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In addition to the multiple choice questions, thousands of readers wrote in answers to the optional essay question: "Have you ever felt as if a dead person was trying to communicate with you? Describe your experience."
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| Results Overall | ||||||||
| 1. You believe that when people die, their souls/spirits: | ||||||||
| Remain earthbound temporarily | 8.9% | |||||||
| Move on to an eternal afterlife | 50.4 | |||||||
| Go to an in-between stage | 12.1% | |||||||
| Are reincarnated | 12% | |||||||
| No longer exist | 2.2% | |||||||
| I don't know | 14.4% | |||||||
| 2. What best describes for you the relationship between the living and the dead? | |
| The souls of the dead protect the living as angels or spirit guides | 42.6% |
| The souls of the dead haunt us as ghosts | 11.5% |
| Souls in heaven can hear our prayers/intercede for us with God | 34.1% |
| The dead can communicate but have no power over our lives | 30% |
| The dead cannot communicate with the living in any way | 12.8% |
| I'm not sure | 24% |
| 3. Have you ever tried to contact the dead by: | |
| Consulting a psychic or medium | 21% |
| Using a Ouija board | 28% |
| Performing a seance | 14% |
| Praying or meditating | 63% |
| Speaking, either out loud or in your head | 69% |
| Using EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) | 3% |
| 4. You believe the ability to communicate with the dead is: | |
| Something everyone has the potential for | 35.9% |
| A spiritual gift that only some people have | 25% |
| An evil power/dangerous occult activity | 7.2% |
| I don't know if it's possible | 23.7% |
| There is no such thing | 8.1% |
| 5. Have you ever: | |
| Felt the presence of a dead person | 68% |
| Felt the presence of a guardian angel or spirit guide | 77% |
| Spoken with the spirit of someone who has died | 25% |
| Seen a "sign" from one who has died | 57% |
| Dreamed about someone who has died | 92% |
| Experienced paranormal activity | 56% |
| 6. Your experiences with the dead have been mostly: | |
| Positive | 51.5% |
| Negative | 2.4% |
| Neutral | 24% |
| N/A | 22.1% |
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