The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-09
SPIRIT MESSAGE
FROM son KILLED
READ BY 0. LODGE
Scientist Tells of Word from
Boy Who Died
In War.

LII w 04s
matter Of fact account of Of COM
e,unlcation with his son killed in bat
re, is contained in Sir oliver Lodges
new book, Raymond: or, Life and
DEATH" in which the scientist gives
page after page of messages from the
dead son describing in minutest de-
! tails conditions Of the spirit world
even the clothes he wears, the friends
he has, and how bodies mangled In
war are put together again.
The book, which contains the sub
title New Evidence of the Survival
of Personality" has just been publish
ed by the George H. Doran company.
Sir Oliver was president Of the So
ciety for Psychicaf Research from
1901 to 1904 and OF the British AS
ISOLATION for Psychical Research in
1913 and 1914.
In his book he says that the first
message from the spirit world about
his son came from medium, a Mrs.
Piper OF Greenfield, N. f., on Aug. g..
1915, to- the effect that a blow was
about to fall. EARLY in September he
learned in Scotland of the death of
HIS yOulSS 6C SOAAs NoNSOAAo A<ASASNAA~--S
Raymond Lodge, in battle near
Ypres.
Soon after Sir Oliver was told by a
medium in London that there existed
a photograph Of his son in a group
of ohicers. He knew nothing Of the
picture, but two or three days after
he got the message about it he receiv-
ed the picture.
- - oF iv,oo a.
dunn in London Sir Oliver said he re-
ceived from Raymond this message:
Tell father have met some friends
/ Of his
The medium then described Dr. Ny
ers and other deceased friends Of Sir
Oliver
Later Mrs. Kennedy told Sir Oil
yer she had received fragmentary
messages from her son Paul, killed in
battle, and, with the assistance OF Sir
Oliver. a medium gave this message
from Paul:
Predicts victory for Allies.
IT am sure
lam here have seen that boy,
Sir, divers son; he's better, and has
had d splendid rest, tell his people.
He Isl so jolly. and every one loves
him. He has found heaps Of his own
folks here, and he is settling down
wonderfully. Do tell his father and
mother. He doesn't fight like the
others. He has been sleeping long
time. but he has spoken today. II
your people only knew how we long
to come they would all call u.s."
Alta sitting Oct. ~. 1915. Raymond
4 sent a message that he was With his
dead brother Ind sister. At q hear
ing on Nov. II Raymond predicted
that the Allies would win the war.
at was at sitting In London on
Nov. 26 that Raymond gave his father
a detailed description OF things in the
srltrit world, .rhrough the medium,
s'Can you fancy you seeing me in
white robes? Mind, / didn't care for
them at first, and wouldn't wear
Them Just like a fellow gone to a
country where there is a hot climate
IAN igforant fellow. not knowing
what what he Is going to. It's just
i like that he may make up his mind
4 to wear his own clothes little while,
but he will soon be dressing like the
natives He was allowed to have
earth clothes here until he got accli-
mated.
On Dec. Raymond sent this mess
agei
my body's very similar to the one
had before. pinch myself some
times ito see If it is real and it is.
But it doesn't seem to hurt SO rzlch
las when I pinched the flesh body. The
internal organs don't seem constituted
on the same lines as beforel I can
move somewhat more freely. There
is one thing. I have never seen any
one bleed"
In response to the questions: "Has
he got ears and eyes?'' the reply
came. Yes, yes, and eyelashes and
eyebrows exactly the same. and a
tongue and teeth. He has got a new
tooth in the place of another one he
nAd-one that wasn't quite right. He
knew man that has lost his arm,
but he has got another one. Yes,
he has got two arms, now"
Cigars On That Plane.
When Sir Oliver asked If there were
the medium said that Raymond said:
There are men here and there are
women here. I don't think they
stand to each other quite as they did
on the earth plane, but they seem to
have the same feeling to each other
with different expression of 1t.
There don't seem to be any children
born here.
People here try to provide every
thing that is wanted. chap who
came over the other day would have
cigar. But there are laboratories
over here. and they. manufacture ev-
erythfng. Not as you do it of solid
matter. but out of essence and ethers
and gases. It's not the same as or
the earth plane, but they wereable