Physical Mediumship Blog

Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, Radana, and me (Karen).  First, Victoria gave messages (omitted).

George opened the circle with our protection ritual  and we sang “Amazing Grace”, “When the Dew Is Still On The Rose”, and “You Raise Me Up” and then, we “om’d” three times.

Just before we got underway, Victoria said someone touched her on her arm and asked could we see or feel anything there?  Each of us could feel the centralized heat in that spot.  I don’t know about anyone else but I couldn’t see anything.

I saw several areas of “white” energy or white mist around the room and rapidly moving white spirits out of the corner of my eye, especially in front of Victoria and Radana.

At first, only two luminescent bands of the standing trumpet were visible, then, three.  At the beginning of the singing, the standing trumpet began growing higher and higher.

Each of us was clearly touched by spirit; Barbara on her hair on the top of her head; Radana on her leg (she felt it was her dog); me on the back of my arm; and also George (I can’t remember where).

Victoria started bringing through voices right away.  A woman’s voice, first, saying “I’m here.” Or “It’s good to be here.”  When George asked for a name and was given “Mary,” Barbara replied, “Mary, Mary, quite contrary,” and the spirit tee-hee’d.  Then, someone said something like “being full of joy”.  Except for the word, “joy”, it was difficult to make out the rest of the words.  A deep man’s voice came through.  Possibly, the name was “William” or “Willie”.  Mary said, “Laughter is the umbrella that keeps you dry.”  And, “Laughter is good for the soul.”

We invited our guides, well-known spirits, and famous mediums now-in-spirit, like Stewart Edward White, Betty White, Shiri, Norman, etc. Victoria later said she saw Norman standing right in front of her, looking very bright and dapper.  Also, her guide, Mikhail.

Barbara said she saw sparks of light everywhere. A voice said, “We see you.”

At one point, the room seemed to be fairly light with areas of white energy.  Then, suddenly, it seemed to get very dark.

At the end Victoria asked George if he could feel tears below her eyes.  She couldn’t believe it when he said, “No.” Barbara said she saw a lot of teal tonight, in the room and behind her eyes.

There didn’t seem to be any messages specifically for me, nor were any of my spirit-friends or guides present that I was aware of.  I didn’t see any symbols or geometrics or colors or sparks of light, either.

I sent Reiki energy through the crystals to Victoria and Barbara, in particular, and to the spirits. I wondered if my energy level was low tonight because I’d had a headache before we started.  I was holding the two crystals from Shiri and the Window Pyramid crystal to help with the energy.

Victoria said Mikael had taken her to the White Caverns as he usually did (though he didn’t in the last seance). We laughed a lot tonight and the spirits seemed pleased with that.

George said his fingertips were tingly at the same time I felt pricking in my thumbs and index finger (left hand). I felt the pricking of my second and fourth fingers while holding the 2 crystals from Shiri and the Window Pyramid crystal. Nothing seemed to be moved as far as we could tell, except for one tiny citrine pyramid crystal.

Afterwards Victoria found it hard to believe she had brought through many voices while being totally unaware of it.  She didn’t recognize the recorded voices as having been generated by herself.

The recorder captured one hour and 15 minutes for the session.  It has taken me longer than that to write down my impressions.  Go figure!

-By Sitter Karen V.

Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, Radana, Maxine and myself.  First, Victoria gave messages (omitted).

While we were singing, Victoria started breathing deeply and heavily. I saw green light mask the faces of Victoria and Radana. Then, I was looking at the standing horn, which was normal size. The top of the trumpet was surrounded by green light. Then, George mentioned that the middle luminescent band on the standing trumpet kept disappearing, while the first and third bands remained luminescent.I saw that, also. And others murmured their agreement.

The red light threw a large, dark shadow of Victoria on the wall to her left. In the middle of that shadow, I saw a white spirit shadow, in profile, of a cherub, holding a single rose. Then, I saw the profile of a woman sitting.

I saw an orange flash, almost an explosion, above Barbara. And the trumpet grew to be 8-foot tall again. I saw a geometric diamond figure, either within George or over his head. Several people were touched. I was touched on the shin of my right leg. Radana was touched on her leg. Maxine felt someone touch the tops of her shoulders. Barbara and George were touched on their heads.

Barbara saw very high energy between George and Victoria, and between herself and Renata. George felt high energy to his right and saw sparkling light. Maxie felt high energy to her left. George saw red light at the ceiling. Barbara saw a blue aura around me. I saw high energy and movement around the center of the room, especially around the trumpet.

I was holding the two crystals which Shiri had procured for me.1 I was, also, holding a crystal pyramid. I sent Reiki energy through these crystals, as well as the other crystals on, and under, our altar, to Victoria, Barbara, Maxine, George, Radana, to the spirits and mediums-in-spirit. Also, I sent Reiki healing to Maxine. The crystals in my hand were quite hot and remained so for a long time after the circle ended. I felt that Maxine had received a healing from the spirits.

Everyone, except Victoria, had complained how cold it was in the room. The AC had come on at the beginning of the circle and had stayed on the entire time. Victoria said that she was very hot. (ed: Victoria had George and Barbara feel her heat).  I felt the cold air around me but my body was perfectly comfortable. Even though I was wearing short sleeves, my bare arms were not cold.

Near the end of the circle, I saw angel wings in the air between Maxine and me. At some point, Radana heard whispering around me and felt that there were lots of spirits around me. George announced that he was going to send energy to the green obsidian pyramid. When he did so, I saw the universe come alive around me. Besides the stars and planets and shooting stars and lightning and storms, the universe was alive with all manner of symbols; i.e., floating spirals, geometrics, lines, letters, colors, lights, all in constant motion.

Victoria said she started out by being lured totally out-of-body by her father – and what a scary feeling it was! (While out-of-body) she went around the circle, touching each of us on the cheek. This time, her guides did not take her to the white caverns.

A couple of times it sounded like spirit voices were attempting to come through but didn’t quite make it. She thought perhaps the energy level in the room was not high enough at that time to support her bringing through spirit voices. She said that talking in the circle makes it so much easier for her, like sliding down a slide.

George finally called Victoria back. When she was conscious again, she said she had felt so angry and negative (as she was returning), she wasn’t sure why. Perhaps because her guides had tried to lure her deeper using her father as bait. Victoria had seen several horses but not the motorcycle she hoped to see with Norman. I saw something out of the corner of my right eye, possibly Lacey, (my last Westie).

As in the previous circle, time was not as we know it. What seemed like 10 or 15 minutes to us participants was actually one hour plus twenty minutes, according to the recorder. Victoria said she was not tired this time like she had been the previous week.

I felt the pricking of my second and fourth fingers while holding the 2 crystals from Shiri and the Window Pyramid crystal. Victoria saw a musical triangle in space and heard it being played at the end of the session.

Personal Notes: We opened the circle to all spirits — our guides, guardians, angels, families, friends, and famous mediums and spirits, too.  George invited Shiri and Norman.   (George said he saw Norman standing in the corner, with his arms folded.)  Barbara invited Florence Scovill Shinn  and another famous medium.  I invited Paramhansa (he wrote Autobiography of a Yogi), Stewart Edward White, Betty White, White Eagle, my friend, Peg, Horus (my dream guide – a white horse), Clen Clendenning, and Louis Bermudez, a childhood aquaintance.  Barbara, Maxine, and I invited our sisters to come.  Dr. Nupuf, a senior companion client, was there (I did not know he had transitioned).  Someone named Beth came.  Louis Bermudez came and gave me a hug.  Someone’s East Indian guide was there, seated in a yoga posture with a turban on his head.  The name, Ramtha, came to me.  Barbara saw an Indian guide with a headband who was one of my guides.  We said opening prayers and sang “Amazing Grace”, “When the Dew Is Still On The Rose”, and “You Raise Me Up”.

1 She and Jean used to go to the world’s largest gem, rock, crystal, and jewelry show in Tucson, AZ., every year.

-By Sitter Karen V.

Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, and myself.   We started out by om-ing and then sang along with a tape of “Amazing Grace” and “You Raised Me Up”, and “In the Garden”.   Then, Barbara led us in a favorite song of her mother’s – “Que Sera, Sera” (What Will Be, Will Be).  As in the previous circle, I sat on the outside between George and Barbara.  I set up the crystal area as usual but had some additional crystal clusters and several pyramid crystals.  Victoria said she was very hot: George said her hands were hot but her arms were cool.

From the start, there was much activity centered around the standing trumpet – lots of swirling, white light or waves of light, as Barbara described it, or white mist. There were flashes of areas of white light in several places. Barbara described an area of high energy between George and Victoria. George described an area of energy or white light behind me which I did not see.

I saw a shooting star go up and over Barbara’s head toward Victoria. The second luminescent band on the standing trumpet (close to the narrow end) blanked out. Then, the third band, also, blanked out.

I heard some small sounds of voices talking, and a male voice and a female voice singing. Then, Victoria started to (sort of) choke or gag and then, brought through some spirit voices. It sounded like she said, “Hello, Ma or Mom.” Thinking about it later and repeating it in my head, I believe it was my mother’s voice saying, “ ‘Hello. Mom.’ ”, as in Mom, here. (In earth life, Mom would leave brief telephone messages for us such as “Mom V”, nothing else.) Then, Mom’s voice or Shiri’s voice, said something about being happy and being joyful or filled with joy. Some of the words were hard to understand.

At one point, when Victoria mentioned that the energy was dropping, I sent Reiki energy to Victoria, to Barbara, and to the crystal clusters and pyramids on and under the altar table and to the spirits around it.

Victoria said she saw a male spirit in front of her but she wasn’t sure if it was her guide, Mikhail, or not. The air conditioning in the room was set at 73 degrees. The AC came on shortly after we started and stayed on the entire time. It was cold in the room but we were all comfortable.

Victoria said that while she was out-of-body, she had traveled around the circle and touched each of us on the cheek. Barbara commented that she had been touched several times; George, also. I was not aware of having been touched, just of much swirling energy around.

 Victoria described Barbara as a very beautiful spirit. George recorded tonight’s circle. I look forward to listening to the tape. Time during the circle was not as we know it. What seemed like 10 or 15 minutes to us participants was actually one hour, according to the recorder. Victoria said she was not tired this time like she had been the previous week.

At one point, Victoria said she felt very nauseous and Barbara said that she did, too. Victoria said that she thought maybe she and Barbara were twin sister mediums.

Tonight was a very personal experience for me, especially hearing Shiri’s and my Mom’s voices. And, to have Louis Bermudez show up, was the icing on the cake. I still cannot get over my feeling of amazement at hearing the actual voices I remembered. Unbelievable.

Victoria kept apologizing for not doing more; she was not aware that she was actually bringing voices through! Believe it, girl (!), and thank you so much!

Personal Notes: (My dog) Kenzie and I sat in the hammock; I charged the crystals in the sun today; and took a nap.  The major accomplishment of the day was that Terry and I agreed on a color to paint the exterior of our house – a light terracotta.

Messages: Victoria immediately said that my mother was there, and brought me sunshine.  She also mentioned “pearls”.  I knew exactly what she was referring to – a long strand of rose quartz and blue angellite beads that I gave her around 2004 in the midst of my “crystal & stone” period, and got back after Mom crossed over.

Barbara saw a man standing before George.  George thought it was probably his grandfather but Victoria said she didn’t think so.

Victoria said that Barbara’s mother was there.  Victoria also mentioned that a joy guide was there: a young girl who had made herself butterfly wings.  I could picture that little girl, although she didn’t seem to be my joy guide, Carole.

George said he was getting the name , “Whispering Willow” or “Willow Wood” or “Whispering Wood” associated with a large pond where I met or used to meet a young boy with curly hair, whose name might be Keith.  The name “Whispering Wood” seems familiar to me but not associated with a pond or boy.  When I was young, around age 5 or 6, the most used “playground” for the small-town neighborhood I grew up in was “our” pond.  The pond was just down the road from me, next to my grandparents (my mother’s parents).  The pond, called “Mooney Pond”, was owned by a neighbor, Mrs. Townsend, who had weeping willow trees planted alongside her portion of the pond.  The property on the far side of the pond was owned by a farmer who planted corn.  My grandparents were truck farmers who drove their produce to New York City once a week to sell.  The pond offered many wading opportunities to catch frogs and goldfish in summer and ice skating in winter.  It’s possible I used to meet playmates there.

I don’t remember ever knowing a “Keith”.  The name that came to my mind right away was the name, “Louis Bermudez”.  He was the cutest little boy with red, curly hair.  I was too young to have a crush on him but I particularly liked him, I suppose because he liked me.  His name came up the previous week because Maxine’s heart doctor’s name is Dr. Edward Bermudez and I drove her to her appointment.  As far as I remember, Louis was only living down the street from me for a year or so; then, his family moved back into New York City (Coram is about 70 miles east of NYC).  What I remember most about him is that he wanted to play with me one day and called my name over and over again from down the street.  I must have been feeling perverse that day because I refused to answer him.  I just went about playing where he could see me as if I hadn’t heard a word.  I have felt so guilty about that.  I think he thought I was ignoring him because he was Puerto Rican but that wasn’t the reason.

The willows that George mentioned brought my friend Lin Wells to mind, as her niece was named “Willow” and she thought of the willow tree as the Tree of Life.  Maybe “Whispering Wood” was a development my sister, Jean, and her family lived in or looked at houses in.

George also mentioned seeing me climbing on rocks by the pond.  There were definitely no large rocks near or in the pond, as it basically was just a farm pond.  We lived in an area of pines and sand, no rocks, on Long Island.  I remember the farmer having irrigation ditches which terminated at the pond but I don’t remember any rocks in them, either.

By Sitter Karen V.

Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, Radana, and myself.   We started out by om-ing and then sang along with a tape of “Amazing Grace” and “You Raised Me Up”, and “Old McDonald”.  I sat in a different place tonight – in the front between George and Radana; Barbara was across from me.  I set up the crystal area as usual but had some additional crystal clusters and several pyramid crystals.

The first thing I noticed was that the standing trumpet seemed to grow in size again and it moved around – twirled and moved up and down while the luminescent bands remained stationary.

Victoria’s face was surrounded by white light or white cloud or mist.  Also, I saw her face transform to an oriental face – Chinese or Japanese, young, smooth white complexion, contrasted by long, shiny, straight, jet-black hair.  I mentioned that someone from our writing class has a guide named “Lotus Blossom”.  At this point, Victoria saw a beautiful Lotus-flower open on water.  Then, I saw Victoria’s face transform to a man’s face.  Just after that, I saw my Oriental Arts and Culture and Flower-Arranging professor, Dr. Pearl Hsu (from my freshman year at college), at the top of the trumpet.

Victoria said an uncle of mine (in spirit) was there.  As I’m thinking now of her description of a slightly balding man with his hair slicked back, I see my Uncle Charlie in my mind’s eye (my mother’s brother).

Barbara and George saw Radana’s grandmother by her and Radana said she felt her grandmother touch her shoulder.  As George said that, I saw s bright spark in front of Radana.

Victoria told Barbara that a vey close female relative of Barbara’s was standing next to her.  As he said that, I saw a bright spark in front of Barbara.

George saw a figure to his right.  I was aware of a white shadow next to me that I felt was my mother.

Victoria welcomed some famous mediums, including Shiri, to the circle.  I welcomed Clen Clendenning (a Canadian medium now in spirit).  Victoria also said that her guide, Mikhail, was there and I welcomed Archangel Michael, also.

Victoria said Norman was there and he told her he missed his angel (Maxie).  We welcomed him to the circle.

There was a lot of activity around the standing horn.  There was white light or mist swirling and spinning around it.  When we sang, the small light at the top of the horn lined up into 2 columns of 2 lights each and brightened exponentially.  At one point, I saw the star tetrahedron crystal at the top of the horn (I forgot to take notice later if the star tetrahedron crystal had physically moved.).

At one point, I saw bright purple surround the horn and then, I saw the ceiling over the altar open up to the dark but bright night sky and stars and prevailing winds.  George said he had been sending energy through his hands to the green obsidian pyramid crystal at that moment.  I was drawn up into the sky and was made aware of all the coordinated movements of the stars, planets, earth, and other heavenly bodies and universes which are always in motion.  I saw flashes of lightning in several areas; Barbara saw stars and sparks of light everywhere.

Victoria or George said they saw my grandmother on my father’s side standing with me.  I welcomed her and thanked her for coming.

I saw a yellow or golden light around Redana, at one point – I think when Barbara said she saw Redana’s grandmother there and Redana’s grandmother was tickling her.

I don’t remember hearing any sounds or smelling any scents or seeing any symbols. It was cold in the room but comfortable.

Personal Notes: (My dog) Kenzie and I sat in the hammock and I listened and danced to Strauss waltzes today.

By Sitter Karen V.

Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, Maxine, and myself.   We started out by “om-ing” and then sang along with a tape of “Amazing Grace” and “You Raised Me Up”. I sat in a different place tonight – in the front between George and Maxine; Barbara was across from me.

The first thing we all noticed was that the standing trumpet seemed to grow to 8-feet tall.  It seemed to extend up to the ceiling.  Maxine said it also went through the table to the floor.

There was a lot of light and motion around Victoria – white light.  I saw the light and sensed the motion.  There was also a small area of red light to the left of the standing trumpet moving toward the trumpet.

An area of white light moved counter-clockwise around the center table.  The area was about mid-air about the level of our heads and about 2-foot high, kind of like a donut around and over the center table.

At one point, it appeared that Victoria was holding a star in her right hand – it appeared very bright and sparkly. Barbara said she heard knock, knocks coming from the main room.  None of the rest of us heard the knocks.

Toward the end of the séance, I smelled a sort of crisp smell like just-ironed pants and the smell of a steam iron.  Maxine exclaimed that that was Norman (her late husband) – he used to iron everything, even bedsheets.  Victoria said she felt a burning sensation on her shoulder.

Time seemed to speed up: it seemed like we had just gotten started when George announced that Victoria was back.

The five luminous bands  (I wrote ‘5’ but I’m thinking ‘4’) were visible with 2 small lights at the top.  These were randomly blocked out about the same time that I saw and sensed the moving “donut” of light.

Personal Notes: I spent time outside today with (my dog) McKenzie and, also, danced to Strauss waltzes.

By Sitter Karen V.

Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, Maxine, and myself.   We started out by om-ing and then sang along with a tape of “Amazing Grace” and “You Raised Me Up”.I sat in a different place tonight – in the front between George and Maxine; Barbara was across from me.

The first thing we all noticed was that the standing trumpet seemed to grow to 8-feet tall.  It seemed to extend up to the ceiling.  Maxine said it also went through the table to the floor.

There was a lot of light and motion around Victoria – white light.  I saw the light and sensed the motion.  There was also a small area of red light to the left of the standing trumpet moving toward the trumpet.

An area of white light moved counter-clockwise around the center table.  The area was about mid-air about the level of our heads and about 2-foot high, kind of like a donut around and over the center table.

At one point, it appeared that Victoria was holding a star in her right hand – it appeared very bright and sparkly.

Barbara said she heard knock, knocks coming from the main room.  None of the rest of us heard the knocks.

Toward the end of the séance, I smelled a sort of crisp smell like just-ironed pants and the smell of a steam iron.  Maxine exclaimed that that was Norman (her late husband) – he used to iron everything, even bedsheets.  Victoria said she felt a burning sensation on her shoulder.

Time seemed to speed up: it seemed like we had just gotten started when George announced that Victoria was back.

The five luminous bands  (I wrote ‘5’ but I’m thinking ‘4’) were visible with 2 small lights at the top.  These were randomly blocked out about the same time that I saw and sensed the moving “donut” of light.

Personal Notes: I spent time outside today with (my dog) McKenzie and, also, danced to Strauss waltzes.  

By Sitter Karen V.

Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, Radana, and myself (Karen).   We started out by doing karaoke to “I Can See Clearly Now” – a very appropriate choice, considering my vision concerns about my left eye.

We also added a crow feather and a pyramid containing the small “magic” pad to the central table.  I sat in a different place tonight – in the back between Victoria and Radana; Barbara and George were across from me.

After George rang the bell to open the circle, we accompanied the tape for “You Raised Me Up”, as did the spirits.  Victoria said that Shiri was here, my uncle was here, and Redana’s grandmother was here as well.

I was aware of a field of indigo lights between me and the standing horn (trumpet).  There was much activity, as well, around the base of the standing horn.  I did not see any particular item move, though.

There was a bright blue spark of light right in front of me, and a spark of white light in front of Victoria, and several rainbow lights also danced around her.

Personal Notes: I visualized a clockwise spiral of DNA surrounding each of us (as suggested by Cindi Wilson), and the entire circle as well, spiraling higher and higher towards heaven; and then, spiraling counter-clockwise back down to us.  I tried to coordinate my in-breaths with the DNA spiraling down, filling me with positive energy and thoughts; and my out-breaths with the DNA spiraling upward, releasing any negativity and blocks to my health and healing (especially in relation to my left eye).

Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, Maxine, Radana, and me (Karen). After George rang the bell to open the circle, we sang “Do-Re-Mi”, then, “Jingle Bells”, then accompanied the tape for “Amazing Grace” and “You Raised Me Up”.  I smelled a faint cinnamon scent.

I “saw” a bright spark of light to my far left.1  I also saw several scatterings of sparks and lights – like someone tossed a handful of pebbles – in front of Maxine to my left, above and to the right of the standing trumpet, and above and between Barbara and Redana (to my right), and near the crystals to my left.

I felt a shadow move between me and the luminescent bands of the standing trumpet, and saw the second band disappear while the other bands remained visible. I felt the sideways movement of an arm (did not see an arm, only was aware of movement). I then heard the AC come on and wondered why it was coming on.

I heard a whisper coming from the area between Victoria and George right before George closed the circle.  I could not hear what was said.

1 in an unused part of the room.  I could not have seen anything with my physical eyes because the retina specialist I am seeing determined today that I don’t have any peripheral vision on my left side due to a vitreous hemorrhage in my left eye back in November, 2011.

By Sitter Karen V. 

- By Sitter Barbara H. 

My attention was immediately drawn to the standing trumpet and the 5 bands of luminous light on it (which, previously, had been 4).  The 3^rd band was shaped like an elongated L.  The second band was shaped more like an upside-down triangle, and the other bands were rectangular.  Finally, to the left of the fifth band were 2 small lights.  All the bands remained visible.

The first thing I noticed was how cold it was in the room.  The AC came on and stayed on almost the entire length of the circle.

I heard noises of what sounded like someone walking outside and walking past the back door.  Radana also heard these noises.  Victoria commented that she had walked through the wall to her left which felt weird to her, and she found herself on the other side of the wall in the next shop.

I remember looking all around for lights and/or orbs.  I turned and saw a white narrow horizontal band of light behind me that was continually moving to my right.  I also saw sparks of light in the center of the room and, also, to the left and right of center.  To the left of me, between Maxine and myself, was a large area of deep purple light.  To my right, between Barbara and me, I was aware of a dark shadowy mass which quickly moved behind me, and which Redana confirmed.  Victoria said she had moved around a lot during the circle.

George suggested we all send Victoria energy shortly after we had started, and we all sent Reiki energy her way.  She saw her guides and the white caverns again.  She said that this had been a very active night for her; her guides had poked her right side in several places: nose, ear, stomach, shoulder, throat, and cheek, as if preparing her for some future ectoplasm work.

In order to send out energy to any being who needed healing, whether human, spirit, or animal, I smiled broadly and sent out thoughts of love, acceptance, forgiveness, compassion, healing from injury or anxiety, to any and all who needed the healing, including myself.

Personal Notes: On the drive to the healing center, Barbara said she was “getting” that I needed to wear a patch over my left eye and rest the eye more than I have been. After George rang the bell to open the circle, we sang “Do-Re-Mi”, then, “Jingle Bells”, then accompanied the tape for “Amazing Grace” and “You Raised Me Up”.  

Today, there wasn’t much opportunity to raise my energies.  My left eye was annoying me because the vision in it continues to be blurred.  I had planned on meditating part of the day in the hammock but didn’t get to it.  I was involved in gluing pictures and copying quotes from a White Eagle book to handmake Christmas cards for special friends and family.  Right before Barbara picked me up at 6:40 PM, Kenzie injured his left front leg and/or his back, playing with Chica, his little long-haired Chihuahua playmate.  He just cried and cried when Terry carried him into the house and put him in my lap.  He didn’t want us to touch him anywhere, especially not on his leg.  I had Terry give him some Rescue Remedy drops and I gave him a doggie aspirin.  That calmed him down a bit, and I did some Reiki on him, also.

Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, Maxine, Radana, and me.   This night I did not bring any of the larger crystals to the circle.

- By Sitter Karen V.

We sang “Do-Re-Mi”, then, “Jingle Bells”, then, “Amazing Grace” and “You Raised Me Up”.  Shortly after George opened the circle, I thought I heard Victoria say something; Radana also heard her.

I started out wearing sunglasses and saw the standing trumpet with its luminous bands.  Then, the bands started disappearing, and re-appearing, in no particular order.  Band 2 was shaped like a backwards L, lying down.  Band 3 was shaped like a triangle with the top third missing.  Band 4 was shaped like an elongated L, I think.  The tiny lights at the top were arranged in a semi-circle or half-dome.

I looked around with my sunglasses on; then, removed my sunglasses, looked around and closed my eyes.  I saw an egg-shaped circle of blue-green light above Maxine.  I also saw a shooting star moving horizontally toward Barbara, then, just before it reached her, it shot upward.

I had the vague impression of the face of a man right in front of me.  Ididn’t recognize the face. I heard someone to the left of me, either Maxine’s or George’s, stomach growling.

I felt my mother’s presence: I was wearing a necklace of blue angelite beads and pink rose quartz beads that I had given her years earlier before she passed and she had left them to me.

When we closed the circle, we noticed that the Native American rattle had moved.  Also, when I went to pack up the crystals and crystal cluster, I noticed that the Window Laser Crystal Wand beneath Victoria’s seat had been moved, as had several individual crystals that were positioned on or around the cluster under the table in the center of the room.

Personal Notes:  Last week I noticed the scent of orange in my living room.  I believe that it was the “calling card” of an unknown spirit.  Around the same time, Barbara had noticed a lemon scent in her house and thought it to be a sign from a spirit.

I sat in the hammock today and went to see an optometrist I used to work for.  He immediately referred me to a retina specialist.  They are very concerned about the blurriness of vision in my left eye.  Barbara picked me up again, since I can’t see well enough to drive at night.  All the way on the drive to the healing center, I sang songs to myself to raise my energies. Tonight’s circle consisted of Victoria and George, Barbara, Maxine, Radana, and me (Karen).

- By Sitter Karen V.

After the lights were turned off for a split second I saw this window of light with two shapes looking down at us. It was there, then gone. It was surely a surprise for just beginning a session! During the seance I heard much moving about on the other side of the table, almost to (my) annoyance. It sounded like rustling across the floor and went on throughout the session. After, I asked if anyone was moving around a lot and got no reply as to what that could have been. Likely it was spirit, for what else to explain the noise shifting about.

- By Sitter Barbara H.

Tonight it was a small (but powerful) group – Barbara, Maxine, Radana, George, Victoria, and me (Karen).

Circle tonight was full of energy.  We started out saying the Lord’s Prayer, then singing “Do-Re-Mi” and “Jingle Bells”; then “He Raised Me Up” (or something like that) on tape.  It’s a wonderful song, makes you feel good.  We hummed along with the tape.  After we finished singing, George rang the bell and we started.

The song echoed long after in the room:  I heard a multitude of voices, individual voices, low and high voices, singing, “echoing” the lat song.  The voices talked and sang.  Radana also heard the voices.

I felt a huge dome of energy above and around us.  At the same time I could hear heavy, rhythmic breathing.  I believe I heard the breathing with my physical ears and the singing with my inner ears.  I heard the message: “You don’t need ears to hear or eyes to see.”  (The vision in my left eye is very blurry and impaired with black squiggles but totally blurred this time.)  I heard the singing for a long time and then a kind of humming sound (louder than mosquitos humming but not too loud).

I saw the standing trumpet with its 4 illuminated bands, and 4 small lights at the top situated like the neck of a guitar, and 2 small lights to the bottom left of the fourth band (in the vicinity of the small trumpet).

I closed my eyes and saw a short, squiggly blue light to the center left of me and several shooting stars to the left and right of me.  Then the second band of light on the standing trumpet disappeared and re-appeared.

I heard sort of a “rocking” sound, even and rhythmic but not too loud.

I was very aware of the dome of energy at this time and saw a red-orange flash just to the left of center, then green and blue patches of light, a white patch of light above and behind Maxine, to my left, and another above and between Radana and Barbara, to my right.

I held up my hands early on to send Reiki energy to “the primary medium” (Victoria) rather than to other mediums in the circle.  I was thinking to myself that I would like to send energy in another way to the spirits who might be helping us and who might need additional energy.  I was told that all I had to do was to smile, that I had no idea how powerful a physical smile can be – that it actually sends out a massive burst of energy when you smile up to including your eyes.

I closed my eyes to focus on feeling any touches by spirit (felt none).  Both George and Radana mentioned that they had been touched on the shoulder.

Then, I thought I heard Victoria say something or sort of cry out.  Then, George said it was time for Victoria to come back.  Then, I heard a railroad whistle or gong.  Then, Victoria was back saying someone she did not know had stepped into her body.  She said Shiri had stepped forward early on and Victoria had heard her voice and recognized it as Shiri’s.  Victoria said she had gone very far out – through the veil which she saw as a wall of fire, to the white caverns and further.  She was surprised to see that there is a lot more on the other side than we normally think there is.  Barbara said that she was very aware that Victoria had gone so far “out” this time.  Victoria’s guides and guardians wanted her “out of body” so control could be relinquished to whomever “took over” her body.  Victoria also mentioned that she couldn’t really hear what the step-in had said or done.  She did see one of her guides with a small bird in his hand.  As I’m typing this, I remember  seeing a hawk (I think) killing a red Cardinal as we drove into my brother’s driveway up in Grand Island, FL, over the Thanksgiving holiday.

It’s possible the “rocking” sounds and the railroad sounds were actually attempts by spirit to use the trumpet.  I’m just not sure.  They might be interpreted as “hollow” sounds?

Personal Notes: It was raining out today and I ached all over.  I spent my day going through advertisement circulars, taking a nap, cooking a turkey breast for turkey sandwiches.  I changed to a “happy” shirt and old jeans for circle and Barbara picked me up as my left eye is acting up again & I can’t see out of it.

We all sat and talked for quite a while before beginning  – about a name for the healing center, what’s been going on over the past week, etc.  

-By Sitter Karen V.

Tonight, circle consisted of George and Victoria, Victoria and George’s daughter, Barbara, and myself.   George played a tape of music, mostly songs unknown to me and we sang along as best we could.

Usually, the general atmosphere is dark; i.e., you can’t see much.  The energy in the room is kind of shadowy.  Tonight, however, the energy was sort of light/shadowy, and Victoria was surrounded by an aura of white light.  The atmosphere in the room seemed very comfortable.

There were several orbs – one came around my right shoulder from behind; and I saw another to my left, out of the corner of my eye.  There was also a spark of light in front of Barbara.

I saw the 4 luminescent bands on the trumpet, with 4 tiny lights at the top.  Something or someone passed in front of the trumpet, including the tiny lights at the top.  Whatever it was, it had a transparent red shadow.  The fourth band, around the lip of the trumpet, I saw as dark in the middle, with a diamond-shaped light at each end.

The smaller trumpet, which was lying down to the left of the standing trumpet, was also lit up for the first time.  I had never noticed it before.

The surrounding energy in the room seemed visually light in color, sort of tinged with a light-to-white color.  I didn’t see any other lights or orbs.

I don’t remember hearing any sounds.  I think Barbara said that she did hear a sound.

When Victoria came back into her body, she said that my aunt (most likely my father’s step-sister, Muriel) came in, as did someone Victoria recognized as a medium.  My aunt has come through in spirit writings, as well.

There was a feeling of calmness or peace about the circle tonight.  Maybe having their daughter there had that effect on George and Victoria.

Most of the time, I had my hands up, directing Reiki energy towards Victoria.

Usually, when I sit next to Barbara, I’m hot, but it was lovely and cool tonight, even cold, but not too cold.

I brought a couple of additional crystals that I have not brought previously: two lightning “sticks” and another that I can’t remember the name of.  (Note:  Lightning “sticks” are created when lightning hits sand/quartz crystals and fuses them into a hollow tube.  These crystals are particularly conducive to connection and communication and amplification of the energy.)

Afterwards, George and Victoria’s daughter seemed puzzled that none of us were focusing our minds on moving the items on the table.  We tried to explain that we, ourselves,  did not want to cause the objects to move.  Instead, we were trying to send energy to the spirits and to Victoria to enable them to move the objects.

 Personal Notes: Spent the day making calls and doing errands, and sat in the hammock for awhile, enjoying the beautiful day (86+ degrees).  I also smudged the crystals and set them in the sunlight to soak up energy.  I think that next circle I should carry a photo of my present Westie (dog), McKenzie, on me in the circle.

 One night last week, I woke up from a deep sleep to see a golden aura standing in the doorway to our bedroom.  I could not see a being, only the aura.

- By Sitter Karen V.

Tonight, circle consisted of George and Victoria, Peg, Maxine, Barbara, and myself.  Instead of karaoke before the circle, after prayers, George played a tape of music and we all sang along to “American Pie” and some reggae/rhumba song that I don’t know the name of.  Energy seemed high.

The energy to my left (in front of Maxine and Peg) seemed particularly high with an aura of white light; later yellow light; and, eventually, green light.

The area to my right (in front of Barbara) also seemed like very high energy.  Victoria’s movements out-of-body also seemed more energetic and different than previously.  I’m not sure in what way it seemed different – faster movements, perhaps, and moving higher up in the air, possibly?

I had my hands up sending Reiki energy to “the medium” when it occurred to me that the energy might go to Barbara or Peg, instead, so I tried to direct the energy more specifically to Victoria without using her name.

The light in the room seemed especially bright, as did the bands on the trumpet.  The 3^rd band from the top (the narrowest part) was not visible except for a narrow strip on the far left of the band.  At the very top, I only saw 2 small lights.  The other bands were clearly visible.  Then, the level of light in the room seemed to get very bright, then dimmed way down, and the bands on the trumpet disappeared.  Maxine said she saw the trumpet lift up.  I didn’t see that.

Having the music tape playing was good for energy levels but I felt like I had to stop moving to the music in order to see anything that might be happening, and that was hard.  The spirit(s) seemed attracted by the music.  I think I felt my father there singing and dancing to the music.  I didn’t hear any particular sounds, except for the AC coming on, and someone to my left, snoring.

I do remember seeing large areas of light here and there to my left and right, rather like fast-moving orbs of light, such that their shapes were blurred or uneven, more so than previously.  I felt that there was lots of energy in the room.  I also saw more brightness around Victoria than I had previously seen.

The room was quite cold, again.  I did not feel cold, although it seemed cold all around me, except in front of my hands.  (That area seemed much warmer.)

Personal Notes: Spent the day clearing brush and dead bamboo branches from the side yard with Terry.  Got plenty of fresh air.  Read the “Sedona Journal of Emergence”, an old issue from Ruth.  Wore my brightest golden yellow blouse for tonight’s circle.

- By Sitter Karen V.

“I saw what was a misty light purple shadow of a swirling arm and hand reaching for the horn. Yet (the hand) could not grasp (the horn), it seemed to flow around and through the object. When the lights were put on we notice the horn had moved from its original spot for which a line was drawn around it. This was a very good sitting for me and I am looking forward to more phenomena.”

- By Sitter Barbara H.

It was a great circle! Much activity and phenomena! No negativity or fear. Here are my impressions:

The first thing that caught my eye was the light above (sitter) Maxine (seated to my left) and myself.  I could see sometimes 1, 2, or 3 small lights like Christmas lights that were on the ceiling between Maxine and me.  This light(s) was/were not directly above me but moved around until near the end of the session, they were directly above me.  The lights were clear (white).

Again, as previously, I could see the illuminated bands on the trumpet.  There was someone or something between me and it so that the 4^th band (the widest band) was partially hidden such that the middle part only was hidden; at the same time, the 3^rd band was also partially hidden but in a different way – such that only the right “shoulder” was hidden from me .  The 2^nd band was partially hidden by strands of something like Rastaman  braids;  the 1^st band (the smallest one) was entirely visible.

I also saw the trumpet move up and down.  (Medium) Victoria had drawn a circle around the mouth of the trumpet and we all saw later that the trumpet had indeed moved.

I don’t remember when but early on I heard what sounded to me like someone walking on creaky floorboards above us.  Could this have been the same sound that (sitter) Redonna heard but described as the sound of the tube thing (wand)?  I don’t know but I did not consciously hear the latter.

Near the beginning of the session, I felt someone or something breathe on my left foot.  Much later in the session, it suddenly occurred to me that maybe one or more of my previous dogs were there.  1

I felt movement to my left and above, especially above the standing trumpet.  I’m not sure exactly where but I was aware of different colored lights:  first, yellow and white near the center of the room; then intense deep purple and blue; then light green.  (The name “Jasper” just came into my head.  I have no idea how that relates to anything.)  Then, I was aware that the general light in the room was dimming, then brightening.

I think that the “mass” or “shadow”, the someone or something between  the light and me, was above me – “it” was not walking or near to the floor but elevated in the air.  It struck me that this was Victoria traveling out-of-body.  I was just aware of color and movement.

I had my hands up sending Reiki energy to Victoria but I had the bell clutched in my left hand so I don’t know how much it was accomplishing.

At some point, I had pain above and behind my right temple. I was a bit worried that the problem with the vision in my left eye would make it difficult to see anything but the blurry, blocked vision in my left eye did not affect how I saw things at all.  What I saw, I saw clearly.

I was aware of dozens of small orbs toward my left and across the room and directly above Maxine.  I knew they were there but I couldn’t see them (except for the one above Maxine).  I felt, also, that there were thousands of orbs and tiny lights in the open space of the room to my right but I couldn’t see them, either. (Ed note: Sitter Karen noticed the orbs before we had seen the video of the moving orbs on the infrared video camera).

The atmosphere reminded me somewhat of a Native American sweatlodge ceremony  –  it was very dark, you can’t see anything or anyone, except in the sweatlodge, the hot boulders glow orange and blue with heat and one often sees symbols or figures or spirits in the stones or in the air.  In our circle, there weren’t any boulders but there were the colors and spirit and lights I described above.  In both cases, the darkness seems to expand the space rather than contract it.  I sensed that there was much activity and many spirits in the area we were in and in the open space to my right as well, all crowding in.

In previous circles, I have been either hot or perfectly comfortable but in this circle I was freezing cold – rather, the room was –so cold I was sure my breath was coming out in a white fog.  Maxine also noticed the extreme cold.

1  My first thought was that it was Corky, my son’s Westie who got me through breast cancer surgery and follow-up strength training, and who moved with Terry and me (not my son, Jonathan) to Sarasota from Charleston, SC.  Or Bonnie (my first Westie); or Flora (my first puppy of my own breeding); or Tippy (a terrier puppy I got as a child from a black fireman who had rescued her from a forest fire).  (As you can tell, my dogs have always meant a lot to me.  They have been my companions through the major experiences of my life – good and bad.

Personal Notes: (Prior to the seance) I didn’t spend a lot of time outside today, just sat in the hammock for awhile, walked to the water, and watched the dogs play.  This time we moved back into the part of the back room  we used previously (previous to the last 2 times I think.  We danced to “Shambhala” by  Three Dog Night to raise our energies.  When we got into the room, we sang “Do-Re-Mi” and “B-I-N-G-O”.  We may have sung another tune but I don’t remember it, if we did.  George said a prayer of protection, stating our purpose and asking for the white light of protection all around us and inviting only good spirits with good intentions. While he was talking about visualizing a ball of white light in the center of the room, as I was doing that, I saw a woman from the 1840’s (judging by her clothing), dressed in a simple, thin, cotton floor-length white dress and wearing a small white cotton cap (almost like a Christening cap), seated next to the ball of white light, sort of between (sitters) Barbara and Redonna and across from me.  I didn’t sense her being associated with either Barbara or Redonna.  I would say this woman was a nurse, nanny, midwife, servant, Sunday school teacher, perhaps Florence Nightingale (nurse) or Clara Barton (American Red Cross).  She smiled at me and looked into my eyes.  She seemed to be present as a helper or healer for all of us.  She was plain but attractive in a quiet, unassuming way.  Then I rang the bell 3 times to start the session. I started singing “Camptown Races” to myself to bring up my energies.  

-By Sitter Karen V.

I spent a lot of time outside today, sitting in the sun and meditating in the hammock to bring up my energies.

1.             When we started I focused on raising and keeping up my energies by visualizing I was playing ball with McKenzie and, also,  by singing to myself the words to “Dulcinea” from MAN OF LA MANCHA, and “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window”.

2.             There were some areas of white light (not circles) near the ceiling, above or behind Sheila to the left of me, above George to the left of Sheila, and above or between Radana. and Barbara, to my right.

3.             It seemed like the light in the room was fairly bright.  Then it seemed to dim down and then brighten again as if someone or something passed between the light and me.

4.             Again, as previously, I could see the illuminated bands on the trumpet and then one or two would disappear and then reappear later.

5.             I saw some areas of bright light and bright flashes of light.  The area in front of Sheila, Peg, and George to my left was a very active area.  It was an area of intense color – indigo, deep purple, blues, violets, with a bright flash of red-orange near Peg, and a small flash of violet around the first band on the standing trumpet (smallest band).

6.             I was aware of a lot of movement in that area as well: spirit movement (no actual shapes, just movement).

7.             I heard a “scritching” sound in that area, also, like someone was dragging their feet across the carpet; also, a sound like someone had hit the playing arm of a record player and it moved across several grooves of the record.

8.             I began to think that the movement to my left might be Victoria moving out-of-body, so I looked closely but saw nothing in particular.  Was just aware of color and movement.

9.             I had my hands up sending Reiki energy toVictoria.  My hands sensed very warm air or energy just in front of them.

10.          I also felt a sharp pain in my left temple, possibly from the flashes of light which were probably not actual flashes but rather something moving quickly in front of the light and then away from the light.

11.       I did not hear the breathing into the trumpet that Radana heard.

12.      Victoria said she could see us all clearly, especially me because I was so bright and surrounded by yellow and orange light!  She could see the light in all of us:  that we are all light beings!

13.       I asked if my chief guide, Roger, was there near me.  Did not hear an answer but sensed that he and several of my healing guides were around me.

By Sitter: Karen V.

These are my experiences in the last two gatherings we’ve had with our Physical Mediumship group. I sketch what I feel and see, soon after our experiences for that evening. These illustrations show in a rough way the goings on, in that space of time, where all are united in one to experience spirit and Victoria’s channeling though trance to bring forth ectoplasm and other phenomena. 

- By Sitter: Barbara H.

By Sitter: Barbara H.

Note: A trumpet with luminous bands is in the center of the circle on a table.

By Sitter: Barbara H.