Dear Wendy
I am especially interested in the wartime medium, Helen Duncan. Is there any new material based on her life? Joan K, Brighton.
Yes, Joan, there is something new and very exciting available. There is now a CD recording of Helen’s voice in a séance conducted in December 1937 at the Edinburgh Psychic College. It is the only known recording of her amazing voice. The sitters can be heard speaking to ‘Albert’, Helen Duncan’s spirit guide. Albert is heard giving messages. There are materialisations at this meeting, one, a materialised spirit child, is heard singing a nursery rhyme.
Included in this CD is a marvellous explanation of Spiritualism by Ernest Oaten, recorded by the BBC in 1934. If you would like the CD it is called Mrs Miller’s Gift
Will we meet our spirit guides for real when we pass over into the spirit world?
Hazel Carling, Bardon, Leicestershire
Dear Hazel
With every certainty they will be at the Pearly Gates to welcome us through and ensure we meet with the correct healers and trainers for our further duties in the spirit realms. There are many people who have not had loving parents or a caring family and, at the end of life, when there might need a requirement for a great deal of support for the transition, spirit guides are the ones to oversee this process. Throughout our life, we usually have a contingent of spirit guides, one or two are consistent and several are recruited for specific occasions. If you were to train to become clairvoyant, you would be allowed to see your principal spirit guide now and perhaps a brief vision of the more specific guides that have also worked alongside you to guide, protect and advise.
Hi Wendy
I’ve heard that passing over is just like stepping through a door into another world. Would you agree with that? Carl Manning, Dundee
Dear Carl
My mother was a nurse during WWII and she also nursed very elderly people for many years. She often told me about times when a very ill patient would tell her that they could see their close relatives beckoning. The patient would express great joy and happiness and she would know they were close to the threshold of physical death and entry to the spiritual realms. There are many documented cases of people whilst undergoing surgical operation who die and are revived and who report travelling through a tunnel towards a light source. Sometimes, these people are told they must return to our physical world to complete a life task and the experience makes them a more spiritually aware, understanding and caring person. Sometimes, the transitional space is not a tunnel but a bridge or doorway. Only a very small percentage find this transitional phase uncomfortable, most find it so beautiful they do not wish to return here to the physical world.
Dear Wendy
A couple of times I’ve heard that when animals pass away they go to an animal pool. What’s that mean? Wendy Hancock, Buckhurst Hill, Essex
Dear Wendy
There are many conflicting reports about whether animals survive and live on in the spirit realms but this is an area of division. Many Spiritualists believe that all animals, including wild animals have an eternal soul and survive, some believe only pets survive, others believe that pets survive but only for a short time. Perhaps certain information is given to some people and not to others, depending on what that person needs and can cope with. We still need a huge amount of open minded research to be conducted into the spirit realms. I personally believe that the realms themselves are so huge and complex that in some areas, pets survive in order to greet their owners when they return to the spirit realms. As the soul progresses, and goes on to become stronger and perhaps act as a guide, the spirit of the pet lingers for a while and then is laid to rest.
Wendy, Do you believe in Jesus? Paul Pugh. Harrogate, N. Yorkshire
Dear Paul
Yes, I am a firm believer that Jesus was the most amazing healer and spiritual teacher who has ever lived. Amongst all the religions of the world, He was the only one to instruct us to ‘do unto others as you would be done by’ even if it meant sacrificing His life, which He did. Whilst I was growing up, my Irish mother told me many stories that were not strictly the Catholic version, for instance, that Jesus was truly a King and was murdered because he could have rallied an army and caused a revolt to oust the Romans, as they were an occupying nation and had desecrated the Jewish Holy of Holies, the rock of Jerusalem where Solomon’s second temple stood.
The powerful Catholic Church has presented Jesus as a poor carpenter but there is evidence that he did have considerable access to power within his community, such as the expensive tomb that Joseph of Arimethea provided after the crucifixion and from which Jesus arose from the dead. Though not all Christians are caring people, I have met many who, inspired by their belief, are very kind and generous people.
Dear Wendy, If reincarnation is true, can we chose not to reincarnate. I would miss my family if we were not together in heaven? Pete Philips, Blean, Kent
Dear Pete
I’m a believer in reincarnation but there are many schools of thought on this subject, many of which are quite controversial. One belief that relates to reincarnation that I always contest is that of the karmic principle that describes the constant return to physical life as a learning process and one where the poor, suffering, traumatized and dejected are being punished for some sin in a previous life. We must never blame those who are in need for their own situation. It is my belief that the strong and affluent are given their riches specifically in order to assist those who are deprived. Having said that, I think it is the will of angels, saints and guardians who suggest to us that we return here to be given an opportunity to help or heal someone and we accept this or not as we choose. Despite wanting to spend eternity with someone whom we love, when we are in heaven, our overriding agenda will be to improve the lives of people still here. Our own needs and desires will be insignificant at this time.
Dear Wendy, If after passing over disabled people become healed, what about those who are mentally ill? Adam Naylor, Lanchester, Durham
Dear Adam
When we pass over, we have a time of adjustment. During this time, we will meet many people, loved ones, spirit guides, spirit teachers and also spirit healers. It can sometimes take a long period of time to become fully healed. This is sometimes why a person who has passed over and whom we wish to hear from, is silent and we get no messages. This silence is due to their busy schedule. People who have been disabled physically quickly go on to become spirit guides themselves often to those who are physically incapacitated in some way. Those who have had mental trauma, distress and illness, equally need a time of renewal. Personally, I would not seek contact with someone who passed over whilst in an unsettled mental state. I don’t think it is fair to be needy for messages when someone requires a time of restoration to equilibrium and peace. I have known someone who did receive some very spurious messages from a family member who was distressed at the time of passing. If you know someone who was mentally ill, light a candle, say a prayer, offering light and love. Most especially care and help those closest to this person, as they need your healing at a very difficult time.
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