Private Dowding

Readers can learn more about the remarkable life of Wellesley Tudor Pole in the main review section. This book originates from his time as an officer during World War I when he found in self communicating with a recently killed soldier, Thomas Dowding. There was huge interest in mediumship during that period, with so many young men being killed, including Raymond Lodge, the son of the physicist Sir Oliver Lodge, resulting in a highly evidential account. This book describes Dowding's death and experiences in the immediate aftermath in a vivid manner and contains a number of lessons about life, for instance the need to love deeply, 'love God by pouring yourself away. Love your fellows by giving them all you possess of light and truth.' This involves the emptying of one's self of self. A second series of communications occurs two years later, and there is an instructive chapter on the passing of Major P. Readers may also be interested in Writing on the Ground, one of WTP's final works on his perception of the life of Jesus, elements of history including Atlantis, key questions for human life and his reflections on the Baha'i faith, especially his encounter with Abdu'l Baha. It finishes with the reflection 'the more love we reflect and share with one another, the greater will be the supplier available to us.'