13th August I attended ASK Cumbernauld to the
usual full house that one expects when visiting this church.
15th – Development Circle...1
8th I was off to the Albany Street Spiritualist Church, Edinburgh. (SNU) Our capital city is always busy at this time of the year with the Edinburgh Festival - this year I found it busier than normal so it will be interesting to see if the numbers are up for this year.
20th – At a discussion on Spiritual Healing...
22nd - Development Circle...
24th – My workshop at the Glasgow Association
which was again well attended.
25th - Kilmarnock
Spiritualist Church. (SNU)
26th -
A change for me...Instead of being on the platform I sat in the
congregation of Glasgow Association Spiritualist Church and after the service I
enjoyed watching the church’s fledglings go through their paces.
28th Taking part in a discussion on Spiritualism.
29th – I was at Langside Spiritualist Church
30th - Psychic research...
31st - I felt privileged to be asked to take
part in psychic research in a well known area in Scotland – an area which has
many myths and legends attached to it.
Unlike the previous evening there was a lot of activity here. I am sorry
I cannot tell you any more at this stage but when the report is published I
will let you all know.
A few years ago a clergyman stopped me and asked many
questions on Spiritualism. He said he
knew about the basics of our religion but wanted to fill in the gaps. At the end of our session he said he had been
surprised to find there was a number of his congregation going to his church on
Sunday and then also attending a spiritualist church on a Tuesday evening.
A few years later we met again just around the time the
local spiritualist church was moving to a bigger hall and another spiritualist
church was just about to open in the area.
He said - not in a nasty way - “I
am not too worried. I am not being
disrespectful but I feel that many attend your church for a bit of
entertainment”.
Recently we came into contact and again the conversation
got around to religion. I will only take
one sentence from this conversation “”I
am not worried about the drift away from my church to your religion as in the
end they will come back to their home”. Again
the was not said in a nasty way and I did not take offence.
To be honest I could see that this clergyman has his
finger on the pulse of what is going on and in many ways I have to agree with
him. There are those who look on a
demonstration of clairvoyance as entertainment.
But as we all know there are demonstrations of clairvoyance that don’t
take place in our churches and are not part of our Divine Services.
The comment “they
will come back to their home” is perfectly true. Many people attend a spiritualist church for
years, yet in the end they go back to the religion they were born into for
their wedding or funeral. Usually only
one or two members of a family attend a spiritualist church and when it comes
to their funeral it is usually easier for the family to opt for a funeral
conducted by one of the mainstream religions.
Although this seems to be changing as spiritualist funerals and naming
ceremonies (christenings) are on the increase.
But I have not noticed much of an increase in spiritual weddings. And we have a compromise with several joint funerals
that I feel is an admirable in a way with two religions coming together at such
a time...
But we all have free will and Spiritualism never force
anyone to accept our way of thinking. whether
one looks on us as nothing more than entertainment – and many within our
organization don’t help matters here – spiritualism has proved time and time
again of not only proof of life after death but also that there can be
communication between the two dimensions.
Dana - Spiritualist
mediums do not "tell fortunes." They attempt to provide you with
evidence of the survival of the human soul after death.
Blair – as you have only sat in two
development circles so i would steer clear of trance workshops at the
moment. You have barely dipped your toe
in the water as far as learning about
your psychic ability is concerned so stick to the basics.
And I would say the same to Jane... who has
only sat in her fourth development circle and is not too keen on the programme
for the month of October which dwells mainly on ‘trance’. Tell your circle leader that is too much too
soon and she should understand. Well,
hopefully she will understand or you should look for another development
circle.
We have reached a stage where atrocities, no matter where
they happen around the world, are relayed into our living rooms via our TV
screens. I feel that so many become
immune to the suffering of others. After
all we have seen it all before in war and disaster movies. But this time it is not actors playing the
part but innocent men women and children being killed or maimed.
In movies there always has to be a good guy and a bad guy
and it is the same with atrocities all around the world. But on many occasions the innocent civilian
population caught in the centre of war zones find it hard to distinguish
between the good and the bad guys.
The chemical attack in Syria is horrific as it killed and
injured so many innocent people. But
innocent men, women and children are dying every day by the actions of the so-called
‘good guys’ now and in the past Drone attacks, the use of Agent Orange, cluster
bombs, using bullets and shells with depleted uranium
on the tips of them. Some of our allies
are even today still manufacturing and exporting cluster bombs.
Surely all human life is precious and it is not
acceptable that anything goes as long as we take out the so-called ‘bad
guy’? We cannot use depleted uranium bullets and
shells knowing that this will sign a death-warrant to many of our troops and civilians. This cannot be acceptable as long as we win
the battle.
It is easier to transport a negotiation table around the
world than an army and may save more innocent lives?
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