I know I'm fortunate because I don't need reassurance about survival. Elsewhere, though, I encounter individuals who do. They come in dire need of it but with nowhere to go - literally.
They live in countries where there isn't the network of Spiritualist churches and centres we enjoy here in the UK. Especially peculiar that's the case where Modern Spiritualism has its roots - the USA. Less so, perhaps, elsewhere. Even in the UK, though, "fings ain't wot they used to be" and Spiritualist mediumship isn't either.
On another website, in other forums, I 'meet' members desperate about the loss of a loved one. I hesitate to suggest Spiritualist teachings as a way to grasp the fundamentals. Not because I've 'lost my faith' but because what's missing is the very thing that sets Modern Spiritualism apart from all the others; good standards of evidential mediumship provided by experienced practitioners.
If there isn't someone who can offer personal evidence of the survival of a loved one when that's what's most needed, what does Spiritualism have to offer other than belief, something that's anathema to me.
At a time when modern technology enables us to communicate with folk around the world we find ourselves less able to provide evidence of survival through mediumship than was the situation half a century and more ago.
They live in countries where there isn't the network of Spiritualist churches and centres we enjoy here in the UK. Especially peculiar that's the case where Modern Spiritualism has its roots - the USA. Less so, perhaps, elsewhere. Even in the UK, though, "fings ain't wot they used to be" and Spiritualist mediumship isn't either.
On another website, in other forums, I 'meet' members desperate about the loss of a loved one. I hesitate to suggest Spiritualist teachings as a way to grasp the fundamentals. Not because I've 'lost my faith' but because what's missing is the very thing that sets Modern Spiritualism apart from all the others; good standards of evidential mediumship provided by experienced practitioners.
If there isn't someone who can offer personal evidence of the survival of a loved one when that's what's most needed, what does Spiritualism have to offer other than belief, something that's anathema to me.
At a time when modern technology enables us to communicate with folk around the world we find ourselves less able to provide evidence of survival through mediumship than was the situation half a century and more ago.