The following article is a condensed preview of the 30+ page booklet that was included with my "Modern-Day Spiricom" package. The Modern Day Spiricom is an experimental system first introduced to the public on e-Bay in the Spring of 2008. Several prototype units were sold and many interesting recordings have been obtained using the system. Since 2008, I've made a few more modifications and additions to the system, meanwhile the experimentation continues.

If you have any questions about the Modern-Day Spiricom, please contact me. Thanks!

Introduction:
 

In the early 1970's, a retired inventor and entrepreneur named George W. Meek embarked on the quest to develop a technology-based approach for communicating with spirits of the dead. Just a few years earlier, the discovery of EVP had sparked world-wide interest in trying to communicate with unseen spirits by electronic means, but George Meek wanted something more advanced and less subject to controversy than the rudimentary tape recorder methods being used by EVP experimenters. Meek hoped to devise a system that would consistently allow clear two-way communication between earth-bound individuals and the spirit world.

Meek and several like-minded colleagues formed a research group called The Metascience Foundation. In the early stages of their trans-dimensional engineering work the group was guided by communications received in trance channeling sessions with psychic mediums in Philadelphia. During those Philadelphia séances, contact was reportedly made with several deceased but still very communicative scientists. One such contact was with the spirit of Dr. W.F.G. Swann. Swann was once a popular science lecturer and a leader in cosmic ray research who had lived (and died) in Philadelphia. His discarnate spirit was said to have provided Meek's group with the theoretical background and technical foundation upon which to begin construction of a new type of spirit communication device. The Spiricom, as it soon came to be called, was born.

Dr. W.F.G. Swann, at left.

Many people throughout the world have expressed their interest in trying to duplicate the results that Meek et al. claimed for the Spiricom. Since there is such an inherent desire for us, as humans, to wish to reconnect in some way with our departed loved ones and ancestors, one might think that it would be regarded as a noble responsibility for scientists to put the claims made by the Spiricom researchers to the test. However, mainstream science has shown little or no interest in trying to replicate the amazing results reported by the Metascience pioneers. As for the many would-be independent Spiricom researchers out there, most find themselves feeling very intimidated at the prospect of building the electronic apparatus necessary for their own personal experimentation.

Dr. George J. Mueller

You Can Build Your Own Spiricom:

One reason for the lack of independent Spiricom experimentation is the general belief that the system used by Bill O'Neil was a an extremely elaborate, prohibitively expensive, and essentially unique device. Most people seem to think that the Spiricom system would need to be reconstructed in exact accordance with the original design in order to achieve successful results. However . . .

As mentioned in the introductory paragraphs above, the word "Spiricom" was used as a generic term --
George Meek and company never intended that the word must refer exclusively to one specific device.

Spiricom was and still is an evolving concept ! 

Although the details and components varied with each version of the early Spiricoms, the operational model remained constant. Basically, that model prescribed that a set of audio frequency tones would be mixed with the signal from a radio frequency transmitter and that any cooperative "spirits" would be able to modulate the transmitted frequencies in such a way as to produce recognizable voice effects. The resultant "spirit voices" could then be detected by a conventional radio receiver, listened to in real time, and simultaneously recorded.

This operational model is actually quite similar to the standard processes employed by normal radio broadcasting, except that with Spiricom, the voice or "intelligence" component of the signal is not injected prior to  the transmission of the signal, instead, it is expected to be added by the "electromagnetic-etheric" or "spirit" energy at some point between the transmission and reception stages.

Let's take a look at what Meek termed the "Functional Block Diagram" to illustrate this theoretical process:

(This graphic was adapted directly from Meek's hand-drawn sketch on page 32 of The Spiricom Technical Manual, 1982.)

As you can see, the Spiricom consisted of exactly five functional components:

1) Audio Frequency Tone Generator  2) Radio Frequency Transmitter  3) Receiver  4) Microphone  5) Recorder

Chances are good that most people reading this article already have items number 3-5 close at hand. The radio receiver is a common household item, while the microphone and tape recorder (or other suitable recording device) are standard equipment for anyone already active in EVP and ITC research. Even if you don't have all of these items, they are widely available and can be obtained at relatively little expense. Naturally, the components you choose should be of "good or better" quality, but feel free to start with what you already have or can easily obtain, and then experiment with different components and techniques over time.

As for item number 1, the Audio Frequency Tone generator, this was actually the part of the system that presented Meek and his associates with their most challenging engineering obstacle. Crucial for supplying the 13 specific background tones as suggested by the spirit of Dr. Mueller, Metascience's so-called "Multi-Tone Generator" had to be painstakingly designed and custom built. Remember, it was the late 1970's - early 1980's, and most of the engineering people involved were experienced primarily with vacuum tube technology.

Well, guess what: It's another century now, and you already have an excellent Multi-Tone Generator sitting right in front of you. Yep, your computer, when equipped with the appropriate audio software, is very capable of supplying the correct mix of audio frequency tones to enable you to make your own Spiricom. In fact, your computer can do the job with more precision, better control and far greater versatility than the 1970's/80's era Spiricom builders could have dreamed.

Alright then, you're off to a good start and need only one more component to complete your own working Spiricom: The radio frequency transmitter. Here again, by having begun your quest to build a Spiricom in the 21st century, you have a great advantage over George Meek and his team.

In the 1970's, if you were in the market for a radio frequency transmitter, you were looking for something that weighed about 100 pounds, cost upwards of several hundred dollars (that's several hundred 1970's dollars!) and contained a Christmas tree's worth of miniature light bulb thingys called vacuum tubes. Today, thanks to the amazing advances in electronics technology, a simple radio frequency transmitter can be obtained for well under a hundred dollars, and such devices weigh in at just a few ounces. Hence, they are extremely portable and well-suited to on-site investigations. (That's another big advantage the Modern-Day Spiricom holds over the unwieldy original version!)

True, a good radio frequency transmitter isn't something you can pick up at your local Wal-Mart, or even at Radio Shack, but now, thanks to the internet, you're just a few mouse clicks away from having one sent right to your mailbox. Please read on . . .

Bill O'Neil at his Mark IV Spiricom:

HP-608 RF Transmitter is at left, the
Multi-Tone Generator (center top), Tape Deck, and Hammarlund 600 Receiver are stacked in front of O'Neil.