Evidence from Beyond: An Insider’s Guide to the Wonders of Heaven--And Life in the New Millennium More After-Death Communications Received from Theologian A.D. Mattson

154 Pages·1999·0.61 MB·English

by  A. D. Mattson

EVIDENCE
from BEYOND
An Insider's Guide
to the Wonders of Heaven
and Life in the New Millennium
More After-Death Communications Received from Theologian
A.D. MATTSON
Through Clairvoyant
MARGARET FLAVELL
EDITED BY
RUTH MATTSON TAYLOR

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Copyright © 1999 by Ruth Mattson Taylor
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All Scripture quotations are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION,
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan
Publishing House.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mattson, A. D. (Alvin Daniel), 1895-1970 (Spirit)
Evidence from beyond : an insider's guide to the wonders of heaven—and life in the new
millennium : more after-death communications received from theologian A.D. Mattson, through
clairvoyant Margaret Flavell / edited by Ruth Mattson Taylor. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 0-9636620-5-8
1. Spirit writings. I. Flavell, Margaret. II. Taylor, Ruth Mattson. III. Title. BF1301.M43 1999
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Book design by C. Linda Dingier

To Margaret Flavell,
mho opened the gate for me
to a whole new dimension of existence

The wise of all the earth bane said in their hearts
always: "God is, and there is none beside Him'; and the
fools of all the earth bane said their hearts always: "I
in
am, and there none beside me."
is
JOHN RUSKIN
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments xi
PROLOGUE: PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY 3
PART ONE: THE PILGRIMS
A.D., THE COMMUNICATOR 9
CONFIRMATION FROM BEYOND 13
MARGARET, THE CLAIRVOYANT 21
RUTH, YOUR GUIDE 26
PART TWO: THE ROAD

HOW THE TWO WORLDS COMMUNICATE 35
A MESSAGE FROM A.D. 39
A MESSAGE FROM MARGARET 42
PART THREE: THE JOURNEY BEGINS

AS WE START ON OUR WAY 47

AS SUN IS TO MOON, SO LIFE IS TO DEATH 49
FAITH IN THE PRESENCE OF THE UNSEEN 52
THE PLANES OF EXISTENCE 56
THE WORLD OF IDEAS 64
THE GROTTO OF EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS 68
ix
THE SECRET OF INSPIRATION 73
THE ASTRAL TEMPLE OF REJUVENATION 77
REINCARNATION 79
REVIEWING THE PAST LIFE 86
BALANCING REGRETS THROUGH SERVICE TO OTHERS 90
THE AKASHIC RECORDS 92
THE SOUL'S JOURNEY 94
THE PROCESS OF INCARNATION 99
THE DOORKEEPER 104
MEMORIES OF PAST LIVES 109
A RE-ASSUMED PERSONALITY 121
REINCARNATION AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION 124
SHARING GOD'S KINGDOM 126
FREE WILL AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL 129
THE POWER OF TRUE WORSHIP 133
WAR'S DESTRUCTIVE EFFECT ON THE WORLD BEYOND 138
THE POWER OF LOVE AND PASSIVE RESISTANCE 144
A JOURNEY THROUGH OUTER SPACE 147
PART FOUR: THE JOURNEY
CONTINUES
LOVE'S TOUCH FROM BEYOND 157
A WORD ABOUT PSYCHIC EXPERIENCES 168
Notes 175
Glossary 177
Bibliography and Suggested Reading 179
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THE ADVANCE READERS of this book have mentioned its easy-flowing and reader-
friendly style. Credit for this must go to the reformatting and fine-tuning of my
original manuscript by my editor and publisher, Barbara Brett. I am deeply
grateful for her editorial skill and her diligent help in presenting A.D.'s material to
the readers of this book.
I also want to express my thanks to author Hy Brett, Barbara's husband, for
his support and help in many ways.
My thanks are also given to the Reverend Eric J. Gustayson, former student
of A.D. Mattson, for his permission to quote from his tribute to A.D. on the
occasion of A.D.'s retirement, and to Dr. Sally Feather of the Rhine Research
Center for permission to quote from J.B. Rhine's book New World of the Mind.
I must also express my sincere appreciation to the gracious and busy people
who gave of their time to do an advance reading of the manuscript and whose
overwhelming, positive response reinforced my own conviction of the
importance of A.D.'s message for our world today. My thanks for this goes to: the
Reverend Elizabeth W Fenske, Ph.D., Executive Director of Spiritual Frontiers
Fellowship International; to Elda Hartley, President of Hartley Film Foundation
and Life Director of the Institute of Noetic Sciences; to Juliet Hollister, founder
of The Temple of Understanding; to John F. Miller III, Ph.D., President of the
Academy of Religion and Psychical Research; to the Reverend John H.
Nasstrom, Ph.D., retired Lutheran pastor and church executive, and former
student of A.D. Mattson; to the Right Reverend Bennett J. Sims, Bishop
Emeritus of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, and founder and president of the
Institute for Servant Leadership; to Frank Tribbe, Editor of Spiritual Frontiers
Journal; and to Claire Walker, Ph.D., Editor of Reflections of a Theosophist.
Thanks must also be given to the Reverend William H. Gentz, who provided
very early editorial guidance, and who encouraged me to include some of my