The Belfast Church.... The Fear Surrounding 2012....

From the 10^th to the 19^th I enjoyed the wonderful hospitality of the Belfast Spiritualist Church. (SNU)

What a wonderful atmosphere that meets all who step through the door of this church. The link with Spirit is already there and it makes it so easy for the medium to connect with Spirit.

I took the Divine Service on both Sundays, the development circle on Monday, and Wednesday evening’s clairvoyance.  It was privileged to take part in the Healing Service on the Thursday evening. There were also private sittings Monday to Friday.

 As last year I was greatly impressed by the enthusiasm of the committee and members to further their knowledge of Spiritualism. It reminded me of ASK Stewarton in the 90’s.

Shellie Nicholl, Robert Lewis, Dorothy Byrne, Collette Diamond, Pat James, , Debbie Griffin, Michelle Mc IIhatton, Samantha Dodds and Healing Leader Joanne Maguire are all part of a hard working committee that make this church so vibrant and successful. I apologise if I have missed out any committee members.

 A great loss to the church earlier this year was the passing of Artie Hannah. He was long serving and hard working member of this church. Artie was I believe in Spiritualism for quarter of a century and inspired many in the movement.

Spiritualism in Northern Ireland started in 1912. An interesting insight into Spiritualism in Northern Ireland can be found on

http://belfastspiritualistchuch.co.uk/pages/history.html

It was nice to see several young children at the services, the youngest being only ten days old. I was a bit envious of this young lad as I wish I had been introduced to Spiritualism at that age.

The church is considering starting a Lyceum, like a Sunday school.

 The Belfast Church is having a special charity night on 5^th October and I am sure there will be a big turnout.   I asked President Shellie Nicholl to explain about the evening.

“This event has been organised to raise money for Cold Cots for all maternity Wards in hospitals through N.I. My little nephew Marcus was born sleeping on 27th May & thankfully the Ulster had a cold cot, which meant our little angel could stay with his mummy for the duration of her time in hospital, but not all hospitals have them. When we raise enough for the first cold cot, we will be giving it to the Ulster.”

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I was a little taken aback earlier this month when I was asked to talk to a lady about the Mayan prediction that the world will end on 21/12/12.  She was being treated for depression and her son said the cause of this was her belief that the world will end next year, cutting her children and grandchildren down before they have really had a life.  I had to say to her family that I was a Spiritual Medium and that this gift given to me did not include predictions, but the family still wanted me to talk to the lady in question.  It is not just one individual that many would say is overreacting, there have been reports from many countries around the world of people, especially the young being deeply upset at the approach of 2012.  I did my best with the old soul but the only thing that will convince her is when the bells herald in 2013.

 There have been countless predictions of the end of the world and yet Planet Earth still has an abundance of life.  The most well know prediction that the world will end in 2012 is said to come from the ancient Mayan civilization.  But on looking closer was this Mayan prediction, or Western interpretation of the Mayan long count calendar, that time will run out next year?   What is less well known is that in other ancient Mayan sites long-count calendars have been found that go far beyond 2012, in fact roughly to the year 4772

2012 was also the chosen year for the end of the world by Nostradamus in the mid 1550s.  But Nostradamus’s predictions are not clear cut, he writes symbolically and it is up to each reader as how to interpret his predictions.

There is also a theory that Christ was born in 4BC so the Mayan’s and Nostradamus’s 2012 was actually 2008AD.  So another end of the world prediction has come and gone.

We have a media these days that needs sensationalism in every story.  Nothing will sell more newspapers or get more people watching TV than articles and programmes about the end of the world.  This causes panic among vulnerable people.  Only the other day standing in a newsagent I heard several old people comment with concern about the headline in a national daily newspaper. They were worried about heating their homes as in bold print we were told to expect snow next month.  Then on reading further down that heavy or moderate falls COULD be with us as early as October OR November.

The world’s climate has always been changing with man and beast having to adapt to survive.  So far many species have managed this with success.    In recent years we have seen climate change speeding up because of man’s abuse of the planet.  .  But even the most negative warnings about climate change do not predict the end of life as we know it in 2012.  Hopefully governments will speed up their plans for cutting pollution and the global warming will have a lesser impact that was once feared. 

Next year there will natural disasters like we have every year and let’s hope the media will not go overboard in sensationalising that this is the start of the end of the world as we know it.  

My week...Spirit work in many ways.... The healing hymn.....

The three services at Glasgow Central Spiritualist Church, Berkley Street, Glasgow on the 28^th, 29, th and 30^th August were all well attended.  All those attending this church are always assured of a friendly smile and a genuine greeting from Betty Hutton as they step through the door.

The first of the new month saw me taking a much shorter journey than usual to the Toryglen Spiritualist Church.  The new part of the M74 cutting about fifteen minutes each way off my journey.  Helen McEwen who was president of this church for many years and passed over to the Spirit World in January will be proud of the way the church is continuing with Bobbie at the helm.

On Sunday it was a pleasure to serve the busy .Love and Friendship Spiritualist Church in Langside Halls. Glasgow... President Maureen Land was wearing her other hat that evening as she was the Medium taking the service at another church.  I must give a lot of praise a young gentleman called Scott who volunteered to chair for the first time and was so professional at it that if no one had told me I would have thought he had been chairing for years.  I waited on for the Healing Service, Maureen had returned by this and it was great to see how many waited on from the Divine Service to take part in the Healing Service.

The following evening it was another full house at the Lighthouse Spiritualist Church in the Argyle Centre Saltcoats.  Again a large % of the congregation from the first service waiting on for the healing Service.

Then on Wednesday it was off to the Partick Spiritualist Church in Glasgow.  May I wish John Graham the President a belated Happy Birthday.  John’s birthday was on the 8^th of this month.

Also during that time I was busy with research work taking part in a debate and my usual voluntary work.

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 I am always interested in success stories connected around visits to our churches and as I keep saying it is not always a message from the platform.  Two I have heard recently; -

After losing her husband, father and sister all within an eighteen month period Bella almost became a recluse for a few years apart from her work and once a week shopping which was brief.  After four years of this she was passing a Spiritualist Church on the way home from work one night and she felt the sudden urge to go in, even though she was tired and hungry.  She sat at the back of the church feeling very embarrassed and uncomfortable not really listening what was being said from the platform Then a thought suddenly came into her head “Do you think we would have shut ourselves away if it was you who had passed over?”, Bella slipped out of the church at this and cried all the way home.  The following morning she thought over these words and decided to get away from under the black cloud that had been above her head for the past four years.  Her plan was not to go back to a Spiritualist Church, but going into a fast-food outlet for a meal, going for a coffee the following weekend and then the biggest test of all, going to the cinema, she had never been to the cinema alone in her life before.  On each of these three occasions she met old accquantices of the past and now they keep in touch.  Spirit works in many strange ways but most of it goes unnoticed.

The second was a gentleman whose wife forced him to go to healing services because he was stressed out.  The stress was caused by work, a new working practice and as he was getting older he felt that his brain mind could not grasp the new procedures..    He said that all through the healing Services his mind was on his next week’s work schedule but not in the usual panic, but in a relaxed manner and all went well at work.  Spiritual healing works in many different ways

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Donna asked for the words of the healing hymn as she wants to use it in her prayers each night.... Here it is Donna...

The Healing Hymn

Gracious Spirit, of Thy Goodness,
Hear our anxious prayer!
Take our loved ones who are suffering,
‘Neath Thy tender care.
Loving Father, hear us, hear us!
Gracious Spirit, may Thy Presence
Shed a Healing Ray,
Turning all their night of darkness
Into glorious day.
Loving Father, hear us, hear us!
Gracious Spirit, should’st Thou claim them,
Be their Light and Guide!
Lead them to the Heavenly Kingdom
Safely by Thy side.
Loving Father, hear us, hear us!

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My week... A grand old gentleman of Spiritualism and Helen Duncan....

Sunday the 21^st saw me take the 120-mile round trip to Dunfermline Spiritualist Church (SNU) . I have been serving this busy church for many years now and as I stepped on the platform on my recent visit I noticed something was different, there was no William Stenhouse sitting in the front row. William is a grand old gentleman of Spiritualism who has been serving Spirit and his church for over 60-years. Such dedication could not go unnoticed, and it was with great pleasure the church hosted an evening in 2009 where William was presented with a long service award to Spiritualism by John Weir Past President of the Spiritualists’ National Union’s Scottish and Irish District Council. At that same ceremony a brass plaque was placed in the church to honour the memory of Elizabeth McDonald and to commemorate the sixty-years of dedication to the church. This church has been blessed to have two such long service and loyal members. William, now ninety-one, rarely missed a service up until recently and was a dedicated healer for a number of years. President Evelyn Izatt and the committee still keep in close contact with William.

The following afternoon I was much closer to home taking a meditation class. A group of people who felt that they had so much stress in their lives, decided to gather once a week to enjoy each other's company and to sit in a relaxing peaceful environment. They soon found that all went well till they came to the thirty minutes set aside for meditation. It was not so easy and some found it impossible. One gentleman commented “I have lost what it takes to relax”. Many will agree they are in the same position and I have been asked several times recently on tips on how to relax. I will go into this in detail in a few weeks.

Wednesday evening it was a pleasure to sit in with Pollock’s Pyramid Spiritualist Church circle. A very talented group who have a great thirst for knowledge about our psychic abilities and our link with Spirit.

Thursday voluntary work...

Friday a day off....

Then on Saturday another 120-mile round trip to ASK Dunfermline for private sittings....

Life for mediums on their long journeys to churches, and for the travelling public in general, in Scotland’s central belt has become a lot easier in recent weeks. With the long overdue completion of the M74, there are now no long hold ups, to get over the Kingston Bridge. The upgrading of the A80/M80 is also cutting down travelling times for drivers. I dread to think the hours I have spent sitting on the Kingston Bridge in traffic jams on my way to churches...

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Joan asks for information on Helen Duncan...

Helen Duncan was born in Callander Perthshire in 1897 and is often referred too as a “Spiritualist martyr”.  In 1944 she was the second last person, not the last as is commonly reported, to be prosecuted under the antiquated Witchcraft Act.  Helen’s alleged crime? She transmitted messages from sailors killed in a naval incident during WWII that the authorities had kept secret.  She was tried at the Old Bailey, and though many prominent people of the day spoke on her behalf, Mrs Duncan spent nine months in prison.   Helen passed away in 1956.

For anyone wanting to know more about Helen’s life there are two books that I would recommend.

Two Worlds of Helen Duncan” by Gena Brealey and Kay Hunter.

“Helen Duncan, My Living Has Not Been In Vain” by Scottish Medium Mary Armour”.

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While on books my friend Susie Mathews has written a book that is selling well.  “Inspirations of The Divine” is inspired philosophy and poetry and it is a lead into Susie’s next book which she is writing at the moment. It is published by authorhouse and the ISBN is 9781456783372.

Dave Nicholl and Is There a Hell?

Sunday 14^th was to be a day at home but I got a call to take the service at Coatbridge Spiritualist Church because the medium was ill.  Dave Nichol was sitting at the back of the church as he usually is these days.  Dave, a well known and respected medium in the Lanarkshire area for several decades He has to take things a bit easier these days but he is still very enthusiastic about the spiritualism movement.

Tuesday night is was my pleasure to take the circle at Blantyre Spiritualist Church. 

Wednesday was an afternoon meditation circle...

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 A question from Patrick; -

“I am totally confused by Spiritualism as you and your lot constantly chatter on about the Spirit World and never a mention of hell.”

Yes, we do constantly mention the Spirit World as we believe it is our next destination after we leave this physical body.  Personally I do not believe in “hell”.  I believe that ancient religious leaders used this word to describe a terrible place so they could have control over the masses.  Do as we tell you or you will go to hell.  That does not mean that those who do wrong in this life get away scot free when they move over to the Spirit World.

Patrick, I would like to draw your attention to the sixth of our seven principles “Compensation and Retribution hereafter for all the Good and Evil Deeds done on Earth”.  We will have to answer for our misdeeds and pay for the error of our ways before we can reap the benefits of the Spirit World.

But I do believe there is a hell, several in fact, and they are on this level  Look on the atrocities in recent years in Rwanda, Tibet, Burma and at the very moment in Libya and Syria.

Yorkshire, James Randi, Grandaughter makes contact etc...

Last week we took a coach tour to Yorkshire, Emmerdale and The Last of the Summer Wine country. Only one complaint, the dinners at the hotel.

Emmerdale Farm, as it was then called, was one of my favourite programmes but the last time I watched it was when Old Sam (Toke Townley) and Mat Skilbeck (- Frederick Pyne) were in the cast, and that is going back to about 1983. From what I hear a peaceful little country village is now more like Sodom and Gomorrah these days.

Last of the Summer Wine – the longest running sitcom in the world, was a great programme and one of the few programmes that never seemed to be past its sell buy date.

We also spent a day in Leeds and enjoyed our visit to the art gallery and museum.

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 George asks; - “Why do psychic, mediums not take on James Randi’s $1,000,000 challenge?”

James Randi is a Canadian-American stage magician, paranormal investigator, scientific skeptic and is probably best known in Britain as a challenger of paranormal claims. Mr. Randi is founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). This organization has for many years offered $1,000,000 for anyone who can demonstrate their psychic abilities in laboratory conditions that both parties agree upon beforehand.

Well George, I think the reason for no one taking on the challenge is centred around “anyone who can demonstrate their psychic abilities in laboratory conditions that both parties agree upon beforehand.” It maybe is impossible for both parties to agree on the right criteria for the test.

I, like many other mediums have been asked to take part in tests and I have taken part in some and not in others. Some I felt was a waste of my time because of the type of tests.

Let us miss out tests on the psychic level and look at tests on the spiritual level. Remember a spiritual medium cannot bring forward any particular person from the spirit world, that person in spirit has to want to come forward at that particular time. And usual the link from spirit is to a loved one, a family member or friend. So, just say a test is done in ‘laboratory conditions, will that suite spirit? Will spirit wish to perform for those testing the medium? And will they be willing to repeat such a thing three times just to satisfy the researchers? Is that not like asking those from this other dimension to jump through hoops time and time again like a circus animal? Some may say that is just an excuse. Well, let them say that if they wish, I would have said exactly the same a few years back but with the experience I have; I have changed my mind...

Here is one instant where spirit made them self known because of family ties and family grief, and I doubt the same strong contact would have been made in laboratory conditions. The family concerned are happy for their experiences to be told.

A seventeen-year-old girl is killed in a tragic road accident and it goes without saying her family were devastated. About six weeks after the young lady’s passing unusual things started happening, not only in her parent’s house but in houses of other members of the family also. The deceased’s CD not only turned on when no one was in the room but on both occasions at 6PM, that was the time when Gina would go her room while her parents watched the news. Her teddy bear she had from childhood would be constantly on the floor, yet her parents always placed it back on her bed. These were the two dramatic incidents but smaller things happened around the three houses that the family felt had to be down to Gina trying to make contact with them. . This family had never thought of life after death so it was as they were looking for things to happen and grasping at straws. A neighbour suggested they contacted a spiritualist church and I went out to see them.

All but the grandfather just wanted to know if these unusual happenings could be Gina letting them know she lived on. The old soul was distraught’ he would not go out of the house for days at a time and was none too pleased at me being in the house. After my explanation I was not allowed to leave without a cup of tea. I was left in the lounge with the grandfather who was glowering at me and mumbling away to himself. All of a sudden we both saw a pink orb about 2” - 3” orb in diameter move slowly across the room and disappear close to a crystal fruit bowl sitting on a sideboard. I must admit I was almost as startled as the grandfather and when he asked “What was that? All I could say was What is behind the fruit bowl?” It turned out that behind the bowl among some official papers was a small school photo of Gina.

When the women came back into the room and we explained what had happened, they asked if I could make the orb appear again. I said that I could not as I had nothing to do with the orb appearing. As I said this two of the women pointed behind me as they claimed to have seen a faint pink orb only for a few seconds.

Was that Gina letting her grandfather and other members of the family know that she was still close to them? That is for you to make up your own mind but here is a few others things to take into account.

The family have had no strange happenings in any of their homes since. So that makes me feel that what they claimed happened before my visit actually did happen and it was not their mind making up such a thing.

Could the orb have been the reflection of the sun from a passing car or a window opposite? At the time there was low cloud and it was raining.

And why was the orb pink? Was there any clue with the colour? Of the many photos I saw of Gina, in big percentage of them she was wearing pink and in her bedroom walls and curtains were pink also.

Was that Gina making herself know to her grandfather? To give him some hope and to get on with his life? I believe so, but if that had been a test would the young lass have repeated it three times just to satisfy a researcher? I don’t think so. All genuine spiritualist mediums will have similar tales to tell and that spirit is not going to perform to suit sceptics. They will make themselves aware to comfort those who are grieving the passing of a loved one.

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We cannot begin to understand the anguish of those who have lost their homes and all their possessions in the riots in London and other English cities over the past few days. To wake up one morning having a home, all that s in it and say a car , yet a few hours later you are left with nothing but the clothes you wear must be horrendous. They could be homeless for weeks, months or more. Those who are insured will get compensation but the money will never replace itmes that may have been handed down through the family for generations and family photos. We see such riots in other countries but never expect them to take place in Britain.

Norway... Forgiveness ....

On Sunday 10^th I took a break from driving and went by train to Edinburgh, to take the service at the Albany Street Church (SNU).  There was a good turnout for the last service before the summer break.

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On the 12^th another good turnout at Neilson Spiritualist Church especially as the weather was so good.   Sheila Caruthers is President of this church which originally started out in Barrhead then moved up the road to Neilson.

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I was at the Glasgow Association (SNU), Somerset Place, Glasgow from the 16^th – 19^th.  The usual Friday evening open circle was cancelled because of the start of the Glasgow Fair...  Even though it was the local holiday period there were still big turn outs at three of the four services.  That would be partly due to Berkley Street being closed, but there was a good number visiting the church for the first time.  A few from abroad...

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On the 25^th it was north to Inverness for the service at Smithston Spiritualist Church (SNU).  I stayed over to attend the Dalneigh Church the following evening. I have always been impressed how enthusiastic the people in the NE are as far as spiritualism is concerned.  Anyone thinking of going to Inverness for a few days I can recommend an excellent B&B.

Braeside B&B

12 Midmills Road

Inverness

IV2 3NX

It is only a few minutes from the city centre and you will be well looked after by Hazel.

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22/7/11 is a day that will never be forgotten by the Norwegian people.  The day tragedy struck a small peace loving nation.  But I feel that as well as thinking of the tragedy, there will be many of us around the world who will also think back in awe at the way Norway and its people responded they the two barbaric acts that took so many innocent people.

Many other nations struck by terrorist acts have responded quickly with heavy security-force deployments and clampdowns on civil liberties.  Yet that was not evident in Norway.  A friend who was in the country at the time said it was amazing how calm, and how easily accessible, Norwegian citizens and institutions remained.  He commented that in the days following, leaders of the government and the royal family continued to visit the scenes of greatest tragedy, the area of the bombing, hospitals, hotels where parents were waiting for news of their children.  And yet there was barley any security.

The suffering is still there, the suffering will be with this small nation for a long time to come, so let our prayers for the victim’s families not end when reporting of the tragedies disappears from the media.  We can all learn from the people of Norway....

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This week a brave rape victim forgives a knife-wielding stranger who walked into her home and put her through ninety minutes of hell.  Many will fail to understand how a victim can forgive such an act.   For most of us “forgiveness” always seems to be so difficult, almost impossible.  But those who can forgive in the face of severe adversity I look upon as brave and close to sainthood. 

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Colin, Barry Anne and Myra all ask the same question; - “We get bombarded with emails or “postal readings” do they really work?”

I always advise anyone who feel they need a private-sitting to go along to a spiritualist church.  I am going to write about this in the next few weeks...

Joan wants to know if I will comment on dowsing.  Yes, that will be coming up also.

Eddie Docherty...

....Eddie Docherty....

The 21^st of this month was the fifth anniversary of the passing of one of the most popular mediums in west/central Scotland and also Australia, Eddie Docherty. Eddie passed a month before his 58^th birthday. The words “A great ambassador for Spirit” is often used these days, Eddie earned that title with his tireless work for Spirit and giving comfort to those who came to him for help. Eddie was very ill at the end of his life but strove so hard to fulfil his bookings at churches for as long as he could.

It was my sixth visit to a Spiritualist church when I first saw Eddie on the platform. He was not alone, at that time he shared the platform with Len Alleyne, Len giving the address and Eddie the clairvoyance. Although I had been impressed with all the mediums I had seen, on the platform, this night were two very special gentlemen. Before that night I had looked on those who could communicate with Spirit as being magical and mystical yet here were two very ordinary people who were so down to earth. And what impressed me even more was that after the Service, Eddie and Len sat in the kitchen with the rest of the congregation. Up to this point all the mediums I had seen, disappeared to a room with the committee for their cup of tea.

 Len, I believe hailed from Barbados and had served in the R.A.F. This jolly man sadly passed away within a couple of years of me meeting him and Eddie found himself alone on the platform. Both men had complimented each other very well, to the delight of congregations. This was around the time when I was starting out taking services at our churches and there is one evening I will never forget.

I was booked to take a service at a church, and on the way there I dropped in at the church I was a member of, for a few moments. It was dark and as I approached the church I saw Eddie, but not the Eddie I had come to know. This was one of the few times I had seen him with no smile on his face and he was shaking like a leaf. I asked him what was wrong and he said that having to do an address on his own really was getting to him, he missed Len. I immediately said “Eddie, here is me worrying about my prayers, address and clairvoyance, you have made me feel so much better seeing you of all people in such a state.” I worried about my comments for a long time afterwards; I felt I had been really out of place. It was many years later that I mentioned this to Eddie and he said he also remembered that night. He had not thought my words were out of place, infact they had inspired him to get over his fear of addresses.

Eddie had a dream, a dream that was fulfilled on Sunday 15th July 2001, which was the first night The Friendship of Love and Light Spiritualist Church opened its doors. This was not just to be a church, but a church that was fun loving and would raise money to put back into the community. This was a great day for Eddie as he had finally made his dream a reality. Eddie lived for his church and the Spiritualist movement; he was truly a great medium. He always aimed to bring help and comfort to many people from all walks of life, whether it was through his gifts of the spirit or that cheeky smile that he so often adorned.

Sadly, only a few years after Eddie’s dream materialised his health started to fail, but not before this church was a little oasis for all who needed help. It was fitting that the cremation service was taken by a medium, church member and friend, Paul Erroch. The big turnout was no surprise as Eddie had touched the life of so many people

Eddie’s church is in good hands and President Doreen Polson, along with the committe members, Annette Lavelle, Linda Walker, Kathleen McGinty, Mary McDonald, Sandra Patterson, Anne and David McAlpine.

Rather than me prattling on I felt it right to let others who knew Eddie, have their say too.

Maureen Brown – “Eddie was a legend; he will always be missed....

Sandra Patterson – “I joined the circle after Eddie had passed but was fortunate to meet him at the night Maryhill had for him (to send him and his sister Maureen away for a wee holiday) even although I didn't sit in his circle, I do know he's there on a Sunday and feel his presence often and know he is a lovely soul."

Linda Walker – “Eddie was an inspirational teacher; he loved to watch as natural talents progressed and developed, as we learned to tune in and to work with spirit. He was the most unassuming person, in respect of his mediumship, he worked for spirit. As a person, he was like everyone else, human, he was our best friend,”

Jojo Carr – “He was always there when I was down, he taught me right from wrong, but most of all he taught me what I know today. I love and miss you Eddie, more than words can say."

John Beattie – “Eddie had his own unique way of working & was a really nice guy who would help anyone. He h ad a lot of respect from all churches.”

Caroline Blair – "I would like to say that Eddie was a inspiration by answering all the questions I had about spiritualism. He also told me about A.S.K. Dreghorn, so I thank him from the bottom of my heart for the spiritual journey that he helped me find.

Bob Macintosh – “Although I didn’t get to know Eddie Docherty as well as I’d like to have done, I have several happy memories of chairing a service for Eddie, when he was giving a demonstration of mediumship. I remember Eddie Docherty as a worker who was respectful of those he worked with – on both sides of life - a man who knew exactly when and when not to use humour when working the platform – a true inspiration."
Sadly for us pancreatic cancer called Eddie to the Spirit World. Not to be thwarted from his new position on the other side of the veil – he still managed to get a message through to several of us who were blessed to be sitting in an open circle that evening. I will always remember Eddie Docherty with fondness, as a tireless worker and terrific ambassador to our movement – may his soul find everlasting peace, joy and contentment.”

Kerry New – “I sadly never had the chance to meet Eddie; I think he passed over just before I came into the Spiritualist movement, 4 years ago. However, I have attended the last 2 "specials" to celebrate his life at the church he founded at Foxbar and it’s obvious that the people there love him very much.”

Angela Hodgkinson – “In a few words I would say Eddie was a great man and a true ambassador for spiritualism.”

Stephanie Roy – “He was an inspiration to everyone he met and a genuine ambassador for Spirit”.

Ellen McCann – “Eddie was one of the best people who cared for others and he didn’t know how much people’s hearts he touch in all the years he was in the movement and he was loved by everyone”.

Jacqueline Coleman – “I only had the pleasure of meeting Eddie a few times but he seemed to me a man with a big heart,”

Sarah Wood – “I heard a lot about Eddie when I was at Caroline’s church, she thought very highly of him and I see from Facebook how much he was respected by all who knew him”.

Mary McDonald – “He was a very nice loving man, our Eddie, l miss him loads and a great worker for Spirit. God bless him.”

Margaret Jamieson - “Eddie is so sadly missed.”

The above comments show how much respect that others had for Eddie, once he touched your life, you never forgot him.

Eddie never wrote a book, but how many mediums who become authors, will be remembered like this, once the reader has read the last page of the book?

Eddie’s name never appeared in bright lights above a theatre, but how many mediums that travel the theatre circuit will be remembered five years after the curtain comes down?

 Eddie, a good friend, missed by all.

Annette Lavelle, a good friend to Eddie and on the church committee has had several of her poems on this site, so this time I thought I would give another committee member and someone new to Spiritual poetry, Sandra Patterson a chance. See Poetry page...

Also Linda Walker, the Churches’ Psychic Artist has two of her drawings on the photograph’s page.