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The Direct Voice

The direct voice is most certainly one of the most impressive forms of mediumshipwhereby the people present at a sitting, the sitters, are able to very clearly hear Spirits

speak aloud in their normal voices, exactly the same voices as they were known by in

physical life, and to engage in long conversations with them. This was particularlyreassuring for the relatives of the deceased ones as they then knew beyond any doubts

whatsoever from the accent, style of speaking, phraseology, words used and information

received that they really were in direct communication with their loved ones speaking tothem in person from the beyond.

As with materialisation, the direct voice involves the use of ectoplasm. Spirits draw

ectoplasm from the throat chakra of the medium and to a lesser extent the sitters, and then

form the ectoplasm into an theric voice box through which they are able speak fromthe Spirit side of the channel, manifesting in the physical world as a Spirit voice. This

theric voice box functioned by making use of the ectoplasm to reduce the higher thought

vibrations of the Spirits communicating through the voice box to a much lower rate ofvibration that could translate to physically audible sound.

These Spirit voices were very often so clear and loud it was exactly as if speaking to a

physical person in the same room. Although direct voice sittings needed to take place in

darkness as with materialisation sittings due to the sensitivity to light of ectoplasm, thesitters could sometimes easily observe the whitish coloured ectoplasm exuding from the

throat chakra area of the medium. The ectoplasm could also be very clearly observed and

photographed by means of infrared viewing e!uipment that did not affect it.

"rom the Spirit side of the channel the ectoplasmic voice portal could be seen as a largeglowing disk of nergy into which they would speak. #t should be noted that Spirits do

not actually physically speak in the absence of a physical body, but rather communicate

by means of a pro$ection by the %ind of thought towards the voice portal which thentranslates the resultant thought vibrations into a clearly audible voice by means of the

theric ectoplasmic voice box created from the ectoplasm of the medium and sitters.

&ne of the most extraordinary direct voice mediums was 'eslie "lint, ()((*())+ whose

permanent sitters recorded literally thousands of voices of discarnate Spirits on tape over

the course of many years. hen these discarnate Spirit voices first started appearing to'eslie "lint he was often expelled from cinemas and theatres as the voices were disturbing

the !uietness of the surroundings, and of course people had absolutely no idea of who the

voices were or where they were originating from.

The voices channelled by 'eslie "lint during his numerous and usually recorded sittings

ranged from the Souls of the deceased relatives of the sitters, through to people who were

once famous on arth who came to deliver important messages, usually involving

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evidence for the continuity of life after physical death.

&f course there were the usual groups of sceptics who believed 'eslie "lint was a fraud.

'eslie "lint often therefore agreed to conduct sittings in the presence of researchers who

had carte blanche to carry out more or less whatever experiments they needed to in orderto prove or disprove that 'eslie "lint and the Spirit voices were indeed genuine or

otherwise. #n one such particular experiment as reported in the -sychic ews edition of (+

"ebruary ()+/, 'eslie "lint was physically tied to a chair with sticking plaster stuck overhis lips thus sealing them together completely, and with bandages placed over his mouth

over the sticking plaster. The researchers observed the Spirit voices still arriving with their

usual volume and clarity. There were twelve people present during that particular sittingand all agreed the voices were most definitely not those of 'eslie "lint but were in fact

rather those of the Spirits who had arrived in order to communicate with the sitters. At the

end of the sitting everything previously applied by the researchers, including the ropes,the bandages and sticking plaster were all still totally intact and completely untouched,

$ust as they were when originally applied by the researchers.

The information received directly from Spirits by means of the direct voice mediumship

of 'eslie "lint was not simple vague information of the type that could easily apply toanyone, but was rather extremely specific and accurate as you would expect to be the case

coming directly from the Spirits who were in possession of and conveying the

information. &ne such typical example involved an airman who was killed in action

during the second world war. This airman originally appeared at a sitting being attendedby 'ord 0owding, giving his name as -eter illiam 1andford 2ite. The Spirit asked if

his parents could be contacted at an address he supplied, and be invited to attend a sitting

where he would be present for them.

The parents duly accepted the invitation to attend the sitting with 'eslie "lint and for

nearly forty minutes the airman communicated with his parents in his own clearly

recognisable and normal voice. 1is parents were able to confirm everything he had said

was totally true and accurate in every respect. Among the things he spoke of to his parentsduring the sitting was a $oke about buying an Alsatian dog, that his mother had put

photographs of his grave in orway in her bag that very morning, that he liked the cherry

tree in the memorial garden they had planted for him, that his bedroom had not beenchanged in the six years since he had died, that he had not liked the wallpaper in his

bedroom and that his father was still driving his car although it was too small for him.

3nfortunately, sceptics still tried absolutely everything possible in order to attempt todiscredit 'eslie "lint, $ust as they had previously tried to discredit many other well*knownand totally genuine mediums. #n ()4( 'eslie "lint had this to say about this situation5

hen # first began to allow myself to be tested # was naive enough to believe that if the

tests were successful the scientists and researchers who had carried them out under their

own conditions would proclaim to all the world the truth of life after death. All too soon #learned the hard way that many of those who call themselves researchers have immutable

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values of their own which preclude belief of a meaning or purpose in man6s existence or

the possibility of a life after death. Their concern was to disprove the reality of my voices

and they would postulate any alternative, however far*fetched or absurd, sooner thanadmit the implication of their own successful experiment.

Some of the more ludicrous explanations put forward by some of these so called

researchers included suggestions the voices were not real but rather the result of some

hypnotic power accompanied by mass hallucinations. This was later disproved when athroat microphone was attached to the throat of 'eslie "lint during a sitting such that the

slightest sound made through his larynx would be magnified enormously, while the

researchers continuously observed him at the same time through an infra*red telescope.hen 'eslie "lint proved them wrong yet again, the best suggestion the researchers could

come up with is that he must have the ability to talk through his stomach.

&ne impartial, open*%inded expert who did investigate 'eslie "lint very thoroughly

indeed was -rofessor illiam 7. 8ennett, professor of electrical engineering at 9olumbia3niversity in ew :ork 9ity. As engineers are usually regarded as highly practical and

level*headed people, his evidence was widely regarded to be of particular value. -rofessor

8ennett had this to say of his own personal experience during a 'eslie "lint sitting5

%y experience with %r. "lint is first hand; # have heard the independent voices."urthermore, modern investigation techni!ues, not available in earlier tests corroborate

previous conclusions by indicating the voices are not his. 8ut to be thorough, one should

consider the possibility of live accomplices. This suggestion became untenable to meduring his visit to ew :ork in September ()4