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James Padgett received messages
from Jesus and many Celestials, and other spirits, over the period
1914 until his death in 1923. He received approximately 2,460 messages,
but only about half have been published. The only messages that
are currently published, were published in four initial volumes
entitled "True Gospel Revealed Anew by Jesus." These include
some 1,232 messages. These four volumes were published between 1940
and 1967, by Dr Stone, the close associate of James Padgett. The
last volume was in fact completed after Dr Stone's death, by Rev
John Paul Gibson. A number of other published
works have been compiled from this initial source, and many of these
are listed on this page.
However the chronological index shown below of these messages was
first published here on this site. This index is the result of a
great deal of work, by a number of different people. I believe that
this compilation will be of great interest to those who would like
to understand how Padgett's knowledge evolved, and precisely in
what sequence things happened. In many ways this chronological presentation
is easier to follow, and also answers many questions that would
be raised by folks new to this business of channeling, and trying
to understand why I consider these messages very largely accurate.
If one wants to get straight into the "meaty stuff", it
is however easier to read Volumes
I and II . Alternatively, you may jump directly to any of the
various sections on the previous index,
where messages relating to that topic have been gathered together
to enable an easy appreciation of the subject.
I do not have access to the original hand written messages, although
they still exist and in theory at least, there is a project to scan
the originals. The matching of dates was accomplished by comparing
the short summary in a diary form to which I do have access. These
are called the Padgett Tablets. (The diary
kept by James Padgett of his communications.) The reader should
be aware that this date matching is a somewhat inexact process.
Sometimes it is easy to match, but some messages appear to not be
in this Tablet. Others are simply uncertain, because the Tablet
could refer to more than one message. Thus some licence has occasionally
been taken to arrive at this index, and I note that other sites
now have small differences, where they obviously believe they have
managed to match messages, which matching I however have not agreed
with. I do not believe that this should in any way detract from
the index. A number of messages
could not be dated, and will have to await the scanning of the original
to establish the date.
It seems that it may be important for me to state my position on
the accuracy or otherwise of these messages, and the issue of potential
error in these messages. As is the case in every area of human belief,
there are those followers of The Padgett Messages who do not accept
that any error has ever been found in these messages. Furthermore,
they feel that anyone who suggests that there may be such error,
is basically damaging the legacy and destroying the value of this
work. I would prefer to leave the matter of truth or otherwise to
those who read these, but we have had almost 100 years of regular
communication now, through a great many mediums. A very small number
of mistakes have been pointed out in these older messages by more
recent communications, and I have linked these to the originals,
where appropriate. It is fair to say that most who read these messages
are struck by the consistency, and lack of obvious error. Padgett
was clearly a very gifted medium, and was dealing with advanced
and knowledgeable spirits. Without going into any detail, I should
hasten to add that none of these issues are central to the Divine
Love concepts so clearly received by James Padgett, and these are
only ancillary issues. But I do feel obliged to share these with
the reader, and in the appropriate places, you may find a postscript
attached to a message, setting out any concerns I have. I do not
think that this approach damages the legacy, in fact I believe and
hope that the true seeker will take the opposite view. But I will
state here that I have not altered what has been originally published
and that I have used the oldest publications as my source, although
the matter of duplicate messages is
a somewhat more complex issue, and can result in a message that
is a composite.
The Padgett Messages,
in original date order
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