Introduction
It wasn’t long after the publication of my book
Developing Mediumship that I began to get requests from people to run classes on the teachings in the book and give a more in-depth explanation of some of the exercises. It amazed me that people were becoming more interested in the teachings than the messages from the spirit world that I had become known for. I felt that giving people more of the teachings might be difficult, though, because I had done most of the teaching sessions during the course of a day or weekend seminar and I wasn’t happy with that format. I knew that the development of mediumship could take many years.
For me, my circle, or development group, had always been important. It had been a part of my life since my early twenties and had been one of the things that had led me to dedicate my life to working as a medium. The development circle is where the medium really gains the energy and drive to work for spirit. Now, living in London away from the people I had spent every Sunday evening with for many years, all of a sudden I was aware of the distance between us. Though I knew we would always have a spiritual connection, I was missing the physical presence of my spiritual family. It had been a couple of years since I had actually been in a home circle and even though my life had been very busy and I had been doing more work than ever before, the lack of sitting regularly with a group of like-minded people had begun to affect me. I felt a sense of disconnection and a lack of the support that a circle can give.
I have felt for many years that when the spirit world needs me to do something, the opportunity will present itself before me. The need I had to be part of a development group again was becoming so persistent that I found it hard to ignore. So I knew it wouldn’t be too long before the opportunity turned up.
Furthermore, there has been a purpose to each circle I have been in. I wondered what the purpose of this new circle would be. Somehow I knew it would involve more of the teachings.
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