Abraham Lincoln

Medium's Message May Have
Moved Lincoln to End Slavery

by Kathlyne / Best Kept Psychic Secrets

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
- Abraham Lincoln, Letter to H. L. Pierce (1859)

Did a message from the spirit world somehow change the course of history? Could the weighty words of a young medium long ago influence the direction of future events in American society?

It's common knowledge that Abraham Lincoln had a strong interest in mediumship. What is not a well-known fact, however, is the actual information relayed to him by a shy young girl. No matter how hard you look, you won't find her channeled words regarding the emancipation of slaves in any grade school book. These words remain cloaked in the annals of "unmentionable history".

According to Colonel Simon F. Kase, a railroad lobbyist who had access to the top government echelon, America would never be the same after Lincoln's communication with the "other side". Kase's book, The Emancipation Proclamation, How, and By Whom It was Given to President Lincoln in 1861 uncovers some eyebrow-raising details of spiritualist activity within the highest government circles.

Colonel Kase gives an up close and personal account of the insightful events that he feels shaped history. He explains that while waiting in the visitor's gallery of the House of Representatives an old woman handed him her card. She left him feeling somewhat bewildered by her parting message, "Call me when it suits you."

Kase recognized Judge Wattels standing nearby and quickly approached him given that he wanted to satisfy his curiosity. He asked the judge if he knew this woman. Wattels identified her as Mrs. Laurie and related, "Well sir, I have been to her house; she lives in Georgetown, and she has a daughter, now married to a Mr. Miller. She plays a piano with her eyes closed, and the piano rises up and beats the time on the floor as perfectly as the time is kept upon an instrument, and they call it Spiritualism."

Judge Wattels offered to accompany him to a séance' being held there that night. Of the events, the colonel wrote, "we went and arrived there about eight o'clock in the evening. Who would we meet there but president Lincoln and his lady". They exchanged the courtesies of the day and chatted for about ten minutes. Kase then describes a young girl walking up to Lincoln with closed eyes giving him the following message:

"Sir, you have been called to the position that you now occupy for a very great purpose. The world is in universal bondage; it must be physically set free, that it may mentally rise to its affairs of this nation as well as a Congress at Washington. This Republic is leading the van of Republics throughout the world."

The teenage medium was Nettie Colburn Maynard. She continued to address Lincoln for over an hour on the significance of liberating the slaves. She argued that the Civil War would go on until slavery was abolished because "God destined all men to be free."

Colonel Kase described her words, "Her language was truly sublime, and full of arguments, grand in the extreme, that from the time his proclamation of freedom was issued, there would be no reverse to our army." Once the girl left her "altered state of consciousness" she was visibly frightened to discover she was speaking to the president and abruptly took leave.

The colonel tells of another visit to Mrs. Laurie's home. Again, the president and first lady were there. Lincoln was approached by the young medium once more and delivered another message referring to freeing the slaves.

There is also mention of Lincoln's interest in Spiritualism in Between Two Worlds: "Rumors were rife that in his spiritual quest Lincoln took lively interest in psychic matters". An American medium J. B. Conklin was an invited guest at the Presidential Mansion every Sunday for a month. Lincoln issued the proclamation following these consecutive visits. Makes one wonder, did Lincoln have a "spirited" speechwriter?

What should be pointed out is that at the onset of the Civil War President Lincoln had no intention of eliminating slavery. Was Lincoln convinced of this course of action by communication from the "other side"? Was he being commanded from a higher, all knowing leader?

It's interesting to note that the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862 to be put into effect on January 1863. During this time the strength of the rebellion was shattered. It appears that the medium's prediction was confirmed and the destiny of the nation was swayed.

ESPecially,
Kathlyne

More articles by Kathlyne at www.kathlyne.com


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