Seance

 This is kind of non-related to mycology, but i want to get it all written down before i forget things.

To set it all up there are several things i need to write.  

I was invited to a seance which took place 2 nites ago. Though ive always been open to things, even more so now that ive discovered the magic in mushrooms,  but i still have a logical slightly scientific bend in my mind.  I am one of those weirdos who is continually learning or attempting to learn new things.   Once i've dabbled in something new i don't always pursue it but i've learned about it enough to satisfy my mind. Basically i'm just a nerd!  Hence, my mind is continually seeking & spinning which will come up later in this post.

I am totally open,  knowing that energy can neither be created or destroyed,  yet i typically want to experience or see things for myself,  which, imho, gives me a healthy skepticism.

NOW, where to start? Not going to use anyone's names, i will only use initials of the  2 women who invited me. I have known A for only a few yrs.  Truly enjoy hanging out w her since we have quite a bit of commonality in thoughts/feelings.   Hope we are friends for many yrs to come.  D i had only met once before yet that 1st time i remember her saying something about the "energy" around me which i didn't really undcerstand at the time.   Still not exactly sure. Lol

I arrived at A's home which is lovely.   Her house is quite perfect actually.  I was asked to take off my shoes & jewelry coz no extra sounds (like tinkling bracelets)  allowed during the sitting. We all go upstairs to a little alcove like room.   There is a thick velvet curtain at the bottom of the stairs that is closed once we are headed up.

In the room there are 2 cameras on tripods set up which are set to only film in total darkness.  There are also 2 rempods set up about 6-8 ft from the table we will be sitting at.  As A is turning the rempods on they beeped since they pick up energy from things near them, & why they are so far from the table.    The table has only 3 chairs so that the cameras are not picking up the back of someones head. Its a heavy plastic table, not anything that could be tipped over too easily.   There are windchimes above the table on the ceiling hanging about 8 ft higher.  I asked why, & was told sometimes the table rises up that high. 😮  what????

As we start to settle in to our chairs they hand me a flashlight w only a red, not white, light coz red is easier on the eyes.

Im going to inject a few thoughts that have come up w the few people i told about this experience.

1) i dont think there waa anyone else in the house. I would have heard them coming up the stairs plus once the lights were out it was pitch black. Tripping over a camera or rempod would have been easy to do in the dark so i don't believe anyone else was there.

2) someone asked about the table,  i did not see any wires or anything near or under the table.   In fact, i could stretch my legs out under the table very easily. there was nothing weird about it.  

So,  the girls explained to me to sit comfortably w my fingertips or hands lightly on top of the table. The lights were turned off,  we turned off our flashlights, & began.

These 2 women have been doing readings, seances, native ceremonies for many yrs.   They opened the session w a little thing they said,  then we all had to speak our intention for being there.   I was unprepared  for this, but i spoke my truth.

"I am here to reach out to my inner being or a higher being, & to learn"

D said, "thats good".

Then we just talked casually w me asking a few questions about the process, & they answered my questions.   Suddenly, D said, "oh, someone wants to say hello to you dawn"           just then one of the rempods not just beeped but also lit up.   It startled me as i wasnt expecting it, but my automatic response was "hello, its so nice to meet you".      Even though i had no idea who i was speaking to.   The rempod went off several more times,  beeping and lighting up. 

  The girls told me that they had not seen this happen in quite a long time.   They also told me that  Spirits are attracted to those who are not only "open", but those w love in their heart.

That was a compliment obviously, yet it felt & sounded more like a casual fact.    

This all brought tears to my eyes.   First, i don't cry very often,  Yet there was so much emotion running thru me.    Earlier in the day i had made some "magic" chocolates. All i did was lick the bowl, about 30 min. Later i felt the light trip coming on.   I'm not the kind of person who enjoys closing my eyes to see colors & shapes, which is odd being an artist.  I prefer being in nature to experience nature.  But,  it was hot out.  Lol.   It was a light trip but i felt overwhelming sadness, & i didn't know why that afternoon.   However, when i felt the tears coming during the sitting it was overwhelming joy, & emotion knowing these spirits were there to meet me.   Even saying that...how did i know that?   It waa all telepathic i spose?    Though my eyes were open, & the room was pitch black,  i could see a portal or doorway w light coming thru.  I never specifically saw spirits yet knew they were coming in & out.

D was giving us names.  If she had said "do you know a david", or  "im getting a name that starts w L"  it would have been kinda hoaky since everyone probly knows a david or someone whos name starts w an L.   Thats not what happened!   After several names she asked if we knew wendy. I DID!  Wendy is also not a common name.  Wendy was someone from a diff group of friends who passed way before i ever met either of these 2 women.   She died from alcohol poisoning.   

Wendy said, thru D , "im sorry that i was a pain in the ass before i crossed"    and she had been.  Too much to tell about here, but i did say, "wendy was amongst a group of friends of mine, but as a bartender she also had many many other friends"

The rempod went crazy when i said this out loud.

Then wendy said....

"Put ice over your eyes. It will make them feel better".

I literally gasped at this.

Last yr i had an infection in my left eye that landed me in the hospital.  After a month of doctors my eye waa back to normal, but just 2 weeks ago it had started bothering me again and ive been seeing my retina dr again.  I had not told ANYONE of this. 

Other people that A knew came thru, then iert was pretty quiet for several minutes as we chatted.  

D suggested we sing some songs. A few were old spirituals that i knew from childhood,  a few were native american songs that A knew,   one was a cool song,  A would sing a few lines which we repeated.  The spirits must have liked it coz again the rempod went off.

I forgot to talk about the table.   Thruout the sitting the table was kinda rotating slightly.   If it had been one of the ladies i think i could have felt that they were doing it.   In fact, at one point A asked if i was moving the table.  Lol,  i was not.  They told me that the table moving meant that the spirits were trying to connect to our energy. 

When i type some of these things i guess it could sound insane or scary, yet it i felt so comfortable, and very natural.

Not long after the songs,  D said .... " someone is telling me that she knows about Marty"

Ok,  another name thats not common. Plus, i dont think ive ever talked about my X using his name to A before.

I decided it was my friend who i have known for over 25 yrs & just passed from a glioblastoma in july.  Who else would talk about marty?    She said, thru D, that she's been trying to sit w me but my mind is always so busy.    Lol.  Tis true!    

I began telling a few stories about her,   i then told the story how we used to feed the homeless downtown,  which we did for 2.5 yrs, on our own every sunday morn.   Thats when the table went crazy.   I swear i thought it was going to lift up off the floor.  But it was tilting as if one of the ladies were making it happen, it was rocking and trying to lift from under the center. This went on for probly a full 45 -60 seconds or longer. 

Suddenly i started getting sooo warm, almost hot.

 Then D said, 

The teacher is here.

????

The teacher said ,thru D, 

"that Is a good story, your energy is strong"

She had a nickname for this energy,  and explained to me this energy was from the Orion belt.  They had not spoken to him/her, evidently, in a long time, but this energy was coming thru tonite.  She also told A & i that was why we were getting so warm coz this beings energy was very strong.

Sadly, though they had not seen/spoken to this "teacher"  in quite a while it did not stay long.    

We ended up w a closing ceremony to say thank you & ended the session.

I, personally, could have gone on longer. It is incredibly difficult for me to type all the feelings, intuitions, senses, or emotions that i felt.  Or even make sense of it in type.  Its taken me a few days to process & remember it all without trying to put it into words as it is.   I also don't know if having "licked the bowl" earlier in the day had opened my mind more?  But by the time i got to the sitting all of that had worn off though.  Ive spent all this time typing just so that i DO have something recorded to jog my memory if needed, but WOW!   what an amazing experience!