April 9th 2011
(We are sat at one end of the large work area)
Six people arrived at an undisclosed location with an uncertainty of what they would have happen. We were pleasantly surprised at our results. We set up a camera and two dictaphones and sat around a small table to take 'Protection'. Marie sensed that there were children running about down the far end of the building. We started with glass divination on a table marked with 'Yes' and 'No'. It took barely two minutes for the glass to move towards Yes. Usually the first hour is unproductive, so it was great having something this early. One man around the building was called Bill and his Grandad, also called Bill, used to work in this building long ago. I shall have to split these Bills into Bill jr and Bill sr to distinguish them. The questions and answers contained these,
“Do the spirits need our help?” “No”
The glass tipped and fell onto it's side.
Once stood back up it fell onto it's side again.
“Is there more than one spirit here?” “Yes”
“Did you used to work in this building?”. The glass tipped over again. We didn't know how to interpret this response.
Debbie joked,”shall we put a vodka in the glass?” The glass moved very fast to Yes.
“Do you still come here when people work through the day?” “Yes”
“Do you recognise anyone at the table?” The glass moved to Bill jr.
“Are you Bills Grandad?” “Yes”
“Are you happy where you are?” A very definite “Yes”
Bill jr asked “Did you used to meet me from school every night?” The glass moved fast to “Yes”
Bill, a psychic artist, is told that he is on the right path with his drawings of spirits and should continue. He only realised he was doodling the dead in the last twelve months.
Bill jr asked “Is Norman (Bill jr's Dad) with you?” “Yes”
The spirit seems to prefer us all to call him Grandad, so we do.
The glass doesn't stay still from this point, either moving as if it is ice skating around the table or staying in one place and yet turning on the spot.
“Is it nice where you are?” “Yes”
The spirit says it will help us through the night and doesn't seem to keen for us to have a coffee break.
(We gather in a small office still using a glass on the table) 65F
Bill jr “Are you with me at all times Grandad?” “Yes”
Marie asks a lot of questions about her spiritualist church and family and friends, some of which are also at the table. The glass at some points tips over again but we still don't know if this means a certain thing. The glass moves to Yes and No without hesitation, so we are none the wiser.
As we sit together in this office, out in the work place there are distant bangs and knocks which I go out to investigate and never hear a thing. As Marie asks questions about her being a Trance Medium, there is a banging repeatedly which gets louder and louder. This is clearly heard on my dictaphone. Some noises sound inside the room with us but also far away. The table itself shifts towards Marie. Then the table moves towards Bill who is sat opposite to Marie. I said that the spirit would get a chance to move the table later and the glass hurriedly went to YES.
“Are you enjoying tonight spirit?” “Yes”
The glass twists on the spot which trips our fingers into each other and yet the glass itself continues to turn. When the glass moves around in a circular movement it would seem to represent “I Don't Know”.
Marie asks who she can hear mumbling out in the work place. It appears to be Norman (Bills Dad).
'Grandad' confirms it to be Norman. Bill jr says that Norman has lifted tables for him in the past in spirit. Even in my coat I feel like my back is freezing and so I ask if there is a presence sat behind me. The glass moves to “Yes” Teela (Marie's Daughter) asks if she would be able to witness this energy and the glass moves to “Yes”. Many other personal questions are asked about people around the table and answers seem to satisfy. Towards the end of this session the glass moves in a figure eight and at the same time rotates itself so that its a real problem trying to keep our fingers on for a moment. Teela asks if there is a spirit dog around, “Yes”
I can say that I kept hearing a dog whining outside the office but I was worried that only I kept hearing it. Sometimes when one of your ears rings like a high pitch white noise naturally and you can hear it loudly but you know nobody else would hear it, that is what it felt like to me. It seemed I was hearing noises which only I could pick up at that moment. It seemed though that some of the others also had it, but not all. I am in no way a sensitive but this was interesting for me.
The moves in a circle faster and faster until it tips over. Marie asks “Will Chris get evidence on his camera this evening?” “Yes”
Although we are talking to Bill all the time Marie ends one session saying “I must ask about a William when we get back.” Before I have got to this audio in my editing, a friend finds out himself that his Grandad used to work there and he was called William. Marie and the rest of us never ask about a William though unfortunately.
(we are back in the office using just fingers lightly on the table)
We sit and gather our energies for a couple of minutes and ask for the table to lift up. The table rises onto two of it's four legs. I ask for the table to lift at the other end instead, baring in mind that everyone's fingers are lightly not moving on the top of the table only. The table does as asked and raises at the opposite end. Then the table lifts onto just one leg and when asked if it can twist on one leg it proceeds to rotate three quarters of a full rotation. Someone asks if the table can stand on each one leg in turn. The table goes from leg number one to only leg two and then just number three and finally leg four. This shows that at we all faking at one point or the table is really not controlled by us. The table stands on the very point of a right angled leg. We asks for the table to jump up off the floor and levitate but sadly doesn't. We ask for the table to tip towards people by name and it does so without error. We ask for the table to be thrown over and it tips completely down with a bang.
Finally the table is dragged under our finger tips on all four legs towards Bill jr.
We charge up a glow in the dark ball under a light and place the ball on the table. My none night vision camcorder struggles to see the evidence during this session but my eyes could see. The audio still provides interesting moments. With fingers on the table the table tips to roll the ball towards a named person and stays on the table edge each time unless allowed to fall. The table starts making strange wood creaking noises for the first time which the audio confirms on my camcorder. We take our hands off and the table continues to creak for two minutes as if its under pressure. 39 mins in the table is asked to move and it falls over, ball and dictaphone hitting the floor. We ask for a bang and I capture a soft bang. One minute later another bang is recorded. The table starts to creak without being touched and the table does not move from the very corner of the table.
We start another session of glass divination. The glass moves freely.
“Is that Grandad bill?” “Yes”
“Did you move the table at the end of the last session and make it creak?” “Yes”
There follows more questions which are personal to the group and so can't be used here.
The glass spins and there is a bang outside of the office.
“Did you make that noise outside Grandad bill?” “Yes”
Marie hears a dog barking and says that dogs are related to spiritualist protection.
The glass starts to spin out of control and Teela asks if the spirit would stop and it immediately stops. Then Teela asks “How fast can you go?” The glass goes as fast as I have ever seen.
Marie says “Can you stop please?” The glass stops.
The glass continues to spin as we all hear noises outside.
As the glass spins Teela asks if it can spin in the other direction and it stops and goes in the other direction at once. I capture a noise which sounds in part like a bird outside but also like a baby crying. Two minutes later I say I hear a dog howling close by. Four minutes later I hear a dog again.
Teela asks if the spirit can take the glass to each of the four corners of the table in turn which it does. The glass spins to a point where it falls over. We hear noises outside in the work place and ask if this is Norman and the glass says yes. Grandad Bill seems to dominate our sessions and he admits via the glass that he won't let anyone else have a go. Marie says she is hearing marching in the work place and I capture a Bang. I put the dictaphone on the floor a capture another Bang which I felt under my feet. A few more bangs are heard and felt. Debbie asks if two young boys named Thomas and James are with us and the glass responds “Yes”
“Did the boys have an accident with the trains?” (We are very close to a train track outside.)
We hear a bump. The glass moves to Yes. Three more bumps occur as we continue to a close for a break.
(We move to the other end of the work place out in a large area)
We start table tipping and have results straight away. The table crashes to the floor.
Then the table sands onto one leg. I ask if the table can be dragged. The table spins and pulls towards me a little so I reach out a hand and ask for the table to touch me. It twists and drags until it is touching my outstretched hand. Soon after I ask if the table will drag on all four feet it does so. Debbie asks if it will come to her as she is in the opposite direction. The table drags a lot towards her and then tips on two legs into her. We ask if the table can be thrown over and it crashes down.
As we discuss what to try next we hear a further loud bang.
(We move into a small office again to use the Ghost box)
A ghost box is a radio which scans all the stations without ever stopping on a station therefore there is a lot of white noise and snippets of radio chatter which some believe spirits can manipulate to speak through. Where some noises can be twisted to fit what you imagine, I try to only document the words that are most roundly formed no matter what they are. This is my first time using a Ghost box.
I start the machine running just after my dictaphone but before my camcorder. As I explain to Bill jr what this machine does we hear a voice appear to say “Hiya” before I have turned the lights off.
Here are the words which I recorded.
“Hi”
“Can you give us a name?” “Bill”
“Losers”
“Can you say CROSS?” “CROSS” At the time this went unnoticed.
“Bill”
“Bill”
“Bill”
“Bill”
“Can you give a name of someone around the table?” “Chris” (female voice)
“Chris” (male voice)
“Here”
“Bedtime”
Then there is a break where we try and get the energies up again.
We start with a prayer and sit quietly and hear a knock on wood in the room.
Teela and someone else reports that they think they can feel a pulse in the table.
I tell the spirit which seems to be tiring to do what it needs to do to build its energy. The glass suddenly gets up to a moderate speed. “Can you stop the glass please?” It stops.
Another Bang in the room.
(We continue with the Ghost Box)
We ask for a name of someone around the table and I did think that I heard a Chris said twice in a gruff voice but i'm not convinced that it is not just the glass scraping on the table as it moves.
“Can you tell us a name?” “NO”
“Chris”
“Do you like this machine?” “NO”
“Would you like us to take it off the table?” The glass moves to Yes.
We close down with a prayer to finish the session. We hear a strange noise that I cannot really describe.
As we all leave the office and chat a little my dictaphone continues to run with our faded voices in the background.
After five minutes I capture a Breath next to the recorder. Its fascinating but creepy.
I am left alone in the building and leave my recorder running until the very last second. I talk out loud to the spirits listening that they have only a minute or so left to be heard. I capture another noise of some kind that was not heard at that moment.
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