What types of people attend your shows?

Wide ranges from those who have lost somebody from our side of life, people that are interested in paranormal subjects, fellow mediums and the curious too. Those of a sensitive nature are certainly interested in the subject. For instance, it is my experience that many females are naturally intuitive and are drawn to the subject of life after death.

There have been occasions when I have carried out follow-up visits to the homes of people who have attended my shows. Two of those that are shown in the second page of the Media Section of my website were also featured in a two page spread in a national magazine called Chat its fate.

The first of these, Marie Black, concerns a television documentary she was featured in as a direct result of a very serious assault she was subjected to. At a performance, I gave her a message from her grandmother (who also gave her name) and the road where they lived before this unfortunate event had taken place. During this spirit message the exact location of the houses within that road were also mentioned. However what was really surprising is that she did feature in a documentary as a result of this tragic incident. At the time I didn’t know it was going to be as the result of her being the victim of a personal attack.

One aspect of this situation that I would like to point out is that despite having to deal with this harrowing assault, Marie and her daughter are like others in this World, trying to put their life back together again. This fine young lady has already had facial reconstructive surgery and is likely to need more. Her mother, also called Marie has been a constant source of strength throughout. Thank God for mothers like this!

The other story that was featured in the magazine is about Susanne Todd that attended one of my shows. Her husband now in spirit made a very moving connection with her that provided some surprising details including his name and the names of other family/friends that came with her along with the number on her door. An after-show interview of her is also shown on the second page of the Media Section of my website. They are also featured on the Testimonials Section of this site. To me, the females mentioned above are the real heroes! I never cease to be surprised at the tremendous inner reserves of strength that women like these can call upon when tragedy strikes.

What type of person becomes a medium?

A high concern for the welfare of others is normally present. This extends to all living creatures. Many, like myself, are vegetarians. A strong faith is obviously a great asset too as is a non-judgemental attitude wherever possible.
The person will possess a deeper level of empathy and sensitivity involving so-called sixth sense abilities enabling them to act as an instrument between ‘Worlds’. Although great emphasis is placed on psychic abilities, in my view, these channels are being put to their best use when they are applied to bring comfort and reassurance to the lives of others. This, in essence, is the work of a medium.
Usually, but not always, a medium first serves for many years in a voluntary way for The Spiritualist Movement. This was the road I followed. Indeed, during my life I have spent many years in gaining valuable experience while involved in voluntary roles of one sort or another. At some point events will take place to persuade the medium to devote all of their working time to the role. For some this can be a major event in their lives such as a potentially life-threatening illness or perhaps losing someone very special from this side of life. The path of medium-ship obviously requires a high level of commitment. Contrary to some views money is not the driving force. For if it was, the medium would not have spent so many years out several times a week in all weathers on a voluntary basis. There is a view that some backgrounds are better than others in helping a person to become a medium. Its situations such as these that have provided me with the honour of touching the lives of people in a very meaningful way which can be a very humbling experience. However, my background before public stage medium-ship also involved working with people in challenging official roles and situations, training or representing them in various ways. The earlier ones certainly involved the sharp end of life and some of them resulted in court prosecutions for those who harmed members of the community. Being able to stand in front of an audience or congregation and keep calm and confident is essential along with a strong sense of humour!

Why can’t the Spirit World provide full names all the time in their communications?

We must try to understand that the spirit body does not have a physical voice box as we have and they do live in another sort of dimension called by many names including heaven. It can be an immense task for them to place recognisable information into the mind of a medium.

By using pictures, feelings and what I sometimes call living thoughts they try to get the right message to our side of life. For instance, you will often hear a medium saying something like ‘Its either Stephen or Stephanie because very often they are able to get the ‘Steph’ thought in but not always the ending of the word.

Similarly, if when giving a road the first part might be clear but the ending less so. I remember giving a message to a lady saying its Green something. I was half expecting her to say its Green Lane or Greenfields Lane. She just smiled with surprise and said ‘my surname is Green’. We
both laughed.

It is my firm belief that one day we will all fully accept the reality of the continuation of the living soul. All forms of communication have their difficulties. If we try and understand it from the spirit loved one’s point of view rather than a sometimes-limited opinion on this side of life, we might be then able to work with their attempts rather than against them.

Mediums have made the conscious choice to devote part of their lives to be both a channel and bridge between worlds. Although the public performers are well known, there are countless others who serve in Spiritualist Churches day-in and day-out, wishing to bring comfort to the bereaved. For all genuine mediums, that is their best and most meaningful reward!

Why do you ask for initials rather than names when people wish to reserve tickets by phone using the 0151 281 5539 number?

To explain, many shows are now arranged through the theatre box offices that take their own details which we don’t have access to, or indeed ask for.

However, some contact numbers are through our own office and we only ask for initials so no previous knowledge is in our possession of the names or addresses of customers. This policy has been in place for a number of years now. It has been put to Shaun on a number of occasions that the firm could benefit with market research and future mail outs if we had such details.  Shaun maintains that it is vital he has no awareness of a customer’s personal details so that his messages can be seen to be 100% genuine.

Do you believe in Reincarnation?

I believe that the core essence of our  eternal spiritual nature is our soul.  Its quest is to constantly improve which  can be achieved,  like other aspects of our lives,  by a series of tests.

To that  end, each thought, word or action can bring us nearer to the divine centre or  further away from it. Our physical lives and some of the choices we make during  our time this side of the veil provide us with the opportunities to improve our  spiritual nature. I believe that this progress can either take place within the  heavenly realms or by making the right decisions during a series of earthly  lives.
Many of the people who have been subject to  a procedure called regression have often reported in extraordinary  detail what happened to them, in what many believe as past lives.  Many years ago, I used to regress  volunteers in special sessions when working within the Spiritualist Church  Movement. Many of these outcomes were also very surprising in their content.  Once again, however, I would prefer it if the reader used their own judgement  when forming opinions about this fascinating subject.

Do the spirit world communicate with you all the time?

Most people who have been professionally trained in this type of work will be both taught and advised to ‘open up’ before acting as a spirit link and to properly ‘close down’ at the end of a session. Failure to do this could lead to unwanted intrusions within our ordinary day-to-day lives.

What ‘deaths’ have you found to be most difficult?

Each passing is both unique and moving in its own way to those affected. However, the loss of a child I have found to be very traumatic for parents to cope with. If this has involved violence or the recklessness by another individual, the trauma and loss can be that much greater.

Do evil spirits exist?

Opinions on this one differ. I take the view  that good and evil exists on this side of the veil and in the inner realms too.  Like many questions, a response involving a few lines is inevitably inadequate. Our main concern should be the harm that  one human being can do to another. Perhaps the greatest evidence of this in  history are the acts of attempted genocide. Events such as the Holocaust, the slaughter of the innocents in Rwanda and now what is taking place in Darfur. In addition, we should not forget the countless lives that have been affected by that dark stain on human history referred to as the Slave Trade. There are some people on this planet that have  experienced many centuries if not thousands of years of persecution, merely because of their race, colour or creed.

Does the medium summon spirits to communicate?

Those on the other side know when a session involving communication between worlds is going to take place and will make the necessary preparations. Decisions will be made by those on the higher side of life of those spirit people who will be involved at that particular event. To that end it is more of a request rather than a demand.

To summon a spirit can be done but isn’t it going against the law of mutual respect?

Students of the subject will know of the stories  of sorcerers and necromancers who used rites of invocation to summon spirits  often with a selfish motive such as the discovery of treasure etc. For their  own protection, they would stand within a very carefully prepared magic circle  and not leave it until the spirit entity involved had returned to their realm. My own view is that when thinking of a  spirit person with love, a signal is both sent and received and the occupant of  the inner realms will draw close. This is one explanation for the countless  reports of apparitions or paranormal phenomena that occur when situations of  family strife occur. I have investigated quite a number myself, including a  female who was being physically and emotionally abused. Her grandfather on the  higher side of life named himself and the culprit involved along with some  detailed images of what had been taking place.