Messages from the other world: witnesses and testimonies (9 photos)
People dream of looking beyond the brink, perhaps, from the moment they realized their inevitable mortality. And they use a variety of methods and tools for this. 
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, spiritualists had many ways of communicating with dead people. Spirits communicated very vividly with mediums through moving objects, photographs or notes written in the medium's hand. 
George Vale Owen - one of the most famous spiritualists of the early 20th century
“The grave is no longer silent,” reported George Vail Owen in his late 19th-century book Psychography: The Marvelous Displays of Psychic Power. It was recorded by Fred P. Evans, Owen's ward, who had two spirits at his disposal. 
Fred P. Evans - British spiritualist medium
Evans was born on June 9, 1862 in Liverpool. In his youth, he tried himself in various professions, in particular, he worked as a sailor. As a result, I ended up in the States. There he discovered mediumship at a public seance in 1884 in San Francisco. He became interested in this direction, visited other people, and they all predicted Evans' career as a strong medium. At first nothing worked, and he almost gave up. But then the gift of writing messages from spirits and much more on the board was unexpectedly discovered:
I have found that each month improves my mediumship abilities and that one skill develops another. With constant practice, I developed not only independent slate writing, but also automatic writing, clairaudience, clairvoyance, physical manifestations and materialization, and demonstrated all these capabilities to thousands of people in California. 
"Psychography: Miraculous Displays of Psychic Power"
He wrote down messages and made illustrations from the other world with the help of the powers of John Gray and Stanley St. Clair, respectively, his spirit helpers.
Gray was born in London on June 10, 1816. At age 14 he became a sailor, and by 1835 he began communicating with spirits. These voices advised him to go to New York. There he became a coast guard and communicated with spirits who knocked on stones and predicted significant events. 
Page from a book - slate by Fred P. Evans
“I warned my comrades. But they began to consider me crazy until they saw that these prophecies were fulfilled,” Gray said from the other side. He died on October 27, 1837, drowning while trying to save the crew of a ship that crashed off the coast. His ghost career progressed through various mediums until he eventually found Evans.
Evans has worked for decades to bring the dead back into this world through messages and drawings. 
Page from a book - slate by Fred P. Evans
It made no difference who held the boards and slates. On October 24, 1888, a seance was held before members of the Brisbane Psychological Society in Australia. A pair of slates were first cleaned, then small pieces of pencil were placed between them. Then the whole thing was sealed with sealing wax.
Two members of the society each held a pair of slates, standing on either side of Evans. All three men stood a few centimeters from the table at which the other participants in the seance were sitting. Evans then touched each pair of slates with his hands, and the men holding them linked their free hands with the nearest seated participants. They, in turn, joined hands with the others until a single circle was formed.
“A powerful force immediately manifested itself, some of the participants were frightened, they were twisted in their chairs, as if under the influence of an electric current. Others could not stand it and were forced to break the chain,” stated one of the reports. 
Psychographic portrait
A few minutes later Evans tore the seals off the boards. On one of them no less than thirty different messages were found, and many of them were read aloud to the spectators and recognized in almost all cases.
Psychographic portrait
Sometimes messages from spirits in different languages appeared on Evans' sheets. For example, Count Rozzi of Italy reported that he was glad that he could write a few lines to help prove the truth of the hereafter. And Professor Zollner from Germany wrote the following: “I have found a simple way to convey to science the evidence of the return of the dead to this earth, and soon I will report it to the world.” 
Psychographic portrait
Decades have passed. But we are still waiting for evidence from Professor Zollner. I would like to believe that the learned man is simply busy and has not forgotten about his promise. And very soon it will make itself felt.
