Physical Mediumship Blog

- 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.