Mainly blackout conditions. 80 minute seance.
Transfiguration medium: Jon
Sitters and witnesses: Chris. Margaret. Jerry. Graham. Lynne.
This evening's seance began with sitters seated in blackout conditions. It should be noted that on this occasion both Lynne and Jerry experienced a spontaneous trance state during parts of this period and Graham experienced trance throughout the same time. Only Chris and Margaret were therefore able to act as witness to any phenomena that might occur. Note: We have an agreement with the Spirit Teams working within the Lodge that all reported phenomena must be witnessed by a minimum of two people at the same time. Therefore this evening's developmental situation, controlled by Spirit, met the terms of our agreement.
During this evening's blackout period Chris felt her hair to be touched. She also felt 'something' push her chair (upper back, below neck) and then, later, 'jerkily' knock/push her chair (left side at seat level). Due to the terms of our agreement (see above) these things would not normally be reported here, but subsequent Spirit guidance has requested that the report is made as the phenomena is considered "significant". Margaret also felt touches to her hair, after the touches to Chris's.
Following the blackout period the red lighting was set. However...just before the red lighting was put on there were sounds of a 'scuffle' within the cabinet. These sounds were heard during the latter part of the background music...but due to an overhead helicopter flight were not picked up on the audio recorder.
Due to the scuffling sounds heard to have sourced within the cabinet area, Chris was surprised, when she opened the curtains, to see the Medium sitting in a fully relaxed state of trance, breathing slowly and steadily. She therefore feels that there was 'more going on than meets the eye'. The Medium later said that he felt that he had been asleep for most of the first part of the seance...and had missed hearing a couple of pieces of music that he usually enjoyed.
On the subject of the 'scuffling' it should be explained that the cabinet structure is a permanent fixture and totally immovable. The chair placed within it is a Parker Knoll...which is sturdy and well formed. This chair structurally sound and does not creak or move without some considerable strength of pressure. Several sitters (strong men) have sat within it with the purpose of 'making it creak'...but no sound has been caused. It does not rock back and forth, nor move forward or backwards nor sideways under normal usage conditions.
During the latter part of the seance Charlie came forward to speak with the sitters. Chris asked him about a future planned experiment within the Circle: http://www.box.net/shared/d23qaczrdh
Graham asked about a dream he had experienced: http://www.box.net/shared/dhhycu96l9
