Mediumship and Beyond

I am proud to say this is my 400th post on psychic subjects at my blog.  I have really enjoyed writing them and I cannot begin to remember all the subjects I have written about without going back through my files to have a look.

There are many people out there who have little or no knowledge of the psychic or mediums world.  They do not understand what we are all about.  Mostly, when they do find one of us, they find we all talk some sort of gobbledygook.

It must be strange for the uninitiated to hear us talk about the proof of life after physical death.  Strange too for them to hear us talk about conversations with dead loved ones.

Lots of people only think about such things at, or just after, a bereavement.  Then maybe they wonder and shrug the idea off.  Or, maybe they wonder and decide to investigate and find out more.

Lets not leave them wanting!

My goal is to educate as many as possible so that more bereaved people can be helped by us.  As mediums our goal is to prove life after death to non believers.  My workshops and classes are all aimed at helping the novice medium give more proof.

That is what I am trying to do here. Educate and inform those who wish to learn more.  Those of you who are part of my world of mediums often find it difficult to find the information they need too.  Again, this is where I aim to help.

Discussion is a good format for informing people.  I hope that my post provoke discussion as well as inform and make people think.  I am always happy to receive email asking questions or requesting more on a particular subject.

I get email from people in various parts of the world, thanking me for certain bits of information they have found here or on my website.  They have Googled their question and found themselves at my blog. I find this wonderful.

So lets keep up the good work together. Please continue to keep in touch and to send your ideas for future topics.  I am easily contacted via the email link on this page or through my website.

Warm wishes to all!

Yesterday I gave a private reading using some of the new techniques I have learned.  It enabled me to get more accurate information for my sitter.

I am always amazed at just how much information the spirits can bring to help prove that their spirit/soul  is still in existence.

How wonderful to be described your granny and told what her character was like.  Where she lived and what her family got up to.

Add to this grannys description of what is going on around her family in the present time, and some reassurance about the things we are worrying about.  This seems like a big deal to me.

I wish someone had given me such information in the readings I was given 30 years ago.  Things have definitely moved onward and upward, for the betterment of mediumship.

We should all aspire to giving the very best that spirit can bring to our readings.

Now that I have learned new techniques at the mediums seminar, I will be putting them into practice in my spiritual work, both on platform and stage as well as in private readings and my teaching groups.

One of the things we talked about at the seminar is that the information to prove life after death, is there for us, as mediums, to access.  We just have to work harder to get more.

It is too easy to be lazy and get just enough information but we should all strive to get more proof for our sitters.  If you find yourself with a medium who is not giving you much in the way of proof, then you should ask for more.

Mediums should give descriptions and character as well as names and places.  If the names cannot be achieved, for whatever reason, then there should be clues given to point you in the right direction. 

Spirits don’t come and waste their time by bringing little in the way of information about themselves.  They want and need to be recognised.  It is our job to help them do so.

So for the sake of spirit and sitter, if you are a medium, please try your very best to give lots of information to prove life exists after the death of the human body.

Hi, I am back from my trip and have had a wonderful time.  The mediums seminar was wonderful and has reinvigorated me in many ways.

There were lots of lovely people on the seminar from all over the world, not just Britain.  I met a lovley lady, Sandra,  from Vancouver, which I feel was meant to be, as we are going there ourselves  in just over a weeks time. She is very spiritual and is involved in the Vancouver spiritual scene.

There were 3 groups and the tutor of the advanced group, which I was in, was Tony Stockwell.  I had seen some of his work but had never met or worked with him before.  He was a revelation!

Tony made us really work hard, but he has such a wonderful way with him that he made it all pleasurable and not at all like work.  He has a lovely sense of humour and delighted us with his stories.

Tony’s mediumship is special and he passed on a lot of tips and new ways of working to us.  He made everyone realise that we cannot, as mediums, always get it right. We can only try our very best.

These seminars and workshops are a great way to improve your mediumship and improve your knowledge.  I recommend them to you all. 

When I feel the need, I go onto Google and find out who is running them and let my intuition guide me to the right tutors.

Mavis Pittilla was to be the main tutor of the seminar, but as Mavis had  just had surgery, she was only able to join us for the last session.  Nevertheless, she was as wonderful as I have known her in my 27 years as a working medium. God bless her.

I look forward to working with them again in the future.  Other tutors were Janet Parker and Lynne.  I found Janet to be very nice but did not work with Lynne, although she did have good reviews from those in her beginners group.

A special mention should be made of Jean, who not only arranged the whole thing, but worked tirelessly to make sure it all ran smoothly.  Thankyou Jean.

Do try one of these events if you get the opportunity.

Psychic seminars, are usually workshops for working mediums.  They can last anything from a day or long weekend to a week.

Even mediums who have been working church platforms and giving private readings need to renew their energy.  We need to chill out and concentrate on our own development instead of that of others, for a change.

It matters not how long you have been developing, there is always more to do. A good medium is never satisfied.  It does us good to go back to basics for a while.

There is always another medium or teacher who can teach us something new. I am always open to new ideas.  I am also always keen to learn new techniques so that I can pass them on to my students.

It will come as no surprise to tell you that I am off to such an event today.  I will tell you all about it when I get back.  Have a great weekend wherever you are.

Like most tools employed by psychics in their quest of otherworldly information, crystal balls are used as focal points to help the reader concentrate on the subject.  It is not cheating or anything like that. It is merely a helpful tool for a psychic. It often brings good results.

There is no picture within the ball.  The picture is within the psychic’s head, or mind.

Crystal balls conjure up the image of a fortune teller, complete with headscarf and long shiny  earrings, in the minds of most people.  Fairgrounds and gypsies spring to the mind too. Gypsies I understand are particularly good with the crystal.  This may be because being psychic runs in their family and they have passed the art and the knowledge down the line.

Most of the modern day mediums do not use crystal balls.  It seems to be a lost art.  Although I do know a few who use it today.  It can be very theatrical. Or should I say that those who use it appear to be theatrical when using it.  Lots of hand and arm twirling and a mysterious gaze!  Whatever suits you!

In my experience the psychic will gaze into the ball and ask in their mind for information or vibrations. The information will appear in the psychics third eye, which is located in the centre of the brow, and is one of the psychic centres.

It is not a physical or tangible thing. Whilst the reader gazes into the ball it will appear as though the images are actually in there. Or that seems to be what the reader wants you to think.  When in fact it is like viewing images on a screen in your forehead.

I use many such tools - but not the crystal -  as focal points to help my students learn to concentrate on the psychic information which their guides bring to them. It also helps the reader to relax.  A relaxed reader picks up more information.

I personally enjoy using ribbons in a reading but that is all about colour.

I have just been looking on a forum site.  I found the link via google whilst looking for someone.  The forum happens to be from my home town so I read a bit of it, the part that was about mediums!

Someone had asked if any other user knew of a good clairvoyant whom they would recommend.  The responses were very mixed.  Some showed mild interest and others repugnance.

What surprised me most was how many had been to see the same one and paid £30.  Lets call her Y.  Most said she was less than useless,  (even though she rang you back straight away and recorded the tarot reading for you)  whatever that meant!

One actually said that she was one of two sisters who went to consult Y together. Both thought she was ok until they sat and listened to each others taped readings later on.  She said they were identical readings!  And, neither had any truth to them either.

Some thought that if you paid only a little you should not expect a good reading.  If the fee was £30 plus they thought they would be good, and better than a cheaper one.  It seems you are only as good as you charge in some minds.

It is all down to people’s perception.  A reading is good if you are given an honest reading and if the medium has proved life after death to you by bringing evidence from spirit to prove it.

Most startling was the animosity shown by some members.  They say good mediumship is an oxymoron.  They do not believe there can be any who tell the truth.  What a liberty without having tried it.  Guilty without a trial!

As you know I am not a fan of the ‘most haunted’  TVprogramme.  I think it is far too over dramatic and of little value to either the spiritualist world or the science of the paranormal.  Too many OTT people have featured in it and as far as proof goes it has been useless.

Friends and acquaintances tell me they watch it for a good laugh!  Says it all!

Does it teach us anything? Well I think it teaches us that it should not be an old presenter of a children’s programme who presents a programme which has a subject that is so complex.

I was delighted to read that Ms Fielding is leaving the programme, but both saddened and alarmed to read that she is to (and I quote Yahoo News here)  …..’carry on her quest to find paranormal activity on other channels taking investigations further than ever before and extending on what she has already done!’  God help us all.

Ms Fielding let loose on the paranormal world!  More actors needed maybe? Watch this space or any ads run by Ms Fielding’s team of …….

Please can we have a proper programme, run by well informed and talented - not in acting –  mediums?  True mediums!  There are also some scientists who are not out to make mediums look stupid, but who wish to find the truth about mediums and the paranormal. Not all bad.

First I think we should put out own house in order.  A piece of paper and a few letters to your name, supplied by the SNU, do not a medium make.  Do not a healer make.  There are those out there with certificates and letters but no gift or ability to prove life after death or any empathy and compassion to heal.

First and foremost,  we need good honest talented mediums, who wish to prove life after death to the unbelievers.  Mediums who are not in it for either glory or money.  Humble mediums who have a God given gift that is worth investigating, so that others may wish to develop their gifts too.

None of the cold reading con men need apply.  A medium’s gift is easy to prove.  Just give them the right opportunity.  As usual, I look forward to your thoughts and comments.

The open circle is a great place for a medium or psychic to practice their psychic ability.  It is much less formal than the Divine service or other church events.

What usually happens is that people come along and sit in a circle. Sometimes the circles can get very big.  It depends on the popularity of the church.  Any novice or experienced psychic worker or medium can sit in the circle. 

Usually a prayer is said, and sometimes a hymn to open the service.  The leader of the group will then tell the circle they are all welcome and invite them to work within the circle.

If you are new to this sort of circle you may wonder what to do.  If you are a sitter then just relax in the circle and wait to see if you get a message.  If you are a worker, simply relax and open up the way you have been taught.  Let your consciousness move to a higher level so that spirit can get through to you.  Then wait for your spirit link.

Once you have a link with spirit you need to know who it is for.  Unless you have a really great relationship with a guide who tells you who to go to, you need to look around the circle.  I used to find that letting my eyes drift around the circle until I felt my gaze lift and pause, was a good way to find my recipient.

Your guide will inspire your gaze to stop at or near the correct sitter.  If you work with colour then your guide may show you a colour to look for. Once you feel you are with the right person, you are ready to work.

Wait until there is no other medium on their feet and then get up.  Ask the person who you have been led to if you may come to them, or talk with them. Stay standing in front of your seat. It is frowned upon to walk across the circle or to go and stand by a sitter. When they say yes (usually) you can begin passing on the communication.

Give your message clearly and wait for responses.  It is so annoying when mediums keep going and don’t give the sitter chance to say yes or no.  If it is yes then all well and good. If the answer is no then you need to work to get the right answer.  The ball is in your court and it is your responsibility.

When you have finished your message you may say ‘I will leave you now’,  or something else that you feel will indicate that the message is over.  You can sit down and let spirit come to you with another spirit link and message.

It can be difficult if you get a person who tries to take every message that is given. It may seem odd to you but most churches have a person like this.  They will shout up ‘I think you are with me’, or some similar phrase.  You have to stand your ground and carry on if you are sure you have the right link.

Don’t worry too much if you get  a link which you cannot place. Not everyone likes to speak up in public.  Thank spirit and move on.

Don’t forget to close down and ground yourself before leaving the circle.  Enjoy!