Spirited Excursion with EVP Guide, Spidola
In Raudive's groundbreaking investigations into Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), he claimed to have communicated with a female spirit guide named Spidola. This spirit entity, named after a legendary witch or prophetess in Latvian mythology, served as an intermediary or "helper" during these sessions.
Contrary to some misconceptions, the name Spidola is not directly related to a physical radio, the VEF Spidola, which was a common consumer product in the Soviet Union. The VEF Spidola was a short wave transistor radio, not a device used for EVP experiments. There is no evidence to suggest that the VEF Spidola radio was involved in Raudive's work.
Spidola's voice, as recorded by Raudive, exhibited a hissing quality and terse language characteristic of other spirit voices. However, the VEF Spidola radio did not have such characteristics. Spidola would signal Raudive when it was time to begin recording, indicating the presence of other spirits. In contrast, the VEF Spidola radio did not signal Raudive in this way.
Raudive adjusted his recording device to hear Spidola's voice before recording, but he did not do so for the VEF Spidola radio as it was not a source of spirit communication. Spidola's voice is one of the voices Raudive claims to have recorded during his experiments. The voice of Spidola is a part of Raudive's investigations into EVP.
Raudive's book "Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead" details his experiences communicating with the spirit world through Spidola. Spidola was reported to have her own transmitting station on the other side, a concept that adds an intriguing dimension to Raudive's work.
While the connection between Spidola and the VEF Spidola radio may seem confusing, it is important to note that they are distinct entities. Spidola, the spirit guide, played a significant role in Raudive's EVP investigations, providing a link between Latvian cultural heritage and the phenomena Raudive sought to document scientifically.
In Raudive's scientific investigations, the voice of Spidola, a spirit guide, was not related to the VEF Spidola radio, a short wave transistor radio common in the Soviet Union. Instead, Spidola, as a significant part of Raudive's experiments with Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), served as a link between Latvian cultural heritage and the scientific documentation of spirit communication, using technology as a tool for communication.
