How does faith work through love?

Why is love greater than faith and hope?

Why is love greater than faith and hope?

If faith, being poor, cannot help you, try love. Mark my words—

Let it be your one desire henceforth to show to the Lord that you love him. Let nothing be too great and nothing too little to do for his sake. Let love to him be your staff and strength, and you will find peace for your soul. 

Your very endeavour to prove your love to Him will make you rich in the assurance of His love. It will fill your soul—it will save you utterly. Love for you, also, will be the law's fulfilment. 

Behold how wondrous is his love! steeping you in blessing even while you are sacrificing all. Whatever you do for him comes back to you. He never takes—He only gives, fulfilling his own word that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Yet it is your love He looks for.

Letters from Hell

What does God say about the nature of man?

Man is the crown, you say, but Nature does not think so. Man thinks that of himself. But whether he is the crown or not, he is no more immortal than the rest of living and created things. Nature is as careful of her lowest treasures, as she is of man.

—Spirit Herr Franz

What does it mean to pray earnestly?

Ask for guidance—pray earnestly that whatever is true shall work out in your life.

Where does the spirit of the dead go?

How can we be spiritually blind?

What gives you peace of mind?

However minute are the instructions you leave for the management of your affairs after death, should you be able to look back to the earth you will find that someone has mismanaged them.—

So expect just that, take it as a matter of course, and learn to say—What difference does it make? Learn to feel that the past is past, that the future alone has possibilities for you, and that the sooner you leave other persons to manage your discarded earthly affairs, the better it will be for your own tranquility. Be prepared to let go. That is the first point I wish to make.

—The Judge

Is time a thing or a concept?

I have been able to do what you so much desired—

To find the boy who came out accidentally by drowning.

As you looked at his photograph, I saw it through your eyes and carried away the memory of his face. I found him wandering about, quite bewildered. When I spoke to him of you, and said that you had asked me to help him, he seemed surprised. I was able to give him a little aid though he has a friend here—an old man who is nearer to him than I could ever be. He will gradually adjust himself to the new conditions. The little help I was able to give was in the nature of information. He needed diversion from a too-pressing thought, and I suggested one or two ways of passing time, which are both agreeable and instructive.

You wonder at the expression passing time?

But time exists out here. Wherever there is sequence, there is time. There may come a time when all things will exist simultaneously, past, present, and shall we say future? But so long as past, present and future are more or less distinct, so long time is. It is nothing, but the principle of sequence.

Did you fancy it was anything else?

Interiorly, that is, deep within the self, one may find a silent place where all things seem to exist in unison, but as soon as the soul even there attempts to examine things separately, then sequence begins.

The Union with the All is another matter.

That is—or seems to be timeless, but as soon as one attempts to unite with—or to be conscious of things, time is manifest.

Where will heaven be located?

What is the true meaning of heaven?

Is hell real? Is hell eternal?

Those dark realms are not the theological hell to which people are

 condemned for all eternity, once in, never out again. 

Every person who at present is an inhabitant of those

 terrible places has the free choice to emerge from them whenever he changes his mind.

The law is

 

the same there as here, and applies to us all—there and here. 

And here is a living witness to what I say.

When I lived on earth, I was a successful businessman. Business was my preoccupation in life,

 for I thought of precious little else, and I considered all means right in my dealings with others, provided 

such means were strictly legal. As long as they were that, I deemed the rest did not matter. I was ruthless, 

therefore, in gaining my ends, and coupled with a high degree of efficiency, I achieved great commercial 

success.

In my home, there was only one person to be thought of, and that was myself. The rest of the family did

 as they were told—and I did the telling.

I always gave generously to charity when I thought I should derive the greatest benefit and credit for 

myself, for I did not believe in anonymity as far as I was concerned. If any donations were to be given I saw 

to it that my name was sufficiently prominent. Of course, I supported the church in the district where I lived, 

and at my own expense had some portions added to the building, with proper emphasis upon the donor.

The house I occupied was my own, and of such size and situation as befitted my position in the world. In 

every respect, I regarded myself as a god. It was not until I came to the spirit world that I discovered 

that I was one, made of tin, the sorriest, shabbiest god that ever existed.

I awoke to find myself in the dirtiest, wretchedest hovel you can imagine.

The house, the hovel, was small

. It stood in a horrible, bleak spot, without garden or any 

living thing roundabout. 

The inside was in keeping with the outside, poorly, meanly furnished.

The very clothes I was wearing were threadbare and soiled. In this dingy hole, I found myself 

smouldering with rage that I should have been reduced to such a state of 

squalor. 

I did not seem able to leave the premises—I felt glued to the house. 

I gazed out of the windows and

 

could see nothing but barren ground with a belt of mist not far away. 

A grim, dismal outlook in a literal 

sense. 

I stormed and raved

—I was consumed with anger, an anger that was aggravated by the fact that I did not know whom to blame

 for my present situation.

I considered I had been done a grave injustice, and that 

the Church, of which I regarded myself a most ornate pillar, had flagrantly misled me, and that I was called 

upon to pay for its mistake.

To whom was I to turn in my difficulties? 

I was perfectly well aware of what had taken place—in other 

words, that I was 

“dead.”

But the mere knowledge of that was of precious little use. 

I suppose I must have emitted some kind of thought in request of assistance. 

I was on the way to being something very different from the inflated egoist and spiritual blackguard that I 

was when I arrived in the spirit lands. 

I had to make up for all that was past. It was 

hard work, but I never lacked friends. 

Are our lives controlled by fate?

I have often wondered about the law of reincarnation. Will you please make it clear to me?

There are within the one law several rules. A being is reincarnated so that he may learn new lessons, if he passes he need never again meet similar tests. 

There is no partiality in the astral. 

Everyone in time is given a happy life to live upon the earth. If in the course of events pertaining to this life, he does only good and clings to the truth learned by many a previous struggle, when he returns to the astral, he will be given an insignia. 

Each time a soul qualifies, there is written in the Book of Fate, the word Truth. 

One who disobeys the rules of the astral is ordered to return to the earth to repeat past lessons, if he passes the tests, he will be able to enter the White Circle and perform the duties of the members.

But I was told once that those who wanted to return to earth could do so if they willingly took lives inferior to their advancement and which were not assigned to them in the Book of Fate.

Yes, that is possible in certain cases. For instance, when one has qualified in other tests and his mental reflection has been more nearly perfected, he will be allowed to go before the Court of Adjustment and ask for a stated time at which to return to the earth and overcome all longing for the physical. After consideration by the highest order, the request will be answered although one is seldom permitted to choose the life he will live on earth. 

Fate assigns the test.

What does an aura feel like?

What does a person's aura look like?

What determines a person's aura?

What does a person's aura look like?

The cause of right over wrong?

Let the brave who have mastered prejudice, scorn and ridicule come forth—your services are needed in the cause of right over wrong. The field is open—duty lies at the door of your religious principles—to subdue manfully such foes as are the errors founded upon old mythological ideas, which ought not to enter into the pure morality of the present day.

The great law of the universe?

Laws are potent, and when we take into consideration that all are governed by immutable, unchangeable law, how can we depart from the idea that all that ever was is in existence today? It is the mind that becomes clouded and that recedes from this principle instead of changes taking place in the great law of the Universe.

Learning of evil?

Man has to separate and develop apart from God the source of his life to attain individuality and perfect himself before he can return to Him. Through the limitations of his physical body man learns judgment. He wanders far from God, learning of evil to master it, conquering the lower self of his physical body to control it.

—Claude in Spirit

What contains the whole law?

Love God above all things and your neighbour as yourself contains the whole law.

—Meslom in Spirit

Great good comes to those in spirit life?

There are wide fields here, which will require ages of existence for us to explore. I am glad that I do not forget the ascended ones. I am quite well.

—Jacob Mumbach

What does there is always a better way mean?

There is always a better way.

The great law of cause and effect?

Every action employs the great law of cause and effect.

A definition of God?

God is the totality of all experience, thought, knowledge and substance or essence, which is all there is or ever will be.

Fear and courage?

Fear casts before it a shadow while courage moves with the assurance of success.

Quest of the soul?

There are surprises in store for the person who will deliberately set out on the quest of his soul. 

—“X”

All life is one?

There is nothing that makes one feel so sure of being in the Father's house, as these continuous experiences whence we discover that all our life whether here or on earth is one.

—An [Unknown] Spirit

What must you have to secure more than you have?

An open mind and a hospitable heart are what you must have to secure more than you have of anything. Follow your own inner light and work on your personal defects with the idea of getting your whole mental and spiritual system loosened up, just as you would work on a stiff muscle.

What is the great creator?

Do you know what you really desire? When you do, you arrive because desire is the great creator. Desire and love. There is nothing on earth as strong as these. All bend before and beneath them.

Do you know what you really desire?

When you do, you arrive because desire is the great creator—Desire and love. There is nothing on earth as strong as these. All bend before and beneath them.

There is nothing that can turn away His love for you?

There is no punishment, no judgment—no failure—no negative karma—no right and wrong—nothing that can turn away the magnificence of God's love for you.

What is the fount or font of all knowledge?

Thought is the fount of action, life and manifestation—make the fountain pure and all will be pure.

James Allen, As a Man Thinketh, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1913, Chapter Three, Effect of Thought on Health and the Body, 27

What must your soul hold ever before it?

You must be prepared to give up a good deal that you cherish and to make all kinds of sacrifices for the good of humanity. The social evils cannot be done away with and a better order of things instituted and carried on without the co-operation of all. That will mean self-denial to a very considerable extent—you must be prepared to accept it as work for the Master, and pray for the clearer vision, which will enable you to see the high purpose and plan.

Let your soul hold ever before you the example of the Master’s life on earth—not an impossible ideal at all, and within your reach. 

His advice was perfectly practical if you would only follow it out—you could really put in into two words, fair dealing; that covers the whole ground, everything springs from that. 

Let all strive to obtain it for all. 

 

Leave all things in His gracious keeping?

In His gracious keeping, you leave all things, knowing that shadows are but shadows and that the certainty which His Love promises lies in front.

Happiness is in the air?

Happiness is in the air—the blessing of the Great Father is upon us—His joy, His peace and His understanding are gifts for our own possession. Let us take them and be thankful. Let us regret nothing, let us rejoice always, for in the Father's Mind there are many plans in which we are included and in that great Purpose of drawing us back to the God from whom we came, we, too, will play our part.

This then is our hope?

This then is our hope—the hope of all—the consciousness, the certainty that we are drawing nearer and nearer to the desire of the Spirit and if only we cling close to the things which are of God—happiness, real happiness, during our physical life will keep step with us as we go.

How far has your life force travelled?

You represent a life-force that has travelled about one-half its journey and has secured somewhat less than one-half its development. That is, the life that is in you has since the beginning of time traversed all the kingdoms from the mineral to the higher animal kingdom, a distance of about one-half its journey to completion—and has evolved somewhat less than half the vitality and strength necessary to your eternal life.

Fragments of Spiritual Knowledge Pertaining to the Spiritual World

How is the power of evil enhanced?

Evil is there, waiting to strike, planning and contriving in a way, which is unthinkable, but not beyond the Mind of God to grasp or circumvent. With those who wish to find God—even though the brambles tear and blind you to the way you have to go, the mere fact that in your heart you wish to find God ensures that in very truth the Saviour is by your side. This is the position in which you stand today—

Christ is by your side, but if you do not acknowledge it, then the power of evil is enhanced a hundredfold. 

Give them this privilege, and all you can do is this—you can preserve the soul from damage, and in time to come you can heal up the wounds of heart and mind and body to a measure, but beyond that during the physical stages you cannot go. And here it is that sadness creeps in, and here it is that you suffer so and are caught up in distress.

The sorrows of the Crucified One! 

You must remember that God, having created the worlds and all that is in them is not separated in any sense whatever from that which He brought into being.

What is one of the most dangerous things to indulge in?

Thought is one of the most beautiful or most dangerous things to indulge in—and it literally means that what each one sows has to be reaped in time with sorrow or with joy—

The choice remains open to all.

When is real healing effectual?

No real healing of physical ills can be effectual until a correlation is made with the One Life.

What if I feel abandoned by God?

No one has ever been abandoned by God, and no one ever will be.

What is the meaning of ultimate reality?

But what is ultimate reality?

The unification of all things.

Do you ever question your own motives?

Examine your motives always.

Do not say, “I ought to do this act, for such and such a reason, therefore, I do it, for that reason.”

Such argument is self-deception.

If you do a kind act, ask yourself why. Perhaps you can find even in a kind action a hidden motive of self-seeking. If you should find such a motive, do not deny it to yourself. Acknowledge it to yourself, though you need not advertise it on the walls of your dwelling.

Such a secret understanding will give you a greater sympathy and comprehension in judging the motives of others.

—The Judge

What explains much of the pain you see on earth?

I am told by friends here that souls are sometimes reborn, reincarnated, to gain further experience, learn more life-lessons―or work out past sins and failings. Each earth life leaves its mark on character―its lessons are forever imprinted on the subconscious mind, which registers everything that has ever happened to the soul from the beginning.

This, they say, explains much of the pain and trouble you see on earth.

What does the acme of perfection mean?

Friends who enter the first plane are almost overcome with the beauty surrounding them.

We use the utmost care and tenderness with them all.

Youth and old age alike are soon beaming with the joy of welcome, which is extended to them.

The spirits hover over them, showing in every way how glad they will be to act as friend and guide, speeding the new comer on to spiritual greatness as fast as possible.

The little children go into raptures of joy. Hope beams radiant around them. Their earthly mothers would feel the pangs of parting far less could they realise the heavenly welcome accorded their little ones.

Nothing is left undone to perfect their happiness. God's sheltering mercy forever covers them with its glory.

Their tender spirits reflect great purpose for good work among us all. A child's pure spirit is the acme of perfection.

—Clifford in Spirit

What will you become?

The vision that you glorify in your mind—

The ideal that you enthrone in your heart—

This you will build your life by—

This you will become.

What is power?

Self-control is strength—

Right thought is mastery—

Calmness is power.

Can you understand?

There is, in the spirit world, no background of sorrow or regret, no fear for the future. Many times, spirits' joy is an all-pervading contentment. Many times, it is an infinite desire to give the world proof of the heavenly life. Sometimes, a tender sorrow for those who cannot see or know.

Can you understand?

Is Life-Force expanded on only one earth?

The Life-Force is not expanded on only one terrestrial globe. Neither is it ended by being precipitated from that globe by death.

What includes all wisdom and all love?

Knowledge of God includes all wisdom and all love.

Of course not?

If a father is asked by his son for bread, will he give him a stone?

—Uncle Alf

When Spirit Speaks I

Have you ever stumbled upon a hidden piece of history that felt less like a discovery and more like a calling?

Recently, a rare and beautifully preserved artifact came into my hands—a privately printed book titled When Spirit Speaks, compiled by the dedicated custodian Dr J. Drabbe. Hidden away from the public eye for decades, these pages hold the exact, verbatim transcripts of a private home circle where deep spiritual wisdom was recorded on early machines. These are not just words on a page—

They are vibrant, comforting, and instructional voices echoing from the past—ranging from the poetic, soothing nature imagery of Little Nippon, to the practical, grounded advice of Uncle Alf, and the profound cosmic insights of Tee Hun and Wu Lan.

Because the wisdom within these transcripts is so incredibly vast and profound, presenting it all at once would be overwhelming. 

True spiritual growth cannot be rushed—it must be breathed in, contemplated, and lived. 

Therefore, I am opening this sacred archive to you as a multi-part, beautifully digested series of volumes. Each volume will unveil a pristine, unedited chapter of these transcribed communications, allowing you to sit at the table with us and listen to the guides yourself. Whether you are looking to understand the spiritual law of rest, the rhythm of your unique psychic gifts, or how to cultivate infinite compassion on this dark star, this collection offers a rare window into a private moment of eternal truth.

Step inside, open your heart, and join us for Volume 1 of When Spirit Speaks—a gentle, authentic journey straight into the essence of our world.

Revelation is given to those who strive, and wish to learn. It is never doled out in charity.

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, 1

Anything worthwhile is not handed out out on a plate. We have to work for our spiritual food.

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, 2

A childlike trust in God, without preconceived ideas—with true prayer from guidance can work wonders.

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, 2

Pray! The rest is left with God and His ministers. For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways is no empty promise.

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, 2

Seek only for the highest and the best, and the fruit of the tree will guide your steps

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, 3

LITTLE NIPPON

Little one, do not rise—I know your weariness, but 'neath the beauty of the blossom you will find refreshment. It is good to see what beauty lies around you, and ignore the dust. It is good in life to see that which is good, and ignore that which is not good. We have never at any time promised you a smooth path—one where only the petals of the blossom are for your feet to tread, but little Nippon, love is a flower, and when the love is a true love, it blooms in its season, and that season leaves its fragrance in memory through life, through death and through life again. Nothing can destroy it, for it has its roots in the great Almighty Power of Life, and it draws its sustenance from the very waters of life. It is true that many adverse conditions beset it and perhaps retard its growth, and yet its beauty is as the beauty of the lotus that floats upon the water, and is untouched by the mud at the bottom of the river.

Therefore, little Nippon, pluck the lotus of love, and wear it proudly in your hair, and it matters not if your hair changes as the years pass; the light that shines from the lotus will turn your hair to gold, and people will only see the brightness and the glory of it, and the eternal beauty of it, and so between you and I, there is the lotus with its beautiful fragrance and its petals eternally open, and nothing else can disturb or mar its fulfillment. I came, not for your weariness of body, this is natural, but for your weariness of heart, and a fear in your mind. We will do all we can to shape the path of the ones you love. Do not fear—whatever comes, good will be the fruit of it—that I can promise you. So be at peace and all will be well. I give you my strength and my abounding love, little one. Farewell.

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, Little Nippon, 4-5

MAN, KNOW THYSELF

The great wisdom of the ancient days was found in the words, Know thyself, but unless you know your brother or your sister, you cannot know yourself, because to know yourself, you must know what relationship in which you stand to all people and all Spirit, and you must begin to learn now something of the levels of consciousness of which you have heard much perhaps, and read a little, and yet know so very little.

But we will teach you how to raise yourselves as a group to the various levels that you can reach. You cannot reach very high, but you are manifesting as human beings, but you can in comparison with the average person, almost reach to Heaven itself, for this world of yours is inhabited by very dark souls, and those that are not dark, are ignorant, and those that are not ignorant, are foolish, and those that are not foolish, are blind and sick. You often wonder perhaps the way we encourage you to go forth and heal, for instance, and you have said, I do not know what to do, my power doesn't seem to be great. I don't seem to be able to heal the people, and we say to you, you will not know the extent of the good you have done until you pass to Spirit. It is because of the crying need of the teeming millions in your world, your overpopulated planet, for any planet is overpopulated when the people are for the main part sick.

You are so well-loved from Spirit, each one of you, and when you see aught amiss, how can we judge between you when you do not see eye to eye—who can judge between you?

As the Lord said to the young man, Who made me a divider between you and your brother?' Who made me a judge over you?' How can you judge between people that you love equally well? That is why we do not pass opinions on controversies in your world.

If you realise the potential of love alone in your midst—as you speak in modern parlance, it would shake you, for love is the motive power of all righteous working, and all righteous achievement. You will receive the light of Spirit, each one of you. Fear not, little flock. Now if there is nothing more you desire to know, I will depart. Give my love to the one who is not present. She is sending thoughts to you all, and she has uttered a prayer for you all, and so we from Spirit wish to acknowledge the receipt of that love.

You will close your circle, and then decide what you desire to do together, but do not forget the message of importance. Foster one another in health—it matters not how often you pray and lay on hands—it matters not how often you pray for one another. Lift one another up, especially when your souls are winging upwards—see that you take your brothers and sisters with you into the Light. Not one of you must be left to sickness of any kind. Goodnight and God bless you all.

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, Man, Know Thyself, 5-7

If a father is asked by his son for bread, will he give him a stone? 

—Uncle Alf

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, Man, Know Thyself, 7

UNCLE ALF

There are some people on the Earth who really won't do things for themselves unless they have to, and they get, shall I say, in a downward spiral, and gradually it rots them. That is why the law is that if you don't use a thing, well it just atrophies—if you don't use a muscle, it wastes. It is the same with your psychic gifts—there are some things you have to do. You might not like doing them, and look on them as routine—they are not always easy. The great lesson is that you go on. Now when you are set free, it is a different matter—you are set free from routine, but you have to prove yourselves worthy by sticking to a routine. You will always find that the great ones, the great masters, the great teachers, are free.

Oft-times the disciples used to get quite sort of bewildered when Jesus would suddenly say out of the blue, Let's go in a boat—let's go up into the hills—let's go to Bethlehem, and you know, once when He said that He had set His face towards Jerusalem, they got very upset; they said, The Jews are out gunning for you—they will kill you the first chance they get, and they all knew that, but Jesus gave His answer, There are twelve hours in a day when a man can work—the hours of light, but the darkness comes when no man can work. This is a very deep lesson that all you workers for Spirit must learn.

You are taught the lesson that you must not force anything. You have to be able to recognize there is a time to work and a time to rest—a time to play, a time to talk, and a time to be silent. But when the hours are light, when the work is given to you, don't cavil and don't argue. GO AND WORK.

Jesus knew that until His mission was accomplished, no-one could harm a hair of His head. He told Pilate that, but Pilate couldn't see beyond the end of his nose; he didn't know what He was talking about. He said, Unless My Father gave it to you, you would have no power over me, which is quite true. And when you learn to work in the light that God sends you, and you face it bravely, and know within your heart that nothing can harm you, until that work be done, whatever it is—when you are dedicated as you are, you learn a mighty truth, and you learn one that gives you peace, because you are not forever fretting and straining against the bit. Spirit doesn't work that way. On the world you have lots of grand tales about people who have overcome stupendous obstacles, and accomplished this and that, but our Lord Jesus did nothing by force, and He taught that nothing can be done by force.

Only by resting securely in the knowledge that God has the power to guide you. When He said to His followers, Consider the lilies, how they grow—they toil not, neither do they spin, what He was trying to teach was this, that as dedicated workers for the cause, you should at least have the faith to believe that God is able to clothe you, to guide you, to direct your work, and protect you. Never rush into anything—if it be a job or an argument or something you want to do—always pause long enough to say a little prayer, and to ask for God's guidance, and you will find sometimes that you won't either want to do the job—you won't want the argument, then let it be so."

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, Uncle Alf, 8-10

TEE HUN—CRIPPLED CHILDREN

Little lady, you say they cannot be of use to anybody. They can teach great lessons of patience and compassion, for anyone that does them service can expect no reward. What reward can they give? Therefore, in that way alone, they serve. These distressing conditions that manifest amongst men have a cause. You see the effect only, and you may say perhaps, that the law is not just, but could you see the whole of the picture, you would know that God is still merciful. Those children as a rule, do not suffer in the sense that those who witness their infirmities suffer, or think they suffer. Also, very few of them live long upon the Earth—their lives upon the Earth, as a rule, are very short. Have you not seen this? (Yes.) You may think it completely useless, that is because you do not understand the way of Spirit, but it is not useless, for the law brings good out of all things.

Eventually you will see that the spirit, for instance, who has in a lifetime been willful, lustful, selfish, evil—how can they pay? What good can they do? When they manifest in such a way, they pay a little of their debt, because they give to others the opportunity of gaining credit.

This is a very difficult thing for a tender heart to understand, we know. That is why you are taught to have faith in God's Law and God's Love—you may not understand, but the day will come when you will understand, as the great teacher Paul said, Now you see through the glass darkly, but then you will see clearly' It is good to have compassion, although pity that is not directed, is useless. It is and it can be an emotion that wearies both you and its object If it takes a form of prayer and intercession, then it can be a very great and wonderful thing, but to merely harrow your mind with emotion of pity that is misdirected, or not directed at all, is indeed not the way of true action and progression.

There are many causes for such manifestations, but all of them have their root in ignorance and folly, wilfulness and wrong-doing, for as a man sows so shall he reap. It is the Law, and the Law is perfect, and God's Love is infinite—He does not punish. The Law is a law that enables even the lowest fallen star to rise yet again and shine. My tongue runs away with my thoughts. If you can serve such a one, do so—if you cannot, pray for them all, and leave it with the Great and Merciful One, for if you take away their experiences, you are striving to take the place of their God, and you are not their God. That which is suffered must be suffered, alas, but we always work to lift mankind up so that one day there will be no need for the discipline and teaching of pain. Alas that it should be so on your dark star, but it is so. God bless you. Are there any more questions?

—J. Drabbe, When Spirit Speaks, 1956, Private Publication, Chapter One, Tee Hun—Crippled Children, 10-11

What is the reason for self-punishment?

No one is ever punished in this world. A man punishes himself if he has broken the rules of happy living.

―Mike [On the Death of My Son]

Where do the demons live?

Are these spirits devils or men, and if the latter, why do they do it?

These are just men and women, who, like many evil persons on earth, hate to see old companions leave them for the paths of rectitude.

The beings you designate as devils are seldom found except in the lowest depths.

The vices personified are, however, found in each division to which they are appropriate. The upper realms of Hell are almost entirely occupied by men.