Last Letters From The Living Dead Man (1919) - Softcover

Hatch, David Patterson; Barker, Elsa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110409729X ISBN 13: 9781104097295

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2009

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About the Author

1869-1954
Elsa Barker, poetess, novelist and writer, was born in Leicester, Vermont, USA. She was a teacher for a short period but moved on to writing articles for newspapers and syndicated magazines, eventually doing editorial work for Hampton's Magazine in 1909 -1910.
Her published works included The Son of Mary Bethel (1909), The Frozen Grail & Other Poems (1910), Stories from the New Testament for Children (1911), The Body of Love (1912), "Songs of a Vagrom Angel", (1916), Fielding Sargent (1922), The Cobra Candlestick (1928), The C.I.D. of Dexter Drake (1929) and The Redman Cave Murder (1930).
In 1912 Barker was in Paris and one evening she allegedly began automatic writing; the process or production of writing material that does not come from the conscious thoughts of the writer.
Much of this inspired writing over the years claims to have originated from discarnate beings and Barker was no exception.
The entity responsible for the writing claimed to be Judge David Patterson Hatch, a lawyer from Los Angeles.
The judge explained that he had recently passed over and that he wanted to document his experiences on the other side in the form of letters that he would write through Elsa's hand.
Within a few days Barker received verification from a friend that the Judge had indeed died recently in Los Angeles.
Patterson Hatch was no ordinary man. Apart from being a lawyer and a judge he was also a published author whose subjects included philosophy and the occult with works including "Scientific Occultism", "The Twentieth Century Christ", "The Blood of the Gods", "Text Book of Christian Hermit Philosophers" and the novel "El Reschid" (one of a series of books written under "the Hindu name of Karishka").
When Patterson Hatch died in 1912 the Los Angeles Times called him "a remarkable man" who was "exceptionally versed in the deep philosophies of life" and who had "obtained a deep knowledge of universal laws, which, although natural to himself, appeared as mysticism to those who had not followed his great mental strides."
During the next few years over 130 letters were `dictated' and published and these formed a trilogy debuting with Letters from a Living Dean Man, followed by War Letters from the Living Dead Man and Last Letters from the Living Dead Man.

Do not fear death; but stay on earth as long as you can.
Not withstanding the companionship I have here,
I sometimes regret my failure in holding on to the world.
But regrets have less weight on this side--like our bodies.
Everything is well with me.
I will tell you things that have never been told.

Letter 5: Letters From a Living Dead Man

From the Inside Flap

Critics sometimes complain that we get nothing meaningful from spirit communication. They say that it is just bits of obscure information and trivia that may serve as evidence for survival of consciousness after death but that it tells us nothing about the afterlife environment. Such claims are clearly false. I have scores of books in my library in which communicating spirits have given detailed reports on afterlife conditions.

One of the very best books in this regard is "Letters from a Living Dead Man." I discovered it in a used-book store some 20 years ago and was mesmerized by the wealth of information coming from Judge David Patterson Hatch through the hand of Elsa Barker, an American teacher, poet, author, and playwright. "I enter your mind, putting myself in absolute telepathic rapport with your mind, impressing upon your mind itself the things I wish to say," Hatch, who transitioned to the spirit world in 1912, explained to Barker, who was in a semi-trance state when receiving the "letters."

In the trilogy of books, beginning in 1914, Judge Hatch explained what he had encountered in his new existence. He told of his initial confusion, his struggles, his adjustments, his encounters with other souls, his observations, his teachers, his activities, and his progress.
In the process, he offered much philosophy and wisdom. "If you could only get hold of the idea of immortal life and cling to it!" he offered. "If you could realize yourself as being without beginning and without end then you might commence to do things worthwhile."

If you are going on a trip to a foreign country, you'll likely prepare for the trip by reading about your destination in advance. Since we are all destined to make a very big "trip" at the end of our lives, it makes only sense to find out as much as possible now so that the journey is a pleasant one. I can think of no better reference than the "Letters" trilogy to prepare for that journey.

Michael E. Tymn, Vice-President

Academy of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies, Inc.

& Author of "The Articulate Dead"

Edition details

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110409729X
• ISBN 13: 9781104097295
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240