Breakthrough
An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead
Konstantin Raudive Ph.D.

translated by Nadia Fowler - edited by Joyce Morton - with a Preface by Peter Bander

published by Colin Smythe, Gerrards Cross 1971

(Excerpts of this book on the worlditc.org website comprise the Table of Contents, Chapter One, and segments of Chapter Two and Appendices. The many numbered references to locations on Raudive's original recordings have been removed from these excerpts. Non-English characters such as over-lined and accented vowels have been replaced by unmarked vowels for use on this website. Edited by Mark Macy)

These pages from Konstantin Raudive's book are reproduced by permission of the publishers, Colin Smythe Ltd. The book in its entirety, along with a free 7" 33-1/3 rpm record of voice samples, is available from the publishers for £35 pounds, post-free in the UK, and £35 pounds plus postage for the rest of the world. Orders can be emailed to sales@colinsmythe.co.uk (credit cards accepted) or mailed to P.O. Box 6, Gerrards Cross, Bucks SL9 8XA, U.K. We highly recommend this classic break-out book as a vital addition to the library of anyone interested in ITC research.
—Mark Macy & Rolf-D. Ehrhardt.

Preface by PETER BANDER

1. INTRODUCTION
   - The hypothesis of the unconscious
   - The theory of relativity

2. FIRST CONTACTS

3. FIRST STEPS TOWARDS EXPERIMENTS
   - How the voices are heard
   - Listening to the voices

4. METHODS OF RECORDING
   1. Microphone
   2. Radio
   3. Radio-microphone
   4. Frequency-transmitter
   5. Diode

5. THE LANGUAGE OF THE VOICES AND HOW THEY SPEAK

6. PLAY-BACK OF RECORDINGS

1. INDIVIDUAL MANIFESTATIONS

• Mother

• Aunt

• Sister Tekle

• Brother Alexis

• Sonja/Liepina

• Aileen Finlayson

• Margarete Petrautski

• Further Close Friends

• Latvians, Latvia and Latgale

• Writers and Artists
  a. Latvian writers and poets
  b. Writers of other nations

• Psychologists and Parapsychologists

• Statesmen

• A Multitude of Voices

2. STRENGTHENING CONTACTS

• Experiments in Partnership

• The Presence of the Voice-Entities---"We are here … we see … we hear."

• Their Independence and Power of Judgement

• Their Encouragement, Help and Advice

• Their Warnings

• Their Gratitude

3. TWO WORLDS

• Religious and Ethical Factors

• Relationship of the Entities to Earth

• Here and Hereafter---The Anti-World---The Bridge, Crossing and Customs-Points

• Existence after Death

• Conditions in the World of the Voice-Entities

• Transport, Travel and Place-Names

4. PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF COMMUNICATION

• Spidola

• Technical questions: Radio---Radar---Transmitting Stations

• Mr. Bernard Weiss, Physicist

• Mr. Karlis Lidums, Building Contractor

• Parapsychological Society of Switzerland

• Mrs. Irma Millere, Educationalist

• Miss A. Morgenthaler, Teacher

• Dr. Arnold Reincke

• Mr. F. Scherer, Electro technical Expert, and Mr. G. Inhoffen, Photographer,

• Dr. Hans Naegeli, Psychiatrist, and Mrs. K. Nager, Psychologist

• Mr. Gerd Kramer, Assistant Headmaster, Mrs. H. Kramer and Mr. G. Inhoffen

• Dr. R. Zimmerman

• Miss A. Morgenthaler

• Zenta Maurina, Ph.D., Writer

• Mr. Friedrich Juergenson

• Mr. Valerij Tarsis, Writer

• Mr. K. Bauers, Singer

• Mr. F. Scherer

• Professor Atis Teichmanis

• Professor Dr. Hans Bender, Psychologist, and Dr. F. Karger, Physicist

• The Swiss Parapsychological Society

• Mr. H. von Guilleaume, Publisher

• Mrs. Cornelia Brunner, Psychologist, and Mrs. N. von Muralt, Parasychologist

• Valerij Tarsis, Writer, and Dr. Hildegard Dietrich

• Professor Dr. Werner Brunner, Mrs. Ida Bianchi and Mr. Peter Rutishauser

• Miss Helen Schnidheiny, Graphologist, and Miss Katrin Bolli

• The Mother of the Experimenter

• Tekle

• C. G. Jung

• Margarete Petrautzki

• Professor Gebhard Frei

• Edvards Virza

• Karlis Skalbe

• Vilis LBcis

• Miss A. Morgenthaler

• Miss Ilse Diersche

• Dr. Wilhelmina Hennequin

• Mr. Felix Scherer

• Mr. Valerij Tarsis

• Dr. Zenta Maurina

• Mr. and Mrs. Inhoffen

1.THE EXPERTS' REPORT

A. Theologians and Philosophers

• The Rev. Prof. Dr. Gebhard Frei

• The Rt. Rev. Mgr. Prof. Dr. Charles Pfleger and Dr. Zenta Maurina

• The Rev. Voldemars A. Rolle

• The Rev. Fr. Leo Schmid

B. Psychologists and Parapsychologists

• Dr. Theo Locher

• Dr. Hans Naegeli

• Mrs. Katharina Nager

• Friedrich Juergenson

• Mrs. Cornelia Brunner

• Mrs. N. von Muralt

• Professor Walter H. Uphoff

C. Physicists and Electronic Engineers

• Professor Alex Schneider

• Theodor Rudolph

• Franz Seidl

• J.M. Meier

• Ralph Lovelock

D. THE COLLABORATORS' COMMENT

• Karlis Lidums

• Dr. Arnold Reincke

• Dr. R. Fatzer

• Dr. Rudolf Zimmermann

• Mrs. I. Millere

• Miss A. Morgenthaler

• Valerij and Hanni Tarsis

• Professor Atis Teichmanis

• Karlis Bauers

• Herwart v. Guilleaume

• Dr. Wilhelmine Hennequin

2. THE LISTENERS VERIFY

March 14, 2003