Raymond; or, Life and Death: With examples of the evidence for survival of memory and affection after death.Lodge, Oliver, Sir
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Raymond; or, Life and Death: With examples of the evidence for survival of memory and affection after death.
Lodge, Oliver, Sir
Future life; Lodge, Raymond, 1889-1915 (Spirit); Spiritualism; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British
(To K. K.) You don't realise that the world is governed
by chains, and that you are one of the links. I was
a washerwoman and lived next a church, and they say
cleanliness comes next to godliness! One of my chains is
to help mothers. Well, I am going. But for comfort,--the
boy is glad he is come. (To K. K.) Your husband is a fine
man. I love him. His heart's as big as his body, and it
is not only medicine, but love that he dispenses.
(Then an interval; and another control--probably
'Moonstone' again, or else Peters himself clairvoyantly:--)
We succeeded a little in our experiment.
Now the boy is with....
(Here the medium seized _both_ Alec's hands, and K. K.
continues the notes.)
[But they may be abbreviated here, as they represent only
Peters's ordinary clairvoyance--probably.]
You bring with you a tremendous force. You don't always
say what you think. A quick way of making up your mind.
Your intuitional force is very strong. Your mind is very
evenly balanced, [and so on].... The last three months,
things have altered. It has stirred you to the depths of
your innermost being. You had no idea how strong the bond
was between you and one who has been here to-day. Want to
shield and take care of your mother. You know her devotion
to both you and the one gone over....
The one gone over is a brother. He wants to send a message.
(Some messages omitted.)
You did not cry, but heart crying inside.
Help others. You are doing it. If you ever tried to do
what he did, you would physically break down. All this is
from him.
(To Mother) So glad about the photograph. Something you
have had done that is satisfactory.
[This is good, but it only occurred to me to-day, 31
October. It evidently relates to two photographs in a
pocket case, found on his body, which Raymond carried
with him, and which had been returned to the original by
us.--A. M. L.]
Wants to convey message to father, but it is not about
himself this time. I get the initials F W M--not clear
about all the letters--but F M wishes to be remembered. He
says: I am still very active. Get into touch with Crookes
_re_ the Wireless.
[O. J. L. was at Muirhead's works in Kent on this subject, at this
moment.--A. M. L.]
Still active, still at work.
[Spoken like "I see you are still active, still at
work."--A. M. L.]
Then he gives me a curious thing, and laughs. One of the
things I am most proud of is "St. Paul."
[This puzzled K. K., the note-taker.]
(To Alec.) So glad you _came_, boy! What a lot you think!
(Medium came-to, breathing and struggling. Said he
had been under _very_ deep--like coming-to after an
anæsthetic.)
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NOTE BY O. J. L.
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