He would eventually record and study thousands of disembodied voices, creating a system of classification for electronic voice phenomenon in order to rate the quality and clarity of the messages. Konstantin raudive began his own evp experiments in the 60s. We look in brief at edison, delve into early evps, research of konstantin raudive, telephone calls from the dead and the history of spiricom. An amazing experiment in electronic communication with the dead in the first part of the 1960s, raudive discovered friedrich jurgensons. Konstantin raudive caused a clamor in europe and later in england and the americas when his book breakthrough. This area of paranormal research was popularised when the film white noise was released in 2005 starring michael keaton. The evp clips in this video were recorded on 26th march 2010. His interest in electronic voice phenomena was sparked one day in 1959, when he recorded the sounds of birds singing in a forest. Some of these recordings were conducted in an rfscreened laboratory and contained words. Is it really possible to hear the spoken words of the deceased. Konstantin raudive who recorded thousands of voices, g. Konstantin frank saperavi 2015 saperavi is one of the oldest wine grapes known to man with origins in georgia the country and is one of the only grape varieties in the world with red pulp and red skin. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Seems odd that the nsa would go out of their way to do a.
A faint voice speaks in raudives native latvian tongue. Konstantin raudive, was intrigued by the findings of juergenson. Konstantin raudive at their special studio that blocked out all radio and television transmissions. Raudive contacted jurgenson and arranged a meeting with him in april 1965 where the two men conducted microphone only recordings.
One of the pioneers in this field was dr konstantin raudive 1909 1974 and his experiments are still much talked about today. Interest in evp grew in the united states thanks to sarah estep. Raudive was a scientist as well as a practising roman catholic. Electronic voice phenomena evp were investigated by him and a german. Evp electronic voice phenomena electronic voice phenomena evp are electronically generated noises that resemble speech, but are not the result of intentional voice recordings or renderings. In the 1960s and 1970s, evp became a legitimate, if controversial, arm of paranormal research. Dr konstantin raudive 19061974, a student of carl jung, was a latvian. After accruing over 72,000 evp, he had his book breakthrough published in 1971. An amazing experiment in electronic communication with the dead by konstantin raudive ph. Konstantin raudive is best known in parapsychology circles for his study and promotion of evp electronic voice phenomena as evidence for life after death. Why are you raging, konstantin dont convince professor bender. Both objects feed neatly into a reeltoreel tape recorder. Along the way he invited colleagues and scientists to participate. Jurgenson was recording birdsong using a reeltoreel tape recorder.
Konstantin raudive from latvia, for his experiments yielded similar results. Hans bender investigated electronic voice phenomena evp. Spirit tells me who his god is, and calls out his name. Konstantin raudive became intrigued with the evp phenomenon after reading jurgensons book rosterna fran rymden voices from space dr. After numerous experiments, raudive claimed to have heard his dead mother saying, kostulit, this is your mother. Modern evp uses computer and software technology to produce random noise of. Mar 29, 2010 the evp clips in this video were recorded on 26th march 2010. The swedish media followed with many reports about the voices because his discovery seemed to offer proof for the existence of an afterlife. Raudive was born in latgale in eastern latvia then part of vitebsk governorate but studied extensively abroad, later becoming a student of carl jung. Electronic voice phenomena evp research and personal.
He was preoccupied with parapsychological interests all his life especially with the possibility of life after death, and he kept in close contact with leading psychical researchers. At first he was skeptical, but then he tried the technique himself and wound up recording many voices, including that of his deceased mother. Within ghost hunting and parapsychology, electronic voice phenomena evp are sounds found on electronic recordings that are interpreted as spirit voices that have been either unintentionally recorded or intentionally requested and recorded. Konstantin raudive, psychologist and author, visited jurgenson and together, they made a number of successful recordings. Recently ive gotten to know darlene, founder of joplin paranormal research society jprs. Vtf the german association for transcommunication research. Konstantin raudive, klaus scheiber and frank sumption are all famous individuals and inventors who have pushed the field of itc forward with modern devices and new techniques. A student of carl jung, was a latvian psychologist who taught at the university of uppsala, sweden, before devoting the last ten years of his life to electronic voice phenomenon evp. Among the questions i asked in this session were, does. Evp is a common phenomenon in the paranormal world where by voices or sounds are picked up on analogdigital voice recorders, but not heard at the time. Raudive spent much of the last ten years of his life exploring evp. Early on, evp were labeled as raudive voices after dr.
Evp is an acronym standing for electronic voice phenomena and is used to describe a phenomena. The letter goes on to say that while not obligated to do so, they did perform a search for electronic voice phenomena evp and could not locate any records. Konstantin raudive, who is quite aware that he is engaged in a. Konstantin raudive, a psychologist, philosopher and latvian then living in sweden, read one of the friedrich jurgenson books. Although not the first person to record evp, raudive is given a good. Raudive was intrigued with the voice phenomena, but skeptical, and asked if he could join jurgenson for a recording session. An amazing experiment in electronic communication with the dead first edition by raudive, konstantin, morton, joyce, coxhead, elizabeth, fowler, n. He and german parapsychologist hans bender investigated electronic voice phenomena evp. Though there were recordings of spirit voices prior to this time, jurgenson is generally recognized as one of the first to publish books of his research that. He published numerous books about his 70,000 messages. Konstantin raudives evp and radio itc recording methods. John konstantin, md, a highly rated family medicine specialist in oakland, ca specializing in headache, all. The electronic voice phenomenon evp is generally defined as the manifestation of sensible remarks of seeming paranormal origin on sound recording media, such as reeltoreel tapes, audio cassettes, video tapes and recently computers. Konstantin raudive, a latvian psychologist who helped to popularize evp after initially working with friedrich jurgenson.
Revisiting the raudive diode electronic voice phenomena. The best digital voice recorder for capturing real. May 24, 2019 his subsequent recording of hundreds of such voices would earn him the title the father of evp. Konstantin raudive 19061974, a student of carl jung, was a psychologist who taught at the university of uppsala in sweden. We use itc techniques for the other half of our audio sessions after we have conducted evp sessions. Konstantin raudive 19091974 was the first itc researcher to apply diligence to instrumental transcommunication through the documentation of the voices he recorded during his evp sessions. Learn about raudive voices, electronic voice phenomena evp and instrumental. Raudive had long been interested in direct voice mediumship and, after meeting jurgenson and becoming convinced of the validity of his evp work, set up his own research project in germany. The absence of fraud was acknowledged by all involved. Although skeptical at first, latvian psychologist, dr. Raudive studied parapsychology all his life, and was especially interested in the possibility of the afterlife.
Raudive parted company with jurgenson and began to conduct his own research into the evp phenomenon. Recording electronic voice phenomena evp, raudive voices. Konstantin raudive, a latvian psychologist who had taught at the uppsala university, sweden and who had worked in conjunction with jurgenson, made over 100,000 recordings which he described as being communications with discarnate people. Vparanormal1 konstantin raudive evp diode shunt microphone.
References to evp have appeared in pop culture such as in the reality tv show ghost hunters, the fictional supernatural and the hollywood films white noise and the sixth sense. After working with jurgenson, he became convinced that the voices were real. In 1965 another latvian, dr konstantin raudive, a wellknown psychologist and onetime student of carl jung, heard of jurgensons work. Evp electronic voice phenomena altered dimensions paranormal. Konstantin raudive, a philosopher and writer from letland takes an important role. Konstantin raudive 1909 1974 konstantin raudive is best known in parapsychology circles for his study and promotion of evp electronic voice phenomena as evidence for life after death. Raudive diode evp electronic voice phenomena receiver. Experimentors are under the impression that the abovementioned patriarch of evp, dr. Two of the pioneers of evp were konstantin raudive, a swedish psychology professor, and fredrich juergenson, a swedish filmmaker.
Dr konstantin raudive 1909 1974 a student of carl jung, was a latvian psychologist who taught at the university of uppsala, sweden, before devoting the last ten years of his life to electronic voice phenomenon evp. One of the pioneers in this field was dr konstantin raudive 1909 1974. Konstantin raudive breakthrough full recording youtube. Konstantin raudive, a psychologist, philosopher and latvian then. An amazing experiment in electronic communication with the dead. Those of the electrical engineering persuasion will realize this is not a microphone at all, but instead, a rudimentary diode detector, i. Audio editing software for your computer such as wave pad, gold b, accusticia, adobe audition, etc. The two made some recordings together, but soon raudive was recording voices on his own. Konstantin raudive whose 1970 book breakthrough brought the subject to a wider public audience, was used. This revelation attracted many respected scientists such as dr. Electronic voice phenomena evp are electronically generated noises that resemble speech, but are not the result of intentional voice recordings or renderings. Parapsychologist konstantins raudive, who popularized the idea in the 1970s, described evp as typically brief, usually the length of a word or short phrase.
Raudive developed several different approaches to recording evp. The study picked up where researchers like hans bender left off during his studies of jurgensons recordings in the 1970s at the university of freiburg, germany, where he concluded the voices were of an unknown paranormal source, and dr konstantin raudive, who was also inspired by jurgenson and would eventually record thousands of evps himself. All you need to know about electronic voice phenomena. Konstantin raudive, a latvian psychologist, heard of juergensons experiments several years later. Another example of opportunistic evp that is fast growing in popularity is the use of radio sweep or spirit box sometimes ghost box or franks box. He was so inspired by voices that he arranged a meeting with jurgenson when he lived in sweden raudive was born in latvia. Introduction to electronic voice phenomena one of the most common techniques that paranormal investigators employ when conducting investigations is the use of electronic voice phenomena or evp. Konstantin raudive and his itc evp breakthrough itc voices. One of the most wellknown evp researchers of the 20th century was a swedish opera singer, painter and film producer named friedrich jurgenson. The book in its entirety, along with the 7inch 33 rpm record of voice samples, is available from the. It consists of clips of actual recordings made by raudive during his evp experimentations.
Electronic voice phenomena evp are sounds found on electronic recordings which resemble speech, but are not the result of intentional recording or rendering. Although a skeptic, he tried juergensons techniques himself and wound up recording many voices, including that of his deceased mother. A twoyear investigation of the allegedly anomalous. The best digital voice recorder for evp simply wasnt available in dr. With the help of a physicist and an electronics expert, he captured tens of thousands of spirit voices on audiotape, most. Returning to his home in germany on the edge of the black forest, raudive began a research project that resulting in cataloging and analyzing over 80,000 paranormal voices with the help of. Konstantin raudive s evp and radio itc recording methods by tim woolworth, 2011. To ease his mind, he decided to begin his own research. In the 1960s and 1970s american researchers george and jeanette meek and psychic william oneil.
Konstantin raudive, who died in 1974, is behind a number of phenomena. His research became so popular that evp is often known as raudive voices. Konstantin raudive 19091974 was the first itc researcher to apply diligence to itc instrumental transcommunication itc through ceaseless documentation and analysis of all of the voices he recorded during his evp sessions. Nov 21, 2014 in 1971, engineers at britaina s pye records decided to set up an experiment with the famous european psychologist and evp researcher dr. Evp are commonly found in recordings with static, stray radio transmissions, and background noise. An amazing experiment in electronic communication with the dead, written by konstantin raudive and translated to english in 1971. One of the most common techniques that paranormal investigators employ when conducting investigations is the use of electronic voice phenomena or evp. Meek, paul jones, klaus schreiber, martin wenzel, and hans heckman. Konstantin raudive 19091974 was the first itc researcher to. The voices of the dead konstantin raudive on allmusic 2002 electronic voice phenomenon, or evp, is the. Konstantins raudive 1909 in asune, vitebsk governorate 1974, known internationally as. These pages from konstantin raudives book are reproduced by permission of the publishers, colin smythe ltd. Juergensons work came to the attention of a latvian psychologist named dr. This is the mp3 version of the cd that was issued with later copies of dr.
Full audio recording from the flexi disk vinyl originally included with the book breakthrough. Konstantin raudive, a latvian psychologist, heard of jurgensons experiments several years later. It is always best to listen to all evps with headphones or in a quiet room. Voices from the universe and radio contact with the dead. Raudive experiments yielded similar results as did. He became interested in the subject after reading a book by friedrich jurgenson 19031987. Raudive diode evp electronic voice phenomena receiver for smartphones and laptops wil lindsay july 2012 this project is based on two schematics published in. By nicole strickland, introduction to electronic voice phenomena. An amazing experiment in electronic communication with the dead raudive phd, konstantin on. Cassettenrecorder, minidiscrecorder oder computer mit soundkarte sein. Konstantins raudive 1909 in asune, vitebsk governorate 1974, known internationally as konstantin raudive, was a latvian writer and intellectual, and husband of zenta maurina.
The most popular method of capturing evp is by using ordinary tape or digital audio dictaphones or recording devices. His subsequent recording of hundreds of such voices would earn him the title the father of evp. Study claims evps persist, even in controlled environments. Apr 23, 20 dr konstantin raudive 19061974, a student of carl jung, a psychologist who taught at the university of uppsala in sweden, read jurgensons book, voices from space, and was so impressed by it that he arranged to meet jurgenson.
Dr konstantin raudive 19061974, a student of carl jung, was a latvian psychologist who taught at the uppsala university in sweden. American researchers george and jeanette meek and psychic william oneil recorded hundreds of hours of evp with radio oscillators. The raudive diode and its place in history my site. Konstantins raudive 19091974 was a latvian writer, intellectual and scientist. The expression was coined by chemist and professor of psychology.
Konstantin frank saperavi 2015 saperavi is one of the oldest wine grapes known to man with origins in georgia the country and is one of the only grape varieties in. They claim to have worked closely with another scientist, dr. A woman named sarah estep, who made a lifes work of paranormal studies, founded the american association of electronic voice phenomena in 1982. Konstantin raudive was a latvian writer, psychologist and philosopher, at one point studying under carl jung. In the late 1950s, raudive began to hear words recorded on blank audio tape and eventually made more than 100,000 recordings.
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