Converse With Departed Persons
Sources: 'abdu'l-baha In LondonThe question was asked if it were possible to establish communication with
the dead, and whether it was wise or advisable to attend seances or to
engage in table-turning, spirit-rapping, etc.
The Master said these rappings, etc., were all material things, and of the
body. What is needed is to rise above the material to the realms of the
purely Spiritual. Table-turning and such like were material, a natural
result, and not spiritual.
But it was possible to communicate with the dead through the condition of
the character and the heart.
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