KM EVP Classifications

By Doug Kelley, CH, CSL, CFPI, and Jari Mikkola, MCS, BA, CFPI • December 2007

Class 1 (INTERACTIVE):

• Spirit voice is a direct response to a human statement / question / action / activity, or spirit voices respond to each other
• Most or all of the words are clear and intelligible, with or without headphones
• Spirit voice communicates comprehensible and existentially meaningful expressions of thoughts/feelings/emotions/opinions/actions/intentions

Class 2 (Non-Interactive):

• Voice is a general statement and not a direct response to a statement/question/action/activity by humans
• Most or all of the words are generally clear and understandable, with or without headphones
• Spirit voice communicates comprehensible and existentially meaningful expressions of thoughts/feelings/emotions/opinions/actions/intentions

Class 3 (Non-Speech): 

·         Spirit voice is a sound other than the spoken word

·         Growls, screams, humming, etc.

·         Musical instruments, TV, radio, concerts, footsteps, rapping, banging, etc.

Null EVP (Valueless):

·         The EVP contains nothing of value in understanding the spirit realm or spirit psychology

·         Words are unintelligible, with or without headphones

·         Spirit voice does not communicate comprehensible and existentially meaningful expressions of thoughts/feelings/emotions/opinions/actions/intentions, although the word(s) may be intelligible