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
There are hundreds of things he will think of after he is
gone.
He has brought Lily, and William--the young one----
(Feda, _sotto voce_.--I don't know whether it is right,
but he appears to have two brothers.)
[Two brothers as well as a sister died in extreme infancy.
He would hardly know that, normally.--O. J. L.]
A. M. L.--Feda, will you ask Raymond if he would like me
to ask some questions?
Yes, with pleasure, he says.
A. M. L.--A little time ago, Raymond said he was with mother. Mother
would like to know if he can say what she was doing when he came? Ask
Raymond to think it over, and see if he can remember?
Yes, yes. She'd got some wool and scissors. She had a
square piece of stuff--he is showing me this--she was
working on the square piece of stuff. He shows me that she
was cutting the wool with the scissors.
Another time, she was in bed.
She was in a big chair--dark covered----
This refers to the time mentioned first. [Note B.]
A. M. L.--Ask Raymond if he can remember which room she was in?
(Pause.)
He can't remember. He can't always see more than a corner
of the room--it appears vapourish and shadowy.
He often comes when you're in bed.
He tried to call out loudly: he shouted, 'Alec, Alec!'
but he didn't get any answer. That is what puzzles him.
He thinks he has shouted, but apparently he has not even
manufactured a whisper.
A. M. L.--Feda, will you ask Raymond if he can remember trivial
things that happened, as these things often make the best tests?
He says he can now and again.
A. M. L.--The questions that father asked about 'Evinrude,'
'Dartmoor,' and 'Argonauts,' are all trivial, but make good tests,
as father knows nothing about them.
Yes, Raymond quite understands. He is just as keen as you
are to give those tests.
A. M. L.--Ask Raymond if the word 'Evinrude' in connexion with a
holiday trip reminds him of anything?
Yes. (Definitely.)
A. M. L.--And 'Argonauts'?
Yes. (Definitely.)
A. M. L.--And 'Dartmoor'?
Yes. (Definitely.)
A. M. L.--Well, don't answer the questions now, but if father asks
them again, see if you can remember anything.
(While Alec was speaking, Feda was getting a message
simultaneously:--)
He says something burst.
[This is excellent for Dartmoor, but I knew it.--A. M. L.]
[Note C.]
A. M. L.--Tell Raymond I am quite sure he gets things through
occasionally, but that I think often the meaning comes through
altered, and very often appears to be affected by the sitter. It
appears to me that they usually get what they expect.
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