Brian -the one of us who is best suited to physical mediumship- was in the cabinet tonight and within 10 minutes there were some very weird sounds coming from within.
We had (because of the previous phenomena with the shoes etc) moved on from buckle straps to using plastic tie-wraps to secure him in the seat (this was his idea, to ensure no one would accuse him of cheating -he said he felt better if there was no possibility that he could do anything physically, even when in trance)
So arms tied to the chair (a common green plastic garden chair from B&Q for £5) and ankles tied to the legs. A belt was tied round his chest to stop any upper body movements and a pillowcase over his head (I’m still not quite clear about this as to why, but it seems to be common practice in physical circles).
To cut a long story short, the séance lasted nearly 2 hours with a seriously large amount of creaking, groaning and banging going on and when the lights eventually came up and the curtains were opened, The pillowcase had been taken off, the balls (cats toys with little bells inside) which had been heard jingling several times, were at opposite ends of the cabinet and…..
This is the biggy…
Brian had been lifted, chair and all, and swung round just short of 180 degrees.
I'm not sure who was more gob smacked, him or us…!
I got in the chair myself and tried to move it without releasing my arms and legs and there is no way that he could have done it whilst restrained the way he was.
And given the way he was strapped in, it'd be even more impossible to shake the pillowcase off his head.
We have decided that for the next few weeks at least, we are going to take before and after photo's to keep as evidence and post on the websites.
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/
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