audience wanted for TV show in Sydney

'The One' is a TV show about mediums that investigates people's pyschic abilities.. It is not about Spiritualism.
However it can be interesting and fun to attend and the producers are seeking potential audience members

Channel Seven have asked us to post the following information if you wish to attend. You may want to get in early as these programs tend to be very popular :

Whether you are a believer or skeptic you are invited to meet out psychics and be a part of our studio audience in our ground breaking show.

We are filming at the Seven studios at Everleigh on the following dates :

July 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th

Contact :

theaudience@seven.com.au or Telephone 02 9877 7226

Movies About Spiritualism

In this modern day of mass and quick communications via a host of new media, Spiritualism seems to have fallen by the wayside as a subject for film.

However there are many good short clips on Youtube about the subject (one is below) but we hear there is a new Spiritualist organisation that is to concentrate on producing documentaries about Spiritualism that will include attempts to show as much physical evidence as possible.

More about that when it comes to hand.

Here is a short film about the history of Spiritualism made by the SNU.

Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist ?

One of the world's largest Spiritualist organisations, the SNU in England has many free books on Spiritualism that can be downloaded including one with the above title.

This is a list of the books available and their sizes. Go to the SNU website here.

Beyond the Five Senses	L Margery Bazett	75	183k	1946
The Seven Principles	George F. Berry (SNU President 1920)	13	41k	1921
Trance Addresses 1866	Emma Hardinge Britten	105	327k	1866
Researches	Sir William Crookes	65	208k	1926
The Universe and Man	James F. Malcolm O.B.E	28	84k	1964
Was Abraham Lincoln a Spiritualist?	Nettie Colburn Maynard	54	157k	1917
Glimpses of the Next State (The education of an agnostic)	Vice Admiral W. Usborne Moore	273	941k	1911
The Voices		252	754k	1913
Spirit Identity by the Direct Voice		19	60k	1914
Spirit Teachings	William Stainton Moses	195	558K	18??
More Spirit Teachings	William Stainton Moses	72	220k	18??
The Life Beyond The Veil	Rev. G. Vale Owen	92	282k	1920
Spiritualism in the Evolution of Philosophy	Ernest Thompson MSNU	64	211k	1950
The Reality of Psychic Phenomena	W. J. Crawford	117	680k	1916
The SNU in 1936

The inventor of television and Spiritualism

I am convinced that discoveries of far-reaching

importance remain waiting along these shadowy and discredited paths

John Logie Baird

John Logie Baird on Spiritualism

The Fox Sisters

 

The world's most eminent scientists are not usually associated with the dim-lit surroundings of a clairvoyant's parlour.
But some of science's biggest names have not only dabbled in, but been entirely convinced by the world of the seance.

Guglielmo Marconi, Alexander Graham Bell and John Logie Baird are familiar to most for the household indispensables they invented. But the attraction to spiritualism they all shared is definitely not part of the GCSE science syllabus.
All three men, and many other Victorian scientific pioneers, became involved with the religion, which depended on strange forces being demonstrated through bizarre phenomena.
Read the full story here

A psychic medium who works with children

Chip Coffey is a psychic medium who works with children to help them regain control of their psychic abilities. Through his work he can help a child become more in tune and less afraid of the spiritual activity around them.

SNU reverses Eric Hatton book decision

The SNU, one of the UK's longest running Spiritualist organisations has reversed it's decision not to stock the autobiography of well known medium Eric Hatton.

Read the full story at the Spirit of PN.

Secret life story of psychic MP Winifred Coombe Tennant

Lloyd George & Winifred Coombe Tennant

A fascinating story from the BBC ( spotted by Spiritualism Link)

"Details of the life of Welsh Liberal politician, Winifred Coombe Tennant, have been revealed in new book.

In the 1920s Coombe Tennant was well known in political, artistic and spiritualist circles.
She was a suffragette, a supporter of Welsh Prime Minister Lloyd George, a psychic medium and for a decade wore traditional Welsh costume every day.
The book is based on her diaries and is written by author and art historian Peter Lord.
Mr Lord told BBC Radio Wales Ms Tennant was an "extraordinary woman".
"This diary is a unique document from a difficult period," he said.
"It runs from 1909 to 1955 and the part we have just published runs until 1924, but it gives intimate details of every aspect of her life.

Tennant isn't the only Member of Parliament who is a believer. It is said that Winston Churchill was a great , although secret believer in Spiritualism "

Legal matter ;

for an important update on legal matters concerning the church please go to :

http://enmorespiritualism.blogspot.com/

another good read

On the subject of the new internet newspaper Spirit of PN they also have a section selling books of interest and this happens to be one we have read and recommend ( and it's very inexpensive)
Visits by Our Friends from the "Other Side": The Remarkable Mediumship of Minnie Harrison
By Thomas Harrison

Price:

£3.50 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery.

Go to the Spirit of PN website and browse their books.

The Spirit Of PN

The Spirit of PN appeared on the net about 6 months ago and looks set to fill the void created when the decades old Psychic News newspaper was abandoned by one of Britain's foremost Spiritualists organisations, the SNU. It is edited by Sue Farrow and amongst it's contributors are many who wrote for the Psychic News.

The web newspaper (there is talk of a print edition which would be welcome ) currently has a story about  a decision made by the SNU to ban the sale of a book at it's book store- which we only recently recommended :Eric Hatton’s long awaited book, Taking up the Challenge.

Eric Hatton is one of the most loved Spiritualists in Britain and the decision to ban his book from sale at the SNU has upset many people who are perplexed as to the reasons. It seems an extremely harsh decision for a man who has worked most of his life to aid the SNU.

Read more at the Spirit of PN. It is one of the few news outlets left for Spiritualists !

A magnetic personality

Is it something in the water in Croatia ?

Bogdan

A second young boy has come forward who appears to be 'magnetised' and can balance metal objects on his body including weights. Ivan Stoiljkovic is only 6 years old. 2 months ago we published the tale of another Croatian boy, 7 year old Bogdan who also appears to be magnetised and can balance metal objects.

Ivan's family and neighbours say he has healing qualities in his hands and has cured various ailments including upset stomachs and sore knees although the lad says he tires quickly when using his powers.

Read more at the Mail Online and watch the video below.

A memoir- highly recommended

Eric Hatton has been a Spiritualist from his teens and for many years was the highly regarded President of the SNU-one of Britain's leading Spiritualist's organisations and the Minister of Stourbridge church.

His autobiography Taking Up The Challenge has been published and can be purchased at Amazon.

 Enmore recommends it as not only an insightful read but as an important reminder that Spiritualists come from all walks of life. In this case Eric was a successful businessman as well as a keen Spiritulaist.

'Taking up the challenge' is the story of one man's determination to find an answer to the question we will all ask at some time or another - Is there life after death?

When Eric Hatton's much-loved brother was killed in1946, he was determined to embark on his own investigation. Thus began a quest for evidence which has so far spanned more than six decades.

 During that time Eric has become one of Spiritualism's best-known figures, respected for his transparent integrity and the level-headed approach he brings to the examination of evidence for survival beyond death. An accomplished speaker and broadcaster, Eric has shared a platform with many of the greatest mediums the Spiritualist movement has produced.

Though his experiences of the next world - some of them breathtaking - have left him with a complete conviction of the reality of the afterlife, his career as a successful businesman has meant that his feet have always been planted firmly on the ground. Eric's extraordinary story is at times challenging and at others heartwarming. Above all, it is the startlingly honest and inspiring account of a man who had to find out the truth for himself.

The Enduring Arthur Conan Doyle

No author n modern history has been as popular as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who created Sherlock Holmes. Every decade there is either a new feature film or TV series based upon his works.

Sir Arthur is one of the most well know Spiritualist and he wrotes books on the subject some of which can be accessed for free here :
http://www.spiritwritings.com/doylecitations.html
Here is the first part of an amateur film about him titled :No Place Like Holmes: The Reluctant Spiritualist

Can you see the ghost in this picture? Spirits haunt derelict asylum

    Can you see the ghost in this picture? Spirits haunt derelict asylum

THEY are haunting images of bedlam - an Australian lunatic asylum that opened more than 170 years ago.

An exhibition by photographer Yvette Worboys titled Ghosts has captured eerie images of the former Gladesville Mental Hospital, in Sydney, which opened in November 1838 and closed in 1997.
Worboys, who has lived in the area most of her life, said she was drawn to the partly derelict hospital by its residual energy.
"There is quite a presence, an energy, there," Worboys said.

More than 1200 patients are buried in unmarked graves on the property. Ms Worboys said psychics asked to analyse her photos believed there was a presence in them.
"Mediums have looked at the images and seen a presence there," she said.

Read the full story in the Herald Sun

Scientist Proves ESP Is Real

From the New York Times :


Prof Bem

One of psychology’s most respected journals has agreed to publish a paper presenting what its author describes as strong evidence for extrasensory perception, the ability to sense future events.

The decision may delight believers in so-called paranormal events, but it is already mortifying scientists. Advance copies of the paper, to be published this year in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, have circulated widely among psychological researchers in recent weeks and have generated a mixture of amusement and scorn.

The paper describes nine unusual lab experiments performed over the past decade by its author, Daryl J. Bem, an emeritus professor at Cornell, testing the ability of college students to accurately sense random events, like whether a computer program will flash a photograph on the left or right side of its screen. The studies include more than 1,000 subjects.

Some scientists say the report deserves to be published, in the name of open inquiry; others insist that its acceptance only accentuates fundamental flaws in the evaluation and peer review of research in the social sciences.

“It’s craziness, pure craziness. I can’t believe a major journal is allowing this work in,” Ray Hyman, an emeritus professor of psychology at the University Oregon and longtime critic of ESP research, said. “I think it’s just an embarrassment for the entire field.”

The editor of the journal, Charles Judd, a psychologist at the University of Colorado, said the paper went through the journal’s regular review process. “Four reviewers made comments on the manuscript,” he said, “and these are very trusted people.”

All four decided that the paper met the journal’s editorial standards, Dr. Judd added, even though “there was no mechanism by which we could understand the results.”

But many experts say that is precisely the problem. Claims that defy almost every law of science are by definition extraordinary and thus require extraordinary evidence. Neglecting to take this into account — as conventional social science analyses do — makes many findings look far more significant than they really are, these experts say.

“Several top journals publish results only when these appear to support a hypothesis that is counterintuitive or attention-grabbing,” Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, wrote by e-mail. “But such a hypothesis probably constitutes an extraordinary claim, and it should undergo more scrutiny before it is allowed to enter the field.”…

[continues in the New York Times]

Important Notice

Please note: there are only 2 websites for the Enmore Spiritualist Church Incorporated :

http://www.enmorespiritualistchurch.com/
http://www.enmorespiritualistchurch.net.au/

The church has no Facebook pages . Any author of a Facebook page under the Church name uses that name illegally.

Persons should be wary of joining any other website that infers it is an official website for the Church and should under no circumstances pay money to any person claiming to represent the church.

The church is a legal charity and the raising of funds in the church name by any persons other than the church managers is a criminal act..

What Happens at a Psychic's Funeral ?

UPDATED, 9 April: No tears were shed when Ian Lawman, a British TV psychic and exorcist, was laid to rest on a windswept hill in the West Midlands today. I was among those who attended his interment, which turned out to be a fun event for all involved, including Ian. In fact, he happily posed for photographs before his burial (right). As you will have guessed by now, Ian - whose TV appearances have included Most Haunted, I'm Famous and Frightened, and Fit and Fearless - was not dead when they buried him. And he doesn't plan to be dead when they dig him up again in seven days' time. So why has the self-styled "bad boy of the psychic world" decided to subject himself to the ordeal of being entombed in a coffin six feet underground, beneath two tonnes of soil? To raise £10,000 for The Blue Lamp Foundation, which was set up by PC David Rathband for injured emergency service workers after he was blinded when gunman Raoul Moat went on a rampage last year. The buried-alive event took place .........

Read more at Roy Stemmen's Paranormal Review

Physical Medium Stewart Alexander Publishes Memoirs

"IT’S NOT everyday that a Spiritualist book is published by a world renowned physical medium. As such, I was delighted to receive Stewart Alexander’s Memoirs recently and have spent many a happy hour savouring the treasure trove of anecdotes and thought provoking views expressed therein.

Stewart Alexander has been involved with Spiritualism for over 40 years, firstly as a researcher and then combined with his work and development as a physical medium. For these reasons, this book offers the reader a quite unique perspective on the subjects he covers.

For we are not reading the views of a purely ‘armchair observer’ of physical phenomena here. We get to see things from the actual medium’s point of view - from behind the seance room curtain. This in itself offers the reader an invaluable opportunity."
Read the full story at The Psychic Times

New Paranormal Investigation TV series

A new program is being screened on the community TV station TVS.

Called Paranormal Investigators : Australian Paranormal Media the show can be seen on TVS on Monday evenings at 9.30pm

From the producer Attila Kaldy :

OK, so here it is: I’m a freelance producer and research coordinator of a paranormal investigative organisation in Sydney.

You can say that I have been to some really freaky places over the years. Besides chasing the unexplained, my passion is to convey the weird side of this great continent to a large audience. I guess this was the main motivation for my interest in production.

I have taken a lot of journeys, experienced many adventures while exploring the unexplained (hauntings, UFOs, … you know the things folks don’t really like to talk about).

Kanova Productions basically says, ‘Hey, it’s OK to come out and share your experiences with others’. And the people who do are normal everyday folk looking for validation. That’s all!

So what if certain individuals are judgemental? Think of it this way: they are the ones lacking the valuable experience that you had.

Back to the story. In 2002 I produced a low budget UFO doco called The Oz Unknowns. I guess we all have to start somewhere. This was two years after establishing an investigative group in southwest Sydney. The Oz Unknowns featured three stories about Aussies experiencing bizarre aerial phenomena (UFOs).

When branching out into afterlife research, I released PI – Paranormal Investigators. Again, it was limited in the way we expect to see such a production. The material used was raw footage, taken from investigations, so it gave it that rustic, spooky feel.

When PI was aired in Sydney and Melbourne I was surprised how popular the series was.

After producing some trial documentaries, I decided to take an innovative approach to ghost hunting and created, produced Paranormal Investigators – The Challenge in 2008. A trainee was introduced, someone with no experience, chasing the paranormal through dark corridors and creepy forests.

Go to their website to read more about the show.

They Walked Among Us by Louie Harris

Brought to our attention by Victor Zammit- a fascinating exert from Louise Harris's book which can be read for free on-line here

"Eventually, it was the turn of one of the substitute sitters to be greeted. As Rohan (the materialised spirit) was about to take his hands in welcome, the man sprang forward and grabbed him!


Throwing his arms around the spirit figure, he held on to him tightly, shouting, "I've got you!" The sitter was obviously convinced he had captured the draped medium in the act of duplicity, masquerading as a spirit form.


As Rohan's figure quickly dematerialised there was a loud groan from Alec in the cabinet. Then came a cry of pain as the ectoplasm swiftly returned to his body with the impact of a sledge-hammer.


The treacherous sitter fell dazed to the floor as the "solid" body he had held so tightly minutes before disappeared. I threw myself on him, desperately flailing with my hands, sobbing: "Oh don't! You'll kill my husband! You fool, you'll kill him!"


The man looked up at me, his eyes wide, terrified. The realisation dawned on him it had not been the medium he had grasped, but what it purported to be, a fully materialised spirit form.


Meanwhile the second impostor, taking advantage of the commotion that ensued, rushed to the window and pulled aside the closed curtains, having previously tampered with them during the "meditation" session earlier. This revealed his confederates outside the window. They had a battery of cameras focused on the seance room, on the cabinet in particular.