Demonstration of Mediumship
Thursday March 21st, 2024
As a member of the Scottish Society Psychical Research in Glasgow Scotland I am able to attend events put on by the group, via Zoom and sometimes in person at the Theosophical Society’s house. Last night’s event was a demonstration of mediumship on Zoom. There were three mediums (Jacqui McGleish with her students June Swan and Paolo Guiliani from Switzerland) present and 30 members of the SSPR in attendance.
Jacqui began reading the room and collecting the information that was being sent to her via “spirit.” She singled out a man named Peter (who makes UFO documentaries) and started asking if any of the things she was saying resonated, then moved on to another man.
Both men really grasped at the information… stating no, this doesn’t resonate, or maybe? Or maybe a second cousin…really trying to place what she was saying.
During this conversation, she began mentioning things directly related to me.
Does September 26th man anything? …My birthday.
The name Anne? …My grandmothers name.
She felt water… whether the person lived by the water or loved the water? … I live next to the river Clyde and my grandfather lived on a Sailboat for a large part of his life, loved the water.
Then Jacqui began addressing a man who had guitars hanging in the background of his screen and asked him he knew of an older gentleman who was relatively tall 5’11, 6ft with a full head of hair, who died quickly, and who played string instruments and was possibly left-handed.
My grandfather was all of those things.
She also mentioned stomach cancer- to which my grandmother had died from.
I failed to consent to this part of the demonstration as I kept feeling like one more fact, one more fact and it’ll make it real, yet my heart was beating strongly and loudly in my chest.
The next medium, Paolo, began his demonstration. He begins talking about an older woman, a grandmother possibly who was a nurse, he saw old timey nursing setting that she worked extremely hard even as after she retired.
My grandmother Anne, mentioned before, was a WWII nurse, had four children, got her master’s in nursing at Columbia and taught many nursing courses even after she retired. She worked very hard.
At this point I raised my hand and said yes, it sounds like my grandmother, to which Paolo asked if I was having a hard time… I am very homesick at the moment and cry often. He said she’s here telling you not to worry so much or be pessimistic and that you are beautiful when you smile and that I should try more often.
He then thanked me and moved on to other spirits that were speaking to him, a young boy and another man who worked with his hand, steel perhaps. Nobody seemed to resonate.
The last medium June began her demonstration. She addressed a few different women on the call. I can’t recall all of the details but, at a certain point she said mentioned that there were quite a lot of cats present and if the name Patrick rang a bell.
My soul tie in cat form was named Patrick who passed a few years ago peacefully. I have his name tattooed on my arm.
He was the loudest of the many cats I’ve loved and lived with over the years, so it would make sense he would be the one to come through.
This in particular made me feel very loved.
During this whole demonstration I felt like I was screaming into the void, asking anyone, my father, my grandparents to please come back and speak to me more, that I missed them desperately and that if they could just say one more thing, one more thing, then I would happy.
If we take this information at face value, that there are ghosts communicating with this three mediums, and even if the mediums knew I was going to be there, and googled me, there is no possible way any single portion of that information would be privy to them. They would have to hack my computer or phone and then piece it all together.
I postulate there are a few possible scenarios.
1- Ghosts/ spirits of the dead came to communicate with the Medium’s, and they relay the information to the audience.
2- The mediums performed improvisation and said very basic things that could apply to anyone, and then used the thread given to continue with the performance. There is no belief, just perceptive manipulative techniques.
3- The mediums used techniques to clear their minds and have practices saying those things that just come to mind, taking that information as spirit communication- there is belief for the Mediums, but there may not be spirits present, just synchronicity.
4- The mediums used techniques to clear their minds and have practiced saying those things that just come to mind, but there are spirits present and this is the way that they can communicate.
5- These mediums would be accessing the collective unconscious and by nature of me directing my thought toward them, they were able to pick up on it.