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Key Finding 20 - There is not a silver cord or some other physical attachment means between the soul and the body which is severed at the moment of death and departure of the spirit soul.

Afterlife 101 Section, Chapter 1

Question: Is there a silver cord or some other attachment means between the soul and the body which is severed at the moment of death and departure of the soul?

Spirit Guide: You on earth have to have these visualizations of all experiences to justify whatever is taking place. There is always a connection between the human body and the spirit soul but to say that there is a cord that is severed in the physical sense — it does not exist. But you do have a connection to your earth life and those surrounding you. That connection is not immediately broken at the time of death. Are we talking about a physical connection or an emotional spiritual bond? There is nothing physical that connects you to your earth life from your spirit life. You are connected to both of them right now without any sense of physical connection such as magnets or silver cords or spiral links. You are connected at a heart level of love. This love moves with you when you move out of your physical body and that bond continues to be with you forever in spirit life. As you move forward in your spirit life that bond becomes less earthly as you become more spirit. And this is a process that each person experiences, as they move from human into spirit and spirit begins its disconnection and evolution, its disconnection from its human body into its evolution of its spirit body.

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Here and Hereafter by Borgia

Let us begin, then, by briefly sketching the operation of physical death. The spirit body exactly coincides with the physical body, and during waking hours the two are inseparable. When sleep takes place the spirit body withdraws from the physical body, but the former is attached to the latter by a magnetic cord. I call it a magnetic cord for want of a better name. It is a veritable life line. Its elasticity is enormous, since the spirit body can travel either throughout the earth during sleeping hours, or throughout the spirit world subject to special conditions and limitations. However vast the distance between the sleeping physical body and the temporarily released spirit body, the magnetic cord can span the distance easily and perfectly and without any diminution of its active agency, which is to sustain life in the earthly body. The life line will, as its length increases, become exceedingly fine and almost hair-like in appearance. Just so long as the magnetic cord is joined to the earthly body, just so long will earthly life remain in the physical body. But the moment that dissolution takes place the life-line is severed, the spirit is free to live in its own element, while the physical body will decay in the manner which is perfectly familiar to you upon earth. The death of the physical body, then, is simply the severance of the magnetic cord, and as far as the physical body is concerned it is closely akin to ordinary sleep. There does not seem anything very dreadful about this straightforward process if a little thought is given to it.

Here and Hereafter by Borgia

In speaking of the magnetic cord, I mentioned that during sleep the spirit body sometimes visits other places either on earth or in the spirit world. It is not everyone, however, that travels during sleeping hours. It depends entirely upon individual circumstances.

Here and Hereafter by Borgia

Death always seems to the beholder of it to be such a solitary business, as perforce, it must be to some extent. But our help is always at hand, though help comes usually after the severance of the magnetic cord when the spirit body is free from the earthly body. The severance will take place in a perfectly natural manner, just as the leaf will fall from the tree. It is then that the moment comes for us to step in and offer our assistance. I say offer assistance because we do not force our services upon anyone. However, in all our experience so far, our offers of help have never been scorned. On the contrary, people are only too glad to leave themselves entirely in our hands.

Between Death & Life by Dolores Cannon

Cannon: We've heard a lot about what is called the "silver cord." Is there any such thing?

Spirit: This is, as you might perceive it, a lifeline to your body which is very real in nature. In an energetic sense this is the cord which maintains a lifeline with your energies to your body. It is indeed a real device.

Cannon: Then at the point of death this cord is severed?

Spirit: That is accurate.

Between Death & Life by Dolores Cannon

Cannon: When my subjects have relived the death experience, they pass through the white light, the barrier. At that point the energy is so intense that it severs the "silver cord", the umbilical that attaches the spirit to the physical body. When this occurs the spirit cannot cross back through the barrier and enter their body again. The two have been forever separated. Without this connection to its life force (the soul or spirit) the body quickly begins to deteriorate.

Between Death & Life by Dolores Cannon

Cannon: I have been told that there is a cord that is supposed to connect the spirit to the body.

Spirit: Yes, and when you go through that bright light it severs the cord because you are going through an intense energy field. The cord that connects the astral body to the physical body is a type of energy. And when you go through the energy barrier, it is dissolved.

Question: Is there some kind of connection between the soul of an an individual and his or her body, often referred to as a silver or magnetic cord, which exists in some energy form or dimension, not necessarily the 3D material world of earth?

Spirit Guide Commentary (9/8/08): For many it is important for them to see a connection of their body and their soul together so that they will not have the fear of never being able to connect with their soul. Though we feel that this cord is not necessary for everyone, there are many who feel it is. But we see as you humans do not see — we see a field of electromagnetic energy between the body and the soul. Those who have a soul connection upon earth do not need the silver cord and know they are connected through the electromagnetic fields. But those who are new at connecting with the spirit soul who do not have enough understanding or those who are being taught by others still feel the need for the connection. They too eventually will not have to have this physical cord sense of connecting that many others do. It moves from a believing with a silver cord to a knowing and not needing a silver cord for you know your body and your soul are connected together as one in this lifetime.

Followup question: For those to whom it exists, is its severance associated with the death of the individual concerned and is it also used to link the soul to the body during astral travel as a part of sleep?

Spirit Guide Commentary (9/8/08): When one becomes involved with astral travel, especially in the beginning, one must be extremely cautious. It is wise for beginners of astral projection to visualize this cord. Again, for those who have the knowing, their connection is still there but they do not require the presence of a silver cord. When one is reaching the point of separation from the human body to the soul that cord again is there for those who still have not yet grown into the knowing and it is a means of security throughout their physical life to have it there. But as they move from their body and look down upon this body, which will no longer carry their soul, they realize at that point that they have disconnected from the silver cord and their body.

The spirit guides have provided an answer as to why many messages from spiritual sources refer to the existence of a silver cord or something similar. They believe that it is a means of establishing security about the relationship of the body and the soul, a belief that is replaced by the knowing that this tie does not exist. This seems to be a reasonable hypothesis.