Fifty Years a Medium: The Autobiography of Estelle Roberts

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Because she was under trance she quoted these accounts as a way of giving testimony of attendees of her séances and sittings. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This is actually very difficult to answer because the sights, sounds, smells, colours and emotions are not of this earth and quite simply the language doesn’t exist to do justice to the splendour and majesty of how I perceive it. Husband and wife Maurice and Sylvia Barbanell were regular sitters and members of Estelle Roberts home circle.

Throughout the history of Spiritualism, a special place has been occupied by the medium as an individual qualified in some special manner to f… Oral Roberts , American evangelist Oral Roberts (born 1918) was an early pioneer in televangelism, or using television to preach the gospel. Some are from the early days of Spiritualism and some, like this one below, are of mediums who were still alive and demonstrating in my lifetime.

Many other spirit children would visit and it was a constant cause of concern when her parents would listen to her having conversations with them.

Roberts diagrams the trajectory of her life experiences and case studies, plus introduces "Red Cloud," her Native-American guide whose energetic presence is pivotal in her trance states and in her healing work. Subjects covered in the book – where there's a consistent emphasis on evidence - include: spirit healing, psychometry, haunting, criminal investigation, apports, direct voice, xenoglossy (speaking in foreign languages), and Red Cloud.Born in Kensington in May 1889, May Estelle Wills was one of eight children, the only one who from her earliest recollections could hear spirit voices. Known for her exceptional gift of communicating with departed loved ones, she brought solace and closure to countless individuals seeking connection or guidance from the other side. Step back in time to the enchanting world of the 1930s with this print featuring Estelle Roberts, a renowned spiritual medium.

During the service Roberts gave a mediumship demonstration to the audience and claimed to witnessed Doyle's spirit in a chair. We had only sat a few minutes when one of the trumpets was raised, and it travelled right round the circle, tapping each person on the knee in greeting.This evocative photograph captures not only Estelle's physical presence but also hints at the profound energy that surrounded her during these remarkable demonstrations. Estelle secured a position as a nursemaid to a family in Turnham Green, looking after the children, a position which she loved. Estelle filled the Royal Albert Hall many times with her demonstrations and is perhaps the only medium to have demonstrated to MPs in the House of Commons, which helped change the law making mediumship legal.

In 1969 Estelle Roberts’ autobiography was brought up to date by the addition of a chapter covering her life during the following ten years. The question I get asked more than any other in the course of my work as a medium is “what is the spirit world like?She gives the name of Annie – Abbie Russell, she is your cousin, and passed out when she was about twenty years of age. Red Cloud (Roberts) also made false predictions such as claiming World War II was not going to break out and that there was going to be peace.