SPIRITUALISM OF JAMES E. PADGETT

    Mr. James Edward Padgett was born August 25, 1852, in Washington, D.C. 

    He attended the Polytechnic Academy Institue at Newmarket, Virginia.  In 1880 he was admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C. and thereafter he practiced law for 43 years until his death on March 17, 1923.  During his student years, he became friendly with Professor Joseph Salyards, an instructor at the Academy, who, after his death wrote him many interesting messages.

    His wife, Helen, died about February 1914, and was the first to write him from the spirit world.

    Mr. Padgett never practiced the gift of mediumship as a means of earning money.  He was dedicated wholly to the reception of the great messages signed Jesus and his many disciples.

Please read the "The Spiritualism Leslie Stone" friend and collaborator of Mr. Padgett, who was present when many of these messages were received by James E. Padgett during automatic writing.  Go to menu on left.

Jesus elaborates on the Spiritualism and mediumship of James Padgett

October 25th, 1918.

I am here, Jesus.

    Well, my dear brother, time is passing.  The necessity for the revealing is very apparent, as humans are longing and waiting, for that, which will satisfy the natural cravings of their souls.  Which the present religion, called Christianity, has not in it, the qualities to satisfy.

    I am pleased that you are in so much better condition.  That your love, is again becoming active, awakened and operating upon the qualities of your brain, so that a rapport can be made, as recently explained to you by John in his message.  Here I desire to impress upon you the necessity and desirability of your understanding thoroughly, the Truths set forth in that message.  Of meditating upon the same and making a personal application of what is therein written.

    I would like very much to deliver a message dealing with Spiritual Truth tonight, but do not think that your condition is such as will enable me to take possession of your brain and control the same, that the qualities and Truths of my message demands.  So I will not attempt to write the message.  Instead, will advise you somewhat upon the way in which you must think and act, in order to perfect the condition, which you must possess, that the rapport may be made.

    John has told you to pray often to The Father, so that the Divine Love may become more abundant and your soul become permeated with it.  To think thoughts of spiritual things, until by such thinking, your brain may become, as it were, infused with these thoughts.  Thereby, receive those qualities that will make its conditions, similar to the conditions of the minds of the spirits, who may wish to form a union with your brain and convey through it the Truths that are waiting to be delivered.  I confirm what John has written.  In addition, say that your praying must be more frequent, so that the soul may be freed from the condition, that the existence in it, of thoughts not spiritual, be established.

    You need not wait for occasions, or opportunities, to formally pray.  All during the day and evening, let your longings for the Divine Love ascend to the Father.  A long prayer, or even one formulated into words, is not necessary.  As, in order to have the longing, it is not necessary that words should be used to give it form.  The longing may be rapid as unformed thought and as effective for The Father to catch, as I may say.  The longing is quicker than the thought.  The answer to the same will come with as much certainty and Divine Love, as if you were to put the longing into the most exact form.  Prayers of this kind ascend to the Father, are heard and answered.  By a Law of your relationship to the Father, affect the qualities of the brain in the way of preparing it for the union with the spiritual thoughts of the spirits who desire to write. As I have stated, your thoughts of spiritual things, or of the Truths of the spirit world, as they have already been revealed to you, especially those which pertain to the Divine Love and Mercy of the Father, and to His Will, in their passing and operating, also affect the qualities of the brain, so as to produce the condition which is so necessary for our rapport.

    It may be surprising to you that this condition is required in the brain of a human and also the development of the soul, which really produces the condition, in order that a rapport may be made, so that the Spiritual Truths may be delivered.

    Also, surprising that you have been selected from all the humans on earth, in whom this condition and development shall be made.  It may be more surprising to know that it is True.  There are certain qualities in your constitution, both spiritual and material, that render you susceptible to the influence of our powers and to the use by us, for the purpose of our design and work, which determines one to choose you for the work, in the way in which I and the other high spirits have heretofore used you.  It may seem strange to you, that in all the long ages preceding, I have not found one human with the qualification to fit them for the work.

    I have used others (Emmanuel Swedenborg) before.  But they have failed to submit their minds, souls, beliefs and forethoughts to our influence and directions, as you have so far done.  Many humans have the qualified conditions of spiritual and material make up, to perform our wishes and work.  But as they all have free wills, which we cannot compel.  As circumstances, environments, education and beliefs are elements which affect and determine the possibility of our finding an instrument suitable for our purposes, we have not been able to find a medium, who was qualified to be used for our work.

    You, of course, understand that you were not selected because of any special goodness, or freedom from sin.  Or because you were more beloved by the Father.  Or naturally, I mean according to your course of living, by reason of any spiritual condition that you were in.  For there were many superior to you in goodness and more in At-Onement with the Will of the Father, whose love and the results therefrom, were more perfect than yours.  So you will realize that you were not selected because of any special spiritual merits possessed by you.

    As you have been told, all things in the spirit world, as well as on earth, are controlled by Immutable Laws.  All spirits as well as mortals are subject to those Laws.  The Law of Rapport and Communication must be complied with by Spirits, no matter how much elevated.  Also by humans.  No spirit, by reason of the possession of any supposed power, can set aside this Law.  While spirits have not this power, yet they may have such knowledge of conditions, that they can discern, what qualities in the condition of a human, are susceptible to the influence and molding by the spirits.  So that as a result thereof, the Law may be brought into operation.  This briefly will explain to you why I selected you as my medium and mouthpiece.  For know this, that for a long time I have been endeavoring to influence and mold your mind and beliefs, so that your soul might become developed in such a way, that conditions might be formed, that would enable us to make a rapport that would permit of our controlling your brain to convey these Messages of Truth.  You were naturally a medium.  For ordinary purposes, it was not difficult for the spirits to control and communicate through you, the Truths of the spirit world, which are not of a nature, such as I and others have communicated, in reference to the soul spheres and the relationship of God to humans in the Higher Spiritual Sense.  As you read John's message, you will the better understand what I intend to explain at this point.

    There is another phase to all this, more personal to you.  This is, that while we have been developing you for the purpose of doing our work and helping make effective our mission, your soul, as you, has been developed in its spiritual nature.  You have become in closer Union with The Father.  Have partaken to a large extent of His Divine Love.  To a degree, been Transformed into His Essence.  So that you have become a very different entity from what you were when your development for our purpose commenced.  As a consequence, you will derive all the benefits that flow from an experience, such as you have had.

    You are now one of us in the progress towards the Fountainhead of the Father's Divine Love.  Have taken on a part of His Immortality.  It depends only upon yourself how rapid your progress shall be towards a complete transformation, such as spirits who are inhabitants of the Celestial Spheres possess.  You need not wait until you come to the spirit world, in order to make a rapid progression.  Although, it will be more difficult for you to progress while in the flesh, as you understand.  But wonderful progress may be made while in the flesh.  You have been told the secret of this progress.

    I will further say that you have a closer association with spirits, that are nearer the Father, more possessed of His Essence and Substance, than have any humans of earth at this time.  To you this may seem extravagant and improbable.  But I declare to you that it is as true, that I and many spirits who come to you and write, are in the Celestial Spheres of God's Immortality.

    Well, I have written a long time and you are somewhat tired.  Remember my advice.  Pray often and earnestly, if but for a moment.  The condition will be yours.  We will come and continue our revealments.

With my love and blessing, I am, your brother and friend, Jesus.

Angelic Revelations of Divine Truth

    In reading the messages through James Padgett, it is helpful to remember that he had the legalistic mind of an attorney, but also that he was educated as a religious person.  He had previously also taught sunday school as a Protestant Methodist, thus the thoughts and mind of a traditional, orthodox christian.  He was also openminded to new ideas of Truth, a seeker of spiritual Truth.  So being, the messages were an educational process for him as well.  So the flavor, colorings, or expressions of the messages that came through, sound orthodox christian until a person reads and studies these messages in the light of the Truth. Then it may be found, that the Truths that they contain, are new, to much of the world in which we live in and are also universal. 

    They may be known as Truths, to the individual that is openminded and willing to apply the suggestions contained, in order to determine and establish for themselves, through their own souls perceptions and discernment, the results of those actions in applying these Truths in action and the experiences that are offered and available.

    The spirits or, as they are often referred to, Divine Angels, that formed the rapport with Padgett, are only able to use the vocabulary that is available to them in the mind of the medium.  That is one of the reasons that they chose Padgett, for many of the messages that came through were of Spiritual Law, pertaining to Life and how we as human beings, live life in a spiritual way.