THE LAYMAN'S LANTERN

VDL-03Private revelationAccount·Eugenie von der Leyen·T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them

Old Heinz: chokes her for a moment; a hot hand; "in torment"; release in "eighteen times seven"; other souls present but not permitted to be seen; "in the shadow"; "the torment ceases, the punishment doesn't"; quieted by the Memorare

How it happened

Apparitions — Symbolic or disfiguredThe soul is seen
Touch and physical tracesHeat, touch, a weight; burns and prints left on objects

What the soul wanted

Asks for prayer or other helpRosary, Stations, Office, Communion, fasting, obedience, pilgrimage, indulgences
Teaches about the afterlifeJudgement, levels, durations, pains, helps

Evidence

None stated in the source

Further reading

Read it in the books

Book	Pages
Van den AardwegHungry Souls — Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg	pp. 118–121

Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.

The Church’s teaching on this

What the witnesses report on this

Theme B: Levels and degreesRegions, stages and degrees of Purgatory — and why no two witnesses layer it alike.
Theme D: How the souls appear and communicateIn flames, as light, as voices, burn marks — and what they ask for.
Theme F: The most efficacious prayers and worksThe Mass first; then prayer, alms, works of mercy, indulgences — and the traps.
Theme I: ConsolationsJoy and pain together; Our Lady, the angels and St Michael among the souls.

About the witness

Von der Leyen, Hibbeln and “Ruth”20th century · T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them

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