Scots medium Gordon Smith gives a demonstration

Scottish medium Gordon Smith giving platform readings in San Francisco. Mediums in the USA and the UK tend to work differently to Australian Spiritualist churches. They usually do not give a reading to every person in attendence, rather go to where they are directed by Spirit.

In our local churches which mainly operate by visitors bringing a flower, everyone in attendence gets a short flower reading. The general feeling especially in the English churches is that they like people to attend on a regular basis to "build up the energy" and will get a message from Spirit when it is needed.