Author: David Chilstrom
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The Day After Death
Here are a few excerpts from a talk given via the mediumship of Cora L. V. Richmond in Chicago on January 17, 1881. I’ve read many tales of the dying experience, but this luminous account is one of the most beautifully eloquent. Below are quotations from the death experience of the writer and poet Epes…
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The Gates of Birth
Passed on to the higher life, on September 11th, 1880, Cromwell, infant son of W. H. and M. A. Lambelle. Aged nine months. He has gone, he has gone to the Spirits’ home,To live in another sphere:Away from earth through the gates of birth,to a home of beauty there.
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Vibration in Spiritualist Discourse
In a discussion on Michael Tymn’s excellent blog on White Crow Books, the subject of “vibrations” was discussed as to when the term first came into use in the spiritualist world. I used Google’s Notebook LM across a large series of trance lectures given via the mediumship of Cora L. V. Richmond. Here is what…
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Reconstruction
The following was written five years ago and posted to a Facebook group for alumni of Emissaries of Divine Light. The metaphor of a bombed out church is used to describe my spiritual state at that time. I’m happy to say that invisible masons have been hard at work with the reconstruction, and things are…
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E. T. Where Art Thou?
On Oct. 14, 2024 Europa Clipper was launched on a $5.2 billion mission to perform 49 flybys of the Galilean moon to investigate whether the ocean beneath its icy crust may be capable of supporting life. This quest, which seems like a costly gamble, begs the question as to what life is, and whether it…
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A 19th Century Near Death Experience
I have never spoken of this experience to mortal man, for I know that it is impossible for men to comprehend or believe it. They would regard me as a lunatic and treat me accordingly.
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“The Three M’s: Mammon, Millionaires, and Murder.”
Here are a few excerpts from a talk given via the mediumship of Cora L. V. Richmond in Chicago on March 4, 1888. If intelligence, or love, or truth, or justice, by some possible miracle should be the mortal standard controlling mankind does any one suppose that there would be any jealousy because of too…
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Summary of Cora L. V. Richmond’s Life
1840–1923 The following summary is courtesy of the Google Gemini AI and is derived from the book The Life Work of Mrs. Cora L.V. Richmond. I have verified the accuracy of the following summary. A more detailed biography is contained in the article Mrs. Cora L. V. Tappan’s Experiences as a Medium. As the disclaimer at the bottom of the…
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Do We Survive Death? A Look at the Evidence.
“Do We Survive Death? A Look at the Evidence”-a special public lecture event presented by UVA Division of Perceptual Studies faculty. This video contains a 2 hour 30 minute segment of the special public lecture event that took place at the Science Museum of Boston, September 17th, 2016. The UVA DOPS faculty gathered in Boston to offer…
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Are Near-Death Experiences Real?
Dr. Bruce Greyson, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, will discuss numerous aspects of near-death experiences (NDEs). Dr. Greyson’s talk will encompass the challenges in researching NDEs and establishing their reality; the consistent cross-cultural features of NDEs; proposed psychological and physiological explanations for NDEs; the after-effects…
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The near-death experience of Deborah King
I’ve watched countless NDE videos, and this is one of my all time favorites. Deborah King is an advanced practice registered nurse (clinical nurse specialist) with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She’s had two NDEs, one when she was a nurse in training and the other later in her career. Anthony Chene is a french…