Elaine's Journey with Spirit.......

Childhood Experiences

"Since childhood I was often aware of Spirit whether through very vivid dreams or through sensing spirit around me. I would see things out of the corner of my eye, very is much like a lot of other people but my parents would put it down to being just my imagination. Also, in my room at night I would surround myself with as many teddies and toys as many as my bed could hold, just to keep me safe from who or whomever it was trying to draw close to me. My mum would often recall how I would just not settle in my own bedroom and how I would wake her up so that I could sleep in her bed as I was too frightened to sleep on my own. This eventually led to me being told that I was far too sensitive, which was the definitely the case.

Living in a Haunted House

As I got older I would have a tendancy to walk into a building or a particular environment and sense whether it was a negative or a positive energy within it. This would also happen wherever I lived, I would feel that I would always be aware of spirit trying to communicate. In particular, when I was an art student living in Dundee I stayed in the old part of town called Stobswell. This was where jute worker's houses stood and two other students and myself lived in a particular flat for a one year period. During this period I felt that there was always someone standing in the corner of my room next to the window, and as I would see shadows and hear noises that were unexplained this really freaked me out, especially when alone and in the dark. I would ask my flat mates if they felt anything strange but nobody seemed to experience it other than me. After a while I felt as though this particular spirit wanted to communicate, so when I opened up I discovered that a spirit women had been trapped in a horrific house fire and tried to jump out of the bedroom window.

Key Evidence of Past Events

As the logical part of my brain began to take over I wanted to find some factual evidence to whether or not this event had actually happened. So, I decided to go to the local library and look through turn of the century 1900 news clippings. To my amasement, a horrific fire had been documented and two or three homes had been destroyed in that exact area, also with the sad loss of lives too. Unfortunatley there were no names recorded on that news clipping but I was sure it was the women who occupied our flat. On inspection of my room, there was also blistered paint work on the skirting boards, but as they had many years of paint over them I just did not notice.  

Importance of Psychic Protection

As I was really unaware that I needed some form of protection, alot of the time I would be constantly open to negative energies and at times horrific images would present themselves, from walking past couples and senses domestic violence, abuse or even when walking through a part of the city I could sense that there had been a death, all very gruesome and not at all what i wanted to be visualising or sensing. This concerned me greatly so I realised that I would have to learn and develop how to protect my energy and inner spirit. This led me on to various books and cds on the paranormal, spirit guides and psychic development and protection and of course tv programmes like Most Haunted. But this simply was not enough to quench my thirst for knowledge on how to work more closely with spirit and find like minded people to share experiences with. 

Readings for Friends & Colleagues

With regards to experience of psychic and mediumship readings there have been times when out with either close friends, work mates and business colleagues that I have been able to sense spirit drawing close. I would therefore bring up the conversation of psychic readings just to find out what their opinion was prior to embarking on passing on a message. As this was an ability that I felt was kept very personal, most of the people who knew me including my family were simply not aware that I could communicate with spirit. People have said to me "well you must have known who was in your friend's life?" But my answer is no, as how can you possibly give clear evidence of a grandparent's, friend or family members life, their personal experiences they may have had with that particular person, a physical description i.e colour of eyes, hair style, clothing, what condition they passed over to the spirit world with etc etc? When you have no knowledge of them, haven't seen a photo or they just haven't come up in a conversation when on a girls night out.  

 

 

Quest to find like Minded Others

Giving readings to friends etc was and is always a very humbling experience, especially when the message is very apt for the time and really means something special to the recipient. But in order to hone these skills and develop things a stage further I needed to find like minded people. So it was really important to find a group or organisation where I could go on a regular basis, so my mum and I went to a few Spiritualist churches in Glasgow. We sat and like others around us waited for the service to begin and the mediums to start their readings and I recieved some lovely messages from my Gran in spirit. But this was not what I was looking for as I knew that I also wanted to develop my relationship with spirit.

Freedom of Spirit Organisation

After enquiring about psychic and mediumship development groups with a few Spiritualist Churches I was told that you could only join if you were invited in. This was very frustrating because I knew that I did have abilities, but just didn't know where to go or what to do next to develop them. So, I had been looking through my emails and noticed there was a Body and Soul Event in Glasgow that weekend and wasn't sure whether to attend as I new I would probably spend too much on all the lovely crystals books etc. But when the Sunday came, something drew me to go into town, reassuring myself that I only had to nip in and out, because you never know who you might meet! Usually I would always venture into the main hall but this time I felt that I had to stay out and walk around the stalls outside. There it was a big blue banner with.........  

Offering Psychic and Mediumship development classes, just exactly what I had been looking for. The couple, Tom and Linda Anderson were busying about as they were about to conduct a talk and could only speak to me briefly. I explained what I was looking for and Linda asked if I could give her a call the next day, if I was still interested after looking at their marketing leaflets. I also decided to leave my business details and Reiki leaflet hoping this might also give them a better indication of what kind of a person I was. 

The next day I called, Linda explained what Freedom Of Spirit classes entailed and that there was a place available within the Wednesday group, but she would have to chat with Tom first and I now know with (their spirit team) as to whether I would be a suitable candidate to blend with the already existing group. After a few more conversations, it had been agreed that I could come on a trial basis to see whether it was for me and also for them and I could come to the group that Wednesday. FANTASTIC news!!! At long last I could meet fellow people with a love for spirit and an opportunity to develop skills.

Residential Trance Weekends

Other than attending weekly, I also attend residential Trance weekends with Freedom Of Spirit. This is an opportunity to develop your relationships with inner spirit, your guide and also other devine spirit. For me really is the most humbling and emotional experience I have had to date. The over whelming feeling of love from spirit and the other members in the group truly is spectacular. Although i am very much a beginner to Trance Mediumship, it is really is an area of mediumship I adore and feel that it is very much in my heart and soul to do in the future.

Physical Phenomena Courses

Other than the mental mediumship and Trance work, I have also attended two Physical Phenomena courses also with Freedom of Spirit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A medium is someone who tunes in to the world of spirit, encountering visions or experiences where a loved one who has passed over comes to them and seeks to channel information through them.