The Continuity Project

Independent research programme

Can identity persist beyond the known biological carrier?

Most mediumship research asks whether accurate information can be obtained.

We ask a different question:

Can the same claimed identity demonstrate continuity across independent, blinded encounters?

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The question

Information about a person is not the same thing as the continuation of that person.

A correct detail can arrive by many routes. Continuity is a stricter claim: that something behaves like the same source, again, when nobody in the room knows who it is supposed to be.

Traditional test

“Did the medium provide correct information?”

Scored one session at a time. Accuracy is measured against a record; nothing follows about whether a persisting identity was involved.

Continuity test

“Does the claimed communicator behave like the same continuing source across time and independent sessions?”

Scored across sessions, mediums and judges. The unit of analysis is the pattern, not the single hit.

  1. 1Session 1
    Medium ABlinded conditionsSame claimed identity?
  2. 2Session 2
    Medium BBlinded conditionsSame claimed identity?
  3. 3Session 3
    Medium CBlinded conditionsSame claimed identity?
  4. 4Session 4
    Medium DBlinded conditionsSame claimed identity?

What we test

Eight measurable dimensions of claimed continuity

Each dimension has predefined coding rules and is scored by judges who do not know which medium, sitter or target produced the material.

01

Identity-specific information

Details that distinguish one claimed communicator from any plausible alternative.

02

Cross-session memory

Whether material introduced in an earlier session reappears later without cueing.

03

Personality consistency

Stable manner, register and disposition measured with predefined rating scales.

04

Novel responses

Answers to questions that were never asked before and could not be rehearsed.

05

Relationship knowledge

Structure of the claimed communicator's relationships, coded independently of narrative.

06

Behavioral continuity

Recurring preferences, habits and characteristic reactions across encounters.

07

Independent replication

Whether an effect survives repetition by teams not involved in the original session.

08

Cross-medium continuity

Whether the same claimed identity presents consistently through different mediums.

What we do not assume

The Continuity Project does not begin by assuming that communication with the deceased is possible.

It also does not assume that all anomalous results must have a conventional explanation.

The project tests clearly defined hypotheses under controlled conditions and publishes positive, negative and inconclusive findings.

How it works

One sequence, repeated and documented

Every stage is defined in the protocol before the first session is scheduled.

  1. 01

    Recruit

    Open applications from mediums, sitters and independent judges.

  2. 02

    Screen

    Structured intake, eligibility review and documented consent.

  3. 03

    Blind

    Identities replaced by opaque codes before any session is scheduled.

  4. 04

    Test

    Sessions run under the preregistered protocol and are recorded.

  5. 05

    Repeat

    The same claimed identity is revisited across time and mediums.

  6. 06

    Independently judge

    Anonymized transcripts scored by judges with no session context.

  7. 07

    Analyze

    Preplanned statistical analysis, with analysts blind to condition.

  8. 08

    Publish

    Protocols, data policy and findings released regardless of direction.

Participate

Ways to take part

Applications are reviewed by the study coordinator. Consent is documented before any session.

I am a medium

Apply to be screened for blinded, repeated-session studies.

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I am a sitter or family member

Register interest on behalf of a person whose continuity may be tested.

Continue

I am a researcher

Review the framework and request collaboration or data access.

Continue

I want to volunteer

Support transcription, coding, judging or operational work.

Continue

I want to support the project

Fund independent, preregistered research with published null results.

Continue

No participant is required to believe in survival after death. The project investigates measurable claims, not personal beliefs.

Transparency

Everything that shapes a result is published

Protocols and analysis plans are filed before data collection. Findings are released whether they support continuity, contradict it, or remain inconclusive.

Protocols

Versioned study protocols and amendments.

Preregistrations

Hypotheses and analysis plans filed before data collection.

Studies

The public record of every registered and completed study.

Results

Public dashboard of counts, charts and reported outcomes.

Datasets

Anonymized releases, where privacy and consent allow.

Publications

Preprints, submissions and peer-reviewed reports.

Null results

Why unsuccessful tests are published in full.

What would change our minds?

Falsification conditions stated before data collection.

Limitations

What these designs cannot establish.

Data policy

How sensitive records are stored, accessed and logged.

Methods

Session design, blinding, judging and scoring instruments.

Research framework

Governance, ethics review and collaboration terms.

Working model

The conceptual framework used to generate the research questions.