Two aviators appeared to close friends at or close to the time of their respective deaths. This is known as a "crisis apparition".
At 2:00 on the morning of March 14, 1928, RAF Colonel G.L.P. Henderson was asleep in his stateroom on board the Barrabool. The ship was south of the Canary Islands en route to England.
He awoke to find a longtime friend, Captain W.G.R. Hinchliffe, standing in his cabin. Hinchliffe appared to be in distress, saying "What am I going to do? I've got this woman with me, and I'm lost. I'm lost". Then Hinchliffe disappeared.
What Colonel Henderson experienced was a crisis apparition. This term refers to a vision seen at the moment of an individual's death or during a time of great stress, such as illness, serious injury, or life-threatening situation. At the time Hinchliffe was seen by Henderson, he was attempting to cross the Atlantic in a 32-foot Stinton Detroiter monoplane. Hinchliffe's co-pilot was the Honourable Elsie McKay, a British heiress.
Three days later, Henderson received word that Captain Hinchliffe and Miss McKay were officially missing.
Another example of a crisis apparition (also on an aviation theme) is the following:
RAF Lt. J.J. Larkin was in his barracks at 3:30 one afternoon. He was sitting by the fire reading a book. A friend, Lt. David McConnel, entered the barracks and spoke to Larkin. Larkin noticed that McConnel was wearing his flying clothes but had on a naval cap.
McConnel told Larkin that he had "got there all right" and his trip had been a good one. Larkin said goodbye to McConnel and left the barracks, only to learn later that Lt. McConnel had been killed in a plane crash at 3:25 that afternoon. He was wearing a naval cap at the time.
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Comments
May 28, 2006 7:44 AM
Judy M Merrill
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are more common than we give credit. People return from a funeral and smell the flowers in their home. They usually put this off as being there were a lot at the funeral. It could be their one telling them the flowers were beautiful.
All psychic/mediumship gifts begin with the senses used in the material vibration being taken to another level of human endeavour (psychic) and then expanding into the spirit connection.
God bless, J
May 31, 2006 5:33 AM
Jodee Redmond
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After my beloved grandmother died, I was back at work and smelled roses. (At her funeral, the casket spray was made up of beautiful roses.) I thought someone in the office had received flowers and I got up to see. There were no flowers in the office at all.
I went back to work and something tickled me on the back of my neck. I'm really ticklish there, so it's a really good way to get my attention. It happened a couple of times and for some reason, I said out loud "Granny, is that you?"
The smell of roses got stronger.
Since then, I have occasionally smelled things that weren't there, like spring flowers in November when I went to get my mail, a Christmas tree when we hadn't put one up, and chocolate chip cookies when we hadn't baked anything. Interestingly enough, both myself and my youngest daughter smelled the chocolate chip cookies, but my oldest one did not.
Jodee Redmond
May 31, 2006 2:42 PM
Judy M Merrill
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When its on the spirit some are open to it, others are not. That is a part of taking the consciousness to what is the spirit/psychic sensitivities.
All psychic gifts start with the 5 senses we use in the material vibration and taking them to the psychic including 2 more: intuition and I know (this comes from the heart...it neither sees nor hears...just knows). Some people will trust and open to this and others will not.
As you can see the gift of smell is real in this level. And smell is most closely connected with our memory.
