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Welcome to Art Bells Somewhere in Time.
Tonight, featuring coast to coast a.m. from September 12th, 1997.
art bell
From the high desert and the great American Southwest, I bid you all good evening, good morning, as the case may be, across all these many prolific time zones, from the Tahitian and Hawaiian Island chains in the west, eastward across flyover country, all of us, to the Caribbean and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to Puerto Rico, south into South America, north to the Pole, and worldwide on the Eagle of Internet.
This is Coast Coast a.m.
I'm Mark Bell.
Good morning.
You've got quite a treat coming up.
James von Frag, the long-sought-after James von Frag, is going to be my guest.
There was, however, an incident that occurred last night during the program, and after this commercial break, I'm going to do a replay of that incident for you.
And for those of you who did not hear the last hour of the program, we brought our engineer on at the network who explained that GE Americom, that is, you know, the satellite, the big one in the sky, that carries this program, that GE Americom had said that satellite GE-1, the one we use on KU-Band, actually lost Earth track.
Absolutely unheard of.
Absolutely unheard of.
Lost Earth track.
In other words, did not know where it is and began to move or tumble or, you know, in some way move out of its proper orbit.
And it happened at a very, very strange moment indeed.
I, in all my years of broadcasting, have never heard of such a thing.
And GE AmeriCom affirms that they too have never had such a thing occur.
Other networks went down as well.
Talk America Radio Network was down for a great deal longer than we were.
But the timing of what occurred with regard to the content, Area 51, and the particular call, is just simply beyond belief.
So if you didn't hear the last hour, that is the explanation that was given to us by GE Americom, that the satellite actually lost what they call Earth track.
And I went into the other room and looked at my transmitter, and it looked dead.
And it looked dead.
Under normal circumstances, you would not imagine the problem to be the satellite in space.
You would imagine the problem to be the transmitter.
And to all appearances, the transmitter was dead as a doornail.
But it wasn't the transmitter.
It was the fact that the transmitter didn't have a satellite to talk to.
It was one of the more incredible nights in radio history.
As a matter of fact, James Vaughan Frog's online.
He'll get to hear it.
unidentified
coming up in a moment you Now we take you back to the night of September 12, 1997 on Art Bell's Somewhere in Time.
art bell
On my Area 51 line, you're on the air.
Hello.
unidentified
Hello, Art.
Yes.
Hi.
I don't have a whole lot of time.
art bell
Well, look, let's begin by finding out whether you're using this line properly or not.
unidentified
Area 51.
art bell
Yeah, that's right.
Were you an employee or are you now?
unidentified
I'm a former employee.
Former employee?
I was let go on a medical discharge about a week ago and I've kind of been running across the country.
Oh man, I don't know where to start.
They're going to triangulate on this position really, really soon.
art bell
You can't spend a lot of time on the phone.
So give us something quick.
unidentified
Okay.
Okay, what we're thinking of as aliens are extra-dimensional beings that an earlier precursor of the space program made contact with.
They are not what they claim to be.
They have infiltrated a lot of aspects of the military establishment, particularly the Area 51.
The disasters that are coming, I'm sorry, the government knows about them.
And that there's a lot of safe areas in this world that they could begin moving the population to now are not doing they're not doing anything.
They want those major population centers wiped out so that the few that are left will be more easily controllable.
Discharge.
I started getting...
Whew.
art bell
Weird, weird stuff.
In all my life, I mean, I went in the other room and I looked at the uplink transmitter and it was like it was dead as a doornail.
I mean, everything was uns there was no sync light, there was no anything.
It lost everything.
My transmitter lost everything.
And the network using the same satellite to transfer it to New Jersey did not lose it.
But it wasn't because of anything that happened here.
It was because the satellite itself, they say, lost the link to Earth, didn't know where Earth was anymore, or at least a portion of it, and took about a quarter of the totality of the channels, 250, off the air.
Now, is that weird or what?
Okay, that's it.
That's what happened last night, and I can only assure you that GE AmeriCom told us exactly as I just reported to you, that the satellite lost Earth track.
Totally unheard of, totally weird, and that it should occur during a call of that sort beyond all reason.
I believe in coincidences, but it's beginning to get a little brutal out there, I would say.
Listen, one item before we bring on James von Prague, and that is Hurricane Linda.
Now, you know, I've talked to you about weather changes, right?
There is a massive category 5 hurricane, and when I say massive, I mean really massive.
They were reporting 180 to 90 mile per hour sustained winds.
They're reporting over 200 mile per hour gusts.
Well, here, let me read you a facts, one of Zillions Art.
Here's an El Niño quickening update.
ABC News reported tonight that the strongest Pacific hurricane on record has formed off the tip of Baja with sustained winds in excess of 185, actually 200 miles an hour.
The storm is moving north, northwest, parallel with the coast.
They claim it may weaken somewhat.
If it stays on its present course, it could easily move east and slam into Southern California, anywhere between San Diego and Los Angeles.
If this happens, it will be the first hurricane or tropical storm to hit California since 1939.
Now, I've got to tell you this.
They are depending on this storm getting weaker as it moves north.
And of course, the waters north would normally be quite a bit cooler.
What they may not be calculating is the 10 to 12 degree hike in the water, which would be fully capable of sustaining this storm, if not at present levels, at very, very serious levels.
And so everybody in Southern California, I would say, be prepared is what I would say.
Be prepared.
The prevailing weather patterns, once it gets up that far, are west-east, and it might move that storm right into California.
These, ladies and gentlemen, are strange times we live in.
James von Prague, I am told by Daniel Brinkley, who continues to get better, is the real McCoy.
I know that Daniel Brinkley is the real McCoy, and so I trust his word regarding James von Prague.
He has received, James has, over 10,000 letters after appearances on NBC's The Other Side.
He's been featured on Unsolved Mysteries, Strange Universe, Paranormal Borderline, and countless others.
His book, his upcoming, is titled Talking to Heaven.
And we will talk with James von Prague about that beginning right now.
James, welcome to the program.
james van praagh
Thank you, Art, very much.
art bell
Was that a weird occurrence or what?
james van praagh
That was pretty freaky.
That was very strange.
Very strange.
Even for me, that was strange.
art bell
I spoke last night with Daniel, and as I said, Daniel said in the whole country, there may be two or three people who are real, and James von Prague is one of them.
james van praagh
Oh.
God bless him.
art bell
You know Daniel?
james van praagh
Oh, yes.
Very nice man.
art bell
James, tell me about yourself.
You are...
james van praagh
Well, basically, yeah, I'm more of, I call myself a media more than a psychic.
art bell
More than a psychic.
james van praagh
Right.
Everyone is psychic to some degree or another, but what I do is I tune into a higher frequency than most.
And I'm in between the spirit world and the physical world.
art bell
All right.
In the case of most people who have your sort of talent, James, either they had it from birth or, like Danion, they acquired it through some incredible occurrence like lightning striking them or whatever.
When did you become aware of what you have?
james van praagh
Well, it's very interesting because I believe I was born with this disability and it didn't surface until my 20s, which is about 12, 14 years ago.
I was always interested in psychic phenomena, life after death, always.
I mean, ever since I can remember.
And I always would see things as a child, images, which I thought everyone did see, you know, the classic story there.
And when I was in my early 20s, someone brought me to a medium, and I know what a medium was.
And she said he talks to the dead.
And I said, oh, I don't believe that.
It's hocus pocus.
art bell
How old were you?
james van praagh
I was about 22 years old.
art bell
22.
And the medium said, he talks to the dead, meaning you.
james van praagh
Yeah, the medium said, mediums talk to the dead.
And I went to this meeting with this man, several other people, and he looked at me and he said, you're going to do what I'm doing in two years.
And I said, I'm not going to do it.
I have enough trouble with the living.
Well, I want to talk to the dead.
And he said, you're going to.
And I said, oh, sure, sure.
And I did not believe it.
I'm very skeptical of these things.
But I was always, you know, I was very fascinated by what he said.
And I started reading up on the subject and researching it, every book I could find.
And about two years later, almost to the day, I started hearing thoughts in my head.
And I was talking to a woman on the phone once, and I said, who's this lady named Anna Marie?
And she lives in Idaho.
And I see a White House with yellow shutters.
And she said, that's my grandmother.
That was her name.
And I said, she show me a rose petal footstool.
And she said she made that, and she insisted whenever she sat down that it was at her feet.
And I was exhilarated.
It was wonderful.
And it started from there.
And I just, I've been working ever since.
And I never wanted to do this sort of thing.
It was kind of like I fell into it.
But I think it was just waiting to happen.
art bell
A gift, a curse, or both?
james van praagh
Pardon me?
art bell
A gift, a curse, or both.
james van praagh
Both.
You bet.
Both.
When you become ultra-sensitive, you become sensitive to everything.
Good, bad, and indifferent.
art bell
Right.
james van praagh
The world around you, the world you see, the world you don't see.
And you have to take extra care of your physical body, your mental body, emotional body, spiritual body.
There's a lot to it.
It's not all fun and games.
art bell
Oh, I know that.
I'm going to have a guest on next week, James, that I haven't had on for a year.
And it's because of his physical condition.
When he does what he does, it drains him in such a way that he really doesn't function properly for quite a while.
He's Gordon Michael Scallion.
And Gordon is going to come back on the air.
But it's been a year, and he has not been well.
And he's not been well because of visions.
It just drains him.
And does it do that to you?
james van praagh
You know something, Art, it's very interesting.
I used to do that when I first began, but I had to learn how to control the energy because it's all energy.
You're dealing with energy and frequencies and attuning yourself to various frequencies.
For instance, when I do my work, I will open myself and attune myself to a higher frequency.
My whole physical body, of course, is involved and influenced.
When I'm finished with the reading, I have to come back down into the frequency of my physical body.
I have to slow myself down.
And I have to as a meditation, you know, my must-do.
I have to ground myself constantly.
I'm constantly doing that and bringing myself back down.
art bell
All right.
There is no subject in this world I am more interested in than life after death.
No subject.
I mean, it is the most interesting to me, and I think many other people.
If I were to ask you, are you certain?
Are you sure?
Unambiguously, can you say that we survive physical death?
james van praagh
Yes, you bet.
art bell
And if somebody were to pin you up against the wall and say, how do you know that?
What would you say?
james van praagh
I would say energy cannot die.
You can't kill energy.
art bell
Well, that's true.
But how would you prove that you survive with some sort of consciousness?
james van praagh
Well, the only way I can base it on really is my experience, isn't it?
I mean, that's how we go through life based on our experiences.
You bet.
And I would just have to go based upon the readings I've been in, the sessions I've been in, information, which just blows me away half the time because many, many times people will still see me doing sessions at public demonstrations.
And I bring things through, and I get exhilarated.
I'm excited.
I just say, that's amazing.
It still amazes me because it's a miracle each time.
art bell
All right, I understand you've got a two-year waiting list for individual consultation lectures, interviews, that kind of thing.
james van praagh
Right.
And let me just finish with that.
The reason is because what I do is I'm known as a survival evidence medium, which means my specialty is really bringing through evidential details, names, places, events, things I would know nothing about.
And many of the times when I'm reading the person, they don't know certain information.
It's not in their consciousness.
They have to go home and ask a relative to verify.
And nine times out of ten, it makes sense.
And I don't know how it happens, but it does.
art bell
James, do you do things that go beyond individual readings?
In other words, are you sensitive to what may be coming for all of us or larger events as well?
james van praagh
Very interesting.
It's really where, you know, it's really where one focuses their energy.
If I attune myself or focus my energy on other areas, then I can open myself up to it and receive things.
Sure, earth changes, all those sorts of things, I can open myself up to those.
I'm sensitive to these things.
art bell
Yes, I am particularly interested in that.
Is that something you do or you avoid?
james van praagh
I never really go for it, but I do it.
I can do that, but I've never really, that's not been my specialty per se.
art bell
Your specialty is?
james van praagh
I didn't feel it at all.
I felt it would die way before San Diego.
I didn't feel there was any.
art bell
I certainly hope you're correct.
james van praagh
I hope so too.
I hope so.
But that might feel that I have.
art bell
The one difficult thing we have right now is this horrid El Niño.
And ocean temperatures are 10 to 12 degrees more than they ought to be in that area.
That might sustain a storm that otherwise would die in the northern waters.
We'll have to wait and see, but they are now issuing some warnings.
james van praagh
Amazing.
art bell
Yeah, amazing is right.
So there are a lot of changes going on.
Weather is one of them.
And I think there are other earth changes coming as well.
But you said that's not your specialty.
You specialize instead on actual contact with the dead.
james van praagh
That's correct.
Proof that there is no such thing as death.
It's really just a doorway, as Damien has mentioned also.
It is really just a doorway.
It's like having a worn-out pair of shoes and leaving them and you're free.
I mean, it's very simple.
And it's wonderful.
And the people come back and they'll bring through their personality and things they like, their dislikes, how they passed over, things that the person would only know, which really is wonderful.
It's a wonderful healing.
art bell
Okay, talk about the difference.
You keep saying frequency, that you go to a higher frequency.
Is the difference between here and the other side frequency?
james van praagh
Yes, it's all vibration.
It's all energy, and it's different levels of energy.
You know what it is, really?
What I like to put it this way, or to make it as simple as possible for everyone, because I'm not a physicist either.
But molecules vibrate at a certain rate of speed, energy.
Well, when the molecules vibrate at a faster, faster rate of speed, that's where I go to.
That's the frequency I'm talking about.
Spirit vibrates at a very fast rate of speed.
That's why most people cannot see spirit with their physical eye or hear with physical ear, because they're not attuned to that higher frequency.
art bell
But occasionally, along comes somebody who is.
james van praagh
Correct.
That's right.
art bell
Yes.
james van praagh
And I am that way.
But there are certain, it's very interesting because there are certain skills that various mediums will have.
One medium will be very sharp and clairvoyant, clairsight.
They can see visions or they see spirit.
Another person can hear the spirit voices.
Another person can feel.
art bell
Hold tight.
We're at the bottom of the air and I've got a break here.
james van praagh
All right.
art bell
We'll be right back.
This is Coast to Coast AM.
unidentified
You're listening to Art Bell Somewhere in Time.
Tonight featuring a replay of Coast to Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Coast to Coast AM.
Premier Radio Networks presents Art Bell Somewhere in Time.
Tonight's program originally aired September 12, 1997.
art bell
James Von Progg back in a moment.
unidentified
Now we take you back to the night of September 12th, 1997 on Art Bell's Somewhere in Time.
art bell
Music Once again, James von Prague.
James, let's talk a little bit about the what is what is the soul?
james van praagh
What is a soul?
The soul is made up of a part of the mind.
The mind survives death.
The brain doesn't.
The physical brain doesn't.
But the mind does.
The mind is part of the soul.
And I believe the soul is made up of a myriad of experiences of the being.
art bell
Okay.
I'm going to mention a lady, Claire Sylvia.
You know that name?
james van praagh
I've never heard of her.
art bell
Okay.
Claire Sylvia is a very interesting woman.
I interviewed her.
She received, she was 50, in her 50s, and she received the lungs and the heart of a young teenage boy.
james van praagh
Oh, yes, I did hear it for the chicken McNuggets.
art bell
Bingo.
james van praagh
There we go.
art bell
Not only that, but she dreamed the name of her donor.
james van praagh
Yeah, someone wrote me a letter.
It was either her or a TV show.
They wanted me to be along with her to bring him through and to see what would happen.
And we never did that show, but yes, I am familiar with her.
art bell
Well, that's why I asked you about the nature of the soul.
I mean, was that some sort of genetic echo of that young fellow?
Was that part of...
james van praagh
Exactly right.
There's like a membrane, a memory.
You know, each organ has a memory attached to it very strongly.
Is that part of the soul?
I don't know.
I don't know, but I will say that it does have a part of the memory, that physical body, and that earthly experience.
art bell
what can you tell me about the nature of death in other words In other words, do we live once and die and remain dead across that line, or do we come back?
james van praagh
I do believe there is reincarnation, which means that the soul or the being needs to experience as much as they can in order to grow.
It's like a diamond.
The more experiences you have, the more facets of the diamond, the sharper the color.
And with these experiences, you grow.
I do believe that we set things in motion to grow.
And the earth world is our school.
And we have these wonderful experiences here we go through to grow.
Once we've completed school, we go back home.
And then we set up another way of learning, a further way to learn.
And we continue on learning.
art bell
You know what you're saying right now sounds a lot like what the Heaven's Gate group said.
They said, earth is school.
They said we have graduated to a level above human.
Sounds similar.
So perhaps all of what they said was not as whacked out as it was made out to be?
james van praagh
You bet.
I believe there are some things.
I don't know what their whole thing is about.
I really don't, so I can't speak from that.
But I will say that there are many people who have lots of the truth, but they mix them up in fear and other ways.
Unfortunately, it comes out in mixed versions with the truth being in there somewhere, including religions.
I mean, religions have bits and pieces of the truth thrown throughout it.
But unfortunately, it gets slaughtered.
And man's ego gets in the way there and colors it very differently.
art bell
Do you believe the Bible to be the precise word of God?
james van praagh
Not at all.
I believe it has the essence of God all through it.
And I do believe that man, unfortunately, twisted the words, the sacred words, to fit his own needs, to control people.
There are definitely, I believe, passages there which are true.
And ring of the truth.
Ring of the truth.
Definitely, no doubt about it.
art bell
I share that view with you.
james van praagh
I think it's been translated so many times, and there's been so much of men's influence in there to help to control, using their own, for their own selfish reasons, their own greed, their own egos to be settled, that unfortunately it's changed.
But I do believe there are definitely places in there where the essence is still around, still alive.
art bell
Oh, of course.
james van praagh
Yeah.
art bell
But there's fear.
There's fear.
The fear of God.
Are we really supposed to be afraid of God?
james van praagh
Oh, boy.
Why would we?
God of pure love.
God of pure love.
It's unfortunate that the religions have controlled people by fear.
That's, of course, how they do it.
It's controlled by fear.
By fear, you control the masses.
And they do that everywhere.
Advertising does that.
Everyone does that.
That's you control people.
And when you realize there is no fear, and look at fear of death, when you take the fear away from death, then people can start living life.
And through life, then they progress and they learn to love.
They're not afraid of love.
They're not afraid of death.
art bell
Reincarnation again.
unidentified
Do just humans reincarnate?
james van praagh
I believe that animals reincarnate as well.
And I do believe that animals will reincarnate through the animal kingdom.
I don't believe, many people believe that they cross.
A species, they cross kingdoms.
I personally believe, from my experience, that they stay within their own kingdom.
And what a wonderful way to teach human beings unconditional love.
art bell
I've got a cat that's about one notch from human.
james van praagh
You bet.
art bell
And then I've got two other cats that are cats.
james van praagh
You got it.
That's very true.
I have one also who's very much a lady and very human in many, many respects.
And they have a wonderful sixth sense, don't they?
They know exactly what's going on, animals.
Right before earthquakes happen, you look at your animals and you'll see they get very strange.
They'll hide or they'll be away.
And look at the cows before it rains.
Sometimes there's a approaching storm.
They will lie down in the ground.
The animals know.
They are very aware.
Or when someone walks into a room who doesn't have whatever, you want to call it bad vibration, bad energy, the animal will walk away or go near their master to protect them.
That often happens.
art bell
Well, there's not a lot of difference between the animals and, I mean, we are animals as well.
The only difference is we have conditioned ourselves out of hearing all of this or feeling all of this.
But I bet some, like yourself and some people, can, in effect, begin to feel these things the animals feel if you train yourself to, can't you?
james van praagh
You bet.
You bet.
If you become more aware of the inner world instead of the outer world, when I teach my classes, I always tell people to go into the inner world, the inner you, that you which was very real when you were a child, that unfortunately around the age of six or seven closed down.
Because you, and you become more sensitized.
If you can train yourself, becoming more sensitized and knowing yourself better, then you can feel these things and know things, become very wise with the human condition.
art bell
All right.
The other side.
I want to talk about the other side.
james van praagh
Oh, good.
art bell
What you know about the other side.
Everybody wants to know.
I want to know.
When we die, where do we go?
james van praagh
Okay.
Now, I'm going to preface this by saying all of my answers for the past 12 years have been based totally on my experiences with spirits that have come back and also many books which I've read, hundreds and hundreds of books on the subject.
So that's where I get my background from.
And from that, I must start with that in the Bible, it says, my Father has a house with many mansions.
What that means is the various spiritual levels which exist, of which there are many.
And you go to that level which you created on the earth based upon your thoughts, your words, and your deeds.
The love that you make is the love that you take.
There was always that little saying about God writing his book, writing down everything that we do.
It's very true in many respects, in that every experience we have, it is recorded in what's called our aura, the electromagnetic field around us.
And at the time of death, as Damien will also attest to this, we go through a review of our life.
And we see what we did good and what we did bad.
Or if you want to call it that, we judge ourselves.
There is no God that sits in judgment and says, you go there, you go there.
art bell
We judge ourselves.
james van praagh
We judge ourselves.
And we see how a simple thought affected someone.
If we were mad at someone at a store, perhaps, and we yelled at them for no good reason, and they in turn it upset them, and they in turn turned to another storm mate and yelled at them and so forth.
And the energy was transferred that way.
When you pass over, you see how your one word, your one thought upset that person, and in turn how it upset the other person.
And we see the crippling effect and how we are all one.
We really are all one.
art bell
That's a terrifying thought.
james van praagh
Isn't it a terrifying thought?
art bell
It is.
To imagine you have a full life review and you will feel what everybody else felt from you.
That's terrifying.
james van praagh
That is when we have to start taking responsibility for our thoughts, our words, and our deeds.
You see?
That is our responsibility here, to learn to take responsibility for how we treat one another.
Because it's very true, we should treat one another as we ourselves would want to be treated.
Because it will come back.
And every action has a reaction.
When we give out, we will get back.
art bell
Is there hell?
Is there a health?
james van praagh
There is hell.
Let me just also say, this is so interesting.
Many people will come back, and they talked about a first level they go to, what's called the astral level, which is a very real physical level, where they will experience things like they had on the earth.
They have houses there, they have trees, they have lakes.
art bell
I was hoping for that.
Beer, football, sex.
james van praagh
You can have whatever you want, Art.
Whatever satisfies you, you can have it until you get to the point where you feel it doesn't do anything for you anymore.
It's very much like, you know, we work, we go for a job, and we stay in that job, the position, for as long as we need to.
art bell
Kind of like party till you drop.
james van praagh
Exactly.
And you realize it doesn't do anything for you anymore.
You don't need it anymore.
And you move on.
And many of these spirits, these souls, people that pass over, they need the physicality, number one, feel comfortable about the transition.
Many times there'll be a house set up.
Like, let's say a husband goes before the wife.
He will set up with his thoughts, the house, and all details of the house that they had on the earth.
So when his wife passes over, she will feel comfortable with the transition.
art bell
That makes sense.
james van praagh
It happens quite, you know, quite this is what I hear all the time.
And hell, like I said before, there are many mansions.
What you give out, you get back.
Like I said, you have to review your life, all the thoughts, all the things you did.
If you lived a horrible life, if you killed someone, if you were mean to someone, you have to relive that life, the thoughts, the words, and you feel everything that that other person felt, how you treated them.
And that's hell.
Forgiving yourself.
Reliving it over and over again until you forgive yourself.
And one of the hardest things I have found for people when they pass over is to forgive themselves.
And that's many of the readings when they come through, spirits come through, where the first things they will say please forgive me I'm sorry please forgive me because they want to move on too and many times they're almost chained to the earth by their loved ones because how they treated them and they want you know this is what comes to most most often James what is a ghost what is a ghost well I would say a ghost is someone which could be number one a person who didn't realize there was no such thing as death you see death is a very natural state we
We die every night.
We go to sleep.
We leave our bodies every night.
art bell
A little slice of death.
james van praagh
Yes, a little slice of death.
And what happens is sometimes the death occurs very quickly, and the person doesn't realize that they've passed over because they're still very much in a physical body.
It seems like they're in a body, because the spirit body is exactly up to the physical body.
art bell
And they're in that area where there is a physical plane.
james van praagh
That's right, but they're not yet to that area because they're still around their house because they don't realize they've passed over.
You see?
unidentified
Sure.
james van praagh
And that would be called a poltergeist also.
And if someone, if their mind was set on the physical world and the physical physicality of this world, they were greedy, they liked things their way, they wanted their things, their house, this will draw them down.
If they have no consciousness about moving to a higher level, no spirituality, it certainly doesn't help them.
You are what you are.
art bell
It seems like poltergeists, ghosts, that sort of thing, occur around very specific incidences people who die suddenly who are not expecting to people who die with some incredible passion that was not completed on earth it was all cut short and somehow they just can't go on totally correct that's exactly right exactly many times i've brought through um uh.
james van praagh
people who have not finished up.
I've had many times I've had murderers, people who have been murdered, and they were upset about being murdered that their life ended so quickly at the hand of another.
art bell
Yes.
james van praagh
And they want to finish something up that they came back to do, and they are really upset about not finishing.
And, you know, it doesn't really help them to be upset, but many times that condition will remain with them.
And you see, one of the things, too, is once you pass on, there is no such thing as time.
art bell
That's where I was going next.
james van praagh
I thought you were.
art bell
In other words, is there any reference at all between what we know of as time and what is the passage of time?
It's hard to even talk about there.
james van praagh
Right.
The measurement of time really only relates to the physical world.
And then we get into quantum physics, which I'm not an expert at.
But the time is only relative to the physical world because of the sense of measurement of growth.
In the spirit world, there is no growth.
You measure growth by your experience, your experiences.
See?
That's what it is.
People realize, the spirit people realize, that it's your birthday, or there's a holiday, because they come and see all the, you're running to stores and buying things.
Right.
And Christmas here, that's how they know, because they're seeing you running around.
They know your thoughts.
And that's how they register that.
unidentified
Huh.
james van praagh
It's very interesting.
Many times, I've brought people through and said, you've been over there for about 20 years.
I said, oh my goodness, it feels like just yesterday I arrived.
So, very much out of time.
art bell
When you experience contact with somebody on the other side, I guess you've been doing it so long now that it's, I don't want to say ho-hum for you, but...
james van praagh
Well, it's never ho-hum, because each experience is a miracle.
It really is a miracle.
Each, it really is.
And the energy of love, which comes through, I can't even give you in English the language here that we have, because the feelings are just incredible.
And that's why I do the work I do.
It's just an incredible amount of love.
art bell
Do you believe the time will ever come, and how will it come, that we actually establish contact other than, you know, through somebody like yourself or Danion or others?
james van praagh
Oh, certainly.
art bell
In other words, will science ever do it?
james van praagh
Well, right now, actually, as we speak, there are organizations, and they have Mark Macy, who's a fascinating man, works with Contacting Spirit, and Luxembourg is a whole society, where they contact Spirit through electronics, through the computer, through the telephone.
They've done these things.
I've seen it.
I've heard it.
I've actually had that with an experiment, and we've had the Spirit come through, and they work with the white noise of the band radio.
art bell
That's right.
james van praagh
And that's how they come through, and they use that.
And they're experimenting with that, and they've had some wonderful successes.
And they've said that one day you'll be able to see us on a kind of television.
It's being kept very secretive, because they do not want...
art bell
They're doing that work now?
james van praagh
Yes, they are.
art bell
Talk about worlds in collision.
Holy mackerel.
james van praagh
Yes.
And they have to be very secretive about it in some respects yet, because they don't want the information to get into the wrong hands.
art bell
Are you in contact with these people?
Do you get a report on the research?
james van praagh
I'm not.
My friend Mark does it all the time.
He travels around the world, does it.
And there's a book out about it.
Yes.
I mean, I don't get on a regular basis, but I just call him up and talk to him.
art bell
Well, it might make sense.
If what you're saying is true, about a simple difference in frequency being the answer, then electronically there could eventually be a door opened.
Is that a door we really want to open?
james van praagh
I think so.
I think we could afford to open that door, because look what we would have to learn.
And by learning more about the spirit world, we learn more about the physical world, how to treat each other here.
And that's really what the most important thing is.
I mean, that's really what it's all about, isn't it?
Right.
art bell
I guess it is, but I mean, there will be those who say it's not nice to fool around with Mother Nature or God's realm, in this case.
james van praagh
Well, I think the more we do know about the spirit world, I do believe it will help us to have a much better life and world here on this earth and learn how to treat each other better.
It will definitely make some incredible changes.
art bell
You know what a remote viewer is, right?
james van praagh
Oh, sure.
Definitely.
art bell
What realm are remote viewers operating in?
james van praagh
I believe that, and forgive me because I'm not an expert in the field, but I have had several experiences with students of mine who have been doing remote viewing and have had wonderful successes, and I believe that there's a sense that a part of their
consciousness which leaves the body and does go to that place and they view things so they could be in the in the same realm I don't know if it's the exact same realm but you mean that spirit the astral plane they could be seeing things that spirit would see oh yeah and there are people that leave um you know Robert Monroe's book for journeys journeys out of the body sure teaches yeah uh how to leave the body and they've had many people who leave the body and have experiences with spirits on the astral level, and then meeting them.
Many people have them through meditation, actually you see your guides and do see spirit people.
Many people can do it that way as well.
art bell
All right.
Is all over there on that side love or is there evil?
james van praagh
Well, again, it goes to the heaven and hell question because with one there is another.
And you learn about love through evil, don't you?
I mean, you have to both learn.
Like I said, there are places where that does exist.
There are levels where that exist.
Put it that way.
art bell
Is that a danger for you?
In other words, have you ever run into something that, part of the expression, scared the hell out of you?
james van praagh
Oh, sure.
And I should tell you that, you know, the way I work and the way the natural law really is, is like attracts like.
If you keep yourself in a loving place, you will only attract that which is at that level.
It's like walking into a room where there's too much light, too bright for someone, and they have to close their eyes.
The level that I work at, the level that I'm in or that I'm on, is a very loving level.
So I wouldn't draw those negative things to me, but I'm not saying they're not around.
But I think I'm very also very well protected, too, because I made an agreement with my guys.
If I did this work, then I'd be well protected.
And they said, you will be.
I will tell you, I had a story though once.
A girl came to me, a complete stranger, of course, and she said, I want to speak to my adopted brother.
And I said, well, we'll see if he's here.
And about 20 minutes later, I said, there is a man here.
And I said, it's very interesting because he is speaking to me from the floor up towards me.
And most beautiful people will talk to me from the top of the ceiling down to me, like the left side of me.
And I said, this is very peculiar because he's cursing at me.
He's saying some horrible things to me.
art bell
Really?
james van praagh
Oh, it's horrible.
And I said, the feeling I get is a very nasty, negative person.
And I said, this is what I feel like Evil.
And I said, it feels dark, and I don't like it, and I'm going to let him go.
She goes, oh, he was exactly like that.
He was in jail.
He was in prison.
unidentified
He killed someone.
james van praagh
Well, thanks a lot for letting me tune into that.
art bell
Yeah, thanks a lot for that.
All right, hold on.
We're at the top of the hour.
Take a break.
We'll be right back.
My guest is James von Prague.
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When you first take my breath, I want to take your breath.
Get her.
I don't think that.
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art bell
Good morning, everybody.
James Von Trog is my guest, and he'll be back in a moment.
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art bell
Music Back now to James von Prague.
James, are you there?
james van praagh
I certainly am.
art bell
Good.
All right.
James, we were talking before the top of the hour about the possibility of interaction between this side and the other side.
And you told me they were doing research with respect to electronics, computers, something that would actually establish contact with the other side, almost like you could watch TV.
james van praagh
That's right.
It's called Instrumental Transcommunication.
And they've used computers and telephones and televisions they've used.
And for quite a while, and there's a society in Luxembourg where the main chapter of this is.
And Mark Macy wrote a book called Conversations Beyond the Light by Dr. Pat Kubis and Mark Macy.
It describes all the experiments and the successes.
And they have various scientists also who are involved on the other side who work on this experiment with instrumental transcommunication.
art bell
Are they ever going to go public with that?
james van praagh
I think they're going to.
Again, I'm not privy to their information a lot, but I think when it's safe and when the spirit people say it's safe to do it, go ahead.
art bell
They will.
We talked a little bit about ghosts, spirits here on Earth.
Is it possible, James, to trap a spirit?
james van praagh
Yes, it is possible to trap a spirit.
You can trap a spirit.
I won't say trap.
I'll put it to you like this.
Everything is a spirit receives impressions from you, whether it's prayers or Thoughts.
And if you, for instance, are very upset about someone's death and you grieve and grieve and grieve, you're actually holding them down.
art bell
Really?
james van praagh
You're holding them back because your thoughts keep them down on this level.
It's very much like a telephone ringing and ringing and ringing.
They have to answer it and answer it.
They can't move on.
And they have work to do in the spirit world.
They have things they do there to progress also spiritually.
And it does no good to the person on the earth or the spirit because the person on the earth also has a job down there.
They have a mission here, which they have to continue and evolve.
And if they're spending most of their time grieving, they're not going to do their mission, their work here.
art bell
Did you ever see a movie with Mimi Rogers in it called The Rapture?
james van praagh
No, I never have.
art bell
Unfortunately.
Trust me.
Rent it.
Go see it.
james van praagh
I will tomorrow.
The Rapture, okay?
art bell
Yes, you definitely need to see that.
And so then I won't give it away.
What about those who commit suicide, James?
james van praagh
In my book, I have a chapter on that because people have been asked many times.
It really comes, though I found, behind the motivation behind the act.
For instance, if it was someone who is mentally ill, well, a lot can't be done for that person.
But if it was someone who's conscious of their life and had a good thing going, then there is a little bit more they have to pay back for that.
Also, you have to realize that you come back into this life and you set yourself up.
You set certain magnetic fields up for you, magnetic ties to the earth, and you have prepared for this incarnation.
There's a time to be born and a time to die.
There's a natural time to be born, natural time to die.
If you pluck yourself out before your natural time, you are still tied to the earth's magnetic ties.
You're still here until it is your natural time to pass on.
Very much like pulling an avocado and pulling a pit out of an avocado before it's ripe or a fruit before it's ripe.
art bell
Well, the organized religions would be a lot more down on it than that.
They would say you've committed a mortal sin going to hell.
james van praagh
Right.
Well, however the interpretation went, you know, what the interpretation can be, many times I've found that spirit will go into a sleep or a slumber, and they wake up during the anniversary of the death and they relive the entire thing again.
And many times I've brought through spirits who are on that level and begging, begging for forgiveness.
There's one about a boy in the book that wrote a story that he came through, and I said to the mother, I said, there's a man here, and I said, this is very strange because I see a man, and he goes to the backyard of a house, and I said, I see him hanging on the tree.
He's hung himself.
And he actually showed me him leaving his body and the realization that, oh, my God, what have I done?
Trying to get back into the body and can't.
And I said, he's been this condition ever since.
And it's been about a year before the reading.
So these things happen.
art bell
Okay, that's somebody who shouldn't have gone.
They went early.
They cut off an otherwise good life.
james van praagh
You bet.
art bell
What about the person with terminal cancer, AIDS?
They're in pain.
They're racked with pain.
james van praagh
I will talk about that in one second.
Let me just also say, though, there are many spirits who tend to, they pass over and they see what they've done with their life, and they're in such a rush to get back into the incarnation that they come back before everything is set and rhythm.
And then many times they will be walking around this earth feeling as though they do not fit in.
They just, their timing is off.
They don't feel like they belong here.
And I have found many suicides to be a result of that.
People felt they did not belong here.
As far as AIDS and cancer and terminal illnesses, well, again, it's up to that individual soul to decide for themselves.
But maybe they had to go through that experience for whatever reason.
Maybe through that experience, they were helping to teach other people how to love, other people taking care of them, who have, you know, come out of their, who started loving them or loving more because this person was ill.
Maybe that person is ill is teaching these people how to love.
There are valuable lessons in that, perhaps.
Once you realize there is no such thing as death, it doesn't really matter.
art bell
Daniel says that, too.
There is no such thing as death.
james van praagh
Oh, there isn't.
There isn't.
There's only life.
There's only life.
That's all there is.
art bell
Life and life and life and life.
james van praagh
Life and life and life and life.
And I'm sure there's life in other places besides just this earth.
Well.
But I don't know more about that, but I'm sure there is.
And other ways of evolvement and other beings and other energies and so forth.
art bell
During all the time you've communicated with the other side, have you ever felt you communicated with something that was not human?
james van praagh
Oh, I have a great story for you.
I have a wonderful story for you.
art bell
Go right ahead.
james van praagh
And I'm a Virgo with Capricorn Rising.
Now, people who know astrology, that's a very down-to-earth grounded person.
And a Virgo is someone who's very scientific and, you know, very analytical left-brained.
So here I am, and I started this.
Part of the reason I have the audience, the people that back me or believe me, is because I come to this with a very skeptical mind.
I want proof.
I insist that I give proof and so forth.
I brought a group to Sedona, Arizona, which you probably know very well.
art bell
I do.
james van praagh
Yeah.
And we had UFologists help us to bring a tour to a certain area.
And there is that ranch over there, a private ranch.
art bell
Yes.
james van praagh
I don't know the name of that.
But then there's all supposedly underground caverns and whole underground areas for these UFOs.
art bell
You're on the air in Sedona now.
What is special about Sedona?
Let's begin there.
james van praagh
Well, it's an energy vortex.
There are many vortexes.
There are minerals in the earth.
Iron ore is very strong in that area.
And perhaps these instruments, these people bring in, whatever you want to call them, these beings, need that mineral for energy.
I don't know.
But when I was in Sedona, we saw at least, well, we saw lights in the sky, very close to us.
And there were pulsating lights moving.
There were colors I'd never seen before.
And these were not airplanes.
These were something, I saw them.
I did not see it as disc related.
It was dark.
But they were definitely something which I had never seen before, nor had 20 of the other people that were with me.
At one point, the man said, I said, they're beautiful.
Some of these lights are very, very beautiful.
They're very close.
Very much like close encounters.
Very much like that.
And I said to the man who was heading the tour, the group here, I said, you know, I have a sense that there are presences in the field here.
And he said, yes, there are.
Now, many times he said, you'll see lights in the field, or something that appears like someone's eyes, but they happen very quickly.
And I had this sense come over me that they were there.
And he said, they are.
And I said, they want to communicate.
Now, I couldn't believe I was saying this, but that's the feeling I got, overwhelming sense that they want to communicate.
So he said, well, go ahead.
So I walked into the field and I felt these presences very much around me.
And when I say presences, I mean a change in the energy.
You know, when you're standing in a room and someone walks behind you, you feel that someone's behind you, that sort of thing, right?
art bell
Right.
james van praagh
So that's the sort of thing I was feeling.
And I opened myself up, and I got that these were beings from the Pleiades.
And all they said to me was, we do not understand how the human being has an element known as love all around them, everywhere with them, around them, and they do not use it.
Isn't that interesting?
That was the message.
I was like, oh, my God.
art bell
Well, on one level in society right now, that's absolutely true more and more, I'm sorry to say.
On another level, some individuals are growing spiritually, but some are going in the exact opposite direction.
james van praagh
Yeah.
art bell
Now, I'll give your book a plug here in a minute.
I wrote a book called The Quickening.
I don't know if you've heard about it.
It simply says that in every single aspect of human endeavor, economics, politics, the environment, I could go on about that forever, every single social behavior, every aspect of human behavior, things are beginning to move at a faster and faster clip, exponentially faster, and that we're headed toward some sort of an event of some sort.
Yes.
You believe that?
james van praagh
Oh, definitely.
We're going faster and faster in time.
Things are speeding up quicker and quicker.
The vibration is getting faster and faster.
I've heard this.
This is something I've heard of, yes.
Most definitely.
art bell
Do you have any sense of what may lie ahead?
james van praagh
Do I have a sense of what might lie ahead?
art bell
Yes.
james van praagh
The only sense that I get, really, Art, is that people will be definitely becoming much more aware of the world around them, of the people around them, and themselves and how to treat people.
I do believe there's going to be a very strong spiritual consciousness, more overwhelming, and we're going to see more phenomena like you had last night.
More things like that are going to occur.
Much, much more.
I believe that within the next 10 to 15 years, our government's going to come out and talk about UFOs openly.
They're going to have to, because it's going to become quite obvious and evident.
They're all around us.
And things that we thought at one time were just stories are real.
art bell
All right, here's a facts.
Can you please ask James the following?
My dad died of lung cancer in 1995.
During his last few years, he treated my mother and myself horribly.
Only in his last week of life did we find that the cancer had spread to his brain and probably accounted for the things he did.
When he died, he took his cats.
Each time we took his cats, each time when I found myself thinking about him and what he'd done, his 18-year-old cat would stand up and stare into space.
At one point, I took a picture below, which he includes in the facts, and captured a white ball of light.
james van praagh
Mm-hmm.
Spirit light.
art bell
Uh-huh.
Is this spirit trapped here because of the things he did, even though he was under the influence of an illness?
james van praagh
Very interesting.
art bell
And I've got a picture of this ball of light.
It's pretty weird.
james van praagh
Oh, yeah, I've had pictures like that.
I have quite a bit of them, and that's very common, actually, that will happen.
Especially in the certain conditions where the spirit is around and they're unhappy and they need forgiveness.
They can't move on sometimes.
Just like we were talking about before.
That's a great example right there.
I do believe that that man wants forgiveness and wants them to forgive him and that he's sorry.
He regrets the way he treated them.
And, you know, I must say, this is where prayers come in.
And the Catholic Church is very right when we talk about having a mass and concentrated prayers because prayers are pure loving thoughts.
Really what that is, is love being sent out.
And that will help that individual to progress, to move on.
Show them love.
I always tell people, you know, if you were in his shoes, what makes you think you would do anything differently?
You know, how do we know what that meant had to go through?
You know, we might have treated the same way.
So we're not perfect, are we?
So I always tell people that.
You have to forgive someone.
But you never know you might have been the same way.
But yes, I do believe that definitely his father there.
art bell
Well, if you go through a full life review, take a man like this.
This is a hard question, really.
I mean, here's a fellow who had brain deterioration, cancer that had spread to his brain.
And in his life review, should he, will he, really have to review the hurt he visited on others because of a physical malady that he had?
james van praagh
Of course.
You don't have to go through everything.
art bell
That doesn't seem fair.
james van praagh
Well, you see, we learn from these things, and we learn more about ourselves through these things.
Many times cancers come out of imbalance.
Imbalance, and it could be from the spiritual, the mental, the physical, emotional.
Maybe that man had learned to be more balanced with his emotions, and maybe next time now he'll come back with that recognition or that memory, that soul memory, because he went through this heavy experience, that he'll come back next time knowing he has to be more in balance of his emotions or physical.
I feel psychically, on a psychic level, that this man's emotions were totally out of balance.
I really do.
And that's why I feel like that might have, again, that's how I feel.
And he might have come back next time to equal that out.
art bell
All right.
You are a medium rather than a psychic.
james van praagh
Let me put it this way, Art.
It's easy to put it this way.
Every medium is psychic.
Not every psychic is a medium.
art bell
All right.
I envision then a seance.
Do you do those?
james van praagh
I do seances.
art bell
You do seances?
james van praagh
We do not hold hands Or have a dark or a red light or candles.
We don't need any of that.
That's very Hollywood.
art bell
I understand.
james van praagh
You saw the movie Ghost, which probably everyone has seen.
art bell
Oh, yes.
james van praagh
Very, very similar to what I do.
I bring through evidential details, but you don't need to sit and hold hands.
And it's very funny because the Los Angeles Times was here and they did a piece on me.
And they expected all of that.
They expected the dark curtains and the dark room and the candles.
And I'm just an ordinary guy sitting in my living room and saying, okay, let's start.
And they were like, wait a minute, don't we have to hold hands or something?
I said, no, we don't do any of that.
It's very Hollywood.
art bell
Are there ever, during a seance, physical, actual, physical manifestations from the other side that others see other than you?
james van praagh
Yes, actually, yes, they do many times.
And again, it depends on the type of mediumship being used.
I am predominantly a mental medium, which means I will get mental impressions.
But there are physical mediums where actual physical manifestations occur.
I went to a seance about two months ago, and these people from England were here.
And we saw spirit lights all throughout the room.
There were fingers in the air, hands in the air.
And when you touch them, there was nothing behind them.
You feel people touching your hair.
And it was conditioned seance room.
I made sure of it because, you know, like I said, I'm very skeptical.
I touch everything.
And yes, that does happen.
Many times when I will be doing readings, though, I will have someone, cold breezes will happen.
Bells will, I have a bell in my room and that will go off.
Music will start.
I've had that happen.
art bell
Why cold?
james van praagh
It's a change in the temperature, the energy.
It's the energies.
You have the spirit body and the vibration that they're on.
It's the physical world, the dense physical world.
For some reason, there's a coolness, and that's how the molecules vibrate.
That's what I've heard because of the spirit body.
art bell
Have you been investigated?
Have teams from parapsychological units ever come and actually brought instruments and tried to measure changes in magnetic field, changes in temperature, changes that could be documented in some way?
james van praagh
I invited them to do brainwave changes.
That's it.
It'd be really great to have me just hook up to a machine and see my brain waves, if they would change before I would go into an altered state and what was as I was in the altered state.
And it was not done.
I didn't do that.
But no, I've never been tested that way.
And I just don't know if they have the right machinery to measure this sort of thing.
I do believe in some ways that they don't have it yet.
art bell
Yet.
unidentified
Yet.
james van praagh
I think they will one day, but I don't think they do yet.
art bell
All right.
Well, you'll enjoy this.
Bottom of the hour.
We'll be right back.
Sit tight, James.
unidentified
Okay.
art bell
From the high desert, this is Coast to Coast AM.
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You're listening to Art Bell's Somewhere in Time, tonight featuring a replay of Coast to Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
The road I did ride, sword and pistol by my side.
Many a young maid lost her baubles on my trade.
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade.
The master taught me that the spring of 25.
But I am still alive.
I was a sailor.
I was born upon the die.
With the sea I did a bad.
I sailed a schooner around the horn of Mexico.
I went along the world and made some liver.
And when the arms broke off this minute, I got killed.
But I'm living still.
I was a damn building across a river deep and wide.
Where steel and water did collide.
A place called Boulder on the wild I've got to tell you, I've been racking my brain, hoping to find a way out.
I've had enough of this continual rain.
Changes are coming, no doubt.
You're listening to Arch Bell somewhere in time on Freemere Radio Networks.
Tonight, an encore presentation of Coast to Coast AM from September 12th, 1997.
art bell
Recognize that crystal voice.
unidentified
You seem to want from me what I cannot give.
I used to love from that time.
I have a dream that I wish I could live.
It's been holding my mind.
It's been a too long time with no peace of mind.
And I'm ready for the time to get back.
I am in love with this voice, that face.
art bell
That hair.
unidentified
I'm going to take Shannon's picture down.
art bell
Put up Crystals.
I think I've made a conversion.
That's Crystal Gale.
Good morning, everybody.
I'm Art Bell and this is Coast to Coast AM.
unidentified
I'm Art Bell and this is Coast to Coast AM.
Now we take you back to the night of September 12, 1997 on Art Bell's Somewhere in Time.
art bell
All right, my guest is James von Brock, widely respected by everybody I've talked to as being the real McCoy.
He's a medium.
And we'll talk about the status of mediums with him in a moment, but I have got something I want him to hear and I want you to hear.
This just came to me.
Thank you, David, for sending it.
It's entitled Patience Near Death, See Visions of Hell by Robert Matthews, science correspondent.
It ran in the United Kingdom, UK News, and reads as follows.
Terrifying accounts of gravely ill people who claim to have been dragged to the gates of hell by demons are to be studied scientifically for the first time by a British psychologist.
The existence of so-called near-death experiences, NDEs, in which dying people report having mystical sensations before being resuscitated is now widely accepted by doctors and scientists.
Their cause, though, unknown.
They typically involve a feeling of deep peace, followed by a sensation of floating up through a tunnel toward a bright light and into a beautiful kingdom.
But it is now becoming clear that for some people, NDEs are far from blissful.
Instead of feeling of floating upwards, they report being pulled downward toward a pit inhabited by demons.
The experiences of Evelyn Hazel, a London-based art historian, as she fought for life against meningitis are typical.
Quote, I had reached a critical stage in the illness, was hovering between life and death.
I was aware of being involved in an intense and very real struggle for my life, she told The Telegraph.
Quote, a three-legged being, rather like the Isle of Man symbol, was pulling both my legs down to infinite depths.
I knew without a doubt that if I relaxed and I gave in, I'd be dead.
I believe this struggle went on for some considerable time, and I eventually managed to break away from whatever it was pulling me down.
Mrs. Hazel went on to make a full recovery, but she has never forgotten her terrifying ordeal at the very threshold of death.
A similar experience continues to haunt another named Jane, a woman who fought for life after a miscarriage.
She said, quote, it was an awful feeling, like I was going down a big hole and I couldn't get up.
I was going into this big pit.
I was going further and further down, trying to claw my way back up, and I kept slipping.
Similar accounts are now being studied by a psychologist at Coventry University who plans to use science to probe the negative nature of NDEs.
How about that, James?
james van praagh
Ooh, scary.
unidentified
Ooh.
art bell
Ooh, scary is right.
james van praagh
I've done it for 12 years, and I haven't had one of those experiences yet.
art bell
Have you heard of people who have?
unidentified
No.
james van praagh
I haven't.
But I must say, you'd like a track-like.
I'd have to know what these people's backgrounds were before they went passed over.
And also what their conditions were when they died, and what their makeup was.
art bell
All right, here's another one for you.
james van praagh
I just also mentioned that my book, Talking to Heaven.
I just want to put that in there because people are angry at me.
Yeah, October 27th it comes out.
And that's where people can contact me in the book, and they have my website and my address.
And I'm answering all these questions on suicide and AIDS and Alzheimer's and life extension machines.
And also how to become a medium, how to deal with grief, the process of grief, how one goes through the process, the various steps.
art bell
All of that in your book?
james van praagh
It's all in my book, Talking to Heaven, so I want people to know that.
art bell
Where can we begin?
james van praagh
October 27th at any major bookstore.
art bell
Okay.
Let me take you back now to life extension machines.
james van praagh
Yeah, like putting them on a machine.
unidentified
Oh, you mean life support.
james van praagh
What do you think about that?
I don't go for life support.
I believe it's a natural time to come in and go out.
I do believe that the person will pass over when they want to pass over, no matter what they're hooked on to.
But I don't think we should extend life if it's not meant to be.
Of course, you're speaking to someone who believes in life after death.
You're not speaking to someone who doesn't.
So I'm a little biased.
art bell
All right, please ask James, assuming that a soul is reincarnated, is there any particular time in which this curse, for example, upon death, is a soul immediately reincarnated, or is there a sort of waiting state?
If there is a waiting state, what do you believe determines which soul gets reincarnated to the new life?
james van praagh
Good question.
Very good question.
I do believe in reincarnation.
What happens is the average time for a soul to reincarnate is 200 to 300 earth years.
That does not mean that that soul cannot come back earlier than that.
But you have to remember also that they prepare for the next incarnation.
And as I said, things have to be in its natural progression.
For instance, they also wanted to prepare.
Let's say they want to be a doctor in the next life.
For some reason, they have to, through being a medical doctor, they might prepare and study this in between incarnations to do that.
And many times people will wait for other beings, their soul mates, to come back into the light.
And we usually will come back and group souls, families, and friends to rework the karma from the other lifetime.
art bell
I've got the September, October, somebody just sent it to me, a 1997 Backwoods Home magazine, whatever that is.
But it's got a classified area in it.
And I'm going to read you a quick classified ad.
It says, wanted someone to go back in time with me.
This is not a joke that gives a peel box in Oakview, California.
You get paid after we get back.
Bring your own weapons.
Safety not guaranteed.
I've done this only once before.
It's my way of introducing a question.
Is or do you think time travel will be possible?
james van praagh
Yes.
Yes, definitely.
It is now in so many ways.
I've done it.
Oh, my God.
You've done it?
How?
Darn it.
art bell
Right.
Exactly.
james van praagh
Well, you've probably heard of Dr. Brian Weiss, Many Lives, Many Masters.
art bell
Yes.
james van praagh
Yes.
Well, he's a good friend of mine, and we do seminars together.
And we did one recently in Ensonada, Mexico.
And it was quite profound because he regressed the group and I also went along with it.
And I don't think I'm very easy to hypnotize at all.
But I saw myself, and I knew it was me, in military uniforms, one right after the other, general, corporal, all of these uniforms flashing from one war to the other.
And all I saw the uniforms, but I knew they were mine.
And I knew it was me, and I was there.
And I knew that I was responsible for sending in troops or soldiers, whatever I call it, for killing hundreds and hundreds and hundreds and thousands of people.
I called the shot.
And I knew that that was six lifetimes that that happened.
And I knew that I came back in this incarnation to alleviate all that karma for those people and bring in love instead of war and hate.
art bell
Oh, I was about to say that's serious karma.
james van praagh
And yes, and I've come back in this lifetime to alleviate that.
And that is, I would say that's definitely time travel.
That was definitely time travel.
And I mean, it was real, so real art.
I could see the buttons on the uniforms.
That's how real it was.
art bell
Oh, that's real, all right.
james van praagh
And that to me would be time travel.
I mean, you see, there's no such thing as time.
I mean, the soul goes way back and way forward if you want to measure it that way.
art bell
So you're truly, you're not scared of death.
james van praagh
Oh, God, no.
I look forward to it.
unidentified
Oh, yeah.
james van praagh
Get out of this world, please.
Yes, I look forward to it.
I feel like I'll be going back home.
That'll be home.
I never felt like I belonged here.
It definitely feels like I enjoy life, definitely.
But it does feel like there's work here.
art bell
i don't like in school so forth so you understand that you are to remain here until Until your mission is complete.
You almost sounded for a second like you were a candidate to take yourself out early.
james van praagh
Oh, yeah, really.
Oh, I thought you were going to say an alien.
art bell
No.
unidentified
Waiting for my ship to appear and go back off.
art bell
No, somebody who might feel that he's graduated and take matters into his own hands.
james van praagh
Oh, God, no.
art bell
You're not that.
james van praagh
No, life is sacred.
I would not do that.
art bell
You're looking forward to a You're looking forward.
That's my feeling, too.
Life is very sacred.
On the other hand, I'm a libertarian, and what other people do with their lives, I wouldn't want to get in the way of it.
And I sure as hell don't think our government ought to be getting in the way.
How do you feel about that?
unidentified
Laws against laws against suicide?
art bell
Yeah.
james van praagh
Again, I believe it's up that own soul's nature.
You know, I don't think our government has a right to involve themselves in other people's lives.
I don't believe that at all.
I think everyone has their own, you know, that comes up the learning process of each soul.
They have to go through it themselves.
art bell
no one should be dictator to what how a person rules their life I don't believe that that's I think everyone's have the freedom to decide for themselves all If a husband or a wife or a family member comes to you as a medium and asks you to talk to somebody who has passed on.
james van praagh
Right, I don't ask who they want to speak to either.
I know nothing about them, nor do I know who they want to speak to.
art bell
Well, my question is this.
Are there ever things you were told by the person on the other side that you don't pass on?
james van praagh
That I censor.
And the answer to that is no.
My agreement with Spirit, when I first did this work, when I got myself involved in it, I want to tell you, I was working at Paramount Studios in a wonderful position over there, and I should have stayed there, it would have been great, but I gave up that top job to do this full time.
Now, at that time, when I made the agreement with the Spirit world, and that's much I believed in this work and the faith that I had in it, they said to me, I said, we made an agreement where if they give me the information, then I am able to give it out.
And that's how we've worked it.
Of course, I do, certain things will come through a certain way, and I say it nicely.
I won't hurt someone.
But if they give me the information, I will definitely give it out.
art bell
So you might at times not precisely translate.
james van praagh
Well, I mean, you also have to remember that they're sending me their thoughts.
So there has to be a small influence of me there.
It has to be.
I try to get it out as fast as possible because I don't want to color the transmission at all.
But, no, I would say the essence of what the message is about definitely comes through.
Definitely.
For instance, I've had people who would come through and say, you know, I'm helping talk to your mother because you need to speak with her.
I'm making a place for her here.
Now, that sounds like mom's going to pass over, but that's the way it came through.
And that was the information.
And it's up to that individual that I give the information to to decide what they're going to do.
Are they going to tell mom or aren't they?
The information comes through.
It's up to them what they're going to do with it.
art bell
Yeah, I was about to ask, are you ever told when people will pass?
james van praagh
Rarely, but occasionally.
I once had it at demonstrations.
It was wonderful.
There was a man, I guess the second row, and a lover died of AIDS.
And he came through, and he mentioned about the picture above in the living room, the picture that was painted of him after he died.
And the man sat there and said, yes, that's right, that's right.
And all these other evidential things in the living room of the house or whatever he was up to.
And it really shocked me because then the man said, I am waiting for you, and I've made a really nice place for us over here.
I'll see you in two months.
And I freaked out.
I mean, I was freaked.
And the guy put a big old smile on his face.
And by his appearance, I could not tell he was ill.
I mean, it was just very strange.
And later he came up to me and he said, yes, I have HIV.
And I said, well, I'm sorry, that's what came through.
And I didn't want to say that, but it came right out.
That's one of the times I remember when that came through.
art bell
Did he die?
james van praagh
I didn't keep up with it, so I do not know.
I do not know.
But, I mean, he took the information in a good way.
Now, you know, also, maybe the Spirit knows how that person is going to receive the information.
Maybe they realize that their friend or their family member will be okay with it, so they can say that.
art bell
Could be.
james van praagh
You know what I mean?
So there's a possibility there.
Because he seems fine with the information.
art bell
How frequently is this more of a burden than a pleasure for you?
james van praagh
Well, you know, it's very interesting because when I used to do private readings every single day, it became much more of a burden, you know, changing the frequencies here and there.
And you have to realize that once someone realizes you can contact their side, they start thinking you're the Savior and whatever you can do and performing, you know, you're the deity and all this sort of thing, which I don't like that at all.
That's not me.
People put you on a pedestal.
People make out you what you're really not.
They really expect me to be something different than I am, and I'm just this normal down-to-earth kind of guy.
art bell
Can you describe in words that we could understand what kind of state you put yourself into, how you get into that state?
james van praagh
Sure I can.
If anyone has ever meditated before or put themselves in a deep relaxation state by doing breathing exercises, concentrated breathing, anyone can do it now.
I mean, they can just close their eyes and just concentrate on their breathing and the rhythm of the breath and just keep it to a nice, low level and concentrate on one thing like love, the word love, and just see the word printed and so forth.
Well, eventually, you know, you will put yourself into an altered state very easily.
Actually, we do it every day.
When we go driving, we go to an altered state.
We hypnotize ourselves constantly throughout the day.
It is very much like that.
I become, or you know that little feeling we have right before we fall asleep?
That's very much the state.
I become very, very receptive.
It's very funny because my frequency of my body speeds up, but yet I have a sense that I'm slowing down my mind because I become open and very receptive.
And it's at that point that the Spirit is able to fill my mind, it's really soul-to-soul communication, with information.
And then it comes through.
art bell
Do you see things as we visualize things, as humans visualize things?
When you're in that state as a medium, do you see things or is it a simple direct transfer of information?
james van praagh
Such an interesting question.
And I have to answer it this way.
It's very, very interesting.
When the personality of the individual comes through, they come through with their personality exactly the way they were when they were on the earth.
They bring through their likes and their dislikes, their prejudices and their loves, their hates, everything.
Many, many times people say, oh my God, that sounds just like her.
Oh my God, he used to say that all the time.
That comes through.
At the same time, I say that because there are people on this earth now who are more visually oriented, and there are those who are more feeling.
And when they come back and communicate, many will either, some will show me things.
It will be much more visual.
So they'll give me visual evidence.
Like, they'll show me what the house looks like, or what they used to look like, or the dress they used to wear, and then I'll give that information out.
art bell
All right.
Do you see that as you see things as clearly as you see things in the physical world?
james van praagh
3D like a movie.
Just like a movie.
art bell
Wow.
james van praagh
Exactly.
But it's very fast.
It's very, very quick.
It's very rapid fire, rapid fire, rapid fire.
And I have to tell them very, very often to slow down.
Slow down.
I have not processed it yet because they're going too quick.
Their frequency is way too fast.
See, they have to slow themselves down to a level that I'm able to receive it.
They mentally do it.
Because the spirit world is all thought.
It's all done with thought.
So when they come down to this earth level, they slow themselves down to my level and they start transmitting these thoughts to me.
What the decision is.
art bell
If we were to receive word from one of these research projects, like the one you talked about, that actually there's been a path of communication electronically established with the other side, and the world were to suddenly, collectively, realize there absolutely is another side.
james van praagh
And you'd see the government run and scramble to license it and take over and monopolize it.
You watch.
You know what I'm saying?
Regulate, regulate, regulate.
art bell
Probably AT ⁇ T. Probably.
No doubt.
Reach way out.
james van praagh
No doubt.
art bell
My real question was, how do you think that would change society?
james van praagh
Oh, I think it would be a major change in society.
The way we live, our lives would be totally different.
I would hope, I certainly would hope, that what people believe is important would completely change.
Really, what they take on is, you know, many people believe that success is just made of as much money you can create.
I think that would totally change.
The priorities would change, I believe.
I do believe that, and I believe there'd be more love in this world.
art bell
Cast aside a lot of material interests.
james van praagh
You bet.
You bet.
And, you know, material things we're here to learn through material things.
They're not bad things.
Those are good things.
It's just that when they become your creator, those material things, they run your life.
And it's not the right thing.
art bell
But you said prejudices are carried.
In other words, Archie Bunker dies, Archie Bunker is still Archie Bunker up in heaven, assuming he makes the ride.
james van praagh
I say that because when they come back down, when they communicate with me, many times they will bring back the earthly memories that they had and the earthly personality.
I will say that I'm not sure they might drop that after a while.
They've been there for a while.
They do evolve there.
And those little petty things will fall to the wayside.
Once they forgive themselves, they see themselves as a total being and what they're really made up of, then that earthly, last life, earthly personality would drop by this wayside.
art bell
Fascinating.
All right, look, we're at the top of the hour.
Do you want to stick around and take calls?
unidentified
Sure.
art bell
All right.
Consider it done.
My guest is James von Frag.
And he wrote a book called Talking to Heaven.
If you want to talk to him, it's coming up next.
unidentified
You're listening to R12 somewhere in time.
Tonight, featuring a replay of Coast to Coast AM from September 12th, 1997.
He was in a bag, but he was way behind.
He was willing to make a deal.
But he came across this young man song on the fiddle and playing it hot.
And the devil jumped up on the hipster thumbs and boy, let me tell you what.
I guess you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
Now you play pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the devil his view.
I've been a fiddle of gold against your soul to think I'm better than you.
The boy said, my name's Johnny, and it might be a sin, but I'll take a sin Premier
Radio Networks presents Art Bells Somewhere in Time.
Tonight's program originally aired September 12, 1997.
art bell
My guest is internationally known and respected.
He is James von Frag.
It is a very unusual opportunity for you to speak with him.
One has to wonder whether a seance could actually be conducted on the radio.
I'll let James think about that.
I'm not really sure myself.
It would be something, though, wouldn't it?
Contact with the dead?
This is one man, I am told, by nearly everybody I'm in contact with, including Danion, who is a real McCoy.
So buckle in.
This could be very interesting.
unidentified
Shhhhhh!
*Gunshot*
Now we take you back to the night of September 12, 1997 on Art Bell's Somewhere in Time.
art bell
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all right back now to james on progames uh...
james van praagh
is it possible Hold on.
No, no, no, no, no, don't do that.
I have an edge about that.
art bell
is it possible to do what you do uh...
on a medium like this on radio can you can you actually You have?
You're not on your portable phone again, are you?
james van praagh
I'm not on my portable phone, no.
art bell
Oh, because it's got kind of an echo to it.
james van praagh
Okay, let me move my chair here.
art bell
Okay.
james van praagh
How's that?
art bell
Better.
unidentified
Okay.
art bell
Mucho better.
james van praagh
Mucho better.
art bell
Are you ready for the public?
james van praagh
Sure.
art bell
A lot of people out there.
james van praagh
Yeah, and we'll see what happens.
I can always, you know, something like this with someone in many conditions.
Just because you want someone to contact someone doesn't always mean they're available to speak.
That very much has to be considered.
art bell
There's a, somebody sent this to me, Psychic News.
Have you ever heard of that?
unidentified
Oh, yes.
james van praagh
I've been interviewed in Psychic News many times.
All right.
art bell
It's the spiritualist newspaper with 100,000 readers.
And I'm looking at a headline here.
It says, Vatican stands by spirit communication.
unidentified
Pope Hier's Taped Dead Talks.
art bell
Electronic Voice Phenomena Now Accepted Without Reserve by the Vatican.
james van praagh
Interesting.
I've seen that one.
That's very interesting.
We're going to see more of it.
art bell
You really think so?
james van praagh
Oh, yeah, definitely.
art bell
More and more.
All right.
Well, this was way back September 27, 1975.
james van praagh
Yeah, we'll see more of it.
art bell
All right, here comes the audience.
Let's see what we get.
First time caller line, you're on the air with James von Prague.
unidentified
Hi.
Hello.
art bell
Hello.
unidentified
Hi.
Hi.
art bell
Where are you?
unidentified
I'm in Arlington, Texas.
art bell
All right.
james van praagh
Arlington, Texas.
unidentified
Okay, this is Virgo with Aquarius Ascendant, James.
james van praagh
Oh, good.
unidentified
I was just wondering.
Is your son in the eighth house?
james van praagh
Pardon me?
unidentified
Is your son in the eighth house?
james van praagh
My son is in the eighth house.
unidentified
So is mine.
james van praagh
I have a loaded eighth and a loaded twelfth.
unidentified
Yeah.
Both eighth houses.
Well, I do work with birth.
I guess that would be an eighth house subject.
Anyway, what my question was, is I do a lot of breedment work with parents grieving over the loss of their babies.
Do you ever work with the souls who at the last minute decide not to be born?
And if so, what have they communicated to you?
james van praagh
As you were talking, like miscarriages and things like this?
unidentified
Yes, and full-term births who suddenly perish before they're born.
james van praagh
I haven't, no, I haven't had that, although I have had guides that have come through and other relatives of people have come through and said that that soul needed to go through that experience and that person who was carrying that being, that baby, had to go through the experience as well.
That it was a shared agreement between them.
And, you know, you have to remember, not every soul is supposed to have experiences of 70, 80, 90 years.
Some only need 10 years, 20 years.
Some only need to go through that birth experience.
You know what I'm saying?
So we can't measure things just by our 70 or 80, 90 years of longevity.
unidentified
I suppose.
art bell
All right.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Quick question that I want to throw in here.
What you do as a medium, you're well respected by everybody I've talked to, but there are a lot of people who claim to be mediums who are frauds.
You betcha.
james van praagh
Loaded with them, Miss Field.
Loaded with them.
art bell
Yep, that's what I was going to say.
james van praagh
I'm always having to prove myself.
Yep, I agree.
And I am one that goes out, just like Houdini, who I love, goes out and I try to prove the frauds.
I teach class, and I insist at the end of my classes that the individual, they put a blindfold on and they start doing their demonstration.
If they can't do it, then they're not in the class.
That's it.
art bell
Wow.
All right.
Wildcard line, you're on the air with James von Frag.
Where are you, please?
Hello.
unidentified
Hello.
art bell
Yes, hello.
unidentified
Hi, my name's Kat.
james van praagh
I'm calling from Lawrence Harbor, New Jersey.
art bell
All right.
unidentified
And I'm really shocked I got through.
I've been trying to contact James.
art bell
Well, you can do it.
james van praagh
Well, if you died, it probably would have been easier to contact me.
I know, I think so.
unidentified
I never thought my wildest dreams would get through.
I'm so happy.
james van praagh
How are you?
unidentified
Fine.
james van praagh
Is anybody around that you can tell me?
Well, the way I, you know, now you have to remember how this thing works is the individual, yourself, you think about someone and you send out the thought to that loved one.
And the thought, they receive the thought that you want to contact them and they try their best to come down and be with you.
And then if they send a message to me, that's how I do it.
So that's how I work.
So if you have someone in mind that you've been thinking about, then you just let me know who that is and we start from there.
Do you understand that?
unidentified
Yeah.
Okay.
james van praagh
So my question is to you, do you have someone in particular you want to contact?
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
And can you tell me who that is?
My mother.
Okay.
Is your father over there too?
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
Because I'm getting your dad much stronger than your mother.
So hold on a second.
Your name is Pat?
Uh-huh.
unidentified
Okay.
james van praagh
Was your father over there before your mother was?
No, my mother was here first.
Okay.
Who had trouble with legs or something to do with the wrong with the legs?
I'll make this easy for you.
Was there someone who had trouble walking, please, or trouble with one of their legs?
Not really.
unidentified
I know I had a grandmother.
james van praagh
No, no, no, no.
I wanted to go there.
I want to stay with your parents because I'm getting this story strong.
Was there someone who was in a hospital bed they couldn't walk or had trouble walking before they passed?
Did your mother have trouble with walking before she passed over?
unidentified
No.
james van praagh
Okay, was she in the hospital?
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
Okay, was she in there for a period of time in the bed that she didn't walk around or something?
unidentified
No, it was fast the way she went.
james van praagh
It was fast.
I'm getting someone with trouble with legs.
Is there somebody, do you have trouble with legs or have you had any trouble with a leg?
unidentified
No.
james van praagh
Okay, I don't know what that means.
What's your mother's first name?
unidentified
Mary.
james van praagh
And what's your dad?
unidentified
Michael.
james van praagh
Okay.
Now, I've got to tell you, I get your dad much closer to you right now than your mom.
unidentified
Uh-huh.
james van praagh
Which is very interesting.
And isn't there someone else with the name Michael, another person with that name?
unidentified
Yeah, I have a brother, but he's not deceased.
james van praagh
That doesn't matter.
I'm just asking if there's someone else with that name.
unidentified
Uh-huh.
james van praagh
Because I've been being told there's someone else named after him, like a junior.
And is there also someone with the name of Joseph, please?
unidentified
But not on my side of the family.
james van praagh
Okay, that's fine.
Is there someone in the spirit world named Joe?
Or Joey?
Or Joe?
And your dad comes in with someone with the name of Joe.
I don't know what that means.
And I'm also being told about something.
You know, I don't think your parents believed in this at all.
I think your dad is the type of person who's very black and white.
You know, if he didn't like you, he tells you right to your face, too.
He doesn't think the whole thing's in.
He just tells you as it is.
Was there a sale of a house around you or someone in the family?
Me.
Because your dad's helping you to sell the house.
Whatever that means.
unidentified
I thought I had help from the other side.
james van praagh
You thought you did.
Well, you know, they will often do that.
Often they will do that.
And you're like, how the hell did that happen?
Because that went through so easily.
But your dad is telling me about the sale of the house that he helped you with, but there's also something about water he's talking to me about.
And now, I don't know what this means if you, again, you have to remember, I have to interpret his thoughts.
Something about going to the water or looking in the water or being by the water.
I don't know if it was when you were younger, if he would bring you to the water.
unidentified
Yes, he did.
james van praagh
Okay, because he keeps on saying when she was young, when she was young, when she was young.
And it's a strong memory he has with you and the kids about going to the water.
All right?
Like an outing of some sort.
He's with a grandmother of yours, who's telling me, which must be his mother.
And there's also someone there, a lady, I don't know who she is, it could be the grandma, whose mind was not her own, she says, before she passed over.
She was out of it.
It feels like she was in a coma or she was just out of it.
Do you understand?
She was blanked.
She was out of it.
You might not be aware of this.
Do you know how your grandma had a coma or she was unconscious for a bit?
No.
Or there was a stroke?
unidentified
Yeah, well, she had a heart attack and died.
james van praagh
Yeah, who had a stroke or a problem with the brain?
Because what I tell you, well, getting here is this woman, the sense I get is that she was totally unconscious, very unconscious, and she wasn't in control of things.
unidentified
In her mind.
art bell
All right, there you are.
I don't know if I'd like this, James, to be able to know all you just said.
Just based on talking to somebody.
I don't know if I'd like that.
james van praagh
Like.
art bell
Like, I don't know if I'd like that.
I don't know if I would want to be in that what you just did to literally be in V. Oh, in my phase, but I'm picking these things up.
I understand, but I'm literally EV TVs.
james van praagh
Oh, good EV TV.
Oh.
It's weird, Art.
That's something pretty weird.
But, you know, the thing which gets me is I get this information, and the person doesn't understand some of what I'm saying, and I know what I'm hearing, so it's like some of the interpretation is messed up.
Now, many times it happens, they go home and they ask someone, and they'll think about it later, oh, my God.
It's like psychic amnesia.
unidentified
Sure.
james van praagh
And that happens quite often.
art bell
All right, East of the Rockies.
You're on the air with James Von Fraugh.
Good morning.
Where are you, please?
unidentified
Hello.
art bell
Hello.
unidentified
This is Sherry.
art bell
And where are you, Sherry?
unidentified
I'm calling from Michigan.
art bell
All right.
unidentified
And my dad was Jack, and my girlfriend's father was Roman.
They did not know each other.
My girlfriend, her name is Fran.
Her brother's name is Frank.
And the two of us, I mean, the three of us all met after I met their father, Roman, who I love dearly.
He died two years ago, and my father, Jack, died three years ago.
I would like to know if our fathers met, and I'd like to know if they have any messages for us and how my father feels about me now that he died.
And I'd like to know if my father and Roman are friends.
james van praagh
Okay.
unidentified
If that's possible.
If you get anything.
james van praagh
Something simple and casey like that.
unidentified
Pardon me?
james van praagh
Something simple like that.
unidentified
Well, I'm sorry.
I just been wanting to know.
In fact, if you could come to Detroit, Michigan, Phenomeno's would probably have you be interviewed, and we could do so many great things.
I don't know if you know of Phenomenus, but I've been wanting to meet you for so long.
james van praagh
Oh, thank you very much.
Let me just tell you what I do when I tune into you.
I tune into your vibration, then I tune into the spirit that's around you, if they are indeed around you.
If I do not get a hit from someone, then I have to tell you, sorry, I don't get anything.
I will tell you right now that this Roman person, I don't get him around you.
I'm sorry, I don't get him around you.
unidentified
How about Jack?
james van praagh
I do get the sense of the person with this, your father, the father vibration around you.
But I will tell you also what I pick up.
I pick up that he is with a lot of people.
I have a big family here around you in spirit.
Your father is with a lot of people.
I don't know if he had several brothers or there were some men in the family.
Are you aware of that yet?
Yeah.
unidentified
Well, he had three brothers.
One of them is alive.
james van praagh
Okay.
But there are many men in the family.
unidentified
Four brothers, I'm sorry.
james van praagh
Okay.
And I feel like maybe his father had brothers.
It seems like a lot of men in that side of the family.
unidentified
Right.
james van praagh
And I'm serious.
This is what I'm getting here.
Because he comes to you with a lot of male energy around him from family members.
Hold on, because somebody's talking very, very fast.
This man is a lovely man.
Your father is a lovely man.
And his vibration is a sweet vibration.
You understand?
He's a sweet soul.
Now, when I ask you yes or no, I only do that to get validation from what I'm hearing.
That's why I ask questions.
Okay.
What I pick up with this man, he's a very lovely man.
He said to me he was ready to go.
He said I was ready to go.
And he said he was tired.
He said he was tired.
unidentified
Why?
james van praagh
Well, hold on.
Let me just keep on going with him.
Thank you.
He said he was tired.
He also is showing me his hands and his hands look very rough.
They look rough, like he works a lot with his hands and like doing things.
He also is going on about how he lived his life for other people more than he should have.
Do you understand that?
unidentified
Yeah.
james van praagh
Because he gives out more to others than himself.
And he's learning now.
He has to give more to himself.
He worried about your mother a lot, you know.
He worried about your mom.
And he also worried about doing things the right way for your mother.
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
You understand?
Yes.
There were prayers said for this man after he passed over, and he was very, very happy about the prayers.
Okay?
Would he have been of Christian faith, like Catholic or something?
unidentified
No, Jewish.
james van praagh
Jewish.
Was there some kind of a religious something gold, like a religious emblem?
I know it was like a Jewish star or a high or something like this?
unidentified
I'm not sure if it really is.
james van praagh
Who has his Jewish star or the Jewish emblem?
unidentified
Pardon me?
james van praagh
Does someone have this metal thing?
unidentified
There was like a ceremony done on a wall, like a plaque, I think it was a gold plaque on a wall with his name in a synagogue.
james van praagh
Okay.
But I'm talking about the actual symbol of the Hebrew symbol or the religious symbol.
That's what I'm being shown.
Doesn't he have a son?
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
Would you please ask the son if he has like a Jewish star or a high or something like this?
Because your dad is talking about that.
unidentified
Okay.
james van praagh
I don't know what the heck that means, but please ask him.
And see if the chain broke, because the chain has been broken, he's telling me.
There's also a watch that your brother has of your father's.
unidentified
Pardon me?
james van praagh
He also has a watch of his, he's telling me.
unidentified
Okay.
james van praagh
Would you please, do you know that?
unidentified
Yes, I think so.
So regarding the chain being broken, do you mean a literal chain or do you mean a chain of love?
james van praagh
Because I'm talking about a literal chain.
unidentified
Pardon me?
james van praagh
And a real chain.
unidentified
Okay.
Real chain.
My brother has disowned our family, so I didn't know if you meant that.
james van praagh
No, no, no.
unidentified
Okay.
james van praagh
Now, when you said that to me, I send back a mental thought to him and say, you know, please come back with exactly what you're saying to me.
Was he in, also, was he in the military, this man, Jack?
unidentified
No.
james van praagh
When he was younger at all?
unidentified
No, my military person.
His twin brother died in the war.
james van praagh
He died in the war.
Because he's with the person, I see a military uniform here with him.
unidentified
His twin brother, Jack.
james van praagh
Okay, well, he's met him.
He's met him.
unidentified
Wow.
james van praagh
Okay.
And I don't know who Mo is.
M-O, something, Mo.
I don't know what the name, Morris or something like this.
And Rose?
unidentified
Rose is my mother.
james van praagh
Okay.
He talks about Rose.
And ask Rose if she knows someone named Morris or Maureen or something like this name because I'm getting very strong.
There's a lady over there that knows her.
And he did work very hard.
He also talks about leaving a car or having a car or something.
Oh, okay, he's in car trouble.
I don't know what this means.
unidentified
It might have been me.
james van praagh
Someone has had car trouble, he said.
art bell
All right, you two.
We've got to break it off there.
Well, you're doing it, James.
You really are giving me the heebie-jeebies.
james van praagh
We like that, Art.
art bell
I don't know.
I'll think about that.
It's...
But then again, that's what I do here, I guess.
All right, James von Prague is my guest.
And I think we're talking to the other side.
This is Coast to Coast AM.
unidentified
You're listening to Art Bell somewhere in Time.
Tonight featuring a replay of Coast to Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Coast AM from September
12, 1997.
Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
featuring a replay of Coast to Coast AM.
from September 12th, 1997.
art bell
James von Frag is my guest.
This is strange stuff.
unidentified
very strange you Now we take you back to the night of September 12, 1997, on Art Bell's Somewhere in Time.
Music Back now to James on Prompt.
art bell
James, it is a little unnerving to listen to.
I've talked a great deal with people like yourself about the nature of the other side, but I don't think that I've ever sat and listened to somebody nearly go into instant communication with the other side.
That's kind of unnerving.
james van praagh
I've had many years of experience.
art bell
I guess.
Somebody writes, please ask more about the structure of the other side, such as you were talking about astral, the astral plane houses other physical things.
What levels follow that?
What is the highest level?
That's from somebody named Vera.
james van praagh
Well, the first level that I would mention is the astral plane, which is an exact replica of the physical world, but only better.
For instance, there's no pollution, there's no garbage, no dirt, nothing like that.
Only the finest things of this world.
They replicate that.
Beyond that, I believe, are finer vibrations.
I don't know.
It's hard to explain that we would understand, I believe.
art bell
More spiritual in nature.
Yeah.
The higher the plane, the more purely spiritual.
james van praagh
Purely spiritual, purely love.
art bell
Is it as easy for you to contact somebody on a higher plane as it is a lower plane?
james van praagh
No, it's harder because they're on such a high frequency, very, very high frequency.
So it would be much easier for me to contact someone who's closer to the earth level.
So, for instance, then if someone just passed over two months or three months ago, much easier for me because, number one, the memory is still so real to them and the conditions are still very close.
Also, I should add that in the readings that I do, I'm really a slave to the spirit.
If they were not very emotional, they won't be very emotional when they come through.
If they didn't think in terms of detail, they won't do it this time.
I find the best results come with people who are the person who wants to hear from someone who is emotionally attached to that other person.
Like a mother who loves a son or a husband.
You know, it works much, much better.
art bell
All right.
First time call our line.
You're on there with James Von Clogg.
unidentified
Hi.
james van praagh
Hi, Art.
Thanks for taking my call.
unidentified
Sure.
Where are you?
Bellingham, Washington.
All right.
Well, two years ago, this is a pretty big emotional connection.
My father was killed in a car accident.
james van praagh
He was on his way.
unidentified
You know what?
james van praagh
Don't tell me details like that, because that's what I'd like to bring in for you if you want to contact him.
But thank you to tell me he died that way, but otherwise, just definitely need to say, and then I would like to, you know, see if he can come up with anything.
You know what I'm saying?
unidentified
Yeah.
james van praagh
And is that if you want to contact them?
Definitely.
Okay.
And can you just give me his first name?
Craig.
Craig.
And what is your first name?
Darcy.
unidentified
Darcy.
Okay.
james van praagh
Your mother's still alive, isn't she?
Yes.
Because there's been trouble around your mom.
Do you understand about that?
Oh, yeah.
Because your dad is telling me he's very close.
He's right with you.
This man is right with you.
It's very funny.
He's also telling me about animals.
I don't know if he had a dog, and the dog's in spirit now.
Yeah.
But he's talking about the dog.
It's almost like a family dog, and he has it now.
Do you understand that?
Yeah.
Okay?
More of a dark-colored dog.
Your dad is a very good sense of humor.
He has a good sense of humor.
And he said that's what got him through everything.
Do you understand?
Yeah.
He liked to laugh, your father.
Yeah.
You understand that?
Oh, yeah.
Do you have a sister?
Yeah.
And she's married?
No.
Is there a wedding coming up?
No.
Okay.
Do you know anything about a wedding or him being at a wedding?
Was there another daughter who had a wedding?
Tell me about a wedding.
I don't know what this means.
I don't know if you heard about someone getting married recently, a friend of yours or something?
Someone about a wedding.
No, he said he's been to a wedding.
Or he was at the wedding.
What is that meaning?
All right?
He also seems to be a very compassionate person.
He seems to help people and really help people that are desperate and out of sorts.
Okay.
You understand?
unidentified
And someone owed someone money.
james van praagh
Does that make sense?
Owing money, there was money left after he died.
Someone was troubled about money.
Yeah.
It was an upset about money he's talking to me about.
Yeah.
And was there a fight over money or a disagreement over money?
And where it should go?
It wasn't so much a fight as there was sort of confusion.
And where it should go to or where it belongs?
unidentified
Yeah.
james van praagh
Do you understand that?
Yeah.
He dies very quickly, your dad.
Yeah.
He said to me, I died quickly.
Was this dark?
I mean, at nighttime?
unidentified
It wasn't.
james van praagh
It was in the daytime.
It was in the day.
Clear, beautiful day.
I got to tell you, I just see black, so it could be right when he passes out of the body and there's a darkness real fast.
unidentified
They don't know why it happened.
james van praagh
I'm sorry?
They don't know why it happened.
unidentified
There was that, you know, he was a beautiful, sunny day.
james van praagh
Right.
Do you know about his heart?
unidentified
Well, they did an autopsy.
That was something I was suspicious of, but they didn't find anything, but I'm still suspicious of it.
james van praagh
Your dad's telling me his heart, so that's what I'm being told.
unidentified
Can I ask you a question?
james van praagh
Yeah, just let me ask you one more thing.
Were there mountains anywhere close by?
Big time.
Because he shows me.
He's got a scene.
I've got to tell you what he's showing me.
He shows me a scene, and it's with mountains, and it's with beautiful evergreens.
I know you have it in that part of the country, but this is what he's showing me.
And I see it, and I see a curved road.
I see a curved road.
It was on the car.
I also see that the car could have gone off the road.
unidentified
Definitely.
james van praagh
Do you understand?
Like off the side of the road.
And also, he's showing me that it goes down, down a bit.
Do you understand that?
There's also a truck, a pickup truck, or some kind of a truck.
unidentified
He crashed into a semi.
james van praagh
Okay, because he talks about the truck.
That's what he's saying.
The truck, the truck.
They know what that means.
Yeah, that's wild.
unidentified
The question I have is he was on his way to be at the birth of my son.
And four days later, my son was born.
james van praagh
He's aware of him.
Yes, sir.
Hold on.
Hold on.
He talks very fast, your father.
Very quick man.
He also, I don't know if someone does crossword puzzles.
Yeah.
Do you understand?
He's sitting at a table with crossword puzzles.
Okay, because he keeps on showing me crossword puzzles.
Because he said he likes to choose his words correctly.
And that's how he's putting it.
Okay?
He is still around you very much and the boy.
And I don't, right.
He's telling me something about naming your son after him or was there a middle name or something?
Or was there a thought about naming him?
unidentified
There was certainly the thought.
james van praagh
Okay.
unidentified
That didn't happen.
james van praagh
But there was a thought about naming him and the middle name or something he's telling me.
And do you, who has two houses or building another house, or talk about changing a house?
Did you want to build your own house or was there someone built their own house?
Who has the wooden house?
Pardon me?
I don't know that.
Well, keep it pleased because I don't know if he built that wooden house.
He'll show me his wooden house.
Okay.
unidentified
Okay.
The question was always the connection between my son and him.
And, you know, there was, well, you know, now my dad is actually my son.
james van praagh
But I went into that.
unidentified
Well, now my son just has a special spirit guide.
james van praagh
You know, that kind of.
Your dad's there a lot with him.
unidentified
A lot.
james van praagh
A lot.
And how old is you son?
Like, around two or something?
Two, yeah.
Because he's talking to two.
And I'm going to tell you something which sounds really funny.
Your dad's talking to me about, see, now the emotion comes in, so I get very emotional.
When he goes to the emotional level, I do get very emotional.
He's talking to me about some kind of a stuffed animal that was recently given to your son.
Okay?
Somebody bought a stuffed animal or he received a stuffed animal.
I don't know if it was a little horsey or what it was, but he said it was from him.
Do you recognize that, the stuffed animal recently?
unidentified
There's so many around, but it's a possibility.
james van praagh
Check, ask your wife about the stuffed animal.
And see if there's one like a little horse or a pony, a little thing like that.
Okay.
unidentified
Thanks a lot, Jamie.
james van praagh
Very welcome.
art bell
Thank you.
You bet.
Very weird.
Wildcard line, you're on there with James von Prague.
Hello.
unidentified
Hi, Art.
Hi, James.
Hello there.
My name is Carol.
I'm from Mesa, Arizona.
james van praagh
Hi, Carol.
unidentified
Hi.
I have been having dreams about my deceased grandmother, grandfather, mother.
james van praagh
Is that your mother's side of the family?
unidentified
No.
james van praagh
Your father's side.
unidentified
Right.
But all four of them together.
And I'm wondering if they're trying to tell me something.
So is there anything about a smoke detector?
james van praagh
Okay, hold on one second.
Let me just say that the easiest way for a spirit to communicate with someone is through the dream state.
And that is because you're on an alpha level.
You're on a higher level of vibration.
And it's almost like you can meet them halfway.
We do leave our bodies at night.
We go to sleep.
And we can travel around the astral.
And the spirit body is connected to the physical body by what's called the silver cord, which is also referred to in the Bible, of course.
And with the time of death, what happens is that severs, and the spirit is released, and the consciousness is aware.
They are showing you that they're all together, number one.
That's what that means, that they're all together.
They can also affect things electronically.
First through dream state, secondly, electronically.
Radio, smoke machines, telephone, televisions, happens all the time.
I get a sense that they want to know that you're protected, very protected, because lately you felt like you've been very alone by yourself.
You understand that?
unidentified
Yeah.
james van praagh
And this grandmother figure is a strong lady.
Strong energy she has.
unidentified
Oh, yeah.
james van praagh
And she always has had that.
She whips things into shape.
unidentified
Literally.
james van praagh
Okay.
And she wants you to know she's there, and she wants to make no mistake about it.
There's also someone she's with who used to make furniture.
They used to make furniture.
Make wooden furniture or something to do with furniture.
unidentified
Oh, yeah.
You understand that?
My granddad.
james van praagh
Okay.
There you go, because that's what she's with.
unidentified
Oh, I got chills.
Oh, well, thank you very much.
james van praagh
Thank you very welcome, Carol.
unidentified
Art?
art bell
Yeah.
unidentified
Wild show last night.
art bell
I know.
Thank you.
And I've got chills, too, just listening to all this.
I'm sitting here listening very critically, and it's disconcerting, James.
I'm sure you get that reaction, don't you, from a lot of people?
Not necessarily the people you're talking to like these people, but people who are listening to this dispassionately.
It's disconcerting.
james van praagh
You know, what happens is people who are not aware of this, they're not exposed to this.
It's a new, it's opening up a new door.
It's an experience that you're having, which maybe you have never had before.
art bell
That's correct.
james van praagh
And you're coming from an intellectual point of view, and maybe it is a very heavy emotional point of view.
You know, the very heavy emotions are set here.
And you're looking at something totally different.
art bell
You know, I'm going to be absolutely honest with you.
I sit here wavering between thinking, you know, here is James telling somebody something that he could just be pulling out of the air and telling them and testing for a reaction and sort of pursuing what seems like the more likely path.
But I'm hearing you say things that seem to go beyond that in knowledge.
And that's what's giving me the heebie-geebies.
james van praagh
Well, you see, the specialty that I have is that I give evidential details.
You know, come on, who makes furniture?
Not every grandfather made furniture.
And it gets better than that.
These readings have been just okay for me.
Usually they're pretty much more.
But, you know, radio again you're open to a lot of conditions.
art bell
Of course.
james van praagh
But it's pretty amazing in a demonstration with age of 400 people.
Majority of those people have never been to anything like this and they don't believe in it.
And I welcome skeptics.
I'd love to have skeptics because I believe everyone should be skeptical as long as they have an open mind.
art bell
What about the somewhat less than fully amazing James Randy?
Why don't you go collect his million dollars?
james van praagh
I don't need to because number one, he has no experience with this whatsoever, with what I do.
I don't think he fully understands the work that I do, James Randy.
I don't think he understands it at all.
art bell
Well, I don't think he understands the kind of work anybody like.
james van praagh
And I don't think I should lower myself to that standard.
You know what?
I don't have to prove myself to anyone.
I'm not here to prove myself to anyone.
If anyone in the audience doesn't want to believe me, they're prorogative.
They don't have to.
I don't force it down anyone's throat.
I've never have.
I've never had to advertise.
I've never done that.
I don't care.
art bell
No, I understand.
I mean, you must be your book two years out.
Obviously, you've proven yourself to a lot of people.
East of the Rockies, you're on the air with James von Prague.
Hi.
unidentified
Hello, Art.
art bell
Hello.
unidentified
Hello, this is Fred from Toledo.
art bell
Hi, Fred.
unidentified
Finally got through to you.
art bell
So it seems.
unidentified
I do have one question for James.
I had an uncle pass away.
I was stationed in Michigan.
james van praagh
He died a long time ago, didn't he?
unidentified
Yes, he did.
james van praagh
Because I have a son, this man has been a long time in the spirit world, and that he's, I'm going to give an expression to you that his feet no longer touch the earth.
Because this man is very happy to be on the other side.
unidentified
Yeah, but unfortunately, I carried the burden that I didn't really get a chance to get home and at least say goodbye.
I really wanted to, but as Art knows, in the military, you've got to do what they say or else.
james van praagh
You know what, Fred, let me just say one thing to you.
Thoughts are real things, otherwise I could not do this.
It's energy, and energy travels through the ethers.
Obviously, because you're hearing Art Show, and how does that do hear that?
Well, it's transmitted to the air, and you have a receiver.
It's the same exact thing.
I'm receiving at a higher frequency.
But what I'm trying to get to the point is that thoughts are real.
So your uncle will receive your thoughts and prayers.
So he knows how you feel.
You do not need a medium, per se, to go and answer it.
You can go to him and talk to him yourself, and he will receive it.
You might not be able to hear him like a medium might be able to, but you'll definitely be able to hear your thoughts.
unidentified
Great.
Okay.
james van praagh
Who's Jim?
unidentified
Jim?
james van praagh
Yeah.
unidentified
I got a grandpa named Jim, but he's still alive.
james van praagh
Are you around him at all?
unidentified
No.
Last time I saw him was about six years ago.
james van praagh
Is your wife over there?
unidentified
Huh?
james van praagh
Are you your grandma over there?
unidentified
No, I don't have any family over here.
My grandmother died.
james van praagh
No, I'm saying grandma in spirit.
art bell
She means over there.
james van praagh
Oh, okay.
Yes.
My grandmother passed away when I was about She was related to a gym?
unidentified
Yes, that was her husband, okay.
He's around.
Yeah, he's still alive.
art bell
All right.
Thank you very much, caller.
Boy, direct hit.
Welcome to the Rockies.
You're on there with James von Prague.
Hello.
unidentified
Good morning, Art.
Good morning.
Good morning, James.
Good morning.
I was very fascinated when you mentioned this thing of people returning very quickly before they had a chance to set up those vibrations or energies which would be more suitable for the lessons or the experiences they need in the next lifetime.
As I feel in some ways that resonates with my experience, especially when I was younger.
And I was wondering, you know, taking into consideration that people have different experiences that they need to go through in life, and if you're making an effort to get back on track, you know, do you have any specific advice or is there some sort of procedure to help that along if you feel like the timing was just way off?
james van praagh
You know, I do believe that there are those souls that come back much before their time.
And I think if you are here and that's happened to you, because, you know, it's so interesting we get over there and we're so ashamed sometimes of what we did, we want to make the wrong, you know, we want to make our wrongs right.
And we just rush right in there without thinking sometimes.
If it's seeming to be impatient, the more you know yourself, the better you'll be.
I would strongly suggest, you know, getting more into inner knowledge of yourself, knowing how you tick, and really getting in tune to what you have to do in this life.
What is your mission?
What can you do to accomplish certain things?
Because, you know, you don't have to waste your life here.
It's not a waste.
You can accomplish many things.
So I would say learning to know yourself better, whether through meditation or prayer or however you can do that.
That's what I would suggest.
unidentified
Thank you very much.
art bell
All right, thank you.
First time caller line, you're on the air with James on Prague.
Good morning.
james van praagh
Hi.
art bell
Hello there.
unidentified
This is Laura from Newport Blue.
art bell
Laura, pick up your telephone.
unidentified
Huh?
art bell
Turn your radio off and pick up your phone, Laura.
Okay.
Two basic requirements.
unidentified
Okay, here I am.
art bell
Turn on.
unidentified
Okay, here I am.
art bell
Okay, that's better.
Where are you, Laura?
unidentified
Where am I?
Hello.
art bell
Where are you, Laura?
unidentified
Oh, I'm in Newport Beach, California.
Okay.
art bell
You're on the air.
unidentified
Hi, there.
james van praagh
Hi, there.
unidentified
I wanted to ask you about my mom.
She passed on in November of 96, and her name is Pearl.
Okay.
Anything else you'd like to talk about Sadie?
No.
james van praagh
No?
People had a chest problem.
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
Was there a chest problem or a heart problem or chest to do with her?
Because when she comes in her death condition, the first thing they sometimes come up with is a death condition because that's the last member they have, the urine.
And did this lady take pills also before she passed?
Like medicine, you understand?
Because she's telling me that she had to take pills or something, like medicine.
Make sense to you?
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
Okay.
Was there trouble with her heart?
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
And yeah, she's a, your mom, then take this the right way.
She's a very aggressive or a pushy type of person when she comes in.
And I say that only because this is what I'm picking up with her.
She wants to talk very strongly.
She wants to talk.
She wants to talk.
There was some kind of surgery going to be done or procedure, she's telling me, about her heart.
Do you know about that?
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
Okay?
And I don't know if there were two procedures talked about.
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
You understand?
This is what she's mentioning to me.
And one of them didn't go on, she's telling me.
And your mom is very sad in some ways because your mom is going on about, now she's getting very emotional.
She's telling me that she didn't know how to love herself.
Do you understand?
unidentified
Yeah.
james van praagh
She knew how to love herself, and she didn't treat herself good.
It was almost like self-hate, you know?
She wasn't happy with herself.
unidentified
What about dad?
james van praagh
Well, hold on, because I want to finish my mother because she's pushing in here.
She's telling me about the weight problem.
That there's a weight problem.
No, there's a physical weight problem with, you know, pounds or diet or something.
Do you know about this?
Is there a weight, have you been thinking about going on a diet or has there been a weight problem with you?
unidentified
Yeah.
james van praagh
You understand?
Yeah.
Because your mother is telling me that there's been some concern lately with you about the weight.
And there's been, I don't know, somebody made a comment to you about it or some talk about going to see a doctor about it or even that you wanted to do something about that.
Does that make sense?
unidentified
Yes.
art bell
James, we're at the top of the hour.
james van praagh
Okay.
art bell
What about murder?
That's no question to ask when we're going to a break.
James, are you able to hold?
james van praagh
Yes, I will be for a little bit.
art bell
All right, a little bit more.
Ma'am, are you able to hold?
unidentified
Yes.
art bell
All right, well then we'll bring you back after the break.
Stand by, please.
unidentified
Okay.
art bell
I hope we were able to hold on to her.
This is Coast to Coast AM.
I'm Art Bell.
My guest is James von Prague.
Stay right where you are.
unidentified
You're listening to Art Bell somewhere in time on Premiere Radio Networks.
Tonight, an encore presentation of Coast to Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Coast to Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Coast to Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Coast to Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Amen.
You're listening to Mark Bell somewhere in time.
Tonight, featuring a replay of Coast to Coast AM from September 12th, 1997.
art bell
Here I am.
James von Prague is here, and he'll be here till the bottom of the hour.
Then we'll go to open lines.
and i'm going to be very thoughtful for a long time about what i'm hearing tonight All right, James on Prague has written a book, not out.
It's about to be out.
It's called Talking to Heaven.
Where can you get it?
I guess once it's out, anywhere, any bookstore in America, correct?
james van praagh
If they want advanced copies, they call Dutton Books in New York, and they can send them copies.
art bell
Oh, you can get an advanced copy.
james van praagh
Sure.
Dutton Books.
art bell
Do you have the number?
james van praagh
I don't have the number, but I'm sure it's listed Dutton, D-U-T-T-ON, Dutton.
art bell
D-U-T-O-N Books in Manhattan, New York.
Oh, but they'll get a bunch of calls.
james van praagh
Well, let's hope so, because the book should get out there to a lot of people.
art bell
right we lost that last lady darn it but at the very end she said She said murder.
james van praagh
Yeah, I think that her mother was in the hospital, and I think that she thinks that the hospital people were responsible for the death.
But I don't think they were at all.
During the break, I was tuning into it.
Not at all.
art bell
All right.
Then maybe we will hear from her in a follow-up call and find out if that's right.
james van praagh
Can I ask your question?
art bell
Yeah.
james van praagh
Are there any gold statues near you, like trophies or things like this or awards around you?
art bell
Yes?
james van praagh
Yes, there are.
And your father passed over?
No.
art bell
No.
james van praagh
He didn't?
art bell
No.
james van praagh
Well, what are these gold statues I keep on seeing?
Gold statuette or awards or something all over the place around you.
art bell
All around me, that's right.
james van praagh
That's right.
Yeah, I see them all around you.
Isn't that wild?
art bell
They're all around you.
james van praagh
And your wife is teaching you how to love.
art bell
That's correct.
james van praagh
And who plays the piano?
Do you ever learn how to play the piano?
The keyboard?
art bell
I tried.
I've got piano hands, my mom said, but I never followed through.
First time, ColorLine, you're on the air with James von Prog.
Hello.
james van praagh
Hello?
art bell
Hello?
james van praagh
Hi, James.
Hi, Mark.
art bell
Hi, where are you, sir?
james van praagh
I'm in L.A., California.
art bell
Okay.
james van praagh
And I'm trying, well, I would like to ask about an old friend of mine who passed away.
His name is Greg.
Okay, Greg?
Okay.
And what's your name again?
Oscar.
Oscar, okay.
How long has it been over there?
About seven years?
No, he passed away maybe.
How long have you been friends?
No, how long has it been over there?
Four years, seven years or four years or something?
Like three years.
Okay.
unidentified
Okay, hold on.
james van praagh
This man loves color.
This man after.
He was color.
No, listen what I say.
He loves color.
He loved color.
unidentified
Oh.
james van praagh
He loved things that were colorful.
Very color.
He loved colors, I'm being told.
unidentified
He's true.
james van praagh
He was a very good artist.
Okay.
Because he's with colors now.
He works with colors.
Okay.
I'm just telling you, he works with colors.
He's very good with textures of things, too, like fabric and the different colors of texture of fabric.
I don't know what this means.
He could put things together nicely.
I feel that he also gives me that he's around you a lot, but he's telling me about other people that you know also that are over there too, that he knows and you know that they are also there, mutual friends.
Do you understand that?
Yes, I do.
Okay.
Because he gives me, it's so funny.
It looks like a choir of these people who are friends of both of you, and he's met them again.
There's also some named John he's talked about, very strong.
And do you own something of his?
Did you get something of his after he died?
I kept a white rose for his funeral.
I was a pallbearer for him.
You were a pallbearer of his.
But I also ask you, was there a funeral with a lot of pictures?
There were a lot of his photos and stuff there.
Because he keeps on showing me his funeral with the photos or pictures.
And this is what he's talking about.
He also likes the outdoors, by the way.
He talks about going outdoors, like hiking and things like this.
Yeah, we used to go when we were younger.
We used to go a lot.
Okay.
Because he keeps on giving me pictures of hiking.
He's much better now.
He gives me much, much better, much better, much better.
Did he have any trouble with his breathing at one point, do you know?
Well, we were childhood friends, and I don't really remember anything about that.
Okay, now before he passed over, do you know if there's any trouble with his breathing?
Well, he died of cancer, and he had a very long bout with it.
He had about a two-year, three-year bout.
Ask someone who knows if he was on a machine or if they gave him oxygen, because he keeps on telling me he had trouble with his lung breathing.
So see about that, would you please?
I will.
It could be in the lung area.
I don't know.
I'm not being told that, but he's giving me trouble with breathing.
James, may I ask a question?
Sure.
After he passed away, I had a dream.
And in my dream, he came to me and we were walking together, we were holding hands, and he said that I had to drive a car, and as I let go of his hand, he said to me, I'll be back for you.
And then that was the end of my dream, and I woke up and I was very distressed, and so I was just wondering.
He doesn't mean you're passing over.
Oh, I know, but I was just like, will he be waiting for me as I go over?
He has a very funny sense of humor, but he's a very dry sense of humor.
You understand what I'm saying?
It's a dry wit this man has.
Do you understand what I say?
Dry wit?
He has a dry wit.
His sense of humor is very dry.
He's a wise acre.
You understand?
But in a dry sort of way.
He said, your time isn't now.
Your time is now.
Your time.
He said he's going to have to wait a while, a long time for you.
That's a good thing.
He's given me this.
He's telling me that when he said, I'll be back for you, he meant that he would see you again in the dream state.
That he would not.
That's what he's talking about.
You're going to see him.
You're going to have dreams again, Jim again.
art bell
Oh, okay.
So you're not on your way yet?
james van praagh
You're not on your way yet.
No, not at all.
art bell
All right.
unidentified
That's a good thing.
james van praagh
Well, thank you.
And thank you very much.
Both have a good night.
art bell
Take care.
Well.
Wildcard Line, you're on there with James Von Prog.
unidentified
Hi, this is Dave in Las Vegas.
james van praagh
Hi, Dave.
unidentified
Mr. Von Prog, you're just flat astounding.
james van praagh
You're just astonished.
Well, thank you.
I've done better, but, you know, I could only do what they give me.
unidentified
I'd like to ask you a question regarding the events surrounding the death of a co-worker a couple of months ago.
Her name was Judy.
james van praagh
Okay.
Wasn't it very fast passing?
Yes.
Because I don't think the girl even had time to blink her eyes before she was killed.
I don't know why, but I feel struck for some reason.
I don't know what that means.
Struck down.
unidentified
Does it make sense at all?
Well, it was ruled a suicide.
james van praagh
Did she jump from somewhere?
unidentified
No.
james van praagh
She didn't.
She just killed herself?
unidentified
Right.
She was found at home.
james van praagh
With a gun?
unidentified
No, it was overdose.
It was her wrist, I believe.
james van praagh
I don't like that at all.
what does that sound right to me?
unidentified
Yeah, it didn't for us either.
Most of us have this hasn't sat well with most of our coworkers.
james van praagh
No, it doesn't.
I don't get I don't get that.
unidentified
I don't feel that at all.
james van praagh
I don't get her around you, but I'm with it on a psychic level and just see what I pick up because I'm not picking up her around you.
unidentified
The circumstances surrounding and leading up to it were very odd also.
james van praagh
Let me see something here.
Was she drinking much, do you know?
Do you know if she used to drink some water?
Was she out of her mind a little bit to drink?
Was she depressed before she passed over?
unidentified
She seemed to be.
She had some prescription drugs, nothing really heavy, like trying to trampolize.
james van praagh
Before she died, this girl seems very depressed to me, very down.
And I have a man around her who is also drunk or depressed.
And I also see a fight of some sort.
And I've got to tell you, I see someone with a leather jacket, like a brown leather jacket, dark-haired man, and this man wears glasses.
They look like they're sunglasses.
And he wears shiny boots.
And this is someone who knows more about the details of her death.
unidentified
Do you see anyone around her now?
james van praagh
This is what I'm talking about right before she passed over.
Oh, I see.
unidentified
Where she is now, do you see anyone with her?
We'd like to.
It's better with us if we knew that she was at peace now.
james van praagh
You know what, Dave?
I'm not getting her.
I can't pick up on her per se.
I'm not picking up on her.
So I can't.
I can ask someone if they know about this.
unidentified
Is this rather typical with suicides?
james van praagh
It depends.
Sometimes suicides are very hard to come through, and sometimes they come through right away.
I don't feel it was a suicide.
I just don't get that.
I wish I could help with that, but I don't get that at all.
I feel it was someone else was involved in this.
unidentified
Color, is it a possibility that it wasn't suicide?
There were investigations.
Several people involved that knew her very well knew that suicide was never, ever an option for this person.
james van praagh
The girl would not do it.
art bell
No.
Maybe somebody ought to look into that.
All right, thank you.
That's very interesting.
And maybe that's why you couldn't get it right.
You to the Rockies, you're on the air with James von Prague.
Hello.
unidentified
Hi, this is Roberta from Media and Art.
I have to tell you, I love your show.
art bell
Thank you.
You mean Media, Pennsylvania?
unidentified
Yes.
art bell
Oh, I once lived in Media.
unidentified
Oh, really?
art bell
Yeah, I went to elementary school there.
unidentified
Oh, my gosh.
Well, anyway, I wanted to say hi to James.
And I wanted to ask you about my father, Bert, who's on the other side.
james van praagh
Okay, your name is Roberta.
unidentified
Yes.
Okay.
james van praagh
He died some time ago, though.
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
And this man feels as though he's been over there for a long time.
He's very well adjusted over there.
And he's been with family members.
I also see sisters.
I don't know what that means.
unidentified
Yeah, he was very close to his sister.
james van praagh
Okay, because he's with her now.
He talks about his sister.
He loves you very, very much.
Who has the ring of his?
unidentified
My brother.
james van praagh
And do you know if he wore it recently or did something to it?
unidentified
Yeah, he's a priest, and it's embedded in the bottom of the chalice.
james van praagh
Okay, because would you please ask if he used that chalice very recently?
Because your dad is telling me, and your dad is, he's a nice guy.
I like his vibration.
He's saying he watched him with the ring, so he wants to use that chalice.
unidentified
Okay.
james van praagh
Okay.
And he was moved to tears by your brother.
Your father was moved to tears by your brother.
After he died, your brother moved him to tears.
unidentified
Oh, I know what that was.
james van praagh
I don't know what it means, but it moved to tears.
unidentified
It was when he was doing the eulogy.
james van praagh
It was some kind of a poem he wrote or some kind of prayer he made up, but something, but your dad was moved to tears.
Okay, thanks.
I don't know why he keeps on showing me his teeth, but he's showing me his full set of teeth.
And he's laughing about it.
unidentified
He had just been to the dentist before he passed away.
Really?
Yeah.
james van praagh
That is wild.
Yeah, he has a good sense of humor.
Because it was so funny.
He was showing me a bright, bright white teeth and a full set of white teeth, smiling as though everything is all right.
unidentified
Thank you.
james van praagh
Loves you very, very much.
You're married, aren't you?
Divorce?
unidentified
Separated in the process of getting divorced.
james van praagh
Uh-huh.
There's another marriage for you, and your father's helping you with this other marriage.
You had to learn more about yourself, who you were.
And you did, you see, and then the marriage broke up because you've grown.
And you're going to meet another man, and the initials are the first part of the alphabet, like A to D, like I don't know if the David or in the B's, but between A to D. And your dad is giving me a very strong indication he's helping you and looking out.
He also showed me a boat.
I don't know what the boat means.
Who went sailing, or was there a boat that he liked or something?
unidentified
Yeah, he was in the Navy, and before he passed the lab, I was going to take him fishing.
james van praagh
Okay.
Could he keep us open to boat ride or a boat?
art bell
All right.
We've got to go.
Thank you, ma'am.
unidentified
Thank you.
art bell
Right.
That's completely eerie.
How much does this take out of you?
james van praagh
It depends on how easy, how open the person is at the, I'm reading and how good at communicating the spirit is.
That's very easy if they're very open and, you know, and the spirit is easy and very emotional, then it comes through very easily.
Otherwise, I've really got to reach.
It takes a lot out of me.
art bell
All right.
Welcome to the Rockies.
You're on the air with James von Prague.
Hi.
unidentified
Hi, this is Barbara from Spokane.
art bell
Hello, Barbara.
unidentified
Hello.
james van praagh
Hi, Barbara.
I'm going to be up in your neighborhood in October.
unidentified
Oh, that's wonderful.
james van praagh
In Seattle, actually.
unidentified
Seattle.
I saw you two years ago at Body, Mind, and Spirit.
Yes.
It was phenomenal.
james van praagh
With the Mustang car?
unidentified
No.
No.
james van praagh
Oh, there was something wild with the Mustang car.
unidentified
Oh, that's interesting.
james van praagh
Yes.
I said you're fixing something about your father's telling me you're redoing a Mustang car to paint.
And she goes, yes, we just did it today.
unidentified
We're refixing it.
Oh, yes.
I remember that lady.
james van praagh
Remember that one?
unidentified
Yes, I do.
I remember it very well.
It was an extraordinary afternoon.
And I was hoping so much that you would call on me when I was there, but I have to tell you when I left, though.
james van praagh
It's up to Steer.
It's not up to me, though.
unidentified
Well, it was wonderful.
It was wonderful just experiencing everything.
james van praagh
Thank you.
unidentified
Okay, who I would like to know if is available to give messages to me is boyfriend Pete.
james van praagh
Your boyfriend Pete.
Did he die quickly?
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
Because he keeps on talking about being quick.
He's around you, very strong.
He's telling me about being in your bedroom.
And he's also talking to me about you feeling coldness around you, coolness.
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
He's also showing me some kind of a chain around your neck, some kind of a locket or a chain.
Did he give you something like this?
unidentified
No.
james van praagh
Okay, did you, I don't know what he's showing me this for.
But he said, I showed me like this locket or this chain thing.
There's a cross.
What it is.
unidentified
Oh, a cross.
There was a cross.
james van praagh
Okay.
He's showing me that.
He's saying thank you, thank you, thank you for helping him over.
You helped him over.
He said you helped him over.
He's also shown me balloons.
You know what that means.
And he's shown me roses.
Who planted roses?
unidentified
No one that I know of.
There were a lot of roses or flowers at his funeral.
james van praagh
Did you keep a rose?
unidentified
No.
His mother gave me one and I made her put it back.
james van praagh
I said it was for him.
Tell me about the rose or the roses.
It was very funny.
Did he like baseball?
unidentified
I don't know.
james van praagh
He told me about baseball, and he's laughing about it, and I don't know what that means.
And did he know your dad?
unidentified
No.
james van praagh
He didn't?
unidentified
Okay.
james van praagh
I don't know why he's talking about your daddy.
Your daddy passed over?
unidentified
Yes.
art bell
Well, I find it comforting that he can still be talking about baseball.
james van praagh
Oh, yeah.
They do.
They do.
art bell
Maybe there's NFL on the other side.
james van praagh
Field of dreams.
He's met your dad.
unidentified
Wonderful.
james van praagh
He loves you very much, this man.
And I'm also going to tell you something.
He's with you at this flower.
I know there's a flowered upholstery in your living room or the couch.
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
Do you understand about that?
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
And he's showing me that.
And he said he sits there with you watching the television.
unidentified
Oh.
james van praagh
Okay.
Wonderful.
This is what he's showing me.
And there's also a birthday or anniversary he's talking about.
Just past what's coming up, but this is what he's showing me.
unidentified
Just past.
Okay.
james van praagh
Was that yours?
unidentified
Anniversary.
It was our anniversary.
james van praagh
Oh, okay.
There we go.
You thought you were thinking about him a lot.
unidentified
Yes.
james van praagh
And thank you for putting his picture on the wall.
unidentified
Pardon?
james van praagh
You hung a picture of him up?
unidentified
No.
I have.
james van praagh
You have a picture of him sitting up somewhere?
unidentified
I do have pictures of him.
james van praagh
Okay, there's one like sitting up on something you're showing me.
I know it's sitting on top of the television or it's sitting up on a bureau or it's sitting up is totally.
unidentified
There have been times where it has.
james van praagh
Okay.
And also some of it being in the kitchen at the kitchen table, so whatever that means.
That's what I'm getting.
unidentified
Okay.
art bell
All right.
unidentified
Thank you very much.
james van praagh
You're very welcome.
art bell
Thank you, ma'am.
And we're woefully out of time here.
Um, what do you tell people about what you're able to do?
I mean, how do you explain this to them?
What do you say to them?
james van praagh
I just say that I'm able to reach a higher frequency of energy and that when there's a lot of love available, I'm able to bridge the living with the so-called dead, that there is no death.
And I prove that.
art bell
What was the purpose of your book?
I mean, I've heard you do what you do tonight.
Right.
Why did you write a book?
james van praagh
I wrote a book to bring the message to everyone.
Number one, that there is no death, there's only life.
How we treat each other on this earth affects what we move on to, when we pass over, and how to deal with the grieving process when you're going through it here on the earth.
unidentified
Huh.
art bell
Well, it should be a very interesting book, and I'm sure a lot of people are going to be very interested in reading it.
And they can get a pre-copy, if they want to, by calling again.
james van praagh
Dutton Books.
art bell
Dutton Books in Manhattan.
Or if they just wait a little while, it's going to be in literally every bookstore in America.
james van praagh
Yeah, and I'll be doing a lot of TV 2020 in Prime Time Rosie.
I'm doing all those shows.
art bell
Oh, you are?
james van praagh
Oh, yeah.
Rosie recognized me in the store, and she said to me, you're that site-get guy.
I said, yeah, and she goes, what, did they drop you on your head?
And she was wonderful.
And she invited me on her show.
So I said, when the book comes, I'll go on your show.
And she says, great.
So we'll see what happens with that.
art bell
Wonderful.
And we'll all be looking for you on those programs.
James, thank you for being here.
james van praagh
Thank you, Art, very much for having me.
art bell
Take care of my friend.
unidentified
You too.
james van praagh
Bye-bye now.
art bell
Bye-bye.
That's James von Prague.
So many people urged me to have him on the program.
And I don't know.
I'm going to have to sit back, and I'm going to have to think very hard about what I just heard, or about the last hour and a half as we were taking calls.
unidentified
Remarkable.
art bell
Intriguing.
Anyway, we'll be back with open lives from the high desert.
This is Coast to Coast.
unidentified
You're listening to Art Bell somewhere in Time.
Tonight featuring a replay of Coast to Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
Don't know when I've been so blue.
Don't know what's come over you.
You found someone.
And don't admit my brown eyes blue.
Premiere Radio Networks presents Art Bell Somewhere in Time.
Tonight's program originally aired September 12th, 1997.
I just cried on that noise.
art bell
I'm on a crystal kick.
unidentified
Baby, you're the truth.
And gonna make my brother move.
art bell
And I'm so far behind in my commercials.
unidentified
Tell me about me.
Tell me if you lie.
You may love me.
Give me love.
The real woman.
Tell me you love me.
And don't let me cry.
Say goodbye.
But don't say goodbye.
I didn't mean to treat you by no me.
art bell
Do you do that?
Play songs over and over.
I play them over and over until my ears bleed.
unidentified
And don't make my brown eyes, don't make my brown eyes, don't make my brown eyes through.
art bell
Oh man.
If you ever get a chance to see her, you go see her.
unidentified
SHARE!
You're listening to Art Bell's Somewhere in Time, tonight featuring a replay of Coast to Coast AM from September 12, 1997.
art bell
Music West of the Rockies, you're on air.
unidentified
Hi.
Hi, Art.
This is Sean in Albuquerque, Richard Hoglandland.
art bell
Yeah, Richard Oglinland is right.
unidentified
Yeah, I wanted to make a comment on your book, The Quickening.
art bell
Yes, sir.
unidentified
I really believe that book should be taught in high schools.
It should be an average textbook.
art bell
Thank you.
you know it would be horrible in a way but the day may come when that may occur uh...
or it may be looked back on uh...
as You know, I'm not a prophet.
It's just that I clearly saw what was coming, and now here it is, and it's already well underway.
So I appreciate your comments on the book.
It is a very unusual book, and it's amazing to me.
It debuted on the bestseller, New York Times bestseller list 22 this week.
And then we looked at the New York Times bestseller list for business, and it debuted as number six on the bestseller list.
unidentified
Oh, that's terrific.
art bell
That's amazing, isn't it?
Yes, because it blew me away.
unidentified
Oh, yes.
I've got one more question for you.
Sure.
While you went on vacation, they were doing the best of Art Bell, and on Friday, I believe, they had a recording of someone who flew in Area 51 and was shot down.
art bell
That's right.
unidentified
Whatever happened to that?
I miss your show from time to time on the security class.
art bell
There was no follow-up.
And you wouldn't expect there to be.
You can view that as a fraud, a joke, or the real thing.
anyway if it was a real thing you wouldn't hear anything it's not like So you're not exactly going to get a press release saying we shot down a private plane invading secret airspace over Area 51.
You're not going to get that.
unidentified
Well, I got to say, I heard that, and it just, it scared the heck out of me.
art bell
I understand.
And thank you very much.
We're going to do more of that when I go to Egypt.
They did a really bang-up job of putting together, and it's a very labor-intensive thing for the network to do, but they take segments from shows that were particularly intriguing and weave them together.
And they'll be doing more of that when I go to Egypt.
It worked out very well.
People seem to really enjoy it.
On my international line, you are on there.
Hello.
unidentified
Hello, Art.
It's a pleasure to meet you, friend.
art bell
How are you?
I'm just fine.
Where are you?
unidentified
I'm in Melbourne, Australia, mate, down the bottom of the world.
art bell
Bottom?
unidentified
It's nice and sunny, at least.
art bell
Nice and sunny.
Let's see.
What time of year is it there?
unidentified
We're just entering spring, bud, and we've had a very, very ordinary winter.
We've had about two days of rain, and all the farmers are spewing, and we're going to be having water restrictions this summer because there just hasn't been any rain, mate.
art bell
Well, I was about to say, gee, it's nice that somebody's having ordinary weather because there is anything but ordinary here, believe me.
unidentified
Really?
You know, I've been kind of watching the globe and I've been listening to kind of your theme of the quickening and that.
And I have to definitely say that the weather here is just bizarre.
Farmers just aren't getting the rain and all the crops are pretty dry at the moment.
We're having a hard time getting a good harvest.
I'm in the wheat area and that's all we do.
We make wheat and we feed the people of Australia and China and Korea.
And we're having a hard time doing that.
art bell
Well, I'm sorry to hear that.
I think we're all in for some pretty hard times before they get better.
unidentified
That's it.
That's really it.
And the reason I'm reading it, it's something that I've never been able to find anyone on a level that I'm on.
I've read a book once upon a time by Michael Desmarai, or Desmar Kay.
It was called Addition to the Ninth Planet.
And it's a book that totally shocked my whole view of life because I had an idea about life which was based on we come from outer space and I don't believe in God and I've spent my whole life believing in this principle and once you believe in something and you devote your whole life to it and you actually preach it to people that their way is wrong,
which I'm now dislike, and you find a book of this nature that claims that a man who's been to another planet and seen God in suspended amino and has been told by this superior race of people that he actually witnessed the dividing of the seven sea,
sorry, the sea, I forgot that you can see my knowledge of the Bible, but a man that actually witnessed the departing of the sea to let the Jews escape from the Israelites, so to speak, whatever they were called, so thus the planet Earth would have some type of spiritualism left on it, so that the barbarians of the time wouldn't totally devoid this planet of some format of spirituality.
art bell
All right, well, listen, I appreciate your call, and here's what I would say about the possibility of other beings.
I think there is one creator.
I believe there is a creator, a force.
But I believe that creator is not focused only on humanity.
I believe that creator is probably responsible for life across distances that we can't even yet imagine.
Millions, billions, even trillions of suns with how many planets and how much likely life.
It's my own personal view that all of this is a single creation.
That there are not many creations, many peoples, many gods.
There is but one creator.
And I guess that's why I am not so challenged by the possibility of life from elsewhere.
First time caller line, you're on the air.
unidentified
All right.
art bell
Yes.
unidentified
This is my first time calling.
Glad I got a hold of you.
art bell
Glad you're here.
unidentified
Listen, I get cut off.
I'm in Michigan, and I didn't hear all your show yesterday.
art bell
Yes.
unidentified
And I'm wondering what the guy actually said to you after he was cut off.
art bell
Well, he went on for about a minute, very much the way he was going on when you heard him.
And at the end, there was a scream and a disconnect.
And since I don't record here, since normally the network records, we depend on the satellite being where it is, I don't have that on tape.
Fortunately, I have the guy from Penthouse Magazine here to be witness.
Otherwise, everybody would have thought it was a put-on.
unidentified
Yeah.
So what was he yelling about?
I mean, see, I work in maintenance, and I didn't hear him when he first called.
art bell
Oh, well, you'll hear a repeat of it tomorrow night.
unidentified
Okay, great.
art bell
All right?
unidentified
How did Richard Hopeland's little scenario go the other day?
art bell
Do you know, I have not talked to Richard.
My guess would be he's pooped.
Usually you are after you do something like that, and I'll talk to Richard sometime over the weekend, I'm sure.
unidentified
Okay.
art bell
All right?
unidentified
Well, great show.
art bell
Thank you.
Take care.
Yeah, I have not yet heard how it went in California.
Wildcard line, you're on the air.
unidentified
Hi.
Oh, Lord.
I'm so glad I got through.
I really enjoy your show.
This is Diane from Pollock Plines.
art bell
Hi there.
unidentified
Hi.
Part of what I really like is your eclectic taste in music.
It's great.
I enjoy all of it.
And I had a question, in fact, a couple questions.
Are you going to be having more, now that it's getting closer to Halloween, have more shows on the spirit world and ghosts and witches and things like that?
Because I really enjoy those.
art bell
Better believe it.
I do it every Halloween like clockwork.
unidentified
You mean just on Halloween or the night?
art bell
No, no, no, no.
I build up to it.
unidentified
Oh, great.
art bell
For example, the Dreamland shows begin to have more people on ghosts.
We begin to concentrate more on that sort of thing.
Oh, yes, it's coming.
unidentified
Excellent.
Well, I started listening about December last year when we had our big snowstorm here, and I was up listening to my radio at night.
And so I didn't get to hear Halloween last year, but I'm really looking forward to it.
And what is Ghost to Ghost?
Is that the one you have on Halloween?
Yes.
art bell
It's called Ghost to Ghost AM.
And what we do is I never have a guest.
We only take legitimate, when I say legitimate, legitimately told ghost stories from the audience.
And trust me when I tell you, it's one of the scariest things you will ever hear.
unidentified
Oh, man, I can't wait.
I would love to be able to record it.
I'll probably have to buy a recording of it because I listen to KOH at Arena, and a lot of times it goes in and out and in and out really bad.
art bell
It is the one openline show that we sell.
The only exception to that was last night's night.
That's right.
You got it.
unidentified
Yeah, that was a spooky show, too.
And then I had one comment, too, on James tonight.
I tried so hard to get through, but it would have been like winning the lottery, I think, to get through on your line.
But I have a friend who is a channeler, and I was very skeptical.
And I had a party where she came over.
And some of the things that James was reading tonight reminded me of when I had her over.
And we had a group of nine people here.
And she gave like 45-minute readings to all of us.
We were here almost 10 hours.
And about 7 out of the 9 people that she gave readings to, a lot of the things that she said would happen have happened.
And what really scared me was one of my friends that was here that she told to be cautious of her health, in particular a stroke.
This was on a Saturday evening, Saturday night.
The next day she had one.
art bell
Now that would definitely freak me out.
unidentified
Yeah, and I had always wanted to do another party like that one, but now I am afraid.
And as much as I enjoy hearing, like I would have liked to have gotten through tonight and talked to James, because I do believe in this stuff, as much as I would like to hear about myself, I'm afraid to put friends through the same thing.
art bell
I understand.
Believe me, I understand.
unidentified
Really scary.
art bell
All right.
Thanks very much for the call.
And I do understand.
I am skeptical of channelers.
I am even skeptical of mediums.
James von Prague is a medium.
Not a psychic, but a medium.
I am told he is the best at what he does.
And I am told this by people that I trust and believe in.
I have a hard time with it, as I do with channeling.
And a lot of people out there say I have not given channeling a fair shake.
And my only problem is that, and I'll, you know, I'm trying, but there's too much room for fraud.
Just flat-out fraud.
And I'm not sure how one separates the wheat from the chaff.
In the case of James on Prague, I did it by listening to many of you and by listening to a lot of people that I have respect for say, look, he's the real thing.
You better give him a shot.
And so I thought I would.
Hi there, West of the Rockies.
You're on the air.
unidentified
Hi, Art.
Let me get the radio.
art bell
Thank you.
unidentified
First of all, have you ever heard of a scientific journal called The Skeptical Inquirer?
art bell
Sure, they write about me all the time.
unidentified
They do?
Okay.
Well, I did notice your name in there.
art bell
Oh, yeah, I'm their favorite guy.
unidentified
I think it's a wonderful magazine.
art bell
Yeah, it is.
Actually, I talk to the people who manage it and run it, and they write a lot about me, so I know a lot about it.
unidentified
I know they haven't been too complimentary, but they stop short of denouncing you because I think they allow room for the fact that you are very open-minded.
art bell
Well, the skeptical inquirer should be skeptical of all things, including absolute debunking.
unidentified
Yes.
art bell
Yeah, you're right.
If they want to live up to their name.
That's true.
That's all I would say.
They're okay, though.
unidentified
That's true.
I think that they have written some excellent articles, some scientific articles on the Area 51 controversy, the UFO controversy.
art bell
Look, little do they know and little would they agree, but I am also skeptical.
Because I present information on the air doesn't mean that I'm not personally skeptical about it.
Because I allow it to be presented without ripping somebody to shreds, which is what they would have me do, doesn't mean that I'm not skeptical.
I'm skeptical.
It's just that my way is to allow things on the air, to allow my guests to properly present their topic and to let you guys be the judge of it.
unidentified
Yeah, and that's what I like about your program, because even though I know, personally, I feel that your guest tonight was a fraud.
The Mel's whole idea was a fraud.
Some of the other things, the reverse speech from the NASA officials was a fraud.
But I will say this, that if something real does come along, it will have an opportunity to be aired on your show.
art bell
That is exactly correct.
And it's up to you to pick apart what you think is real and not.
So it's just something the skeptical inquirer is going to have to get used to.
unidentified
Well, I think that you provide them a lot of fodder.
art bell
I do.
unidentified
Journalistic fodder.
I do.
art bell
I do.
They should thank me.
unidentified
They should.
I think your listeners should check out the Skeptical Inquirer.
I don't work for them.
I just recently discovered it about a week ago, as a matter of fact.
But to me, it is just excellent reading if you're interested in the scientific experience.
art bell
Oh, no, it is.
It absolutely is.
I agree.
unidentified
All right, enjoy the show.
Thank you for taking the call.
art bell
You bet.
Take care.
unidentified
I've had a lot of talks with them.
art bell
And they come at me like a pit bull, and that's fine.
And I just, I sort of slow them down.
I say, look, it's my way.
I allow people to say what they want.
Well, how can you do that?
Well, why don't you do this?
Why don't you go after them?
Well, because that's not the way I do things.
And so, yeah, I provide them with a lot of material.
And that's good.
And it's good that they would write that sort of thing.
But again, if they're going to really live up to their name, skeptical inquirer, then they have to be skeptical about the debunking side of things as well.
In other words, evenly look at things skeptically.
That's what I would say to them.
I am going to do something on Dreamland Sunday that I have been doggedly pursuing, sometimes without a lot of luck.
I am convinced that communication with animals is possible.
And I've had some guests that did not quite perform to expectation in this area.
But I'm not giving up because I think it's an incredibly important subject.
And I think that I've got the right guest this weekend.
Her name is Gail Isozi, or something close to that.
D-E-S-C-I-O-S-E.
I'm not sure.
I'm probably slaughtering her last name.
But Gail will be here Sunday.
She's very articulate.
And she's going to be here on the subject of animal communication.
So I will.
It's kind of like getting hurt, I guess, you know, when you're riding a horse.
They say, get right back up and ride again.
And I am doggedly going to pursue this subject until I get the guest that I'm pleased with.
And that may well be this coming Sunday, this Sunday on Dreamland.
It is an important subject to me.
East of the Rockies, you're on the air.
Hi.
james van praagh
Hello, Art.
art bell
Yes.
james van praagh
I've got a quick suggestion for you regarding the Area 51 caller.
art bell
Sure.
james van praagh
What I had in mind was if you could somehow get that tape to David John Oates and have him do a reversal on it.
art bell
Depend on it.
james van praagh
Okay, that's pretty much all I wanted to say.
art bell
Well, pretty much there's your answer.
Depend on it.
Of course we will do that.
David, you are doing that, right?
I'm sure he is.
There's no way David could not do that.
And for that matter, not just that color, but a whole array of colors who called about Area 51.
Very articulate, very provocative.
And so, yes, of course, of course, of course, of course, of course, we'll get that reversed.
And again, if you want a copy of last night's program, so many people contacted the network that I got a call from the network saying, yes, we'll make it available.
Very unusual that we would do that, but we're going to make it available.
You can get it by calling 1-800-917-4278.
You want to ask about the Area 51 program.
1-800-917-4278.
East of the Rockies, you're on the air.
unidentified
Hello, Art.
Hello.
Since you had some time to think over what happened last night and conduct your investigation with your web server, Ken, what is the theory as now what caused your web server to crash website?
art bell
My website didn't crash.
unidentified
I thought it crashed last night.
art bell
No, sir.
The satellite crashed.
unidentified
I thought both crashed.
art bell
Well, no, the website clicked over to 5 million during that occurrence.
The website did not crash.
unidentified
Is that a power surge?
Did that?
art bell
No.
No, no.
Look, tell everybody good night.
unidentified
Good night, America.
art bell
There you go.
What happened was the satellite lost Earth track.
I've never seen it happen before.
Maybe it'll never happen again.
It was one in a million.
See you Sunday on Dreamland.
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