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AA-EVP ParaNews for February 2003

Robert Egby Serves the South Jersey Paranormal Research Group.  AA-EVP and South Jersey Paranormal Research (SJPR) member, Susan Bove’, reports that Robert Egby spoke at a SJPR meeting and offered spirit greetings.  Susan reported to the AA-EVP Egroup that, “My Grandfather came through and Mr. Egby asked about Mighty Mouse (the cartoon).  He said I amused my Grandfather!  The thing is...when I was about 3 or 4, I used to pretend to be Mighty Mouse!  I used to "rescue" my older sisters from falling off the couch!  I would put on my "cape" (which was the blanket I slept with) and an older neighbor kid would hold me up over his head so I could "fly."  I can't believe he would come up with something so specific!  A truly amazing gift these mediums have!”

You can find Robert Egby’s web site at www.angelfire.com/nj/healing.

Dreams have Power.  Dr. Rosemay Ellen Guiley spoke of the power of dreaming in her Gateways column of the September 2002 Fate magazine.  Dr. Guiley pointed out that our dreams can be a powerful tool for healing and inspiration, if we would only make the effort to express some guidance to ourselves as we go to sleep.  She is encouraging people to join together in a common effort to help our community and the world.  From her column, “We set the night of the 11^th every month as the time for dreamworkers everywhere to incubate this affirmation.  While it actually can be done any time, it is important to have a set time for focusing of the power of collective thought and intent.”

Dr. Guiley asks that sometime during the day of the 11^th, dreamworkers think of a specific goal for the common good—something that is important to the dreamer.  Then the dreamworker should hold this thought as an affirmation, and when he or she retires for the night, say, “Tonight I dream the awakened mind.”  The following day, the dream is recorded.  The dreamworker should take time to meditate, and using the affirmation, “Today I awaken the dreaming mind,” to help interpret the dream.

Scholars Assemble Evidence of Life After Death.  The International Association for Near-Death Studies publication Vital Signs (No. 2, 2002) reported on the Fourth Esalen conference on Survival of Bodily Death in Carmel California.  Researchers from the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, psychology and psychics concluded that three areas of research provided strong evidence for survival.  Near Death Experiences (NDE) was at the top of the list.  Reasons sited were, accurate observations of medical operating procedures made by clinically dead patients, reported encounters with deceased persons even though the experiencer did not know the person was dead and accurate reports of blind experiencers.

Reincarnation was sited as a strong proof for survival based on examples such as children accurately accounting previous lives.  On occasion, these children have birthmarks that correspond with lethal wounds they reportedly experienced in a previous life.  Native American tribes in British Columbia report the apparent evidence that Souls may sometimes reincarnate in more than one body at the same time.  According to Religious scholar Christopher Bache, the Soul may be, “ … less an individual entity corresponding to a single person and ‘more like a node in a collective field of Soul energy.’  We become strongly aware of our underlying membership in this collective field when we leave our physical bodies at death and have profound experiences of ‘merging with the light’ during near-death experiences.”

Mediumship was also noted as strong proof of survival because of the veridical messages often delivered by mediums.  However, there was the usual caveat about the possibility that mediumistic messages might be contaminated by psychic contact.  The possibility of psychic contamination of messages posses a strong challenge for researcher as they seek methods to experimentally prove the reliability of mediumship as a proof of survival.

White Noise and Psychic Functioning.  In a letter to AA-EVP member, K.C., Dr. Dean Radin, who is currently associated with the Institute of Noetic Sciences, offered an interesting view of the use of white noise in psi research.  “I tend to agree with you that noise itself is probably a stimulus for opening the unconscious mind to psychic impressions (although perhaps this includes the conscious mind for highly experienced listeners).  The Oracles at Delphi apparently knew about this and used it for thousands of years.  The Oracle site itself is located inside long tunnels near the ocean—the result being that not only were the Oracles likely inhaling intoxicating fumes from natural hot springs or vents deep inside the mountain cliffs, but they were also hearing the sounds of the surf echoing and rumbling through the tunnels.  That noise (not exactly white noise, more like “red” noise) is said to stimulate audio hallucinations, and in fact this is exactly why to this day we use white noise to stimulate the receiver's imagination during telepathy tests.”

Broad-spectrum background noise is often used in EVP research because it has been shown that the communicating entity “transfigures” the noise into voices in recording media.  For those of you who like to delve into the mechanisms behind phenomena, it is interesting to speculate that the subtle psi energy of thought might be amplified through the process of stochastic resonance to produce a physically discernable signal.  This could apply to the magnetic film of recording media or the neuro-electric field of the mind.  You can personally apply this information by using something like the white, pink or rain noise of a sleep noise machine, with or without headset, during meditation.

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