John A. Palmer of the Rhine Research Center closed the memorial panel with a presentation titled Ian Stevenson on Mental Mediumship. Stevenson's contributions to this area of research centered about "drop-in" communicators and the combination lock test. Drop-in communicators are intruders who come to mediumistic sittings uninvited, and Stevenson considered them more evidential of the survival of consciousness than standard communicators. He authored or co-authored full reports of five drop-in cases in a similar style as his reincarnation cases. In the combination lock test, persons 55+ years and in good mental/physical health would generate a word or phrase that was meaningful to them but not easily guessed by their surviving relatives. Using a special code, the word or phrase would be translated into a six-number lock combination. Aspirants would set the lock before death and attempt to communicate the word or phrase to a mediums after death. At least 10 locks were registered with Stevenson, and he set two locks for himself. However, to date no one has been able to open any of the locks. Will Stevenson succeed where his predecessors have so far failed?
Sunday, October 07, 2007
50th Annual PA Convention: Stevenson Memorial Panel
John A. Palmer of the Rhine Research Center closed the memorial panel with a presentation titled Ian Stevenson on Mental Mediumship. Stevenson's contributions to this area of research centered about "drop-in" communicators and the combination lock test. Drop-in communicators are intruders who come to mediumistic sittings uninvited, and Stevenson considered them more evidential of the survival of consciousness than standard communicators. He authored or co-authored full reports of five drop-in cases in a similar style as his reincarnation cases. In the combination lock test, persons 55+ years and in good mental/physical health would generate a word or phrase that was meaningful to them but not easily guessed by their surviving relatives. Using a special code, the word or phrase would be translated into a six-number lock combination. Aspirants would set the lock before death and attempt to communicate the word or phrase to a mediums after death. At least 10 locks were registered with Stevenson, and he set two locks for himself. However, to date no one has been able to open any of the locks. Will Stevenson succeed where his predecessors have so far failed?
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