Is Survival a Fact: Forward
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FOREWORD
By Maurice Barbanell
IT is a privilege to be asked to write the foreword, although this book does not really require it. The author has shown her filial devotion in the labour of love, which has taken many years, to assemble the material for this work.
In a way it is a sequel to her father’s outstanding book, Intention and Survival, which created a tremendous impression when published in 1942. Indeed it can be said that the results, obtained under strict scientific conditions, by her father, Dr. Glen Hamilton, provided an illuminating chapter in psychic research.
The author was present at the seances conducted in her Winnipeg home, where every precaution was taken to eliminate malobservation. A special locked room was utilised for the purpose of the seances and for nothing else. The mediums, always non-professionals, were searched beforehand. A battery of fourteen cameras, many of them used simultaneously, recorded the phenomena for posterity. Complete notes were taken at every session.
Dr. Hamilton was an ideal researcher because of his medical background. Nevertheless he was deeply religious by nature, a fact which made him and his associates realise the profound implications of the phenomena they obtained. They culminated in materialisations, many of which were identified.
The communicators showed a high degree of intelligence and gave evidence of the fact that the phenomena they produced was intentional on their part. This led Dr. Hamilton to choose Intention and Survival for the title of his book.
After his passing the family continued to have seances with the same mediums. This book describes in meticulous but fascinating detail their experiences, which in many respects were comparable with those previously obtained.
Perhaps the highlight was the return of Dr. Hamilton, whose features were clearly visible in the teleplasm produced by one of the mediums with whom he had previously been associated.
The author poses a question mark as the title of this book.
There is no doubt in my mind, or even in hers, that the answer is a decided affirmative.