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Our Paranormal Afterlife : Finding Proof of Life After Death

Paranormal Stories Ep124 | Visions Of The Spirit Leaving The Body

Our Paranormal Afterlife : Finding Proof of Life After Death

Simon Bown

Supernatural, Documentary, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Paranormal, Alternative Health, Reincarnation, Spirituality, Spiritual, Afterlife, Religion & Spirituality

4.8544 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

This episode I am reading from Sir William Barrett's book 'Death Bed Visions'.During his 50 years of psychical research, Sir William Fletcher Barrett (February 10, 1884 – May 26, 1925) observed many types of phenomena. In his reminiscences, read at a private meeting of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) on June 17, 1924, less than a year before his death, Barrett said: “I am personally convinced that the evidence we have published decidedly demonstrates (1) the existence of a spiritual world, (2) survival after death, and (3) of occasional communication from those who have passed over… It is however hardly possible to convey to others who have not had a similar experience an adequate idea of the strength and cumulative force of the evidence that has compelled [my] belief.”Barrett was the prime-mover in the founding of the SPR in 1882, serving as vice-president and editor of the Society’s Journal during its first year and president in 1904. He also encouraged Professor William James of Harvard to organize the American branch of the SPR in 1884.In this book, Deathbed Visions, first published in 1926, the year after his death, Barrett reported on a number of intriguing cases in which a dying person appears to see and recognize some deceased relative or friend, some of them involving instances where the dying person was unaware of the previous death of the spirit form he saw. “These cases form, perhaps, one of the most cogent arguments for survival after death, as the evidential value and veridical (truth telling) character of these visions of the dying is greatly enhanced when the fact is undeniably established that the dying person was wholly ignorant of the decease of the person he or she so vividly sees,” Barrett stated in the book, now something of a classic in the field.Amazon link https://tinyurl.com/9k6k7m8nhttps://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/ourparanormalafterlifeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/our-paranormal-afterlife-finding-proof-of-life-after-death--5220623/support.

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0:00.0

Welcome to our paranormal afterlife.

0:04.0

This is episode 124 of paranormal stories.

0:15.0

This episode I am reading from Sir William Barrett's book, Deathbed Visions. At this point I usually

0:22.3

say I did seek permission to record this extract from the author, but unfortunately he died

0:27.3

in 1924. This book was published in 1925. Sir William Barrett co-founded both the Society

0:35.1

for Psychical Research and the American Society for Psychical

0:38.8

Research. In 1873 he became professor of experimental physics at the Royal College

0:44.8

of Science for Ireland. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in June 1899 and

0:52.1

he was knighted by King George V in 1912.

0:56.1

So I'm going to read from chapter 6 which is titled

0:59.5

Visions of the Spirit of a Dying Person Leaving the Body

1:03.6

and this is what Sir William has written.

1:07.0

The following case which is taken from the Society for Psychical Research Journal, was sent

1:12.3

to Dr. Hodgson by Dr. Burgess, an associate of the American SPR.

1:18.7

The vision was seen only by the husband of the dying woman and by none of the others present

1:23.7

in the room.

1:25.1

The doctor who was present, Dr. Rens, testifies that the

1:29.1

percipient, Mr. G, was in perfectly normal state before and after, and that there were

1:35.4

features in the vision that would have not been likely to occur to him. The percipient, Mr. G,

1:41.8

states as follows. My wife died at 1145pm on Friday, May 23rd, 1902.

1:51.1

Gathered round the bedside were some of our most intimate friends,

1:55.0

the physician in attendance and two trained nurses.

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