On the eve of a solid week of controlled mind travel experiments (June 22, 1969), the beloved singer-actress Judy Garland passed away. A good number of those witnesses and volunteer subjects who arrived at my offices for the sessions brought up nostalgic references to the tragic, diminutive figure, who had so vainly sought for her right to a "somewhere over the rainbow." Those who had virtually grown up with Judy Garland had their own memories of sodas, malts, jukebox Saturday nights, and they commiserated with one another over the passing of an era.
It was perhaps on the third night of the experiments that someone suggested placing a subject in trance and asking the subject to attempt to travel backward in time to trace the evolution of Judy Garland through her various past lives.
Now, to entertain such a suggestion, one has to accept, first of all, the possibility of reincarnation. To further fulfill such a suggestion, one next has to recognize the possibility of controlled retrocognition, or hypnotically directed out-of-body projection into the past. If occultists are correct in their esoteric pronouncements about the Akashic Records, those etheric impressions of each individual's past lives, then it would be possible for an entranced subject to read these spiritual file cards in the manner of the "sleeping prophet" Edgar Cayce.
Absolutely no claims are made for the following transcript. No amount of objective proof could possibly be made available which would confirm any of the data revealed by our entranced subject. For those individuals to whom such an experiment is utter nonsense, no amount of empirical evidence could possibly convince them of the experiment's validity. For those individuals who are predisposed toward such concepts as reincarnation, Karma and the Akashic Records, the transcript may seem to provide certain significant insights into the tormented entertainer's life.
The subject was directed to go back in time until he first contacted the entity who was known in this existence as Frances Gumm, Judy Garland. Once contact had been established, the subject was told to observe the entity and report what activity the entity might be pursuing.
Interviewer: Go back, farther and farther back in time, until the first time that the entity whom we know as Frances Gumm, Judy Garland, inhabited a fleshly body on the earth plane. At the count of three. .. Do you see her now?
Subject: Yes, she is in a temple in Egypt. Her name is something that she does not know, but they call her in honor of the goddess, because she sings and brings the messages. No one knows her name. She is a temple priestess, so she has given up her name.
Interviewer: Go into her thoughts and tell us what she is thinking.
Subject: She is thinking that she will serve whomever she encounters. She has learned how a soul can raise another soul to spiritual elevation.
Interviewer: How did she learn this?
Subject: She was taught in her sleep by a spiritual master. The master taught her how to sing so that her voice might prove a blessing to her fellowman. As a child she was singled apart from the others for special instruction.
Interviewer: Listen to her sing and sing along with her. Perhaps the words will be unfamiliar, but at least hum along with her.
[Since the subject possessed a good voice and musical training, he was soon humming a pleasant melody, completely unknown to all who witnessed the experiment].
Interviewer: Move ahead to a later time now. The entity will be an older woman. At the count of three, tell us what she is doing.. . .
Subject: She teaches. She looks at the children to see which ones were born to be priests and priestesses, which ones were born to be healers, which ones were born with other gifts. She uses her spiritual gifts very well.
Interviewer: Now let us leave this life as a temple priestess and move on to another earthly existence of the entity whom we know as Frances Gumm, Judy Garland. One. . .two. . .three. . .
Subject: I see sand... a marketplace. I hear shouting. . .raucous laughter.
Interviewer: Do you see the entity?
Subject: Yes. This time the entity is a man.
Interviewer: What is his name?
Subject: [phonetically] Ali Hasa.
Interviewer: How old is he? What does he do for a living?
Subject: He is forty-seven. He is a trader in a marketplace.
Interviewer: Where is this? And when?
Subject: It is a desert-like country. They do not mark years as we do.
[laughing] Ali Hasa is a great cheat.
Interviewer: Why does he cheat people?
Subject: To make money. It is expected of one in the marketplace.
He does not feel as though he is doing wrong.
Interviewer: Does he deal in slaves?
Subject: Yes. And in intoxicants. . .and opium.
Interviewer: Does he himself use opium?
Subject: Yes, he feels it makes the world easier to live in. He believes that it clears his mind and helps him see things more correctly. He sees the world as a great marketplace.
Interviewer: Does he have a family?
Subject: Yes, a wife and child. No mistresses, though. When he wants a woman other than his wife, he takes a prostitute or a slave. They are always accessible.
Interviewer: Move ahead another ten years.. . . What is Ali Hasa doing now?
Subject: His place at the market is empty. He is no longer there.
Interviewer: Go back until you see him. One. . .two. . .three. . .
Subject: He has been stabbed in the back by other traders who have grown tired of his cheating them. He screams and throws up his hands.
Now he is dead. He walks about in confusion and darkness. Now his real self is beginning to float... to float. . .
It was perhaps on the third night of the experiments that someone suggested placing a subject in trance and asking the subject to attempt to travel backward in time to trace the evolution of Judy Garland through her various past lives.
Now, to entertain such a suggestion, one has to accept, first of all, the possibility of reincarnation. To further fulfill such a suggestion, one next has to recognize the possibility of controlled retrocognition, or hypnotically directed out-of-body projection into the past. If occultists are correct in their esoteric pronouncements about the Akashic Records, those etheric impressions of each individual's past lives, then it would be possible for an entranced subject to read these spiritual file cards in the manner of the "sleeping prophet" Edgar Cayce.
Absolutely no claims are made for the following transcript. No amount of objective proof could possibly be made available which would confirm any of the data revealed by our entranced subject. For those individuals to whom such an experiment is utter nonsense, no amount of empirical evidence could possibly convince them of the experiment's validity. For those individuals who are predisposed toward such concepts as reincarnation, Karma and the Akashic Records, the transcript may seem to provide certain significant insights into the tormented entertainer's life.
The subject was directed to go back in time until he first contacted the entity who was known in this existence as Frances Gumm, Judy Garland. Once contact had been established, the subject was told to observe the entity and report what activity the entity might be pursuing.
Interviewer: Go back, farther and farther back in time, until the first time that the entity whom we know as Frances Gumm, Judy Garland, inhabited a fleshly body on the earth plane. At the count of three. .. Do you see her now?
Subject: Yes, she is in a temple in Egypt. Her name is something that she does not know, but they call her in honor of the goddess, because she sings and brings the messages. No one knows her name. She is a temple priestess, so she has given up her name.
Interviewer: Go into her thoughts and tell us what she is thinking.
Subject: She is thinking that she will serve whomever she encounters. She has learned how a soul can raise another soul to spiritual elevation.
Interviewer: How did she learn this?
Subject: She was taught in her sleep by a spiritual master. The master taught her how to sing so that her voice might prove a blessing to her fellowman. As a child she was singled apart from the others for special instruction.
Interviewer: Listen to her sing and sing along with her. Perhaps the words will be unfamiliar, but at least hum along with her.
[Since the subject possessed a good voice and musical training, he was soon humming a pleasant melody, completely unknown to all who witnessed the experiment].
Interviewer: Move ahead to a later time now. The entity will be an older woman. At the count of three, tell us what she is doing.. . .
Subject: She teaches. She looks at the children to see which ones were born to be priests and priestesses, which ones were born to be healers, which ones were born with other gifts. She uses her spiritual gifts very well.
Interviewer: Now let us leave this life as a temple priestess and move on to another earthly existence of the entity whom we know as Frances Gumm, Judy Garland. One. . .two. . .three. . .
Subject: I see sand... a marketplace. I hear shouting. . .raucous laughter.
Interviewer: Do you see the entity?
Subject: Yes. This time the entity is a man.
Interviewer: What is his name?
Subject: [phonetically] Ali Hasa.
Interviewer: How old is he? What does he do for a living?
Subject: He is forty-seven. He is a trader in a marketplace.
Interviewer: Where is this? And when?
Subject: It is a desert-like country. They do not mark years as we do.
[laughing] Ali Hasa is a great cheat.
Interviewer: Why does he cheat people?
Subject: To make money. It is expected of one in the marketplace.
He does not feel as though he is doing wrong.
Interviewer: Does he deal in slaves?
Subject: Yes. And in intoxicants. . .and opium.
Interviewer: Does he himself use opium?
Subject: Yes, he feels it makes the world easier to live in. He believes that it clears his mind and helps him see things more correctly. He sees the world as a great marketplace.
Interviewer: Does he have a family?
Subject: Yes, a wife and child. No mistresses, though. When he wants a woman other than his wife, he takes a prostitute or a slave. They are always accessible.
Interviewer: Move ahead another ten years.. . . What is Ali Hasa doing now?
Subject: His place at the market is empty. He is no longer there.
Interviewer: Go back until you see him. One. . .two. . .three. . .
Subject: He has been stabbed in the back by other traders who have grown tired of his cheating them. He screams and throws up his hands.
Now he is dead. He walks about in confusion and darkness. Now his real self is beginning to float... to float. . .
