Voices from beyond Proponents say Electronic Voice Phenomena help people cope with death, loss, grief By BILL OSINSKI The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 11/22/04 Like many empty-nest mothers, Martha Copeland must get by with only sporadic contact with her grown children. She thinks her daughter is better about staying in touch than her son. Her son is in the military. Her daughter, Cathy Amiss, has been dead for almost three years. Cathy calls home frequently, Copeland says, communicating via a method labeled Electronic Voice Phenomena. This means that Cathy sends brief, mostly reassuring, messages from "the other side" by means...