The reliability of psychic transmissions and the testing of the spirits

- 31 - During the summer, after I had gained my composure through prayers, I once again began to write down my experiences. This time however, in contrast to my first report that had been scribbled down in a rough and superficial way for the benefit of my family, I concentrated on details and emerged myself deeper and stronger into past events in order to recollect everything exactly as I had experienced it and also what I had felt in the process. I could not have known at that time how much my writing would scare the spirits off. The following episode took place: • An acquaintance gave the first edition of my book to a clairaudient lady that was surrounded by base spirits. One of the otherworldly made a spontaneous announcement: “Do not read it!” This provides to me the best evidence that this book fulfils its purpose of serving as a warning to my fellow human beings! I would like to reiterate once again that base spirit beings no longer appeared, even though I have been dealing intensively with this spiritual activity for my second account, from early afternoon to late into the evening, on a daily basis and this over a time period of circa half a year. I also read a lot of relevant literature during that time. I am absolutely convinced that I effected protection from evil influences by praying consistently. A passage in the Bible, namely Mark 9, Verses 25-29 confirms this for me, it states: ‘Nothing can drive out this type (unclean spirits), but prayers and fasting.’ • One should however bear in mind that prayers are often not enough to free oneself from base entities. A change of heart within the afflicted must also go hand in hand. Educational messages from eminent spirits state: ‘Prayers are worth very little without accompanying deeds.’ One was supposed to provide evidence of good deeds in order to receive messages and develop characteristics that bring us closer to God, namely those that he defined in the commandments.” 6. Religious communities with contacts to the hereafter From the listed examples, some from literature, some from self-experience, one can see how careful one has to be with contacts with the hereafter and with psychic messages. A lot of what comes from the hereafter is in numerous cases accepted largely unaudited by spiritistic groups, particularly when the source identifies itself as Jesus Christ or God personally. Such things happened during the last century and they are still happening to a considerable degree today. I would like to introduce a couple of major associations of this day and age to represent others, they bring their messages among the people at considerable expense. Their mediums, their mediators with the world of the hereafter, assertively call themselves “prophets” and energetically reject the attribute of “spiritistic”. But are they genuine prophets in a biblical sense or just false prophets after all? The first group is the Order FIAT-LUX or Lichtquell Bethanien in Egg, Switzerland established around Mrs. Erika Bertschinger . I can give the following account of her curriculum vitae from personal experience having been present at an official event presided over by her on the 22 nd of March 1984 in Obereschach, near Ravensburg: Mrs. Bertschinger, born in 1929, was previously Mrs. Tellkamp and declares that she comes from a deeply catholic milieu. She was a member of the Geistigen Loge in Zürich in the seventies, a Christian- spiritual association that entertained psychic contact with the world of the hereafter at that time. Having been at some of her events I remember her, apart from the hairstyle and dress mode of the period, as being of a very striking appearance. Professionally she claims to have been active in a responsible position in the film and music industry. At around 1970, she became acquainted with the retired, well-off Swiss textile factory owner Max Bertschinger . He had been interested in the spiritualistic for many years, had a number of contacts with American mediums from the Camp Silver-Bell group and received messages and assignment from