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EVP BACKGROUND
‘Information compiled by Mark Turner of the EVP Research Association
Electronic Voice Phenomena - A History
Since the discovery of what has now come to be known as the 'Electronic Voice Phenomena' (EVP), we have to give thanks for the efforts of many gifted researchers who, over the years have given their time and commitment in the face of much hostility. Where did it all begin? Probably with the discoveries made in the field of electronic communications by inventers such Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, Oliver Lodge and Guglielmo Marconi. These men of vision all held belief in an afterlife and the possibility of making contact with that world through electronic means. Edison had his first lab at the age of ten and by the time of his death he had patented 1093 of his inventions. He also believed in a 'life after death', as can be determined by the many statements he made during his lifetime. In support of this, what follows is just one of them "I will be going to a world beyond, whereby I shall continue the research where i left off". It is also interesting to note that there was a blueprint found after his death for a machine which he believed could be used for making contact with that very place. As no machine was ever found, we have no means of knowing if he had actually built this.
Thomas Edison's Telephone to the Afterlife
Edison wrote: "If our personality survives, then it is strictly logical or scientific to assume that it retains memory, intellect, other faculties and knowledge that we acquire on this Earth. Therefore, if personality exists after what we call death, it is reasonable to conclude that those who leave the Earth would like to communicate with those they have left here. I am inclined to believe that our personality hereafter will be able to affect matter. If this reasoning be correct, then, if we can evolve an instrument so delicate as to be affected by our personality as it survives in the next life, such an instrument, when made available, ought to record something." Although it was believed that Edison worked on a prototype for this invention until his own death in 1931, models or plans for this telephone to the afterlife were never found. "Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something." - Thomas Edison
1930`s The Scandinavian military pick up what was probably the first ever polygot messages. At the time believed to be German coded messages, which was later discounted.
1956 Raymond Bayless joined Attliz Von Szalay in experiments and wrote an article for the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research in 1959.
1964 Jurgensen after 5 years of research publishes his findings in his book Roesterna Fraen Rymden (Voices from the Universe). Attliz Von Szalay gets voices of his deceased relatives on tape for the first time.
1965 Dr. Konstantin Raudive, a Latvian psychologist and philosopher, visited Juergenson, concluded that the phenomenon was genuine, and started his own experiments in Bad Krozingen, Germany.
1970 Scott Rogo and Raymond Bayless publish 'Phone Calls From The Dead'. Raymond Cass begins experimenting.
1973 Josephand Michael Lamoreaux, Washington State, had success with recording paranormal voices after reading Raudive's book.
1978 William O'Neil working for George Meek, using a modified side-band radio, had brief, but evidential contact with an American medical doctor said to have died five years earlier.
1982 The AA-EVP was founded although their roots go back to the 1970s, when their president, Sarah Estep, began hearing mysterious voices on her husband's TEAC reel-to-reel recorder. Estep concluded the recordings were made by spirits from the afterlife or alien beings living in a non-corporeal state.[2]  1982 George Meek made a trip around the world to distribute tape recordings of 16 excerpts of communications between William O'Neil and an American scientist who died 14 years earlier. He also distributed a 100-page technical report giving wiring diagrams, photos, technical data and guidelines for research by others. "Now, you know this room is filled with radio signals, right? ...And you know that each signal remains distinct by its frequency. That's why this radio can tune separately to each signal... Well, all the spiritual universes -and there are hundreds of them- they're all sharing this space with our physical universe, like radio signals sharing this room." George Meek Hans Otto Koenig, West Germany, develops sophisticated electronic equipment, using extremely low beat frequency oscillators, ultra-violet and infra-red lights, etc. Sarah Estep begins the American Association of EVP (AA-EVP) 1984 Kenneth Webster, England, receives (via several different computers) 250 communications from a person who lived in the 16th century. Most print-outs are in English text consistent with speech at that point in history, and personal details fully supported by library research. Communications often concurrent with poltergeist-type phenomena. Webster writes book, The Vertical Plane, with extensive photo documentation in 1989.
1995 INIT formed (International Network for Instrumental Transcommunication, ITC)
At the present time there are thousands of individuals and organizations from all over the world actively engaged in their own research. Hopefully in time through the efforts of these groups and individuals we shall truly make that important " Breakthrough". Konstantin Raudive  In June 1965, Latvian Psychologist Dr Konstantin Raudive embarked on series of spirit communication experiments that were to change the lives of many. It was through reading a book by Swedish author Friedrich Jurgenson that Raudive's interest was captured. Jurgenson claimed that whilst out recording bird noises, he had recorded the voice of his deceased mother relaying a message to him. For the next 6 years after reading Jurgenson’s book, Raudive took up the search and began experimenting and recording voices successfully through his own recording methods, which he claimed were the voices of the dead. Many of the messages that Raudive recorded were received in polyglot (a mixture of different languages). It has to be noted that Raudive was fluent in four different languages and he was able to understand each message received in this way. Konstantin Raudive's book 'Breakthrough' published by Colin Smythe Ltd in 1971 is the catalyst for many of today's researchers. *** http://evp-itc-australia.org/doc/19062005Konstantin-Helpyou!.wav *** "Konstantin verbally offering his assistance for my EVP work and voice verified by those who knew him as being his voice " “It can only work when the vibrations of those present are in complete harmony and when their aims and intentions are pure.” Konstantin Raudive spoke over the radio in 1994 ... he passed on in 1974
Konstantin Raudive
EVP Today EVP in the year 2007 has moved on somewhat from the image of a researcher sitting in front of a reel to reel tape recorder for hours on end waiting for a disembodied voice to break through. The digital age is upon us and technology is providing us with many more options by which to conduct our experiments. Many current researchers still prefer the use of analogue recorders to further their research, believing that the voices are imprinted on the tape electromagnetically instead of being an acoustic noise. The use of analogue recorder seems to provide us with clear voices, but not as often as we would like. The introduction of digital recorders has definitely widened our scope for research with voices being picked up far more often, but the voice quality has suffered with many of the digital voices being somewhat distorted. It is important however, to research both analogue and digital methods in the quest to advance EVP recording to new levels. Various types of microphones can be used when researching both analogue and digital methods with particular emphasis on low frequency microphones. EVP is believed to be occurring at very low frequencies, in the levels of infrasound, well below that which the human ear is capable of hearing. To date, EVP experiments the world over have produced far more evidence of an afterlife than any other aspect of paranormal research.
Sir William Barrett F.R.S. “I am absolutely convinced of the fact that those who once lived on earth can and do communicate with us. It is hardly possible to convey to the inexperienced an adequate idea of the strength and cumulative force of the evidence.” --Sir William Barrett F.R.S.
Sir Oliver Lodge F.R.S. “I tell you we do persist. Communication is possible. I have proved that the people who communicate are who and what they say they are. The conclusion is that survival is scientifically proved by scientific investigation.” --Sir Oliver Lodge F.R.S.
Sir William Crookes F.R.S “It is quite true that a connection has been set up between this world and the next.” --Sir William Crookes F.R.S.
Professor James Hyslop, Professor of Logic at Columbia University. “I have been talking with my (dead) father, my brother, my uncles... Whatever supernormal powers we may be pleased to attribute to (the medium) Mrs. Piper's secondary personalities, it would be difficult to make me believe that these secondary personalities could have thus completely reconstituted the mental personality of my dead relatives...” --Professor James Hyslop, Professor of Logic at Columbia University.
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