Public Physical Séance with David Thompson
Perth’s Northern Beaches, Western Australia
Report by Jane
On Sunday 29th July 2007, I attended a Séance with
David Thompson and approx 20 other Sitters in a private
house located in Perth, Western Australia. This was the
second time I have attended a physical séance with
David as the Medium.
The objective of my report is to demonstrate to you the
improbability of fraud taking place during the séance.
My background consists of having a strong interest in researching
the “Paranormal” since childhood. I am also
an open-minded sceptic who tries to view any spiritual experiences
that I and others may have in an objective manner. I do
not follow any organised religion nor do I believe that
all Mediums are genuine. However, we only need one account
of a genuine spirit contact out of the many experiences
people have had, to prove how little orthodox science knows
about life, the transition of death and an existence beyond
that.
The evening of the séance began with each sitter
being searched. David, his cardigan and silk mouth gag were
all searched by a randomly chosen sitter. Two other sitters
were asked to check the wooden chair that David would sit
in. The arms, seat and chair legs were all solid and could
not be taken apart. Another checked the electrical cable
ties. The séance room was an average sized bedroom
with carpeted floor and open wardrobe area. The windows
had been blacked out. There were approximately 20 plastic
garden chairs in the room for the sitters and Circle Leader.
David was immobilised in the chair (which was located in
the open robe) by the Circle Leader whilst sitters were
asked to carefully observe. David’s legs were strapped
to the chair legs. His wrists were strapped to the arms
of the chairs and cable ties added for extra security. Approximately
6 cable ties were placed through the button holes of the
cardigan. Finally David was gagged and the gag secured with
a cable tie. These could only be removed with pliers. The
pliers were given to a sitter to place under his feet throughout
the séance. (I noticed on the previous Friday night
after a sitting had ended that the gag had left a noticeable
red mark on the sides of David’s face indicating that
it had been on for sometime and could not have been off
for the duration of the séance whilst voices were
produced.) Sitters were asked to pull David’s hands
and legs out of the straps and ties but it was impossible.
A red light was then turned on and the ceiling light was
removed from its fitting. The red light was then turned
off and we were in darkness.
After an opening prayer and some singing, the first spirit
to arrive was William Charles Cadwell - David’s guide
and friend. He spoke in a very clear and distinct voice
which does not resemble the Medium’s. William and
Chris then both spoke at the same time so it was easy to
hear that the Circle Leader was not producing the voice
of William. William then came straight over to me and called
me by my name when he spoke to me. He then placed his hand
on my face very gently and with precision. Before we went
into the séance, I noted the size of David’s
hands – I would describe them as being of average
size for a man but certainly not large like William’s
hand is. William’s hand was warm and smooth like that
of someone who did not do manual work. He placed his hand
on my face exactly – just as though he was able to
see me. This was no latex rubber glove and he certainly
didn’t fumble to do what he did. When William removed
his hand, I could still feel the energy from it for sometime
afterwards. It is important here that I mention the smoothness
of William’s hand as my friend next to me had her
Grandfather materialise and his hands were quite dry and
rough. He was a manual worker in life. She was also touched
by William and said the difference between the hands was
quite distinct. She also noted that the feeling of William’s
hand remained for sometime afterwards.
Timothy, who died as a child, materialised and showed us
his small fingers against the luminous plaque. Jack also
came through and placed his hand on the plaque. We could
clearly see moving fingers and again, no latex gloves. Timothy
performed the trumpet phenomena and tapped a few of us on
our heads in time to the music and once again it was done
with precision and no clumsy fumbling as you would expect
if you or I tried to do this in darkness.
Various other spirits materialised which included spirits
that identified themselves as Louis Armstrong (sang in guttural
voice), Quentin Crisp, Silver Birch and Maurice Barbanell.
Loved ones of sitters also materialised. I cannot verify
if these spirits were who they said they were as no one
materialised that I knew when they were alive. The thing
I wish to emphasise here is that spirits of people that
have died are materialising without a doubt, and I think
that is the most important issue. However, sitters that
did have people materialise - that they once knew - said
they were the people they claimed to be. I noticed a change
in the energy or “feeling” of the room after
one sitter became a little emotional as his father spoke
to him and apologised for something he did in life. One
sitter was given an apported object – again how would
you see in the dark to place the item in the sitter’s
hand?
The voices of William, Timothy and Jack are all very strong
and clear as they are practised at materialising. They are
also very different to each other. The voices seem to be
richer in tone to those of any living people in the room.
They sounded like they were originating from various parts
of the room and William’s voice came very close to
my face when he spoke to me. Timothy would also make his
voice emanate from high up and then a second later from
down near the floor. When the spirits dematerialised, their
voices seemed to retract quickly back towards the floor.
It was quite a bizarre thing to hear and I am struggling
to describe exactly what it
sounded like.
William answered further questions as the séance
came to a close. Some closing songs were sung and during
this I heard a loud thud. Chris prompted David to see if
he had come out of trance and then the red light was switched
on. David, still bound and gagged in the chair, had moved
approximately 3 feet from where he was originally when the
séance began. The cardigan had been reversed with
all cable ties in tact. Sitters were then asked to come
forward and check all the plastic ties and other straps
that immobilised David. Everything was still intact.
I now challenge any hard core sceptic to replicate what
David Thompson and the Circle of the Silver Cord produces
each week. I want them to do this under the same conditions
and have the same results. To say that David and his Home
Circle are frauds or are deluded then I think it’s
about time that we look to the hard core sceptics for that
state of delusion.
Jane
Perth, WA 31 July 2007.
Red Jane's report on her first
sitting.
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