Mediumship and Beyond

Medium and spirit guide understand each other and make an ideal partnership. They use a unique form of shorthand between them.  A lot of those new to the paranormal do not understand this and are unsure how it works.  Therefore, forgive me for repeating the words below.

What sitters and seekers must realise when having readings with mediums, is that communication between guide and medium is a very personal one.  What a particular colour and symbol may mean to one guide medium partnership, will be totally different to another partnership.

The reason being is that they have worked and developed together, and know just how each others mind works.  The guide knows exactly just how to put the meassage across to the medium.

If my guide needs me to know that someone is being childlike, they show me a daisy.  It may be different for another medium.  The important thing to remember here is what it means to the medium who is relaying the communication.  It has been set up this way to get across the correct spirit message for you.

Spirit know when you have a reading arranged, even before you do.  They know how the medium works and set up things accordingly.  Don’t make the mistake of placing your own meaning on things. Listen to the mediums explanation.

A rose may have a memory for you, but if the medium is alerted to the colour, then the mediums meaning for that particular colour is also a message.  If you place your own, or another mediums, meaning on this, it will change the intended message.

The meanings given by your reader are the correct ones for that particular sitting.

We were asked to go to a factory where workers were concerned about a possible haunting.  The factory was a group a several buildings where a different part of the process happened in each one.

One particular building was well known amongst the work force for being a cold and eerie place.  They were convinced it was haunted.  We are talking big strong men here, not school girls!

There were tales of men seeing shapes appear in cold spots around the workshop.  One man had seen a figure appear in mist, but he could see right through the figure.  He could actually see what was at the other side of the figure, right through it.

Word got around and it became a workshop where men were reluctant to go.  Once someone was brave enough to talk about it others then admitted seeing and feeling things of an eerie nature.

I went along with  2 other mediumistic  friends.  We went around the empty workshop and felt the cold spots.  It was at one of these cold spots that we sat for a short time to tune into the spirit world.  We soon began to pick up information from spirits.

The main communicator was a man who brought with him a sandwich box containing banana sandwiches.  He proceeded to sit on an upturned box and eat his sandwiches.  He gave his name and said his son worked in the factory.  He also gave us lots of other information including dates and descriptions.

When the communication was ovr we went back to the bosses office.  A workman was just entering the office at the same time.  As we began to relate the information the the manager the workman stood with his mouth open.  Shocked to say the least.

His was one of the names the spirit communicator had given and the spirit turned out to be his dad.  It seemed the spirit used to work in the same workshop and would bring banana sandwiches every day for his lunch. He always sat on the same upturned box in the same area we had seen him.

It was the spirits need to contact his son and give him some advice about a current problem, that had led to the so called haunting.  Once the spirit had served his intended purpose, he was happy to move on and leave the factory in peace.

There was a man who lived over, and worked in, a bookshop in Lincolnshire.  He contacted me because he was having a problem in his store.

He explained that his cat, which once belonged to his now deceased mother,  seemed to be having some sort of fit but it seemed to always coincide with lots of books flying off the bookshelves.  He was freaked out by it and obviously, so was his cat.  He felt he was haunted by a bad spirit!

Having a browse around his bookstore convinced me that there was nothing sinister going on there.  Whatever was happening was of a kindly nature.  There was such a calm and peaceful atmosphere.

A prayer and a seance later and it was obvious what was going on!  The man’s mother, now on the higher side of life, communicated with us.  She said she was concerned that her son was being duped by a would be investor and wanted to warn him. 

She didn’t know how to get his attention and she knew he would not go to see a medium.  So, she took things into her own hands.  She would attract the attention of her beloved cat and this would make the cat go wild.  The cat knew she was there but could not see her. 

As the cat began to go wild, the mother would make books fly from the shelves, although she admitted that she didn’t realise at first that she could do this.  It amused her, but the main aim was to contact her son.

Now she  had managed to get her son in the same room as a medium and she could tell him what and whom to beware of.

Her mission over, the mother left our presence, leaving her love and affection.  We closed our seance and prayed to thank the spirit world for their help.

More stories next time…..

One of the first ‘hauntings’  I went to was some years ago. I went along, with a couple of other mediums, to a converted building, which was very old and had a lot of history. It was in the countryside.

The family who lived there were having a lot of problems with ’spirits’ and wanted our help to find out why.

The man would go to bed at night and would place his clothes on his bedside chair.  When he awoke his clothes would often be on the floor in a pool of water.  No one had touched them and they began to feel the house was haunted. 

One night the man decided to leave his clothes on the landing.  When he awoke, all the linens out of the airing cupboard were on the floor in a pool of water.  This really convinced them they were haunted.

One day the man had to work away from home and he stayed in a hotel.  He undressed at night and put his clothes on the bedside chair.  When he awoke his clothes were in  a pile soaked with water.  He realised then that it was he who was haunted and not the house.

The couple came to the teaching circle I was helping to run and asked for our help.  We went along as a group and held a seance to communicate with the spirit world aand ask for their help.

The first communicator from the spirit world was the man’s mother.  She talked of the youngest child and the illness the child suffered.  She wanted to help.  She made it clear that it was her who had been trying to communicate with the man. 

The man was building up psychic energy and because he wasn’t using it  the energy was runnig amok ,and that is why the water appeared.

We discovered the child had a really bad form of cancer in one area and now another area was affected.  The childs grandmother urged the man to use his psychic energy as healing for his son.  She insisted it would help very much.

We, as a group, showed the man how to give healing to his son.  He practiced the helaing regualrly, every night.  Soon his water events ceased to be.

The most wonderful thing of all was that the child recovered from cancer and became well and happy.

Psychic energy, if ignored, can become a problem.  If you are developing, make sure you use up any surplus energy for healing, as that is a good positive action.  Just ask spirit to take the energy and use it to help those in need.

More on this subject tomorrow.

From time to time I get requests from people to help them with their haunting!

It may be that they feel their home is haunted, or even that a member of the family is haunted.  Sometimes they think they have a poltergeist.  They may think they have a ghost. 

It is then that they ask for help.  They may have put up with the situation for a long time , before plucking up the courage to do something about it.

These people often have had no dealings with mediums before and are often unaware of the psychic or spiritualists  world.  On other occasions there maybe someone in the home who  is developing psychic gifts.  It varies so much and I have to keep an open mind.

I usually make an appointment with them  and go along to the home to see what I can find out.  Figuring out what is actually taking place is as important as what I do about it.  It is not always straight forward.

There are often troubled people involved, and a caring and sympathetic attitude is really important.  It is important to find out what each member of the household feels about the situation and how it is affecting them personally. 

Once I have come to an understanding of the problem I will set about sorting it out, in order to leave the family in peace. 

This week I will write about  some of my experiences.

On Friday last, my friends and I went along to a Spiritualist church, to watch a medium demonstrate her gifts.  I promised to write about it today.

We went along to Bold Street SNU (Spiritualists National Union) church, which is in Sheffield, England.  There was very nearly a full house, she is obviously a popular medium.

The medium was Linda Shepherd.  A long time ago an old friend,  Pat, asked me to promise I would go and watch Linda demonstrate, if I got the opportunity.  My friend Pat is now on the higher side of life, but I am sure she would be watching too.

The evening  was billed as a special, so that meant Linda would have to demonstrate her mediumship for at least one hour.  During the time, which turned out to be nearer one and a half hours, Linda gave messages to many of the congregation.  Most of whom gave a lot of yeses, and not many nos.  The messages seemed mostly to be understood by the recipients.  Evidence is best judged by the receiver of the message.

The medium eventually came to our row and spoke to my friend John.  She gave him a lot of evidence, including his own name John.  She linked him with someone named  ’Barbara’, which he found very amusing, as she said he must listen to me.  He was amazed at the things she told him.

She then came to me and gave me the name of  Sue, who happened to be sat at the other side of me.  People then told her she had named all three of us.  The message she gave me was evidential, and I know she had my grandmother with her.

 There was only one ‘I don’t know’, from me.  This was something about a person close to me, having trouble at the moment with wisdom teeth.  I could not place this at all,  but she left it with me to think about.  So, my message was good. There was evidence of life after death for me.

Even better, when I got  home later and rang  my mother, she told me my sister was going to the hospital about her wisdom teeth, as they were causing a lot of pain.

So you see, sometimes you do not know everything a medium gives you, and it is worth remembering that, if you go for a reading.  Keep an open mind always.  It is for your own benefit, as well as the spirit loved ones who contact you.  They know what is going on even if you don’t!

The evening was a success for the medium and for us, the congregation.  I will go and see Linda work again, when she is back in my area.  My friends and I also enjoyed  being in the church and meeting up with old friends who greeted us very warmly. 

That’s what spiritualism is all about!

Tonight my friend and I are off to see a demonstration of mediumship.   The medium has been recommended to us by other discerning spiritualists.

We are going with an open mind and love in our hearts for all those in the spirit world who may wish to contact us. It will be a great opportunity to watch others work and see how they do it.

I will post a review on Monday and let you know how it went, and if we witnessed proof of life after death proof.

It is not difficult to develop your psychic abilities. It needs dedication above all else.  Development often begins before you are even aware of it.

Regular meditation and sitting in a small home circle is enough to begin with. You may even sit with others who have little or no obvious ability, until you need further help and tuition.  There will be a stage in your development where you will need to seek the help of a teacher.  Or at the very least, an experienced medium.

As I mentioned before, going to spiritualist churches helps you to gain the knowledge. Just going along and attending the services and paying attention to what is being said. You will learn a lot this way.  You will find out about all the psychic and spiritual gifts that are developed by mediums.

Gaining knowledge on its own is not enough though.  Meditation will help you get to know your spiritual guide, or guardian angel.  You will need to be able to communicate with the guide,  and learn to work together as a partnership.

Remember that development is a life time journey. It is not achieved over night and  you will always want more.  Try to remain humble. So many mediums soon develop over inflated egos.  This is not a nice quality to have when working with spirit.  Always remember that you cannot give spirit communication without the help of spirit.  You cannot do it alone.  There is no need for ego.

As my regular readers will be aware, this blog is aimed to help you by passing on my knowledge as a medium.  I give advice on development and offer tips.  By using the search facility on this page, you can find the subjects you are seeking.

From time to time I run development classes.  Development classes are also held at some Churches.  My advice is to always check on the knowledge of the development circle leader.  You need someone who can help you when you are in trouble or having problems.

Psychic art is practiced by some mediums, those who have developed the gift.  They often use it alongside their mediumship and clairvoyance, but in some cases they work with a partner who may give clairvoyance whilst the artist draws.

The medium makes a link to a spirit,  and then uses their clairvoyance and clairsentience, to capture the appearance.  As the portrait appears, clairvoyance adds to the picture and good communication can take place.  It can be very spiritually rewarding.

The medium who uses automatic writing will usually work alone and later show the prose, or sometimes music, which they have created.  They have to tune into their spirit guide and let their hand and pencil be controlled by the guide without hinderence. 

Psychic art seems to be a gift that is disappearing. There do not seem many mediums who are dedicated enough to develop such gifts.

Along with automatic writing, psychic art is a gift that was used a lot in the Victorian era. It can be a lonely development as often it is a gift best developed in solitude.

Those who practice automatic writing often do it late at night when they can be alone and undisturbed.  Psychic art can be developed in a circle, but again, solitude often helps.

Once the gifts are developed enough to share, a small circle is perhaps the first place to demonstrate, before going fully public.

A very famous psychic artist was Coral Polge, a spiritualist medium who is now on the higher side of life. She drew wonderful portraits and there are several books about her work.  I was fortunate  enough to be able to see her work on many occasions.

There are a lot of people who are interested in the paranormal and would like to know more about psychic, mediums, and Spiritualists.  They just don’t know how.

The best and easiest way to learn about the whole subject is to start going to Spiritualist Churches.It hardly costs anything, with most services being a freewill collection. There are occasional specials where a small fee is charged, to raise funds for the church. But overall the costs to you are insignificant.

The beauty of going to churches is that nobody will know you and therefore whatever meassage you are given can be taken at face value.

Look at the Internet for details of churches in your area or check on this blog and my websites to links that can help you. You will learn a lot.