Margaret Flavell Tweddell - Witness from Beyond: New cosmic concepts on death and survival received from the late A. D. Mattson, S.T.D., through the Clairvoyant, Margaret Flavell Tweddell

On March 2, 1971, anunexpected and unusual project began to evolve. The essence of that project isrevealed in this book.

My father, the Reverend Alvin Daniel Mattson,S.T.D., a Lutheran theologian, died on October 19, 1970. Affectionately knownas "AD" by hundreds of former students, colleagues, and friends, hewas a pioneer among the clergymen who sought to awaken the organized church toits responsibilities in the area of social justice.

Not quitefive months after AD died, Margaret Flavell, a close friend from London, was visiting us. She is one of the most respected clairvoyants in England and has a remarkable record of accomplishments in the field of psychic com munication. On the morning of March 2, 1971, wedecided to see if we could get intouch with AD from the world beyond and to tape-record our attempt. Wehad expected to make contact with him and toget evidence that he does survive, but littledid we expect the quantity and quality of very significant communicationand information that we received. From March 1971 through October 1973 wereceived fifty-five communications amountingto over five hundred legal-sized pagesof typed transcripts. For this book we have extracted the material wefelt would be of interest to the general reader. Communications of a verypersonal nature, relating to our immediate family, have been deleted.

ADalways believed that truth, wherever it is found, is universal. In keeping with this belief, this material is intended for all men, whatever their religious orphilosophical beliefs. A widely respected theologian, AD speaks throughthe chapters of this book, bringing us his message from the spiritual world.

Throughout his life AD stressed that the Kingdom of God is the sovereignty of God embedded in the very nature of reality. In the prophetic tradition of Jesusand the Old Testament prophets, he taughtthat when man and society are oriented withthe laws of the Kingdom, they function in an integrative, constructiveway, thus experiencing the wholeness and "Shalom" that God intendsfor them. This AD continues to stress fromthe realm beyond, relating the truth he finds there to our world here.

He states, "We shall attempt to convey everydayrevelations that willhelp take people the next step on their pilgrimage within the Kingdom of God. We want them to know more so that theycan live life more fully. Knowledge about life everlasting can make the living of every single day on earth an exciting,new adventure."

Even though the Bible contains much evidence that the paranormal is part of God's activity, too manychurches have ignored this wholearea. As a result, many people believe that anything paranormal is"spooky" or even evil. They often relateit only to the misdirected use some people have made of the occult,extrasensory aspects of experience. Scientific studies throughout the yearshave supported the biblical evidences ofsurvival. AD often was distressed that so many people were closed to this evidence, which could have opened broadnew horizons for them.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the priest and scientist,stated, "A new domain of psychical expansionthat is what we lack. And it isstaring us in the face if we would only raise our heads to look at it."1

Thereligious nature of the paranormal is emphasized by AD throughout, helping to place the paranormal in a proper perspective. It then becomes an important adjunctto faith and a reinforcement todoctrinal belief in survival. The Gospel of Matthew reminds us that wecan know.