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Sunday, 29 November 2015

The Mechanics of Spirit Communication

Video of a presentation I gave on the Mechanics of Spirit Communication at the Exploring the Extraordinary Conference at Gettysburg University, USA in March 2014.

One of the criticisms levelled at purported communications with spirits is that we don't know how the process works. The mechanics of spirit communication are outside currently understood scientific paradigms and the content of the messages is often suspect or inaccurate. In this talk I examine the process of spirit communication as seen both from the perspective of the person, or in the case of electronic transcommunication, the machine, that receives the message and fromthe perspective of the spirit communicator. The reported difficulties from the spirit side of working through a physical or clairvoyant medium, or of trying to impress their message through dreams and seeming coincidences, for instance, can help us appreciate why spirit communication might not always be accurate or complete. This fact in itself should not be seen as casting sufficient doubt to dismiss the entire process. What emerges is a picture of experimentation on 'both sides', a dynamic process which has and will continue to grow and develop over time.
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PAPER PRESENTED AT EXPLORING THE EXTRAORDINARY'S 6TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN GETTYSBURG, 2014. For more information about Exploring the Extraordinary's annual conferences, please go to etenetwork.weebly.com
For more information about the Afterlife Research Centre, please go to afterliferesearch.co.uk/
Read Fiona's 'Exploring the Afterlife' blog at exploringtheafterlife.blogspot.co.uk/
For more information about Dr Fiona Bowie and her work, please go to kcl.academia.edu/FionaBowie

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