Berserk2
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In my view, Bruce's quest to create such an EVP device should be studied as a variation of "the independent voice phenomena" generated or channeled by physical mediums such as Gladys Leonard, Leslie Flint, and Etta Wriedt. George Meek's famous use of "Spiricom" to record the "voice" of discarnate engineer, George Mueller, is a case in point. Mueller seems to verify his alleged identity through a detailed series of revelations, including his academic credentials, places of study, awards, and even his social security number and sister's address. Mueller warns that he will soon "progress" out of range and promises instructions on how to upgrade Spiricom for continued communications. But Spiricom falls silent before any such upgrades can be created. What gets overlooked about these experiments is this: Spiricom can only function with the aid of a medium named William O'Neil.
In most other EVP cases, the voices strike me as either too unclear, brief enough to be the product of psychokinesis, or outright fraud. The one exception is perhaps the earliest EVP case. On Sept. 17, 1952, two priests were trying to upgrade tape recordings of Gregorian chant. The wire kept breaking on their tape recorder and one of them, Father Gemelli, jokingly asked his deceased Dad for assistance. When the tape was replayed, the chanting was gone and was replaced by his Dad's clearly understandable voice, reassuring him: "Of course, I'll help you. I'm always with you." The two priests sought and received an audience with Pope Pius XII to present their discovery. The Pope suggested this EVPs might be developed into "a new scientific discovery for confirming faith in the afterlife!" Of course, this EVP is not the result of a serious attempt to contact the deceased.
Don
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