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News report looking at the famous Trumpet Incident.
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Text copy of above articles: www.tonyyouens.com/psychic_news.htm
Medium caught holding trumpet
Shocked sitters witnessed physical medium Lincoln “standing in the middle of the room holding a spirit trumpet in his hand” when the lights suddenly came on during a Noah’s Ark Society (NAS) séance last month.The séance held before an invited audience, took place at NAS chairman Robin Foy’s home in Scole, Norfolk. The incident is alleged to have occurred within 20 minutes of the circle getting underway.
Sheffield medium Betty Allen – “a Spiritualist for 50 years” – told PN, “I was shocked. There were 30 disillusioned people there that night.” Up to that moment, she said, the circle had proceeded in a normal fashion. “Lincoln came in and sat in the chair provided,” she explained. “I had never seen him before. “He took off his shoes and rings. Then the leader of his home circle tied his hands with plastic straps and put leather straps around his ankles. He stressed how strong the bands were. Sandra Foy (Robin’s wife) tied one of the straps on herself.”
A saucer of molasses, minerals, a bell, a keyboard, a toy illuminated octopus and two trumpets, on celluloid and the other metal were among the objects placed in the centre of the circle. Before going into trance, the medium is said to have asked for “certain items, like the saucer of molasses and the bell,” to be removed. “He also asked for the keyboard to be set back,” Mrs Allen commented.
Robin Foy opened with a prayer, and, in the total darkness, the séance commenced. Mrs Allen – she was sitting in the front row – said she was taken aback when the medium asked for a cushion to be put under him as the chair was hard. “I thought once entranced, it wouldn’t matter to a medium whether the chair was hard or not, she explained.
The sitters joined together in a number of songs in order to raise the vibrations.The singing was so robust and enthusiastic, Mrs Allen commented, “the house could have fallen down and nobody would have heard anything.” At this point a woman sitter is claimed to have called out, “something has fallen on me. I think it is a cushion.”
“An illuminated trumpet began moving up and down in front of Robin Foy,” Mrs Allen recalled. “At that time we thought the séance was marvellous. The bell had rung and we heard music from the keyboard. “Somebody in the back row screamed when the toy octopus caught the side of her face and a man said the celluloid trumpet had fallen between his legs.”
Then a totally unexpected occurrence ensued. The ceiling light, said Mrs Allen, suddenly came on, flooding the room with brilliant light. “And there was Lincoln standing in front of me,” she stated. “He was holding the trumpet up in the air with his own hand. I was utterly socked.
“Although the light was on for only four or five seconds, it was quite sufficient for people to see him standing there. There was deathly silence.” At that point it in claimed the medium cried out before “throwing himself backwards to the floor.” Lincoln was then helped to his feet and escorted from the room.
Later, it is alleged the medium commented, “They have let me down. It was Daniel’s fault.” It is believed the “Daniel” referred to was a mischievous earthbound spirit, who allegedly entered the medium’s body during the sitting. It is further claimed that the lights were turned on by the spirit world in order to rid Lincoln of his possessing entity.
Mrs Allen commented that on examining the chair in which the medium had been tied, it was found “the only band remaining intact was that tied by Sandra Foy. The others were either broken or undone.” The Sheffield medium said she was “no stranger to physical phenomena. “I was privileged to sit with that fine physical medium Bill Olsen and also direct-voice medium Leslie Flint,” she explained. “I have also visited the Arthur Findlay College in Stansted on many occasions. “Bill Olsen used to be tied up in his chair with rope,” she pointed out. “Later, they tied him in with cotton. His coat and waistcoat were removed during that séance just the same, yet the cotton remained absolutely intact.”
Shocked ay what she had witnessed at Scole, Mrs Allen told PN: “I love Spiritualism. And I am a stickler for the truth. But I don’t believe it was the truth I witnessed that day.” Many visitors who attended the circle had journeyed from remote parts of the country, she pointed out.
“One couple had travelled 370 miles and had to book a hotel for the night,” she said. “Another visitor from the Ilse of Man had spent 10 hours getting there.” Gale Buckley of Doncaster who attended the circle together with her husband and a friend commented: “We were devastated at what happened. WE had read so much about Lincoln and were really looking forward to it.”
Telling her own version of what transpired, Mrs Buckley said, “The toy octopus was thrown behind me and a red trumpet landed between my husband’s legs. “We saw another trumpet moving about. Then a bright light suddenly went on. “I looked at Lincoln’s chair, but he wasn’t sitting in it. When I turned I could see him standing quite a distance away. He had a spirit trumpet in his hand.”
Neither Mrs Allen or Mrs Buckley could explain who had actually turned the light on for those few seconds.
On behalf of the Noah’s Ark Society committee, publicity officer George Cranley last week issued the following statement regarding Lincoln and the Scole séance:
“1. We wish to state emphatically that, through previous experiments, experience and long association with this medium, genuine physical phenomena has been consistently demonstrated.
2. The medium is as perturbed by the occurrence as the society and has, of his own free will, expressed his desire to be fully tested by the committee at Scole. Members will be kept fully informed of developments through the monthly newsletter.
3. Until such a time as this has been successfully done he will not demonstrate to members at Scole or at any of the Society’s seminars.
4. Physical mediumship has historically proved to be controversial, enigmatic and paradoxical.
In order to avoid such difficulties the Spiritualist movement largely divorced itself from such mediumship 50 years ago to court respectability. This incident will not weaken the Society’s function nor resolve to see this highly evidential and precious form of mediumship emerge once again and become available to all people. The spirit world has entrusted us with this work and in consequence the Ark will proceed through rough and smooth waters on its journey. We shall not shirk our responsibility.”
Mrs Buckley has this to say of the proposed Lincoln “test” sittings by NAS committee members: “I think someone other than committee members should be on this team who are investigating this. “I would suggest that an impartial observer be invited along.”
The society stated that they had commissioned Dr Jim White, a polymer expert in the materials department of Newcastle-upon-Tyne University, to scientifically analyse the plastic wristbands that secured Lincoln to his chair. They also told PN a full report of the sitting will be appearing in the society’s November newsletter.
Lincoln was unavailable for comment.
video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=5567299728976602556#
And original piece by the Psychic News reporting on this incdent
Click thumbnail images for large version.
Text copy of above articles: www.tonyyouens.com/psychic_news.htm
Medium caught holding trumpet
Shocked sitters witnessed physical medium Lincoln “standing in the middle of the room holding a spirit trumpet in his hand” when the lights suddenly came on during a Noah’s Ark Society (NAS) séance last month.The séance held before an invited audience, took place at NAS chairman Robin Foy’s home in Scole, Norfolk. The incident is alleged to have occurred within 20 minutes of the circle getting underway.
Sheffield medium Betty Allen – “a Spiritualist for 50 years” – told PN, “I was shocked. There were 30 disillusioned people there that night.” Up to that moment, she said, the circle had proceeded in a normal fashion. “Lincoln came in and sat in the chair provided,” she explained. “I had never seen him before. “He took off his shoes and rings. Then the leader of his home circle tied his hands with plastic straps and put leather straps around his ankles. He stressed how strong the bands were. Sandra Foy (Robin’s wife) tied one of the straps on herself.”
A saucer of molasses, minerals, a bell, a keyboard, a toy illuminated octopus and two trumpets, on celluloid and the other metal were among the objects placed in the centre of the circle. Before going into trance, the medium is said to have asked for “certain items, like the saucer of molasses and the bell,” to be removed. “He also asked for the keyboard to be set back,” Mrs Allen commented.
Robin Foy opened with a prayer, and, in the total darkness, the séance commenced. Mrs Allen – she was sitting in the front row – said she was taken aback when the medium asked for a cushion to be put under him as the chair was hard. “I thought once entranced, it wouldn’t matter to a medium whether the chair was hard or not, she explained.
The sitters joined together in a number of songs in order to raise the vibrations.The singing was so robust and enthusiastic, Mrs Allen commented, “the house could have fallen down and nobody would have heard anything.” At this point a woman sitter is claimed to have called out, “something has fallen on me. I think it is a cushion.”
“An illuminated trumpet began moving up and down in front of Robin Foy,” Mrs Allen recalled. “At that time we thought the séance was marvellous. The bell had rung and we heard music from the keyboard. “Somebody in the back row screamed when the toy octopus caught the side of her face and a man said the celluloid trumpet had fallen between his legs.”
Then a totally unexpected occurrence ensued. The ceiling light, said Mrs Allen, suddenly came on, flooding the room with brilliant light. “And there was Lincoln standing in front of me,” she stated. “He was holding the trumpet up in the air with his own hand. I was utterly socked.
“Although the light was on for only four or five seconds, it was quite sufficient for people to see him standing there. There was deathly silence.” At that point it in claimed the medium cried out before “throwing himself backwards to the floor.” Lincoln was then helped to his feet and escorted from the room.
Later, it is alleged the medium commented, “They have let me down. It was Daniel’s fault.” It is believed the “Daniel” referred to was a mischievous earthbound spirit, who allegedly entered the medium’s body during the sitting. It is further claimed that the lights were turned on by the spirit world in order to rid Lincoln of his possessing entity.
Mrs Allen commented that on examining the chair in which the medium had been tied, it was found “the only band remaining intact was that tied by Sandra Foy. The others were either broken or undone.” The Sheffield medium said she was “no stranger to physical phenomena. “I was privileged to sit with that fine physical medium Bill Olsen and also direct-voice medium Leslie Flint,” she explained. “I have also visited the Arthur Findlay College in Stansted on many occasions. “Bill Olsen used to be tied up in his chair with rope,” she pointed out. “Later, they tied him in with cotton. His coat and waistcoat were removed during that séance just the same, yet the cotton remained absolutely intact.”
Shocked ay what she had witnessed at Scole, Mrs Allen told PN: “I love Spiritualism. And I am a stickler for the truth. But I don’t believe it was the truth I witnessed that day.” Many visitors who attended the circle had journeyed from remote parts of the country, she pointed out.
“One couple had travelled 370 miles and had to book a hotel for the night,” she said. “Another visitor from the Ilse of Man had spent 10 hours getting there.” Gale Buckley of Doncaster who attended the circle together with her husband and a friend commented: “We were devastated at what happened. WE had read so much about Lincoln and were really looking forward to it.”
Telling her own version of what transpired, Mrs Buckley said, “The toy octopus was thrown behind me and a red trumpet landed between my husband’s legs. “We saw another trumpet moving about. Then a bright light suddenly went on. “I looked at Lincoln’s chair, but he wasn’t sitting in it. When I turned I could see him standing quite a distance away. He had a spirit trumpet in his hand.”
Neither Mrs Allen or Mrs Buckley could explain who had actually turned the light on for those few seconds.
On behalf of the Noah’s Ark Society committee, publicity officer George Cranley last week issued the following statement regarding Lincoln and the Scole séance:
“1. We wish to state emphatically that, through previous experiments, experience and long association with this medium, genuine physical phenomena has been consistently demonstrated.
2. The medium is as perturbed by the occurrence as the society and has, of his own free will, expressed his desire to be fully tested by the committee at Scole. Members will be kept fully informed of developments through the monthly newsletter.
3. Until such a time as this has been successfully done he will not demonstrate to members at Scole or at any of the Society’s seminars.
4. Physical mediumship has historically proved to be controversial, enigmatic and paradoxical.
In order to avoid such difficulties the Spiritualist movement largely divorced itself from such mediumship 50 years ago to court respectability. This incident will not weaken the Society’s function nor resolve to see this highly evidential and precious form of mediumship emerge once again and become available to all people. The spirit world has entrusted us with this work and in consequence the Ark will proceed through rough and smooth waters on its journey. We shall not shirk our responsibility.”
Mrs Buckley has this to say of the proposed Lincoln “test” sittings by NAS committee members: “I think someone other than committee members should be on this team who are investigating this. “I would suggest that an impartial observer be invited along.”
The society stated that they had commissioned Dr Jim White, a polymer expert in the materials department of Newcastle-upon-Tyne University, to scientifically analyse the plastic wristbands that secured Lincoln to his chair. They also told PN a full report of the sitting will be appearing in the society’s November newsletter.
Lincoln was unavailable for comment.
