No report last week as the circle didn’t meet (for the first time since its inception!). So my apologies for the gap.
This week Brian (our physical medium) was away and so we sat for Trance rather than physical mediumship.
A number of different spirits spoke to us through the trance mediums and this time we recorded the whole hour and a half on a combination of video and audio tape.
This was also a new thing for me as we sat with the electric lights on in order for the video camera to be able to see us more clearly.
Hopefully we’ll get a chance to review the whole evenings’ recordings in the next few days and I’ll have a better view of what was said and what was given by Spirit.
I have to say I am still not completely convinced with ‘Trance Mediumship’ as yet. The whole thing seems to me to be closer to ‘inspirational speaking’ than handing over control of the physical body to a visiting spirit.
But I have been assured that as one of the mediums become more experienced and practised, then this may well change.
Initially I was also expecting a lot more in the way of ‘proof’ that the speaker really was from spirit rather than a figment of an over active imagination.
But then it does seem that Trance Mediums tend to only hand over control to their trusted guides. Which probably makes sense as I know that I for one wouldn’t particularly want “great aunt Edna” to take over my body just so that she could convince someone that she was still alive and kicking –if in spirit rather than body!
She might decide that she quite fancies another bash at life and can’t be bothered with going through the whole birth/death cycle thingy again!
-makes you wonder at the whole “possession” concept.
But then, why is it that the guides can’t relay some kind of evidence? Or maybe it’s just that trance mediums are generally in a home circle where the need for ‘evidence’ has long been passed?
Also, a higher level guide type spirit is likely to be more interested in spiritual teachings and personal guidance, rather than enabling the recently deceased to pop back in again to say Hi.
Lots of questions, not too many answers yet.
I’m not sure what we’ll do with the audio/dvd stuff yet. Our friends kept it up for nearly 1.75 hours. I’m not going to be volunteering to transcribe all that lot into text myself!
I suspect Chris will post the objective review up on the Spirits Aloud Journal (see sidebar link) within a few more days.
I’ll be missing the next 2 weeks séances as I’ll be travelling again with work but I’ll post second hand reports when I get them.
J.
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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