Beginners Guide To Spiritual Reality

Robert Hugh Benson has provided the most detailed account of life in the Spirit World. During his earth life he was a clergyman in both the Church of England and Roman Catholic Church, and his father held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury. He was also well known as the author of several novels one of which The Necromancers caused him some anguish when he arrived in Spirit. This is a summary of what that book is about ‘Following the death of his fiancée, Laurie Baxter becomes consumed by an obsession with the supernatural. Attempting to reach his deceased bride, he attends rituals and séances, delving ever deeper into the dark embrace of the occult. But instead of reconnecting with his lost love, Laurie is brought into contact with forces far more sinister. Written by a Catholic priest, The Necromancers is a chilling warning against dabbling in the dark arts’. Monsignor Benson also wrote a pamphlet defending the Catholic Church’s warnings about the dangers of Spir...

We live in a materialistic society in which spiritual values are largely marginalised. This was not always the case. For example, in the Middle Ages religion was a matter of profound importance for both the state and the ordinary citizen. In the Victorian period there was a renewed interest in the Christian faith. But in western societies today relatively few people show much interest in spiritual matters, and this is particularly true in Britain. Today there are two prevailing orthodoxies, both of them deeply flawed. Christianity, since time immemorial, has been hijacked by superstitious beliefs, but in its favour still accepts the spiritual nature of mankind. On the other hand, secular materialism, the predominant belief system amongst both the intelligentsia and ordinary people, regards humanity in entirely materialistic terms, and dismisses any claims of spirituality as superstitious or invoking the supernatural. Secular materialism has permeated many people who nomina...

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic the activities of the Grim Reaper have come under the spotlight in a big way. Many people appear surprised at just how high the death rate in Britain is every day, even before the increase in numbers caused by the virus. Traditionally death has mostly been a taboo subject in our society, which probably stems from a fear and reluctance by most people to contemplate the inescapable fate which all of us will have to face one day. Over the centuries people have been ill served by the Christian churches on this matter, and also in more recent times by the disciples of Dawkinism, who promote the delusional but supposedly rational doctrine of materialism, a subject briefly dismissed in the previous post. So the question to be asked is whether it is possible to uncover the mysteries of death in a way that is credible. What follows is a personal account of one individual who embraced the truth of spiritualism. ‘I was born and brought up in ...

One of the best known proponents of scientific materialism in recent times has been Professor Richard Dawkins. He has written several books expounding his mechanistic theories, the best known being The Blind Watchmaker where he argues that the theory of evolution supposedly reveals a universe without design, and The God Delusion which attempts to attack and debunk religion and the ‘irrationality’ of a belief in God. Whilst his criticism of religious superstition and views on the concept of evolution may have some merit, it does not follow that his analysis necessarily reflects either physical or spiritual reality. This vocal high priest of mechanistic rationalism has attracted a lot of attention over the years which, alas, has been largely favourable, due primarily to the failure of organised religion to expound any credible guidance on the likely nature of spiritual reality and the afterlife. Many of his books have been bestsellers. Some years ago in the Channel 4 programme ...

Welcome to this new blog which aims to explore and explain the unseen spiritual reality which underpins our life on Earth. It will seek to promote the most credible answers to the mystery of existence and the nature of our spiritual inheritance. Most people are wedded to the beliefs of either scientific materialism or religious superstition, and give hardly any thought to challenging the ingrained assumptions which they have unreflectively absorbed from an early age. There is only minimal discussion about religious matters in our society, and what there is, is largely confined to repeating well established, but flawed, orthodoxies. As a consequence the vast majority of people are kept in the dark about their true spiritual nature and, as we have seen in the recent covid pandemic, as a result are reluctant to contemplate the approach of their own feared demise. The evidence gathered by this blog may offer them some comforting reassurance on their eventual fate. The followin...