was late at night and there was rain, we found several others had preceded us. We were joined there by two young men in a circle in which we asked that our planet be healed. Our journey took us to Stratford upon Avon, where we attended Shakespeare’s play, “Much Ado About Nothing” at the Royal Shakespeare theater, and of course, London, where we spent the last two days, will not be forgotten.

A special pleasure for me was “touching bases” with some of our European tapers. I spoke to Tina Laurent, Wales, twice during our trip and she was instrumental in letting some of our members know where I would be at certain times. Ingeborg Frank, N.Y. and West Germany, called from Baden-Baden. Ena Lloyd-Kitchen of Liverpool called on Sunday. Gilbert Bonner, well known English taper, came to my hotel Sunday afternoon and we visited together for three hours. Before leaving, Gilbert gave me an excellent ninety minute tape of some of his voices as well as comments made by other researchers of electronic communication.

Our trip was a success. Were sorry you weren’t with us.

Computer Talks from the Dead

Dennis Pollard, IL AA-EVP member, was part of our group that went to England. He gave me a clipping that described how the researchers at the University of Tashkent in the Soviet Union have successfully intercepted more than a dozen messages from a colleague who has died.

Dr. Pyater Suslov described thirteen years of research in which they worked with 37 terminally ill subjects, training them in a specially designed computer code. They also developed a highly sensitive computerized machine which responds to the slightest change in electric fields.

The first 36 people who died were unable to get through, but the last individual was successful. He told them he had been unable to communicate at first because of a faulty research design. He changed his method of transmitting signals, and finally broke through. The man, who was a physicist while living, continues to send daily messages that describe the afterlife as “joyous, peaceful and complete.” In time, he will stop communicating and is only doing so now because he wants to reassure us that death is nothing to fear.

An Easy Experiment

Tina Laurent called after I returned from England to tell me about an article she had read in the Journal of the British Society of Psychic Research.

The man, who wished to remain anonymous, referred to himself as “a business man” in writing to the Journal. He had his electronic calculator on one day while working on some accounts. At the same time, a transistor radio was on and tuned to a medium wave band. The radio was next to the calculator. All of a sudden, according to the report, he began hearing “space” music coming from the radio. The individual seemed sure the music did not originate from earth.

This experiment, which require little equipment, might be something that many of our members might like to try to replicate.

Parallel-worlds Explanation

Some experimenters, including myself, seem to be in communication with worlds not commonly thought of as spirit. In fact, some of our communicants state that they are from a world that is parallel to us. I asked Dr. Ernst Senkowski, West German AA-EVP member, and a physicist and electrical engineer to try to explain parallel worlds to me. His explanation is the clearest one I’ve heard and I think can be understood by the average layman.

Ernst wrote: “The case of ‘parallel-worlds’ seems rather complicated...I would not limit the number of P-worlds to just one. If one uses the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Theory as proposed by Everett then our world is continuously splitting up into a nearly infinite number of copies more or less differing from our own. If one takes the theory of Heim as a basis then there is again an infinite number of P-worlds (or P-spaces) separated by the fifth coordinate or dimension

CETL Newsletter Review

Many thanks are owed to Hans Heckmann who translated the latest CETL newsletter from German to English. As you know, this excellent newsletter is written by Jules and Maggie Harsch-Fischbach, Luxembourg AA-EVP members. For anyone who reads German, I can heartily recommend you become a member of this group which entitles you to receive the quarterly newsletter. Their address is on the cross—country list. Unfortunately, lack of space permits only a brief review.

Maggie wrote, “We should not forget that transcommunication involves constant searching on both sides of the veil...The question of what it is we are trying to accomplish is of utmost importance...The real task for each of us is our continued progression and development. All communication groups in both dimensions are faced with the decision to aspire for the path to the light...

“We have learned that the struggle between good an evil continues in other dimensions. After death man does not immediately put away negative attributes. The will to aspire to virtues is the first step...The soul must continue a long path of spiritual development which may lead through several reincarnations...

“Experimenters can attract positive as well as negative groups on the other side. Individuals in spirit can contribute greatly to the success of a taping group. By the same token, they can destroy communication and influence people negatively. Group experiments are safe only when people are united and pursue one common goal. The few who are distrustful and act negatively toward communication will unconsciously draw the attention of destructive negative spirit forces to themselves and the entire group...We are reminded of what Raudive had to say about it: “Transcommunication is not a hobby for people who can’t cope with the realities of life.”

“...(Our) equipment setup was changed and greatly simplified. We are only using a radio receiver, a small signal generator (from Hans 0. Koenig) and a ultraviolet lamp. When the receiving conditions are particularly good only the radio receiver is used. ESB and GA-i do not exist anymore. The other side refers to (the new system) as the BURTON-BRIDGE. There is no doubt that the main equipment is located with our spirit partners.

“The other dimension describes the experimenter as a medium in the sense of being a receiver, a mediator between two worlds.

“The mutual aim, together with our communication partners, is founding a world organization in Basel, Switzerland in 1989.” ...

Personal Letter from Maggie Harsch-Fischbach

Recently, Maggie wrote about Swejen Salter who along with TECHNICIAN and Richard Francis Burton, the English explorer who died about 1880, is one of the Fischbachs main contacts from the beyond.

Quoting from the letter, she said, “A complication comes when Swejen talks about her life on VARID. She died in autumn 1987, and explains that this planet VARID is a parallel world to our TERRA or EARTH. The political development on VARID seems not to have been the same as that one of TERRA. A Second World War has never existed there and Adolph HITLER was never more than some obscure figure at the scenery of politics who at no moment (was important). Institutes for TC (transcommunication) are on VARID and are even (supported) by the Government there. Swejen SALTER, when still alive, was a scientist in such an institute, therefore she is very advanced in the field of paranormolgy. As you know, she died by an accident during her research work and is now in the spirit world occupied to strengthen the contacts with us...”

Communications with Deceased Loved Ones

When I returned from England, I found the booklet with the above title waiting for me. This is the project to which so many of you contributed reports about contacts you have had with the deceased as well as unexplainable psychic experiences. The reports were compiled by Valerie Tjaden, N.J. AA-EVP member. It makes interesting reading and I learned many things about our Association members that were previously unknown to me.

As I wrote to Valerie, “(The booklet) is fascinating and filled with many heart-warming accounts of those who have made their transition and continue to be aware and reach out to loved ones left behind...In addition it gives the reader a greater appreciation of our own almost unlimited capabilities in going beyond the common everyday expectations and the limitations we tend to place on ourselves...”

Whether you contributed to the booklet or not, I think you will want to read it. Also, if you have a friend who is having difficulty coming to terms with the death of a loved one, you might want to give the booklet to them as a gift. It could very well help.

Valerie is charging exactly what it costs to reproduce and mail the booklet. For those living in the U.S. the cost is $8.22; Canada is $8.49; overseas is $12.27. Please pay in U.S. Funds. Deadline for your orders is September 1, when Valerie will have reproduced the number of booklets requested. Her address is (withheld)

Paranormal Voice Techniques

In the Spring newsletter, I offered a video booklet describing methods of receiving pictures of the unseen through your T.V. This booklet was prepared by Holger Sauer and Martin Wenzel of Aachen, West Germany and was translated by Hans Heckmann. Over twenty members wrote for the booklet.

Since then, I have received a similar booklet from Sauer, describing ways of taping voices from the beyond. Again, the booklet written in German, was translated for me by Hans. If you would like a copy of this, send me a self addressed, stamped Number 10 (business size) envelope. The postage required is $.45.

“Death no more a casket,” Class A voice taped in the office of my home, the morning of May 2, 1988.

Friedrich Jürgenson After-death Video

In the Spring newsletter, we reported that Jürgenson had appeared on the TV of Claude and Ellen Thorli during the time his burial was being held seventy-five miles away.

The above picture is the one that the Thorli’s say appeared at that time and has been published in several metaphysical newsletters since then. The following (in part) report was given by Claude Thorli and is found in the Spring issue of the German VTF Journal translated for me by Hans Heckmann.

“...After breakfast, my wife, Ellen, who has had psychic experiences since childhood, told me she heard an inner voice repeating ‘Channel 4.’ She said she felt it had something to do with Jürgenson's funeral which was scheduled for 1:00 p.m. I loaded my Polaroid camera with black/white film. Shortly before 1:00, I turned on the TV tuned to Channel 4.

“Since Channel 4 is not used in Sweden, the TV screen displayed the usual random noise pattern...l positioned myself, camera in hand, in a chair in front of the TV set. Ellen sat with me. After 15 minutes, she left the room...I remained in front of the TV and had given up hope when something strange happened. The flickering noise pattern on the screen stopped and became silent. Suddenly, a spot of light appeared on the screen. It expanded rapidly, disappeared, then expanded again. This lasted 6-7 seconds. I released the camera shutter. I held the Polaroid picture in my hand...it developed into a face that left no doubt was our friend Friedrich Jurgenson...”

News From and About Members

An unusually large number of members have shared with me, in the last three months, news about their activities. This is good because many people have written that they enjoy this feature.

Carol Barron, MA State Coordinator, said in a phone call that she used the air-band as a sound source for her daily tapings. In between air- control tower announcements, she will often hear clicks and whispers. Recently a Class A voice sounding close said: “This coming over to me is special.”

Roy Bauer, Canada, sent me a tape in June of voices he has recorded. He wrote that he felt my idea about forming small groups of like- minded people, for the purpose of taping, was an excellent one. In an effort to meet people who might be interested in this, he is attending a local Spiritualist church. He has also lectured about the history of electronic communication with the dead to a group of the Spiritual Science Fellowship. Roy hopes to have a taping group organized by this fall.

Roger Brower, NC State Coordinator and the Director of Research and Development, wrote he has not had any significant results with the FM wireless mike. He suggests that it may help to have on an ultraviolet light in the vicinity of your taping. The use of UV light is recommended by Martin Wenzel, the Harsch—Fischbachs, Otto Koenig, and in the new booklet Paranormal Voice Techniques. Roger enclosed an ad of an UV lamp that is inexpensive and can be used for taping purposes. It can be ordered from (Address Withheld)

Victor De Vincenzo, NJ, wrote that after months of no results he taped a Class A voice that said, “One voice now.” He has also had his first article published in the January 1988 issue of the Journal of the Academy of Religion and Psychical Science. It is about the 1968 apparitions at Zeitoun, Egypt.

Florence Estwick, France, who joined the AA-EVP in February, called in April and said she had taped her first voice. In a letter two weeks later, Florence wrote: “Since the day I first contacted you on the phone in January 1988, Life has opened a new chapter for me and things seem to be moving fast...l made 60 recordings first at 10:00 P.M. GMT and then at 8:00 P.M. GMT. I use a sensitive electret condenser mike and radio tuned at first to FM channel 108 MHz and then to LW channel 344 KHz. The shift on channel took place while I was ready to make the 55th recording on April 22. I was growing dissatisfied with (the FM) band and I was also depressed over the lack of results I was getting... I scanned the LW range. I head a beautiful vibration without any “bang.” That night I taped my first personal message very clear and very close: “With you tonight.” Since then, Florence has continued taping a number of messages and feels they are “setting up a specific line of transmission.” Florence wrote that the vibration sound remains and the voices themselves have a vibrational quality, at times very strong.

Rosalba Harris, PA, phoned and said she had read in an Italian Journal that a group in Italy, interested in electronic communication had accepted Jürgenson’s offer made before death, to store his tapes. They will be in a central location so that researchers of voice phenomena will be able to visit and listen to the thousands of communications he taped during his lifetime.

Doris Humphrey, MD, wrote an interesting report about an experience she had at the age of twelve. It is in the July 1988 issue of FATE Magazine in the feature: “My Proof of Survival.”

Dale Kaczmarek, IL, wrote that he was on a radio talk show from Jackson, MS and a number of call-ins were received. He enclosed an article about Raffaella Gremese of Italy who has hundreds of images of her deceased father and others on video tape. After the first picture of her father, in spite of repeated efforts, it was another six years before she again taped his image or that of anyone else. Since 1986, she has begun to see images of dead people regularly on her TV.

Clara Laughlin, VA State Coordinator, wrote that in April, she had taped: “Nostradam Conditions come up and out of and near Hawaii. Hail, gale, Hawaii. Many lives in shadows.” Several weeks later, she ordered a book about Nostradamus and learned that his family name was Nostradam.

Norman Marsh, England, wrote: “During my EVP taping session I had an amazing experience. It was a woman’s voice I heard when playing back the recording. A voice called TINA, and I recognized the voice of TINA LAURENT from Wales. Tina has called at my home several times...l wonder just how many members of AA-EVP have experienced this phenomena?”

Fred McIntosh, VA, wrote that he will be speaking in Baltimore on August 6, at the Homewood Friends Meeting House-10:00 A.M. His subject will be the application of dowsing in various ways.

Dan McKee, IL State Coordinator, wrote that he has a VCR and CAMCORDER, along with Infra-red and Ultraviolet lamps and foil reflector. Preliminary tests in trying to receive pictures through his TV have yielded background figures and gives him hope for future results.

Ghosts & Haunted Houses of Maryland

Trish Gallagher, MD AA-EVP member, has had the above named book published by Tidewater Publishers of Centreville, MD. 21617. It is fascinating and I think you will find it very enjoyable. Check your bookstore or write to the publisher. Cost: $6.95 plus handling.

Egypt Anyone?

Join Lynn Gardner on her ninth trip to Egypt for 15 days. The group leaves Chicago aboard KLM on December 21. You will step back into time as you visit the mystical land of the Pharaohs, and the magnificent temples and tombs. You will go to the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Experience the importance of ritual and expand spiritual insights as Lynn guides you in exploring this ancient land.

The trip takes you from Cairo to Aswan and includes a magical camel caravan into the desert under a full moon for a Christmas Eve vigil. There is a special New Year’s eve celebration in Aswan. The total cost is $2850.

There will be a 19 day trip to Egypt led by Lynn and sponsored by the Institute of Noetic Sciences leaving February 15. A pilgrimage to Israel/Egypt at Easter for 13 days, sponsored by Unity Church is also planned. For complete information contact Lynn at: (Address Withheld)
 

Voices of Eternity

By the time I write the Fall NEWS, my book: Voices of Eternity will be in the bookstores and I hope in your hands. Everything is moving ahead on schedule and it will reach the bookstores in September. It will be nationally distributed and published in the U.S. and Canada simultaneously. If your local bookstore doesn’t have it, please request they order it from Fawcett. Our trips to Egypt, (an entire chapter is devoted to Egypt) our national conferences, the AA-EVP itself, are all mentioned. A number of members have written that they want to buy an autographed copy directly from me. Unfortunately by written contract with Fawcett, I am prohibited from selling Voices

Odds and Ends

Did you notice in this NEWS, that two members who were finally successful with their tapings: Florence Estwick and Victor De Vincenzo, were so only aftermany efforts. They didn’t give up after the tenth, or the thirtieth or fiftieth try. They kept on and at last the Voices spoke. Might the same thing happen to you? Are you willing to persevere in spite of repeated disappointments? Only you can answer that question.

I hope you like our new format and will contribute to the NEWS in the future. Our deadline for the Fall newsletter is October 8.

Always my best wishes, Sarah Estep