Experiment Six

Sixth Forever Family Foundation Interactive Experiment

After Death Communication Survey Results

 

Forever Family Foundation conducted an on-line survey from September to November, 2011. They survey was open to anyone who was either directed to the website via a newsletter article or email to members, or to those who simply happened to visit the foundation website. Responders were asked a series of ten questions concerning survival of consciousness, after death communication, mediumship, meditation and religious orientation. Participation in the survey was anonymous and strong, with a total of 965 responses tabulated.

According to the Foundation Vice-President Bob Ginsberg, "The data collected does not hold scientific validity due to the nature of the respondent pool, as we must assume that people visiting our website are not necessarily representative of the general population. However, many will find the data to be very interesting as it relates to personal experiences and a belief in an afterlife."

Some highlights from the comprehensive summary of the results are as follows:

1) People were asked to characterize their belief that consciousness survives physical death.
66% responded that they were a Very Strong believer
21% characterized their belief as Strong.
12% Were open to the possibility
1% Did not believe

2) Survey question asked if responder ever had an After Death Communication, and if so, in what forms.
73% reported having a dream where they were visited by a deceased person
63.7% reported having a "sense of presence" from someone who was deceased
44.5% reported directly smelling an unexplained scent associated with someone deceased
43.3% reported witnessing some unexplained physical manifestation
43.1% reported receiving a very specific piece of information communicated through a medium
38.6% reported feeling the touch of someone who is deceased
33.4% reported directly receiving a telepathic message from a deceased entity
27.7% reported visually seeing a deceased entity
25.5% reported directly hearing the voice from the deceased without the use of electronics
10.2% have had a near death experience
9.3% reported hearing the voice of the deceased via electronic means
7.1% reported never experiencing any type of after death communication

3) Those who have experienced after death communication were asked, how often?
42.8% responded occasionally
23.6 responded rarely
18.2% responded often
15.4% responded very often

4) Responders were asked to characterize their observance of formal religion
43.2% answered that they considered themselves to be spiritual, but did not practice any formal religion
21.8% described a very relaxed observance of a formal religion
21.6% described a moderate observance of a formal religion
9.6% stated that they do not observe a formal religion
3.8% reported strict observance of a formal religion

5 ) Question asked how many private sittings with mediums responder had
38.8% of responders never had a private sitting with a medium
12% had one sitting
11.6% had two sittings
9.4% had three sittings
10.7% had nine or more sittings
The remainder reported between 4 and 8 sittings

6) Those who responded that they had private medium readings were asked how often?
40.6% reported once every few years
24.8% have only gone once
16.8% report once a year
15.9% report several times per year
1% report more than once per week
1% report several times per month

7) Question asked people who had been to private medium sessions to characterize the evidence received
29.7% described strong evidence mixed with relatively little incorrect information
22.9% described good evidence mixed with some incorrect information
17.3% described very strong evidence with essentially no incorrect information
17.4% described a mixture of correct information and incorrect information, but enough evidence to be convinced that communication with the deceased occurred
8.6% reported little evidential information received
4.1% reported no evidential information

8) People were asked if they practiced meditation
27.8% never meditated
23.2% rarely meditated
26.9% occasionally meditated
12.2% meditated often
9.9% meditate regularly

9) Question asks if responder ever sets his/her intention by asking a deceased loved one to communicate with them directly
69.1% answered Yes
30.9% answered No

10) People were asked which type of communication from a deceased loved one they would prefer
72.9% answered direct communication
25.9% answered communication through a medium
1.2% were not interested in communicating with the dead