Dr Walter Schnittger, a consultant engineer, with his wife Karen, an interpreter, travelled to take part in The Scole Experiment from Germany to oversee the security for the 'padlocked box' paranormal photographic experiments. They attended a number of experimental sessions at Scole. Discover more about their experiences via the links below.

These images are reproduced on Plates 16 and 17 in The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death

'The Golden Chain of Homer' Photographic Film Message

​On 13 July 1996, this phrase

​Perfectio consummata seu Quinta Essentia Universalis

was transmitted (in scrawled 'handwriting' - how?) on to an unopened roll of Polachrome 35 mm 12-exposure colour transparency film during a session attended by Professor Archie Roy (see below), one of the world's leading specialists in astrophysics.

This phrase was interpreted by one adviser as meaning

​From chaos to the highest summit of mankind.

Another specialist from the SPR, Dr Alan Gauld, translated it as

"Completed perfection, or the Fifth Universal Essence: part of the highly symbolic device which begins the chain with chaos and confusion and ends with perfection, representing Man’s progress towards the light".

​​Detective work by Professor Roy's investigating colleagues from the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) established that the symbols allude to the

Golden Chain of Homer (Aurea Cantena Homeri).

This does indeed symbolise a journey which begins with chaos and confusion, and ends with perfection, thus representing Man’s progress towards the Light.

Srimad Bhagavatam (aka 'Bhagavata Purana') text image 2

A further image from the Srimad Bhagavatam arrived during The Scole Experiment on 10 March 1995.

The first image had arrived on 13 January 1995.

​This image is reproduced on Plate 9 in The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death

See previous Srimad Bhagavatam images post for more.

Srimad Bhagavatam (aka 'Bhagavata Purana' - see below) text image 1

On 13 January 1995, this photographic image of text from the Srimad Bhagavatam was transmitted by the communicating spirit team during The Scole Experiment on to factory-sealed, Polaroid Polapan 35 mm slide film.

The Romanised text is:

yad atra kriyate karma
bhagavat-paritosanam
jnanam yat tad adhinam hi
bhakti-yoga-samanvitam

Scole medium, Diana Bennett, was later guided to a Sanskrit text in an Oxfam shop, which was one of the eighteen translated volumes of the Bhagavatam. It turned out to be the one which contained the translation of the transmitted text. Coincidence?

​The translation is:

Whatever work is done here in this life
for the satisfaction of the mission of the Lord
is called bhakti-yoga or transcendental loving service to the Lord
and what is called knowledge becomes a concomitant factor

This image is reproduced on Plate 8 in The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death

Srimad Bhagavatam text image 2

A further image from the Srimad Bhagavatam arrived during The Scole Experiment on 10 March 1995.
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​It too was in the translated volume the Scole Group now owned.

​What is the Bhagavata Purana?

​The Bhagavata Purana (Sanskrit: भागवतपुराण; IAST: Bhāgavata Purāṇa), also known as the Srimad Bhagavatam, Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana or simply Bhagavata, is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (Mahapuranas). Composed in Sanskrit and available in almost all Indian languages, it promotes bhakti (devotion) to Krishna, integrating themes from the Advaita (monism) philosophy of Adi Shankara, the Vishishtadvaita (qualified monism) of Ramanujacharya and the Dvaita (dualism) of Madhvacharya.

The Bhagavata Purana, like other puranas, discusses a wide range of topics including cosmology, astronomy, genealogy, geography, legend, music, dance, yoga and culture. As it begins, the forces of evil have won a war between the benevolent devas (deities) and evil asuras (demons) and now rule the universe. Truth re-emerges as Krishna, (called "Hari" and "Vāsudeva" in the text) – first makes peace with the demons, understands them and then creatively defeats them, bringing back hope, justice, freedom and happiness – a cyclic theme that appears in many legends.

​Source: Wikipedia