Arthur Miller and the Salem trials

[Jim Maule]

Sanford Levinson <levinson at BU.EDU> asks:
> I note Mike Schott's reference to "mediums."  How do you respond to someone
> who says that "I was talking with my (dead) brother last night, and I don't
> mean that at all metaphorically.  He was there, though in an incorporeal
> form, and he told me what heaven looks like and how he has been reunited
> with Mom, Dad, and our dog Fido."  The more polite among us might simply try
> to change the subject or find another person to converse with, or, if we are
> anthropologically inclined, we might "play along" to hear more, but how many
> of you would (sincerely) respond, "Oh, that's very interesting.  I've always
> wanted to know if people play sports in heaven.  Did your brother say
> anything about that?"

I would, but I guess you already would have predicted that. :)

Jim Maule
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