Alchemist by the Sea

Gifted Psychic or Spiritual Warnings

With the recent terrorist activites in France there will be many psychics and mediums bringing out their "predictions" posted well in advance of the tragedies. For those of us who communicate with Spirit on a regular basis, "knowing" about such events, in advance, is common. But what do we do with the information?

I was sitting in a Tampa restaurant last year with some other mediums, one specific person who was warned and escaped 911, and the topic of discussion came around to terrorism. We each shared of visions that we were recently receiving from Spirit, some of us even had general dates. Since that time other mediums have shared similar information of messages they received. Generally the images dealt with recurring visions of an aircraft flying at low levels over a beach or land mass on the water and then exploding; each one presented their data with different details. Everything happens for a reason, I have come to believe that. So what can we do about such a vision; who can we call and if we did, who would believe us? We had nothing truly specific, just general messages of a terrorist attack of a large scale. If Spirit wanted to be more specific, could they be?

Well in advance of 911 many mediums, psychics and sensitives where shown images of a great tragedy that was coming to the world. In early 2001 I was in my beginning years of training for what has become my life's dedication to working with Spirit. I was meditating twice daily using Lydia Clar's mediation series "Out of Darkness into Light" (www.lydiaclar.com). Early mornings I would see black and white movies of people, places and things in various situations, decades and centuries apart. But in January 2001, the emphasis was of this one scene, of small aircraft in a metropolitan location that resembled Lower Manhattan, flying around the upper levels of tall buildings. It was not until years later that I found my old journal with the drawings of those visual messages from Spirit. I realized only then that I had been warned of the catastrophy of September 11th.

Richard Rescourla, VP of Security for Morgan Stanley, was meeting with the Port Authority the morning of 911. He had tried unsuccessfully to have the corporate office moved to another, safer location. Richard had gone on record, predicted the original attack on the Trade Center. He had another "vision" or understanding of the next move the terrorists would take; flying a plane into the Twin Towers, possibly with a "dirty" cargo.

Richard was described by the former CIA Director Woolsey this way, the quotes taken from an article by Bill Gertz in his tribute to Rescorla in the Washington Times: " 'An iconoclast and strategic thinker who wasn’t afraid to buck the system, Rescorla 'is an example of somebody who should have probably been at the top of the intelligence community, but wasn’t,' Woolsey told me. 'He’s a perfect example of the kind of guy that the Germans say has fingerspitzengefühl — fingertip feel' or intuition, he said. 'God, it would have been wonderful if he had been the head of the DO’s [the CIA's Directorate of Operations] counterterrorist operations, but at least he saved 3,700 people.” 

In other words, Rescorla had second sight as they say in Scotland; mediumistic abilities. Richard knew details of the coming attacks. He was in contact with Port Authority Security, and other experts on terror, all the way up to the Director of the CIA. He was reliable, accurate and respected. Yet his visions of the attacks that were coming on 911 could not prevent those attacks.

Years later a Douglas warrior named Archibald the Grim, a man I had been researching and writing about, came through to me from Spirit and admitted to being Richard in another more recent lifetime than the 14c. one I wrote about. He had told me he practiced the art of Second Sight in his medieval lifetime and foresaw the death of his cousin in a battle at Otterburn in 1388. Why do we know what we know I asked him. I was told that it is a warning of what is to come. From experience with such things, I remembered that time in the world of Spirit is infinite and predictions of certain events are uncertain as they apply to "time". There are many variables; free will for those on the earth plane as well as those souls in Spirit can "throw things off" in real time here. Because we know what is coming, is that to comfort us that in such tremendous wakes of fear and violence, that we are the ones to yet survive? Or is it more than that? Does Spirit truly run the show on the "Otherside" and prevent such catastophies only to let other tragedies occur? And why is this action allowed and another prevented? And as for us, communicators with Spirit, are we being warned so we can prepare for the great emotional roller coaster that follows such attacks?

I don't know "how" it works I just know that it does.

 

Earworms....Spirit Messaging

Giving a class on the Ovilus the other night at Dancing Moon...what fun...except I could not understand why certain  messages kept repeating...."worm, music, singing, award, bicycle, records, tree, drag".

You would think that as the teacher I should begin to expect a message in class! But I kept denying anything would be for me...even as I started off class with a meditation I smelled cigarette smoke and felt like I was choking...I even coughed, a lot. I knew I had a smoker in class working with me, but who the heck was it?

One of my students shared these messages; a small man in a plaid shirt, a smoker, riding a bicycle, gave the name of Debby, in a hurry, wants things to work out, bounce in his walk. And finally, a clue that really meant a lot, dirty blonde hair and the name Loraine.

Spirit is always amazing to me...imagine, going all out to ensure that I would get the message.

The Spirit messenger kept repeating these words through the Ovilus..."worm, bicycle, singing, award, music". 

And I kept "thinking" (the key to all mediumship is to not think, just receive the message)...what is this about. And who is worm? 

I turned off the Ovilus and restarted it.

The clues came through again...worm, music, tree, singing, awards. And those clues were framed around other clues that students in the class recognized as the words from their own relatives. But the beat continued, on and on those words repeated.

Then it dawned on me, finally...the smoker was Freddie Mercury.  Here he is in a photo, in a plaid shirt  and he is smoking.

And the worm was a reference to an Earworm...you know, that song you can't get out of your head. My Earworm has been "Another One Bites the Dust".

For a medium, the humor is a bit eccentric but then I am working with old dead knights and their ladies. And they all maintain a silly sense of humor.

To me, Freddie Mercury was an English knight from the early 14th century. He identified himself years ago as Sir William Bagot of Staffordshire, a friend of Prince Edward in 1305. I saw him clearly one night...he had long blond mustache and dirty blond hair. I saw him primping, rolling his fingers around the long lengths of his mustache  as posed, watching himself in a medieval mirror. 

So when the student told me the Spirit had blond hair, I surmised that the identity of the smoker in Spirit was Freddie. The name Loraine was likely Lovaine. Another hit for me as Sir William Bagot married Eleanora of Lovaine in 1305. I laughed all the way home. There were other clues in the messages of course, but those were all about Freddie: music, award, bicycle, singing, and drag.

Tree was another message and I believe it referenced the tree-like obelisk that includes a memorial inscription from Mary Austin. Here is a photo that has been floating about online. The message during class involved documents, found items and of course, the word tree.  As recently as last February this pillar was discovered at Kensal Green Cemetary with an inscription.

I recited those words from the Ovilus to my husband that night, those clues that were repeated over and over,  And he said..."Oh, that's Queen. So Freddie was there tonight."  He knew right away...I starting laughing at myself. Duh, I am still the deer in the headlights when it comes to messages. 

And as I sit here, the Ear Worm plays on, "and another one's gone...". By the way, I have come to believe that Earworms may indeed be messages from Spirit.

Rules for those in Spirit?

Sitters are always asking about rules that apply to those in Spirit. They are confused by so called authoritative sources on Spirit. In working with those behind the veil over the last fourteen years I have learned one thing...if you can think about the possibilities, it can be accomplished with Spirit.

Early in my training as a Medium I was surprised to learn that a newly arrived soul could contact me to give a message to his family. I had been trained that we should wait to communicate; let the dead get to do their work before we contact them.

All of that changed during my evening meditation when a man presented himself in Spirit with a number of messages.

I had learned that my friend's dad had passed to Spirit about an hour before I sat for meditation. But I did not know his name; in fact, I had never met the man. My Guide in Spirit presented me with a man during my private meditation 'with some words to say'. The Spirit gave me his name, told me various things in Spirit shorthand through a series of quick words and phrases: William and Alice; crimson and blue; and so forth. I always recorded message in my journal right after meditation and that evening was no exception.

The next morning I was taking my dogs for a walk on the beach and wondered how I could ever find a way to give my friend his father's messages. I asked Spirit for help. And as I was leaving my yard, my friend pulls into the driveway. David (not his real name) was just stopping by on his way to the funeral home he told me. I expressed my condolences and then asked if I might give him some messages. David shrugged and said sure. He knew that I spoke to Spirit so he did not doubt my words but he certainly was confused by them.

David drove off then quickly turned around, returning to my driveway. "Hey, look here. Mom had me pickup Dad's blue jacket and his crimson tie for the funeral." We both shared a knowing look. He assured me that he would check on the rest of the messages. Later that day one of his sisters came up with the match for 'William and Alice'. That couple lived next door to the family for over thirty-five years and were now in Spirit. I Guess Dave's dad had met up with them on the Otherside!

I was always taught in Mediumship Development Classes that sitters should wait to contact loved ones as the souls would be 'busy' on their arrival to the higher plane. David's father needed to contact his family quickly and his motive was out of love. I trusted in my Guides that they would not lead me astray. If his dad was contacting me to pass along messages, then the words must OK to pass along. And when Spirit presented me with the opportunity to give David that priceless gift from Spirit, verification that his father survived the change called death, I realized it was to be all along.

The photo to the left is of Emma Hardinge Britten, the well known Spiritualist who lectured in the mid 19th century in the United States from Boston to North Carolina where I live now. Our first interaction came at Stansted in 2002 when she left me an apport to tell me that I would become a writer for the promotion of Spiritualism. Emma appears in my books and  brings in messages during classes here in Raleigh. I value her guidance in my Spirit Circle.

Back to my first statements....if you can think of an action, than Spirit can do it. I don't hold for rigid rules dealing with the higher plane. I believe that we all came from Spirit and we are going back there. I also hold as my truth, that since I have not been on the higher side in a very long time that I can't begin to imagine what transpires there. I would be remiss in conveying absolutes for the world of Spirit.

Go with your heart, trust in your guides. Receiving messages from those behind the veil within seconds is not unusual. And any trained Medium can' bring through' a willing Spirit within moments of the transition. In fact even if a person is in the process of crossing over, they can communicate too. More on that later...

 

 

Images from Spirit

As I traveled through Scotland I received many messages from Spirit through  pictures. Some photos had full length images of a person in Spirit while others were just symbols such as the recurring "head and shoulder" image or the "diamond shape" that appeared in the pictures I took of places important to a specific medieval incarnation as a Douglas.

When I visited Lesmahagow Priory I saw a priest "in Spirit" who appeared to be kneeling in prayer. He later identified himself as Prior Brice of Lesmahagow. I recognized his image recorded here in this photo (left), appearing the lower right corner in a hue of blue.  Brice came in to me (communicated with me) that day and showed me around the priory where the Douglas family kept their charters until 1289. Later Brice became the Bishop of Moray. He was an important figure in the Douglas family.

A second photo taken that day at the same priory included a head and shoulder shape that became a signature image for me at several medieval religious houses in Scotland. During a sitting in 2003 with Robert Brown , the Medium looked at the photograph and provided evidence that validated other messages for me about a prior medieval lifetime. "I see a woman wearing a white Saxon veil like Maid Marion," he said, adding that her name was Eleanor. The name of person in that 13th century incarnation in Scotland was Eleanora Lovaine Douglas and the white veil was a symbol of mourning.  The photographs were taken in 2002.

Because I received so many different messages, symbols and images, in my photographs I decided to carry at least three different cameras on each trip. I would take pictures with each camera at every site to rule out the possibility of these Spirit images being attributed to "lens flares".

Messages from Spirit come in many shapes and forms. Photographic images, capturing Spirit energy on film, was one of my favorite types of communication.

Animals and Spirit Communication

Teaching Spirit Communication is rewarding for me. Each class reminds me of the earlier times in my own development when I was unsure about the source of my information. I was almost fearful to share the words form Spirit as I thought I might have gotten the message wrong. But now as I share the stories of my early training I realize that such timidity was actually a struggle with ego.

Communication is a partnership with our guides in Spirit. Those souls behind the veil have to learn how to communicate with us just like we have to find a way to receive their messages accurately. Meditation on a daily basis helps to speed up the learning process.

I have found that our animals are natural communicators. My new Deerhound pups have provided me with wonderful messages from their animal counterparts in Spirit. For the last eight weeks since Arrow and Ace passed, the newcomers, Mercury and Archer, have been on high alert.

Without audible prompts, one of my eight month old hounds started to stare at a corner of the room that was once the territory supervised by my beautiful Celtic Arrow. Mercury escalated his response to a full-bark alert. As a medium I was able to see Arrow still standing her ground. (Celtic Arrow pictured left, a month before she passed)

On another day Garnet Ace, my wise old soul in Spirit, showed up in my bedroom. I saw him out of the corner of my eye as he sauntered through. From a deep sleep, the newer pup, Archer, jumped up on the bed, standing at full attention. Loud barking ensued until the Ace Man left the room. (Garnet Ace pictured right with his happy smile)

I was very grateful to see my old warrior hounds in Spirit. Their presence is wonderfully reassuring, even with my decade of experience in mediumship. Just knowing that they are around is very comforting to me. And for those that do not 'see' as a clairvoyant be assured that our animal friends never really leave us. With meditation we can learn to see these loved ones on a daily basis, many becoming our totems as we 'travel' behind the veil through our meditations.

Communication with Spirit is something we all can do. Sometimes it is just a matter of being receptive, open to the message just like my Deerhound pups were when they were visited by Arrow and Ace. Animals teach us a lot about communicating with Spirit as they are always open to it, taking it in stride as part of their reality.

Were Barbara Olson's Calls on 9-11 from Spirit?

Barbara Olson was an author, attorney and political commentator who died on Flight 77 when it hit the Pentagon on 9-11. I was living in Boston at the time  and knew her only through her books and appearances on television. But that afternoon she started talking to me from Spirit.

Over the course of several days she presented evidence of her survival in Spirit. And she provided details in  visions of her last minutes on board the aircraft before it crashed. I wrote everything down in my journals and was surprised when she insisted more than once that I knew her.

It was ten years later that I understood.

Helen Foster (left image) appeared briefly in my latest book, RIGHT OF PASSAGE, What the Dead say about Reincarnation. She was a great, great, great aunt to me as well as a  relative from Staffordshire, England in medieval times.  In  her marriages she wed  conservative political leaders, including Ansel B. Cook of Illinois.

A week before the tenth anniversary of 9-11 Helen in Spirit  revealed that she had helped me write my latest book and that she was also Barbara Olson.

She provided evidence of survival, including these facts: her husband remarried and that she had contacted him from Spirit with three phone calls. Ted Olson first told CNN that his wife called him twice on a cell phone. I recalled the visions  I had on 9-11 of the lady wearing wire rim glasses, crouched on the floor behind a seat on a plane making a call from a small phone. The only problem with Ted Olson's evidence at the 9-11 investigation was that the FBI contradicted his story.

The FBI gathered all cell phone information for 9-11. Only one call was attributed to Barbara Olson and it was not completed, lasting zero seconds. Ted Olson said he spoke with his wife twice. Barbara told me that three calls were made. Ted said she identified the hijackers as Muslims and described their weapons and activities that matched other evidence collected that day. The calls between  Barbara and her husband surely took place, but how?

Later Ted Olson modified his story, saying that his wife may have called collect on a passenger-seat phone. American Airlines refuted that claim as their Boeing 757 did not have seat phones. The cell phones capable of operating at high altitudes were not developed until 2004, so how did Barbara make those calls?

I believe it was as Barbara told me; she called from Spirit.

Our loved ones will get through to tell us they survive the change called death. The messages come in love and on 9-11, Barbara Olson's call was not the only one using Spirit Energy for the connection.

Reiki helps us learn to work with the Universal Life Force...the energy I call Spirit

Not long after I completed my own training in Reiki Second Degree I visited Scotland for the first time, in this lifetime. I decided to do Reiki healing at the ruins of the 13th century castle of my ancestors in the village of Douglas, Lanarkshire.

Setting the video camera to record I went about my healing ceremony.

Imagine my surprise when I viewed this figure directly opposite me, higher on the right of the image, standing in the tower ruins wearing a medieval bishop's hat and robes. The image is slightly blurred as it was a still created from a VCR movie.

The Spirit later identified himself as William from a different incarnation. This was the first time I experienced Spirit working with me while  I did Reiki healing. Other friends who are not mediums but have taken Reiki, have discovered that their ability to communicate with those on the 'otherside' has been improved since they began practicing the healing modality on others.

It is all about working with the Universal Life Force...that energy is Spirit to me.

Spirit Communication...Making Sense of the Messages

During every class or demonstration people, even mediums, get messages they do not understand. I always advise people who get readings to record their messages from Spirit as they may make more sense later...sometimes years later.

The other morning I woke early and felt a strong pain on the top left side of my head. Then I heard the words from a woman in Spirit, "My son,". I had just received an email about a friend in Boston being rushed to surgery for a brain aneurysm and she was going through the difficult days of recovery. I asked Spirit to remove the pain in my head and it left as quickly as it arrived; a sure sign that this was a message from the 'Otherside' and not something wrong with me.

Then I went to work trying to determine the identity of the communicator in Spirit; emailing friends to narrow down the search. I came up empty handed. But the pain kept returning and finally this morning I spoke to my guides; asking them to identify the person who was trying to communicate.The pain stopped immediately and I felt this woman come in as my guide William reminded me that my grandfather died of a brain aneurysm. "You have heard from this woman before in a reading with John Holland and you have known her before," he said. By 'coincidence' or as I like to call it, Spiritual design, I had just found my notes from that reading in 2001 as I was unpacking from my recent move. Yes, it was nine years ago and this lady is finally coming back in to say hello. This lady was the mother of Charles Mills, my step grandfather (in Spirit, there are no differentiations with step, half, or in law as they are all considered relatives) and she was now telling me she was also Helisant Lovaine from 13th century Essex, England. It took me nearly nine years to identify her. And a story about a brain aneurysm proved to be the key to unlocking the link. The photograph below is of Little Easton Manor in Essex England, the home of Helisant Lovaine from 1267 to 1290. And to add to the 'coincidence', Helisant Lovaine died of a brain aneurysm according to the several messages provided by other mediums over the years.

So save those recordings from sittings. And do not throw away any of the notes or journals with messages from Spirit. Those on the Otherside, as the Ancient Celts described Heaven, will get their messages through eventually; they have a lot of patience and time on their side.

Spirit Energy at Tantallon

TANTALLON

A 14TH CENTURY MEDIEVAL STRONGHOLD HELD BY THE DOUGLAS

When I first visited Tantallon in 2002 I was researching the lives of my ancestors in Scotland. As a Medium I both saw and felt the presence of William the first Earl of Douglas there in the great hall. But when I took some photos of Tantallon I was surprised to see an image that appeared to be of Spirit.          

I did not see this vision with the 'naked eye' when I was at the castle and I have not tried to identify the Spirit. But recently other similar images of Spirit at Tantallon have been presented on this website:

http://scienceofghosts.wordpress.com/

The first photo seen below includes a small image behind the family and appears on that website above. The article accompanying the images says that the photo was taken 30 years ago.

 

 

    The second image below, according to the website, was taken in May 2008 and the 'Green Man' has also appeared on YouTube. The locations for the vision are above the great hall and appear to be in the same general location at the castle.

The question that first comes to mind: was this the same Spirit?

Also...it would seem that anyone could capture the entity on film or in a digital image which makes it all the more intriguing. What then is the reason for this Spirit making such an appearance?

In Spiritualism we are taught that using the energy to create such an image must have a purpose.

Spirit Communication: Physical Mediumship

There are many forms of Mediumship. The most intriguing to me is Physical Mediumship. This type of Spirit Communication takes on many expressions such as Direct Voice and Apports. As a medium I have been present during a sitting where Spirit spoke, the voice of a discarnate soul was heard and taped during a session.

I have also been blessed to receive several apports. An apport is an item from the physical world that is moved by Spirit from one place to another. My favorite of these forms of Spirit Communication was a black feather that I first received while visiting Neidpath Castle in Scotland in 2006. Early one morning, around 3 AM I had a visit from a man in Spirit clearly dressed in 13th century garments. I had thoroughly researched the history of Scotland in the 13th and 14th centuries for my books so I recognized the dress but not the man. His face was so clear and his hair was long with tiny braids in front. He told me that I was going to visit his castle that day and that his name was Gilbert de Hay. Through my research on Neidpath I knew that  Simon Fraser held the castle in the 13th century so this new information about de Hay was surprising.

When I arrived at the old manor later in the day I purchased a booklet put together by the current owners on the castle's history. I flipped through the pages and found a story of how Robert the Brus awarded the lands and castle to Gilbert de Hay on the occasion of his marriage to the daughter and only heir of Simon Fraser in 1307. What wonderful validation! As I entered the great hall by way of a turnpike stair I looked down and saw a black feather on the last step. I picked up the feather and went to photograph it. But the object melted into thin air from my hand. It just disappeared out of my fingers. Six months later it reappeared back in Boston at my home. The timing of the apport was perfect as it verified messages that I had recently received from  other mediums.

Another form of Physical Mediumship I have been fortunate to experience was something similar to a stigmata where Spirit puts a physical mark on the body. Unlike the scars or open wounds appearing on the hands of Saints, these marks from Spirit do not last very long and are generally superficial.  

I had been communicating since 9-11 with a man who identified himself as a passenger on one of the airplanes that hit the World Trade Center. He told me that he had played hockey. And he showed me through visions the details of his struggle on board the aircraft and how he passed. I then asked him for specific facts. I wanted to know about any injuries he had that could be verified. He mentioned a date of October 13th. He gave me information about damged teeth.  I had forgotten all about the communication when on the morning of October 13, 2007 I woke up to find a curious mark on my left hand, like a bite mark only it was from someone who had damaged teeth. I heard this man in Spirit laughing and then it all made sense. Spirit had found a way to communicate the details of a physical injury that I could later validate in records.  

To me Spirit Communication is always innovative. It is also specific to the person receiving the information. And it is as unique as the communicator sending the message. Many times as a medium we hear the words from Spirit or see the visions but we don't always comprehend the meaning. The secrets held within these messages can often be a jigsaw puzzle of information. I am always surprised by the innovative work of those in Spirit. And when they use Physical Mediumship to enhance their messages it is both exciting and impressive to me.