Joel Martin - We are Not Forgotten: George Anderson’s Messages of Hope from the Other Side

George Andersons Messages of Hope from the Other Side

JOEL MARTIN

and

PATRICIA ROMANOWSKI

G. P. PUTNAMS SONS

NEW YORK

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Rainy Day by Molly Martinek. Reprinted with the kind permission of Dennis and Suzie Martinek.

Genes poem reprinted with the kind permission of his sister Kim.

Copyright 1991 by Joel Martin and PAR Bookworks, Ltd.

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission. Published simultaneously in Canada

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Martin, Joel.

We are not forgotten: George Andersons messages of hope from the other side / Joel Martin and Patricia Romanowski. p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-399-13621-5 1. Spiritualism. 2. Anderson, George.

I. Romanowski, Patricia. II. Anderson, George. III. Title. BF1290.M27 1991 90-23540 CIP

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Printed in the United States of America

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Literally thousands of people throughout the United States, Canada, and the world have given generously of their time to make this book possible. We are indebted to them and many others who have contributed to our work in so many ways. It would be impossible to name them all, but we are deeply grateful to each and every one.

We would also especially like to thank those people who shared their readings and experiences with us but whose stories do not appear here. By the time we were ready to write, we realized we had amassed ten times more material than could fit in a single book. Still, you should know that we learned so much from each of you, and we hope that is reflected here.

We owe a special debt of gratitude to those people who gladly agreed to be identified by their real names. With your help psychic phenomena is emerging from the shadows and into the light.

Our thanks, then, to: Bill and Jeannine Ayres, Sri Chinmoy, Dr. Joseph Casarona, M.D., the Compassionate Friends of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Josephine Cosenza, John and Nancy Elliot and their family, Dr. Gerald Epstein, Carol Gadell, Fonda Gadell, Daniel Gardner, Kim Gardner, Robert C. Gottlieb, Muriel Horenstein, Patricia Ippolito, Dr. Leonard Jasen, Elaine Kaplan and the spirit of Jason, Roxanne Salch Kaplan, Suzie Kenzakoski, Charles X. Kielhurn, the spirit of David Licata, Carol McIlmurray and family, Eileen Maher, Dennis and Suzie Martinek, Joseph Matyas, Kristen and Randy Micheletti, Carol Muschinski, Mary OShaughnessy, Peter and Stacey Pacifico, Anna Preston and the spirit of Jessie, Richard Romanowski, Richard Ruhl, Kristina Rus, John Smith, Carol St. John and family, Pasqual Schievella, Yolanda Schmidt, Elaine and Joe Stillwell, Max Toth, Neil Vineberg, and Robyn Willis.

Special thanks to Stephen Kaplan of the Parapsychology Institute of America for generously sharing his vast knowledge of parapsychology and his friendship.

As always, our most sincere appreciation to our dedicated literary agent, Sarah Lazin. And to everyone at G. P. Putnams Sons and Berkley for their tireless efforts on our behalf: our editor George Coleman, Faith Sale, David Shanks, Roger Cooper, Marilyn Ducksworth, Patricia Kelly, Suzanne Herz, and Andrew Zeller.

In addition we would like to acknowledge individually the special people who stood by us throughout.

My heartfelt thanks to Joel, the true author of this series, for having a vision that included me, and to George, for giving me several gifts this past year, all more precious than he will ever know. Id like to thank Robert and Rochelle Bashe whose love renders the suffix in-law irrelevant. My sister Mary Romanowski Vitro devoted weeks to processing transcripts and a lifetime to being my best friend. Johnetta: welcome home. As always my husband, Philip Bashe, made everything possible, bearable, and often even fun, during what we will someday look back on as that year.

P.R.

I would like to thank my parents, George, Sr., and Eleanor Anderson, and my family: Alfred, Dolores, James, and George Anderson, as well as Janice Goldberg, Donna Koopman, Donald Walker, and family and friends in the United States and in Europe. Thanks to my best friend, Neal Sims, whos always there with a sense of humor, and to Andrew Ribaudo for never failing to represent me so nicely on the telephone, especially since its so hard for people to get appointments. Finally, thanks to the Unitarian-Universalist Association for allowing me to breathe, spiritually and religiously.

G.A.

Id like to express my special appreciation to my family, Sadie Cohen, the late Charles Cohen, and to Evelyn Moleta. A special thank you to my coauthor, Patricia Romanowski, who trusted enough to embark on this journey with George and me with that rarest of gifts, an open mind.

My eternal thanks to Elise LeVaillant for her continuing support and ideas. Her sharing her vast knowledge of both the scientific and the psychic with me has guided a large part of my research for this book. Her love and spirit continue to be my inspiration.

And, of course, to Christina Martin for her years of loyalty and patience, as well as for accomplishing the gigantic task of transcribing literally hundreds of hours of taped interviews. I couldnt have done it without you.

J.M.

To the loving memories of Uncle Paul Giordano, Peter Daidola,Jr., Vincent Buscemi, and Sister Mary Sophia, O.P., who taught love, compassion, and charity. Her actions spoke louder than words.

G.A.

To the memories of Father John Papallo, who will never be forgotten, and Mary Jasen.

J.M.

To the wonderful Dougie Vitro and his wonderful dad, Rick.

P.R.

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The night approaches... bringing dread
Of that irrevocable journey to eternal sleep.
Is it so awesome?
Ask the dead.

Lloyd Hartley

The thought of death leaves me in perfect peace, for I have a firm conviction that our spirit is a being of indestructible nature.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A mans dying is more the survivors affair than his own.

Thomas Mann

Through the years, George and I have kept detailed records and notes on readings, in addition to the hundreds now stored on video and audio tape. Largely because of the success of We Don't Die many people contacted us to volunteer their personal readings and experiences. Every full reading that appears in this book is used with the express written permission of the subject. The names of professionals, such as doctors and therapists, are all real unless otherwise indicated. For personal reasons, some subjects requested anonymity, so in a few cases we have changed names and other identifying details. The readings themselvesthe words spoken by George and the subjectsare real.

Each reading presented herein was taken verbatim from audio or video recordings, or from handwritten notes I took during the readings, or transcripts kindly provided by subjects from their tape recordings of their readings. These transcripts have been edited where necessary for clarity and brevity. They have also been reviewed by the subject whenever possible for accuracy. However, except for the reading itself, information regarding the subjects, the spirits, and their backgrounds was obtained in interviews conducted after the reading. For reasons of clarity only, some stories precede the readings that in real life they followed. The words are presented here in the order they were spoken minus pauses, repetitions, and irrelevant asides, which are noted by ellipses. (George is probably the only psychic medium in the world known to interrupt himself midreading to complain about his latest electric bill.)