(This message from beyond was received through Vitorio Ginelli.)

(HarryHoudini speaking:) The great Houdini! The mystic, the magician, the marvel behind the man! The intrigue! The whole world was fascinated by my magic. But let me tell you of my youth. From my earliest memories, I was fascinated by the unknown. I guess I was always a mystic. My whole childhood, even after coming to America, was very sad, but I used to marvel at the freedom in the spirit of certain things that I saw‚ and even things that I didn't see, but only sensed.

Throughout my whole youth I had a fascination for trying to look beyond the veil and find out what was on the other side, in the world of the spirit. It was my whole fascination in life! And even though my magic started with simple, foolish little tricks, in my later years‚ the tricks that really caught the eye of the world and fascinated them were actually miracles! They were things that God did to try to draw attention to Him through me. But sad to say, I wasn't the channel that I should have been. I took too much of the glory to myself and didn't give God enough of it. Nevertheless‚ He continued to allow me to do these miraculous, magical feats to captivate the world, in the hope that I would tell you of His power, of His magic. For He truly is the Great Magician!

Since coming to His kingdom, I've found that the great Houdini's magic is nothing. The true magic of this kingdom is beyond anything mortal men could ever dream of attaining: to travel at the speed of thought, to appear and disappear, to walk through solid objects, to communicate with others telepathically. And the beauty of Heaven? Saint John did well when he described the Heavenly City in the Book of Revelation, but it's beyond anything that anyone could ever describe! No matter how deep he saw into the world of the spirit, a mortal mind could not comprehend what God has in store for those who receive His Son‚ Jesus.

I was a real cynic on earth. I thought all those that were hearing from the other side were just quacks and charlatans. I was trying so hard to hear from the other side, but I was trying to do it in my own strength. Many of the mediums that I used to see and visit were also trying to do it in their own strength, and many were even doing it to deceive people for money. But I always told my lovely wife, my wonderful sweet honey whom I loved so dearly, that if it were possible to come back from the other side, I would come back and talk to her.

But in all this time, I have never been able to find anyone who was asking for me to come who had faith — faith in Jesus. Many asked for me to come, but they asked for their own glory, or out of fascination, or for information‚ but they never asked Jesus, believing that He wanted to communicate His love to the world through those of us here on this side. So I had to wait all this time for someone who had the faith to ask Jesus to let me speak to you!

Even though my own wife, who loved me dearly, desired so much for me to come back and talk to her, it was heartbreaking that she couldn't hear my words. It was because she didn't know that it required faith in Jesus. It's a simple matter if people really believe and have faith in Jesus. Faith in Jesus comes through hearing His Word and getting to know Him personally, to know His love and to trust in Him and expect Him to speak. It can be a message given in prophecy [3], or perhaps a feeling, or a whisper in your heart or your mind. God is not dead! Jesus is not dead! Of course they wish to speak to you! They will speak to you any time you pray and ask in faith for them to speak, or for any of their heavenly helpers to speak.

This is a great mystery‚ but even the Apostle Paul talked of this mystery and taught that people should seek earnestly to prophesy, in order to feed others of the Spirit of God. Even back in the days of the Old Testament, many prophets spoke God's words. Down through the ages many prophets have spoken the words of the departed saints, and of the angels, and of the ministering spirits [4] that surround them.

You think I was magical? If you could only open your eyes and see all that is around you in the spirit, you would see your guardian angels and the many helpers that wait to help you; you would see the spiritual battle being waged between the forces of good — the forces of love — and the forces of evil — death, hate and destruction. When I was there on earth I could feel this conflict and I could sense the realities of the spirit world, but without faith in Jesus I couldn't find the key to unlock the door to its mysteries. I could unlock handcuffs and trunks and get out of straitjackets and tanks full of water, or find my way out of frozen rivers or lakes, but I couldn't find the key to get through to the world of the spirit, the other side that I desired and sought after so diligently. I now know it was so simple — all I needed was Jesus!

In the Bible, Jesus said, "I am the door. If any man will come to My Father, he must come through Me." [5] It was so simple, but I couldn't see it! So many people cannot see it‚ because they don't want to accept the truth. Even many of Jesus' children have locked themselves out of hearing from the other side because of unbelief, fear of the unknown, and fear of getting in contact with the wrong spirits. This is a lack of faith, for Jesus is the most powerful force in the universe‚ and those who come to Him in pure faith will not be led astray or deceived or given wrong information. He longs and loves to give people the truth. He wants to set you free to know His beauties and His glories and the wonders of His kingdom, to give you glimpses into His heavenly realm.

He has given many glimpses! He's brought many people to the gates and even into the kingdom itself [in near-death experiences], and allowed them to take back stories of the warmth‚ the love, the caring, the sharing, the great love and dedication to our Lord and King, and to our heavenly Father and His Holy Spirit Bride. All is harmony and peace and beauty here. We have perfect comfort in spirit, and a perfect balance in all things. But that doesn't mean we sit around on clouds playing harps! We have many, many missions. We are very active in the spirit world. We're very, very busy with many, many people to help on earth, and much to be done here as well.

Our time here is full and exciting and thrilling and joyous, full of love and peace and fulfillment. So don't think that Heaven is a place where only those who wish to sit around are happy. On the contrary, it is a very, very active and thrilling place! The love is indescribable! Indescribable! It's so exciting! It's so beautiful! Even I, the great Houdini, the magician, am unable to describe to you the magic of Heaven! But if you'll simply reach out and touch Jesus‚ if you'll just try Him‚ you too will come to this wonderful kingdom some day, and together we will rejoice in our Lord and King.

So don't be deceived by the magic of the earth, for it is deceiving‚ and much of the magic comes from the wrong source. But if you know Jesus, He will show you which magic on earth is His, and which is the magic of the Devil. For Satan also is a magician, a magician of evil, and he can influence evil men on earth and inspire them to do evil — evil magic and evil deeds to hurt the souls of men in his war against God and good and love.

Be cautious, but most of all, be close to Jesus. Be simple and childlike, for He promised that if we would become His children and accept Him, we would be part of His heavenly kingdom. You don't have to be over here to be part of Jesus' heavenly kingdom — you become a son or a daughter of the kingdom, of the heavenly realm‚ simply by accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior.

So take the advice of the great Houdini, the magician who could escape from anything on earth, but who was unable to escape into the spirit world, into Jesus' world, without His magic. No man can see God or know the great love of His kingdom without receiving Jesus, His Son‚ and coming into His heavenly kingdom by receiving Him through His sacrifice on the cross at Calvary. All who love God will some day have to receive Jesus to come into this glorious, glorious place.

So that is the magic that I, the great Houdini, wish to impart to the world. Not the magic of man and the sleight of hand and the daring feats‚ but the magic of Jesus, the magic of salvation, the magic that a sinful‚ weak human being can reach out and touch the God of the universe, the Creator of all things, and be received into His perfect kingdom, even though he be dirty and sinful and nothing! Jesus will cleanse and take away all sins, for His and the Father's love is so great that they will see past your sins. God will only see Jesus and the sacrifice that He made for you in dying for your sins. All you have to do is receive Jesus and you are instantly cleansed and accepted into His kingdom, and you will surely be with Jesus in His kingdom some day. Don't fear man. Don't fear your own sins‚ your own doubts, or your own unbelief. Accept Jesus by faith, and as sure as I'm here talking to you, you will become a child of God.

My message to you, from the great Houdini, who has waited so long to come back and talk to the world, is to be simple! Don't try to reach God in your own strength and with your own mind, your own intellect or your own understanding and wisdom; there is no way, I tried. Even though I was fascinated by the Gypsies in my youth‚ and great mystics and spiritual people throughout my life, God never let me find the sincere ones, true children of Jesus who were hearing from Heaven. This is because I was doing it in my own strength and I wanted to reach God through my own power‚ my own greatness, my own wisdom, which cannot be allowed.

God will only receive those into His kingdom who accept by faith His sacrifice in giving His Son, Jesus, to the world to forgive the sins of humankind. No one is good enough to reach God. Only Jesus can help you and open the magical door into the magical kingdom of God‚ the Great Magician!

I love you, and we here are doing all that we can to help you and guide you to Jesus so that you too can be a part of this magical kingdom. Goodbye for now! We love you!

Houdini, Harry (1874 - 1926), Hungarian-born American magician and escape artist; the most famous magician of the 20th century, and one of the best-known magicians in Western history.

Houdini was born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary. His parents emigrated to America when he was an infant, and he grew up in a small Wisconsin town. He began his lifelong career of dazzling audiences at age 8, as a trapeze artist. Fascinated with magic, young Erik soon learned the tricks of the trade. Under the stage name of Harry Houdini, he put on shows at circuses and vaudeville houses across the country. He began to specialize in escapes‚ and quickly distinguished himself as a master of illusion. His ability to escape from virtually any lock or bind under seemingly impossible conditions earned him great fame in both America and in Europe. Some of his most famous acts include escaping from a straitjacket while suspended upside down from a hoist atop a tall building, or being thrown into a river chained and locked inside a heavy packing crate. While many of his acts were illusionary tricks, his most daring escape — from a locked glass case filled with water — appears to have been truly magical, and remains a mystery to this day.

The death of Houdini's mother sparked in him a keen interest in the spiritual, and he visited numerous mediums in an attempt to communicate with his mother's departed spirit. Unsuccessful and disillusioned by the spurious mediums and spiritualists he came in contact with, he vigorously campaigned to expose their quackery and fraud. Putting communication with the spirit world to the ultimate test, he agreed with his wife on a secret code that would identify any of his communications with her after he died. Many attempts were made by his wife to communicate with his spirit via séances, but the code was never transmitted.