Jay Samonie
Rev. Jay Samonie, Ph. D. (born 1930) is a retired Detroit inner city priest, author, artist and pianist who writes that he has had mystical spiritual experiences, including communication with his spirit guide Jesus, and out of body experiences.
He is a self-taught painter and pianist. A movie, Light: The story of Father Jay Samonie. has been made documenting his life. He speaks English, German, Spanish and Italian.
Family Origin
Of Lebanese descent, Long family line of Priests and Bishops (maiden = Fadool) (Assemani, Lebanese)
Early life
Father hourly worker at Cadillac Motors for 25 years, then purchased and ran 2 grocery stores 10 of 11 children
Education
Our Lady of Sorrows Elementary School in Detroit, Michigan 1944 Started studying to be a Priest (age 14) Ordained in 1956 Master's Degree From University of Detroit in 1971 He Learned Spanish while a summer job during seminar working with Mexican migrant workers near Bay City, Michigan Father Died 1955 (67) / His mother died 1958, at the age of 62, just before he was Ordained.
Career
- Appointed to the Michigan's Judicial Tenure Committee by Michigan Governor James Blanchard
- Appointed the Assignment Board for the Archdiocese of Detroit during the mid-1970s
Miracles
Mystical Experiences
- On Ascension Thursday, May 26, 1937, Samonie was 7 years old and his family lived across the street from Mt. Elliott Cemetery. In the morning, along with three siblings, he saw a vision lasting one hour over the cemetery. They "saw thousands, perhaps millions of oval-shaped objects going up to the sky, and others going down into the earth ... Behind the objects in the sky, the vision also included three huge objects: A most beautiful lady dressed in blue and white ... a man with a beard. He was holding a child in the palm of his hand ... and a massive cross."
- While on A Tour of the Mexican pyramids of Teotihuacan, he writes he had his first out-of-body experience, where he experienced being a Mayan architect during the building of the pyramid.
- During one of his visions, he was admitted into the Great White Brotherhood
Controversy
Father Jay was reported to the Church four times for heresy, which he considers "credits."
Published non-fiction works
- On My Way Home (1998)ISBN 1-57502-788-7
- Reflections On My Way Home (1999) ISBN 0739204866
- The Holy Spirit: Our Divine Companion Guiding Us On Our Way Home (2006) ISBN 9780975263617
- My Greatest Joys On My Way Home (2004) ISBN 978-0975263600
- Rite of Passage: Describing the Spiritual Rites of Passage of Rev. Jay J. Samonie (2006) ISBN 9780975263624
References
http://metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=10242
Influences
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- Thomas Merton
- A Course in Miracles
- Raymond Moody
- Edgar Cayce
- Dechanet
- Al McBride
See also
- Reincarnation
- Spirit Guides
- Mysticism
- Out-of-body experience
- Metaphysics