The Sanctuary


In 2007 a small group of interested people decided to set up a
home circle dedicated to learning and understanding more about Physical
Mediumship.
This circle was named the Bristol Spirit Lodge - as Chris, whose home
hosted the circle and who created the idea, lived in Bristol at the time.
The BSL grew and evolved over time with many sitters and mediums coming
and going. I myself developed my own abilities as a Trance and Transfiguration
medium but the hoped for physical phenomena didn't appear to be on the agenda.
Much of the early development records as experienced by myself are
recorded in this blog up to the point where I really felt I was unable to add
anything new to the record.

In May 2013, some 5 yrs down the line, the BSL has relocated to Clevedon
and gone from strength to strength. Numerous new home circles have spun off and
have set up on their own and links to many others have been created
6 months ago, a young lady, wife and Mum contacted Chris to enquire
about physical mediumship. One thing led to another and she has now been sitting
in her own circle within the BSL for development with some amazing results. The
speed and level of her development has been stunning.

A few months ago, her spirit team who have been communicating through
direct voice whilst Emily has been in deep trance, told us that they wished to
form a small closed circle to sit weekly with a handful of dedicated sitters in
support to start what they called the “serious work”.

Last week was the inaugural sitting of the closed circle and what
follows below will be my own subjective account of my personal experiences
during this and subsequent sittings.
Chris will continue to update her own account of course on the BSL
on-line diary. My own diary in no way replaced these, this is just my own
personal record for my own interest and for anyone else who wants to follow.




To read the full diary and objective accounts of the other circles that meet in the Sanctuary, visit the main site at: http://www.spirit-lodge-diary.blogspot.com/




Thursday, May 24, 2007

Tuesday 22nd May

Hi, just a short post this week.
For the first time since the group has been sitting now, we had the first night with no physical phenomena at all.
There were the usual grey foggy effects and several people reported perceiving flashes of light, but no two people saw the same things at the same time (our minimum requirement to record and objective event). Temperatures went up and down but no bangs, flashes or moved objects.

However it wasn’t all quiet. We did get some conversation and guidance from ‘the chief’ who spoke through Brian once his trance state was brought back to a light enough state. The Chief apologised for the lack of apparent activity but explained that there was still a lot going on ‘behind the scenes’.

Both Brian and David are going into deep trance states now for most of the whole evening. And several of the other members of the group are also feeling the pull at various times during circle.
Several ‘communicators’ have now explained to us that there is new work being done and that they are experimenting with new ‘forms’ of energy that can be ‘blended’ with the more traditional forms to create new ways of demonstrating the continuance of life beyond the concept of ‘death’.

Our aim has always been and still remains to be, the proof of continuing consciousness beyond the end of physical life through the demonstration of objective physical evidence.
I believe that we are starting to move to a phase in the circle now where we will soon be able to record some serious evidence. We’re starting to depart from the traditional ‘physical séance’ and beginning to explore previously uncharted areas.

Where it will take us I have no idea. But I will certainly update the blog as and when anything happens every week.
It really is turning out to be fun and exciting. There are new developments almost weekly and everyone within the circle is starting to notice changes in themselves as our work with Spirit has started to move from a notional concept stage into a very real practical reality.

Lots of people can talk a good story about their experiences and perceptions but these are always someone else’s story. When a small group of people start to share the same experiences’ together, then your mind is forced to move into a different state of awareness.

For myself, as a healer first and foremost and a medium on occasion, I was always able to kind of ‘suspend my disbelief’ when and where spirit were concerned. However, my own journey of discovery, my understanding and awareness have been brought into phase with my perception of the physical world.
Now, solid facts are no longer solid. Fundamentals such as the physical reality of green plastic garden chairs are no longer quite so firmly fixed as they once were.

In Christine’s back garden, in a converted 10’x12’ shed in a suburban corner of Bristol, philosophical concepts and practical reality are now colliding on a weekly basis.

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