S5. Ep4 - Understanding The Initial Signs From Spirit

Ian and Martin discuss the fascinating way how spiritualism and ghost hunting began - with a haunting in Hydesville, New York in 1888. The podcast discusses the original haunting and how it started spiritualism and ghost hunting. Topics covered include Poltergeist cases, Enfield Poltergeist, How Spiritualism Inspired a Northern England Revolution, Spiritualism as a social history and inspired the rise of Unions and the Suffragette movement. The Podcast also discusses if the Fox Sisters were fake, the strain of fame on two teenagers and also the people such as William Crookes, Oliver Lodge and Arthur Conan Doyle who investigated and were involved in the start of paranormal investigation. As a conclusion to the podcast, we discuss how Spiritualism provided a greater impact after the First World War, and how society could have been very different without it.

In this packed episode we discuss a listener's question, Does Spirit Know they are Dead? We discuss the differences between ghosts and spirits, the communication and the feelings of communicating with spirit. Anniversary ghost experiences at Dudley Castle, UK and the sighting of a ghost of a boy at Woodchester Mansion, one of Britain's most haunted houses. We then discuss if spirits and ghosts return to complete a task or have unfinished business - or whether it's folklore or religious influences. Ghosts are often thought of as being bound to the physical world by unfinished business, unresolved emotions, or spiritstraumatic death. As usual, please send your questions to us, and we will be very happy to answer them.

In this episode Ian and Martin discuss reconnecting with spirit, especially if you haven't had the time to practice your mediumship. We discuss how to keep your confidence, be non-judgemental and keep a spirit diary - keeping a record of your spirit and ghostly experiences. Tons of practical tips to get you back on track as a psychic medium and reconnect with the spirit world.

After a 16 month break, we are back in the saddle and shooting the breeze about mediumship, the paranormal and more. The main topic looks at how TikTok users are ghost hunting and mediumship in their content, and how it is damaging the subject matter - or is it? Topics covered include using ancestry.com, paranormal tiktok, ghost hunting with ghost box apps, ghost hunting in graveyards, mediumship in the USA, how the media has influenced ghost hunters to concentrate on the unreal, mediumship and psychic tips and what else we'll be doing this year. Ian Doherty's Symbolic Aura Cards are available from -  https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Doherty-wwwaura-artzcouk-279369025436686 Our new online course can be found here - https://academy.essentia2.co.uk/ or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mediumsinaction

For thousands of years, different religions and cultures have believed there is a record of your life. Your past, present, and future can be accessed by visiting the book of life or the Akashic records.  Martin and Ian deep dive into the history and belief of Akashic Records, and their own thoughts on the use of them for readings. Ian Doherty's Symbolic Aura Cards are available from - https://www.facebook.com/Ian-Doherty-wwwaura-artzcouk-279369025436686 Our new online course can be found here - https://academy.essentia2.co.uk/ or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/essentia2/  

In a packed episode, Ian and Martin discuss ghost hunting in the summer and then the first hurdle of becoming a medium. Based on a student's experiences, they discuss how building communication and trust can lead to greater experiences and accuracy with spirit. To help support our work, podcast and live streams, why not buy us a coffee? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mediumsinaction Our new online course can be found here - https://academy.essentia2.co.uk/ or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/essentia2/. This episode is sponsored by Real Ghost Stories one of the newest, and best places for real-life true ghost stories.

From 2019, in this episode, Ian and Martin discuss Meditation and Mindfulness. For the last ten years, Martin has practised and taught meditation and mindfulness to individuals and organisations. During this podcast they discuss how meditation helps the medium to link with spirit and what are the tips and pitfalls when meditating. A great way to start your mediumship training is with meditation and with Martin and Ian it is the foundation of their mediumship training. Our new online course can be found here - https://academy.essentia2.co.uk/ or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/essentia2/.

Using the question, "What is Evidence" Ian and Martin discuss their own experiences, research and thoughts about what people classes as evidence, from video to EVP and beyond. The discussion expands the theories that ghosts could be echoes or harmonic resonances through time. To help support our work, podcast and live streams, why not buy us a coffee? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mediumsinaction Our new online course can be found here - https://academy.essentia2.co.uk/ or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/essentia2/. This episode is sponsored by Real Ghost Stories one of the newest, and best places for real-life true ghost stories.

With many decades of experience investigating the paranormal from both an investigator and medium perspective, Ian and Martin discuss their strangest cases, experiences and theories about hauntings. Don't listen with the lights off! To help support our work, podcast and live streams, why not buy us a coffee? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mediumsinaction Our new online course can be found here - https://academy.essentia2.co.uk/ or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/essentia2/. This episode is sponsored by Real Ghost Stories one of the newest, and best places for real-life true ghost stories.

After a series of weird dreams, Martin asks Ian for dream interpretation and the discussion leads on to the appearance of passed loved ones in our dreams. If we dream of family and friends who have died - have they really visited? To help support our work, podcast and live streams, why not buy us a coffee? https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mediumsinaction Our new online course can be found here - https://academy.essentia2.co.uk/ or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/essentia2/. This episode is sponsored by Real Ghost Stories one of the newest, and best places for real-life true ghost stories.