METAREALITY
er and fainter, simultaneously a woman emerged
from the fog-like substance and moved towards us.
Without realizing it, I had spontaneously seen the
“veil between the worlds” for the first time, although I had heard and read about it many times.
“There is a woman moving towards us, just as Sarah is leaving,” I said. “She’s wearing a pink sweater
with pearl buttons, like they wore in the 1950s.”
“OH!” said Eleanor, surprised. “That must be my
former mother-in-law, Doris. She wore that kind of
sweater. I didn’t have any idea that she’d show up,
but I’m glad she did.”
Then the image of Doris changed, and she showed
me a “picture” of herself in the kitchen. She was
wearing a brightly colored apron and there was
flour dust floating in the air around her. I asked Eleanor if Doris liked to cook when she was alive.
“Doris was a fantastic cook. She was my favorite
relative,” said Eleanor. “We used to spend hours in
the kitchen cooking together.”
I handed Eleanor a box of tissues, and we shared a
quiet moment of reflection as she dried her tears.
She seemed sad, but also content.
These two visions confirmed for Eleanor that her
deceased loved ones are living happily on the other side of the veil and have not forgotten her. This
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type of experience brings great peace. Actually, it
is the primary purpose of Spiritualism and mediumship, because it offers proof to the living that
when the body dies we continue to live in spirit.
It reminds us that we are never totally separated
from each other.
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The veil between the worlds refers to the etheric veil
that separates our material world from the spiritual dimensions. It is not a solid object, but rather an
energy field, a crossing over point in the journey
between life and death. When someone describes
physical death as “crossing over,” he or she is referring to leaving the physical body and passing
through the veil and into a higher dimension, often referred to as “heaven.” The veil between the
worlds is also called the Veil of Paroketh in Qabalah
(Jewish Mysticism).
Fortunately, usually only clairvoyant mediums
are able to see “beyond the veil,” because without
some sort of boundary the combining of different realities would be quite confusing! Mediums
receive messages and impressions telepathically
from the spirit world. They also form a bridge between living human beings and people who have
died. I am referring here only to positive spirits,
not the negative ones you might have heard about,
such as ghosts and poltergeists.