This group began sitting in July 2013 as an experiment using the 'Basic Guide' published by the 'Scole Experimental Group' in 1996.

We've changed the way we sit over the years. I am continuing to develop trance mediumship and Liz gives a mixture of evidential clairvoyance, inspired speaking and trance...

Our intentions are to receive information that will help us understand the bigger picture, why we are here, what happens when we die, the mechanics of mediumship and how we can help in raising the quality of consciousness...

...Nick Pettitt

118th Sitting 25/10/2016


We had the room setup as usual.

At 8.15pm I did the opening prayer, turned out the light and put the music on.

We did the Rainbow Bridge visualisation exercise…

Liz started off surrounded by snowdrops in a garden with a low wall around it and water was trickling amongst the snowdrops in little rivulets going through holes in the wall. Liz climbed over the wall and down a bank of bluebells to a beautiful stream. She was entranced by the reflections in the stream and there were deer drinking from it. A kingfisher went flashing past and it said ‘note me I’ve told you this before’ and Liz realised she’d seen this kingfisher in many situations and that it was a magical symbol, it was telling Liz it was more than a kingfisher. Liz looked into the water and saw fish then realised she could see with the eye of the fish and the eye of the kingfisher, there was something about eyes and the eye was telling Liz that it was the bridge and the rainbows in the stream. The importance of the eye and the seeing was to see through the water and to be between the two mediums. It was like a glass barrier, like through the looking glass. All Liz had to do was look beneath the surface of the water or into the water and it was the character of the water like your name written in water which was no name. It was the seeing of this, of what we call the shadow land but as Liz looked through it she realized it wasn’t a shadow land but it was a land in which the normal framework of reference wasn’t there. There was a knowing of form in the absence of any form, you could almost create or feel anything you wanted and in that moment Liz created out of the sparkling drops of water an enormous cathedral with chandeliers of light. It was a wedding and Liz was a bride walking down towards an altar full of lights. Then she thought where is the bride groom? There wasn’t a bride groom, it was a wedding for one and ahead of her on a throne were a succession of eyes, the eye was not just the seeing eye it was the I, all the I’s and this wedding was a coming together of all the different I’s and Liz found herself being married to herself. She came to the throne and was a sovereign on her own throne, she’d come together with all the I’s and then there was a brilliant white light of sparkling diamonds which was the I and also the seeing eye. It was a reality that was not of the same framework but it was utterly creative…

I started off looking at an egg in an egg-cup and as I watched the top of the egg started to crack and a little chick popped out and jumped to the ground shaking itself off. It started growing as I watched and became a golden eagle. It was literally golden, a shining gold colour all over. It stood there for a while looking like it wanted to take off. I felt I wanted to go with it so jumped on its back and then I became the eagle and I took off up into the sky. It was very dark, I couldn’t see anything until eventually I saw lights on the horizon and as they got closer I saw they were like search lights shining out into the dark. Then I realised that they were people on the ground searching for information and understandings about what lies beyond the physical world and it occurred to me that they were searching in the wrong place. They were looking beyond themselves into the darkness but should really be looking within themselves to get their answers. I placed my wings on the ends of each light beam then descended down squashing the beams back into the people illuminating them and the beautiful scenery around them. I couldn’t hold the beams down for long and had to let them go plunging everyone back into darkness but I hoped I had given them a glimpse and a realisation that they needed to look within themselves for their answers…

I put the music back on and we continued the session…

It started looking light and misty in the room to me then I saw a few bright blobs coming and going and felt tightness around my forehead.

Liz began to speak…

‘A large wheelbarrow, someone pushing it, got the name William Harvey… Just before that I had the sense of all these people I have known that have died and felt this incredible sense of gratitude towards them all that they were there, it felt very real’

‘I’ve got the name Jenifer and a face but I can’t place it’

Me… ‘Can you describe the face?’

‘It was elderly, attractive, small, dark, looked Italian or Jewish, striking, fine bone structure, high cheek bones, short curly hair, not frizzy, becoming grey, thinish face, sunken cheeks’

‘I sense a connection of the wheelbarrow and William with pigs, pig sty’

‘Got the name Leslie and before that the name Nicodemus’

‘I’ve got an African presence, I’ve got an African face carved out of dark wood, ebony, it’s a book end. I sense the person is a woman, she’s smiling to my right’

‘I’ve got the name Sonia’

‘For some reason I’ve got a string of pearls and the image of stamps, lots of letters’

‘I’ve got wickedness or Wikipedia, something like that, ash or ash tree, got the names Sheila and Gloria’

‘I’ve got Heather and Arafat’

‘Principalities, kingdoms, heaven has none of these. I don’t know if that’s true or not… I have a kingdom of kindness and we have the kingdom of hate that is ruled by an iron fist. Which one would you rather have, the kingdom of kindness or the kingdom of hate, both can be Earthly in our dense world full of multiple kingdoms, the kingdoms of cats, kingdoms of nightjars, it’s like a hall of mirrors. How would you navigate your way through such a world of such complexity and multiplicity of kingdoms? You have a thread, a golden thread, a thread of kindness or a thread of hatred, you can choose a thread to weave your way through, to give you a reference point as you progress through the kingdoms of the Earth into the kingdom of heaven but you know how slippery threads are so you have to grip firm and thread that thread through the eye of your needle which is your eye so it becomes fastened at your end. Don’t let that thread be pulled through your eye or out of your grasp, keep hold of it. If you have chosen the thread of kindness you constantly web that thread every day and reposition your needle, the needle of your eye, the eye of your needle. Whichever of the kingdoms of the Earth you tread that thread holds fast, helps you to navigate, to make sense. In this way the baby coming into the world, it’s the kindness, the smiles of the mother and the family, those around, that act as the initial kindness and helps to remind, to grab hold of that to start. Never underestimate the importance of that positivity, that kindness, that goodwill. In the kingdom of the elephants we see how important that kindness, the kindship in which the new life is welcomed, that is a lasting thread and it sets the tone which is a soul quality, that sense of reciprocity, of welcomeness, of enjoyment, of embrace for each is one separate part of a whole, both a part and a whole and this paradox of being needs that thread of guidance to hold and remind the great mystery of togetherness, apart yet together, alone yet at one’

‘I’ve got Benjamin, capsicum, I see a pepper plant containing many seeds and each seed becomes another pepper plant and this goes on for years. I also see that strain weakening, needs to cross fertilize, needs to strengthen by mixing with others the old mendelian breeding intermixing for strengthening in and creating new species’  

‘Temperament or testament, taint… I have a feeling that what is important is not the purity of the strain, mixing is very important but purity isn’t in the physical strain it’s in the thread, the emotional, spiritual thread, that thread of intent of the original choice of kindness or hate. It’s that that needs to be kept pure, that’s the important ingredient through all the transformations and evolutionary twists and turns. The purity of the thread of consciousness, the sense of direction, of quality. The physical is not important in the sense of purity and strain. So that’s where the saying comes that the true family is a spiritual family but that has nothing to do with religion, nothing to do with belief but a much deeper level of connection to the original thread and we hope that the thread is the thread of kindness because that is the one that will lead to the kingdom of heaven’

‘Sassafras… that’s for Vajralila’

‘I’ve got Sadie again… I don’t know if this is a message for Sadie or if Sadie is talking, just God bless you Sadie’

‘Somebody’s trying to give me letters like an electroset, it’s reading something like ‘telepathy’ Got the sense of this wise owl, like it’s blinking, a bit like a clock, an owl clock and I associate it with Josette’

‘Got the word Austin, don’t know if that’s a name or a car, I think it’s a car, got an old grille like an Austin. Dickson of Dock Green era, crazy about you’

‘Conker, quest… conquest…’

Me… ‘Is it Conquest Hospital?’

‘Could be… Tides or Tideswell…’

Me… ‘There’s a Tideswell Road in Eastbourne’

‘Sweet or sweetener… Socrates… testimony, testament, testing…  Territorial Army… Southerner, southern, Sudbury, Sullivan… I’ve got a red cap, red beret... I don’t know what we are getting here but I’ll just ask for peace for this person and to look to the light, if you’ve died to look for the help to be led into your new life, find your way because there’s help all around and the light’s never far away, just go towards the light’

‘I’ve just got this sense that where we are now we are connected like a spider’s web to hundreds and thousands of threads and suddenly if we send out a pulse of light with the sense of the gratitude and well wishing to all those connected on the threads, there’s so many you can’t even remember all the names but suddenly that space is illuminated and the connections are reinforced in a very positive way. Just for that moment you become aware of all these threads, all these connections and whoever is in that network is isolated, feels unconnected for the moment you send out that pulse of light they’re not alone, they sense the presence of all the other connections and that is a help, it can trigger the network to operate on their behalf, it’s almost an electrical analogy, kick starts a circuit running which will affect some change… ok… that’s over and out…’

When Liz was saying this I had a brief image of a car viewed from above travelling along a straight road with precise measurements written at intervals along the side of this road. 

I played a tune to help Liz feel back with it again.
Then I did our healing exercise, closing prayer and our closing down exercise…

117th Sitting 18/10/2016


It was good to be back after our break

We had the room setup as usual.
I did the opening prayer at 8.20pm, turned out the light and put the music on.
We did the Rainbow Bridge visualisation exercise…

Liz started off on a red brick path and then steps going down to the edge of a river. There was a boat house to her right. Over the other side were beautiful green hillocks like a golf course and Liz saw a bridge that reminded her of the Billy Goat Gruff Bridge. She found herself walking over it and then found she couldn’t go any further. She realized there was a troll under it and the troll was the deep fear that we have of crossing to the other side. Liz wanted to get to the other side where she felt all her needs would be met like the little goats that wanted to get to the other side to eat the fresh green grass but the wicked troll came out and gobbled them up. Liz realised she had no need to be afraid of this troll; she could just biff it into the water, so she danced over the bridge to the other side. She started to talk to people on the other side but suddenly found herself thinking about something that had happened today and it took her a while to get back into the visualisation. She was looking at the children who had yet to be born and this being of light was there, a bit like Jesus and once they realized this they knew they had nothing to fear, the source of all their needs was met, everything they asked would be granted. The unborn children were there as they needed to be continually touched by this being of light and be born knowing their deepest needs would be met, there was nothing to fear. Liz knew she could be anything she wanted and chose to be a butterfly before flying back…

I started off looking at a huge white feather swinging like a pendulum and sweeping the floor in front of me. I watched it for a while then walked towards it finding myself swinging from side to side with it as I got closer. I decided to climb up it and got to a point where I could go no further. The feather then started to melt away and I found myself sitting in a small boat on a huge lake. I saw islands full of trees and the outside of the lake was also lined with trees. It was quiet and peaceful. The boat then began to move and took me to one of the islands were I got off and walked up the sandy beach towards the trees. It reminded me of an island I had been to in another visualisation, there were people lying and sitting on the beach but they didn’t seem to notice me so I made my way along a path through the trees. Eventually the path opened out into a large round clearing and a beam of light shone down onto it which I walked into. I lost all physical sensations and just seemed to be floating in the white light. It was a wonderful feeling and I just stayed there until the music ended. When I opened my eyes in looked like the room was light and misty…

There were a few similarities in our two visualisations; we both reach a point where we could go no further on Liz’s bridge and my feather.

I put the music back on and we continued the session…

I soon started to see bright blobs coming and going in the room.
I then found it difficult to stay awake and drifted in and out of sleep for the rest of the session.
At one point I got an image of my phone and felt that the alarm was about to go off. This was a few seconds before Liz stated to speak…

‘I have the sense of a strong presence, feels like a head master or a teacher. He’s showing me a level playing field, it’s like an orchard, lots of fruit trees, some of them are a bit small. You have a situation, the tall ones are shading, blocking the light for the smaller ones so there are some stunted ones. There needs to be plenty of space so that this doesn’t happen, to create the environment for each. This overcrowding has a lot to answer for because it stops the possibility of the level playing fields. The current schools are not a good environment because they contribute to the overcrowding, not enough space for each child. There are those who learn fast and grow strong and they block the growing space of the others. That’s not their fault. So what do we need to do? Learning needs to start in the home and not an overcrowded home, a home where children are spaced evenly and each child is given the mental nourishment and space to grow and to learn. Every home should be a school as well as a home. It’s a true place of learning and then we have the special apprenticeship, large comprehensive, everyone treading on each other’s toes, we need small specialist training grounds. What we need is cells of learning, small specialist. True learning is dialogue, discussion, example and practise. We have to go back to the garden analogy, if you want to grow prize vegetables or fruit you have to give them plenty of space and individual nourishment, you have to tender them individually. A dedicated space is so important to get the maximum growth’

‘I see this picture now of pavements lined with gold, this is a promise. There’s a mistaken notion, a confusion where quantity is stood in place of quality’

‘All being children of the spirit, when you hang up your coat, your persona at death, a character that’s been played, all have the same potential, all the same, made of spirit. So why was it while on Earth, while in the physical some were stunted and some flourished and thrived?’

‘For those that understand it’s important to acknowledge the need to provide space to expand, not to gravitate to the centres of congested, overcrowded, nuclear hubs of activity but to spread out, find a place where the soul can expand. A soul doesn’t thrive amid the hubbub of confusion; the soul thrives when exposed to the full richness of a physical environment in all its colours and contours, spacious beauty, free flowing energies and there the learning and experiences of quality are given. There is no need to fear because there is a natural abundance of opportunity. It’s not in the vortexes of overcrowded cities and congregations of humanity that opportunities arise, the opportunities in these quarters are stunted and crippled and confused but spread out, go to the wild places, allow your families and children spaciousness, solitude, the opportunities to draw on the education freely given by natural environment, by nature, by the angels around you. They can be felt, they can be sensed, they can instruct in those quiet places but they have difficulty nourishing the soul in the cesspools of industrial hubs. Your schools that have been modelled on factories are infernos for stunted growth’

‘I have a lady here who has a kindergarten, don’t know if it’s Joan, she says brush away the cobwebs. The eyes of the young can see visions through imagination and dreams. I see this image of a brush sweeping away the cobwebs, sweeping away the old and delusional notions. It’s like an old welsh dresser, cups and saucers, a kitchen table, that’s the hub of education. Let that table be firm and strong and well built’

‘I have a bird; it’s like a dove showing me the way to peace and to a new world, a new beginning’

‘I’ve got Terrence; he’s looking at an apple tree. He says nothing would delight him more than to wake up in the morning and step outside to view this apple tree’

‘Cart or Carter, it’s a name’

‘I had a sense of straw hats and lilac and it’s come back as the cricket field and the feeling of the level playing field again and I’ve got the apple peel, the apple and the peel, the whole apple… Every good boy deserves fruit, E-G-B-D-F… Thank you Terrence’

‘Every good child who is born deserves fruit, deserves to be fed the fruit from spirit’

‘Sassafras oil, I don’t know if that’s Vajralila’s mum telling her sassafras oil’

‘I had this sense of a wall or ceiling of glass, I’m just asking can you get through, don’t want splinters of glass. Crocus bulbs, that’s saffron, that’s taking me right into this image of these Tibetan monks in a monastery. I’ve got this image of looking through a telescope, right out but what he’s looking for is here all the time but I think he knows the paradox, it’s like a big joke, he’s laughing’

‘Black berries, a tall person, I thought these black berries were for eating but this tall person has a small black hat, like a square beret. Seems to be fishing in a river, I thought he had a connection with magic but he’s fishing in the river’

‘It’s like these books, secret tones of ancient wisdom, I’m being shown there’s a lot to learn but it’s being juxtaposed against this simplicity of ordinary daily life activities and the deeper mysteries are hidden in them but we look in the arcane, the tones and the esoteric but in the simple task and pleasures of everyday life there is a simple wisdom to be learnt. I think that’s what I’m being shown by these masters. They wish to direct the emphasis away from the arcane to the everyday, to the inherent wisdom in the simple practices of living in the everyday world’

‘I sense the truth will be revealed in a simple cup of tea more easily than in a complex potion of esoteric mysteries… So thank you to all our friends’

I put a tune on to help Liz come completely back with it.

As she came back she got ‘Queenie or Queen’ then thought it could be ‘Quin’ who was a physicist and a spiritual teacher to Liz many years ago…

I then did the healing exercise, closing prayer and our closing down exercise…