Unseen spirits do they help us or do they harm us (1978)

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UNSEEN SPIRITS

Do They Help Us? or Do They Harm Us?

TODAY there is widespread interest in unseen spirits. Some persons believe in them; others do not. What evidence is there as to whether superhuman spirits really exist? How can we know for certain?

Numerous reports tell of communications from the spirit realm. Can the living really talk with the dead? Can dead ancestors help us? Are there other sources from which spirit messages come?

This booklet has been published to aid you to find satisfying answers to these questions.

Copyright, 1978 by WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA

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OF NEW YORK, INC.

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION

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UNSEEN SPIRITS

—Do They Help Us?

Or Do They Harm Us?

DARK clouds gather. Thunder rumbles. Heavy drops of rain come pelting down. Inside a small home a family of seven persons is gathered and the members are hoping that their dead ancestors will protect them. Suddenly, with a frightful crash, lightning strikes and the home catches

fire. Only two in the family survive. These two are now "afraid of staying in the same village as they believe that it has been bewitched and that some wizard is trying to wipe out the whole family."

4 UNSEEN SPIRITS—DO THEY HELP US? OR DO THEY HARM US?

2 That report appeared in The Times of Swaziland, January 28, 1977. This family may well have known that lightning is caused by electricity forming in the clouds. But the report shows that they also believed that an enemy can get invisible spirits to direct lightning toward a certain place, and they believed that dead ancestors can give needed protection.

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