History of EVP
Thomas Edison
Only Thomas Edison knew for certain whether he believed
in ghosts and the paranormal or not. But he was quoted
as saying he did believe that if our personalities do
transcend death and continue to exist in another
dimension or sphere of existence, then it should be
possible to construct an instrument to record the
voices of these disincarnate people. Here is that quote
by Mr. Edison "I don't claim that our
personalities pass on to another existence or
sphere," he told Scientific American.
"I don't claim anything because I
don't know anything about the subject. For that
matter, no human being knows. But I do claim that it is
possible to construct an apparatus which will be so
delicate that if there are personalities in another
existence or sphere who wish to get in touch with us in
this existence or sphere, the apparatus will at least
give them a better opportunity to express themselves
than the tilting tables and raps and ouija boards and
mediums and the other crude methods now purported to be
the only means of communication."This quote
was made in the October 1920 issue of Scientific
American.
It is my belief; our personalities do transcend death and
persist in another realm of reality. Furthermore, if
our personalities persist, I believe EVP presents the
most persuasive evidence for this continuation.
Electronic voice phenomenon (EVP) may serve as the sole
mechanism for us, the living, to establish
communication with those who reside on the opposite
realm of our reality.
Raudive voices
Konstantins Raudive (1909-1974) was a Latvian born
psychologist who was also an avid researcher of
parapsychology. And he also had a great belief in life
after death and the continuation of consciousness. He
investigated with Hans Bender the subject of EVP, and
published a book in 1971 entitled Breaakthrough: An
Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication With the
Dead. He also worked with Friedrich Jürgenson in his
attempts to capture EVP. It is said that he taped
approximately 100,000 audio tapes claimed to contain
EVP snippets. These were all claimed to be done under
strict laboratory conditions. Whether this is true to
standard scientific criteria I cannot say.
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The ghost box or Frank's box
The ghost box was created by Frank Sumption, supposedly
with the help of the spirit world. The device is
basically a white-noise generator and AM radio designed
to scan frequencies and generate snippets of sounds.
The theory is that the spirits can electronically
manipulate this device and carry on a two way
conversation with the living.
Personally I am a believer in EVP and believe that they
may be an actual attempt by an entity to communicate
with the living. But I do have to say that I am
skeptical of the ghost box because it does scan radio
frequencies, and because of this, I do believe it is
entirely possible that stray radio signals could
contaminate the device and cause
misinterpretation's of these sounds and lead to
auditory pareidolia and misinterpretation's.
Sarah Estep
In 1982 The American Association of Electronic Voice
Phenomena (AA-EVP) was founded by Sarah Estep. The
AA-EVP organization was founded to standardize and
educate EVP collection procedures and also to
increase public awareness of this phenomena. Sarah
Estep claimed to have captured several hundred EVP
messages from deceased friends, relatives and other
persons.
Sarah Estep's work has been continued and
expanded on by Tom and Lisa Butler of ATransC (Association of
trans communications), which is also committed to the
continuation of education and public awareness and in
my opinion is the premier organization for
information on this subject.
