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!

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.

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.

Spiritual music, not hymns and psalms.  By spiritual music I mean songs and music written for and inspired by the dead.  Usually the famous dead.

Grief can bring out the spiritual and artistic in many people.  Writing music and lyrics whilst in mourning for someone can bring out great compassion and emotion.

Elton John and Bernie Taupin spring to mind here.  I like their writing styles personally,  and sometimes the emotion and compassion which comes from their songs is over whelming.

Take first the song which was reworded for Princess Diana, upon her untimely death.  Bernie Taupin amended the words to fit the occasion and Elton sang ‘Goodbye England Rose’, at her funeral.  It was his one and only performance of that particular song.  He cannot bear to sing that particular version again.

‘Goodby Norma Jean’ was origainlly written about the passing of Marilyn Monroe.  The words were both spiritual and moving and the music added to the emotion.

You may not be aware of  ‘Empty Garden’, unless you are an Elton John fan, as it is on the ‘Jump Up’  album from the early 80s and was never made into a single. He does not usually sing it on stage, though he did sing it at Madison Square Garden as a tribute.

Empty Garden is about the death of John Lennon. He and EJ were friends.  The words and music are both full of emotion and compassion.  I can listen to it over and over without getting tired of it.  I find it very moving and very spiritual.

It is easy to think of BT and EJ as rock and roll hard guys.  Bernie is a poet and Elton a fantastic singer and entertainer.  Above all,  I think they are spiritual human beings. Full of compassion.

I truly hope that one day in the, hopefully  far distant future,  someone can do them both justice, by producing such a tribute as they have done for others.

In my own personal opinion, I believe Elvis was a very spiritual man.  He spread so much love during his life and does not deserve the criticism that is sent his way.

Elvis was brought up on gospel music and still sang gospel songs in breaks from rehearsals for his big shows.  He has a wonderful album ‘His Hand In Mine’ which consists of spiritual songs.  I like a lot of them and love a few.  Peace in the Valley being one of them.

When Elvis made his televised TV programme, The 68 Comeback Special, I was wowed by all of it.  One song in particular stood out for me though.  Right at the end of the show, Elvis stood immaculately dressed in a white suit and belted out the brilliant ‘If I Can Dream’.

If I Can Dream is a very spiritual song with great  lyrics and wonderfully moving music.  Elvis sang his heart out.  I will never forget the song or the moment, and now I often play it at the start of my workshops or circles. 

I don’t think it has ever been made into a single, or if it is on any other Elvis albums, but it is worth searching around for it and listening to.  Try itunes.  You won’t regret it.

I watched the Psychic Detectives on Sky TV yesterday evening.  It is the programme where three  psychics have a go at solving a mystery by using their psychic ability.

In this particular one, a man had disappeared and his family wanted closure has there had been no resolving of the mystery.  His body had never been found, although one of  his feet was eventually discovered.

The psychics appeared to work separately but as they spoke you got the impression that they had been together, at least some of the time, to discuss the case.

All three appeared to work differently but often came up with similar information.  There was a lot in common with the evidence.

The mother and sister were with one of the psychics and another of them had photographs.  The third one worked with a map and some equipment.

Since the person disappeared in 2000,  and the foot was later found, but there has not been anything else,  so you could safely assume, psychic or not, that he was now dead.

They came to the conclusion that the young man died in water and possibly drowned, though two of the psychics had sensed a blow to the back of the head.  Maybe he hit his head as he fell in? They didn’t think he was murdered.

Remarkably, this scant information put the family at ease.  They said they felt better knowing where he had ended up!  What do you think about this?  Would it satisfy you?

I wish to thank all those who attended my Colour Workshop at Whitham Road SNU church in Sheffield this weekend.

The day was a success and I know that some of the students will go on to become good colour readers.  It was very rewarding to see all the effort they put into learning about ribbons, stones and feathers.

The group was mixed both in age, ability and gender.  All of them worked well together, giving each other readings.  The smiling faces said it all. Thank you to all of you and I look forward to working with you again.

I went to see medium Darren Brittain demonstrate his gift at Attercliffe SNU Church this weekend.

The church was full as Darren is very popular.  He has a delightful way of working with spirit and with his audience.  He brings very detailed evidence in order to prove survival after death.  Whilst he uses a self deprecating form of wit throughout his demonstration.

I found him to be an excellent demonstrator.  Someone I will go and watch again and again without ever being bored.

I normally hate to hear people coming out of a church saying  ’ We had a right good laugh’!  As entertainment is not what it is about.  But in Darren’s case I can excuse it,  as he amused whilst giving the best of detailed evidence from the spirit world.

He went to my friend Sue, and gave her spot on evidence from her friend M, whose funeral it  been that very day.  Sue could hardly believe that M had manged to communicate so soon after taking her transition to the spirit world.

Darren is one medium not to be missed if you get the opportunity in your area.

The television programme Ghost Hunters is by far superior to the most haunted programme.    Although most haunted is far from good and nothing to be compared to or judged by.

In Ghost Hunters there are none of the over theatricals.  No OTT squealing or silly faces being pulled.  The team actually seem to want to find the truth, rather than over dramatised rubbish.

It is an American programme and maybe that is why it is more credible. I don’t think they would want to screen our silly version.  I certainly find it entertaining and will continue to watch in the hope that they prove something to me about the existence of ghosts.

They don’t surround themselves with lots of would be celebs.  Instead they go along to various locations, taking photographs and recording equipment.  They actually seem to know what they are doing.

Watch for Ghost Hunters on Sky TV,  and I will look forward to hear your comments and views.