Some of you may be forgiven for thinking that the psychic on the platform at your local spiritualist church, or hall, is an actor or actress. Sadly this comes with the territory. Some are just that, or at least use a bit of that.
You sit in your chair hoping that the medium speaking today will come to you and pass on a message from your loved ones in the spirit world. One to make you believe that they are still watching over you. You really want to believe there is life after death and a message would help you to make up your mind.
You expect the subject to be taken seriously, if not by the general public, then at least by the spiritualists. Most spiritualists do take proving life after death very seriously. That does not mean that they cannot be happy, or laugh and smile whilst they give proof. There are some who can give proof whilst still be entertaining and amusing, without acting.
What you do not expect, is for the person on ‘stage’ to behave in an unseemly manner and appearing to put on some sort of act. This though is sadly sometimes what you get.
Sometimes, though not all times by any means, the medium on the platform will affect a stance that is not their usual. This may take the form of implying that spirit are making them behave oddly. Some will affect a limp or hold their hand and arm at a funny angle and say that their guide has a disability. Their guide may well have had a disability whilst on the earth plain but certainly not in the spirit world. They have no physical body once they have passed over.
Use your own intelligence here. If it seems to you that a spirit would not make a medium look foolish by ‘making’ them hold their body in an odd way, then do not accept it.
You have to understand that spirits do not have physical bodies. Therefore, they cannot possibly make any able bodied physical person do anything with their body. It is purely showmanship.
Shockingly for me, I have witnessed the leader of an open circle behaving as if drunk. She was falling around, swaying and flinging her arms about, whilst saying that the spirit who was coming through was forcing drink down her. She insisted that the spirit was drunk and now she was drunk too because the spirit was giving her whiskey. What a load of codswallop! Whiskey in the spirit world!
You must always use your own intelligence to help you realise when you are being had. Some do this on purpose and it is obvious as it is a regular occurrence. Others are deluded into thinking they have to affect these positions. What utter nonsense!
Spirit would never, ever make a medium look foolish. The only person who can do that is the supposed ‘psychic’. Please be discerning. You should be able to spot when showmanship is happening if you just use common sense.
When you hear the crowds coming out of church or the theatre, saying things like ‘Oh what a laugh, wasn’t it good’. Ask yourself was it music hall type good or was there really good evidence of survival of the spirit. Remember, laughter can, and often does, go hand in hand with spirit work. This is acceptable. Showmanship is not.