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From our Viewpoint

Most people in the world would agree that there is a As we have discussed on numerous occasions in the greater reality that exists beyond physical reality. Usually, past, it appears that the change from reel-to-reel tape re- this greater reality is thought of as a heavenly place occu- corder to cassette and now to IC recorder, has had an at- pied by our ancestors and gods, and to which each of us tendant change in quality and quantity of EVP. The evi- will travel upon the day of our physical death. Regretfully dence seems to argue that what engineers refer to as “ac- though, knowledge of such a place is only a matter of faith tive regions” of the electronic circuits in recorders are the for, as we are told, there is no evidence of the existence of places in which the phenomenal voices are created. It also anything beyond the known physical universe. Heaven, it suggests that the supplied background sound is only nec- seems, is a nice thing to think about but it is not some- essary to cause chaotic energy in those active regions so thing to look forward to if you are a rational thinker. that the chaotic energy can be transfigured into words. Happily, we who study Electronic Voice Phenomena A second hint that the active region of the electronic (EVP) and Instrumental transcommunication (ITC) be- circuit is important in EVP is that the early computers lieve that we know more about the greater reality than is used many germanium transistors and diodes while mod- thought possible. First and foremost, we know that EVP ern computers probably have no germanium components. can be demonstrated as communication between those of The historical records we have include many important us still in the flesh and those who have left this physical instances of etheric communication involving the old world. In fact, this is something that is being demonstrated computers, while we have fewer records of communica- over and over again by people around the world. tion involving modern computers. Of course there might So, given that there is a “here,” which is the physical be many factors contributing to fewer instances of phe- aspect of reality we inhabit, and there is a “there,” which nomena today, but the implication is that the material used is the nonphysical aspect of reality, there must be an inter- in transistors is important and that germanium devices face between here and there. Physical science studies the may work better for EVP and ITC than silicon. This can physical aspect of reality and stops short of that interface be tested. because, of course, there is nothing more to study. This Some experiments have shown that the phenomenal means that “there,” which we will call “etheric reality,” is voices are not in the air (acoustical) but are formed some- left to be studied by people who are willing to believe in, where in the recording device. Sound (noise) energy is or at least speculate about the existence of what is only required as raw material for the formation of the voices supposed to exist as a matter of faith. and we advise people to supply sound noise via a micro- EVP Experimenters also know that communication be- phone, but this is only a method with which noise can be tween here and there is not something that can be reduced injected into the electronic circuit. (By the way, one of the to formula or pat procedures. Even though a general pro- reasons that some of the early IC recorders were so suc- cedure for communicating with EVP can be defined, in cessful for EVP is that their electronic circuit had quite a practice, some people are simply better at recording the lot of noise, making it unnecessary to supply noise.) voices than are others. Some recording devices work bet- There are other situations in which sound plays an im- ter than others and some of our etheric friends are more portant part. For instance, white noise is supplied to a sub- interested in communicating than are others. If you con- ject via headphones in the Ganzfeld methodology for psi sider this variability and then include the complexities research. This was done at first as a form of sensory dep- involved in hearing and understanding the voices, then it rivation but it later became known as a technique for im- is easy to see that some researchers who do not believe in proving psi functioning of the subject. Considering the the existence of etheric reality have had difficulty replicat- similarity between a mass of nerve cells and a mass of ing EVP experiments. transistors, and considering that both situations involve a One element of an EVP experiment that can be picked very weak psi signal that must be amplified to some de- up, weighed, modified and tested is the recording device. tectible level, it seems reasonable to speculate that similar The recorder is also the one thing in the EVP circuit that processes might be involved in psychic functioning and physical science researchers understand. One of the rea- the transfiguration of noise into recognizable voices. sons we can say that we know more about etheric reality And so, this brings us to the point of this discussion. We than might be expected is because of what we are learning know that there is an etheric aspect of reality. We know about the recorders. that there is, therefore, an interface between the etheric and the physical. 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AA-EVP Conference Workshop: Contacts with Timestream Station The AA-EVP is hosting a conference in Reno, Nevada. Anabela will go over the information and teachings that June 3-6, 2004 titled, Communicating with the Other she has received from her spirit group called Timestream. Side. We have included abstracts from some of the re- In order to assist those wishing to experiment with ITC, searchers who will be providing presentations and work- the workshop will detail the author’s methods for working shops. We hope to see you in Reno in June! with both EVP and DRV. Dr. Anabela Cardoso Rev. Robert Egby A Portuguese career diplo- A practicing clinical hypnotherapist and an interfaith min- mat since 1976, Dr Cardoso ister, Robert is a veteran jour- was the first woman to hold nalist and editor, award win- a diplomatic post outside of ning broadcaster and award her country. A former winning news photographer. member of the SPR, Dr. He currently publishes the Cardoso’s long-standing monthly Parapsychic Journal interest in questions related and contributes a monthly col- to life and death led her to umn to Britain's Psychic World begin experimenting with newspaper. Robert is a Mental ITC in 1998. See Anabela’s Medium who gives personal web site at readings and conducts one day http://personal1.iddeo.es/acardoso/ intensives on Psychic Devel- opment. Abstract of Presentation: Current Evidence for Survival from Communications received through ITC Abstract of Presentation: Developing Your Pyschic The presentation will summarize some of the most im- Ability portant work that has been done in this field, and will de- People who fail to recognize and develop their psychic tail the author’s own results, obtained in her studio under abilities are like people dressed in black wandering across controlled conditions, using what are known respectively the busy super-freeway of life. Robert discusses ways and as the EVP or microphone recording method and Direct means of developing psychic abilities; the difference be- Radio Voices method (DRV). The EVP method records tween psychics and mediums; the need to get out of your anomalous voices audible only on playback, while the own way; how to climb the stairway of psychometry, DRV method captures such voices on radio and thus may clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience; how to allow two-way communication with the investigator. It work with loving spirit guides and handle not so loving will be explained that the author’s results have been sub- entities; basic protection; and, how to get into PRM (Psy- jected to independent audio analysis, with findings that chic Receptivity Mode) or altered states of consciousness. indicate they contain features incompatible with normal Robert’s presentation will include a meditation, a basic human voices. Some recorded examples of these results development exercise and techniques for getting into will be played in the course of the presentation, as will PRM quickly and safely. Robert is a professional psychic some results of other researchers such as the Spanish pio- medium and trainer. He also conducts spirit rescue of neer, Sinesio Darnell. earth-bound spirits and will share several stories on this, Dr. Cardoso set up a studio and began her experimental plus advice on how to handle earthbound entities and en- work in 1998, and her results have attracted world-wide sure a safe transition into the Spirit World, a valuable ex- attention. In order to provide a forum for these results and ercise for EVP enthusiasts. for those of other researchers, she founded the ITC Jour- Workshop: Sensing Spirit nal in the year 2000. The Journal appears four times a This hands-on workshop is designed to help participants year, is published in three languages, has an international develop their psychic senses, particularly with spirit readership and Editorial Board, and carries contributions communication techniques. Instruction will include tech- from many countries. During the presentation, reference niques for getting into the PRM (Psychic Receptivity will be made to some of these contributions in order to Mode) quickly and easily; automatic protection; how to illustrate the strict experimental controls that have been “listen” to spirit voices; building self-confidence; what to established by many researchers to discount the possibility do when spirits contact you; Continued Page 3 of normal explanations for the results obtained.

Published by the AA-EVP, PO box 13111, Reno, NV 89507, USA, [email protected]. ©AA-EVP2004. Find information about the AA-EVP at aaevp.com. Member name and correspondence may be used in AA-EVP publications unless otherwise noted by the member. Address label shows membership renewal quarter. Annual membership is $20.00 for USA and $25.00 US funds for international members. The AA-EVP is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational corporation. All contributions in excess of membership dues are tax deductible in the USA. AA-EVP Board: Tom and Lisa Butler, Sarah Estep, Barbara Thurman and Sandra Pfortmiller.

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Workshop: How to Record the Paranormal Voices Rev. Robert Egby Continued from page 2 Sarah will share her immense knowledge on how to working with your spirit guides, building self-confidence, record EVP, offering ideas and suggestions on the best plus the ethics of working with spirit. The workshop will methods for capturing the paranormal voices. She will include meditations on achieving PRM and meeting your then work with the group in doing actual recordings. spirit guides. Participants should come with questions and topics they Dennis Hauck wish to raise with their guides. Time will be left for ques- A dedicated explorer of tions and answers. Participants will receive Robert’s consciousness, Dennis Wil- workbook which he gives to students attending his medi- liam Hauck has conducted umship development classes. You can find out more about considerable research into Robert at his website www.robert-egby.com. Participants “exceptional human experi- should bring open minds and a good senses of humor— ences,” which is a term used necessary prerequisites for psychic mediumship develop- to describe a wide variety of ment. paranormal and mystical Sarah Estep phenomena. He is the au- thor of the best-selling When Sarah was a child guidebooks, The Interna- her grandparents owned a tional Directory of Haunted Places and Haunted Places: funeral home. Seeing life- The National Directory. Dennis has been interviewed on less bodies so many times nearly four hundred radio and TV programs. See in her youth convinced her www.haunted-places.com/ for more about Dennis. that there was little hope of heaven or hell. For her, Abstract of Presentation: Alchemy of the death was a casket, and Paranormal her convictions on this did In this slide lecture, Dennis relates his best cases from not change for over forty over 25 years of paranormal research and reveals the years. She read many deeper aspects of so-called “hauntings.” In fact, these ex- books on parapsychology periences often seem to initiate a process waiting to un- hoping to find something that would change her mind. fold in every one of us. Common, everyday people are One day she read Handbook of PSI Discoveries by Sheila forging contact with another level of reality that is causing Ostrander & Lynn Schroeder. Two chapters in the book real changes in the human spirit, and it may be that para- were devoted to recording the voices of the dead through a normal encounters are part of a more fundamental trans- tape recorder. Sarah had never heard of such a thing, but formation that is taking place right under our noses. Den- decided that if she could get taped voices of the dead, that nis will discuss how to get to the truth behind paranormal would change her belief of over 40 years. The rest of the experiences and access this hidden level that is part of all story is history. Sarah became a EVP pioneer in the Unit- genuine cases. He will show how to see through all the ed States. She authored the book, Voices of Eternity, mistaken identities, frauds, money-making schemes, ram- which bravely chronicled her EVP research and founded pant egotism, and just plain wishful thinking, to reveal the the American Association of Electronic Voice Phenomena surprising core of spiritual truth that cannot be denied in a in 1982. significant number of paranormal encounters. Abstract of Presentation: My Experience with EVP Workshop: Alchemy for Personal Transformation Sarah will share many of her taped messages and expe- In this inspirational and unique workshop, Dennis will riences. She has taped thousands of messages from “dead” divulge the secret principles of the ancient art of alchemy. friends and relatives as well as the famous and not so fa- He will guide you through ancient meditations used to mous. Konstantin Raudive came through many times the achieve higher states of consciousness. He will show you first year that she recorded, and later, she received several how to enter the sacred space of the inner laboratory to phone calls from him. She has also received many musical create the “Philosophers Stone, an incorruptible state of notes, and singing from spirit. Beethoven is one of those consciousness that can exist on different levels of reality. that came through to her. She will share some of these incredible contacts with the audience. Please Note: Club Cal Neva has lost its lease on the Vir- The voices that Sarah records speak on both sides of her ginian hotel tower. This is not a problem because the con- recordings—forward and reverse. She has over 25,000 ference is in the haunted Nevadan tower. They are voices on files. Most are from spirit, but she thinks that remolding many of the Nevadan amenities, so it will be probably 1,000 or more are from space aliens and possibly even nicer for conference attendees. But because of this parallel dimensions. change, it is important that you reserve your room early.

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Mark Macy Downtown Reno History and Ghost Walk present- Mark was an agnostic until a ed by author, Janice Oberding. Learn about the history, brush with death by colon can- ghosts and legends of the ‘Biggest Little City.’ Bring a cer set him on a spiritual flashlight for the Thursday evening event. The number search in the 1980s. Then he who can attend the ghost walk is limited so sign up early. learned about the miracles of presented by Karen ITC—personal letters planted Field Recording Techniques mysteriously in computers by Mossey. Karen knows that it takes a trained ear to hear invisible hands, images from EVP in recordings. She will help participants learn how to listen to recording to locate possible EVP. Karen will also other realms flashing across discuss techniques and guidelines for recording EVP in television screens, and actual haunted locations. phone calls from angels. And when a voice from Beyond Grief Management Using EVP presented by Martha came through a radio with a long, personal greeting, Ma- Copeland and Karen Mossey. These two women are cy’s skeptical mind had the proof it required to believe. reaching across the veil and communicating with their He is the author of Miracles in the Storm, ITC researcher children who are now on the other side. They have taken historian and pioneer. Learn more at www.worlditc.org bereavement groups to a new level by helping people Abstract of Workshop: Resonance, verification and move away from the past and reach toward of future of a continued relationship with a deceased loved one via contact field theory. EVP. Learn about the techniques that have been success- In the late 80s, scientists and researchers from various ful for them, as well as the important basics, before you countries began to use technical equipment to open mirac- even pick up the recorder. ulous communication bridges to the “worlds of spirit.” They began to experience spirit phone calls and two-way, Photographic and Video ITC presented by Erland real-time dialog via radio, and they received clear images Babcock. Video ITC pioneer Erland Babcock was part of from the other side through televisions and computers. George Meek’s group during the Spiricom days. Learn Then in 1999, those bridges began to close down. So about his many years of ITC experiments, the equipment what’s the next step? How do we rebuild bridges for en- that he has experimented with and see many of the para- hanced ITC contacts? Mark will describe the Resonant normal pictures that he has received. Working Group, a team of about thirty researchers from around the world, the progress they are making and the Spoon Bending presented by the Rev. Barbara Thur- techniques they are using. These include the concepts of man. Barbara will demonstrate the power of psi. Is Psy- resonance and fields of consciousness. chokinesis mind over matter? Whatever it is, things do As mark explained, “We’ll examine the difficult barrier happen which are not dependent upon one’s strength. between science and the human spirit. We’ll observe hard Join Us evidence and verifications gathered by ITC researchers around the world in the form of spirit phone calls, com- Tom and Lisa Butler puter and television images from the other side, and more, Many have asked us received in ways that strongly support the premise that we over the past few years are indeed in touch with spiritual beings. to have a conference and “Finally, we’ll try to get clear pictures of spirit friends we have done our best to on Polaroid film by using the ‘Luminator,’ a subtle energy put together a great device that seems to ‘melt away’ some of the barriers be- lineup of presentations tween our world and the other side, allowing spirits to get and workshops. Of ‘up close and personal’ in the pictures we take.” course we will also be Mark will take a few pictures of volunteers for his files; participating by conducting a presentation on EVP and then he will take pictures of any and all participants for $2 ITC as well as a workshop on Video ITC. We thank our each, and participants can keep those pictures. wonderful speakers and workshop leaders for agreeing to make presentations. We especially thank the many mem- More Workshops bers of the AA-EVP who have volunteered their services Analyzing Sound Files with Sound Editors present- to help make the conference a success. ed by Mike Sullivan. Do you want to learn how to hear Remember to bring your checkbook to the conference. your EVP better? Mike will show workshop participants There will be a book room in which the presenters will how to use sound editors, like Audition and the Clear be selling their books. The AA-EVP expects to be selling Voice Denoiser, to improve the clarity of their paranormal “T” shirts and possibly coffee mugs. voice recordings.

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Connections A short time later while in the garage, a black mixed It is said that we are all connected. For us in the AA-EVP, puppy appeared and Martha put him in the back with we can say that we are all not only connected to each oth- Doja. Don, Martha’s husband, would not let her keep er in this world but also to those in the next. him and she went door to door trying to find the owner,  In March 2001, Vicki Talbot lost her son, Braden, along but no one claimed the dog. The dog was so well be- with his best friend, Jim, in a kayaking accident in haved that Martha felt that she just had to find him a which their bodies were never found. Both were twenty home, so she got in her car and drove around again try- years old. Braden began communicating with her ing to find the owner. through the answering machine about five months after One of the neighbors told Martha that their dog had he died. Both Vicki and Jim’s mother, Mary Jo Gran, just died and that they wanted to take the dog. Martha joined the group in February, many months after AA- was happy that she had found the dog a good home. The EVP members had started the “Recording circle–Bridge neighbor, Kerry, called first to say how happy she was to the Afterlife.” with the dog and how he had slept with her boys. She January 19, only two weeks before Vicki joined the called next to say that she was taking him to the veteri- AA-EVP, Martha Copeland recorded the name Brad and narian. (Unknown to Kerry was that the veterinarian she wrote to the group saying “My nephew is Brad—but mentioned was the one that Cathy had worked for. In this is not intended for him. Someone in spirit is trying addition, Cathy had been on her way to work at his of- to get a hold of Brad. Does anyone know who Brad fice the day of her fatal accident.) Next, the Neighbor could be?” asked Martha if she felt that Cathy had sent the dog to January 23, Mike Sullivan wrote back to the group them! saying, “On your ‘Hey Brad’ clip, I heard it as ‘It's Face on Television Screen Brad.” Maybe he’s someone on the other side who’s Jan Hornback recently sent a message to the AA-EVP trying to reach someone unknown to our group. I mean, Egroup regarding her husband, Gene, who is now on the he may have joined the group on the other side in the Other Side. She wrote that she just could not believe what hope of reaching someone special to him but not associ- happened. “I was over at my best friend, Janet’s house ated with the group. It would be interesting if he contin- with her 23 year old son, Jason. I said, ‘Let’s record! It's ued to come through and could provide more details. time, and I want to talk to Gene.’ I felt his presence. January 26, one week before Vicki joined, Martha “Jason got out a plain old recorder, pushed the button, wrote, “I picture Brad as a young man (late teens) who put the TV on a ‘non-channel with static,’ and turned the has heard about our group sessions, and I feel you are light down to a darker color on the TV so it wouldn’t be right about him wanting to reach out to a loved one here so bright. We lit candles, and started talking. We each said in the physical world.” something very short like ‘Gene, can you hear me?’ After Vicki joined and the group learned her son’s ‘Where are you?’ and ‘How are you?’ for about ten name was Braden, Mike Sullivan went back and lis- minutes. tened to the clip with the name Brad on it. He wrote, “I “When we finished recording, Jason went in front of the went back and listened to the clip again and the name TV screen and snapped three photos with his digital cam- could very well be ‘Braden.’” era. When he hooked the camera up to the TV, and Before joining the AA-EVP, Vicki had the opportuni- showed the pictures, Gene’s FACE was captured! It was ty to speak with two outstanding mediums. Both told definitely, positively him. It was a close-up.” her that her son was saying, “Cathy.” Vicki wrote, “I don’t think he knew a Cathy when alive and when I told the mediums, they both just said that he was very clear- ly saying, “Cathy,” and that he was confident I would figure it out. (I hate it when they say that!) When I found out the role Martha’s daughter, Cathy is playing in the connection between those of us here and those of us there, it made sense. He seems very interested in keeping up contact, had probably already met Cathy and friends and was probably hoping I’d end up here!”  Martha Copeland was out working in her front yard when she heard her deceased daughter, Cathy’s voice in Gene Hornback in life is on the left. Look for a pattern of the backyard calling for her dog, Doja. Doja heard it too darker bits in the TV snow at the right. Gene’s head is because he began barking his special bark. “It’s the one facing up so that you see under his chin. His head is tilted that he uses when he greets someone he likes,” Martha toward his left shoulder. The dark area in the lower-right wrote. “It freaked me out but I ran into the house and is a shadow cast by his head from a light source in the up- turned on my recorder, but did not get anything.” per left.

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The director was friendly, but convinced she knew best Investigating Ghosts how the ghost investigation should go; her way. When she in Front of the Camera called for action, she meant action. Who cares if a real investigation takes hours? This was to be a twenty-minute By Janice Oberding segment; the investigation would be compressed into the The reality of ghost investigations can be downright allotted time. Time’s wasting! Hurry up and find a ghost boring when compared to what Hollywood portrays. or anything paranormal. Where a real investigator might spend long tedious hours With the director and the cameramen following on our in the field with little or no results, his Hollywood coun- heels, we scurried through the dusty dark hotel. Meter terpart always encounters phenomena. readings were high in a certain room long suspected of In a recent movie, a parapsychologist decides to investi- being haunted. We stepped into the room. Someone’s gate a haunted mansion. She begins her investigation late flashlight gave out. A feeling akin to electrical energy at night; daylight ghost hunts seldom suit Hollywood’s rushed through us. There was definitely something in that purpose. Alone and undaunted, she steps into the library room! Before we had time to analyze just what that might and is immediately besieged by strange noises, ghostly be, one of our team members became distraught and sud- forms, flickering lights, and wisps of cold air. That’s en- denly broke down in a fit of loud crying and screaming. tertainment all right! But it is seldom reality. The director was impressed. “Cut!” She ordered. Then As ghost investigators, we are well aware of this. So turning to the nearest cameraman, she demanded, “Get a what happens when a television production company calls close-up of her!” and wants you to do a “real ghost investigation?” First, “Now,” she said to the crying investigator, “Show us cross your fingers and hope that you can somehow how scared you are. And scream like that again, only achieve a balance between what they think a ghost inves- louder!” tigation is, and what it actually is. Think entertainment, Once the investigator’s fear but strive for reality. It’s as easy as teaching your cat to was captured on film, we were fetch your slippers. allowed to move on through the My first foray into the world of television’s ghost inves- hotel. That might have been just tigations began three years ago with a very friendly email. another showbiz outing to the At last, my fifteen minutes of fame were there for the tak- director and her crew, but for ing. Of course I wanted to be on television! Who doesn’t? those of us who had never been The site chosen for the investigation was to be selected by permitted entrance to the hotel, locales in Virginia City. the night was a thrill. Certainly, Suffice it to say that it didn’t work out. I was credited as the shoot went quickly; but we a coordinator for the show, but the producers decided had discovered the haunting against using me on camera when I admitted that I Goldfield Hotel Interior, stories weren’t all hype. There couldn’t talk with ghosts. Certainly anyone can talk with Photo by Janice Oberding was indeed some sort of energy ghosts. But carrying on long conversations in front of the in the building. With any luck, we would be able to return camera? Now someday for a full-fledged investigation. that’s a different When the filming was completed, we were informed matter entirely. that plans had changed; we would not be permitted to Another show sleep in the hotel after all. Safety issues and the threat of came calling next. lawsuits were probably the deciding factors. We emailed back To those who would argue that this type of investigation and forth, and is more showbiz than anything else, I would point out that finally a location while working with television film crews, I have been able was decided up- to gain access to places otherwise off limits to the general on; the Goldfield public, and ghost investigators in particular. Hotel in Goldfield, Goldfield Hotel, Photo by Janice Oberding If given the chance, should you participate in television Nevada. ghost investigations? Absolutely! Think positive, there’s The hotel had been closed for nearly fifty years but we probably a cat somewhere that can fetch its owner's slip- were promised that the honor of sleeping in Nevada’s pers. most haunted hotel would be ours, just for taking part in Janice Oberding is author of many books about Nevada’s the show. I contacted my friends and fellow investigators most haunted locations, including the book, Haunted Nevada. in Las Vegas and yes, they wanted to be part of the show. She will be our guide for the AA-EVP conference ghost walk in Our team was ready. My husband and I packed our downtown Reno. You can read more about her work at equipment and our sleeping bags and we headed south http://hauntednevada.com/ toward Goldfield and our fifteen minutes of fame.

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Castle Ghosts like British Media Attention Erland Babcock and Video ITC Long-time ITC experimenter, Erland Babcock, recently posted a number of examples of the phenomenal features he is collecting in his Video ITC experiments. Each ex- ample he sent was interesting, but as is often the case with this form of phenomena, only these two would print. In the first example, you can see a person who is facing to your left. The person’s hair is visible, as is a possible wrap around the person’s shoulders. First there was quite a fuss made over a figure caught In the second example, closing a pair of fire doors on closed-circuit security cam- there appears to be a man eras at Hampton Court Palace. The media either were giv- facing to your left. He seems to have a long flowing en or chose to run a poor image of the person in period beard. dress closing the fire doors. In the still photograph, the Video ITC features are not figure’s face seemed very white and very spooky. The photographs, and in fact, are not media loved it and the story of the “Palace Ghost” circled often well enough defined to the globe. Later, closer examination of the ghost’s move- permit printing. They are formed ment on video made it pretty obvious that the ghost was by transfiguring optical noise someone in period dress; someone who was still a part of that has been created in a video this world and not of the next. feedback loop, and often, they Now comes a report of a spooky EVP from a BBC are at least partially obscured by Radio 4 show called Excess Baggage while they were that same noise. doing a broadcast from Ireland’s haunted Leap Castle. The examples shown here illustrate another characteris- Right before presenter Sandi Toksvig says, “Your tic of Video ITC features. If you look closely at the appar- beginning to make a believer out of me,” a whispery male ent beard of the man in the second example, you should be voice with a decidedly British accent says, “I died.” able to make out yet another face. Close examination of The Excess Baggage crew was made aware of the the originals show that the faces will tend to appear wher- ghostly whisper by one of the show’s listeners. Toksvig ever there is suitable optical energy. said that the whisper was not made by them or any of the guests and that there was simply no explanation. Update on Video ITC Alexander MacRae wrote to the program offering his We continue to squeeze in a services but had not heard back from them as this Video ITC experiment now and NewsJournal went to print. Alec looked at the recording then between our other duties. with a sound editor and found a relatively long empty Like Erland, we are always space before the EVP is heard. Alec wrote, “Nowhere else tweaking our equipment in an in this sequesnce do you find an empty space of that attempt to find the right combi- length.” He then deleted the ghost voice and replaced it nation of camera position and with the same duration of silence. “Now when you hear settings for the best images. the delay between him finishing (the guest) and her In the picture to the left, you starting (the presenter), it does not sound at all real.” should be able to make out a young woman facing to your A Master of Obfuscation right. She has long flowing red In an attempt to clarify a point to a defense department hair, meeting, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that, and is “Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are al- wear- ways interesting to me, because as we know, there are ing a white dress. known knowns; there are things we know we know. We The second picture is of a also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we woman, again facing your right. know there are some things we do not know. But there are She has a high forehead and also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we prominent cheeks. don’t know.”

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An Article about EVP in the JSPR A Testable Hypothesis Explaining EVP An article by Alexander MacRae was published in the Formation in Digital Recorders January ‘04 Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. IC recorders, such as the Sony ICD B7, have become well The article is titled, “A means of proving the Electronic known for their effectiveness as a tool for collecting EVP. Voice Phenomenon Based on Electro-Dermal Activity.” This disparity between the effectiveness of digital and Alec’s article was reviewed by a panel of experts who analog tape recorders offers an important opportunity for judged his work for reasonableness, amongst other crite- analysis; specifically, what is the active mechanism in IC ria. The SPR has been less than friendly toward EVP and recorders that is not present in analog recorders? it was no small feat for Alec to have his article accepted. AA-EVP Member, James Jones, has recently offered a Alec told us that he had hoped to avoid a straightfor- possible answer that is both technically insightful and very ward article about EVP by writing an article that talked testable. If his hypothesis is shown to be correct, it pro- about accepted physical principles that indirectly applied vides a substantial proof that EVP are formed of noise and to EVP. Here is the abstract of his article: that they are formed within the electronic components of “This paper concerns a device that produces anomalous the recording device. speech products similar … to the Electronic Voice Phe- In IC recorders, the analog input signal is converted to nomenon (although it was not intended to function in this digital information to enable processing and storage. This way), and its purpose is to describe the characteristic be- analog to digital (a/d) conversion is based on a sample rate havior of this device and its products, and to consider pos- in which the amplitude and frequency of the signal is con- sible alternative explanations. For example, could what is verted into a series of digital words that are suitable for happening simply be a case of stray pick-up—either elec- processing in the digital circuit. In a hypothetical digital tromagnetic or acoustic? To answer that question, experi- word of “01101,” the last “1” is the Least Significant Bit ments were carried out with the equipment relocated in an (LSB). The LSB represents the lowest level of sound that environment where communication in Spanish rather than can be accurately represented by the a/d converter. in English was normal. Another possible alternative is James Jones contends that the error in accuracy of the considered: that these voices exist only in the mind, like a/d conversion between the analog input and the digital an ‘audible Rorschach test’ interpretation. An objective output introduces a chaotic electrical environment (noise) process for assessing the most probable meaning of the within the recorder as the a/d attempts to find a best fit for information contained in an anomalous speech product is the incoming signal. The fewer the bits in the digital word outlined, with the conclusion that such products are real (probably smallest in inexpensive recorders) the greater and have characteristics of communication.” the noise associated with a/d conversion. This a/d induced An article that discusses some of the main characteristic chaos is conducive to EVP formation. of the “device that produces anomalous speech products” As James has noted, “Noise plays an important part in is “The Alpha Mystery” by José Feola. Read it at the encoding process. By strategically introducing noise, it www.llewellyn.com/bookstore/article.php?id=38. is possibly to encode signals that are smaller than the LSB A Loved One’s Visit or less than one step of quantization.” Externally supplied low volume noise will allow the a/d to process signals that My brother and his family were down at their hunting would normally fall below the LSB, thus reducing internal camp. My brother got up early to go hunting and let his noise. Supplying extra noise is referred to as “Dither.” See wife and two children sleep in. About 9:00 am, Marion http://www.earlevel.com/Digital%20Audio/Dither.html and the kids were eating breakfast when J.J., my three for a tutorial on the subject. year old nephew, got all excited. He saw a man with an “Mike Sullivan tested this theory by tracking the num- orange hat and jacket looking in the window. Marion ber of EVP collected with and without the addition of looked over at the window and saw no one, so she got up white-noise. According to the theory, the amount of error and looked outside. No one was there. Then she opened and distortion allowed into the output of the recorder the door to look around, saw no one and no footsteps in would be decreased with the addition of white noise, and the new snow. J.J. said the man was making a funny face therefore, the chaotic conditions necessary for the creation and made his eyes big like he was trying to make J.J. of EVP would be diminished. In fact, he recorded fewer to laugh. (My father did this to my two sons when they were no EVP while supplying external noise when using an IC little. He passed away in 1990, J.J. and Marion never met recorder.” my dad so neither one would know this). This theory proposed by James Jones possibly repre- When my brother came back to the camp at noon for sents one of the first “smoking gun” analyses of where lunch, Marion told him what happened. J.J. told Bob what and how EVP is formed within a digital recorder that an- this man looked like, so Bob (who is skeptical) got out a swers the current evidence. We would like other research- picture of my dad, and sure enough, that is whom J.J. saw. ers reading this NewsJournal to consider similar experi- My Dad and Bob used to hunt together there quite often. ments, and as always, we look forward to reports that we Heidi Armbruster can include in the NewsJournal.

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A Possible Means of Studying Orbs EVP gets some Media Attention David Sircom recently sent us a photograph saying that, In January, Michael Tymn wrote a wonderful review of “As an insurance adjuster I take hundreds of photos each “There is No Death and There are No Dead” in the week. I have many with the standard, stationary orb(s). Academy of Religion and Psychical Research Bulletin. But this one is a first for me.” Frank Joseph reviewed the book in the February Fate As you can see in magazine and Jutta Liebman did an excellent article re- the photograph, it garding the book in the German VTF Journal. appears that a We had submitted an EVP article to Fate magazine in sphere of light has mid January, hoping that it would be printed before the moved across the AA-EVP conference in June. We found out, by way of an scene while the email from Sarah Estep telling us how wonderful our arti- camera’s shutter cle on EVP was in the March Fate magazine, that we suc- was open. Where ceeded. The article is over seven pages and they enlarged the sphere changed direction or hesitated, the trail is the pictures that we had included. The article could not brighter. Thus, it appears that the sphere has come from have been presented better. Fate did an exceptional job your right to left and has doubled back a little as it turned and EVP and the Association received very positive atten- to move directly toward the camera. tion from a national magazine. It can be seen in the original that the trail of light is ac- In the past few months, we have written three articles tually a series of overlapping circles, as if the sphere were for national magazines, two of which have been printed. rapidly pulsing light and dark as it moved. Such “string of We have also appeared on several radio shows; Rense, pearls” patterns are a common characteristic of orbs in Cybercity and Ghostlytalk to name a few. An interview motion as caught in photographs. written by Melanie Billings, regarding our book is posted Based on this example and others, it appears that what- at http://spiritkeep.net/ghosts/ghosts_index.html. The in- ever these spheres of light are, they are turning on and off, terview was chosen by About.com Paranormal guide as a moving in and out of physical reality or vibrating at a very top pick. For the most part, each and every person who rapid rate. (Any one of these possibilities could cause has interviewed us has treated us very well. All have been what is seen here.) They move very rapidly and they interested and intrigued by the phenomena and each has sometimes exhibit intelligence by appearing when it is asked us to come back on their program. reasonable that an etheric entity might be present and re- In January, we worked with Janice Oberding and the sponding to requests that they “Go to someone” or in BBC Twofour production crew on a British television se- some way move on command. ries called, Dead Famous. The Twofour crew spent sever- The entire issue of orbs is still too ambiguous to safely al months in the US trying to reach the spirits of the fa- argue that they are etheric entities without more evidence mous. Our location with them was at the Cal Neva Resort or a better database of field observations. With that said, at Lake Tahoe, Nevada. It was owned by Frank Sinatra at the “string of pearls” type of orb does offer important, one time and was a hangout for not only the “Rat Pack” measurable parameters that could be studied. In some in- but also Marilyn Monroe and even the Kennedys. stances, it should be possible to extrapolate the orb’s We are making plans for the coming months and in ear- speed of movement by measuring the length of the light ly April we will appear on Tracie Austin’s award winning trail and relating that to the shutter speed. For instance, the cable television show, Let’s Talk Paranormal. We have shutter speed for this photograph was probably 1/60th of a also agreed to make a presentation at the International second. However, the trail is not fully visible and it is Conference on “Current Research into Survival of Physi- foreshortened by a change in direction, so this example cal Death, with Special Reference to ITC,” which will be may not be useful for evaluation. We recently saw one held at the Cultural Centre in Vigo, Spain, on the 23rd- example that would suggest the orb moved at better than 25th of April 2004. The conference is hosted by Anabela 600 feet a second. That is about half the speed of sound. Cardoso who is the director and editor of the ITC Journal In some examples, the number of pulses can be counted, and Professor David Fontana, past president of the Society and when considered with the shutter speed of the camera, for Psychical Research. See eure- the pulse rate can be determined. There may be other ka.ya.com/cadernostci/congresotci/ for more information measurements available in these photographs as well. on the conference. If such data were collected and included in a database, As you can see, we have been keeping ourselves very data analysis should show trends, which if a genuine phe- busy. The book has gained attention from the media, giv- nomena is being observed, should suggest common char- ing us a platform to talk about EVP. We have done every- acteristics of the orbs—information we lack today. thing we can to take advantage of this opportunity and to Please let us know if you decide to undertake such a spread the word about EVP and its message of survival. study. Alternatively, we are interested in receiving other examples of this type of orb.

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Bridge to the Afterlife Recording Circle From Our Viewpoint Continued from Page 1 The group recording sessions first initiated by Martha We also suspect that the active regions in electronic cir- Copeland and Karen Mossey are continuing. Recently, cuits, specifically the active region in transistor junctions, new member, Patti Newell, sent an email to the AA-EVP are probably the point of injection of the influences neces- Egroup, asking for more information about the group. sary to transfigure physical energy into intelligible voices. Here is Karen’s response: The manipulation of physical objects with mind or psi Karen: Welcome to our world Patti, I will try to answer energy is known as telekinesis. The telekinetic influence some of your questions. thought to be exerted by etheric entities is felt to be a Patti: I am absolutely fascinated with the idea of getting a weak signal. The process by which the weak telekinetic group of people together specifically for the purpose of signal is able to manifest as relatively large changes in the recording EVP. For those who are currently sitting in such sound can possibly be attributed to stochastic resonance. a group, could you give me some information about your We see evidence of the same process occurring in the op- group: Where do you meet? tical noise used in Video ITC, and we speculate that the Karen: We have a meditation Circle which we call, “Re- same process is involved in the brain of the psi experiment cording Circle—Bridge to the Afterlife,” which is all over subject because of supplied noise. Stochastic resonance is the country and involves a coming together of anyone in being studied in the telecommunications industry and the group [AA-EVP Egroup] or family/friends who wish these research techniques could be applied to EVP to doc- to record or meditate in an effort to reach our loved ones ument the process of noise transfiguration. through EVP or meditation. It is reasonable to think that a researcher can learn to Patti: Do you change locations? collect sufficient EVP examples to establish the existence Karen: Location is wherever you are and can participate. of etheric communicators. This has been accomplished Martha has hers in a Darkroom which her husband Don many times over. It should be possible to design experi- built for her. It is similar to a psychomanteum. ments to certify that the voices are being injected in the Patti: Do you meet at a set day and time? active region of transistors and tubes. It should also be Karen: Usually every other Thursday at 8:00 PM EST possible to verify that vacuum tubes and FET are better Patti: How many people are there in your group? How than bipolar transistors and that germanium semiconduc- many usually attend a session? WHERE DID YOU FIND tor material is better than silicon for EVP. THEM??? What an excellent beginning for scientists seeking to de- Karen: No set number. Just whoever wishes to partici- termine the nature of the interface between physical and pate. Participants are AA-EVP members and their rela- etheric aspects of reality. It is no longer necessary for sci- tives or friends. entists to study psi phenomena via the abstraction of the Patti: Do your sessions have a set order? human mind. It is now possible to use physical devices Karen: We begin at 8:00 PM EST and record/meditate for and standard experimental protocols with a minimum de- ten minutes and then usually do a brief review and then pendence on concepts involving etheric reality. We know one more ten minute session. much more about reality than is commonly thought. We Patti: Is there a designated leader for the session? will know much more after our scientific community ac- Karen: Martha Copeland founded the Session but we are cepts this and takes up the challenge to look beyond all part of the Circle. I will generally send an email re- known physical reality. Tom minder a half hour before the session begins. Patti: Does this change for each session? How many peo- A Discussion Board is Coming The state of the art for Internet discussion boards has vast- ple are taping during the session? When do you review the tapes? ly improved since we last explored the use of one for the Karen: No, unless indicated. Sometimes we have to AA-EVP, and we think it is time to take advantage of the new features. change the day or time but we try to be consistent. I be- To help maintain the best possible level of communica- lieve the spirit world appreciates this consistency as they tion amongst the members, we will inaugurate a member’s are working to a schedule as well and since they have work to do just as we do, it is a time they can plan on. only discussion board on aaevp.com sometime during the Patti: Anything else I should know??? summer. Members with an email address in our records will be added to the board with a beginning password of Karen: Join us if and when you are able. We would bene- “1234.” Keep an eye on the aaevp.com front page for noti- fit form your energy, especially considering your expertise fication that this new service is available. and field of study and practice. Follow the e-mails. A The new board will have special subject forums with most warm welcome to you. Patti: I just want you to know how very, very glad I am to moderators, the capability of attachments, spell-check and have found you! very good security. A feature we are excited about is the search capability. In time, it will make old posts a valua- Karen: And we are glad to have you. :) Love, Kare ble learning resource for new and old members alike.

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Taper’s Report she heads through the light. She thanked me and I knew  Several people have written that they have taped us on just what to say, ‘You’re welcome, no problem.’” various radio programs and wind up getting some unex-  Clara Laughlin’s letter mentioned many wonderful EVP pected EVP. We think that’s great. Those in spirit want confirmations. She wrote, “My brother-in-law, Jack, the world to know that the so-called dead are not very thought I was a crackpot. I’ve had a loud, clear message dead at all! We chuckled at one listener who wrote us from him, ‘Clara, I’m so sorry. We miss you.’” concerned about an EVP that she recorded that said,  Kathy Malone, along with many other recorders, partic- “Come and join us.” EVP has never been for the faint ipate in the Thursday evening Bridge to the Afterlife re- of heart! cording sessions. In February, she recorded her son  Steven Beresford had not recorded for awhile but had a Lance saying, “It’s me,” “I’m fine” and “Love you.” dream indicating that he should. He went to a ravine in  Karen Mossey sent the group an EVP saying, “This is the wilderness and wiped out the memory on his DR60 my first EVP off my new Sony ICD-B7. This Sony is a and placed it in a Faraday cage. He meditated and then super recorder for EVP. It does very well at it. My sin- recorded for about a minute. On playback he found a cere thanks to Harry and Richard for introducing this remarkably clear female voice saying, “So glad we recorder to our group. I think what you will hear in this loved you.” The voice was very similar to that of Ste- clip are two spirits talking. One is advising the other. ven’s departed wife Carmelita; very beautiful and me- The first voice say’s, “Put it behind you.” Then the se- lodic. cond say’s, “I know.” And then the first spirit voice  Susan Bové picked up several very clear EVP during an speaks again and say’s, “That solves everything.” investigation in January. She had just started recording  Jutta Liebmann, of the German VTF, wrote that her in a small room off of the client’s kitchen. It had a wall EVP contacts were not strong in January and February full of books and so she was saying that they should and that she did not know why this would be, but that in probably call it “the library” when they captured a clear the beginning of March, she received a wonderful per- female voice saying, “What does it matter?” sonal message. The personal EVP brought her comfort  Andrea Carr met a very nice woman who lost her hus- over problems that she was having at work with some band in one of the planes on 9-11. She made a recording colleagues. The EVP was 13 words (translated from at the woman’s home and got, “Little Kitten I love German) “For the wounds (insults) we say prayers. you,” in the basement where the husband’s workshop You will be happy again. This will pass quickly.” had been.  Richard Shenk sent a wonderful story about his contacts  Martha Copeland asked her daughter, Cathy, if it was from his grandmother. He says that one of the first more difficult to contact loved ones from heaven than words that he ever spoke was “Nanny.” He sent a re- the spiritual world? Cathy’s reply was, “No, the spiritu- cording to the group from her that says, “Your Nanny al world and heaven are the same, it’s the same Mom.” loves you.”  Roddie Eubanks was awakened by a telephone call at  Rich Smith recorded “I’m in Hell” in a old railroad ca- three in the morning. A weak female voice said, “Hel- boose and says that he frequently gets EVP that do not lo,” and then the dial tone came back on. Roddie felt seem to be oriented to the particular location that it could have been her deceased daughter, Lynette.  Rob Smith wrote that his girlfriend had to have an oper- The caller ID said, “Anonymous caller.” ation. During this stressful time, many group members  Harry Flagle went to a very old cemetery in Delaware to offered their prayers and support. Rob also got support prove that EVP was a hoax. He called out the name that from those on the other side and had recorded messages appeared on a head stone two times, “Alvin Daisey.” from his Mother and his Maternal Grandfather and There was a pause and a voice replied, “Alvin Daisey.” Grandmother. One message came before they got the  Jan Hornback called on her husband, Gene, and asked diagnosis. It was from the Grandfather saying “Tough him to do whatever he could to reconnect with her. She luck I say … Robert!” Rob wrote, “Seems the other recorded, “Eagerly.” side knew before we did.”  Cheri Kussavage got some EVP that she did not under-  Vicki Talbott deleted the first two messages that her stand until a little later. She recorded these messages; son, now on the other side, left on her answering ma- “He didn’t do it…I did it,” “Go to the Light” and, chine because she thought that she was going crazy. “Your welcome…no problem.” Cheri had been trying Then a couple of weeks later, he left a message that to help her friend’s terminally ill mother and was not simply said, “Mom?” She saved this message and one sure how she could do this. She only knew that she had that came from his friend who died with him. Jim's a strong desire to help. Cheri wrote, “I ended up helping mom (AA-EVP member Mary Jo Gran) came over to her forgive herself and others who had hurt her over the listen to the messages from Braden and prayed right years (the confession). We talked about all the wonder- then and there for Jim to leave a message too. Not more ful possibilities about who might be waiting for her as than a half hour later, Jim left one Continued on Page 12

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Taper’s Report Continued from Page 11 Donations that simply said, “I’ll come again.” Vicki says that the We want to thank each and every one of you who have boy’s voices “sound just like they did in life.” been able to donate to the AA-EVP. Your donations have  Scottish member, Linda Willaimson sent us a lot of in- allowed us to keep the membership dues the same while formation on one of her favorite places to record, St. doubling the size of the Newsletter. In fact we now proud- Andrews Castle. St. Andrews has a bloody history and a ly call it a “NewsJournal”! Please do not forget how im- lot of people lost their lives there. One EVP that Linda portant your donations are to the AA-EVP. Donations captured says, “I Hung Them.” Linda also included a provided the Association with 1/5 of its operating expens- VCR tape of a moving orb that she recorded in the un- es in 2003. However, at the end of 2003 the Association derground mines of the Castle. was in the black a mere $832.00. So you can see that the Association is running right on the edge. As you know we News from Members do not take a salary and we donate all of our time. As a  Many members from all around the country are taping matter of fact our book, There is No Death and There are together on Thursday evenings at 8pm Eastern in The No Dead, paid for itself and actually brought in $1,573 in Recording Circle - Bridge to the Afterlife. Many loved income for the Association. Please help us keep the Asso- ones names and messages have come through during ciation going and growing by continuing to donate to the these recordings. The list of names of people on the oth- Association. Every donation is Tax Deductible. er side that members are trying to contact has grown to 31. For information contact Martha Copeland or Karen Notice Mossey. See www.necrovox.com/memorial/ We will be unable to pick up mail April 5-7 and 21-27. If  Karen Mossey is the EVP expert for an investigation you send in your conference registration during that time, team that does a live radio broadcast called "The Ghost know that we will register you the minute that we return. Chronicles" every Friday from 5-6 PM EST on WCCM Be sure to get your registration in before May 1st to save! 1490 AM Lawrence, MA. You can listen on Fridays via There is No Death and There are the internet at http://www.1490wccm.com/nfff.html. No Dead  Members started mentioning that a person on EBay was The book is receiving praise as an im- out bidding everyone and driving the price up on all portant contribution to the field. Why Panasonic RR-DR60s. The buyer would then put the re- not consider giving a signed copy as a corders back on Ebay with a “buy it now” price of gift to a friend? $199.00. Of course, this is a ridiculous price to pay for You can order a signed copy at any recorder and new members Harry Flagle and Rich- http://book.aaevp.com or by sending a ard Shenk mentioned that they were getting excellent letter with signing instructions to us. EVP on the Sony ICD-B7 that is available at Walmart The book is $18 plus shipping. Include tax if you live or Office Depo for under $50. in Nevada.  Clara Laughlin sent a clipping that talks about a movie Media Mail First Class International called, White Noise, staring Michael Keaton. He plays a First book: $4.00 $6.00 $10.00 widower who receives messages from his dead wife. Each additional: $1.00 $2.00 $10.00 The movie is billed as a thriller.

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