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Contents
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22
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40 CJames
OVERVan
STORY:
Praagh
Assisting lightworkers in raising
consciousness
46 S piritualism is
a living religion
David Hopkins on removing the
imbalances that exist in our world
48 A good read
Our selection of spiritual titles to
take to the beach this summer
05 News
13 G lyn Edwards
passes to Spirit
Looking back at the leading
medium’s earthly life
26 B e in harmony
with the universe
Billy Roberts on how to create a
perfect balance in the body
29 A braham Lincoln
and Spiritualism
14 H ealer has happy tails 33 S udoku competition
17 T he challenge of karma 34 F rom the archives
Leslie Price examines the evidence
Interview with animal
communicator Margrit Coates
Win a copy of Angel Astrology 101
Roy Stemman discusses this
often controversial aspect of
reincarnation
Charlie Chaplin’s spiritual
connections
TV series rekindles interest in the
famous haunting
Behind the scenes of Craig and
Jane Hamilton-Parker’s famous
séance
rincess
Diana’s
21 T he Enfield poltergeist 37 Pspirit
return
22 B loom into health
with plant power
Dr Edward Bach’s flower remedies
to the rescue
25 T arot Illuminati
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50 H ave your say
54 TWood
he Gladwish
terror
Readers’ letters
Continuing the strange goings-on in
a Sussex wood
56 A vampire in Britain?
John West investigates
the Croglin Horror
58 S piritual art
A plethora of diversity in PN’s
monthly gallery
61 Competition
Win a six-week online course with
James Van Praagh
72 W
hat’s on
Spiritualist churches in the
UK and USA
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Wendy Stokes reviews a
stunning tarot deck
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PSYCHIC NEWS | JULY 2015
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From the
ACTING Editor
IT’S said by some that good things happen in threes. Let’s hope so, as
for the third time in my life I find myself wearing the editor’s hat, having
been appointed acting editor for the July magazine. It’s a long story!
Producing Two Worlds at the same time
has meant working endless hours… and
this issue of PN comes to you dangerously
caffeine laden and – to my utter shame
– with more crumpled cigarette packets
than you can shake a smoker’s cough at.
However, it’s been great interviewing top
American medium James Van Praagh along
with UK animal healer Margrit Coates and
thinking up some unusual questions about
the Bach flower remedies, for instance. Called
in at short notice to arrange some fabulous
features, then get the magazine printed,
packed and posted has been a challenge, but
our tiny team’s done it. Hopefully you’ll agree
that July’s PN is a real “read me” mix of varied
stories on spiritual, psychic and allied subjects.
So much has changed since the first issue
of PN rattled off the now very antiquated
presses as a weekly paper, but our
message remains the same: that each
and every one of us is a spiritual being
temporarily occupying a physical body.
The ramifications of this are enormous. If
everyone realised that all of humanity is
linked spiritually and that we must account
for our earthly actions Beyond, the world
could be transformed. Sadly, this will not
happen in the foreseeable future. Sadly again,
we live in violent, turbulent times, with so
many parts of planet Earth in torment.
Spiritualism rightly teaches that survival
after physical death is a natural law and
that it is permissible to contact dear “dead”
loved ones who, far from resting in peace,
are very much alive on the Other Side.
Throughout the decades, the spirit world
has provided evidence aplenty to back our
claims. Moreover, guides such as Silver
Birch have given us some superb philosophy
based on timeless truths. On one occasion,
he commented: “Spirit is the animating
power of life. Spirit is life, life is spirit. Spirit
is supreme. Spirit is master and matter is
servant. Spirit is king and matter is subject.”
So there you have it in a few eloquently
expressed words. Yes, we are indeed – to
get back to three again – a marvellous
mix of mind, body and spirit. May you
find plenty within this month’s magazine
to refresh and reinvigorate all three!
TONY ORTZEN
Psychic News: the voice of Spiritualism
Two of Spiritualism’s leading exponents helped create and launch Psychic News in 1932. Hannen Swaffer,
one of the UK’s most famous journalists, and Maurice Barbanell, a businessman who was also a trance
medium, recognised the need for a publication that would satisfy the public’s desire for up-to-date and
independent information about Spiritualism and mediumship.
They regularly addressed audiences of thousands in theatres around the country as families came to
terms with the loss of loved ones who had died in World War 1 and the devastating Spanish flu pandemic
of 1918. Barbanell was its first editor and Swaffer became a regular contributor.
Today, eight decades later, Psychic News continues to be the independent voice of Spiritualism in a
very different world. What has not changed is the desire to have an answer to The Big Question: What
happens after death? Psychic News makes a unique contribution to that debate every month with news,
features and opinion pieces that explore the evidence for an afterlife and spirit communication.
Above all, Spiritualism and Psychic News are life-affirming, so our features also explore ways in which
readers can enrich their lives spiritually and make the right choices. Why not let us be your travelling
companion, offering words of wisdom and support, as you continue on your soul’s journey through this
lifetime?
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NEWS
(Left to right) Cllr Richard Farnell, Rev Gillian Machell, Rev Dr Barry Harding-Rathbone
(seated), Mayor Surinder Biant, new Elder Mr John Henderson (kneeling), Rev David
Cundall (standing at rear), Mayoress Cecile Biant, Simon Danczuk MP, Rev Lesley
Rosedale (standing at rear), Mary Ann Rosedale and club licensee Jill Howard.
Photo: Donna Chadwick
Police are called
to new church
The event was
attended by
the Mayor
and Mayoress,
representatives
of Rochdale
Council and
local MP Simon
Danczuk.
members who were not even attending
the service.
“According to their church pastor, who
led the disrespectful and unnecessary
protest, we are all devil-worshippers
and ‘raise the
dead’ in our
The protesters, from
demonstrations of
Kirkholt Community Church,
mediumship, which
were said to have formed a
is ludicrous, of
human chain barrier and were
course.
“
very intimidating
The protesters, from Kirkholt
Community Church, were said to have
formed a human chain barrier and were
very intimidating. They accused the
Spiritualists of being devil-worshippers,
who were corrupting ignorant and
uneducated minds.
The Rev Dr Barry Harding-Rathbone,
senior minister of Inspiration Ministries,
said: “They tried to block people from
entering the building, including club
”
“I invited the
protesters to share
our worship, so
that they could see their allegations
were not only incorrect, but rude and
dismissive of the people attending.”
Greater Manchester Police confirmed
that they received a call on Monday,
June 1, but after a discussion with both
parties involved, no further action would
be taken as no criminal activity
had taken place.
• Read Rev Dr Barry Harding-Rathbone’s
personal account of the protest
on page 50.
DID you know that Falkirk in
Scotland has more reported
UFO activity than anywhere
else in the British Isles or that
Torquay, Devon, is where you
are most likely to see a ghost?
These newsy nuggets emerged from an
Alternative Census carried out by estate
agents Rightmove. They wanted to find out
how different locations ranked in the more
unusual criteria for relocating, as well as
such mundane requirements as proximity to
schools, transport and shops.
POLICE were called after protesters tried to stop the first
service at a Greater Manchester Spiritualist church.
Members of the newly-formed Christian
Spiritualist Community Church in
Kirkholt, Rochdale, were allegedly
harassed and aggressively intimidated
when on their way to the opening
ceremony.
Falkirk
is UFO
hot
spot
®
At the head of the UFO list, Falkirk was
followed by Bexley, Kent, and Wigan, Lancs,
where 17 per cent of the populations
reported seeing bright lights in the sky.
More than a quarter of Torquay residents
reported seeing an apparition. Stoke-onTrent, Staffs, was second while Wigan,
Greater Manchester, came third.
Other “alternative” criteria Rightmove
recorded were the number of people using
internet dating, the percentages of single
people and the amount of those who are
happy in love.
Explaining the reasons for all this curiosity,
Rightmove’s Abiola Oni said: “We created
the Alternative Census as we wanted to find
out more about the unusual goings-on in
local neighbourhoods alongside more typical
things you might be interested in before
moving there.
“Good transport links and high achieving
schools are often the first things people think
about, but in the Alternative Census we were
able to get an entirely new perspective
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on the towns and cities people call
home.”
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NEWS
Medium
helps in
missing
man hunt
The Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Hearing voices?
You’re not alone!
MANY mediums hear voices and see things others cannot – and it’s
now emerged that this is something which affects about five per
cent of the population at some point in their lives.
This may come as a surprise, as it did to
the organisers of an international study
involving 31,000 people from nineteen
countries.
The University of Queensland and
Harvard Medical School joined forces to
conduct the study. Prof John McGrath, a
Queensland Brain Institute researcher, said
the study was the most comprehensive
ever completed.
“We used to think only
people with psychosis
heard voices or had
delusions,” said Prof
McGrath. “Now we
know that otherwise
healthy, high-functioning
people also report these
experiences.
Prof McGrath commented: “In particular,
we’re interested in learning why some
people recover while others may progress
to more serious disorders
like schizophrenia.
“
The study found that
auditory hallucinations
are more common in
women than in men, and
more so in wealthier
countries
“A third have them only
once, and another third
have them between two and five times
during their lives. These people seem to
function reasonably well. It’s incredibly
interesting that not only is hearing voices
more common than was previously
thought, but it’s not solely linked to mental
illness.”
The study was a population-linked survey,
which involved approaching randomly
selected members of the community,
sitting down with them and conducting a
very detailed interview about their mental
health.
“These people were representative of the
general population not seeking mental
health assistance,” explained Prof McGrath.
The study found that auditory
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hallucinations are more common in women
than in men, and more so in wealthier
countries. The professor added that
the findings could help to generate new
research into the causes of these isolated
symptoms.
”
“We can use these
findings to start
identifying whether the
mechanisms causing
these hallucinations
and delusions are the
same or different in both
situations.
“We need to rethink the
link between hearing
voices and mental health. It’s more subtle
than previously thought.
“While people may mistakenly hear their
name called out in public, hallucinations
and delusions are quite detailed. For
example, hearing voices that no one else
can hear or a belief that somebody else has
taken over your mind.
“People should be reassured that there isn’t
necessarily anything wrong with them if it
happens once or twice. Bur if people are
having regular experiences, we recommend
that they seek help.”
The study was published in JAMA Psychiatry
and funded by a National Health and
®
Medical Research Council John Cade
Fellowship.
A MEDIUM has given help in the
hunt for a 31-year-old man from
Kilkenny, Ireland, who left home
in March to buy a car and has not
been seen since.
Dean Roche said he would be away for
about half an hour, but never returned.
His heartbroken mother Geraldine believes
he has been killed. After she suffered a
breakdown while in hospital, the family
consulted a medium. Geraldine has now
given up hope of finding her son alive.
“He’s not the type of boy to stay away from
home for one night,” she told the Irish Mirror.
“I know in my heart that he’s no longer alive.
“I believe someone attacked him. He had
cash on him that day. The car was only about
€200.00 (£146, US$226). It was a bangedup old car that he needed just to get around.
“Dean would have had a substantial amount
of money on him when he left, maybe
about €900.00 (£658, US$1,017). So I think
someone took his money and killed him. He
can’t have disappeared just like that.”
The vehicle Dean bought was found crashed
half a mile away from where he purchased
it in Ballyfoyle, just north of Kilkenny, but
there was no sign of him.
Dean had been struggling with heroin
addiction, but his mother is adamant
that drugs are not the cause of his
disappearance.
“I don’t think it had anything to do with
that because Dean wasn’t in trouble with
anyone,” she said. “He was very quiet.”
Geraldine previously told the Irish Mirror:
“He stayed at home most of the time with
his DVDs. Addiction is a sickness, but he
wouldn’t have hurt anyone. I used to know
where he went at all times.”
The family wrote on Facebook: “We have
met with a medium who helped us connect
with Dean and gave us his whereabouts. We
would like to thank her greatly for her time
and dedication.
“We would also like to thank the Civil
Defence who were out searching
in the area given.”
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NEWS
Summerland oil field today
Photo: Antandrus
Drill down to the facts...
Oil rigs have link to Spiritualism
THE recent California oil spill, caused by a ruptured
pipe, discharged between 21,00 and 105,000 gallons
into the Pacific Ocean, close to the small township of
Summerland.
There has been a series of such spillages
from time to time, the one in 1969 being
the largest in United States’ waters. But
what most people don’t know is that the
first offshore oil well was dug in 1896 by
Spiritualist Henry Lafayette Williams,
a business pioneer and real estate
speculator.
His Summerland Oil Field in Santa Barbara
County, California, was about four miles
east of the city of Santa Barbara and
proved to be richly productive in the early
20th century. During its 50-year lifespan, it
produced 3.18 million barrels of oil, before
being abandoned in 1939-40.
A location was chosen. Wooden oil
derricks were built on the beach, piers
stretched into the ocean and the world’s
first offshore oil
well was drilled
into the sea floor.
of creating a Spiritualist
paradise to be called
Summerland. NonSpiritualists named it
Spooksville.
“
Spiritualists were encouraged to buy
plots on which they could pitch tents or
erect small dwellings. Needless to say, the
presence of oil in the region, plus the cheap
cost of land, encouraged non-Spiritualist
opportunists.
Oil wells just offshore at Summerland,
California 1915
The new community was, said Williams,
“a beacon light for the world, and a
promulgation of the truths of Spiritualism;
to better both the
spiritual and material
conditions of mankind.”
He had a dream of
creating a Spiritualist
paradise to be called
Summerland. NonSpiritualists named it
Spooksville
In 1895, Williams bought
1,100 acres of land
adjacent to the oil field
and offered plots for sale
to those who wished to
join him in his spiritual
venture. Each plot was 60 ft x 20 ft and on
sale for only $25.00 (£15.92).
In addition to
being a rich
speculator and
Spiritualist,
Williams was
also a medium.
He had a dream
the usual facilities of the average small
township were added.
Williams built his
own family home in
1889, known as The
Big Yellow House.
He also established
a Spiritualist temple
for services and
other events, and a
school. Gradually,
Oil drilling and
Spiritualism were
strange bedfellows.
Eventually, Spiritualists
drifted away to be
replaced by speculators
and business people.
The Spiritualist temple
remained open until the
1950s, but was demolished when Highway
101 was driven through the community.
Williams and his family lived in The Big
Yellow House until his passing there in the
early 1890s.
”
Many Spiritualists moved to Santa Barbara.
The 2010 Census recorded Summerland’s
population as 1,448. The Big Yellow House
became a popular restaurant under a
series of owners, and remains so today,
prominent and still retaining the name.
The property also has a reputation for
being haunted. The most detailed account
is given in The Spirit of the Big Yellow House
by Rod Lathim, who ran the Wine Cellar
Gift Shop there in 1973. First published
in 1975, his book is still available.
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®
NEWS
Blaze culprit
escapes jail
THE 14-year-old girl convicted of starting a fire which destroyed
nearly 2,000 acres, 40 homes and other buildings – including
a Spiritualist retreat – in northern San Diego County has been
spared a jail sentence.
Instead, reported the LA Times, the
unnamed teenager was sentenced in the
juvenile court to 400 hours’ community
service. She must also seek therapy,
write letters of apology to victims and
is prohibited from riding her bicycle in
the neighbourhoods where homes were
burned.
Reviewing the girl’s psychiatric
evaluation, Superior Court Judge Aaron
Katz said she had a traumatic early
childhood, but gave no specific details.
Katz set a hearing for this month to
determine whether the girl’s parents
must pay restitution to the victims. Fire
damage was estimated at more than £10
million (US$15,701,950).
Not everyone was happy about the
outcome. Several victims told reporters
how their lives had been disrupted and
destroyed. Chuck Higby, whose garage
was destroyed, called the sentence “a slap
on the wrist,” adding: “She’s not suffering
for this. No consequences.”
“It’s just a joke really,” said another
victim. “It’s not any real punishment. It’s
disrupted the lives of hundreds of people.
She goes back to her life and the rest of
us are trapped in this state.”
The girl’s parents issued a statement,
which said: “We know we can never
make up for all the victims’ losses, pain
and suffering. We are heartbroken that
our daughter has hit an obstacle in her
young life, which has not only devastated
her and us, but all the victims and their
families.”
More than 500 fire fighters fought the
blaze, which raged from May 14 to May
22 last year, destroying properties in San
Marcos, Escondido and the Harmony
Grove Spiritualist Association retreat.
The destruction at Harmony Grove is
described as “heartbreaking” for those
who lived there, or visited and found
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“
Not everyone was happy
about the outcome. Several
victims told reporters
how their lives had been
disrupted and destroyed
”
solace at the 119-year-old centre. County
officials said that to date no permits to
rebuild the retreat have been issued.
Association president Coy Johnston
said despite the hardship, the group
is confident the centre will emerge
strengthened and renewed.
Coy called the association’s story one
of hope, grieving and fighting through
the process while trying to put bricks
and mortar back together. “It’s a story of
regeneration,” she added.
Apart from the loss of cabins, the nonprofit making association lost its church,
bookstore and office together with all
its computers and records. Insurance
will cover most of the cost of a modern
multi-purpose building to house all three
facilities. This could be up and running by
the second anniversary of the fire.
At least $100,000 (£64,580) will still
need to be raised to cover water storage
tanks, roads and even the gate leading to
the grounds.
Many who lived on the site remain in
dire trouble, living in places they cannot
afford. Coy, who lost her own home in the
blaze, said some cabins will be re-built,
but not in the first phase.
She added that she and fellow association
members are encouraged by continuing
community support and know there are
®
“still a lot of hopes and prayers
being sent our way.”
Reality star
seeks psychic
advice
AFTER visiting a fertility clinic
as well as seeking the advice of
American medium John Edward,
reality star Kim Kardashian is
pregnant with her second child.
“We are so beyond delighted,” she told
Glamour magazine. The 34-year-old is married
to rapper, record producer and entrepreneur
Kanye West. “The waiting and waiting has
been a roller coaster,” Kim added.
John Edward commented: “You can’t
psychologically dwell on conception and
fertility. What you need to do is visualise
walking with a child.
“You need to see your daughter playing with a
child. Astrologically,
it also has to be the
right time for that
child to be born.”
The couple’s twoyear-old daughter is
named North. Is the
next child
®
destined to
be South?
Celebrity medium John Edward
Kim Kardashian
Photo: David Shankbone
NEWS
Spiritualist mum
jumps for charity
LISA BENNETT, a Spiritualist mother of three from Swadlincote,
Derbyshire, has undertaken a “terrifying” bungee jump to raise
money for charity.
was exhilarating.
“I’veItnever
been more
scared in my life, but
the rush afterwards was
incredible
”
Lisa, 38, is president of Horninglow
Christian Spiritualist Church. A member
of the congregation had a grandson in the
neonatal unit at Burton’s Queens Hospital,
so Lisa decided to raise some money for it.
for me, but the people on the ground
looked so little,” she said. “It really made
me realise just how high up I was. Your
whole perception of size and proportion
goes out of the window!
“The jump was already planned for
another charity,” she explained. “That fell
through, so I decided to do the jump and
raise money to help premature babies. It
was absolutely terrifying.”
“It was exhilarating. I’ve never been more
scared in my life, but the rush afterwards
was incredible.”
The bungee jump was about 48.7 metres
(160 feet) high, which is the equivalent
of jumping off a sixteen-storey building.
Sponsored by family and friends, Lisa’s
jump raised £350.
“It was great having them there cheering
‘Dead’ grandfather
warns of nail bomb
A BELFAST medium has revealed how his “dead” grandfather warned
him of a pipe bomb in his garden. He was told, “Pick it up, son, and
leave the street with it.”
Sean McGeough, 27, spotted the device in
front of his family home. He told The Mirror:
”I knew it was my Granda telling me what to
do. He passed seven years ago and was the
only person who ever called me ‘son.’
“I knew I was safe then because he wouldn’t
put my life at risk. He would not let me be
blown up.”
bag. I thought I’d better have a look.
“My heart lurched when I saw the device.
There was a metal tube, and attached to the
outside were loads of nails. Then I heard
Granda’s voice, so I picked up the device
very carefully and walked down the street
with it.”
Sean was alerted to the device when his dog
Snow, a husky, stepped on a black bin bag
in which the bomb was wrapped, reported
Belfast Live.
Sean added: “Then I had to decide whether
to throw it into the field in front of me or
just set it down and walk away. In the end,
that’s what I did. I phoned the police and my
mum, who thought I was mad to pick it up.
“I thought it was a bit of rubbish,” he said. “I
was going to move it when I got back from
our walk. But then when Snow stepped off
it, I knew there was something hard in the
“It took an hour-and-a-quarter for the police
to come, but they had sent up a helicopter.
The bomb disposal team arrived and said
the device was viable, so the area was
Lisa has now hung up her bungee rope.
Although she had another charity jump
lined up, she is letting her son do it instead.
“If there was a charity I really supported
and they asked me to do another one, I
would have to seriously think about it,”
Lisa added. “At the moment, one
is enough for me!”
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heart lurched when
“I My
saw the device. There
was a metal tube, and
attached to the outside
were loads of nails. Then
I heard Granda’s voice,
so I picked up the device
very carefully and walked
down the street with it
”
sealed off. I had my Granda guiding me, but I
was still frightened.”
Police later confirmed that the device was
a viable pipe bomb. Around 1,000 homes
were cut off because of the disruption.
Sinn Fein councillor David Bell commented:
“As yet, we don’t know the reason why the
device was left there and who was behind it.
They put people’s lives at risk.
“Those responsible are not wanted by
the community and are nothing short of
disgraceful. This was an attack on
the community as a whole.”
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NEWS
Photo: Sgerbic
How to win
100,000 dollars!
HAVE you paranormal healing powers, seen or talked to a
ghost, been saved by an angel or ridden in a UFO?
If you can prove it “scientifically,” James
Underdown (pictured) will give you
$100,000 (£63,686).
He is the executive director of the Center
for Inquiry (CFI) in Los Angeles, described as
a non-profit educational organisation with
headquarters in New York. Its aim is to foster
a secular society based on science, reason,
freedom of inquiry and human values.
Like super-sceptic James Randi, Underdown
welcomes controversy. He lives in Los
Angeles which, he says, is crammed with
people with New Age ideas – dowsers,
psychics, healers, clairvoyants and past-life
regressors. “It’s got to the point at which,
instead of arguing, I thought, ‘All stuff is
testable by science.’ So I started a centre for
inquiry.”
Expanding his theories, he told Times Live:
“Take healing – I have investigated many
cases but have never found anyone who has
been healed by faith. A cancer client was
told to soak himself in a tub of water full
of red-hot peppers. The idea was to sweat
the cancer out. Did it help? No, his life was
shortened by two years.”
A Boston woman was tested who claimed
she could astral-project to the CFI in Los
Angeles and tell them what was on the table
behind a curtain.
“She had 20 tries and got zero right,” said
Underdown. “We always ask them if they
think they were treated fairly. They blame
the ‘negative energy’ in the room or say ‘It
wasn’t one of my days’.”
He reported a medium’s one-hour reading,
and over 55 minutes she made hundreds of
guesses and answers, said Underdown. “She
would say: ‘I see him at a bench looking very
happy. His dog is with him, a big dog, maybe
Underdown says being sceptical is
“
just thinking rationally, is part of critical
thinking, and should be taught in schools.
Society should have standards about what
is true and what is not. Much of what we
believe is untrue
”
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a collie. Has he got a dog? Ah, no. Maybe
it’s a neighbour’s dog.’ It was so rapid and
there were so many questions that it was
difficult not to get something right.”
He stated that TV shows were “another
thing” after watching one being taped.
“The raw performance was completely
different from what they showed on TV. All
the mistakes ended up on the cutting-room
floor. A TV psychic would be in big trouble
without his editor.”
Underdown says being sceptical is just
thinking rationally, is part of critical
thinking and should be taught in schools.
Society should have standards about what
is true and what is not. Much of what we
believe is untrue, he said.
A lot of people have tried to win the
$100,000, but so far nobody has
managed it.
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Police deny
monitoring TV
programmes
NEWS
IT’S been revealed that two TV science fiction series were under
surveillance by Metropolitan Police Special Branch, as it was feared
they posed a potential threat to national security.
Star Trek and The X-Files were among sci-fi
TV shows monitored by Scotland Yard in
the 1990s.
Natalie Portman at the premiere of Black Swan
Photo: John Steven Fernandez
Spiritualist
role for
Oscar
winner
OSCAR winner Natalie Portman
has been cast as a Spiritualist in
her latest movie Planetarium.
According to a Variety report, she will star
with Lily Rose Depp, daughter of Johnny
Depp, in Planetarium, to be directed by
Rebecca Zlotowski.
It is the first time that 33-year-old Ms
Portman has worked with a French director
since 1994, when she appeared in the crime
thriller Léon. She is reported to be brushing
up her language skills for her forthcoming
role.
The Planetarium plot features two sisters
who are thought to be able to communicate
with spirit beings. While in Paris, they meet
a visionary French producer, a character
inspired by Jewish producer Bernard
Natan.
Police were concerned that British fans of
the US programmes would kill themselves
or turn against society. Watch was kept
on the shows to protect the country from
rioting and cyber attacks.
The report, compiled in 1997 but only
recently released, said obsessed viewers
of the programmes could go into a frenzy
triggered by the millennium, “leading to
anarchy and an act of extreme violence.”
Metropolitan Police Special Branch also
monitored Dark Skies, Roswell, Millennium
and the film Lawnmower Man.
The report stated: “Fuel is added to the
fire by television dramas and feature films
mostly produced in America. These draw
together the various strands of religion,
UFOs, conspiracies and mystic events, and
put them in an entertaining story line.
“It is not suggested that the production
companies are intentionally attempting
to ferment trouble. However, producers
of such programmes know what
psychological buttons to press to excite
interest in their products.
“Obviously, this is not sinister in itself.
What is of concern is the devotion certain
groups and individuals ascribe to the
contents of these programmes.”
The report maintained that as the 1990s
drew to a close, various groups were
showing an unhealthy interest in microchip
technology and barcodes.
Growing numbers of people imagined that
microchips could be surgically implanted
in their brains to provide immediate
screening information, or barcodes
stamped on their foreheads ending in 666
– the number of the Beast.
Many were also said to be obsessed with
conspiracy theories surrounding UFOs,
alien abductions, the Vietnam War and the
assassination of President John Kennedy.
Called UFO New Religious Movements and
the Millennium, the dossier was drawn up
in response to the 1997 mass suicide by
cultists in San Diego, California, known as
Heaven’s Gate.
“This group, like many others, drew
inspiration from science fiction,” the report
said.
“Indeed, much of their free time was given
to viewing the television programmes Star
Trek and The X-Files, and then seriously
debating which series is superior.
“The problem is that growing numbers
are not treating this as entertainment and
find it impossible to divorce fantasy from
reality.”
One of the main concerns was that the
type of extreme outcome seen in the USA
might be copied by believers in the UK.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan
Police told the Daily Telegraph it had no
knowledge of the report.
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William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
as James T. Kirk and Dr Spock
in Star Trek
Mr Natan was among the most influential
figures in the film industry during the
1920s and 1930s before his tragic death in
Auschwitz concentration camp.
The debut date for Planetarium is scheduled
as May 2016. Meanwhile, Ms Portman is
named for a role in The Basis of Sex, to play
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a real life Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States. Marielle Heller, director of Diary of a
Teenage Girl, is in negotiations to
®
head the project.
Photo: CBS Paramount Television/Paramount Pictures
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NEWS
Survey shows
‘Millennials’ reject religion
THE label may be new to you. If so, the definition of a “millennial” is “A person reaching
young adulthood around the year 2000.”
A recent study found that they are the
least religious generation in 60 years in the
United States. Research was based on data
from 11.2 million respondents from four
surveys of adolescents aged thirteen to
eighteen taken between 1966 and 2014.
Researchers were led by psychology
professor Jean Twenge, of San Diego State
University. The findings showed that recent
teenagers are the least religious generation
of the last six decades and possibly in the
nation’s history.
They are less likely to say that religion is
important in their lives and spend less time
praying or meditating. Future generations
are likely to be even less religious.
Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are
also less likely to belong to a religious group
or say that faith plays an important role in
their daily lives. More of today’s adolescents
are abandoning religion before they reach
adulthood, with an increasing number not
do not have to
“relyPeople
upon supernatural
influences when material
possessions are catering
to their needs
”
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raised with any religion at all.
Compared to the late 1970s, twice as many
seventeen- to eighteen-year-olds never go
to religious services. A greatly increased
number (75 per cent) said religion was not
important in their lives.
High school seniors reviewed around 2010
numbered three times more than those
of the early 1980s who answered “None”
when asked their religion.
In 2013, psychologist Dr Nigel Barber
said religious people in many developed
countries will be a minority by 2041.
A study of the beliefs of individuals in 137
countries formed the basis for his book, Why
Atheism Will Replace Religion. It proposes
that “people do not have to rely upon
supernatural influences when material
possessions are catering to their needs.”
Dr Barber added, “Religion declines not
only because people are becoming richer,
but also due to the increasing quality of life,
decline of serious diseases, better education
and welfare states.”
Another study by the Pew Research Centre
shows that the percentage of atheists
across the world is expected to fall while
Muslims will outnumber Christians by 2070.
It is predicted Islam will become America’s
largest religion by 2050, and that the
number of Christians in the US will decline
from three-quarters of the population in
2010 to two-thirds in 2050.
In a global ranking of 65 countries, the UK is
one of the least religious places in the world.
Only 30 per cent of the population called
themselves religious.
Fifty-three cent said they were not religious,
13 per cent were convinced atheists and the
remainder “didn’t know.” At the bottom of
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the list was China, where 6 cent of
people are atheists.
NEWS
Medium
Glyn Edwards
passes to
spirit world
LEADING medium and tutor Glyn Edwards, CSNU,
has passed to the spirit world aged 65.
Liverpool-born Glyn devoted his life to
learning and teaching, sharing his vast
knowledge and mediumship with many
students and friends around the world.
Having joined a Benedictine community
at the age of sixteen, he took his first
steps along paths which led him to acquire
knowledge of other disciplines. He became
a close friend of renowned tantric master
Swami Dharmananda Saraswati Maharaj,
who gave him the name of Devasdada,
meaning “Servant of God.”
Glyn had a wide experience of physical
mediumship and trance states, and was
a trance medium himself. He lived in the
small country village of Maids Moreton in
Buckinghamshire.
The medium was a senior course tutor at
the Arthur Findlay College, Essex, for more
than 30 years. On its website, the college
says:
“Glyn possesses extensive understanding
of various mediumistic and spiritual paths,
and is particularly known for the quality of
his work and his ability to demonstrate his
mediumship almost effortlessly in front of
large audiences.
“He is highly respected for his
understanding of and insight into different
areas of mediumistic unfoldment and his
devotion to helping students explore and
realise their individual potential.
“In 2003, he made the front page of Psychic
News (which he
has done many
times in his
mediumistic
life) after being
struck down
by a mystery
virus. Since
then, he has
shown how
determination
and the power
of the spirit
can overcome
adversity.
“Remarkably
many have testified to how his work and
teachings have moved on to a deeper level.
He also found this chapter in his life opening
up many profound insights and experiences
that expanded his amazing mediumistic and
spiritual vision.”
A protégé of fellow medium Gordon
Higginson, Glyn worked with him on a
series of projects extending over many
years and was a co-founder of the Gordon
Higginson Fellowship.
At one time, Glyn worked regularly at
London’s Spiritualist Association of Great
Britain and was involved with PRISM
(Psychical Research Involving Selected
Mediums).
Interviewed on radio and TV throughout
the world, Glyn was deeply drawn to the
teachings and insights of Ernest Holmes,
the founder of Science of Mind. The
medium recorded various teaching CDs
and cassettes, as well as writing highly
acclaimed books.
Paying tribute, Minister David Bruton,
President of the Spiritualists’ National
Union, said: “Glyn, who was known to many
as a fine medium
and tutor, and
great ambassador
for Spiritualism,
touched the lives
of so many people
through his gift
of mediumship.
I am sure you
will all join me in
sending him, his
family and friends
the power of our
healing prayers.
“Glyn had been
battling cancer
for a while, which naturally took its toll on
him physically. I am sure that now Glyn has
taken his transition to Spirit, he will be met
by many friends – Gordon Higginson and
others – to welcome him home.
“God bless you, Glyn. Your work will be
long remembered by the many you helped
and supported in your journey through this
world.”
A private funeral service for Glyn took place
on Friday, June 12. This was followed by a
public service of celebration of his life the
same afternoon in Akeley, Bucks. His family
invited friends, students and colleagues to
attend.
See page 52 for a personal tribute from
Glyn’s close friend Stephen Wollaston.
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FEATURE
ANIMAL HEALER
has happy
tails…
Tony Ortzen interviews Margrit Coates,
the world’s leading animal healer and
communicator, and an internationally
acclaimed author with several titles to
her credit.
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“
My experience is that the
healing comes from a Source
somewhere in the universe.
That Source is connected to
the spirit world
”
Margrit Coates and Teddy
FEATURE
Margrit’s trailblazing books, Healing for
Horses and Hands-on Healing for Pets, were
the first publications in the world to cover
the topic of healing energy (including
communication) with animals. In these
books, Margrit writes about her discovery
of an eighth major chakra in animals.
Healing for Horses has achieved the accolade
several times of taking the No 1 slot on
Amazon both in large animal science books
and animal spirituality.
Additionally, Margrit has been the Pet
Corner columnist for the Daily Mail and a
columnist for Horse and Rider and Your Cat
magazines. Her work has been featured
worldwide in over 40 animal and general
publications including numerous women’s
interest magazines, the Daily Express, The
Journal of Holistic Health and New York’s
Daily News.
Over the years, Margrit has been a guest
expert on several TV programmes, and
given numerous radio interviews about
her specialist topics. Her TV experience
includes appearing on Animal Roadshow, Pet
Nation and Animal Allies. Born and educated
in Hull, Yorkshire, Margrit now lives in the
New Forest, Hampshire.
How – and in which
year – did you first
discover your gift for
healing animals?
Ever since I was
a child, I thought
that everyone
was a healer. My
first recollection
of “knowing” that
animals are like us in
terms of sentience
was around eighteen
months old.
Anne the elephant in her new home at Longleat Safari Park.
these topics when I was a child. These were
left lying around by my mother, who is also
a healer. The topics in the books seemed
familiar to me.
What’s the most unusual animal you have
ever healed?
Anne, Britain’s last circus elephant, who is
now at Longleat Safari Park in Warminster,
Wiltshire. She was rescued in 2012 after
secret filming of terrible abuse and beatings
were released to the media.
I learned so much from Anne, including how
powerfully healing
can help all animals
at a deep soul level,
which mainstream
medicine cannot
reach.
Healing can help all
“
animals at a deep soul level,
which mainstream medicine
cannot reach
I was sitting in a baby
chair. My mother
was in the room with an uncle. They were
talking to me and to each other, of course. I
was too young to understand their words,
but got a sense of what they were saying.
I remember turning to look at the family
dog, which was also in the room, and
hearing his communication in the same way
that I was tuning into the humans.
I have always known that healing works on
the same level and vibration as interspecies
telepathic communication. I read books on
Photo: Facebook
”
When I first visited
her, Anne had been
at Longleat for less
than two weeks
and was in a state
of shock; her eyes
were unfocused
and she displayed
signs of stress and
mental/emotional
turmoil.
As I reached up to place my hand on Anne
and start channelling healing, she turned
her head to look at me. Instantly tears
sprang from her eyes and ran down her
face. I wrote the full story in my book
Communicating with Animals about how
healing helped her.
I asked Anne how she had coped during the
years since she was taken from the wild as a
baby of three years. “Because the herd have
never left me,” Anne replied. “We keep in
Margrit with Raggs
touch over the airwaves.” We have much to
learn from our animal brothers and sisters.
At the other end of the scale, are your
patients mostly domesticated pets like
dogs and cats? If so, what’s their most
common problem?
My main clients are horses, dogs, cats
and small furry pets. The most common
problem is human lack of understanding of
what animals are trying to communicate
and of species behaviour.
I also see animal clients who are ill with
a wide range of physical conditions and
also emotional conditions such as grief.
Veterinary approval is required before I
arrange a consultation.
Do you have any idea how many animals
you have treated over the years?
Including private clients, visiting animal
shelters around the world, wildlife and
teaching demonstrations, it is probably
over 20,000 animals.
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New York’s Open Center, where you
teach animal healing. Do you find that
professors, academics, etc, are initially
sceptical about healing?
Where do you think healing comes
from? Would you accept the Spiritualist
viewpoint that it emanates from the spirit
world? If so, are you aware of any spirit
guides who help you?
Yes, they can be, but in recent years due to
the call by academics to give animals rights
as non-human persons in various countries
around the world, people are becoming
more open. Additionally, people who have
animals in their lives usually have their
own stories to tell verifying healing and
communication.
My experience is that the healing comes
from a Source somewhere in the universe.
That Source is connected to the spirit
world. I am often aware that beings of light
help me when I am working with animals,
especially those which are very sick or
traumatised.
I did attend development in a Spiritualist
church for many years, so understand spirit
guides. My work with animals has taken me
to an ever-expanding place of learning.
You also run courses for professionals
working with animals, such as vets, animal
behaviourists, chiropractors, osteopaths,
physiotherapists, etc. Does this suggest
that these days there is a much more openminded approach in these professions
towards healing?
Would you agree that as animals cannot
have faith in the same way as humans,
this proves it is not necessary for spiritual
healing to be successful?
Yes, I find this is the case.
Animals don’t have the human concept of
faith in that they do not choose to follow a
religion: they link to the Source of all that
there is and which is universal.
One of your books contains a testimonial
by actress Virginia McKenna, founder and
trustee of the Born Free Foundation. How
did this come about?
In my experience, animals are far more
spiritual than many humans are through
their natural understanding of the healing
Source and their lack of being confined by
the boundaries of faith systems.
I attend animal charity events and have
met many media personalities due to this
and networking. As a result of meeting
the inspirational Virginia McKenna, she
very kindly agreed to write a testimonial
for my book Communicating with Animals.
Other well-known animal lovers who I have
chatted to at animal charity events include
Brian May from Queen, actor Peter Egan,
actress Jenny Seagrove, who founded the
Mane Chance Horse Sanctuary, and Dame
Judy Dench.
Do you offer animals contact and absent
healing? If so, do you also treat animals
abroad using distant treatment? Can this
be just as effective as hands-on healing?
I work hands-on with animals as well as
offer absent healing for animals around the
world. I get positive feedback about distant
healing, so my experience is that it can be
very effective.
I prefer to work hands-on, as I like to get to
know who the animals are and to watch the
amazing reactions and responses during
the session.
Spiritualists accept that animals survive
death and that after we pass on, we are
reunited with them. What’s your view on
this?
Yes, this is my experience, but also that
animals have a choice as to whether they
wish to be reunited with us or not. I have
met animals who have told me that they
will not choose to meet the humans in their
lives after physical death. We have to earn
that connection; it is not a right.
Please do not be offended by this, but
if you accept animal survival, are you a
vegetarian or vegan? If not, how do you
reconcile eating animals?
I am vegan. I have not eaten meat or dairy
products for 37 years ever since I stumbled
into a factory farm building. I cried out
into the dark, horrible energy of fear and
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Animals see and sense
“beyond
the boundaries of
time and space
”
suffering to the pitiful faces looking at me,
and thought, “No animal will be eaten by me
ever again.”
Many animals are psychic. There are
hundreds of cases of missing animals
sometimes travelling hundreds of miles to
reach home. How do you account for this?
Animals track our energy and our thoughts;
they also follow magnetic fields. Nonhuman animals are far more in tune with
this planet than the human animal species
is. Yet we can all tune in to these energy
systems if we choose to.
Additionally, animals seem very
perceptive of paranormal activity, such as
a dog’s hackles rising in a haunted house
or a cat fleeing from a room. Do you think
they can see spirit forms?
Yes, because it is all the same to them. They
see and sense beyond the boundaries of
time and space. I have written stories about
this in my books.
Back to healing! For several years, you’ve
lectured on animal healing and animal
communication to post-graduate students
at Southampton University, the first healer
in the world to do so at a university.
You are also a faculty member at
Animals have many fine qualities. What
can humans learn from them?
To have humility and not an ego agenda; to
approach life from a place of inner stillness
linked to the Source; to absorb positive
elements from each moment.
Let’s end with a whimsical point! If you
could choose to be an animal, what would
it be and why?
All species have amazing attributes, which
added together as a whole present humans
with the key to wisdom. I can’t pick one
animal, but I would love to visit a planet
where only animals, including birds and sea
creatures, are present just to experience
how amazing that energy must feel and to
absorb the pure vitality.
For more information about Margrit Coates,
please visit:
www.margritcoates.com
www.theanimalhealer.com
www.thehorsehealer.com
Margrit’s books, DVDs and CDs are available
from www.theanimalhealer.com/Books%20
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FEATURE
The challenge of
karma
A former assistant editor of PN, journalist
and researcher Roy Stemman has decades of
experience of Spiritualism and the paranormal,
and is a leading authority on reincarnation.
Below, based on a chapter entitled Karma and
Destiny from his highly recommended The Big
Book of Reincarnation (Hierophant Publishing,
2012), Roy takes a look at karma.
HAVING problems with your job, your
interpreted differently by each religion that
finances, your partner, your in-laws,
embraces it, including Buddhism, Hinduism
and Jainism. Belief in karma can be seen as
your taxes, your health or any one of a
a way of introducing an element of fairness
thousand other things that ensure your
into lives that otherwise might be regarded
journey through life does not always go as
as impoverished or unjust.
smoothly as you would like? There was a
time when you would have blamed yourself
Perhaps you have little material wealth in
or someone
this life because you
else for these
had plenty in a previous
woes. Today, it
one; maybe you are
seems, a growing
sick in the current
number of
existence because
people prefer to
you enjoyed good
blame it on their
health previously. It’s
karma. When
a balancing act. Some
The earliest ideas about
life sucks, they
see karma as a system
say it’s because
reincarnation did not involve
of spiritual justice that
of something
metes out punishment
a
belief
that
rebirth
was
they did in a past
and retribution for
influenced by one’s moral
life. This makes
past-life sins or rewards
perfect sense to
behaviour in a former life
for a life of goodness.
some people, but
But who decides? That
I confess I am not
responsibility is usually
one of them.
bestowed upon a
“
”
When someone
asks me if I
believe in karma,
my immediate
response is to ask them, “Which kind?”
Usually, this is met by a puzzled silence,
so I go on to explain that the earliest ideas
about reincarnation did not involve a belief
that rebirth was influenced by one’s moral
behaviour in a former life. The concept
of karma gradually evolved, but has been
Supreme Being, notably
within Hinduism.
Even Islam, without
mentioning karma,
refers to the good or bad that its followers
experience as being Allah’s reaction to
man’s own actions. Others, among whom
are Buddhists and Jains, interpret karma
very differently, seeing it as a simple,
natural, universal law of cause and effect
whose consequences are automatic
without
requiring the
intervention of
an all-seeing,
all-knowing
God to
dispense
justice.
Accepting that a law of
cause and effect operates in our lives
– whether or not we call it karma – raises
many questions that, I suspect, go largely
unasked and certainly unanswered by its
casual believers. If actions in a previous life
have determined who you are in this life
and what reward or punishment you can
expect for deeds in that former existence,
it suggests an element of pre-destiny.
Supposing, for example, you develop a
serious and debilitating illness half way
through this life. Does that mean you were
directed to a body in which to be born that
would be susceptible to the development
of that condition, allowing karma to take
effect and, somehow, balance a karmic debt
from a previous life?
Does that mean we have no free will; that
everything is predestined? If so, why are
we bothering? Just let it happen (except, of
course, our pre-destiny probably requires
us to make the effort). Or maybe you chose
to reincarnate into a body that would
develop a serious medical condition in
order to learn a lesson or voluntarily accrue
some good karma. The magical thing about
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the law of karma is that it can be used to
explain, justify or rationalise almost any
event, depending on which variety you
pay lip service to. When a tsunami kills
hundreds of thousands of people, does it
wash away their past-life sins, as well as
their homes and their bodies?
This is not just a philosophical challenge
for those who believe in karma. Others,
whose religions reject the concept of
rebirth but which regard God as the
supreme orchestrator of all events on
our planet, still have to face up to the
implications of natural disasters and similar
tragedies. Why does God allow them to
happen? Such events, with a massive loss
of life, are interpreted by some believers
in reincarnation as evidence of group
karma, in which large numbers of people
are somehow linked to the same destiny
and therefore suffer an identical fate.
That scenario suggests that earthquakes
and tsunamis, rather than being natural
events on a changing planet, are purposeful
occurrences generated by some unseen
force to administer cosmic justice.
that may override the natural desire of
a soul to be reborn in the same ethnic or
cultural group – a belief that is common to
American Indians, African tribes, Indian
castes, the Druze and many others:
“But what happens when you have a war
and large numbers of people are killed all
at once, before what I would say is their
normal lifespan? They die as children, they
die in bombings, they die on the battlefield.
When that happens, I think things get a
little mixed up. When you have an atomic
bomb dropped on Nagasaki everyone dies
at once: it does not distinguish between
the innocent and the guilty. It’s hard to say
it was ordained for an entire city to die
because of karma. I don’t believe that.”
Rabbi Yonassan Gershom, who follows the
mystical Hasidic tradition of Judaism
responsibility for our actions and should
According to Dr Hiroshi Motoyama, a
live our lives accordingly. That being the
Japanese scientist, parapsychologist,
case, I make it a point never to waste time
Shinto priest, healer and author of over 50
wondering whether or not other people’s
books on mysticism and consciousness,
good fortune or bad luck has anything to do
we also share marital and family karma on
with reincarnation. Indeed, those who do
a personal level, and national, racial and
make such judgements sometimes regret
geographic karma on a group level. Pauli A.
having done so.
Moss, the daughter of medical psychologist
Rabbi Yonassan Gershom, who follows the
and parapsychologist
mystical Hasidic
Thelma Moss, is
tradition of Judaism,
among those who
has documented
claim they can “read”
many cases of people
a person’s karma.
who believe they
She is said to be
died in the Holocaust
an expert in Hindu
– just a few of the six
How
karma
may
work
predictive astrology,
million who perished
which enables her
is not as important, to my
in horrifying
to interpret natal
mind,
as
the
acceptance
circumstances at the
charts in order
hands of the Nazis.
of
the
fact
that
we
all
have
to determine an
In the early days of
individual’s “karmic
personal responsibility for
his research, Rabbi
bank balance” –
our actions and should live
Gershom discovered
debts and credits
that two-thirds of
our lives accordingly
held over from
those he interviewed
previous lives.
appeared to have
Assuming there is
been reborn as nona law of karma, or
Jews, leading to what
cause and effect,
he describes as “wild
operating over
media speculation”
many lifetimes, to ensure that the good
about the reasons. He has since stated that
prosper and the bad suffer or are given the
his first sample was too limited and, having
opportunity to make amends, I concluded
discovered hundreds more Jews who were
long ago that it was impossible for us mere
holocaust victims but have returned as
mortals to comprehend its mysterious
Jews, the ratio is now more balanced.
workings. How karma may work is not as
Interestingly, Rabbi Gershom makes this
important, to my mind, as the acceptance
very valid observation about factors
of the fact that we all have personal
“
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The spiritual implications of the
Holocaust have, over the years, proved
to be a minefield for those who have
offered reasons to explain it in terms of
reincarnation. One of its first victims was
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, whose
leadership in the Battle of Britain made
a major contribution to the defeat of
Germany in World War II. He told a London
audience, soon after the war’s end, “I have
some reason to suppose that those who
sowed the seeds of abominable cruelty
at the time of the [Spanish] Inquisition
reaped their own harvest at Belsen and
Buchenwald.”
Whatever his source, it is difficult to find
the logic in such reasoning. If Spain’s 15th
and 16th-century inquisitors had been
reborn as Jews in order to be put to death
in concentration camps, then who were
the Nazis who imposed that karmic debt
on them? Who are the victims and who are
the perpetrators? Such twisted logic might
not only be seen to be anti-Semitic, but also
puts Hitler and his henchmen on a pedestal
for wreaking revenge. The good guys (the
victims) become the bad guys, and vice
versa.
Surprisingly, there is even an Israeli rabbi
who expresses similar beliefs to Lord
Dowding. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spiritual
leader of the Shas party until his death
in 2013, faced fierce controversy for
declaring that the Holocaust’s six million
victims were “reincarnations of the souls
of sinners, people who transgressed and
did all sorts of things which should not be
done. They had been reincarnated in order
to atone.”
Though he described the Nazis as “evil” and
their victims “poor people,” the fact that he
attributed past sins as the reason for their
deaths caused understandable outrage
in Israel and around the world. Despite
the criticism heaped upon him, Rabbi
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Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding
Glenn Hoddle
Yosef repeated the claim almost a decade
later, explaining in another of his weekly
broadcasts in 2009 that the Holocaust’s
victims, “righteous people among them,”
were punished because of the “sins of past
generations.”
reason. The karma is working from another
lifetime. I have nothing to hide about that.
It is not only people with disabilities. What
you sow you have to reap.”
The newspaper spoke to a number of
disabled people who found his views
When Glenn Hoddle lost his job as
offensive and soon it became a major news
England’s football manager in 1999, he
story around the world, culminating in the
might well have wondered what past-life
Football Association’s decision to sack him.
misdemeanour
Those who took
was to blame. But
issue with his views,
the cause was in
I must add, offered
this lifetime. As he
no alternative
prepared his team
explanation for why
in the run-up to
people were disabled
Though he described
the World Cup, he
or suffered in other
the Nazis as ‘evil’ and their
made the mistake
ways, and the Dalai
victims ‘poor people,’ the
of discussing karma
Lama supported him.
in an interview
fact that he attributed
Hoddle, whose
with a journalist
mother worked at a
past
sins
as
the
reason
from The Times
school for disabled
for their deaths caused
newspaper. Hoddle
children, gave
had already made
understandable outrage
just one further
headlines when it
interview on the
in
Israel
and
around
the
was revealed he was
subject, this time to
using a Spiritualist
world
a reporter who was
healer and medium,
more sympathetic –
Eileen Drewery, to
Harry Harris of The
successfully treat
Mirror – explaining:
injured players. His
“For years I have
comments on karma, however, took him
wrestled over why many people suffer such
into unchartered waters and the stormy
sadness and tragedy. It is something I really
reception they invoked soon led to his
care about. I get very upset when I meet
dismissal.
disabled people, or see terrible poverty, or
“You and I have been physically given
hear of people being abused… I have looked
two hands and two legs and half decent
into this in detail and heard a number of
brains,” he said in an unguarded moment.
theories. Some make more sense than
“Some people have been born like that for a
others. Certainly, I do not believe disabled
“
people deserve what they get. But I am
seeking some reason for their suffering,
as I am sure many disabled people do for
themselves.”
As someone who accepts there is very
strong evidence for reincarnation, I also
believe there must be rhyme and reason
in the mechanics of rebirth. But what they
are eludes me. Perhaps we’re not meant to
know. My advice, therefore, is this:
Don’t blame it on your past lives!
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various websites such as Amazon
and www.abebooks.co.uk
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FEATURE
The poltergeist first made news in 1977 when
the property concerned, a council house in
Green Street, Enfield, was occupied by the
recently divorced Peggy Hodgson and four
children.
Furniture moved of its own accord. Janet Hodgson, then
aged eleven, on whom the activity appeared to be centred,
levitated, spoke in a voice not of her own and almost
suffocated when a curtain wrapped itself around her neck.
Matthew Macfadyen and Timothy Spall star as Guy Lyon Playfair
and Maurice Grosse in the Sky Living drama The Enfield Haunting
Ghosts ‘terrify’
poltergeist actor
THE three-part series The Enfield Haunting was
screened earlier this year – and rarely has a TV
programme generated so much news space.
There have been serious queries as
to whether the poltergeist has been
disturbed by the film activity. Leading
actor Timothy Spall – who played
psychic researcher Maurice Grosse
– revealed that when he was first
offered his role in the series, having
read the script he almost turned it
down.
“It frightened me to death when I
read it,” he admitted. “I said, ‘No,
I’m not going anywhere near that!’”
But Sky Living bosses would not
take “No” for an answer, though Mr
Spall openly admits he is terrified of
ghosts.
Doubtful News commented that the
Daily Record’s headline, “TV Stars Left
Terrified After Ghost Wreaks Havoc
With Set of New Poltergeist Drama,”
overstated the case. They pointed
out that there was “pretty much
zero evidence of anything wreaking
havoc.” All that happened was that
a camera kept breaking down. “Do
such camera malfunctions not occur
on other sets?” they asked.
The Enfield poltergeist became one
of the most reported psychic stories
ever (see panel, right). Eventually,
the family who lived in the haunted
property sought help from the
Society for Psychical Research.
It sent investigators Maurice Grosse
and Guy Lyon Playfair, a poltergeist
Janet believed she was possessed by a former resident, an
old man named Bill Wilkins, who died there many years
ago. The troubled family was so frightened that they all
moved into one bedroom at night and slept with the light
on. Some believed the whole incident was a hoax. Police
were involved, but remained baffled.
In 1977, journalist Michael Hellicar was sent to report
on the reputedly haunted house. In April this year, he
described his experiences in the MailOnline. Children’s
Lego bricks were thrown at him by an unseen hand. A
heavy kitchen cabinet crashed to the floor at his feet when
he was alone in a room.
Other happenings at the home included cold breezes,
physical assaults, graffiti, water appearing on the floor and
claims of matches spontaneously bursting into flame.
A policewoman signed an affidavit that she had seen
a chair move of its own accord. There were more
than 30 witnesses to various paranormal incidents.
Most of the activity centred on Janet, who went into
violent trances. On one occasion, the iron fireplace
in her bedroom was wrenched from the wall by
unseen forces. Family members also claimed to have
seen her levitating and floating across the room.
Maurice Grosse and Janet
expert who subsequently wrote a
book, This House Is Haunted, about the
case. In the TV adaptation, Matthew
Macfadyen played Playfair, now aged
80, whilst Juliet Stevenson portrayed
Grosse’s wife. Grosse passed on in
2006.
If you missed episodes of The Enfield
Haunting, you can find them on Sky
Living Catch Up, Sky GO or Now TV.
Timothy Spall won the Best
Actor award at the 2014 Cannes
Film Festival for portraying the
famous artist J. M. W. Turner in the
biographical film Mr Turner.
Amongst other leading roles he has
undertaken was playing Winston
Churchill in the highly acclaimed
film The King’s Speech, which won
numerous awards and told the true
story of how Spiritualist Lionel Logue
helped King George VI to overcome
his debilitating stammer.
Janet told ITV News in 1980: “Oh yeah, once or
twice (we faked phenomena), just to see if Mr
Grosse and Mr Playfair would catch us. They always
did.”
Now in her 40s, Janet lives in Essex with her husband, a
retired milkman. Last year, she told a reporter: “I wasn’t
very happy to hear about the film. I didn’t know anything
about it. My dad has just died and it really upset me to
think of all this being raked over again…
“It was an extraordinary case. It’s one of the most
recognised cases of paranormal activity in the world.
But, for me, it was quite daunting. I think it really left
its mark – the activities, the newspaper attention, the
different people in and out of the house. It wasn’t a normal
childhood.”
Asked how much of the phenomena at Green Street were
faked, Janet replied, “I’d say two per cent.”
Another time, Janet told Channel 4: “I felt used by a force
that nobody understands. I really don’t like to think about
it too much. I’m not sure the poltergeist was truly ‘evil.’ It
was almost as if it wanted to be part of our family.
“It didn’t want to hurt us. It had died there and wanted to
be at rest. The only way it could communicate was through
me and my sister.”
A family who do not wish to be identified currently
occupies the house. The mother said: “I have children.
They know nothing about it and I don’t want to scare
them.”
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Willow
BLOOM
INTO
HEALTH
WITH PLANT
POWER
Many Spiritualists and those interested in the higher realities of
life often opt for complementary therapies if feeling under par.
One of the gentlest but potentially effective so-called alternative
treatments is the Bach flower remedies, which were devised by Dr
Edward Bach. In this feature, Tony Ortzen interviews Stefan Ball of
the Bach Centre to discover more about the man and his system of
natural medicine.
Can you give a potted version of Dr Bach’s
medical background?
after death? Are there any clues in his books
and other writings?
Edward Bach studied medicine in
Birmingham and then in London. He was
house surgeon at University College
Hospital, ran his own consulting rooms off
Harley Street, and did original research
into vaccine therapy, publishing a number
of papers and books on the subject.
Bach believed in life before and after our
current existence, and was convinced that
we all live many lifetimes. He believed in
reincarnation and also in the idea of life
on earth being part of the soul’s journey
towards perfection. There is a lot of
evidence for this in his more philosophical
writings such as Heal Thyself and Free
Thyself.
Perhaps you can tell us
a little about Dr Bach’s
personal background
e.g. where and when
he was born. Was he
raised in a particular
religion?
“The dawn of a new
and better
art of healing is
upon us
What first gave him
the idea to develop
his famous flower
remedies?
In 1919, Bach
took up the post
Bach was born in
of pathologist at
Moseley in 1886.
the Royal London
His father was a
DR EDWARD BACH
Homoeopathic
local industrialist
Hospital. He wasn’t
and owned a brass
a homoeopath at the
foundry. The family
time, but was a bit
was Christian. Bach
of a workaholic, so it
kept a strong faith
wasn’t a big surprise he took up the offer.
in Christ, although his views were a little
unorthodox.
Bach sat down to read Samuel
Hahnemann’s writings on homoeopathy
Do you think that as an obviously very gentle
and was struck by the similarities
and sensitive soul, Dr Bach believed in life
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Stefan Ball
between that approach and his
own findings in vaccine therapy. He
experimented by preparing his own
vaccines using homoeopathic methods.
The success of these new preparations
inspired him to go further along those
lines and among other things to look more
closely at the “mentals” – the emotional
and personality-related indications
homoeopaths use – when selecting
remedies that related to each vaccine.
Bach turned to the plant world because
he hoped to find a “cleaner” base material
for the vaccines, which were all based at
that time on bacteria taken from people’s
intestines. He looked specifically at flowers
because they seemed the most developed
parts of a plant yet were largely ignored in
medicine.
Which ones were the first he discovered, how
and in which year?
Bach collected lots of samples, but never
found exactly what he was looking for. He
did, though, find interesting effects on the
“mentals.” The most striking were three
plants found in 1928 on a trip to Wales –
Clematis, Impatiens and Mimulus, all of
which ended up in the completed system of
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product made these days that contains
one or more of Dr Bach’s flower essences –
there are too many products to keep track
of. Certainly, though, if you stick with the
traditional system of 38 liquid remedies,
these are animal-free in every possible
sense.
We at the centre would advise people to
stick to the core system. Mixing remedies
to match yourself is more effective than
relying on a commercially produced blend.
Exactly how do the remedies work? Are they
only for emotional issues or can the remedies
be used for physical ailments?
The Bach Centre in Oxfordshire
Bach remedies.
In selecting plants for the remedies, do you
think he used a degree of clairvoyance or
intuition?
This changed over time. At first, Bach was
simply collecting as many samples as he
could find, preparing them and trying them
out. This was one reason he decided early
on to rule out poisonous plants!
The more Bach focused on nature and
working with plants, the more his intuition
in this area grew. A time came in about
1930 – this was after eight years or so of
investigation into flowers and healing –
when he was able to sense the energy in
a flower by holding it. Towards the end,
Bach said that he had become his own
laboratory, so sensitive was he to the
power in each plant.
Exactly how are the remedies prepared?
There are two methods, and which is
used depends on the remedy being made.
Twenty of the 38 remedies use the sun
method, where flowers are floated on
water in a bowl in full sunlight for three
hours. Bach discovered this method in
1930, and it was a successful attempt to
mimic the action of sunlight on dew first
thing in the morning.
The other way is the boiling method: flower
parts of mainly trees and shrubs are boiled
for half an hour in water. In both methods,
the solid plant matter is filtered out and the
energised water mixed half-and-half with a
preservative: the traditional one is brandy.
This is then diluted at a rate of two drops
to 30 mls of carrying liquid (again normally
brandy) to make the strength of remedy
that is found in the shops.
Wherever possible are organic plants used? If
so, where are they grown? Do any come from
abroad?
There are several makers of remedies
around the world now, so I couldn’t handon-heart tell you where all of them are
made. Certainly at least two of the bestknown makes are organic to one degree or
another.
The garden at the Bach Centre is still
used as a source of flowers by the biggest
remedy-maker. We have been organic since
Dr Bach came here in 1934, although it’s
only in the last decade or so that we have
been inspected.
Dr Bach’s approach is to ignore entirely
physical symptoms and only select for the
emotional state and personality of the
person who will be taking them. There can
be knock-on effects on physical health
because everything connects, but when
using the system, physical issues are more
misleading than anything else. It’s not the
broken leg that counts; it’s how we feel
about it!
Is it correct that babies, animals and even
plants can benefit from the remedies?
Yes, indeed. In fact, we often hear back how
much more quickly children and animals
respond to the remedies. They don’t seem
to have the same layers of denial and
complication that adults
have.
If a tree is the basis for a
remedy, is it only leaves
which are used or does bark,
for instance, contain healing
properties?
The flowering parts are
used, so, for example, the
Red Chestnut remedy
is made from the pink
flowers that you see on
the tree in the spring. Bach
did not use roots or bark
in any of the remedies,
although with the boiling
Dr Edward Bach
method some twigs and
leaves are involved, but the
flowers are the main thing.
Are the remedies entirely animal-free?
There has never been any animal testing,
at least as far as I am aware, and I believe
that applies to all the remedy makers
currently operating. Certainly it was never
something we used when we were involved
in making remedies for commercial
distribution.
I am not entirely up to speed with every
Plants are more difficult
simply because the
selection of remedies is
often a leap in the dark. A
lot of people just rely on
Dr Bach’s crisis mix of five
remedies, which you’ll find
sold under brand names
like Rescue Remedy, Five
Flower Remedy, and so on.
The more adventurous try
to be more specific. At the
worst, the remedies won’t
do any harm.
Is it safe to take the remedies
with medication from one’s
GP?
The only possible contraindication is to
the liquid used in bottling the remedies,
which is nearly always brandy, or “grape
alcohol solution” as it’s sometimes called.
In general, if you are on any strong
medication it’s as well to tell your doctor if
you’re planning to take something else.
Supposing someone is depressed. How can
they find out which remedy to select? What
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The action of the flower
“
essences raises the vibration of
the being… They cure by flooding
the body with the beautiful
vibrations of the highest nature
in whose presence there is the
opportunity for disease to melt
away like snow in sunshine
DR EDWARD BACH
”
Chicory
happens if you take the wrong one?
you are in the area do visit us!
This is a self-help system, so the simple
way to start is to read a description of
each remedy and find those that resonate
most with you. There is a useful guide for
how to do this – and indications for all the
remedies – on our website. There are also
lots of books that can go into more depth if
you need it.
Is there any scientific evidence that the
remedies work? Is the medical profession
somewhat sceptical about their efficacy?
If you take the wrong remedy, nothing
happens. The remedies can’t throw you
in reverse or make things worse. For
more help, there are lots of Bach Centreregistered practitioners around. Again, the
website is the place to find a local person
who can help you select the remedies best
suited to how you feel.
How are the remedies taken? Is it possible
accidentally to take an overdose?
They are usually mixed into a 30 ml bottle
– up to six or seven is the usual maximum
number – along with water. You take four
drops from that mix at least four times a
day.
The remedies are very gentle and you
can’t overdose. In fact, you can take them
more frequently if you feel you need to.
Frequent doses can be a good way to get
through a crisis.
Apart from ordering online, where can people
purchase the remedies? What’s the average
cost? Do they last indefinitely?
Our response in the past was that stock
remedies last indefinitely, but stock
remedies these days come with a “Use
by” date on, which is required by law.
Depending on the maker, they are usually
sold in 10 ml or 20 ml bottles, which should
be enough to last you several years. Cost
varies, as does local availability, but you
can easily find a supplier online. We have
a small shop at the Bach Centre, too, so if
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Yes, the medical profession is somewhat
sceptical, or at least mainstream doctors
are. There are a few pioneers who make
regular use of them. We find that nurses,
midwives and other more “hands-on”
carers are the most likely to use them.
There have been a few research studies
over the years, but they often start badly
by giving the same mix to everyone – which
is the exact opposite of what we teach –
and by only having small study samples.
One issue is that Dr Bach never patented
the system and published how to make
the remedies, so it’s always been open to
anyone to do that. In those circumstances,
no large company is going to put a lot of
money into clinical trials, as there would be
no way to get it back.
How many remedies are there? Can you list
some of the most popular ones and what they
are taken for?
There are 38 in total. Some of the bestknown are probably remedies like
Mimulus, which is for everyday fears of
things that can be named, White Chestnut
for recurring, nagging, circular thoughts,
and Larch for lacking confidence in our
abilities.
The best-known by a mile would be the
crisis mix – the “Rescue” brand made by
Nelsons is often recognised even by people
who have never heard of Dr Bach or the
wider system.
Could you tell us something about your
centre? Where is it based? How does it
promote Dr Bach’s remedies and philosophy?
We are based in Dr Bach’s old home in
Sotwell, Oxfordshire, which is where he
completed his researches. When he died
in 1936, he left it and his work in the hands
of his assistants, who kept things going for
many years with very little help. By the
1980s, we were exporting millions of stock
bottles around the world – quite a feat
when you see the size of our place!
Nowadays, having sold the commercial
business, we focus on education and
the philosophy behind the system, and
in particular on our network of Bach
Foundation Registered Practitioners
(BFRPs), who work using Dr Bach’s own
methods all over the world.
We are also a visitor centre, with lots of
remedy plants in the garden. The house
is open to the public. There is no charge
to visit and look around the house and
garden.
Lastly, please settle a difference of opinion!
Exactly how does one pronounce Bach?
It is batch, bark or Bach, as in the famous
composer?
The family pronounces it “Baitch,” to
rhyme with the letter “h.” When he came
to London to study medicine, the other
students mispronounced it as “Batch,” and
all his medical life that’s the pronunciation
that was used. Nora Weeks, who was
Edward Bach’s assistant, pronounced it
that way so we do, too.
Many people say, “Bark.” Dr Bach never
corrected one mispronunciation, so no
doubt he would have been as sanguine
about the other.
The Bach Centre is situated at Mount
Vernon, Bakers Lane, Brightwell-cumSotwell, Oxon OX10 0PZ. Tel: 01491
834678. For further information, please
visit the Bach Centre’s extensive website
at www.bachcentre.com
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Tarot
Illuminati
FEATURE
Wendy Stokes takes a look at a stunning tarot deck
The artwork on these cards is extremely ornate and very
elegant, and includes some interesting symbolism with strong
archetypal energies. This is certainly the most stylish and
glamorous deck I have seen.
For those who like to meditate on tarot
cards, the images invite you to step within
and experience the profound and magical
landscape. I especially like the colouring.
Working with the cards, I found them
the most inspirational of the card decks
I have in my extensive collection. I found
that when I used large spreads, I felt quite
mind-blown due to the degree of power
which is generated from these cards.
The pack has 78 full picture cards and a
companion book by Kim Huggens about
the major and minor arcana and the court
cards.
There is a 430-page e-book available, The
Complete Guide to Tarot Illuminati, which I
think is essential for those who would like
to get the best from this outstanding deck.
The information is in English and five other
languages – Italian, Spanish, French, Dutch
and Portuguese.
The four suits are influenced by different
cultures. Wands are Persian, set in hot
deserts with views across vast oceans of
discovery and the sun blazing down from
above. Pentacles are Oriental with an
emphasis on fortune, prosperity, family
and duty.
Swords are from Elizabethan England
(though I thought also a strong flavour
of the High Renaissance of the French
Court) with cold sweeping mountainsides,
craggy beaches and cloudy skies. Cups
are a fantasy culture filled with beautiful
beings that seem otherworldly, set in
an environment of waterfalls, glittering
oceans, fountains, lakes and rivers.
The court cards of each suit are Princess,
Prince, Queen and King, and there is
astrological and numerical as well as tarot
symbolism. The card usually entitled
Magician is titled Alchemist. A three-card
“Sun, Moon and Stars” spread is suggested,
so I have chosen this for readers.
amazed by the detail and quality of the
reproductions. A great deal of thought and
work has gone into the production.
Please note: The word “illuminati” is Latin
meaning “enlightened.” This deck has no
association with any sect, cult or occult
organisation commonly known as the
“Illuminati.”
Tarot Illuminati – The Light Within by
Erik C. Dunne. Companion book by
Kim Huggens. Published by
Lo Scarabeo. Available from Amazon.
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My three-card “Sun, Moon and
Stars” reading for PN readers is as
follows (taken from the booklet):
Card 1: The outward appearance
or manifestation of the situation;
how the world sees it; the action
that it causes (Or: The Present) 6
of Pentacles – The Success of the
Philanthropist.
Card 2: The inward manifestation of
the situation; how it makes you feel;
the effects it has on you as a person
(Or: The Past) 4 of Swords – The
Oracle of the Fertile Mind.
Card 3: The way you can make the
situation work for you (Or: The Future)
The Wheel of Fortune – the Riddle
of Constant Change. Riddles and
gambling; ups and downs; emotional
roller-coaster; uncertainty; change.
If, like me, you tire of decks fairly
quickly, I think you will find that this
deck holds your attention because there
is so much within the imagery. I took a
jeweller’s eye-glass to the cards and was
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FEATURE
To be in harmony
with the universe
BY BILLY ROBERTS
OUR parents are no doubt unwittingly the architects of our destinies.
From the earliest moments of our life on this planet our future is
essentially in their hands. In fact, from a very early age our parents
condition our minds and chastise us by imposing upon us their likes and
dislikes, effectively creating us psychologically, emotionally and most
definitely spiritually in their own image in very much the same way that
their parents did to them, and so on through the family history.
However, if we are fortunate enough to
have well grounded, intelligent and farseeing parents, then it’s a fairly safe bet
that we will do well in life, circumstances
permitting, of course. However, there
are other psychological factors to be
considered, such as the impressions made
on us by our peers and how much we are
influenced by the people with whom we
associate.
To all intents and purposes, we live in
an extremely competitive world, one in
which our human frailties and failings
are constantly being put to the test,
nearly always beyond our endurance.
Little wonder, then, why many of us
have lots of hang-ups, are insecure and
lack confidence. We can’t really help
but admire those who have done well in
life, occasionally to the extent of feeling
somewhat jealous or even resentful.
“Good luck to them!” you may very well
say, but if you’re honest with yourself,
there is always a part of you which says, “I
could have done better than that! If only…”
There are many “If onlys” in everyone’s life
and always a little jealousy when we see
others achieve something that inwardly
we know we could have done ten times
better given the opportunity.
But that’s just it, isn’t it? The opportunity
is never presented to those who don’t
expect it! But why do some people who
appear to have no real talent get on in
life and others with exceptional skills fail
in everything they do? Could it be that
those who succeed resonate with some
sort of universal magnetism that sets
everything in motion for them, affording
them success, good health, wealth and
happiness, or is success passed down to us
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from our forebears through some sort of
genetic electrical impulse system?
Achieving success, overcoming seemingly
insurmountable obstacles and even
fighting life-threatening illnesses are all
possible with the belief that you can do it.
The human form is an electromagnetic
unit of incredible power, assimilating,
modifying and discharging energy, and is
also contained within its own spectrum
of colour and light. We are constantly
interacting with everything else around us
by means of our personal dynamic force.
This force is quite extensive and always
attracts to it both people and situations
that harmonise perfectly with it.
I would say there is far more to success
than luck or good business acumen and
that there’s nearly always something a
little special about those who succeed
The mind is always the common
which makes them stand out from
denominator and exerts a great control
everyone else. They do say that if you
over your life in more ways than one,
desperately want
either pulling you
to succeed in any
down into a state
chosen profession
of submission or
to the extent that it
The only way ever to control
encouraging you
preoccupies every
to aspire to the
nature is by obedience. Once
aspect of your being,
heights of greatness.
you obey nature, you can then
then the universe
Looking at it in this
choose from her boundless
will always conspire
way, we can see it is
store the forces that serve your truly all in the mind
to lead you into a
purpose
position whereby
and that once your
your dreams and
dreams resonate
aspirations may be
with the universe,
gratified. Looking at
they then become a
it in this way, we are surely the architects
reality.
of our own destinies, as long as we don’t
The electromagnetic nature of the human
allow our parents’ control of our minds
form makes it capable of transcending
to last forever or to interfere with our
the bounds of all possibilities. Once
dreams when we are young.
there is perfect resonance between you
However, as we do not have any say in the
and everything else, your dreams and
matter when we are children, we have to
aspirations will become a reality. The
do what we are told, don’t we? However,
only way ever to control nature is by
in the majority of people there is the
obedience. Once you obey nature, you can
potential of a genius which lies dormant
then choose from her boundless store the
waiting for that moment of arousal. For
forces that serve your purpose.
many, that moment never arrives simply
Everything in the universe is in perfect
because the dream is never really strong
harmony. The movement of the planets
enough.
around the sun, the falling rain, the gentle
But how important is it to have a positive
swaying of the trees and grass in the
outlook and to believe in yourself? We are
wind, the ebb and flow of the tide, and
surely the architects of our own destiny
even the alternating periods of day and
by the way we think and are constantly
night, all obey universal laws of rhythm.
peopling our own private portion of
In fact, a consistent rhythm pervades
space with the thoughts we release.
the universe, bringing perfect order and
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FEATURE
balance to everything. It must also make
sense that the atoms of which our bodies
are composed are as much subject to these
laws as is our planet in its revolutions
around the sun. In fact, when we no longer
harmonise with the universal rhythm
– or universal mind as some call it – a
disharmony manifests in our lives either
as disease in the body or mind or just as
insurmountable problems, causing us
heartache and dismay.
An effective way of training the mind
and encouraging it to resonate with the
universe is through the yogic method of
rhythmic breathing. This breathing process
also encourages a restless mind to be quiet
and serene. This rhythmic time is based on
a unit corresponding with the beat of the
heart. As everyone’s heartbeat is different,
you should ascertain your heartbeat by
placing your fingers on your pulse and
counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and so
on. The units of inhalation and exhalation
should always be the same, in this case six.
Whilst the units of retention and between
breaths should be one half the number
of inhalation and exhalation, in this case
three, once you have ascertained your
heart rate, here’s what to do (see panel,
top right).
Sit on a straight-back chair with
your eyes closed, making sure that
your head and neck are in a straight
line, with your shoulders thrown
slightly back and your hands now
resting lightly on your lap. Breathe
in slowly counting to six. Hold your
breath for the count of three and
then breathe out to the count of six.
Count three between breaths before
breathing in again to the count of
six, and so on.
This process of rhythmic breathing
encourages the mind to be quiet and
serene, thus promoting harmony and
perfect balance in the body. Carried out
every day, measured breathing encourages
the health to improve and the mind to
be more focused, gradually bringing the ®
overall resonance of your body
back in harmony with the universe.
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25 Carr Street, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442, USA
The Rev. Janet Nohavec, Pastor
Tel: 973-616-9685
Sunday Services 9:00am and 11:30am
Mediumship Classes Mondays 7:30pm
(none in July and August)
Spiritual Healing and Message Service
Wednesdays of the month 7:30pm
(none in July and August)
Spiritualist Home Circles Tuesdays 7:30pm (none in July and August)
• Private Sessions available with our international mediums
• A beautiful meeting room for rent
• Dining hall available for parties
• Weddings performed by our ministers in our chapel
• The Journey Within School for Mediumship featuring international mediums from Arthur Findlay College
• Gala Demonstrations of Mediumship featuring John Holland, James Van Praagh, spirit artist Joseph Shiel,
Rev. Janet Nohavec and British mediums
A Spiritual Community dedicated to letting you search for the truth within your own heart!
www.journeywithin.org
FEATURE
Abraham Lincoln and Spiritualism
PRESIDENT
PRAISES
MEDIUM’S
‘VERY
SINGULAR
GIFT’
Was Abraham Lincoln a
Spiritualist?
by Nettie Colburn Maynard
Born on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln
became the United States’ 16th president
in 1861. Like John F. Kennedy, who was also
assassinated, Lincoln remains one of America’s
most iconic presidents. He was shot on Good
Friday, April 14, 1865, at
Ford’s Theatre in Washington
by actor John Wilkes Booth
and passed on the next day.
But what exactly did Lincoln
know about Spiritualism? Did
he really sit with mediums?
Below, Leslie Price, the
archivist at London’s College of
Psychic Studies and an expert
on Spiritualist and paranormal
history, examines the evidence.
IN January 2015, a new play at Ford’s
Theatre in Washington, D.C., evoked admiration and criticism.
The Widow Lincoln, by James Still, dealt with the aftermath of
the assassinated American president Abraham Lincoln. One
character would have been new to some of the audience – Nettie
Colburn Maynard, the young medium who had become a friend to
the Lincoln family.
In March 2015, a book was approved for sale at the Lincoln Home
National Historical Site – I would still be drowned with tears by
Virginia historian Michelle L. Hamilton. Its subject, “Spiritualism
in Abraham Lincoln’s White House,” is not one which features in
school lessons.
But a group of people – Spiritualists – could say that they have
always known about this. Their historians, like Emma Hardinge
Britten in her Nineteenth Century Miracles (1884) and Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle in his History of Spiritualism (1926), wrote about
Lincoln. In 1956, PN’s founding editor Maurice Barbanell was
instrumental in making available a new edition of Nettie Colburn
Maynard’s book Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist?
Is it really true, though? On the one hand, statesmen have
sometimes taken a private interest in mediumship. The Canadian
prime minister Mackenzie King, for example, was well known
to the London Spiritualist Alliance (now the College of Psychic
Studies). On the other hand, famous people attract myths. I might
say, “Winston Churchill was a Spiritualist,” but the numerous
casual references to the subject in the Churchill Archives do not
support this.
In 1930, Boston psychical researcher Walter Franklin Prince,
irritated by Conan Doyle’s claim about Lincoln’s involvement
in mediumship, re-examined the evidence that Lincoln was a
Spiritualist, or at least had been influenced by mediums in his
conduct of the American Civil War, notably the decision to
end slavery. Prince’s paper, The Aetiology of a Psychical Legend
(December 1930), remained almost unknown because it
appeared in the private Journal of the Society for Psychical
Research in London.
Dr Prince took aim at Colonel Simon Kase, a Spiritualist who
claimed to have been present when Nettie Colburn Maynard,
under spiritual guidance, urged the president to free the slaves.
He shows that Kase had got his dates mixed up and that the
proclamation was already written, though not issued, before this.
The Kase story appeared in the newspaper Spiritual Scientist, later
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First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln by Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830–
1900) can be seen on the West Staircase in the Senate Wing of the White House
quoted by Mrs Britten in her book.
Prince also rejected the claim of a medium,
whom he calls Conkling, to have spent four
Sundays with the president, dictating to
Lincoln, under inspiration, the proclamation.
Mrs Britten had recorded this too.
In the journal Psypioneer (February 2010),
editor Paul Gaunt presented reasons for
treating Prince’s argument with caution.
Prince wrongly spelt the name of Conklin
(that was his actual name, not Conkling).
Prince appeared not to have seen the
original article in Spiritual Scientist used by
Mrs Britten and disregarded evidence that
Conklin was already known to Lincoln as a
medium.
But one person emerged unscathed from
Prince’s examination – Nettie Colburn
Maynard. He accepted her story of how
she was summoned to the White House as
a truthful narrative. Indeed, Nettie’s book
Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist? can be
recommended as a moving account of how
the war impacted on Nettie’s family and on
the First Family at the White House.
Nettie did give trance sittings to Lincoln;
she did urge him to carry through the
emancipation of the slaves, which he had
begun. But that does not make Lincoln a
Spiritualist.
In 1971, leading New York
parapsychologist Martin Ebon included a
re-examination of all the known evidence
in his book, They Knew the Unknown,
including new data from Lincoln scholars.
Ebon concluded, “There were many faces
to Abraham Lincoln, and it is perfectly
possible that his attitude to mediumistic
claims ranged from courteous interest and
open-minded fascination to taunts and
clowning.”
On its website, the Spiritualists’
National Union has helpfully
provided a reprint of Nettie Colburn
Maynard’s book Was Abraham
Lincoln a Spiritualist? This is the
version edited by Maurice Barbanell
in 1956, who used a 1917 reprint,
which he wrongly thought was the
first edition. In fact, the book had
first appeared in 1891, and was
one of the last books reviewed in
the newspaper LIGHT by the Rev
William Stainton Moses. The original
edition and the recent reprint by
Kessinger contain further letters,
portraits and poems.
Nettie Colburn Maynard – ‘From tragedy to triumph’
It appears that Nettie Colburn Maynard was about 22
years old and working as a trance medium when she
came to the attention of Mrs Lincoln and was taken to
the White House for the first of a series of sittings that
sometimes included the president and officers of state.
The Lincolns had recently lost a son. From
their first meeting, the president treated
her with respect. Nettie recalled, however,
that there was a very firm communicator
who apparently spoke of an even more
important matter. After the trance sitting,
there was silence at first, broken by a
sitter, the Hon D. E. Somes, a former
congressman from Maine, who was also
present. Here is Nettie’s account:
Mr Somes said, “Mr President, would it be
improper for me to inquire whether there has
been any pressure brought to bear upon you to
defer the enforcement of the Proclamation?”
To which the President replied:
“Under these circumstances that question
is perfectly proper, as we are all friends
[smiling upon the company]. It is taking all
my nerve and strength to withstand such a
pressure.”
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At this point, the gentlemen drew around him,
and spoke together in low tones, Mr Lincoln
saying least of all. At last he turned to me, and
laying his hand upon my head, uttered these
words in a manner that I shall never forget,
“My child, you possess a very singular gift; but
that it is of God, I have no doubt.
“I thank you for coming here tonight. It is more
important than perhaps any one present can
understand. I must leave you all now, but I
hope I shall see you again.”
He shook me kindly by the hand, bowed to
the rest of the company and was gone. We
remained an hour longer, talking with Mrs
Lincoln and her friends, and then returned
to Georgetown. Such was my first interview
with Abraham Lincoln, and the memory of it
is as clear and vivid as the evening on which it
occurred.
There were more visits to the White
House, tragically terminated by the
assassination of the president in 1865.
Some years later, Nettie became paralysed
by what she called rheumatism. When
she came to give a full account of her
experiences, she had to dictate it. But her
spirit triumphed over her adversities.
In October 2009, Paul Gaunt published in
Psypioneer some forgotten accounts of her,
and there were some remarkable tributes
– “Her face has an angelic expression, and
when in trance glows with a light divine”
(Hudson Tuttle) and “to spend an hour
in her presence and drink of the sweet
influence which continually flows to and
from her is to be convinced she is one of
the purest women as well as one of the
grandest mediums that lives” (Moses Hull).
http://www.woodlandway.org/PDF/
PP5.10.October09.pdf
In its respectful obituary of June 29, 1892,
the New York Times noted that Nettie had
been an invalid for fifteen years. She lived
to celebrate 25 years of marriage with her
husband.
FEATURE
President sits on
levitating piano
toward Spiritualism as
one of deep interest.
Abraham Lincoln was
extremely private
regarding his personal
Here, Leslie Price interviews Michelle Hamilton about
religious beliefs.
her book “I would still be Drowned in Tears.”
As a historian, I would
love to sit down with
You are a Civil War specialist. Why did
was fascinated by
Abraham and Mary
you decide to write about Lincoln and
Spiritualism, was reading
Lincoln and have a
Spiritualism?
about it, attending
heart-to-heart chat
séances and talking about
I have been fascinated with Abraham
about their involvement
it.
Lincoln since I was eight years old in the
Abraham Lincoln
in Spiritualism. The
third grade. I would devour any book about
In Springfield, Illinois,
started to read Spiritualist
Lincolns became
Abraham and Mary Lincoln that I could get
where the Lincolns lived,
publications, talk to
interested in
my hands on.
Spiritualist mediums
Spiritualists and attend
Spiritualism after the
were frequently holding
I started getting into the paranormal when
Spiritualist séances. This
death of their beloved
lectures
and
their
I was ten years old and remember reading
fascination continued until
son Willie in 1862.
friends
and
neighbours
my first book on the subject when I was in
his assassination
Following his death,
attended séances. I
fifth grade. In high school, I would check
they both fell into a
have also uncovered
out books from the library on the Civil
deep depression.
several primary sources
War by James M. McPherson alongside
(memoirs,
diaries
and
letters)
that
have
Mary
Lincoln
was
introduced
to
the works of paranormal researcher Hans
been previously ignored. I am the first
Spiritualism. I believe that Abraham
Holzer. I loved reading stories about
historian to place all of this in context.
Lincoln became involved at first to make
ghosts, particularly those tied to the Civil
sure that charlatans were not exploiting his
War.
What is the single most important evidence in
wife. Gradually, Abraham Lincoln became
the case?
I started to learn more about Mary
fascinated by the subject and began to
Lincoln’s connection to the Spiritualist
Like any historical case, the evidence
form a friendship with Nettie Colburn.
movement. When I was at college, I read
works together. It is like a puzzle. One
Abraham Lincoln started to read
Barbara Weisberg’s fantastic biography
piece of evidence does not reveal the
Spiritualist publications, talk to
of the Fox sisters, Talking to the Dead: Kate
whole picture: it gives you a clue to what
Spiritualists and attend Spiritualist
and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism,
the bigger picture will look like. Only when
séances. This fascination continued until
which gripped me from the first page.
you have all the pieces together do you
his assassination.
Spiritualism completely fascinated me.
finally see the full picture.
At the same time, Abraham Lincoln was an
When I was in master’s programme at San
For me, the most convincing evidence
extremely canny politician who realised
Diego State University, I had to write a
was a statement made by Nettie Colburn
that being labelled a Spiritualist could
research paper for my American religious
Maynard in her memoir Was Abraham
damage his political career and chance
history class and on a whim decided
Lincoln a Spiritualist? Or Curious Revelations
for re-election in 1864. He remained
to write about Mary Lincoln’s belief in
From the Life of a Trance Medium. Nettie
tantalisingly vague about his real feelings
Spiritualism.
Colburn [as she was then known] was the
towards Spiritualism, confirming and
Lincoln’s favourite Spiritualist medium
I started my research and almost
denying his interest in Spiritualism during
and
became
really
close
to
both
Abraham
immediately realised that there was more
his presidency.
and Mary Lincoln during the Civil War. She
to the story, and that Abraham Lincoln
wrote her memoir when she was dying and
You make use of material in the Lincoln
was just as involved in the Spiritualist
the book did not come out until just before
archives. Has there been much reaction yet
movement as his wife was. This story
her death.
from the historical community?
needed to be told in book format.
In her memoir, she revealed that she
The reaction so far has been largely
You note that there have only been a handful
never asked her clients if they believed in
positive. I think that has been because of
of previous studies of this subject in the vast
Spiritualism. In fact, she does not answer
the number of sources I employed. I back
Lincoln literature. What’s new about your
the question “Was Abraham Lincoln a
up my claims with the primary sources. I
book?
Spiritualist?” Nettie Colburn left it up to
encourage readers to look up the sources I
Indeed, there are only a handful of books
readers to come to their own conclusion
used, read them and see if they agree with
that address this subject in any depth. The
based on the evidence presented in her
my arguments.
other books look strictly at the paranormal
memoir.
You can follow Michelle’s continuing
aspect, such as the stories that Abraham
I was impressed by her confidence and
research into the case on her blog at
Lincoln’s ghost is said to walk the halls of
conviction. In the end, I do have to agree
http://michelle-hamilton.blogspot.
the White House.
with
Nettie
Colburn
that
Abraham
Lincoln
co.uk/ and on her book’s Facebook
My book is different in that I focus on the
was just as interested in Spiritualism as
page at https://www.facebook.com/
historical aspects of the Lincolns’ own
his wife. My favourite incident in the book
pages/I-Would-Still-Be-Drowned-in
interest in Spiritualism. I place Abraham
is when Abraham Lincoln climbed up and
Tears/1456092021333545
and Mary within the historical context of
sat on a levitating piano during a séance to
the time in which they lived. They were
see if he could determine what was making
both born into a time and place that mixed
it levitate. This is clearly a man who is
LESLIE PRICE is
traditional Protestant Christian belief with
fascinated by what he is seeing.
archivist of the
metaphysical practices.
College of Psychic
How would you sum up Abraham Lincoln’s
When Spiritualism emerged in 1848, it
Studies in London
attitude
to
Spiritualism?
became the fastest growing religious
I
would
sum
up
Abraham
Lincoln’s
attitude
movement of that era. Everyone
“
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A selection of spiritual events taking place in the UK this month
SAT & SUN 4TH & 5TH JULY
Health & Healing Festival
10am – 5pm each day
Entry £5 (adults), £4 (concessions),
£9 (adult weekend pass),
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SUNDAY 5TH JULY
Mind Body Spirit Fair
10am - 4pm ~ Entry £2,
Free for accompanied under 16s
At: Hetton Centre, Welfare Rd,
Hetton-le-Hole,
Houghton le Spring,
COUNTY DURHAM DH5 9NE
www.insightfairs.co.uk
Good quality psychic readers
offering one-to-one readings,
therapists trained in reiki, healing
and sports massage, plus traders
selling a variety of interesting,
useful and decorative items.
SUNDAY 5TH JULY
Mind, Body & Spirit Fayre
11am - 7pm ~ Entry £2
At: The Mercure, South Marston
Hotel, Old Vicarage Lane,
South Marston, Swindon,
WILTSHIRE SN3 4SH.
www.spirit-tarot.co.uk
Tel: 01793 528500
Mobile: 0770 492 3677
Email: [email protected]
Free parking at venue
Excellent readers: tarot with
Mystic Ruth, psychic medium
Jane Shaw-Cunningham from
London, Virginnia Radford with
soul journey readings, Spiritualist
mediums Derek and Barbara
Mellor, Marayah with angel
and tarot cards, plus one to be
confirmed. Aura camera with
Carol, fully qualified therapist
Brenda Colton of Thyme to
Unwynd, World of Esoteric
Crystals, Brizak Jewellery,
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Himalayan salt lamps, Rowan’s
Closet, Wicca Fae, Inner Peace
Holistic Therapies and much more!
Plus a selection of free talks/
workshops. See website for details.
FRIDAY 10TH JULY
Demonstration of Photographic
Mediumship by Tim Doyle
From 7:15pm ~ Entry £2
At: Chesterfield Psychic Study
Group,
Community Centre,
South Place, Chesterfield,
DERBYSHIRE S40 1QU
01246 277364
www.cpsg.co.uk
Those attending are requested to
bring a photograph of a person in
spirit whose details are known.
The photograph must show only
one person, please.
New members welcome.
Light refreshments included.
FRI - SUN 10TH - 12TH JULY
The Healing Weekend
10am - 6pm each day, Fri & Sat
evening shows 7pm - 10pm
Entry £5 per day, under 14s free
(Evening shows extra cost)
Camping available.
At: Secret World, Highbridge,
SOMERSET TA9 3PZ
www.thehealingweekend.co.uk
The annual pilgrimage to Somerset
for the wonderful Healing
Weekend draws close. Make sure
this is definitely on your spiritual
‘to do’ list this month. As always,
there will be a wide range of
exhibitions, workshops, talks and
music throughout the weekend.
SATURDAY 11TH JULY
Mind Body Spirit Event
10am - 4pm ~ Free Entry
At: Community Centre,
Kerridge Way, Holt,
NORFOLK NR25 6DW
www.spiritualflowevents.com
Mediums, healers, therapists,
remedies, crystals and beautiful
spiritual gifts all together in a
lovely community centre that has a
heart-warming feel.
SAT & SUN 18TH 19TH JULY
Mind, Body, Spirit & Psychic
Weekend
10am - 5pm each day
Entry 1 day £5 (adults), £4
(concessions), 2 days £9 (adults),
£7 (concessions) under 16s go free
At: Jury’s Inn, Midsummer
Boulevard, Milton Keynes,
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MK9 2HP
www.whitelightevents.co.uk
Enjoy a weekend full of talks,
workshops, exhibitors and a free
prize draw. Although the Jury’s Inn
does not have its own car park
there is ample car parking across
the road.
MONDAY 20TH JULY
A Meditative Musical Adventure
with Tom Fortes Mayer
7pm - 8:30pm
Tickets £12, concessions £8
At: St James’s Church,
197 Piccadilly, LONDON W1J 9LL
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This event will be a unique
opportunity to explore how
combining meditation with
beautiful music can be used to
unlock your deepest knowledge
and your highest potential. Tom
will share his passion about this
powerful technique which is
prominently featured in his book
The FreeMind Experience. You will
be given the opportunity to
journey on some inspirational
meditative visualisations whilst
listening to exquisite live music
played by world class musicians.
FRIDAY 31ST JULY
Naked Heart Concert:
Love Songs for a Sane New World
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Tickets from £10
At: St Columba Church,
Chantry Rd, Moseley,
BIRMINGHAM B13 8DJ
0121 449 4086
www.treeoflifemagazine.co.uk
A rare concert and book launch
with voice pioneer, singer and
sound visionary Chloe Goodchild,
author of The Naked Voice:
Transform your Life through the
Power of Sound. Chloe will be
celebrating her new book and
performing in concert with her
daughter Rebecca Nash, and
sharing the fruits of her life’s work
as founder of The Naked Voice.
THURSDAY 2ND JULY
Evening of Clairvoyance
7:30pm (doors open at 7pm)
Tickets in advance £10
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At: The Robin & Rainbow Centre,
115b High Street, Hythe,
Folkestone, KENT CT21 5JH
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Enjoy an evening of clairvoyance
with international mediums Pauline
Mason and Tracy Fance in an
intimate venue. Over 18s only.
SATURDAY 25TH JULY
Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary
Open Day
At: Harry Edwards Healing
Sanctuary, Burrows Lea,
Hook Lane, Shere, Near Guildford,
SURREY GU5 9QG
www.harryedwardshealing
sanctuary.org.uk
Enjoy a wonderful day out in the
beautiful surroundings of the
Sanctuary, with refreshments, a
wide range of produce and gift
stalls, raffle and much, much more.
Healing is available all day.
SAT & SUN 25TH & 26TH JULY
Mind, Body, Spirit Event
10am - 5pm
Entry £3.50 (adult),
£3 (concessions),
£6 (weekend pass),
£5 (weekend concessions)
At: Macclesfield Senior Citizens
Hall, Duke Street, Macclesfield,
CHESHIRE SK11 6UR
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Born in 1889, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin was an English
comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent film
era. Better known simply as Charlie Chaplin, he became a
worldwide icon through his screen persona “The Tramp” and
is still considered one of the most important figures of the
film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years from
childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his passing in
1977.
Chaplin produced, edited, starred in and composed the music
for most of his films, and also had a psychic side to his life. In
this month’s archives, we feature Chaplin’s speech from The
Great Dictator, which caused much controversy at the time and
affected his popularity in the United States. Also included are
Donald Groves’ account of performing spiritual healing on the
comedian, and trance medium Patricia Halsall’s claims that
Charlie communicated through her to inspire and star in a play
called The Spirit.
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Princess Diana
makes right royal spirit return
By
Craig Hamilton-Parker
“The greatest
problem in the world
today is intolerance.
Everyone is so
intolerant of each
other
”
PRINCESS DIANA
You don’t plan to become a medium – it’s something that happens. In
my own instance, I certainly didn’t choose this path, and of the many
mediums I know I am sure most would agree that it was not something
they sought either. I believe there is a cosmic plan working in the
background of the lives of mediums. It draws us with an irresistible
magnetism back to the spiritual path and sometimes does this whether
we like it or not!
When my mediumship first developed, I
used to keep it a secret from my friends
and particularly from the customers at my
graphic advertising business. As a single
parent, I also had to watch my step, as it
easily could be misconstrued that I was
delving into something sinister. I rarely
worked locally and used to travel some
distance to demonstrate my gift at Londonbased Spiritualist churches. These were
far from my hometown and so ensured
that people I knew would not see me.
In those not-so-distant days people still
thought Spiritualists to be odd people who
sat in darkened séance rooms to call up
the dead. In fact, in the UK the practice
of mediumship was illegal until 1951
and mediums were put in jail if caught
demonstrating.
In recent years, there has been a massive
change of attitude. Some journalists and
sceptics call us scoundrels and denounce
us all as charlatans, but the general public
is becoming a little more thoughtful about
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It is evident that
“Diana
was deeply
interested in the
modern spiritual
movement and on a
number of occasions
spoke about her own
desire to develop
spiritual healing
powers
”
these issues and many now recognise that
most mediums are sincere, gifted people.
The cause has been helped by a number
of public figures and celebrities who have
spoken out on our behalf and helped bring
greater acceptance of mediumship in
society at large.
Perhaps no one did more to focus the
world’s attention on Spiritualism than
Princess Diana, who, during her short life,
visited a great many mediums, healers
and psychics. An employee who was
also a close confidant of the princess
told me that she’d spoken to over three
hundred psychics during the time they’d
known her. It is evident that Diana was
deeply interested in the modern spiritual
movement and on a number of occasions
spoke about her own desire to develop
spiritual healing powers.
In March 2003, my wife Jane and I were
approached by a Los Angeles-based
film company and asked to conduct a
television séance to contact the spirit of
Princess Diana. They had heard about
a mediumistic reading I had done for
Chrissie F., who was unknown to me, but
who had given Diana a colonic procedure.
During the consultation, I had given a
number of proofs that it actually was Diana
communicating, even though initially I had
no idea that it was the princess herself
making the link. When I asked Diana for
proof of her identity, she mentioned two
small silver-and-gold pillboxes, blue on top
and of Romanov origin, that she’d given
Chrissie as a gift. Diana told me the woman
also had copies of letters from Elton John
and Barbara Cartland in which Diana’s
name was mentioned. Afterwards, the
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woman brought me photocopies of the
letters and a photograph of the pillboxes.
The programme Jane and I made with the
American film company was titled Spirit of
Diana and was screened around the world.
According to the news reports, 30 million
viewers saw a very different scenario
from the times when I had to keep my gift
secret!
Jane and I knew that this project
would probably attract criticism from
the sceptical press, but it was also an
important opportunity to present British
mediumship to a world audience. And
who better than Diana to help us? She
was a mentor to many people for many
different reasons, but what I loved most
about her was that she was prepared to
stick her neck out and speak the truth –
and hang the consequences. Did Jane and
I have the courage to follow her example?
The programme-makers warned us that
conducting a séance to speak to her spirit
would certainly be controversial and no
doubt attract criticism from the press. We
were prepared to take them on.
The programme was made in good taste.
Jane and I took no fee for our services. Our
immediate expenses were covered by an
honorarium, but not one penny went into
our own pockets. We accepted the project
out of admiration for Diana and a desire
to bring British mediumship to a wider
public. Throughout all of the sessions,
rigorous safeguards were maintained by
independent adjudicators to ensure that
there was no possibility of cheating.
I will explain a little about how we
approached the séances. The quest to
connect to the spirit of Diana started in
Paris, where Jane and I retraced the route
she and Dodie Al Fayed took on the day of
their death. When you set out on a quest
that has spiritual significance, strange
synchronisations happen, and our quest to
seek the spirit of Diana was accompanied
by many odd twists of fate. One of the
most remarkable coincidences happened
en route to Paris. By sheer fluke, the driver
of our limousine was the former personal
chauffeur of Paris’s other royal romantic
exiles King Edward VIII and Wallis
Simpson.
Our first task with the TV crew was to use
our psychic skills to see if we could get any
clues about what had happened on that
fateful journey in the early hours of Sunday
morning August 31, 1997 from the Ritz
Hotel to the crash site at the Alma tunnel.
We were using a form of psychometry
to link into the vibrations of the place
and made it clear to the viewers that this
was a psychic skill and not, at that stage,
a mediumistic link. We were taken along
the journey from the back exit of the Ritz
Hotel, across Paris to the Alma tunnel.
En route we visited Dodie’s flat on the
Champs-Elysées, overlooking the Arc de
Triomphe, and endeavoured to tune in to
its vibrations. Dodie’s father, Mohammad
Al Fayed, the owner of Harrods
department store, also gave us permission
to film in his flat in Mayfair, London, where
again we described our impressions.
Both of us felt that the spirits of Diana
and Dodie drew close to us as we visited
the sites but, of course, at this stage
nothing we said could be verified. Even our
impressions while being driven through
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the Alma tunnel could not be confirmed
or denied as there was already a vast
amount written about this in the papers.
Nonetheless, Jane and I were convinced
that there was no conspiracy and that what
had happened was simply a tragic accident.
If indeed we had sensed Diana and Dodie
near us at these times, then we believe
that Diana’s thoughts went out to her boys
at the time of her death and Dodie’s were
for his father. Diana was not pregnant. I
believe she forgives Charles.
Psychometry of an object or a place is
not proof of a spirit communication. The
next stage of the TV project was for Jane
and me to give private consultations to a
number of personal friends of the princess.
These people would be able to confirm or
deny any communication and verify any
unique evidence that Diana spoke to us,
thereby proving that it is not imagination.
The venue was set as the Livery Hall of the
Stationers’ Guild near St Paul’s Cathedral
in London – the site of the wedding of
Charles and Diana. This historic building
had housed many royal events since its
construction more than four hundred
years ago.
To preserve the integrity of the
programme, only the head of research
knew who would sit around the tables,
and Jane and I remained at our hotel until
our cars were instructed to bring us to
the Livery Hall. Jane worked with the first
group of people and I arrived later to work
with the second group.
The producers understood that there
were no guarantees that either of us
would get anything through. You can’t
simply “summon” a spirit. I believe that
beneath a painting that Diana disliked.
The earlier sitting with Chrissie F. flashed
through my mind as Diana told me to say
that Louise also had a close connection to
the author Barbara Cartland, and Louise
confirmed that she was related to the
author. But what
clinched it for Louise
was when I related
The whole mood
that when Diana
during Diana’s
used to go in to see
her, the princess
communication was
would go up to her,
one of cheerfulness
reach her hand into
and fun, indicating
Louise’s pocket, and
that she wasn’t in
say, “Let’s have one
of those sweets.”
despair
about a million dollars was invested in the
programme, and the readings were, of
course, pivotal to the success or failure of
the venture. Not being paid relieved some
of the pressure on Jane on me to “perform,”
but it was an awesome responsibility
nonetheless.
Not everything
Jane and I gave was
correct, and one of
the journalists (who
referred to himself
as “a shocking cynic”)
and a musician said
later in the media
that they were not
convinced, despite
having made positive
testimonials on
camera immediately
after the filming.
However, most of what we had to say for
the more open-minded sitters contained
very specific information that was highly
personal and impossible to come by
through research, etc. There was no way
we could have known these things except
through clairvoyance...
“
When Diana drew close, I became aware
of her vivacious personality and of a
somewhat mischievous mood as she took
part in this highly contentious project.
Turning to a young woman seated at the
table, Diana passed me impressions of
her continually writing. It turned out she
was Louise Reid-Carr, Diana’s personal
assistant at the time of her death. Diana
showed me the room where Louise used
to work and I described to Louise how she
used to stand by the window taking notes
”
Louise admitted,
with a smile, that
she always kept a
packet of pear drops in her pocket. I could
hear Diana saying to me, “Tell her I want
one of her sweets.” The whole mood during
Diana’s communication
was one of cheerfulness
and fun, indicating that she
wasn’t in despair. I feel she
hoped that by providing
the proofs she had given
to those present, her
boys would also get the
message that “Mummy’s
happy.”
Find out what happens
at the Princess Diana séance in
next month’s PN.
®
*Abridged extract from Craig
Hamilton-Parker’s book Psychic School
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CONFIRMS
SPIRIT VISITOR’S
IDENTITY
In this exclusive interview for PN, top American medium James Van
Praagh answers a series of searching questions about his life and
gifts. Known to millions through his top-rated TV programmes and
best-selling books, James lifts the lid on his mediumship and gives
insights into his beliefs and experiences.
You are one of the world’s best-known
mediums. What psychic gifts do you have?
When did you first become aware of your
gifts? What exactly happened?
First, I believe that part of my soul mission
was to come back to planet earth and
assist other lightworkers in raising the
consciousness and reminding people of
this truth – that they are a soul having a
human experience and not the other way
around.
I had many experiences as far back as I
can remember. I can clearly recall seeing
my deceased grandfather in my room
looking at me as I was in the crib when I
was about eighteen months old. I never
knew him physically. Years later, when my
grandmother was going through a photo
album, I saw his face and asked her, “Who is
that?” She told me it was my grandfather.
Part of understanding themselves as a soul
is realising that there is no death, that life
continues and that while they are here
they have to understand they need to be
responsible for the thoughts and energy
they send to another person. Having this
sense of mindfulness will assist them in
each choice they make with themselves
and others in life.
“
I can clearly recall
seeing my deceased
grandfather in my room
looking at me as I was in
the crib when I was about
eighteen months old
”
My abilities are clairsentience and
clairvoyance. With my clairsentience, first
I feel the personality and physical traits of
a spirit communicator. Using clairvoyance,
I will not only be impressed by seeing
memories of their lives, but actual physical
traits. The spirit will often take my mind on
a journey through their loved one’s house
and describe it visually to me to relate to
the living, so that they realise their spirit
loved ones are indeed with them. Spirit
also will impress me clairaudiently, where I
hear thoughts, names, sentences, phrases,
etc, which they would be recognised for
when they lived on earth.
We all must understand that each spirit
will communicate differently depending
upon their own soul’s make-up and
understanding. Just like on earth, there are
some people who are more visual, some
more emotional and some more involved
with mental facts.
Another very memorable experience
happened when I was six years old in first
grade. I walked up to my teacher and told
her that her son had been hit by a car, but
was fine; he had just broken his leg. She told
me to go back to my desk. Several minutes
later, the principal walked in and informed
the teacher that this had just happened. She
looked over at me and I went back up to her
desk crying. The teacher asked me how I
knew. While crying, I told her I saw it in my
head. The reason I was crying was because
I saw it in my head, I thought I had made it
happen!
The teacher knelt down and told me: “No,
James. God gives some people gifts to see
things. Maybe one day you will use them to
help people… Don’t cry.” That was the very
first time my gift was acknowledged by
another person.
Presumably, you told your family. What did
they make of it when you said you could see
spirit entities? Did they appear as real to
you as those still living on earth?
The movie Sixth Sense was very much like
my childhood. I saw dead people all the time,
but unlike the movie, my visions were always
very happy and joyful, never dark or scary.
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When I was around seven years of age, I
remember my mother and I were kneeling
at my bedside saying nighttime prayers
and I asked her, “Who are all those people
in lights at the end of the bed?” She told
me they were God’s angels and that I had
nothing to fear, as they were here to help
me. Funnily enough, she actually then said
that she could see them when she was a
little girl.
Were you raised in a particular religion?
Yes, I was raised Roman Catholic, my mom’s
religion, but my dad was Protestant. I went
through eight years of Catholic school
and would attend mass every Sunday.
I was also an altar boy and used to love
serving at funerals because I would always
see the spirit of the person in the coffin
walking around the church looking at all
the participants! I also loved the hymns,
the incense and just the ceremonial sense
whenever I was attending a church function.
After grade school, I attended a preparatory
seminary to become a priest. It was during
this time that in contemplation over a Good
Friday service a voice came into my head
very clearly and said: “God is bigger than
this. You must go outside these four walls
and find Him.”
I left and ended up going to a New York City
public high school. I loved my experience
with religion and feel it plays an important
role in people’s spiritual progress. I believe
there are many roads to God (the light) and
religion is just one of them. All religions
have bits of the truth.
Would you call yourself a Spiritualist or do
you dislike specific labels?
If you mean a person who is recognised by
a specific religion for communicating with
the “higher world,” then in that definition
perhaps the answer’s “Yes.” However,
I do feel that religions tend to limit the
minds of humans. No one can own God.
Why do we need to have a religion to be
a medium? I think it is just a cultural thing
and comfortable for some people to feel
they can belong to something. For many
years I would say, “I would never belong
to a religion which would have me as a
member!”
How did you develop your natural psychic
gifts?
James Van Praagh and Jennifer Love Hewitt
on the set of Ghost Whisperer
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For many years, I sat every Tuesday night
in a development circle started by a
British medium, Brian Hurst, who actually
organised it. I would also do my own daily
meditation ritual. After several years, I
began clairvoyantly to see the auras of
people, living flowers and trees, as I often
did as a child.
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When – and where – did you give
your first public demonstration of
mediumship?
This is over 35 years ago, but I believe it
was in my very small flat in Hollywood. On
the last Saturday of the month, I invited
my development circle members and one
guest of each to my living room. There
were probably twelve people all told and
I spent two hours delivering messages.
Within a year, the flat was too small, so I
rented a room in the local hotel. Within
twelve months, over 500 people attended,
all by word of mouth. I did this once a
month for several years.
Have you always been a full-time
medium? If not, what other occupations
did you undertake?
healing aspects of spirit communication.
It showed how healing messages could
indeed transmute feelings of grief and
depression. In that show, the only editing
that I am aware of is for time or retakes if
someone made strange bodily sounds!
Truly, I did four shows a day, four days
a week, so there was no time to edit. I
barely had time to breathe! Within all of
the episodes, you can see various spiritual
lessons, the basic one being that there is no
death and Spirit may manifest in different
ways.
Out of the three programmes, the one I
had the most problems with was Ghost
Whisperer, which quickly became the
number one show on Friday nights for two
years consecutively. After I worked hard at
educating the producers about the truth
of mediumship and then went out and
publicised the show to make it a success,
they told me they
didn’t need me any
more and wrote shows
they wanted to, paying
no attention to truths,
etc.
In my early twenties, I moved to Los
Angeles to pursue situation comedy
writing because I
thought I was very
funny. I still do!
Being naïve – and
not realising how
Hollywood worked – I
had to do a multitude
of jobs. I have been a
When I confronted
paralegal, a copywriter,
them, they said, “Just
a hospital office worker
Truly, I did four shows
tell your fans it is
and a secretary. At
being written by TV
a day, four days a week,
one point, I was even
producers”! I was
so there was no time to
going to give my blood
appalled and asked
edit. I barely had time to
(which you get paid for
Spirit why would they
in America), but was
breathe!
let this happen. The
saved from this when
answer I got was:
I got an errand job. To
“James, you must
this day, I love doing
remember that this
landscaping. If I was not
is an ‘entertainment
working as a full-time
forum.’ You can put
medium that is what
clothes on it and
I would probably do.
colour it any way,
Plants and flowers don’t
but at the end of the
talk back as humans do!
programme it is where we intended it
“
”
You have found much fame and acclaim
with TV programmes like Beyond with
James Van Praagh, Living with the Dead,
The Dead Will Tell and Ghost Whisperer.
How would you answer sceptics who
say that such programmes are heavily
edited and that rejected or incorrect spirit
communications end up on the cutting
room floor?
That is a very good question – and I have
a very good answer! First, we must realise
that every show you listed is a completely
different type. My intention and goal (or
should I say Spirit’s?) is to educate, uplift
and bring the truth about life after death
and communication to the masses, so each
entity brought something different.
Beyond was a programme to demonstrate
to be. Everyone who watches this show
cannot help but question their own belief
systems of life after death – and that was
our intention for millions. We wanted them
to begin to understand the bigger picture:
that love – and only love – is truth.”
Do you plan any further radio and TV
programmes?
Since Ghost Whisperer, I continue to teach
and educate through more books, card
decks, television and radio. I just finished
a two-year commitment with Gaiam TV
doing a show on the internet entitled Spirit
Talk. I am also in between my second and
third year of hosting my own international
internet programme called Talking to Spirit
on Hay House Radio. It has quickly risen
to the top as one of the most successful
shows on the network.
Still with sceptics, how would you
respond to those say, “Mediumship can all
be explained away – when you’re dead,
you’re dead”?
To take time to try and explain the
mechanics and understanding of the
process of mediumship takes me away
from my real work. I think this world is
made up of souls from different levels.
There are those still in nursery school
who think war, guns and violence is the
way it should be and then you have others
in graduate or post-graduate levels
who know that love is the only answer.
Additionally, there are many souls in
between. I think it is up to each soul to
understand, discover, question and work
through their own belief system.
I often say that we all should approach
things with a sceptical eye, but not with a
cynical eye. If you are a cynic, your mind
is already made up with no room to grow
and understand. That being said, I recently
did an event where there were sceptics
outside picketing. I thought “Enough!” and
went out of the building to talk to them.
They were shocked… and I completely
destroyed any preconceived notions about
me they might have had in their heads.
I asked the sceptics why they make
statements that mediums – and myself
in particular – are not real. They told me
there was no such thing and that I was
giving false hope to the vulnerable. I then
asked them if they had ever seen me work,
to which they responded “No.” I said, “How
can you make a judgement about me
without being educated about me or the
process?”
Anyway, I invited them to a demonstration
I was doing the following week. Four of
them showed up and stayed the whole
time. Did I change their belief systems?
Maybe not, maybe yes. I don’t know, but at
least I gave them the opportunity to begin
to question as they witnessed evidential
information coming through from the spirit
side of life. As an ambassador of Spirit, to
me this is also an important aspect of my
work. You must educate all, not just those
who already understand the work.
What do you see as your main role as a
medium?
As a teacher to educate or remind other
souls that first we are souls having a
human experience and that there is no
thing called “death.” The soul can never die.
I also teach that we need to be responsible
for our thoughts and words to each other
because we are all connected as one entity.
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When I first worked
“
with British audiences, I
found that they were very
reserved and polite. I had
never been with that type of
audience before because in
my country, people get quite
excited about talking to
Spirit and will let you know
it. They really appreciate
it, and you couldn’t ask for
a better audience to work
with
”
The two greatest illusions we have in this
three-dimensional world are death and
separateness.
Like many celebrities, you probably want
to keep your private life strictly private.
However, are you willing to tell us a little
about your home life?
Yes! I have no problem sharing this aspect
of my life. I live in Laguna Beach, California,
overlooking a beautiful green space and
the Pacific Ocean. When I first moved
to this space seventeen years ago, I was
drawn to the house and its surroundings
right away. Within a few days, I realised
why.
When I was a child, like many children
I used to play with Matchbox cars
pretending with my friends that we were
driving to our houses. We sat for hours
underneath the biggest elm tree on our
block, imagining that each root was one of
our houses and driveways. This memory
did not come back to me until I visited the
Laguna Beach property for the second
time – and then it hit me: this house is the
exact one I pretended to live in as a small
child, complete with the ocean view and
glass walls!
The other amazing part of this property
is that the original owners, a husband and
wife named the Joneses, built the house
as their love nest. They had no contractors
or construction team, but put in every
nail and beam – everything – themselves.
While building the main house, they also
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built a small studio flat to the back part of
the area.
After I moved in, I used to hold
development circles in there. It was during
one of these that a Native American came
through to several participants in the
group with a message for me. He said that I
was sent here to protect the adjacent land,
and to take down this current structure
and build a healing temple to honour the
native people.
Several years later, I was so inspired and
hired an architect who just happened
to specialise in designing and building
monasteries. I told him that I wanted a
simple, unobtrusive building which would
house a bedroom and living area, with
an upstairs office and spa retreat. I also
wanted it to rise out of the ground to
complement the surrounding area and
support all four elements – water, air,
earth and fire. Within two years, he did just
that. A Chinese-looking lantern rose up
complete with glass and rough travertine
stone. It was perfect and completely
complemented the surrounding green
space.
It was also during this time that I was kept
busy attending several town meetings
and working with the parks department.
During my build, a very wealthy dot-com
company had taken over the other side
of the hill and was looking to clear and
develop it with condominiums and an
entire community. After multitudes of city
meetings, park meetings, etc, I assisted the
city in reversing the decision, keeping the
entire land non-development proof. It was
a victory!
Several months later, I had a massage in the
new building. It was during this time that
the spirit of an ancient medicine man came
in and spoke to me. He said that now “they”
wanted to return the favour and honour
me. I have shared this space with my lovely
husband Brian for the past six years.
We have now been together for 21 years.
Brian is the rock to my kite, as I feel every
working relationship needs those two
essentials to succeed. He honours the
work, as do I. We know that together – me
in front of the public and him behind – we
must make an impression on our fellow
travellers and make their journeys the
most loving and insightful ones they can.
Our life together is enhanced by our two
furry children, who are rescues – Boo
Radley and Maisie Mae. We live a quiet life,
working in the garden, cooking, rescuing
dogs, working out and watching the latest
trash reality show in America.
Later on this year, you’re going to be
working in Ireland, Scotland and Holland.
The British have a reputation for being
somewhat reserved and conservative. Do
you find that audiences differ around the
world?
Yes. August will be my third time teaching
in Ireland and Scotland, and my first in
Holland. No matter what city I visit in the
US or even throughout the world, each
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audience is different and unique, so all I
can do is to be me.
When I first worked with British audiences,
I found that they were very reserved and
polite. I had never been with that type of
audience before because in my country,
people get quite excited about talking to
Spirit and will let you know it. They really
appreciate it, and you couldn’t ask for a
better audience to work with.
During my first time with a British
audience, I wasn’t sure if they were
enjoying themselves or not. To make
matters worse, when I came out on
stage I thought I would break the ice
and proceeded to produce a really bad
Cockney accent, which completely
flopped! Amongst the boos and gasps, I
told them they were all too serious and
to stand up and start dancing! I wanted
them to have fun. Now, I knew that they
had never met me before, so I had nothing
to lose. Within five minutes, everyone
was on their feet dancing and clapping,
and it seemed they were really enjoying
themselves. Now if I go to the UK and don’t
start the presentation with a dance step, I
get lots of complaints!
Things have certainly changed over the
years. This is also true of the students I
have worked with in Britain. Years ago,
they used to hold on to the emotion
and not express it, but since I have been
tutoring them and let them feel and
express the emotions of the Spirit, their
totality of the evidential messages has
been truly remarkable. I often say that
British students are some of the best in the
world.
Can you tell us about your online School
of Mystical Arts? What do you hope to
achieve with it?
For years and years, every time I held a
workshop or demonstration people would
come up to me afterwards and say, “Please
teach me to do what you do!” There are so
many people who are strongly intuitive and
feel connected to the spirit world in some
special way. They are just looking for some
help and guidance to strengthen those
gifts.
I knew that I had to create a school and
had a vision of how I wanted it to be.
I’d always offered online courses and
meditation downloads, and wanted to take
the education process a step further. We
started off with a free course entitled Soul
Discovery. It was popular with fans of my
spiritual philosophy… and they wanted
more!
Creating a school where people could
become certified
any development
as psychics and
whatsoever! On
mediums seemed
TV, in our country
to be a natural
they see the very
progression. I
popular Theresa
decided to have
Caputo giving
an online school
messages to
and to monitor
people and think
and interact with
they can take one
students through
intuitive class and
live calls, a student
be just like her.
forum and various
Some people
other interactive
associate being
means. I believe
on television with
that when people
being rich, so
can stay at home
James with Doreen Virtue
they also think it
and work at their
is
a
quick
road
to
getting
wealthy without
own pace, it eliminates stress and they are
fully
understanding
the
work
and what
able to allow themselves time to develop
it is about. They have little or no respect
fully.
or reverence for the work. Years before,
The James Van Praagh School of Mystical
it was treated as “special,” which it is, and
Arts is just what people have been asking
should always be respected that way.
for all these years. It’s a place where they
Professional well-known mediums
can hone their intuitive and mediumistic
and those working in churches have to
skills under my guidance and connect with
remember that they should always be
other like-minded students.
bettering themselves and expanding their
I have just released the JVP Psychic and
mediumship. I feel that every day I need to
Intuitive Certification Course. This is
get better and better… and that’s after 35
the very first certification course I’ve
years. I owe it to the living people as well as
ever offered. It’s designed for students
the spirit world.
who want to become psychics either
Unfortunately, today there are mediocre
professionally or to enhance their personal
teachers demonstrating poor quality
life and relationships. It’s an eight-week,
mediumship (if you can even call it that)
on-demand course, which includes over
going out and filling people’s heads up
50 different videos, Google hangouts,
with a lot of mumbo-jumbo and not
assignments, exercises and even field trips.
understanding the craft whatsoever. What
My hope is that the JVP School of Mystical
you end up with are half-baked somewhat
Arts will give every participant not only
psychic people giving poor evidence
a place where they feel safe to open up
surrounded by psychic impressions. Not
their sensitive side, but also a spiritual
even a bit of mediumship is part of it. This
community where they are able to grow
is appalling.
and share insights, and develop together.
Students need to understand that the
I invite anyone who is interested to go
work must be entered into only if they
to www.jvpschoolofmysticalarts.com to
want to put in years of development. Their
check out the courses and learn more
intention needs to be pure. They should
about my certification programmes.
enter into this work only for the upliftment
Being a full-time medium is very
of human consciousness.
demanding. After all, you are dealing with
Firstly, students need to understand
two worlds – this one and the next. How
themselves and how to correctly develop
do you rest, relax and re-charge?
their power in order to establish a link
I love to design gardens, read wonderful
and sustain it. They also have to fully
mysteries, go to dinners with friends, have
understand that there are various
a good glass of vino and to be at home
degrees of abilities in mediumship and
filling up on the love from my family.
honestly access themselves. If they are
not willing or unable to put in the time
Lastly, based on your extensive
for development work, they might be
experience, what advice would you give
better off being a social worker or reiki
to fledgling mediums who are just starting
professional instead.
out?
Great question! These days, at least in the
US, everyone thinks they can be a medium
and promote themselves as one without
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Spiritualism
‘is a living religion’
WRITING this column gives me an opportunity of sharing my views on
a wide variety of subjects, which are often current issues. I try not to be
personal, seeking, rather, to make points that I think have general interest
and application. Hopefully, my words never seem to be pontificating, for
I am very aware that no one (least of all me!) can assume an all-wise and
all-knowing attitude.
I try to offer “a” Spiritualist dimension
– note “a” not “the,” as there is no one
Spiritualist view. Each of us bases our
comprehension of – and attitude towards
– any issue on our own experience and
understanding. Just because my views
appear in print does not give them any
more validity than your own. If we differ,
no doubt we can all learn. Should you ever
think that I am pontificating, do tell me!
So to this month’s round-up of some things
that are happening. Like many of you, I
have a flutter on the National Lottery,
hoping that some day I might win a million
pounds, enough to make my family and me
secure for life. Me a millionaire! What a
thought – what a dream.
I recently signed an on-line petition (a
common occurrence for me) about a
proposal to pay the boss of a company £43
million (that’s $65 million) as his salary.
Taking out annual holidays, illness and
public holidays means that this man earns
almost a million pounds every working
week. My hopes of just one win of a million
pounds to make me financially secure for
my entire life pale into insignificance for a
man who attains this level of security 43
times a year. If a reasonable salary is put at
£25,000 a year, this means that “Mr Boss”
is worth 1,720 other average employees.
Does that strike you as fair, equable,
reasonable and balanced? I fancy that, like
me, “balanced” is not the description you
would apply.
I saw a report which said that a boxer had
“earned” £193 million ($300 million) for
hitting and being hit. Putting on a pair of
padded gloves seems to change it from
“assault” to a highly lucrative “sport.” Then,
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of course, there are the “commodities”
of sport, such as footballers who get sold
and bought for several kings’ ransoms.
Here in the UK a couple of generations ago
there was a maximum wage for football
players, putting them on a par with those
in a “normal” well-paid job. Now it can be
many tens of thousands of pounds a week
or more. I enjoy watching football, rugby
and many other sports, but surely even the
most fanatical of supporters must question
the astronomical sums that change hands.
Of course, much of the money goes to
“arrangers” – the agents, managers and
other intermediaries who lie between the
game itself, the people on the terraces and
the bank accounts of just a few.
In the UK there is discussion about
what MPs should earn. Those doing this
responsible job earn far less than many with
far less responsibilities. Whilst bankers get
huge bonuses (despite what has happened),
there are no bonuses for MPs. If we expect
the highest quality and standards from
MPs, we need to pay them appropriately
if we don’t just want to have those of
independent means making the decisions.
To another subject, and I watched a report
of illegal gold mining in the Philippines.
Desperately poor men were taking
incredible risks in the hope of finding a few
flakes of gold. Not only were men involved
but children, taken out of school, some
not even ten, were going into water-filled
holes, digging in ground that was highly
unstable, and diving in water up to 30 feet
deep, breathing compressed air for hours
through a plastic pipe. If they were lucky,
they might get a few pounds for their work,
often not even enough to feed their family.
This is the world in which we live – one of
enormous and totally unjustified variations
between the living standards of those at
the top and bottom of the pile. There’s an
old satirical song which tells us:
It’s the same the whole world over,
It’s the poor what gets the blame,
It’s the rich what gets the pleasure,
Ain’t it all a blooming shame?
A couple of months, ago a major UK
newspaper had the headline, “Britain’s
divided decade: the rich are 64% richer
than before the recession, while the poor
are 57% poorer.” Is that “balance”?
It was no coincidence that Modern
Spiritualism began in the mid-nineteenth
century, a time of enormous social change.
Industrialisation was sweeping across
societies. Great scientific discoveries were
being made, exciting theories developed
and technological advances established.
The old order was being challenged. Into
this bubbling cauldron of innovation along
came two girls, their inspirers and all the
ramifications of the phenomena they
shared. Initially, there was a necessity to
grab the attention of large numbers of
people to make them question what they
had long thought of as sacrosanct, to seek
more personally valid answers to the
fundamental issues facing humankind.
It is my belief that the primary reason for
the phenomena that led to the development
of the philosophy of Spiritualism was to
awaken the social conscience of humanity.
To me, the principal purpose of Spiritualism
was, and is, to be a reforming movement,
seeking to improve the lot of every living
thing on this planet. That, of necessity,
means breaking down taboos, challenging
long-held traditions and being prepared
to stand and be counted. Spiritualism is
concerned with the spiritual nature of all
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The concept of humankind having ‘dominion’ over
other life forms does not mean ‘authority’ or ‘rule,’ but
‘responsibility for.’ If we exercise that responsibility well,
the world would indeed be a better place
beings and in particular the spirituality
of humankind; if humankind displays its
most noble and highest spiritual values,
then, because of humankind’s special and
specific place in the order of things, all
other creatures will benefit. The concept of
humankind having “dominion” over other
life forms does not mean “authority” or
“rule,” but “responsibility for.” If we exercise
that responsibility well, the world would
indeed be a better place.
Spiritualism is much more than just “a
religion.” It is religion. It brings together
the most simple and yet most sacred of
concepts and beliefs that have moulded
mankind’s history for thousands of years.
It teaches that all life is precious, that
every life has its place and its purpose, and
that all stem from the same Source. It also
teaches that amongst humans there has to
be equality of opportunity, allowing every
individual to develop their special talents
and abilities for their own advancement
and for the advancement of all.
Languages can be divided, some of them
being called “dead.” Latin is fixed and
unchangeable. It is the root of many
other languages, but these have moved
on as “living languages,” where meanings
alter, new words are adopted and others
adapted to fit changes in living patterns. As
an example, a few years ago we had a word
that was an adjective and indicated being
happy, bright and cheerful; now a noun,
gay has a totally different meaning. Things
used to be “very good;” now they are “well
good.” For me that makes no sense, so
hopefully it is just a fashion which will pass,
but if not I’ll get “well used to it,” I suppose!
Spiritualism is a “living religion” in that it is
not fixed in time, governed by precedent,
controlled by a hierarchical priesthood
or limited to an ancient tome. It is not
based on statute law but on case law. In
other words, it is built on experience and
wisdom, taking each situation and viewing
and reviewing it on its own merits. For
Spiritualists, there is not the easy option
of looking at what a manuscript says or
leaving it to clerics to make the decisions.
Spiritualists accept their right and
responsibility to make their choices.
It is time for those who see Spiritualism
as their way of life to reconsider how
our practices have developed over many
years. Is the purpose of Spiritualism to
prove life after death? I suggest that that
has been proven over and over again.
What we are now doing, all too often, is
pandering to those who are not prepared
to face up to reality and accept their own
responsibilities and their own potential. A
prime example relates to mediumship. So
much effort is put into training mediums
that we have forgotten we aim for a time
when we no longer need mediums, a
time when the individual is sufficiently
spiritually developed that there is no inbetween required, no link having to be
established, just direct contact. Even for
the many not yet at that level, we should
realise that mediumship can be used for far
more valuable purposes than it is almost
exclusively used today.
There is a wealth of knowledge which can
be tapped into – knowledge that can help
individuals and advance the understanding
of humankind. The paucity of quality in
what seems now the accepted standard
is staggering. I know how fortunate I
am to have witnessed communication,
mental and physical, at high levels.
What sometimes passes today for good
communication would, in the past, have
been judged as suitable for those in early
stages of development. One problem is
that many of those giving the training
and advice do not have knowledge or
appreciation of what is achievable.
Criticism has recently been levelled at one
well-known centre for seeking to set the
bar higher. Physical phenomena of various
types have been produced in daylight and
reasonable light; I know because I have
seen them. By surrounding ourselves with
conditions that offer opportunities for
manipulation we give ammunition galore to
critics who seek to bring us down. Sceptics,
such as James Randi and others who
support a worldwide sceptical movement,
can reproduce what is produced by
“mediums” to the extent that the public’s
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confidence in our ability, common sense
and honesty is quickly shattered, and
Spiritualists and mediums ridiculed.
If mediums, mental and physical, faced far
more challenge within Spiritualism, then
the level of achievement could be raised
far higher. I have said countless times
that I am not a medium, but could offer
a “performance” which would match the
average just by using my eyes, ears and
common sense to judge responses from
recipients. Were we to use mediumship
to present philosophical ideas to alter
individual and collective perception of
life and its challenges, then we would not
need fear the sceptics, for they would
be unable to question or reproduce the
communication we could offer.
If Spiritualists want it, Spiritualism is a
world-changing opportunity. Only when
Spiritualists want and demand the best
will we achieve it. Whilst we accept the
second-, third- and fourth-rate that’s what
we will get. Our friends who have moved
on seek the opportunity to be stretched
and to stretch us. With our active cooperation, those in different sections of life
can bring much-needed harmony, love, joy
and balance to this rapidly deteriorating
world. We cannot do it without them – and
they cannot do it without us.
Helping to remove the iniquitous
imbalances that currently exist is the
real challenge facing Spiritualists. It’s
an enormous task, but an exciting and
rewarding one. Unless we start to accept
our destiny (for that is what I believe it is)
as Spiritualists, there is little or no reason
for the existence of Spiritualism. It’s time
to take Spiritualist philosophy to the
world, to become proactive rather than
reactive. If we truly believe we are a spirit®
guided movement, can we ever doubt
that in the end success will be ours?
David Hopkins is a
Spiritualists’ National
Union minister, author
and broadcaster.
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‘WE’RE HERE TO STAY!’ SAYS
CHURCH HIT BY PROTESTORS
WE are a new Christian Spiritualist Community Church Fellowship in Rochdale, Lancs, and started out in our
spare room on Easter Day, where we could seat twenty people if everybody breathed in!
After rapidly outgrowing it, we were
offered a redundant function room in the
Kirkholt Social Club (our estate is called
Kirkholt) and gratefully took up the offer
for a permanent base. Subsequently, we
organised a formal church Dedication
Service at the club predominantly as a
major PR event to let people know that
Rochdale finally had a new Spiritualist
fellowship.
Various VIPs agreed to attend, including
MP Simon Danczuk and the mayor and
mayoress, who cut a ceremonial ribbon
officially to open our church. We also
invited the three other churches on the
estate – Roman Catholic, Anglican and
Pentecostal. The first two apologised for
not being able to attend, as they were
already running their own services. The
Pentecostal Kirkholt Community Church
refused and said they intended to protest
on the day.
Whilst we were awaiting the arrival of the
mayor and mayoress, a group of between
ten and twenty of the community church’s
members, led by their pastor, the Rev
Trevor Howells, appeared virtually out
of nowhere. They corralled my husband,
our treasurer (a 71-year-old retired lady)
and our healing receptionist into a corner.
The protestors walked towards them,
shouting bible verses condemning devil
worship, talking to spirits, raising the dead,
etc. All three felt very uncomfortable and
threatened.
I was asked to go out and ask them to
leave. They treated me in the same manner,
saying they not only wanted me to attend
a “good person revival test,” but that my
husband and I pose a significant threat to
vulnerable adults and children attending
our services and classes because we are “an
abomination before the Lord.”
I asked them to come in and watch our
service, as they would find nothing
untoward in what we do, although
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they might be uncertain about the
demonstration of mediumship I planned
to give. The licensee asked them to please
stand off the club property, as they were
intimidating innocent people going about
the lawful expression of their beliefs.
The pastor refused point blank. We then
decided to leave them to it as we had a
service to lead.
Apparently, after we went inside to start
our Divine Service (which was packed to
capacity with 78 people and went really
well), they continued to harass and verbally
intimidate people not connected to us.
These people just wanted a drink in the bar
and included a heavily pregnant lady and
her partner. When he told the protesters to
back off, one of them pointed at her bump
and said, “You know that will come out with
horns.” This nearly resulted in that person
being physically punched by the lady’s
boyfriend.
protests or face police involvement.
Sir Peter Fahy, the Chief Constable
of Greater Manchester, has gone to
great lengths to try and reduce hate
incidences to zero through his “We stand
together” initiative. Inspiration Ministries
has received an invitation to send
representatives to the “We stand together”
initiative, the first Spiritualist community
to so do. To me, this totally vindicates our
existence within our community.
As a church group, our whole ethos is to
help our local community to be the best it
can and to show that people do care about
this very rundown and frankly abandoned
estate. We received the accolade of
Rochdale Community Champions because
of our work on the estate delivering
literacy, numeracy and household living
courses for free.
After the service, the protestors left and
we assumed there would be nothing more.
However, they also turned up outside the
social club’s main door on the Monday
evening, singing hymns, reading bible
verses and praying out aloud. According
to the landlady, this was in a bid to get the
club’s attendees to force her to remove us.
This isn’t going to happen.
Additionally, we are leading a plan to
revive, improve and expand our lovely
social club. If it closed permanently, which
is currently a serious possibility, it will leave
the estate without a social heart. It is a
venue that should be available to everyone
on the estate, with loads of activities and
events. This is something we are leading
on in discussions with the landlady, the
brewery, and local councillors and officials.
The police took an interest as a potential
religious hate crime. They took statements
from the landlady and myself, then went
to talk to the pastor and warned him that
these intimidating practices were illegal.
Police subsequently decided that no
further action would take place. However,
we only found this out from reading the
front page of the Rochdale Observer.
Regarding the sad issue of the protest by
the community church, our motto is, “By
standing together, we affinity forever.”
Neither they nor any other ill-informed
group will force us out as we spread
the wonderful truths of our Spiritualist
movement. Inspiration Ministries
is here to stay!
After I formally complained about this,
given that nobody had bothered to inform
us, I received an apology from the local
police inspector. He assured me that the
community church’s pastor would be
strongly advised to desist from further
Rev Dr Barry Harding-Rathbone
Senior Minister and President,
Inspiration Ministries, Rochdale, Lancs
Via email
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CAT’S SPIRIT HEALING
HAS PURRFECT RESULT
I WOULD like to thank Sue Farrow for her open and honest article “Can they really hear me?” (PN May),
which asked if those in the spirit world really receive the thoughts we send to them. It was so refreshing
and from the heart.
Whilst writing, I would like to share a case
of spiritual healing. Almost 50 years ago,
at the age of 21 and newly married, my
wife, Dolly, then had mixed views about
Spiritualism. I bought Dumpling, a kitten,
which we both loved. He grew over the
next couple of months until falling ill. Dolly
took time off from work to nurse Dumpling
as he steadily grew weaker. Visiting the vet,
Dolly was met with, “I’m sorry he has cat flu
and should be put down.” Dolly refused and
returned home in tears.
By now, Dumpling had been ill for two or
three days and did not have the strength
to walk. His mouth was badly ulcerated
and foaming. Throughout this time, I had
been encouraging Dolly to accept healing
for Dumpling. My wife wanted nothing to
do with “that unnatural stuff” and flatly
refused for my church friend and me to
give healing. However, in desperation, the
following day Dolly finally agreed.
Only due to the intervening years and
the maturity and understanding which
comes with them do I now realise just how
powerful love can be.
My friend arrived and with me holding the
cat, we gave healing. I felt a huge charge of
energy through my hands. I put Dumpling
down. He wobbled to his bowl, took a
couple of sips of milk and slumped down in
his basket. The look on my wife’s face will
never be forgotten. The following day the
cat had regained his strength – and lived
for a further seventeen years.
But what about my wife? Well, Dolly has
gone on to work in the most wonderful
way with Spirit, helping so many people.
At a recent home circle, Dolly was in
conversation with its guide, talking about
a dreadful natural disaster and its effects
on the people who live there. “Sending out
thoughts is all we can do,” said Dolly, only
to be gently reproached by the guide, who
replied, “My dear, it is everything you can
do.”
A couple of days later, talking to my friend’s
Chinese guide, he said to me, “It was your
love that healed the cat.” I was puzzled
and did not understand what he meant.
Keith Bartlett
Via email
BOOKS ARE BOUND TO BE READ
REGARDING the question “Is life in the next world a bed of roses?” (PN March), I would like to write in support
of Peter Crowsley’s letter (June) describing his partner’s account of life in the hereafter.
For many years I have been collecting the writings of discarnate
entities and they all harmonise well with this information. I
particularly remember the accounts “dictated” by Rosamond
Lehmann’s daughter, Sally, and various books by the Rev Vale
Owen.
A simple country parson, one day Vale Owen received a
paranormal instruction to go to his church early each morning
and take dictation, writing three volumes called The Lowlands of
Heaven, The Uplands of Heaven and The Highlands of Heaven.
A friend tells me that trying to track Vale Owen on a computer
reveals nothing – he seems completely lost. I believe strongly that
his work should be discovered and republished. Perhaps a reader
with the necessary experience could explore this idea.
Jo Walters, Bournemouth
Via email
Help’s at hand, but first a few facts! Rosamond Lehmann, CBE (February 1901-March 1990), was one of the most distinguished British
writers of the last century. Her only autobiographical work, The Swan in the Evening, tells the story of her beloved daughter, Sally, the
tragedy of her early passing at the age of only 24 and the psychic and mystical experiences she subsequently underwent.
The Rev George Vale Owen (June 1869-March 1931) was a Church of England clergyman who later became a leading Spiritualist in
the twentieth century. Indeed, Vale Owen’s Spiritualism resulted in the Church authorities forcing him out of his parish.
Type Rev Vale Owen books into Google and you will find that many of them are still available, such as The Life Beyond the Vale, Facts and
the Future Life, Highlands of Heaven, The Outlands of Heaven and The Battalions of Heaven. These can be purchased from www.amazon.
co.uk Further details about Vale Owen’s life can be found at sites such as Wikipedia – Acting editor.
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PAYING TRIBUTE TO
GLYN EDWARDS
I FIRST met Glyn Edwards in the summer of 1989, just
before his fortieth birthday. We instantly hit it off and Creative Spirituality event held at the Seekers Trust
discovered vast fields of common ground between us, Left to right: Glyn Edwards, Chris Clark, Ian Mowl, Steve Wollaston
as Glyn, like myself, had an enquiring mind and a deep
interest in both eastern and western spirituality. Glyn invited me on a course he was running at the Arthur
Findlay College for which he had booked, amongst others, a respected semi-retired Buddhist teacher and a
Christian yogi.
It was just what I was looking for – and
also for Glyn it seemed – as we both came
away at the end of the course with reams
of notes and lists of wonderful books to
read. Jointly, we made our way to Watkins
Books in London (a favourite watering hole
for Glyn and me) to fill up the boot of my car
with titles on Spiritualism, New Thought,
mystical poetry, Buddhist psychology and
yogic wisdom. It was clear from the start
that we shared the same passions and
enjoyed drawing from more than one source
for spiritual nourishment.
Shortly after our first meeting, a small
graphics partnership I had in London’s
Docklands moved into computerised design
work. I mentioned to Glyn that if he wanted
to write and publish something, this was the
time, as technology made book layout less
expensive.
As an energetic and creative young man,
Glyn proposed collaboration between us
for a book on different areas of spirituality
and mediumship. I wasn’t actually expecting
him to ask me to write a book with him, but
agreed to see how I could help. Because of
other commitments, it took us eight years to
complete.
Glyn’s input was amazing. He seemed to
have no end of experience, wisdom and
new perspective to add. Then synchronicity
magically played a part when it was finished,
as a call came through from then PN editor
Tony Ortzen, scouting for a publisher,
asking if we would like to write a book. Glyn
quickly replied, “We have just finished one!”
It became a best seller at the Arthur
Findlay College shop. Glyn and I revised
and updated it in 2011 and gave it a more
contemporary title, The Spirit World in
Plain English. Glyn was extremely pleased
with the look and reading of the revised
edition, which is clearly seen in his opening
Acknowledgments. After all, we had come
a long way since we first started writing
and had more experience of such ventures
under our belts.
After writing the first book, I had an idea for
a smaller manual and this time approached
Glyn about writing it together. Incredibly, it
then became a best seller at the Spiritualist
Association of Great Britain. We also
revised and expanded it recently, giving it
a new title, Spirit Gems. Once again, Glyn
displayed how pithy he could be in putting
great insights together.
In the final section of the book we found
various quotations to add on important
spheres of unfoldment. Glyn had no end of
enthusiasm in finding key teachings from
different writers and teachers he loved,
such as Silver Birch, American New Thought
writer Ernest Holmes, the Dalai Lama and
Tibetan lama Tarthang Tulku. In all the
years I knew Glyn, these have always been
amongst his favourites for reading.
Glyn then presented a completely new
venture. He wanted to set up a fellowship
honouring the name of his much-loved
friend and mentor Gordon Higginson,
which would not only look at mediumistic
unfoldment, but other related areas of
spirituality. The fellowship ran numerous
successful events in the south of England,
including two major physical mediumship
courses with several high-profile names.
Glyn was obviously a big draw at many
events and loved having the freedom of
working without being under the scrutiny
of another organisation. Glyn was also
aware that I was becoming deeply involved
in nature/earth-centred spirituality and
happily chaired a day for free that I put on
with members of GreenSpirit, including
the respected scientist Chris Clark and
Ian Mowll, the interfaith minister and coordinator of GreenSpirit.
At the same time, Glyn then asked if I would
put together a small book on mediumistic
and psychic powers in different traditions,
as he wanted to promote a more inclusive
and open-minded understanding of
alternative paths. Having already written
an Appendix that touched on this in a
yoga book with a swami, I accepted Glyn’s
request and expanded what I had started in
that book.
I asked Glyn if he would also like to be
interviewed for two large sections that
could be included. Questions put to Glyn
were invariably followed by a period of
reflective silence. He would then answer
fluently and without pausing until he had
covered all that he felt was needed. We
called it Realms of Wondrous Gifts.
Having co-authored so much with Glyn, and
him having recorded various exercises and
teachings for CDs and written countless
articles for magazines such as PN, I realised
there was enough material that could be
pulled together for a collection of his key
teachings on mediumship. After all, he was
the one who was famous – and mediumship
was what he was most famous for.
We successfully launched the anthology
with the name The Potential of Mediumship
at one of the fellowship’s main events
three years ago and sold almost every copy
we had with us after Glyn finished a truly
dazzling demonstration of his mediumship
one evening.
The queue to the table where Glyn sat
joyously chatting and signing copies for
everyone was a sight to be seen. Putting the
book together for Glyn was a labour of love
and I was really happy it turned out to be
such a big success for him. I will sadly miss
doing the creative projects we did together
and those wonderful memorable times we
had.
Steve Wollaston (aka Santoshan),
Via email
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the haunted wood. Despite this, both were
towards them, crashing through the
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happy, and Hannah had a considerable
of the man’s almost fleshless face, eyes
reputation due to her violent temper,
bulging and long neck hanging to one
including threats made to her husband.
side. The figure uttered choking sounds,
They had a young lodger, David Leany, who
but fortunately seemed unaware of their
was a labourer and not averse himself to
presence. It staggered past them and
poaching when the opportunity arose. One
disappeared into the night, the sounds
night, Benjamin told his wife that both he
of groaning and choking gradually fading
and Leany were going to steal some sacks
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of corn from a local farm. Hannah was
violently against the plan, but was ignored.
The theft went ahead and both men made
for home with the stolen corn. It was near
Gladwish Wood that Benjamin tripped and
fell heavily, the sack falling to the ground
as he rolled away from it. Leany rushed
to help, but was horrified to discover that
his friend had died. He rushed home to
Hannah and told her what had happened.
Both decided to hide Benjamin’s body,
fearful that the theft of the corn would
be linked to them (a convicted thief could
face execution in the 1820s). The body was
hidden in Gladwish Wood and the corn
disposed of about half a mile away.
The next day, Leany called on the local
police and told them that Russell had fallen
down dead in the wood. He explained
that he had hidden the body under
brambles until it could be removed by the
authorities.
At the inquest, evidence was given by a Dr
Evans, who stated that Russell had actually
died of arsenic poisoning. It was also noted
that Hannah had threatened her husband
on several occasions. Gossip also claimed
that Hannah and Leany were lovers, so had
everything to gain by seeing the husband
dead.
A trial was held at Lewes Assizes in July
1828. Dr Evans again stated his conviction
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the ancient woodland. One can only hope that he
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that Russell had died from ingesting
60 grains of arsenic in his food. Gideon
Mantell, a doctor and geologist, was also
present in the court, but rejected the
poisoning theory. He explained that Russell
obviously had a weak heart and the strain
of carrying a heavy sack had brought on a
heart attack. His
argument carried
much weight,
but events soon
conspired against
the accused when
Dr Mantell was
called out of
court to attend
a seriously ill
patient. Upon
his return, he
found that both
prisoners had
been found guilty
and sentenced to
death.
Dr Mantell was
determined
to prove their
innocence and
continued to raise
objections to the
verdict. However,
the court’s verdict was upheld and Leany
was hanged. Leany continued to maintain
his innocence until the very end and told
the prison chaplain, “I beg of you to believe
me when I say I am innocent and to prove it
I shall return to haunt the people who have
hounded me to my death.”
Hannah Russell also faced the hangman’s
rope, but her execution was postponed due
to a technical objection to her sentence.
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Dr Mantell used this time in order
to gather more evidence, including
consulting other medical men who
agreed that the verdict and medical
evidence were unsound. Dr Evans was
finally forced to admit that he had
exaggerated the amount of arsenic in
the body and
conceded
that
Benjamin
Russell had
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died of
a heart
attack.
Hannah was
released and
the authorities
reluctantly
acknowledged
that Leany had
been executed for
a crime that he did
not commit.
So did Leany really
return after death?
Hopkins was
certainly convinced
that he had. He
was prepared to
admit that one person could have become
confused and imagined a ghost in the
wood,
but refused to believe that
three different people could all have had
the same hallucination. The ghost of David
Leany is still said to haunt the ancient
woodland. One can only hope that he will
eventually find peace.
Hopkins died in 1958, his reputation as
an author established with numerous
books on ghosts and literary figures such
as H. G. Wells and Oscar Wilde. But what
of Rudyard Kipling, the man who first
brought the case to Hopkin’s attention? He
died in 1936 and is now said to haunt his
old home, Bateman’s, which lies near
Gladwish Wood.
John West is an author and radio presenter. He
hosts a monthly paranormal chat show for Radio
Castle in Suffolk and has presented a number of
programmes on ghosts for internet TV. He has
recently completed a TV pilot on ghosts for East
Media Productions. John can be contacted via his
blog http://eastanglianghosthunters.blogspot.co.uk/
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Continued from PN’s May magazine, below John West concludes his
investigation into vampires. First, a quick recap! A genuine vampire
attack is said to have occurred at a sleepy Cumberland hamlet in the
north of England during the latter half of Queen Victoria’s reign. The
story became widely known after it was published by author and
traveller Augustus Hare in a series of books. Hare first became aware
of the account during a dinner party. His informant was a Captain
Fisher (Edward Fisher-Rowe, to be precise), who was soon to marry
Lady Victoria Liddel, a member of Hare’s family. The Fishers occupied a
single-storey building known as Croglin Grange, which was rented out
to two brothers and a sister when they decided to move to Surrey.
OVER the years, the story of The Croglin
Horror – A Vampire in Britain has been
repeated in many books and articles on the
paranormal. Several of these contain new
“facts” on the case:
The pistols and lead used to shoot the vampire
were purchased in Switzerland. The green
tinted lead used in the shot enabled the
brothers to easily identify the vampire upon
searching the vault.
The names of the two brothers and sister
are given as Michael, Edward and Amelia
Cranswell.
A certain Jem Croswell, a gamekeeper, helped
the brothers search the vault.
The events took place between 1873 and
1876. This is despite the fact that Hare
mentions it in an entry dated June 1874.
The vault belonged to the Fisher family.
A three-year-old child was also attacked, but
the parents attributed the marks on her neck
to rats.
A stake was driven through the vampire’s
heart.
Some of this information was based on
local oral history and was repeated to F.
Clive-Ross, a writer, who visited the area
in the 60s. However, it’s also fair to say
that a great deal of other “facts” owe more
perhaps to the overactive imagination of
actor, radio presenter and author Valentine
Dyall, who wrote about the story in the
1950s in Fate magazine.
It was Dyall who first gave us the names of
the tenants and the gamekeeper. The same
goes for the stake in the vampire’s heart
and the Swiss ammunition. We don’t know
if Dyall visited the area, but Clive-Ross was
told that the Cranswells were remembered
locally. In the light of this, can we assume
that Dyall received information from local
sources or did his version of the tale simply
taint local legend?
The Croglin incident is now regarded by
some paranormal researchers as a classic
example of real life vampirism. Indeed,
dip into many books on the subject and
you can usually find an account of Croglin
Grange.
So what is the truth behind Hare’s account?
Was it a massive leg-pull on his or Fisher’s
part, a tale designed to titillate Victorian
readers with tales of violence and sexual
undertones? Charles G. Harper certainly
thought so. In his book Haunted Houses,
published in 1907, it was pointed out that
there was no such place as Croglin Grange.
However, he noted that there were two
farmhouses known as Croglin High Hall
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and Croglin Low Hall. Neither building had
a single storey. Nor was there a nearby
church. Indeed, the nearest church was
roughly two miles away. So on the surface
it does appear that Hare’s story is a work
of fiction… or was it?
Local gossip does indeed refer to a
vampire legend and points to Croglin Low
Hall as the scene of the horror. There is
even a blocked up window on the ground
floor, which has been long pointed out
to researchers as the window where the
“vampire” attacked Amelia. There is also
structural evidence to suggest that the
building once possessed a single storey – a
stone support for a roof beam can be seen
in the ground floor room where Amelia
was said to have slept.
According to local tradition, the property
received a second storey in the 1720s,
thereby placing the story further back
than the 1870s. There was even a nearby
church, with a burial vault, which had been
damaged during the English Civil War and
later demolished in the late 17th and or
early 18th century. Traces of it could be
seen as late as the 1930s in the form of
ploughed up stones in a field known as
Church Field. Also, the house had been
known as Croglin Grange until at least the
1720s and had once been occupied by the
Fisher family.
Clive-Ross even found a Mrs Dorothy
Parkin whose husband, Inglewood Parkin,
had owned the estate on which Croglin
Low Hall stood. He wrote, “Mrs Parkin
tells me that she spoke with one of the
Fisher family, who was born in the middle
eighteen-sixties, and that he told her he
had known the vampire tale all his life, and
originally heard it from his grandparents.”
Local folk memory places the story in
the aftermath of the English Civil War
with dates ranging from the 1650s to the
1690s. The addition of a second storey
to Croglin and the removal of the church
and burial vault by the 1720s also point to
a date earlier than the Victorian period.
So did Hare mishear Fisher’s account as
to the exact date and assumed that he
was referring to himself rather than an
ancestor? Or did Hare simply move the
story to his own time for extra shock value?
But did Augustus Hare even imply the
1870s? Here is the original introduction to
the story in Hare’s book:
“Captain Fisher also told us this really
extraordinary story connected with his own
family:—
“Fisher may sound a very plebeian name, but
this family is of very ancient lineage, and for
many hundreds of years they have possessed
a very curious old place in Cumberland, which
bears the weird name of Croglin Grange. The
great characteristic of the house is that never
at any period of its very long existence has it
been more than one storey high, but it has a
terrace from which large grounds sweep away
towards the church in the hollow, and a fine
distant view.
“When, in lapse of years, the Fishers outgrew
Croglin Grange in family and fortune, they
were wise enough not to destroy the longstanding characteristic of the place by adding
another storey to the house, but they went
away to the south, to reside at Thorncombe
near Guildford, and they let Croglin Grange.”
Fisher’s retelling of his tale to Hare is
dated June 24, 1874. However, at no point
does Hare or Fisher actually say when the
vampire attack is said to have taken place.
I find it inconceivable that the press would
have failed to cover the story if it had
occurred in the 1870s. Surely the police
would have been called in when Ameila
was first attacked by the creature and yet
not a single newspaper or police record of
the time makes any mention of it. So we’re
back to local folklore and a date ranging
from the late 17th to early 18th century.
It may surprise and disappoint some
readers to learn that the Fishers did not
own or even live at Croglin Low Hall in
the 17th century (despite Fisher stating
that his family had owned the building
for hundreds of years). Local records
show that a certain George Towry was
in residence there in 1688, the previous
owners having been the Howards and
before them the Dacres. In 1727, the
property was sold to a Mr Johnson. The
Fishers only moved there in 1809 when
an Edward Fisher is recorded holding the
lease. He died in 1833 and his tomb can be
seen in Ainstable churchyard, which lies a
mile or so from Croglin.
It appears that the Fishers only heard
about the legend of the vampire from
the previous occupants or neighbours.
By mistake or design, Captain Fisher
attributed the story to his own family.
So what of the Croglin vampire? Is it
fact or fiction? I was originally inclined
to dismiss the whole story as nonsense,
especially after learning that the Fishers
could not have occupied the hall when
local tradition claims the alleged vampire
attack took place. However, I’ve found
that many folk tales and legends do often
have an element of truth in them. I can’t
help thinking that something occurred at
Croglin during Towry’s ownership of the
Grange, something so shocking that it was
remembered by later generations.
It should be noted that mental illness was
little understood in the 17th century and
was often attributed to the work of evil
spirits, witchcraft or even the devil himself.
Could it be that a vagrant was hiding in the
area and using the ruined church and burial
vault as a bolthole? Did he only emerge at
night in order to escape detection? Were
his attacks sexually motivated and did the
emaciated figure, after being shot, retreat
to the vault where he died of shock due to
loss of blood?
Imagine the horror of those who eventually
found his corpse in the bone-strewn vault.
In those superstitious times, it was hardly
surprising that the whole incident was
put down to the work of evil forces. With
the popularity of vampire stories such as
Varney the Vampire and Dracula in the 19th
century it was little wonder that later
generations attributed the attacks to
a vampire.
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SPIRITUAL ART
Your Spiritual Art
This month we are showing the work of three artists you’ve seen featured here before –
Tony Katz, Andrew Western and Colin Hall – and one who makes a Your Spiritual Art page
debut – Jane Lang. All are very different in both the style and execuction of their art, but it
all comes from a spiritual source for a spiritual purpose.
SAFE PASSAGE (above) by Tony Katz
“This picture symbolises hope. Whatever traumatic things
happen in life, with faith in the Great Spirit all will be well and
you will be led into the safe haven of light.”
THE TEMPLE OF INNER PEACE (top right) by Tony Katz
“This picture is for relaxation and healing.”
SPIRITUAL HEIGHTS (bottom right) by Tony Katz
“This mountain scene represents a person’s journey through
life – or lifetimes – eventually reaching their ‘spiritual
heights’.”
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“This is my second
spiritual painting in soft
pastels. It represents
the freedom we
experience when we are
aware of the spirit world
around us. But not only
that, it also represents
that we are spirits in our
bodies right now.”
MORNING SPIRITS (right)
by Colin Hall
“Each morning brings a new energy of activity to all the
elements of the nature spirits; from the fairies to the great
Devas kingdom. Unfolding God’s beauty to humankind;
from dew drops on a leaf with a rainbow in every drop to the
mighty ocean’s mounting volcano and sky, we are connected
to all the elements.”
• Suggestion: Spending time in nature can help us come
closer to understand the great power of God with in us.
• Affirmation: “I will liberate myself from all fear.”
• Element: Fire, Earth, Air and Water.
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JANE LANG is an artist by trade, with a degree in Fine Art
from Central St Martins.
She told Psychic News: “I was taught to draw as a child by
my artist mother Selma, herself a Spiritualist. I sat in a
development group at the Spiritualist Association of Great
Britain when it was in Belgrave Square, London, studying
with the lovely Sharry Clark. I was working towards an art
show then and she pushed me to use the drawing, which
was my day job, in my spiritual work. I took some
persuading because I simply couldn’t see how it would
work, but as soon as I put pencil on to paper something
happened; it seemed to flow through my arm, hand and
pencil and, bless her, I’ve been doing it ever since! It
continues to guide and amaze me. I am so grateful every
time it happens.
“I’ve picked three pictures that have something in common
– I drew them all on platform. Hence you will see traces of
words scribbled down as well. The young woman in blue
(bottom right) came though with a very strong feeling of
love and light, and I really didn’t know who she was for. I
was at Edward Street Spiritualist Church, Brighton, UK,
doing a demonstration with my development group. In the
audience was a group of Buddhists, who immediately said
that she was ‘with’ and for them. They had just come from a
study day at the local Tibetan temple where they were focusing on female Buddhist deities.
“The Angel (top right) was the same. Again, I couldn’t make out who this energy was for, but one member of
the congregation (Boundary Passage Spiritualist Church) was very adamant that this was who he felt (literally)
around him. The Green Coloured Celtic Woman (bottom left) was drawn at a church in Eastbourne. She was
immediately claimed by two separate women who had both been working with female Celtic energies.
All three images were ‘taken’ by a number of folk. I now feel they wanted to reach a number of people to be of
use to them in their meditation/work/
development.”
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Diary
Dates
A selection of spiritual events taking place during July in the USA
FRI - SUN 31ST JULY - 2ND AUGUST
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From $20 (for day passes)
At: 10847 Spencer Hollow Rd,
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drumming, dancing, morning
meditation, labyrinth-making, a
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SAT & SUN 1ST & 2ND AUGUST
Northern Kentucky Inner Lights
Festival
11am - 6pm each day
Admission $7 per day or $10 for
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At: The Hilton, 7373 Turfway
Road, Florence, KY 41042,
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photographs of your aura and
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SAT & SUN 1ST & 2ND AUGUST
Austin Holistic Health & Wellness
Fair
Sat 10am - 6:30pm
Sun 11am - 6pm
Admission $7 each day
At: The Marchesa Hall, 6406 N.
IH35, Suite 3100, Austin,
TX 78752, TEXAS
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The Holistic Life and Wellness
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all weekend!
MON - SUN 3RD - 9TH AUGUST
Sacred Harvest Festival – Tribal
Evolution
Tickets from $40.50
At: Atchingtan, Finlayson,
MINNESOTA
http://harmonytribe.org
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elders come together once again
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learning.
THURS - SUN 6TH - 9TH AUGUST
Santa Fe Yoga Festival
From 7pm (Thurs) to 10pm (Sun)
Tickets from $6.44
At: Scottish Rite Temple, Santa Fe,
NM 87501, NEW MEXICO
www.santafeyogafestival.org/
The Santa Fe Yoga Festival aims
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setting. Showcasing many
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with over 35 teachers, as well as
daily meditations, dharma talks,
and cutting-edge musical
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atmosphere that revives your
spirit and enriches your practice.
SATURDAY 8TH AUGUST
Holistic Expo
10am - 5pm ~ Admission $2
At: 312 Woodland Road,
Mt. Pocono, PA 18344,
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and spiritual counselling, homeopathy, massage therapy, Reiki and
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SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST
Psychic Fun Fest
10am - 5pm ~ Free admission
At: 282 Dale Drive, Cassadaga,
NEW YORK (next to Lily Dale)
www.fellowshipsspirit.org/
psychic-fun-fest.html
On offer are prizes and delicious
lunches and snacks, a market place
with more than 50 vendors who
bring hand-made crafts, candles,
crystals, jewellery, health
therapies, and special interest
books and CDs. Teams of mediums
are available all day to serve you
offering readings ranging from $15
to $85. Also on offer will be
spiritual healing with one of the
many healers available.
SAT & SUN 8TH & 9TH AUGUST
The Summer Contra Costa Crystal
Fair
10am - 6pm (Sat)
10am - 4pm (Sun)
Admission $8 (children under 12
free accompanied by adult)
At: Civic Park Community Center,
1375 Civic Drive (at Broadway),
Walnut Creek, CA 94596,
CALIFORNIA
www.crystalfair.com
The Crystal Fair is a magical mix of
crystals, minerals, beads, jewellery,
and the healing arts. With over 40
vendors at each show, there are
thousands of items available at
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Veggie Fest
11am - 8pm ~ Free admission
At: Benedictine University,
5700 College Rd, Lisle, IL 60532,
ILLINOIS
www.veggiefestchicago.com
Join in with the celebrations of
living a vegetarian lifestyle. On
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demos and the world famous
international food court, featuring
stalls offering vegan sushi, cakes,
pizza and so much more.
SATURDAY 15TH AUGUST
Spiritual Life Fair (occurs once a
month, see website for dates)
10am - 5:30pm ~ Free admission
At: (Northbound Frontage Road
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www.harmonicjourneys.net
A place where like-minded people
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11am - 8pm Sat / 11am - 6pm Sun
Admission $8, Children 12 and
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www.clearlydestiny.co.uk or find us on Facebook
Open Monday to Friday 10am-5.30pm and Saturday 10am-4pm
CHANNELLING AND TRANCE DEVELOPMENT
Wednesday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th July
7pm - 8.30pm ~ £50 for month or £12 per session
Monday 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th July
1pm - 2.30pm and 7pm - 8.30pm ~ £40 for month or £12 per session
SELF-HEALING AND EARTH HEALING
Wednesday 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th July ~ 12.30pm ~ £5
A two-fold journey using a rainbow crystal to receive healing and to pass
it on to Mother Earth by transmuting negativity within the body and the
Earth. Absent healing offered for friends, family and situations.
TABLE-TIPPING Friday 3rd July ~ 1pm ~ £7
Another experimental form of communication from Spirit.
Available for public demonstrations and workshops
For Readings/Portraits call Sandy on
SPIRIT SPEAKS Friday 3rd July ~ 7pm ~ £6
By invitation, channellers and trance mediums bring their communicators
forward to share Spirit philosophy. Channelling mediums welcome to participate.
JOURNEY TO YOUR SOURCE Friday 10th July ~ 7pm - 8pm ~ £15
0791 802 8888
The journey will take you to your source to find out why you chose this
lifetime and what you will take back.
For details visit:
FIRST STEPS INTO USING YOUR INTUITION
www.sandyingham.co.uk
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The Spiritual Truth Foundation
helps Spiritualists in need,
or with unexpected expenditure,
by financial grants.
Last year we made grants totalling £15,000
Apply with spiritual background and reasons for request to:
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c/o Box No 010, Psychic Press Ltd,
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Discover the lore of alchemy, learn how to channel
natural life force energies surrounding us. We all
have the capacity to influence our own health, and
the health of the people around us.
This course is for everyone of all abilities and will
lead to a nationally recognised qualification.
Wednesday Evenings in Chelmsford, Essex
Details of the course can be found on the website or contact:
Bruce 01708 540051
Sonia 01245 526051
[email protected]
www.bnwyfrehealingtherapies.com
Friday 17th July ~ 7pm ~ £20
The important part of using your intuition is to know how to ground,
protect and activate all your senses. Then, with confidence, you can begin
to develop your intuition and receive information from your guides.
OPEN PLATFORM Friday 31st July ~ 7pm ~ £5
A safe and supportive time for new and experienced mediums to
demonstrate their gifts.
INDIVIDUAL TRANCE DEVELOPMENT
Mondays & Wednesdays ~ 40 minute appts. between 11am & 4.30pm ~ £15
For those who want regular and individual attention to continue their
development of trance. Use of cabinet available.
Further details on these events can be found on our website
VIOLET ROSE MOON
SPIRITUAL CENTRE & TAROT CAVERN
Waterside Centre, 26 Avenue Road, South Norwood, London SE25 4DX
Tel: 020 8251 7165
Mobile: 07930 809 172
email: [email protected]
website: violetmoonpsychics.com
Shop online at: www.violetmooncentre.co.uk
Readings available daily by appointment only
Special Events held monthly
Holistic Products, Incense and Crystals, Events, Workshops, Development
Circles, Spiritual Healing, Therapy, Party Bookings Welcome
At Silent Voices Ltd we are
happy to present excellent
customer services in all
areas of the paranormal.
We run Ghost Hunts all around
the country in amazing locations
for the public, and are always
available for private call outs for
house clearances and new home blessings. We have a
beautiful little shop based in Teignmouth, Devon, stocked
with all you need to live a spiritual life and stunning gifts
to illuminate and inspire.
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By appointment only
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Telephone Readings £15
by appointment
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MELANIE HALLETT
Medium and Teacher
Telephone Readings: 1hr for £40
Call: 0778 635 5940
or email:
[email protected]
DAVID SPENCER
Experienced Spiritual Medium/Clairvoyant
offering Spiritually-guided Postal Readings
Send brief letter and £25 to:
Mr D. Spencer,
22 Skylark Rise,
Tavistock, Devon PL19 9FT
POSTAL TAROT READINGS
by Experienced Clairvoyant
Send brief letter and £20 to:
Susan Collins,
145 Waverley Avenue,
Nuneaton, Warwickshire CV11 4RZ
NICK PEASE
SAGB approved. 30+ years’ experience.
Private Sittings or Postal/Email. Gloucester.
07850 710125
PAM HODDY
Psychic Medium Teacher
Telephone Readings Available
£25 per hour
Paypal accepted
TEL: 0797 1256 163
CLAIRVOYANT, PAUL
offers spiritually guided consultations in Brighton
and Eastbourne and also by telephone.
My work helps those ready for change.
Please telephone
Brighton 01273 602929
for further details
TERESA
Palmistry, Astrology, Runes, etc
www.teresaonline.co.uk
Text: 07826 137619
PSYCHIC POSTAL READING £10
KELLY CUMMING
24 Baglan Heights
Port Talbot SA12 8UF
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Pay by card
020 7111 6353
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Angel and Healing Workshops,
Courses and Consultations
in Harrow, London and
RETREATS IN MENORCA with Jayn Lee Miller,
Teacher, Author and Spiritual Medium since 1972
for Events Listing
Tel: 020 8422 9308
COURSES
HYPNOTISM EXPOSED
Unique Three-Day Live Training Event
Complete Mind Therapy (CMT),
Mind Emotion Liberation Techniques
(MELT)
And Much More
www.HYPNOTISMEXPOSED.com
HYPNOSIS
EVIDENTIAL HYPNOSIS –
PAST LIFE REGRESSION
in Birmingham
Fully qualified, fully insured
Several pricing options available
www.ehyp.co.uk
or Tel: 07876 510626
GROUPS
LADIES SOCIAL/SPIRITUAL GROUP
Genuine spiritual ladies of all levels invited to
the restarting of my Sunday afternoon group
in Hackney, London, to develop meditation,
psychometry etc.
£2 including refreshments
Phone Helen on: 020 8985 0256
CONTACTS
NEW AGE
More spiritually occult contacts, companionship,
astro links, healing, pen pals, soul mates etc.
Stamp please to:
Baraka,
Golden Wheel, Liverpool L15 8HH
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Spiritualist Churches and
Centres in the UK
BEDFORDSHIRE
CHESHIRE
CORNWALL
DEVON
LUTON NATIONAL
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
1A Grove Road, Luton,
Bedfordshire LU1 1QJ
Tel: 01582 732657
www.lutonnationalspiritualist
church.co.uk
Find us on Facebook
Sunday Service 6.30pm
Open Circle Tuesdays - see website
All Welcome
NORTHWICH
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH SNU
Hadfield Street,
Northwich,
Cheshire CW9 5LU
Wednesday Service 7.30pm
open Circles and Awareness
Classes Tuesdays 7.30pm
Contact Details: 01606 301123
Find us on Facebook
All Welcome
BUDE FREE SPIRITS
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
The Parkhouse Centre,
Ergue-Gaberic Way, Bude,
Cornwall EX23 8LG
www.budefreespirits.co.uk
Every Thursday
7.30pm - 9.00pm
BUDE HEALING CLINIC:
Every Wednesday 7pm - 9pm
Visiting mediums
who would like to serve
Bude Free Spirits
please contact Carol on
01840 770057
EXETER
SPIRITUALIST
CENTRE AND
HEALING GROUP
York Road,
Exeter, Devon EX4 6PF
Tel: 01884 861012
Website:
www.exeterspiritualistcentre.org
Sunday 6.30pm Service
Wednesday 3.00pm Mediumship
Healing:
Tuesdays 10.30am - 12noon
& Wednesdays 6.00pm - 7.30pm
See website for healing times on
Sundays and details of Special
Events and Development Groups
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
AMERSHAM
SPIRITUALIST CENTRE
Amersham Common
Village Hall,
White Lion Road (A404),
Amersham, Bucks. HP7 9JD
President: Jean Sabatini
Tel: 01494 866159
Website: www.amersham
spiritualistcentre.org.uk
Friday 3rd July 7.30pm
RICHARD & MAGGIE ALLUM
Clairvoyance and Healing Evening
Friday 10th July 7.30pm
MERCEDES GARCIA
TANYA ELLIS & IAN WEST
MARY WARD
Friday 31st July 7.30pm
LESLIE CREEK
There are healing sessions
held before the meeting
6.45pm - 7.15pm
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
FRIENDS
SPIRITUAL GROUP
Quaker Meeting Place,
21 Thorpe Road,
(beside Crescent Bridge),
Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire PE3 6AB
Evenings of Clairvoyance
every Friday 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Free car parking,
wheelchair access
and a hearing loop system
For further details
please contact
Judy Steels: 01733 347027
or 0780 149 1950
or Joan Storey: 01733 269670
All Are Welcome
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RUNCORN
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
61 Ashridge Street,
Runcorn,
Cheshire WA7 1HU
01928 563462
www.runcorn-snu.org.uk
[email protected]
Visit us on Facebook
Sunday 6.30pm Divine Service
Monday 7pm - 8pm Healing
Wednesday 7.30pm
Service of Mediumship
Thursday 7.30pm
Awareness Class
Friday 7.30pm Open Circle
Alternate Wednesdays
10.30am - 12pm
Vintage Coffee Morning
Development classes and
workshops all year round
All welcome
STOCKPORT
SPIRITUALIST
CENTRE, ROMILEY
The Light of the World
Christian
Spiritualist Church,
Underhill Centre,
Chichester Road,
Romiley SK6 4BL
President: Vera Lennie
[email protected]
Tel: 07833 565412
www.stockportspiritualist
centreromiley.org
A warm welcome to our
Sanctuary of Light
WEDNESDAYS
Healing 6pm – 7.10pm
Meditation 7.20pm – 7.30pm
Service 7.30pm
followed by Open Circle
MONDAYS
Music, Meditation & Development
Details on website
CAMBORNE
CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Former Registry Office, Roskear, Camborne,
Cornwall TR14 8DN
Tel: 01209 612116
Divine Service
Every Sunday at 6.30pm
Healing prior to & after the service
Development Circle
1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month
7.30pm - cost £5.00
Healing courses available
For special events view:
www.cambornechristian
spiritualistchurch.org
PENZANCE
CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Bread Street, Penzance,
Cornwall
Tel: 01736 368431
Followed by Healing
Thursday 7.00pm Service
Followed by Healing
Saturday 10am - 12.30pm
Private Readings
All are welcome
GUIDING LIGHT
DAWLISH
Spiritual Centre, Manor Gardens,
Dawlish, Devon EX7 9AJ
7.30pm Mediumship
(alternate Tuesdays)
We are affiliated to
United Spiritualists
Find us:
lower main car park near the
rear of the hospital at
The Hedley Way Centre
We welcome visiting Mediums
Contact us: 01626 866192
Website: http://
guidinglightdawlish.webs.com
DORSET
KINSON
SPIRITUALIST GROUP
Kinson Community Centre,
Pelhams Park, Kinson,
Bournemouth BH10 7LH
Tel: 01202 715754
www.facebook.com/
KinsonSpiritualistGroup
Every Sunday 6.30pm
Divine Service
2nd Monday in month at 8.00pm
Clairvoyance Demonstration
BOURNEMOUTH
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
16 Bath Road, Bournemouth,
Dorset BH1 2PE
Tel: 01202 551751
www.bsnuc.co.uk
JULY
Wednesday 1st 7.30pm
Meditation
Thursday 2nd 3pm
DOROTHY YOUNG
Saturday 4th 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Workshop with
HUGH DAVIS
Saturday 4th 1.00pm - 4.00pm
Workshop with
MARGARET DAVIS
Saturday 4th 7.30pm
Evening of Mediumship and
Colour with
MARGARET & HUGH DAVIS
Sunday 5th 10.45am & 6.30pm
Monday 6th 7.30pm
Wednesday 8th 7.30pm Philosophy
Thursday 9th 3pm
JAN RIDGE
DARREN ORLOWSKI
Monday 13th 7.30pm
DARREN ORLOWSKI
Wednesday 15th 7.30pm
Spirit Art
Thursday 16th 3pm
TERRY STROMEYER
Saturday 18th 9.30am - 12.30pm
Summer Fayre & Coffee Morning
Saturday 18th 7.30pm
Evening of Mediumship with
PAUL BRERETON
PAUL BRERETON
Monday 20th 7.30pm
PAUL BRERETON
Wednesday 22nd 7.30pm
Open Platform
Thursday 23rd 3pm
CHERYL BRENNAN
DAVID POWELL
Monday 27th 7.30pm
DAVID POWELL
Wednesday 29th 7.30pm TBA
Thursday 30th 3pm
ELAINE ASTIN BRAMHILL
Open Circle every Tuesday at 7pm
Spiritual Healing:
Monday 2pm - 4pm
Tuesday 10.30am - 12.30pm
Wednesday 10.30am - 12.30pm
Thursday 7pm - 8pm
Friday 10.30am - 12.30pm
& 2pm - 4pm
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ESSEX
HERTFORDSHIRE
TM
BNWYFRE’
Writtle Village Hall,
18 The Green, Writtle,
Chelmsford CM1 3DU
Bruce: 01708 540051
Sonia: 01245 526051
Email: bruce@
bnwyfrehealingtherapies.com
Web: www.
bnwyfrehealingtherapies.com
The venue for our spiritual centre is
situated on the edge of the village
duck pond. The mediums we have
coming up are:
Friday 3rd July 8pm (doors 7.30)
Open Mic Night
Friday 17th July 8pm (doors 7.30)
CHARLIE KELLY
Sunday 5th July10.30am - 4.30pm
Bnwyfre’ Beginners Introduction
to Tarot Workshop at Chelmsford
Spiritual Society ~ price £20
All Welcome
BRIGHT ANGEL LODGE
CANVEY SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
57 Point Road,
Canvey, Essex SS8 7TD
We meet EVERY MONDAY
at 7.45pm (doors open at 7pm)
for an Evening of Clairvoyance
with all profits going to
local charities
Admission £3 on the door
Healing at 9pm (donation)
For more info telephone Philip
on 0792 200 1433 / 01268 691922
We are also on facebook:
Bright Angel Lodge
EPPING SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Thornwood Village Hall,
Weald Hall Lane, Thornwood,
Epping, Essex CM16 6ND
Enquiries: Ruth 01992 576677
or Teresa 01992 812650
(Registered Charity 284561)
Tuesday Healing: 1pm to 2.20pm
Tuesday Service: 2.45pm
Last Friday of every month at 8pm
Evening of Clairvoyance £5
HAMPSHIRE
TRULY SPIRITUAL
SCHOOL OF PSYCHIC
DEVELOPMENT
Promotion of holistic and
spiritual events and businesses
Portsmouth, Hants.
Development Courses, Workshops,
Demonstrations of
Mediumship and Trance
Monthly Meditation
Classes and Talks ~ Psychic Fayres
All welcome
Contact Kate on: 07800 734911
www.trulyspiritual
promotions.co.uk
www.trulytarot.com
CARPENDERS PARK
CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALISTS
Bushford Scout Hall,
St Georges Drive,
Carpenders Park, Watford,
Hertfordshire WD19 5HD
(Hall cannot be seen from road –
go up drive between numbers
37 and 39 St Georges Drive)
Contact Chris Palmer:
01923 221918
Sundays 10.30am Divine Service
Healing available
All are welcome ~ An activity table
is provided for children
HITCHIN
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Whinbush Road, Hitchin,
Hertfordshire SG5 1PZ
Tel: 07581 492507
www.hitchinspiritualist
church.co.uk
Healing Tuesdays 2pm & 7.30pm
Demonstrations and workshops as
advertised on website
All welcome
ISLE OF WIGHT
VENTNOR
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
8 Victoria Street,
Ventnor, Isle of Wight
PO38 1ET
Website: www.ventnor
spiritualistchurch.webs.com
Contact: 07800 986288
Thursday 12 noon - 2pm Healing
Tuesday/Thursday 7pm
Various Groups and Circles
(Ring for details)
Special Events:
See website and local press
KENT
KENT
SPIRITUAL
TEACHING GROUP
Five Wents Hall,
Swanley Lane,
Swanley, Kent BR8 7LD
www.kstg.org
Tel 07982 653158
Meetings
1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month
7th July 8pm
Evening of Clairvoyance with
GWEN LEGG &
CHRISPOHER RAHR
21st July 8pm
JEANIE JACKSON
THE SANCTUARY OF
HEALING CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Mills Terrace, Chatham,
Kent ME4 5NZ
Tel: 01634-880039
E: [email protected]
Website:
www.sanctuaryofhealing.co.uk
Sunday Service: 6.30pm
Wednesday 10am - 1pm Healing
Friday 4pm - 6pm Healing
Friday 8pm Clairvoyance
We also offer various workshops
and special evenings of clairvoyance
See website for further information
MAIDSTONE
SPIRITUAL
DEVELOPMENT
CENTRE (M.S.D.C.)
meets at
Madginford Hall, Egremont Rd,
Maidstone, Kent ME15 8LH
&
Lower Hall,
Tovil Workings Mens Club,
Tovil Hill, Maidstone,
Kent ME15 6QS
Tel: 01622 746249
or 07711 811066
We run Psychic & Spiritual
Development Mornings, Open
Circles, Healing and Meditation
Mornings with free student
readings, monthly evenings of
Mediumship, Workshops, Psychic
Suppers, Psychic Fairs, Courses,
Coach Trips etc.
Download the programme from
our website or ring us!
www.msdc.org.uk
LANCASHIRE
WHITE FEATHER
SPIRITUALIST
CENTRE
Claremont Community Centre,
Claremont Road,
Blackpool,
Lancashire FY1 2QJ
Tel: 01253 355595
Every Friday
6.30pm Healing
7.30pm Clairvoyant Evening
followed by Open Circle
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LEICESTERSHIRE
LEICESTER
PROGRESSIVE
SPIRITUALIST CENTRE
4 St. James Street,
Lee Circle, Leicester LE1 3RE
President: Marian Sawczuk
Services with Mediumship
Sundays 6pm Divine Service
Mondays 7.30pm
Wednesdays 2.30pm
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays:
Special Demonstrations as advertised
Development Groups and Circles
held every day of the week
Healing
Saturdays 10.30am - 12.30pm
Mondays 6pm - 7pm
Wednesdays 1pm - 2pm
For details of workshops and special
events, visit our website:
www.progressivespiritualist
church.co.uk
Email: info.leicesterprogressive
@talktalk.net
Tel: 0116 2536098
LINCOLNSHIRE
STARLIGHT
AWARENESS GROUP
The Pavilion, Wainfleet Road,
Skegness, Lincs. PE25 2EL
Contact Pat and Elsie:
01754 810680
www.starlightgroup.info
Sunday Services 1st and 3rd Sunday
of every month at 6.30pm - 8pm
Also: Developing
self-empowerment through
meditation for elimination of past
hurts creating a balance within self.
Working with spirit and universal
energies. Spirit healing training and
qualification (Lincolnshire
Association of Healers).
Spiritual mediumship within its
many forms.
Spiritual philosophy.
Trance communication.
LONDON
HENDON
INDEPENDENT
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
Cheshir Hall,
Foster Street (off Brent Street),
Hendon, London NW4 2AA
Enquiries:
Lorraine on 020 8346 0289
www.hendonspiritualist
church.co.uk
Every Monday at 7.30pm
(except Bank Holidays)
Address and Clairvoyance
Entrance: £3
inc refreshments & raffle
6th July ESI (Spirit Art)
13th July JOHN SHAW
20th July DANIEL WRIGHT
27th July ANGELA MCDOWELL
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LEWISHAM
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
65 Boone Street,
Lewisham, London SE13 5SA
Website:
Lewishamspiritualistchurch.com
Tel: 020 8852 7823
Mediums’ Secretary:
078 2672 3575
Sunday 6.30pm - 8pm Service
Tuesday 12.30pm - 2.30pm
Private Readings
(Bookable with
Mediums’ Secretary)
Tuesday 1pm - 2.30pm Healing
Thursday:
7.15pm - 8.30pm Healing
7.15pm - 9pm Group Readings
All welcome
WOODFORD
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
9 Grove Crescent,
South Woodford,
London E18 2JR
Enquiries: 020 8989 6149
www.woodfordchurch.com
Saturday 4th 11am - 4pm ~ £10
Workshop: ‘Overshadowing and the
Trance State’ for all levels
with SANDY WILKINSON
Saturday 4th 7.30pm ~ £3
VAL & ROBBIE BICKERSTAFF
Sunday 5th
Workshop with HEATHER DOBBS
Sunday 5th 6.30pm
Divine Service with PAT MURRAY
Monday 6th 2pm BECKS SAWYER
Monday 6th 7.30pm ~ £3
Awareness Group
Tuesday 7th New Six Week Tarot
Course with MIKE MATTHEWS
£5 per session. Places are limited so
booking is advised. To book email:
[email protected]
Saturday 11th 12noon - 3pm
£6 (£5 members)
Workshop with MIKE MATTHEWS
Sunday 12th 11.30am - 4pm ~ £10
Workshop: ‘Inspired Spiritual
Creativity’ with
PAT MACNALLY and
DANIEL NAUGHNANE
Sunday 12th 4pm - 5.30pm £3
Open Group Meditation –
‘Sitting in the Divine Power!’
with ESTHER EMANUEL
Sunday 12th 6.30pm
Divine Service with
JEANIE JACKSON
Monday 13th 2pm
JOHN JENKINS
Saturday 18th 12noon - 3pm
£6 (£5 members)
Workshop with BEVERLY SWIFT
Sunday 19th 11am - 4pm ~ £10
Shamanic Workshop
Sunday 19th 6.30pm
Divine Service with
ALAN ALBISTON
Monday 20th 2pm
LORRAINE GOODFELLOW
Continued top of next column
WOODFORD
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Continued
Saturday 25th NEC/ELDC Joint
Meeting from 3pm to 5pm.
Evening Demonstration of
Mediumship from 6pm to 7.30pm
Sunday 26th 11am - 4pm ~ £10
Workshop: ‘Your Intuitive Side –
Discover the Powerhouse Within’
with SUSAN GRIFFITHS
Sunday 26th 6.30pm
Divine Service with
PAUL BATHGATE
Monday 27th 2pm
LILIAN DOLAN
Weekly:
Tues 7.30 - 9pm £3 Open Circle
Wed 2 - 4pm & 7.30 - 9pm Healing
Friday 7.30 - 9pm £3 Open Circle
First Friday of the month at 7.30pm
Open Circle for Platform Mediums
All welcome
WOOD GREEN
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
(Cnr of Maryland Road)
High Road, Wood Green,
London N22 5AR
Minister in Spirit:
Mrs Ida Stenning
Enquiries: 020 8888 1992
Website: www.woodgreen
spiritualistchurch.co.uk
Wednesday 7.30pm Service
Tuesday 7.30pm - 9.00pm Healing
Thursday No Healing
MIDDLESEX
KENTON
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH AND
HEALING CENTRE
35 Churchill Avenue,
Kenton, Nr. Harrow,
Middlesex HA3 0AX
Enquiries: 020 8621 3103
Wednesday 7.30pm - 9pm Healing
Thursday 7.45pm Service
THE LIGHT
ON THE HILL
HARROW
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
1 Vaughan Road,
Harrow, Middlesex,
London HA1 1DP
Website: www.
lightonthehill.moonfruit.com
Tel: 07528 348 432
Service Times:
Sunday 7.30pm - 9pm
Wednesday 7.45pm - 9pm
Healing Services:
Monday 10am - 12pm
Wednesday 9.15pm - 9.45pm
Sunday 7.30pm at start of Service
All welcome
HAMPTON HILL
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Angel Close,
Windmill Road,
Hampton Hill TW12 1RG
Enquiries: 020 8941 5177
www.hamptonhillspiritualists.
webeden.co.uk
Wednesday 7.30pm Healing
Thursday 7.30pm Midweek Service
Monthly classes at 7.30pm:
1st Monday Open Platform
2nd and last Monday
Open Awareness Circle
3rd Monday Mediumship
Practice Circle
3rd Tuesday Open Healing Circle
4th Tuesday Speakers and
Philosophy Class
All welcome
THE
SANCTUARY OF THE
SILVER CROSS
Friends’ Meeting House,
York Road (opp. Sainsbury’s),
Uxbridge,
Middlesex UB8 1QW
Founder: FRANK MECHELLE
President: LINDA CHANT
Telephone: 07792 900194
www.
sanctuarysilvercross.co.uk
Sunday at 6.30pm
Divine Service
OXFORDSHIRE
THE
KARENZA SPIRITUAL
NETWORK
Cholsey Pavilion,
Station Road, Cholsey,
Wallingford OX10 9PT
Tel: 01491 523822
Monday 6th July 7.30pm
An Evening of Mediumship with
ELAINE BELLINGER & TRACY
BOWMAN
Wednesday 12th August 7.30pm
An Introduction to Tarot
with HELEN ELDER
Everyone very welcome
Please find more information
at: www.karenzaspirit.net
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SOMERSET
ALCOMBE AND
MINEHEAD
CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Grove Place, Manor Road,
Alcombe, Minehead,
Somerset TA24 6EH
Tel: 0783 110 4896
Summer Sunday Service 6.30pm
(March to end of October)
Winter Sunday Service 3.00pm
(November to end of February)
Healing groups, a monthly healing
day, healing evenings, open circles,
evenings of clairvoyance all
available on various days during
each month.
See our website for the full
day-by-day itinerary of what our
church can offer you.
www.mineheadspiritualist
church.co.uk
STAFFORDSHIRE
BURSLEM
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
87 Haywood Road,
Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire ST6 7AH
www.
burslemspiritualistchurch.com
President: Yvonne Sargeant
Tel: 01782 825717
Monday 7.30pm
Evening Of Mediumship
Thursday 7.30pm
Awareness Classes
Healing Available
Special Events as advertised
in the church
Naming Services, Weddings,
Wedding Blessings, Funerals
All welcome
SURREY
CROYDON
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Chatsworth Road, Croydon,
Surrey CR0 1HE
President: Mrs Mollie McManus
OSNU, LSSNU
Contact telephone numbers:
020 8688 1827 & 07990 535942
E: alanpseymour@
btinternet.com
For special events see our
website: www.
croydonspiritualistchurch.org.uk
Sunday 11am Service
Wednesday 7.45pm Service
Thursday Healing 1.30pm - 3.30pm
& 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Open Platform third Monday of
each month at 7.30pm
KINGSTON NATIONAL
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Villiers Road,
Kingston upon Thames,
Surrey KT1 3AR
Website: www.kingstonsc.org
General Secretary:
Mrs Gerrie Chaney
Tel: 020 8401 6967
Sunday Services:
11am and 6.30pm
Monday Evening of Mediumship:
7.30pm £3 (£2 Members)
Monday Healing 8.45pm - 9.45pm
(Donation).
Wednesday Healing 2pm - 4pm
Enter through side gate (Donation)
Please visit our website to see
all our events!
SUSSEX - EAST
BEXHILL CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
6 Victoria Road,
Bexhill on Sea,
East Sussex TN39 3PD
Website:
www.bexhillchristian
spiritualistchurch.com
Services:
Sundays during
April - October inclusive at 6.00pm
Sundays during November - March
inclusive at 3.00pm
Clairvoyance:Every Wednesday at 3.00pm
Clairvoyance on Saturdays
as advertised
Healing:
Every Tuesday 9.30am - 11.00am
followed by
Healing and Meditation Circle
from 11.30am - 12.30pm
Workshops:
Full details on the website
SEAFORDSPIRIT
Seaford Independent
Spiritualist Church,
3 Warwick Road, Seaford,
East Sussex BN25 1RS
Tel 01323 737407
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.seafordspirit.co.uk
Thursday 7.30pm Divine Service
Friday 10.30pm - 12 noon Healing
Clairvoyant Evenings
Alternate Saturdays 7.30pm
Demonstrations and workshops as
advertised on website
All welcome
To advertise in
Psychic News
call:
01279 874339
or email:
[email protected]
WARWICKSHIRE
FRIENDS OF
THE SPIRITUAL LIGHT
RUGBY
SPIRITUALIST CENTRE
Suite 2, The Robin Building,
25 Albert Street, Rugby,
Warwickshire CV21 2SD
www.friendsofthe
spirituallight.co.uk
Tel: 01788 536899
or 01858 881394
E: [email protected]
Wednesday 7.30pm
Clairvoyant Evening
Thursday 4.00pm Healing
Friday 7.30pm Open Circle
Saturday 7.00pm Special Events
(see website for details)
RUGBY INDEPENDENT
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Pennington Mews
(Off Lawford Road), Rugby,
Warwickshire CV21 2RG
Tel: 07854 833119
Email: rugbyspiritualistchurch
@gmail.com
Websites:
www.rugbyspiritualistchurch.com
and
www.facebook.com/Rugby.
Spiritualist.Church
Sunday Services 6.30pm
Clairvoyant Evenings
twice monthly £4
Open Circle (Mondays 8pm)
twice monthly £2
Private Readings (Saturday mornings)
WEST MIDLANDS
DUDLEY
SPIRITUALIST CENTRE
Buffery Paradise Centre,
Buffery Park, Dudley,
West Midlands
DY2 8SH
Associated to the
Spiritualists’ National Union
Charity Registration 261898
Sunday
Divine Service: Last Sunday in month
Doors open 2.45pm
Healing, Philosophy, Demonstration
Tuesday
Healing 6.30pm - 7.15pm
Members’ Circles & Development
Group 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Thursday
1st, 3rd & 5th weeks in the month
Demonstration starting at 7.30pm
Thursday
Divine Service:
2nd & 4th week in month
Starting at 7.30pm (Doors 7pm)
Home Visits
Private Sittings arranged by request
Special events/services
as advertised
Visit us on Facebook
A warm welcome to all
STOURBRIDGE
NATIONAL
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Union Street, Stourbridge,
West Midlands DY8 1PJ
Website:
www.stourbridge
spiritualistchurch.co.uk
Tel: 01384 825060
or 01384 352082
Monday 2.30pm Service
Occasional Saturdays 7.30pm
Monday 1 - 2pm Healing
Thursday 7.30 - 9pm Healing
All welcome
SUTTON COLDFIELD
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Kenelm Road, Off Manor Hill,
Sutton Coldfield B73 6HD
Website: www.scsconline.co.uk
Tel: 0121 354 3266
Monday 1.30pm Service
Occasional Wednesdays 7.30pm
Thursday 8.00pm Healing
Saturday 11.00am Healing
STH YORKS
WOMBWELL
NATIONAL
SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Kelvin Grove,
Wombwell, Barnsley,
South Yorkshire S73 0DL
Enquires 01226 792831
Email:
wombwell-spiritualistchurch
@hotmail.co.uk
Website:
wombwellsnuchurch.
zohosites.com
Follow us on Facebook
Sunday
Divine Service 6.30pm
Wednesday
Healing 6.00pm
Open Circle 7.15pm
Special Events as advertised
WALES
SACRED HANDS
SPIRITUAL
CENTRE
Lincoln Street, Llandysul,
Ceredigion,
Wales SA44 4BS
www.sacred-hands.co.uk
Tel: Sonia – 01559 362128
or Carol – 01559 384989
Monday 7.30 - 9.00pm Healing:
Spiritual Healing & Reiki
(Free of charge –
donations welcome)
Thursday 7.30pm Divine Service
Saturday 7.30pm £2
Open Meditation Circle
For special events and workshops
see our website
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WALES
HAFAN Y COED
SPIRITUAL
CENTRE / RETREAT
Heol Tawe,
Abercrave, Swansea
Tel: 01639 730985
www.hafanycoed.com
See our main advert in this issue
WREXHAM
SPIRITUAL CHURCH
Quakers Meeting House,
Holt Road, Wrexham
Phone: 01978 354 568
Divine Service
Mondays 7.30pm - 9.00pm
Development Circle
Thursdays 7.30pm
All welcome
SCOTLAND
EDINBURGH
COLLEGE OF
PARAPSYCHOLOGY
2 Melville Street,
Edinburgh
EH3 7NS
Tel: 0131 220 1433
email: secretary@
edinburghpsychiccollege.com
CLAIRVOYANCE
Wednesdays 2.30-3.30pm
Fridays 7.30-8.30pm
SPIRITUAL HEALING
Mondays 7.30-8.30pm
Wednesdays 4-5pm
OPEN CIRCLE
1st Tuesday of the month
7.30-8.30pm
PRIVATE READINGS
by appointment
FORTHCOMING
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Wednesday 15th - Saturday 18th July
BRIAN LYNCH, Belfast
Clairvoyance, Private Readings
fully booked, Workshop on Colour
with Aura Soma
Members £7, Non-members £10
“Trio of Mediums”
BRAIN LYNCH, Belfast
with MARY BATTEN &
BARRY HOGG, Edinburgh
Wednesday 9th - Saturday 12th
September
Clairvoyance, Private Readings,
Transfiguration and Workshop
with
CAROL ELLIS, Cardiff
Please Note:
College closed from Saturday 1st
August to Tuesday 1st September
Wednesday 2nd September
Clairvoyance with
MARY BATTEN, Edinburgh
For further information please
see our website:
www.
edinburghpsychiccollege.com
A warm welcome to all
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THE
LITTLE ROSE
CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
Barmulloch Community Centre,
46 Wallacewell Quadrant,
Barmulloch,
Glasgow G21 3PX
President: Gary B. Gray
Tel: 0141 347 0455
Mob: 07812 40 40 43
www.facebook.com/
thelittlerosechurch
Service every Thursday at 7pm
All welcome
GUERNSEY
THE
GREETING PLACE
FOUNDATION
SPIRITUALIST CENTRE
Douzaine Room, St Peters,
Guernsey,
Channel Islands
Enquiries to:
Margaret Phillips
Tel: 01481 256629
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
www.healingand
spiritualcentre.com
Our regular services are:
Sunday 11.00am
Address and Communication
Monday 7.30pm
Healing Group
Saturday 10.30am Healing Clinic
Other services as announced
Everyone welcome
WEBSITES
https://sites.google.com/site/
elthamspiritualistchurch
www.snu.org.uk
www.snui.org
www.arthurfindlaycollege.org
www.arthurfindlaycentre.org
www.noumic.com
Spiritualism
www.raybrownhealing.com
www.spiritsinc.co.uk
www.auhs20yrs.co.uk
www.lilianemitchell-starr.com
www.dunfermlineask.co.uk
www.tomjohnstonspiritualistmedium.com
www.enidblytonbio.co.uk
www.sandyingham.co.uk
www.garypsychicportraits.co.uk
OUTSIDE UK
www.learn-to-be-a-medium.co.uk
GREECE
www.iclairvoyant.com
www.spiritsintheroom.com
www.chrisratterpsychicsurgeon.com
SPIRITUALIST
SOCIETY
OF ATHENS
“The Divine Light”
Channelled Teachings from the
highest authority of the
Heavenly Kingdom.
Various spiritual leaders, from
Socrates and St. John the Baptist to
Goethe and Newton teach invaluable
lessons to humanity.
www.divinelight.org.gr
Address:
12 Niovis Str.,
Athens, Greece, 11252
For details of our advertising
offers for churches and centres
call: 01279 874339
www.adamjamesberry.com
www.southandwest.webs.com
www.johnbartley-hypnotherapist.co.uk
www.pennyhayward.co.uk
www.ershamstar.co.uk
www.artofspirit.co.uk
www.treeofpastlife.co.uk
www.speakswithspirits.co.uk
Spiritualist Churches and
Centers in the USA
UCM = Universal Church of the Master www.u-c-m.org
NSAC = National Spiritualist Association of Churches www.nsac.org
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ALTERNATIVE HEALING
CONNECTION, UCM
1715 W. Northern Avenue,
Ste 100, Phoenix, AZ 85021
(623) 297-0307
[email protected]
www.how2heal.com
BLUE ROSE MINISTRY, UCM
755 Sheepshead Crossing Road,
Cornville, AZ 86325
928-634-6269
[email protected]
CHAPEL OF
SPIRITUAL HARMONY
1522 W. Encanto Blvd.,
Phoenix, AZ 85007
(602) 253-1939
info@chapelofspiritual
harmony.com
CHURCH OF
ESSENTIAL SCIENCE
PO Box 62284,
Sun Lakes, AZ 85082
(480) 921-4111
[email protected]
CHURCH OF
SPIRITUAL UNITY
1628 West Carter Road,
Phoenix, AZ 85041
(602) 237-7915 & (602) 405-8919
LIGHT OF LOVE, UCM
2675 S. Rio Verde Drive,
Cottonwood, AZ 86326
(928) 639-2170
[email protected]
METAMORPHOSIS
SPIRITUAL CENTER
4041 South Turner Lane,
Sierra Vista, AZ 85650
(520) 803-0493
[email protected]
MYSTICAL
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 7162 E. Barefoot Lane, Prescott Valley, AZ, 86314 Rev-John@MysticalSpiritualist
Church.Org
www.mysticalspiritualistchurch.org
UNITED FELLOWSHIP
CHAPEL
4718 E Hawthorne Street,
PO Box 29097,
Tucson, AZ 85732
(520) 327-0142
CELEBRATION OF LIGHT
CHURCH
1185 Vicente at 23rd Avenue in the
San Francisco Humanities Building
San Francisco, CA 94116
(650) 692-2377
FIRST CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH OF
NATIONAL CITY 1206 Coolidge Ave, National City, CA 91950 (619) 312-1269
CENTER FOR
COMPASSIONATE LIVING,
UCM
415 Cambridge Ave. #8,
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 322-2242
FIRST SPIRITUAL TEMPLE,
NSAC We meet at a residence Hillel House, 33 Bandury Drive,
(near SF State University), San Francisco, CA 94132 Service 2nd & 4th
Sunday of the month (650) 731-4990 [email protected] http://firstspiritualtemple.com
CENTER FOR CREATIVE
LIVING, UCM
1460 Koll Circle, Ste. C,
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 392-9090
[email protected]
CENTER FOR INFINITE
GROWTH, UCM
2473 Rebecca Lynn Way,
Santa Clara, CA 95050
(408) 241-7555 or (919) 639-2393
CENTRAL SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH, NSAC 2500 Marconi Avenue, #209, Sacramento, CA 95650 (916) 652-4568 [email protected]
www.centralspirit.com CHURCH OF THE LIVING
SPIRIT, NSAC
3736 W. Wahalla Lane,
Glendale,
AZ 85308
(623) 972-3916
[email protected]
www.churchofthelivingspirit.com
UNITED SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF MANKIND
1231 South Van Buren Avenue,
Tucson, AZ 85711
(520)790-7374
CHURCH OF
SPIRIT AWARENESS 2145 West Virginia Avenue, Phoenix,
AZ 85009 (602) 257-9338 [email protected]
ARKANSAS
SPIRITUAL CENTER PO Box 290, Anaheim, AR 72176 (501) 882-6040
COMMUNITY INTERFAITH
CHURCH
1202 W. Miracle Mile, Ste. 36,
Tucson, AZ 85705
(520) 861-8734
[email protected]
www.communityinterfaith
church.com
CALIFORNIA
CALIFORNIA
CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL
FELLOWSHIP
7 Cottage Lane,Twin Pines Park,
Belmont, CA 94002
(650) 368-4914
[email protected]
CELEBRATE LIFE ~
SPIRITUALIST COMMUNITY
4530 18th Street,
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 568-7571
[email protected]
www.celebratelifesf.org
CIRCLE OF LOVE
SPIRITUALIST COMMUNITY Ahmbiance, 884 Lincoln Way,
#30 Auburn, CA 95603 (916) 783-3546 http://circleoflovespiritualist
community.org
ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS
CHAPEL OF AWARENESS
SPIRITUAL CHURCH
560 Third Street,
Encinitas, CA 92024
(760) 436-4104
[email protected]
http://chapelofawareness.org
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
3777 42nd Street, San Diego,
CA 92105, USA
Pastor: Rev Doris Horvath
www.1st-spiritualistchurch.org
(619) 284-4646
Sunday 10.00am
Meditation and Healing Service
Sunday 11.00am Lecture Service
Plus full itinerary
FIRST TEMPLE OF
SPIRITUALISM, NSAC 874 Woodward Road,
#33 Manteca, CA 95337 (209) 825-3940
FIRST UNITED SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
813 W. 165th. Pl.
Gardena, CA 90247
(310) 323-4852
[email protected]
FRATERNAL SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
4720 Kensington Drive,
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 281-4557
www.fraternalspiritualistchurch.org
GODDESS TEMPLE, UCM
PO Box 347,
Boulder Creek, CA 95006
831-338-9584
[email protected]
http://goddesstemple.org
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GOLDEN GATE
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 1901 Franklin Street,
San Francisco, CA 94109-3414 (650) 757-6653
www.ggspiritualistchurch.org
THE GOLDEN LIGHT OF
CHRIST CHURCH, UCM
Alpine, CA
(619) 218-2883
[email protected]
www.higherwisdom.com
HARMONY GROVE
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
2975 Washington Circle,
Escondido, CA 92029
(760) 745-9176
www.harmonygrovespiritualist.org
ISC’S INSPIRATIONAL
CENTER
2301 28th Street, Suite 301,
Signal Hill, CA 90755
(562) 997-3800
[email protected]
MYSTICAL UNITED
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
1212 E. Lincoln,
Anaheim, CA 92805
(714) 533-6004
REDWOOD SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
724 Sands Way,
Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 357-0148
[email protected]
REIKI CENTER FOR
HEALING ARTS, UCM
1764 Hamlet Street,
San Mateo, CA 94403
650-345-7666
[email protected]
www.reikifranbrown.com
ST. MICHAEL’S REDEEMING
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
10109 S. Vermont Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA 90044
(323) 779-1051
SPIRITUALIST CENTER
6417 Lexington Avenue,
(323) 856-8646
[email protected]
www.spiritualistcenter.org
SPIRITUALIST CENTER
FOR CREATION 400 E Holt Blvd, Ontario,
CA 91761 (909) 986-2050
SPIRITUALIST CHAPEL OF
THE PINES
457 Grass Valley Highway, #7,
Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 823-1816
http://spiritualistchapelof
thepines.com
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REVELATION 200 West Colorado,
Boulevard Monrovia,
CA 91016 (626) 256-3403 [email protected].
org
http://revelation.nsac-churches.org
THE COMFORTER 1028 Garden St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 965-4474
TWO WORLDS, NSAC 1550 San Leandro Boulevard, (Deaf Community Center), San Leandro,
CA 94577-4442 (925) 930-6663 [email protected]
www.2worldz.org
THE SPIRITUAL SCIENCE OF
LIFE CHURCH, NSAC
729 Morse Street,
(Corner of Morse St. & Naglee),
San Jose, CA 95126
(408) 6l5-0214
SUMMERLAND
THE COMFORTER 1028 Garden Street, Santa Barbara,
CA 93101-1417 Sunday Healing Service: 10.30am Sunday Worship Service: 11.00am Wednesday
All Message Service: 6.30pm
Sunday
Unfoldment Class: 1pm - 3pm
(805) 965-4474 [email protected] http://churchofthecomforter.nsacchurches.org
TEMPLE OF LIGHT, UCM
38 Miller Avenue, #185,
Mill Valley, CA 94941
415-608-2887
TEMPLE OF SPIRITUAL
TRUTH, NSAC 732 North Sierra Way, San Bernardino, CA 92402 (909) 825-6809
http://templeofspiritualtruth.nsacchurches.org
COLORADO
COLORADO
CHAPEL OF SPIRITUAL
AWARENESS, NSAC 6457 S. Xenon Street, Littleton,
CO 80127-4822 (303) 973-9993 [email protected] CHAPEL OF SPIRITUAL
FELLOWSHIP UCM
8530 Rainbow Avenue,
Thornton, CO 80229
(303) 288-0143
[email protected]
FIRST SPIRITUAL SCIENCE
CHURCH
3375 South Dahlia Street,
Denver, CO 80222
303-756-3226
info@firstspiritualsciencechurch.
org
www.firstspiritual.com
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
THE CHURCH OF TWO
WORLDS, NSAC, Inc. 3038 Q Street, NW Georgetown, Washington,
DC 20007-3080 (202) 333-5114 [email protected]
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
THE CHAPEL OF SPIRITUAL
LIGHT, Inc
“Ormazd Grotto Building”,
1700 Edgewater Drive,
College Park, FL 32804
(863) 207-1164
www.chapelofspirituallight.org
CONNECTICUT
CONNECTICUT
CHURCH OF LIGHT, UCM
10115 Cortez Rd.,
Bradenton,
P.O. Box 606
Tallevast, FL 34270
(941) 795-5683
ALBERTSON MEMORIAL
CHURCH
293 Sound Beach Avenue,
Box 143, Old Greenwich,
CT 06870-0143
(203) 637-4615
[email protected]
http://albertsonchurch.org
COLBY MEMORIAL TEMPLE Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp, 1250 Marion Street, Cassadaga, FL [email protected] (386) 228-3171 Sunday Services 10.30am
www.cassadaga.org
THE CHURCH OF THE
INFINITE SPIRIT
Masonic Temple, 80 Walsh Avenue,
Newington, CT 06111-2847
(860) 667-9496
[email protected]
www.newingtonspiritualist
church.org
NEW VISION
SPIRITUALIST CENTER 709 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, FL 32804 [email protected] http://newvisionspiritualist.
squarespace.com
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF WILLIMANTIC 268 High Street, Willimantic,
CT 06226-1340 (860) 423-5774
www.firstspiritualistchurch.org
NATIONAL SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF NORWICH
29 Park Street (Off Main Street),
Norwich, CT 06360
(860) 886-8522
[email protected]
http://nscnorwich.com
THE OPEN DOOR
SPIRITUALIST FELLOWSHIP 2091 East Valley,
Parkway, Escondido, CA 92027 (760) 746-0545
NEW LONDON SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
Sleep Inn, 5 King Arthur Drive, Niantic, CT 06357 [email protected] http://slynnh.tripod.com/
newlondonspiritualistchurch/
UNITED FRIENDSHIP
CHURCH
812 N. Alvarado,
(213) 389-9197
[email protected]
PEACE & LIGHT Hyatt Place, 224 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, CT 06357 www.scpeacelight.net
SPIRITUAL AWAKENING
CHURCH & SPIRITUAL
CENTER
3044 Michigan Avenue,
Kissimmee, FL 34744
(407) 973-1177
www.churchofspiritual
awakening.com
AWARENESS, NSAC
3210 North Chickasaw Trail,
Orlando,
FL 32817 (407) 678-3688 www.spiritualistchurchof
awareness.org
MELBOURNE
[email protected]
SPIRITUALIST LIGHTHOUSE
CHURCH
1049 Crestwood Street,
Jacksonville,
FL 32208
(904) 764-7639
[email protected]
www.spirituallighthouse.org
TEMPLE OF LOVE AND
HEALING UCM
3700 40th Ave. North,
St. Petersburg, FL 33714
(727) 522-7133
[email protected]
www.templeofloveandhealing.us
ILLINOIS
ILLINOIS
CHERRY VALLEY
SPIRITUALIST CAMP, Inc. 8002 Service Road, Cherry Valley,
IL 61016 (815) 332-5359 CHRISTABELLE
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Belvidere Park in Baltic Mill (E Lincoln St. and Appleton Rd.), (815) 780-9715 [email protected]
www.christabellesc.org
THE CHURCH OF THE SPIRIT 2651 North Central Park,
Avenue Chicago, IL 60647-1101 (312) 489-5422
www.churchofthespirit.org
EVANGELICAL SPIRITUAL
CHURCH
5130 W. 25th Street,
Cicero, IL 60804
(708) 863-7190
[email protected]
1ST SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
OF HARMONY, UNITY &
TRUTH 6146 South Ashland Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60636
PURITAN
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 13906 Greenbay Avenue, Burnham, IL 60633-1614 (219) 926-6884
NEW HOPE 914 W 151st St, East Chicago, IL
TRUTH 6343 West Cuyler
(1/2 block north of Irving Park), Chicago, IL 60634 (708) 452-8754
TUCKER SMITH
WASHINGTON SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 6146 South Ashland
Avenue, Chicago, IL 60636 (312) 436-0366
http://tswspiritualisttemple.com
J.T. & E.J. CRUMBAUGH
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 102 South Pearl Street, LeRoy, IL 61752 (309) 962-9076 [email protected]
www.crumbaughchurch.com
INDIANA
INDIANA
CHAPEL IN THE WOODS –
HISTORIC CAMP
CHESTERFIELD
50 Lincoln Drive,
Chesterfield, IN 46017
(765) 378-0235
www.campchesterfield.net
CLARK MEMORIAL CHURCH
316 Division Street,
Elkhart, IN 46516
(574) 293-4036
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF GARY 2430 West 11th Avenue, Gary, IN 46404 (219) 885-0091
[email protected]
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF PRAYER 3511 Vine Street, South Bend,
IN 46615
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF TERRE HAUTE
1120 6th Avenue,
Terre Haute, IN 47807
(812) 232-5758
[email protected]
NEW DAWN SPIRIT OF LIGHT
CHURCH, NSAC 3637 West 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222 (317) 291-0799
www.newdawnchurch.org
NEW SUNFLOWER CHURCH
5562 Madison Ave,
Indianapolis, IN 46227
(317) 426-9253
http://sunsetcamp.org
PROGRESSIVE
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 2201 East 54th Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46060 (317) 255-4902
www.progressivespiritualist.org
PSYCHIC SCIENCE
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 1415 Central Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 634-1430 www.psychicsciencechurch.org
SANCTUARY OF LIGHT
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 6391 Cherry Street, Williamsburg, IN 47393 (765) 277-6818
THE SPRITUALIST CHURCH
OF INDIANAPOLIS, NSAC 3020 S. Meridian St.,
Suites E & F, Indianapolis,
IN 46217-3221 http://www.tscoi.org
(317) 850-3142
NEW HOPE 914 W. 151st Street, East Chicago,
IN 46312 (219) 398-9397
SPIRITUAL SCIENCE OF LIFE
CHURCH, NSAC 314 W. Cool Spring Ave, Michigan City, IN 46360
Devotional, Healing and Message
Service: Sunday 10.30am (574) 298-5080 Mailing Info: Joy Marsh, 4322 N 500 E Rolling Prairie,
IN 46371 IOWA
IOWA
CLEARWATER SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
PO Box 2,
Bradford, ME 04410-0002
(207) 327-9998
[email protected]
THE
HARRISON D. BARRETT
MEMORIAL CHURCH,
NSAC 114-118 Harlow Street,
Bangor, ME 04401 (207) 848-2273 [email protected]
www.hdbspiritualistchurch.org
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 5416 6th Avenue South, Clinton, IA (319) 243-3233
INNER LIGHT SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH Governor William King
Masonic Hall, 649 US Route 1, Scarborough, ME 04074 [email protected]
NEW SUNFLOWER
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
M.V.S.A, Mount Pleasant Park,
Clinton, IA 52732-0075 (563) 570-2768 [email protected] PINPOINT OF LIGHT
SPIRITUALIST CENTER #25 Camp Road, Hartford,
ME 04220-5207 (207) 597-2600
[email protected]
SPIRITUALIST HARMONY
CHURCH 1429 West Seventh Street, Davenport, IA 52802-1212 (815) 494-5200 [email protected]
www.scofiowa.org PORTLAND SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 719 Main Street,
(Unitarian - Universalist Church)
Westbrook, ME (207)-655-6673 [email protected]
http://portlandspiritualistchurch.
org
KANSAS
KANSAS
SUNSET SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
103 Hanes St,
Wells, KS 67467
(785) 488-3929
[email protected]
http://sunsetcamp.org
LOUISIANA
LOUISIANA
BATON ROUGE
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
9111 Interline Ave, Ste 4A,
Baton Rouge, LA 70816
(225) 921-6690
Rev Steve Adams
SAINT JUDES SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 632 11th St Franklin,
LA 70538 (337) 828-4902 MAINE
MAINE
AUGUSTA SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH Corner of Court and Perham
Streets, Augusta,
ME 04330 (207) 622-8980 [email protected]
www.augustaspiritualistchurch.org
ETERNAL LIFE 352 Crowley Road, Sabattus, ME 04280 (207) 376-5318 [email protected]
www.spiritualistchurchof
eternallife.org
TEMPLE HEIGHTS
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Shore Road, Northport, ME (207) 338-3029 (June-Sept) (207)-338-1355 (Oct-May)
http://templeheightscamp.org
MARYLAND
MARYLAND
THE LIGHT CENTER
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 4505 Mountain Road, Pasadena, MD 21122 (410) 590-9167 [email protected]
MASSACHUSETTS
MASSACHUSETTS
CHURCH IN THE
WYLDEWOOD
Shadylane Road,
East Templeton,
MA 01438
79
(978) 632-7559
CHURCH OF THE GUARDIAN
ANGELS OF LOVE AND
ENLIGHTENMENT
69 West Street,
Leominster, MA 01453
(978) 534-5982
FIRST SPIRITUAL TEMPLE
16 Monmouth Street,
Brookline, MA 02446
(617) 566-7639
[email protected]
www.fst.org
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF BROCKTON
Anawan Grange Hall,
Junction of 44 & 118
(243 Winthrop Street, Route 44),
Rehobeth, MA 02769
(508) 226-6580
www.firstspiritualistchurch.com
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF SALEM
34 Warren Street,
Salem, MA 01970
(978) 745-2098
[email protected]
www.firstspiritualistsalem.org
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF SPRINGFIELD,
Inc.
33-37 Bliss Street,
Springfield, MA 01105
(413) 732-1234
(413) 238-5506 Fax
[email protected]
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF QUINCY
40 West Street,
Quincy, MA 02169
(617) 770-2246
[email protected]
www.quincyspiritualists.org
THE GREATER BOSTON
CHURCH OF SPIRITUALISM
Masonic Center,
32 Church Street,
Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 923-4334
[email protected]
www.greaterbostonchurchof
spiritualism.com
HEALING HANDS OF LIGHT
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 465 Granby Road, Chicopee, MA (413) 592-0300 [email protected]
http://healinghandsoflightspch.com THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL
ALLIANCE 2 Montague Avenue, P.O. Box 88, Lake Pleasant, MA 01347 [email protected]
www.thenationalspiritual
allianceinc.org
80
PLYMOUTH
MASSACHUSETTS
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
131 Standish Avenue,
Plymouth,
MA 02360
(508) 746-7609
www.plymouthspiritualist
church.net
SWAMPSCOTT CHURCH OF
SPIRITUALISM 61 Burrill Avenue, Lynn, MA 01902 (781) 595-6972
THE CHURCH OF
SPIRITUAL LIFE 126 Merrimack Street, Methuen,
MA 01844 (603) 783-4456 www.churchspirituallifenh.org
MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN
CLEAR LIGHT CENTER, UCM
524 N. Marshall Avenue,
Marshall,
MI 49068
269-789-9924
[email protected]
CORINTHIAN SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 18O5 E. Ganson Jackson,
MI 492O2 (517) 789 - 9196
DIVINE “WINGS”
FELLOWSHIP SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 1316 Wildwood Jackson,
MI 49202
FIRST SPIRITUAL CHURCH 906 N Chilson St., Bay City,
MI 48706 (989) 686-6300 [email protected]
www.bcfirstspiritualchurch.com
FIRST SPIRITUAL TEMPLE
OF ROYAL OAK 3224 Greenfield Road (1/2 Blocks South of 13 Mile) Royal Oak,
MI 48073-6534 (248) 288-4026
www.firstspiritualtempleof
royaloak.com
FLOWER MEMORIAL
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 430 West Bellevue Street, Leslie, MI 49251 (517) 589-9259
GOLDEN LIGHT
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 209 N. John Highland,
MI 48357 (248) 625-4348
THE GOLDEN RULE
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 07444 Old US, 31N Charlevoix,
MI 49720-9422 (Bayshore) (231) 347-9417
www.nlmsc.org
MEMORIAL
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 208 Euclid Avenue, Battle Creek,
MI 49017 (616) 966-3011
SPIRIT OF HARMONY
CHAPEL, NSAC 504 Worthington Drive, Oxford, MI 48371 (810) 814-9172
DIVINE LIGHT
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 363-9678
[email protected]
THE GOOD SAMARITAN
5401 Oak Park,
off Maybee Road,
Box 62, Clarkston, MI
(248) 673 - 5445
TRUTH & LIGHT 1O4 - 66th South Haven,
MI 49O9O (616) 637 - 4462
SPIRITUALIST FIRST
CHURCH OF TRUTH 127 Meerse SE, Grand Rapids,
MI 49057 (616) 241-3387
THE FLINT SPIRITUAL
CHURCH
PO Box 530,
Flint, MI 48501
[email protected]
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF LANSING 611 Samantha Ave, Lansing, MI 48910 (517) 882-5188 [email protected]
www.lansingspirit.com
UNIVERSAL TEMPLE OF
DIVINE POWER 5281 Addison St,
Detroit, MI 48210 (313) 945-5967
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
TEMPLE OF DETROIT 2724 Goodrich, Ferndale, MI 48220
(248) 545-5680
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 1414 East Ninth Street, Duluth, MN (218) 724-6554
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
www.flintspiritual.com
THIRD SPIRIT OF LIFE
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 1500 First Avenue NE,
Suite 112, Rochester, MN 55901 (501) 288-7239
SPIRITUAL SCIENCE
CHURCH 411 Main Street, St. Paul, MN 55102 (651) 225-4609
MISSOURI
MISSOURI
FIFTH SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF ST. LOUIS 6026 South Kingshighway
Boulevard, St. Louis,
MO 63109-3558 (314) 353-4779
TYLER REDEEMING
CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 5161 Delmar Blvd, Saint Louis, MO 63108 (314) 367-3022 NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA
SPIRITUAL SCIENCE &
PHILOSOPHY CHURCH,
NSAC 321 Hascall Street, Omaha,
NE 68108-2121 (402) 345-0101
NEVADA
NEVADA
SPIRITUALIST DESERT
CHURCH, NSAC West Spring Mountain Road, Suite 51, Las Vegas,
NV. 89102 Service times:
Sunday, 11am & 6.30pm Children’s Lyceum as announced Thursday 6.30pm Healing &
Meditation Service with
Development Circle following. (702) 876-8783 spiritualistdesertchurch@yahoo.
com
www.spiritualistdesertchurchlv.org
SPIRITUALIST HIGH DESERT
CHURCH OF RENO
Larry D. Johnson Community
Center, 1200 12th Street,
Sparks, NV 89431 Every Sunday 11am - 12.30pm
(775) 323-1114 Mailing Info: PO Box 13111,
Reno, NV 89507
NEW
NEWHAMPSHIRE
HAMPSHIRE
CYCLES OF SPIRIT PO Box 22, Gilsum, NH 03448 (603) 355-8078 [email protected]
http://cyclesofspiritinc.webs.com
THE CHURCH OF
SPIRITUAL LIFE, Inc. Masonic Hall, 109 Main Street, Salem, NH 03079 (978) 454-4163 [email protected]
www.churchspirituallifenh.org
NEW JERSEY
JERSEY
NEW
CHURCH OF ETERNAL LIFE,
NSAC 243 West Olive St, Westville, NJ (856) 456-2196
http://thechurchofeternal
life.org/wp/
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT
CHURCH 25 Grand Ave, Hackensack,
NJ 07601 (843) 571-2334
www.gotsc.org
THE JOURNEY WITHIN
Spiritualists’ National Union
Church
25 Carr Street, Pompton Lakes,
NJ 07442
(973) 616-9685
SPIRITUAL LIFE
FELLOWSHIP, Inc.
595 Broad Ave., Rooms 12 & 14
Ridgefield, NJ 07657
(201) 943-6103
[email protected]
www.spirituallifefellowship.org
NEW YORK
NEW
YORK
ANGEL HEART CHAPEL
513 W Union Street,
Newark, NY 14513
(315) 331-2009
[email protected]
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL
AWARENESS
3848 State Route 13,
Pulaski, NY 13142
CHURCH OF THE LIVING
SPIRIT
PO Box 224,
Lily Dale, NY 14752-0224
www.churchoftheliving
spiritlilydale.com
CITY OF LIGHT
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 15 Buffalo Street,
PO Box 215, Lily Dale, NY 14752 (716) 595-3008 or (800) 729-1444
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
TEMPLE 29 Temple Place, East Aurora,
NY 14052-2523 (716) 652-5018
www.firstspiritualisttemple.com
LILY DALE ASSEMBLY (716) 595-8721 [email protected] Mailing Info: Lily Dale Assembly, PO Box 248, Lily Dale, NY 14752
www.lilydaleassembly.com LILY DALE SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
East Street, P.O. Box 1128
Lily Dale, NY 14752
www.lilydalespiritualistchurch.org
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
SPIRITUALISTS
27 Appleton St,
Rochester, NY 14611
(585) 464-9419
MEMORIAL CHAPEL, UCM
178 Chapin Street,
Binghamton, NY 13905
(607) 722-5569
NEW HORIZONS
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH,
NSAC Hilton Homewood Suites Hotel,
1585 Round Swamp Rd,
Plainview, NY
(631) 669-3226
PLYMOUTH SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 29 Vic Park A, Rochester,
NY 14607 (585) 271-1470 or (585) 234-2362
www.plymouthspiritualist
church.org
A SANCTUARY OF INFINITE
SPIRIT, Inc. NSAC 10 Ackerly Lane, Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 Sunday Healing 6.05 - 6.20pm
Sunday Service 6.30 - 7.30pm
Monday Unfoldment/Mediumship
Development 6.30 - 8.30pm
Thursday Natural Law 11am - 1pm
(631) 588-5869 [email protected]
www.asanctuaryofinfinite
spirit-nsac.com SPARK OF DIVINITY
CONGREGATION
236 East Main Street,
Palmyra, NY 14522
SUMMERLAND CHURCH OF
LIGHT, NSAC
120 Plant Ave (corner of Oser Ave),
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Sunday Service
Silent Meditation 10.00am
Service begins 10.15am
Message Circles conducted on the
second Sunday of the month,
after service
(631) 406-4161
info@summerlandchurchoflight.
com
www.summerlandchurchof
light.org/
NEW YORK CITY 114 East 35th Street
(between Park & Lexington) New York,
NY 10016 (212) 675.2140 http://spiritualistchurchnyc.com
THE CHURCH OF DIVINE
INSPIRATION
27 Appleton Street,
Rochester,
NY 14611
(585) 328.8908
codiinfo@churchofdivine
inspiration.com
http://churchofdivine
inspiration.com
TEMPLE OF METAPHYSICAL
SCIENCE, NSAC 15 Oak Street, Patchogue, NY
11772 (Long Island) [email protected]
http://tmsli.org/
NORTH CAROLINA
CAROLINA
NORTH
UNIVERSAL SANCTUARY,
UCM
302 Loafer Drive,
Burnsville, NC 28714
(828) 678-3438
[email protected]
OHIO
OHIO
THE CHURCH OF THE
ANGELS
12550 Chillicothe Rd,
Chesterland, OH 44026
(440) 384-8968
[email protected]
www.thechurchoftheangels.net
CHURCH OF UNIVERSAL
SPIRIT
Mentor, OH 44069
(440) 255-1169
[email protected]
CIRCLE OF LOVE AND
LIGHT
4016 Cedar Hills Avenue,
Springfield, OH
(937) 323-2923
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 4230 Main Ave, Ashtabula,
OH 44004-6851 (440) 293-7056
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF LINDEN-OSSA 1751 Aberdeen Ave, Columbus,
OH 43211 (614) 263-1631
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
TEMPLE 77 S 5th St, Columbus,
OH 43215 (614) 228-1112
GUIDING LIGHT
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 3195 Morse Rd, Columbus,
OH 43231 (614) 476-4281
GOODWILL SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH
300 East Breckman,
Walbridge, OH 43456
(419) 833-5503
[email protected]
INTERNATIONAL GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF
SPIRITUALISTS 5403 S Ridge Rd W, Ashtabula, OH 44004 (440) 969-1724
RAYS OF LIGHT
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 82 N. High St. Gahanna,
OH 43230 (614) 832-5358 revclevenger@raysoflightchurch.
com
www.raysoflightchurch.com
SPIRIT OF LOVE CHURCH
2620 Old Clifton Rd,
Springfield, OH 45505
(937) 325-7381
REVELATION 1081 E Weber Rd, Columbus,
OH 43211 (614) 267-6508
SPIRIT REVELATION PO Box 253, Ashley,
OH 43003-0253 (740) 747-2688 [email protected]
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF LINDEN 6 Wooley Park, Ashley, OH 43003 (740) 747-2212
SPIRITUAL LIFE CENTER,
NSAC Watervliet Avenue, Dayton,
OH 45420-2544 (937) 878-1165 [email protected]
http://sunflowerchapel.org FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 636 Western Ave, Toledo, OH 43609 (419) 246-5389
THE CHURCH OF THE
GUIDING LIGHT 3187 Morse Rd, Columbus,
OH 43231 (614) 890-5326
81
TRINITY SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 1612 W Sylvania Ave, Toledo,
OH 43612 (419) 478-1250
TRUTH TABERNACLE 1493 Indianola Ave, Columbus,
OH 43201 (614) 291-8466
UNITED SPIRITUALISTS OF
THE CHRIST LIGHT
11006 Reading Rd,
Cincinnati, OH 45241
(513) 891-5424
http://uscl.org
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA
CENTRAL SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 2348 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112 (405) 732-7975
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF ERIE
11193 Sharp Rd,
Waterford, PA 16441
(814) 796-4964
or (814) 796-4715
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF MCKEESPORT 809 Locust Street, McKeesport, PA 15133 (412) 672-1272 receivingspirit@1stspiritualist
church.org
www.firstspiritualist.org
GETTER MEMORIAL
CHURCH, NSAC
1123 Oak Street,
Allentown,
PA 18102
(610) 770-7560
LOUISE SCHOLTZ
MEMORIAL CHAPEL, NSAC 3740 Colony Drive, Suite LL100,
San Antonio, TX 78230 Sundays 8am - 9.30am (210) 401-1713 [email protected] www.sanantoniospiritualists.com
THE PROGRESSIVE
SPIRITUALIST SOCIETY OF
AUSTIN Currently meeting at The Austin
History Center, 810 Guadalupe
Street, Austin, TX 78701 (512) 689-9556
SPIRITUAL TEMPLE
C.O.G.I.C. Flowing Wls, Goodrich, TX 77335 (936) 365-2357
SECOND SPIRITUALIST
ASSOCIATION
421 N. Preston Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19104 (215) 232-9219 TEXAS SPIRITUAL READER
CHURCH El Paso, TX 79902 (915) 544-0200
THE SPIRITUAL PATH
CHURCH
2041 Moravia St,
Ext New Castle, PA 16101
(724) 698-7564
[email protected]
www.spiritualpathinc.org
VISION OF LIGHT CHURCH
OF SPIRITUALISM AND
HEALING PO Box 133, Windsor, VT 05089 We meet at 1 Legion Dr.,
Hartland, VT
http://visionoflight.blogspot.co.uk
RHODE ISLAND
RHODE
ISLAND
VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA
SPIRIT GUIDED FRIENDS
5729 SE Boise St,
Portland, OR 97206
(503) 771-8986
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF RHODE ISLAND 877 Broadway East,
Providence,
RI 02914
www.spiritualistchurchri.com
PENNSYLVANIA
PENNSYLVANIA
TEXAS
TEXAS
ARLINGTON
METAPHYSICAL CHAPEL 5618 Wilson Blvd, Arlington,
VA 22205-1300 (703) 276-8738 [email protected]
www.arlingtonmeta.com
CELESTIAL SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH 421 N Preston Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Sunday Service 2.00pm Healing, Lecture, Messages Wednesday Service 7.30pm
All Message (215) 222-0322
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH O F HOUSTON 2115 Turner Street, Houston,
TX 77064 (713) 695-2550
www.houstonspiritualists.org
THE CENTER FOR
SPIRITUAL
ENLIGHTENMENT, NSAC 222 North Washington Street, Falls Church, VA 22046 (703) 645-8060 [email protected]
http://thecse.org
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF AUSTIN 4200 Avenue ‘D’, Austin,
TX 78751-3719 (512) 458-3987
[email protected]
www.firstspiritualistchurchof
austin.com
THE MEMORIAL
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH,
NSAC 307 West 37th Street, Norfolk,
VA 23508-3207 (757) 622-5070 [email protected]
www.memorialspiritualist
church.org
OREGON
OREGON
ALICE STREET
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH
3446 SW Alice Street,
Portland, OR 97219
(503) 246 7300
http://churchofalice.org
NEW ERA CHRISTIAN
SPIRITUALISTS CHURCH
10244 S New Era Rd,
Canby, OR 97013
(503) 263-7252
THE CHAPEL OF ONENESS
345 Regis Avenue,
West Mifflin, PA
(412) 770-4961
CHURCH
461 E 6th St, Erie, PA 16507
(814) 459-3795
[email protected]
CHURCH OF
HARMONIAL FELLOWSHIP
222 Chestnut St,
Meadville, PA
[email protected]
82
GATEWAY TO THE HEART,
UCM
113 Summit Street,
Dripping Springs,
TX 78620
(512) 894-0401
[email protected]
www.gatewaytotheheart.org
VERMONT
VERMONT
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
CHURCH OF DIVINE GRACE,
NSAC Mailing Info: Pres. Bernie Allers,
11113 SE 323rd St, Auburn,
WA 98092 (253) 833-4850 CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL
UNITY, NSAC 1228 26th Avenue Court, Milton, WA 98354 (253) 927-2365
CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL
TRUTH, NSAC 1228 26th Avenue Court, Milton, WA 98354
TOWER MEMORIAL
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 2116 West Dravus St, Seattle, WA 98199 (206) 282-7220
WEST VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA
WEST
CHURCH OF JOYOUS
LIVING, NSAC 128 Burnlea Rd, Charles Town,
WV 25414 (304) 725-3763 office (240) 447-8912 DC area cell
www.churchofjoyousliving.com
THE FIRST SPIRITUALIST
SOCIETY OF WHEELING
WV Way Memorial Temple,
104 N. Broadway, Wheeling Island,
WV 26003 (304) 232-5795
WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN
FIRST SPIRITUALIST
CHURCH OF WEST ALLIS 6228 West Washington Street,
West Allis, WI 53214 (414) 778-0088 [email protected]
SUMMERLAND’S LAKEVIEW
SPIRITUALIST CHURCH 2932 Waubesa Avenue, Madison, WI 53711 (608) 354-2694 [email protected] USA
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