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