Tuesday 13th November.

It’s now just over 10 months since the physical circle first came together. In that time we have all tried out in the cabinet more than once (with the exception of Chris, who prefers to stay well clear of that area herself –providing a source of endless amusement for the rest of us!) and have discovered that we have one member who is particularly well suited to physical mediumship. We have 2 new trance mediums, a mental medium and an established Healing Circle.

The physical circle is starting to make real progress now and this week was particularly interesting.

We started off with nearly a full house of sitters –only Paul was missing due to work commitments. Chris’ mum-in-law had knitted an oversize ‘tank-top’ as a contribution to keeping Brian (the physical medium) warm during the séance as winter is setting in.
We thought it would be interesting to ask if Spirit could remove the sweater during the evening. I’m not sure what we really expected to happen but it seemed like a good idea to at least ask.
Brian, now attractively sporting a black sleeveless jumper, sat down and to relieve Chris of the task of having to get too close to the cabinet, I threaded the cable ties through the loops on the chair and secured his wrists and ankles firmly. More firmly than usual as Brian was keen to eliminate any possibility that he could ‘escape’, as our newest member was joining the circle for the first time in blackout.

The waist belt I also tied up closely around his waist and pulled the knot tight.
With the curtains closed and jokes still emanating from behind the curtains, we took our seats and Chris opened the circle with the prayer.

I was sitting with my back to the door next to the ‘north corner’ and as soon as the lights were out I felt the now familiar swirling sensations as energy built up rapidly in the room. Within 30 seconds, the cable ties were heard to ‘pop’ in quick succession. Rocking and banging sounds followed and the two large rings landed in the room.

The webbing strap with bells attached (velcroed to the base of the chair) then appeared to be gently thrown or dropped into Chris’ lap. Chris sits immediately to the right of the cabinet at about 45 degrees to the front of it. This is the first time that anything being ‘ejected’ has come out at anything other than a straight line.
Thinking that this had been done quite deliberately but wanting more confirmation, she asked if something else could be similarly done for someone else in the room.

About 10 minutes later, there was a clear and distinct sound of something landing right next to me and falling to the floor.
Later, at the end of the session when the lights came on, the new black sweater was found to be lying by my side.
Was this a near miss at repeating the soft drop of the bells in Chris’ lap? I don’t know for sure, but I can be certain that I was not aware of anything being ‘thrown’ towards me. But then again, there were no bells on the jumper so would I have noticed the difference between a thrown object or a dropped one?

Does it really matter though? I mean, I had personally tied Brian into the chair with plastic cable ties and a 2 inch wide judo belt.
What I found most interesting about the whole evening though, was the awareness that I had that there was actually someone ‘else’ in the room with us.
This was the first time that I had felt the ‘physical’ presence of the spirit team in the room.
Probably sounds a bit odd to say this, considering everything that’s happened over the past 10 months and the 24 times we’ve sat with Brian for a physical séance, but this actually felt as though there was another person in the room.

All this aside, the rest of the evening was fascinating as the direct voice became tantalisingly close. For the first time we actually had 2 way communication and could make out clear attempts at speech (go to the Spirit Lodge Journal and follow the link in the official report to hear for yourself)

Then later on, when the Chief came through to update us, we had an opportunity to ask our own questions about what was going on, the energies being used, different forms of physical evidence and the practical aspects of ‘thought’ as an energy in the physical world –both for positive and negative use. The answers we had were detailed and concise. Everything was recorded on tape for reference and if anyone has any questions, feel free to either post them here or send me or Chris an email and we’ll be happy to answer as best we can.

Jon