Dave Haith, a retired newspaper journalist, who is involved with paranormal research, and lives in Bournemouth, UK writes with some interesting details about the late Prof. John Mack, including word of possible afterlife communications from him:
Just back from a week's holiday yesterday, I found a phone voice message awaiting me from psychic researcher Monty Keen's widow Veronica, at whosehome John Mack planned to stay on the night of his tragic death. As we now know, Mack was killed in Totteridge Lane,London by a car driven by a Czech local resident whoit is alleged had been drinking.An inquest has been opened and adjourned and thereis a cremation on Wednesday.As the Internet has been awash with conspiracy theories re: Mack's demise...I asked her permission to publish her Sunday Oct 3 voicemail message which is as follows:
"Hello - message for David Haith from Veronica Ford-Keen to do with John Mack. You all seem to be surprised that John was staying here. He was an old friend of Monty and I. He became interested in the afterlife two years ago on the death of Dr Elizabeth Targ and her communication and he wanted to work with me on Monty's communications. And he is communicating here now. But we spent all day Thursday together at the Farmer's Club in London and he talked to me over the weekend from Oxford and he came here Monday morning to stay with me and we should have worked Monday and Tuesday on Monty's communications and he was going back Tuesday evening. No mystery about it at all. It was...an accident and I'm very upset and very sorry. He was a lovely man - one of life's gentlemen, just like Monty. I hope you're both well. Take care - God Bless."
In a phone conversation today (Oct 9) Veronica Keen told me that she believes that John Mack has communicated from the afterlife and has 'met' and is working with Monty. She said that Mack arrived at her home on Monday and they went by cab to researcher Rupert Sheldrake's home where they 'talked for hours.' Mack had been to Oxford the previous Saturday addressing the T. E. Lawrence Society Symposium - he won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography on Lawrence of Arabia.
Later, John had a meeting with his financial advisor in Chelsea. He was dropped off there by a friend of Veronica and then returned by taking the underground (tube) train to a station near Veronica's home at Totteridge. Veronica who explained that her friend drew him a map to find his way, said 'He told us he wanted to go on the underground. He said he hadn't been on it for years. It was an adventure for him. He liked experiencing things.' Reluctant to give specific details Veronica claims that Mack communicated after death on Tuesday. Reluctant to give names she said John came through to a "businessman over from the States who is able to talk with the dead." She said the man was at a business meeting on Tuesday morning when "Suddenly, when the meeting was over, he said 'I've got somebody wishing to communicate.'
Veronica claims it was recognised as Mack by somebody else at the meeting who knew him. She said the businessman did not know Mack or that he had died. Veronica added "We had a Thursday night séance with this American - John and Monty came through. It's all on tape. John said Monty had taught him how to communicate. "She said that in the communications John said that it was destiny and "all part of the scheme for John and Monty to work this way."
John also described his death. He said 'It was like a puff of wind lifted me up. I never knew dying could be so easy."Veronica said that when she had discussions about the afterlife with John before the accident he 'became very excited - like a little child.' He told her 'My only regret is that I came to this so late in life. It's the one question everybody needs answering.' She said Mack had never attended séances while alive but was researching it academically. She said "He was planning to attend séances to openup a new world for him."
--David Haith