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
Lionel wrote to Mrs. Leonard at her old address in Warwick Avenue,
for I had forgotten that she had moved, and I had not told him her
new address. He wrote on plain paper from Westminster without signing
it, saying that he would be coming at a certain time. But she did not
get the letter; so that, when he arrived about noon on Wednesday, 17
November, he arrived as a complete stranger without an appointment.
He had at first gone to the wrong house and been redirected. Mrs.
Leonard answered the door. She took him in at once when he said
he wanted a sitting. She drew the blind down, and lit a red lamp
as usual. She told him that she was controlled by 'Feda.' Very
quickly--in about two minutes--the trance began, and Feda spoke.
Here follows his record:--
REPORT BY L. L.
_Subsequent annotations, in square brackets, are by O. J. L._
Good morning!
Why, you are psychic yourself!
L. L.--I didn't know I was.
It will come out later.
There are two spirits standing by you; the elder is fully
built up, but the younger is not clear yet.
The elder is on the tall side, and well built; he has a
beard round his chin, but no moustache.
(This seemed to worry Feda, and she repeated it several times, as if
trying to make it clear.)
A beard round chin, and hair at the sides, but upper
lip shaved. A good forehead, eyebrows heavy and rather
straight--not arched--eyes greyish; hair thin on top, and
grey at the sides and back. It looks as if it had been
brown before it went grey. A fine-looking face. He is
building up something. He suffered here before he passed
out (medium indicating chest or stomach). Letter W is held
up. (See photograph facing p. 258.)
[This is the one that to other members of the family had
been called Grandfather W., p. 143.]
There is another spirit.
Somebody is laughing.
Don't joke--it is serious.
(This was whispered, and sounded as if said to some one
else, not to me.)
It's a young man, about twenty-three, or might be
twenty-five, judging only by appearance. Tall; well-built;
not stout, well-built; brown hair, short at the sides
and back; clean shaven; face more oval than round; nose
not quite straight, rather rounded, and broader at the
nostrils.
(_Whispering._) Feda can't see his face.
(_Then clearly._) He won't let Feda see his face; he is
laughing.
(_Whispered several times._) L, L, L.
(_Then said out loud._) L. This is not his name; he puts
it by you.
(_Whispering again._) Feda knows him--Raymond.
Oh, it's Raymond!
(The medium here jumps about, and fidgets with her hands,
just as a child would when pleased.)
That is why he would not show his face, because Feda would
know him.
He is patting you on the shoulder hard. You can't feel it,
but he thinks he is hitting you hard.
[It seems to have been a trick of his to pat a brother on
the shoulder gradually harder and harder till humorous
retaliation set in.]
He is very bright.
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