• The golden link of love between the spheres.
• We function like caged birds on this suffering Earth; physical death is the opening of the cage door.
• The material is a pale reflection of the spiritual.
• On the passing of a young RAF serviceman.
• A question about an elderly lady who had recently passed over.
• The appearance of etheric bodies in spirit life.
• Child guides and the freedom of the spirit.

• Abu relates his moving story: his life as a priest in Egypt about 3,500 years ago, his murder with a knife, his experiences in the spirit sphere and his “realisation”, followed by his rise to the fourth heaven, or plane.

• Alf relates his story, from his days on Earth as a London Cockney to his death as a soldier on a battlefield in France early in the First World War (1914–1918). He then describes the experiences that followed in the world of spirit.

• Abu speaks about humanity’s spiritual evolution.
• Abu answers a question about suicide.
• Alf refers to the “salt of the Earth”.

• Alf describes a “sorting-out place” near Earth.
• Abu discusses values and love in essence.
• Abu speaks about survival to two newcomers.
• Virtue in effort.
• Abu answers a question about guidance for young people seeking greater spiritual knowledge and understanding.
• Bartholomew, a physicist, talks about his interests as a scientist in the spirit world.

• Particularly recommended in the catalogue for those experiencing stress, anxiety or bereavement.
• Alf offers encouragement to those in trouble.
• Andrews discusses the meaning of love in the spirit realms.
• Abu speaks about bereavement.
• Alf describes his clothes, interests and how he spends his time.
• Abu discusses accomplishments in spirit life that are not always possible on Earth.
• Alf offers reassurance that “all will be all right” and sympathy for those left behind.

• Children passing over and growing up in spirit.
• Questions about marriage and the birth of children in the spirit realms.
• Stillborn babies.
• Sorrow on Earth.

• Alf speaks about auras and difficulties in clairvoyance.
• Black Hawk discusses spirit occupations.
• Abu speaks about the bondage of the physical and retrospective healing.
• Time in spirit and the individualisation of animals.

• Dr Chang discusses aspects of healing, including magnetic healing and “X-ray eyes”.
• The potential healing abilities of a circle member.

• Abu gives a talk on Spiritualism, contrasting it with the rigid doctrines of orthodox religions.

• Abu discusses different states of mind, including trance, sleep and anaesthesia.
• Developing dream memory and astral travelling.
• Andrews describes aspects of his work with the circle’s sitters, including the blending of auras and vibrations.
• Abu discusses mediumship and the medium’s mind.

• The Keeper of the Gates appeals for those in the dark regions.
• Alf and Abu discuss rescue work.
• Black Hawk describes rescue work carried out at the medium’s own home.
• Benny: the first introduction of a young man who had died by suicide.
• Black Hawk returns to discuss this case and others.

• First talk: questions relating to Hitler and war crimes.
• The intensity of experience as a measure of time.
• Attachments through links of love and hate.
• What happens to the truly evil-doer.
• The justice and beauty of the spirit world.
• Second talk: described in the catalogue as particularly helpful for those experiencing anxiety and stress.
• The Christmas spirit, peace and the everlasting arms.

• First talk: God and war; reincarnation.
• Abu refers to his mode of living, which he describes as beyond description.
• Second talk: the persistence of memory.
• Is there a “psychic ether”?
• Memory and mind in a purely spiritual region.
• Cosmic memory.

• Dr Chang describes a healer who has taken on a patient’s symptoms.
• He discusses the benefits of parsley and tells a circle member that her “miracle” healing was possible only through her own courage, spiritual strength and determination.
• Bartholomew gives a scientific talk about time.
• The Co-ordinator offers a scientific and mathematical account of how a circle of this kind is co-ordinated.

• Alf describes thought mountains and his “Happy Glade”.
• Alf’s Christmas Journey, introduced by Norman Hunt.
• Alf describes his visit to a higher sphere in his own distinctive manner.

• Abu discusses physical ailments.
• Alf explains why he so often coughs when communicating through the medium.
• Abu discusses contact with Earth, wrong thinking and psychosomatic effects.
• Karma and illness.
• The power and influence of higher and lower spirit regions.
• Prayer.
• Alf explains that the next life is a natural one.

• Abu discusses serenity and how to achieve it, including withdrawing from earthly affairs to secure inner peace.
• The catalogue describes this as a relaxing and calming talk.
• He answers a member’s concerns about rapid population growth and humanity’s strife.
• Abu comments on a question about the Lord’s Prayer.

• Abu discusses “where two or three are gathered”.
• His adopted name, Abu, meaning “Father”.
• Remote control and the effect of his personality.
• Alf discusses the absence of change in spirit life comparable to that on Earth.
• Andrews explains why rescue cases may speak more easily than our own loved ones.
• Help is given even when the medium’s guide must relay the message.
• Communication is more difficult when a person is well established in their natural station.
• Removal of the etheric body during trance.
• “Tapping the wire”, referring to the silver cord.

• First talk: the spread of Spiritualism.
• Hypno-analysis and memories of prenatal times.
• Consciousness prior to incarnation.
• Group-soul knowledge and reincarnation.
• Cosmic consciousness: love is the key.
• Second talk: the religions of Ancient Egypt.

• Abu discusses politicians and national morality.
• Alf discusses time fields and comments from newcomers who attended a previous sitting.
• Abu discusses this parochial universe, the immaterial nature of time and space, changing forms and the “Great Ones”.
• Alf speaks about newcomers to the spirit realms.
• Abu’s New Year talk at Rick’s home in Devon, on 30 December 1958.

• Abu gives his opinion on reincarnation: Earth is the plane of individualisation.
• Alf discusses arguments in the spirit world and how earthly misunderstandings differ from those in spirit.
• Alf briefly refers to his journey to a higher realm; see recording 16.
• Abu: “The horses are yours.” The signpost is love, which will guide you.
• Misguidance, false teachings and their consequences.
• The blind leading the blind: the importance of seeking knowledge and understanding.
• The law of love: is suffering necessary, and can children bypass the need for suffering?
• Influence and help from the spirit world.

• First talk: the dark night of the soul, personal guides and being on a ray.
• Second talk: the All-Spirit and the nature and composition of the etheric body.

• The ability of the spirit itself to determine the length of Earth life.
• Suicide and free will; cause and effect; the “Great Ones”.
• Events and their effects at times of grief.
• “Casting your burdens upon the Lord” and yogi practices.
• “We are more potent being ‘dead’ than you being ‘alive’.”
• Affective healing through the spirit and physical body, and the power to ease transition.

• Thought creations in the world of spirit.
• The nature of experience in spirit life.
• Recollections and the impact of experiences on Earth and other planes.
• All that is, is of God, and all that is, is God.
• Evolution as the action of God: God is all and manifests all. We are God and part of a unity.

• Abu discusses his recent return from heaven and his trance control of the medium.
• The source of light: God is love and God is light.
• Interplanetary reincarnation and the transcendental.
• Psychic development.
• Capital punishment.
• Halls of learning.

• Contact, control and communication.
• Abu’s approval of all kinds of manifestation.
• Marriage in heaven and the spiritual aspect of union.
• Perfection.
• Speech and language in the spirit world.
• The spirit doctor’s healing through the etheric body.
• The relationship between the two minds.
• Mental illness and brain damage.
• Obsession and possession.

• Religions of the East and West: original Brahmanism as a pure, non-anthropomorphic concept, as was the religion of Egypt.
• The tragedy of philosophies becoming degraded, with Christianity discussed as an example.
• Ancestor worship in China.
• Buddha: an introspective view and mixed teaching.
• History reviewed as spiritual development.
• Socrates, the Crusades and “Rahere”.
• Discussion with the circle about religion and the need for love.

• Taking control of the medium and opening the door.
• Problems involving those who are earthbound.
• Unconscious states.
• Alf feels Rick’s body more than Abu does.
• His cough, smoking and suffragettes.
• His love for donkeys.
• Meeting on different levels and states of mind.
• “Our time is not your time.”
• Going down to the edge to help those across the border into the light of understanding.
• Other circles; parsons; “No change given in Heaven”.

• Weather conditions and gaining control.
• Bereavement.
• His ties with Earth, while being happy where he is: the “best of both worlds”.
• Making love links.
• Time is the real trouble on Earth, but not in spirit.
• Life is natural where Alf is; God made it so.
• Everything is familiar, and changes are gradual.
• No “hopping about on clouds”.
• Many find it impossible to understand being “dead” and yet still “alive”.
• “We can feel your love.”
• “Books on the shelf”—but you do not have to read them again.

• The conscious and subconscious minds as one.
• The loss of individuality at a transcendental stage.
• The merging of the sexes.
• The purpose of Abu and others in offering help.
• Visits to spirit regions during sleep.
• Intermittent sense of contact with the spirit world.

• Various forces operating at conception or birth, including electromagnetic forces.
• The etheric body and the physical body.
• Insomnia.
• Platonism.

• Going beyond the concept of a personified God.
• Pain and suffering.
• We are part of God.
• The relative importance of emotion and intellect in spirit life.
• Frustration on arrival.
• Concentration and application.

• Earth as the third stage of spirit existence.
• The creation of physical matter from a formless void.
• Earth is a location; heaven and hell are spiritual states.
• Attempts to influence those on Earth from the spirit planes.
• Human potential and the importance of putting good into practice.
• Psychometry and materialisation.
• The etheric region as a halfway house for communication between Earth and the higher and lower spirit planes.

• Recognising our spirit being here on Earth as being of God; it does not matter to whom prayers are addressed.
• Meditation, prayer, worship and concentration.
• The nature and manifestation of God: humanity is part of God; God is spirit and humanity is spirit; God is transcendental.
• The nature of God continued: the message of love and reaping what has been sown.
• The golden thread of love and the progression of spirit. The sorrows of Earth are not present in spirit; there is no cause for sadness in the spirit world. Love is king, and love is the key.
• A question about whether it is possible to devote oneself to pleasurable activities while also giving rein to the desire to help those in need.

• Norman Hunt asks why, living in such a wonderful and awe-inspiring universe, we must leave it so soon for the spirit spheres.
• Abu uses an analogy involving the “1, 2, 3” and “A, B, C” of basic learning.
• Humanity is born with potential and seeks to discover; the acorn contains the potential oak tree. Nothing is lost by leaving the wonders of the physical for the greater wonders of the spiritual.
• The continuation of learning: Abu responds to Edith Hradsky’s question about scientific discovery and whether we “catch up”.
• Taking part in scientific discoveries: Abu says we may stand at the elbow of the greatest scientists if we wish, losing nothing by dying and gaining immeasurably.

• Black Hawk speaks as a brother and friend.
• The work still to be done, and a loving tribute to Abu.
• A brief communication from Lone Eagle.
• Preparing conditions in the house.
• Good wishes for a circle member who is away through illness.
• A philosophical talk.
• A brief communication from Moon Star.
• Disturbing vibrations of emotion from Earth, discussed during the Hungarian uprising.
• A pause in rescue work and the reasons for it; reassurance that a circle member is fine.
• Help being given to a woman with schizophrenia.
• Progress over the years and the link forged between spirit and Earth.

• Powers working for and against the good: occult powers, sorcerers and the invocation of worthy and unworthy spirits. Abu discusses protection through the “armour of light” and help that can be called upon.
• The enquiring mind and the static mind: opening the mind, expanding and progressing through enquiry, and recognising help when offered.
• Thought forms or simulacra created by mediums, which may appear to be spirit people but are aspects of the medium. Subconsciously created pseudo-guides and phantoms.
• The power of thought and the “Jekyll and Hyde” state of some mediums, including difficulties after passing from Earth.
• The earthbound state as an unnatural condition.
• Thought forms created by a sitter may seem to have independent lives and can complicate mediumship. Examples include depictions of Christ and angels with wings. Thinking of loved ones in spirit may attract them and allow them to appear.
• The dream state as a halfway condition rather than a true meeting.
• Necromancers, sorcerers and the invitation of unpleasant spirits; the importance of directing thoughts towards what is good and desirable.

• Abu discusses memory as residing in the mind rather than the brain, and becoming heightened after leaving the physical body.
• The ageing brain, fading memory, inhibitions and amnesia.
• Mind frequency: the individual remains the same, while the qualities of personality develop and change as they do on Earth.
• The legend of the “Fall of Man”, individualisation on Earth and the descent of spirit for the experiment of earthly living.
• Future developments in psychic and spiritual awareness.

• Humanity as a creature of fear; a God of power; “Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven”.
• A Roman Catholic priest and an address on Good Friday.
• A forthcoming visit to higher spheres: an atmosphere that would appear transcendental from Earth, and dwellers not yet able to face such light.
• A reply to the question “Have you met Jesus?” The Christ Sphere, the essence of Jesus, womankind as an analogy, and humanity as God in essence.
• The Second Coming.

• The impact of spirit upon people described in the original recording as “primitive”; familiar surroundings after passing over and opportunities for progress.
• Humanity’s evolution despite difficulties, and continued evolution in spirit.
• The mind as the tool of spirit; the parable of the talents and spiritual progression.
• Passing into spirit after wronging someone who remains on Earth: self-purgation before reaching the natural station and seeking forgiveness.
• Remorse: the next stage is not far removed from Earth. The advantages of those in spirit, and the greater difficulty an Earth dweller may have in forgiving.
• Those bound by love cannot be separated, even when one progresses further than the other. Sin as the absence of love; God as all love.
• The law of love does not change: we are our own judge, jury and executioner.
• Applying the law of love and making an effort.

• “Diversity in unity”, complexity in simplicity and multiplicity in oneness.
• Spirit is God and God is all; all is spirit. Why should spirit manifest at all?
• Experience as individualised spirit is unique.
• Spirit and the one transcendental region, illustrated by the parallel of a painting in a dark room.
• All things are in the present: no time and no space.
• Manifestation implies limitation; all are on a journey towards the transcendental.
• Problems with the idea of reincarnation, the Buddhist wheel and karma.
• In the transcendental region, all is mind, but without activity or individualisation.
• Good and evil, light and dark: love is of the good.
• “The horses are yours”; references to this experiment and “many mansions”.

• Black Hawk brings love and greetings, speaks of his interest in his work and affirms the progress made under Abu’s teaching.
• Abu describes Earth life as a short step on a vast journey, and discusses acting with spiritual purpose rather than clinging to material things.
• The effect of directing attention towards spirit, Earth or both; bringing through names and arousing emotion in communication. All forms of mediumship have their heyday; intent from the higher planes.
• Abu describes a thousand years of darkness on Earth when communication from spirit was impossible and mediums were condemned. He speaks of the spirit world awakening humanity and of our oneness.
• Black Hawk offers an invocation and blessing to all brothers and sisters.
• Alf describes Black Hawk’s headdress and clothing, as well as how he and others dress and appear where he lives.

• What is the point of returning? Opposing opinions continue. Abu discusses special vocations and rejects universal, compulsory reincarnation.
• Earth as the plane of individualisation and evolution: “You are but the caterpillars as yet—the butterfly does not again return.”
• Reincarnation not occurring in the usual sense, with a possible exception from the transcendental.
• Claims of remembering previous Earth lives, compared with the absence of memories of intervening lives in spirit spheres, which Abu describes as more intense. “You have not begun to live.”
• Abu answers a question about hypno-analysis and cosmic consciousness.
• The subconscious mind as empty of experience in the prenatal, timeless state; the time-bound conscious mind beginning at conception. Abu says he has experienced no pre-existence.
• Continuing arguments in the next spirit plane; too much importance placed on Earth life and Earth’s purpose as the plane of individualisation.
• Astral overcoats and cloaking down. Abu remains the same. The transcendental as the whole, without individualisation within it.
• The personality and the individual.

• Continued from S1: the personality and the individual.
• Special spiritual work on Earth in very rare, unusual cases; the Greater Self, the spiritual aspect and the vital urge.
• Abu discusses the rigidity implied by the word “reincarnation” and rejects the commonly held idea of returning to Earth from other spirit planes.
• Re-imagining and special creation from the transcendental, distinguished from reincarnation as commonly understood.
• A question about the idea of a facet of a soul returning; celestial and transcendental spheres; extracting the virtue.
• Abu expresses doubts about certain teachings.
• Hypnosis and regression to supposed past lives: subjects recounting someone else’s experiences.
• Travelling experience of clairvoyance and being upon the same ray.
• Direct control using dialects and other languages.
• Hypnosis from Earth and spirit, and parallels with trance.

• John Hunt introduces Vanessa Morton, an educated and cultured woman who had been selfish and unloving towards others on Earth. The circle helped her, with love and understanding, to recognise the errors holding back her spiritual progress.
• Vanessa Morton’s first, second and final visits to the circle.
• John Hunt introduces William Thomson, a coal miner who died in a mine collapse at Brighouse, Yorkshire.
• When first brought to the circle, William did not realise that he had died and passed into the spirit world, where he found himself recovering in hospital. A friendship developed between William and the circle members, helping him understand what had happened.

• An emotional case involving a Scottish father and daughter communicating through two mediums in deep trance. Donald, who had wronged Jeannie on Earth, begs her forgiveness; she struggles to believe him.
• Circle leader Norman Hunt introduces the case.
• Jeannie and her father, Donald, confront one another through the mediums.
• Norman Hunt discusses reparation with Abu, and Donald interrupts.
• Abu continues his discussion with Norman.
• Alf speaks briefly about the case.
• James Webster, former administrator of The Abu Trust, introduces three later occasions when Donald returned to describe his progress and thank the circle for its work.

• Norman Hunt introduces Josh Whitehead, an old sea captain, privateer and smuggler. Pride prevents him from accepting a position under anyone, until Alf helps him.
• Josh speaks about himself and his time at sea. He knows he died when his boat sank with the loss of his crew, but remained earthbound.
• Alf discusses helping Josh accept a position as third mate.
• John Hunt introduces Reuben, a Jewish gentleman brought to the circle for help with a self-inflicted condition and mistaken thinking that was holding him back.
• Reuben’s first visit to the circle.
• A later visit leaves him with plenty to think about.
• Further visits show progress and gratitude; he finds his feet and comes to regard the circle members as close friends.
• On another visit, Reuben brings love and good wishes from himself and his wife.

These extracts come from an original recording in The Abu Trust archives. The communicator known as Bartholomew, a scientist, spoke to the Norman Hunt Home Circle on several occasions through the medium Walter Frederick Rickard.

• A talk about time.
• The basic angle of each individual.
• His interest as a scientist in the Spirit World, where matter is flexible.
• His growing interest in eternal things rather than science.
• Opportunities to go on working.