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Written on the 17.12. and 18.12.2011 on the basis of notes taken in the hours after the sitting.
This time, we were 10 sitters in the usual cellar room in Hanau, including 6 members of the circle: Kai, the medium in cabinet, Alexander (A), Costa (C), Elke (E), Martine (M), Jochen (Jo), and Julia (Ju). In addition to me (I), two other guests were present, Barrie Colvin (B) and Jens (J). Jens visited the circle for the first time, Barrie for the second time. Jochen was operating the CD player; Alex and Julia opened and closed the cabinet curtain when required. Julia also operated the red lamp according to the instructions given by the trance control personality HB, speaking through Kai. Jens was operating the ventilator to cool the body of the medium when requested. In addition to the usual drum in 2.25 m distance from the cabinet, Kai had placed a tambourine and two shakers on the floor. Barrie used two thermometers to record the temperature, one fixed to an old clock on the wall and one fixed to his lower right leg above the ankle.
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| The Seance Room |
Throughout the course of the sitting, I have observed the following phenomena.
1) Raps: As mentioned previously, raps had occurred already during the trance induction and HB’s opening remarks. Later, during the phase of the establishment of the “force field”, when we sang to “Hey Jude”, stronger raps occurred. At later occasions, when the “force field” was to be enhanced or reconstructed, raps of considerable strength and loudness were heard at the ceiling and the wall behind Jochen, Barrie, and me. Sometimes, the raps would strike (almost) simultaneously with reported touches. The last series of raps was the most forceful. The blows were strongest directly behind Jochen’s head. The distance between his head and the wall was only a few centimetres, and he reported that he was also touched by something at the back of his head when the blows came from the wall directly behind the head. They also occurred on the wall between the heads of Jochen and Barrie, behind Barrie’s head, and between Barrie’s head and my head. All these raps were very powerful and we could even hear the timbering on the wall shake and rattle under the effect of the applied force. I estimate that the closest distance of the location of the raps and my head was about 35 cm. Often, the rap sequences contained quick rolls. There were also wiping sounds at the ceiling, and on one occasion, something was hitting the drum on the floor a few times in the dark. HB, who sometimes talked audibly during the rap series from his chair, explained on one occasion that the raps were due to “discharges” that take place when the “force field” is built up.
2) Touches: All sitters reported being touched by solid but soft structures in the dark. I was touched about 6-7 times. Like during the last sittings, the material causing the touches had room temperature and felt like a stiff cloth or reptile skin. (i) For example, something touched my right naked knee (my trouser legs being rolled up) with considerable force from the front. (ii) Something soft seemed to land on my lap and crawled up my belly and chest region, from where it swiftly left. It felt as if it was of a hamster’s size and it felt like it was crawling on several quickly moving limbs. (iii) Something touched the back of my left hand while being in chain with Costa. (iv) Something hit the left temple of my glasses. (v) Something touched my right knee slightly when a greenish phosphorescent light flew across it in about 15 cm height. Jochen and Barrie were touched quite often, also Elke. She reported that something like a hand had stroked her face and hair for a considerable time; she feared that “it” would enter her mouth.
3) Tambourine phenomena: One of the first phenomena that happened during the main phase of the sitting was the hitting and the moving of the tambourine. Everybody could hear that it was manipulated by something on the floor, and then it moved towards Barrie’s shoes. Here, it tapped on one of his shoes a number of times with notable force. For a short time, four-limb control was installed, and HB was continuously speaking from inside the cabinet. Alex and Julia, who controlled the medium, confirmed that his body was completely still. Today, the four-limb control was always enhanced in such way that Alex was also leaning across the lap of the medium for a while, touching also Julia’s hands. Kai and Julia use this new form of control on their trips to foreign countries, because Kai travels with his partner Julia. HB aims at letting her be controlled as well to show that she is not helping to produce the phenomena. Usually, the organizers of the sittings take Alex’s part on these trips. Nevertheless, during all the time that the four-limb control was exerted, the tambourine was continuously manipulated. Sometimes, I was able to hear something moving across the floor in vicinity to the tambourine, resembling the sound of a stiff cloth or a reptile moving on the linoleum floor.
4) Phosphorescent lights: In addition to the lights already mentioned, we saw lights two more times. First, the typical greenish phosphorescent light appeared. As usual, it seemed to stick to ceiling for a while, then being barely visible and illuminating the ceiling only very dimly. Then, it descended into the room and performed all sorts of movements. The light seemed a little smaller, but more compact and bright than on previous occasions, and also performed quicker and more hectic small-scale movements such a moving up and down a few centimetres very fast. Again, it was only visible from one side. When it was visible for the sitters at the opposite side of the room, we could not see it, and vice versa. Sometimes, it came quite close to the sitters and their faces. In particular, it hovered directly in front of Barrie’s face for a few seconds, perhaps some 10 centimetres apart from it.
For a short time, this light was accompanied by a second light of the same quality.
At one point, HB instructed us to apply the four-limb control. Again, the controllers confirmed that during the movements of the light, all four limbs of the medium were perfectly at rest. Unlike to my last sitting in which this element of the séance was displayed, the light did not seem to become weaker during the time that the four-limb control was performed. Towards the end of the light show, which lasted for several minutes, the light entered the cabinet, the curtains being still closed. After Alex and Julia had opened the curtains on request of HB, we could see it circling above the head of the medium for a while. Then, the “force field” needed to be recharged. For several more minutes, we could see the light hovering behind and above the (from my position) right side of the cabinet, gently moving up and down every now and then. HB had frequently asked us if we could still see the light, so it seems that its presence was intended for some reason.
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| Some of the observed shapes showing above the plaque, approx. 2 mtres away from the medium |
After these phenomena, we turned to the handkerchief experiment.
6) Handkerchief flight: HB had already announced that the energy of the medium was becoming low, but still we wanted to try the handkerchief experiment. Julia charged the phosphorescent stickers on it, and on request of HB we passed it to Barrie. He held the handkerchief out into the action zone – that meant, about 60 cm in front of my head. After a short time, I could plainly see that the handkerchief was manipulated from all sides, being agitated and tossed in all directions. However, I was neither able to see a “dark swirl” around it, nor something solid that might have grabbed and twitched it. Finally, it was lifted by its lower end, and Barrie let go of it. Then, it performed a rather short flight across the room, and landed gently on Martine’s left shoulder. Although it was not as obvious as I have seen it before, the handkerchief flew by performing movements which resembled the pulsating movements of a jellyfish swimming in water. While flying, the handkerchief was not hanging down loosely from one point, but its top appeared to be spread out laterally, only its sides and tips were hanging down and moving upward and downward. Moreover, I was again not able to see dark shades or shapes which might have grabbed and carried it across the room. Nothing had obscured the luminous stickers during all movements of the handkerchief.
Then, also Jens held the handkerchief into the action zone, waiting to get it plucked out of his hand. He seemed to stretch his arm far away from his seat, because the handkerchief was now even closer to my face than before. This demonstrates how close the sitters actually sit, and especially, how close the phenomena take place in between us and right in front of us. I even bent my head forward a little, so that the handkerchief was hanging in a distance of only about 40 cm in front of my face. Yet, after a short time, it became agitated like before. I distinctly remember one moment when it was spread out to both sides laterally – without seeing anything that might have grabbed and spread it. Based on several previous experiences, I had told Jens (he being a newcomer and guest) before that he should not let go of the handkerchief before it is being lifted upwards. Yet, although the handkerchief was moving violently, it was not lifted upwards. Thus, Jens continued to hold it firmly, but ultimately, the attempts to grab it ceased and it didn’t fly another time.
7) Cool breezes: Like so often before, I and other sitters have felt cool breezes. Sometimes, they were felt around the feet, but sometimes also around the upper parts of the body. Again, I was not able to tell if these breezes were accompanied by a factual decrease in temperature, or if they merely felt cool because of the movement of air currents. I am tempted to continue to assume the latter. In fact, HB stated that much of the phenomena are accompanied by swirls of air, and that these swirls contribute to producing the phenomena. On one occasion, I felt a strong wind from right in front of me which appeared to be produced mechanically by some kind of solid structure. However, Barrie has recorded the room temperature with two thermometers throughout the entire sitting. These thermometers have continuously measured the temperature. I am curious if his devices have detected significant changes in the room temperature, and, if yes, they were accompanied by some of the described phenomena.
At last, it was ectoplasm time again.
However, the medium’s body seemed to need a rest and needed to be reconfigured by the “Chemists” who purportedly work in the background. During these few minutes of waiting, we saw two whitish lights flash on the floor in more or less the middle of the room without making a sound. Also, I didn’t hear the “discharges” around Kai’s body during this phase of reconfiguration that are sometimes heard. The light flashes were bright and resembled the lights we saw at the very beginning of the séance at the cabinet. We also saw a third greenish light on the floor between Barrie’s feet. After we had reported it (as usual, HB requested sometimes that we should report all phenomena that we see immediately and aloud) HB immediately inquired about this light, saying that this light was not intended. In fact, it seemed that it was produced by the temperature recorder that Barrie had fastened to his lower leg. The logging unit flashes in an interval of several seconds a tiny greenish light, and this unit had fallen onto the floor just previously. Usually, we couldn’t see this light flashing because it had been hidden under Barrie’s trouser.
Until now, all phenomena had taken place in complete darkness without the red light.
8) Ectoplasm: During the ectoplasm display, the curtains of the cabinet were opened eight times by Alex and Julia on request of HB. Each time, the red light was turned on and off following the verbal commands of HB, except for the display of the white mass protruding from the medium’s mouth. Then, the medium stamped its right foot to signal the opening and the closing time of the curtain. The eight curtain openings showed the following phenomena:
(i) The first ectoplasm display came somewhat as a surprise. HB had asked for a curtain opening, Julia turned on the red light and opened the cabinet together with Alex. HB asked if we could all see the medium’s body in the cabinet. I was able to see it, but it was difficult to discern details inside the cabinet. However, the legs and feet were well visible in the shine of the red light. I thought that this opening was requested just to test the visibility of the medium, and didn’t continue to look closely at it. But suddenly, remarks by sitters drew my attention to it again. Indeed, I was now able to see a whitish structure moving on the inside of the curtain that was held open by Alex, closely to its edge. The structure apparently moved in itself and also climbed upward on the inner surface of the curtain for about half a metre. The medium was clearly not moving at all during this time, his arms and hands hanging down at the sides. Then, HB asked to close the curtains again. Some sitters have reported that they had seen the structure before I have seen it, especially Julia had a good view directly onto it. First, it was seen on the shoulder or left upper arm of the medium. From there, it moved slowly to the elbow, from where it crossed to the curtain. From then on, I followed its movements. The sitters close to it described the structure as very thin and paper-like, resembling a spread-out and irregular handkerchief which was continuously turning around its vertical axis and changing its shape (see fig. 2). From what I have seen, I perfectly agree with this description. HB commented on this structure, alleging that it somehow interfered with the original intention of the Chemists and that it had to be removed.
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| From behind the medium, coming over his shoulder, an "ectoplasmic" structure emerged and floated on different heights in front of the sitters for several seconds |
(iii) Yet, a few seconds later, HB spoke again and announced the next exposition. We were supposed to see the white mass on the floor performing movements. This was the case. The white mass resembled a heap of very fine and transparent white veil-like stuff that was agitated and moved by itself. Yet, the movements were comparable small, not exceeding a few centimetres. The size of the heap was about 40-50 cm wide and about 20-30 cm high.
(iv) The next exposition showed a hand of more compacted white matter that had risen upward from the heap, rose some more, and finally shook quickly up and downward as if waving in a somewhat hasty and awkward manner. Its origin was on the side of the heap that pointed towards the medium.
(v) The next display followed immediately and showed the same hand again, performing the same movements, but having apparently grown a little higher.
(vi) Next time, we saw a column of the fine matter rise upward, outward to the sitters and to the left side of the medium. The compacted matter that had formed the hand was not visible. However, this display was terminated quickly, and HB explained that it was a more or less unsuccessful attempt to let the ectoplasmatic column grow straight upward in front of the medium’s body.
(vii) The next time, this seemed more successful. Indeed, a column rose upward from the heap lying on the floor. Its tip was already about 50-60 cm above the floor when the curtains were drawn to the sides, and it rose continuously until it reached the face of the medium. Again, the feet, arms and hands of the medium were motionless as usual. Then, the curtains were closed again.
(viii) Then, HB announced that the medium was about to spread the column of the very fine matter into a veil that was supposed to cover his body. According to HB, this is done to charge the body of the medium with energy. On two previous occasions, I had already witnessed this “veil”-coverage. Then, it was performed to gather energy to produce the bright red light that had lifted from the medium’s hand. One time this had succeeded, one time HB stated that the energy was too low. Here again, the energy was apparently not enough – for whatever phenomenon – and the sitting was terminated by HB, who counted from five to zero. At zero, Kai awoke out of trance. I opened the door and slowly, we all left the séance room except for Jochen and Julia. Kai and the two joined us not much later in the living room upstairs, where we all sat and discussed the phenomena of the evening.
It should also be noted that these sittings can be interrupted at any time, and that on one occasion, we were asked to open the door to let some fresh air into the room. I opened and closed the door on this occasion, and also went out of the room into the “foyer”. The medium remains in trance during such breaks and relaxes in the fresh air and the ventilation of the fan.
I am once more indebted to Kai and the Felix Circle for the possibility to witness a series of remarkable phenomena of physical mediumship. Thank you!
M. Mnahm



























