Date: Undetermined, (Prior to 1935)
Location: India.
Your recent article in Light regarding Mr. Puckering, who “died” and recovered, and who, during that period, visited, he thought, the spirit-world, recalls a similar experience of mine. I was not “dead,” but all hope of life had gone, and during unconscious state I visited what I thought was a part of the spirit-world, although no one dear to me did I see.
I was simply led along and saw many people, among whom some recognised [sp.] me whom I had known many years ago. I can well remember that when these people spoke to me I did not remember them until the spirit-person who was leading me told me who they were.
It was all very lovely—beautiful sunshine, and flowers very similar to chrysanthemums; and I knew at the time that I was only being allowed a short glimpse and that I had to return to earth conditions again. Needless to say, I was more than sorry when I found myself back again and on the road to recovery.
An acquaintance of mine had a strange experience in the early twenties of his life, but in this case he did not visit the spirit-world. While living in India with his parents, he became very ill, and the doctors said there was no hope of his recovery. During his unconscious state (which lasted about twenty minutes), his spirit must have left the physical body. This is what he recently told me. He first went to his mother, who was in his bed-room, crying, and could not understand why she was crying and also why she could not see him. Then he moved through the closed door to see his father in another room, and here again he was puzzled as to why his father would not speak to him. Then he thought he would visit his fiancée, who lived many hundreds of miles away. As quickly as he thought it, he arrived at the house, only to find the gates padlocked. This he thought was most unusual, yet he passed through these gates into the bungalow and found the place empty. He thought she was probably gone to stay with General X., several hundred miles away, and with the thought he was at the General’s house, where he found his fiancée in great distress, and still he could not understand why they did not speak to him. Then he decided to go to Bombay and take a boat to England. Again, as quickly as he thought, he was on board the S.S. Rewa. He went up to the ship’s captain and again wondered why he would not answer. He went to the purser, only to find the same trouble. Then he said he felt something like ropes tug, tug, tugging, and he became conscious and the doctors said with care he would recover.
He told the experiences that had happened during that twenty minutes to the doctor. The latter said it was strange, but the part about the S.S. Rewa was not correct, as that boat was not due in until the following day. However, the doctor came the following day and said the “Rewa” was in a day before she was expected and actually was in the dock at the time of this man’s unconscious visit, so it seems his spirit-body must have gone on board.
Also he found out afterwards that his fiancée was staying with General X. and that she was distressed just as he had found her, over the telegram she had received saying there was no hope of his recovery. Also her bungalow gates were padlocked just as he had seen them in his unconscious state, although he knew nothing at all of any of these happenings when he was ill.
Light, (February 14, 1935), p. 101.
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