COMMENTARY: WHAT WILL THE CRITICS ACCEPT AS EVIDENCE? The Scole Report, written by investigators Montague Keen, David Fontana, and Arthur Ellis, was published in the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research (Vol. 54 Pt. 220). It is a detailed, 450-page scientific report on the series of paranormal experiments conducted in Scole, Norfolk, England, between 1995 and 1997, and in more than 1,000 documented sessions in multiple countries with impeccable witnesses. It supports the authenticity of afterlife communication through physical mediumship.
In an article published two years after The Scole Report, Montague Keen, the lead investigator, showed his frustration with the response to that Report by mainstream scientists and parapsychologists. Even though they had not been able to provide any evidence of fraud or answer Keen's challenge to duplicate the phenomena under similar conditions, the critics kept speculating that the spectacular results could have been fraudulent.
Keen wrote: "What is depressing about the critics is their willingness to construct an upturned pyramid of hypotheses and speculations, all balanced on one improbable assumption after another. What is so remarkable is their unwillingness to accept the oft-repeated challenge to take the scientifically warranted course of viewing all the evidence together, rather than attempting to pick theoretical holes in every individual item".
WHY DO SOME INVESTIGATORS REFUSE TO ACCEPT PHYSICAL MEDIUMSHIP? Physical mediumship is a contradiction to everything we logically know. Tables don't normally float, objects don't drop out of the air,
voices of our dead loved ones, independent of the medium, don't shout loud enough to be heard and recorded, people don't materialise and walk across the rooms so that you can hear their steps and feel that their hands are missing a finger as when alive. When these things happen in physical mediumship,
the first thought of everyone is that it has to be fraudulent. All investigators begin with this supposition, but the careful ones work systematically to eliminate every possibility of deception.
MONTAGUE KEEN PRINCIPAL SCOLE INVESTIGATOR
Montague Keen was a brilliant psychic researcher, journalist, agricultural administrator, magazine editor, and farmer. He had been a member of the Council of the Society for Psychical Research for 55 years, chairman of its Image and Publicity Committee, and secretary of its Survival Research Committee. Part of his role was to investigate physical mediumship. As part of his investigations, he and his wife had a sitting with physical medium David Thompson in London shortly Montague died. He wrote a very thorough and favourable report.
At its conclusion, he wrote:
"It is almost an article of faith among many psychical researchers that unless physical phenomena are capable of being clearly witnessed, or alternatively that infra-red video recording is available, no persuasive evidence of anything paranormal is possible...[However,] the general rule of evidentiality may be broken if the other security measures justify an unambiguous assertion that deception on the part of the medium was impossible."
MONTAGUE KEEN ENDORSED THE SCOLE EXPERIMENT - FROM THE AFTERLIFE
Four months after his transition, Montague Keen materialised through David Thompson. He walked across the room and talked with Scole experimenters Robin and Sandra Foy, who were present, and with his friend, long-time afterlife researcher Guy Playfair. He then dictated a 20-minute speech to be read at his upcoming memorial service. Tape 2 - Montague's speech
[20 minutes 47 secs] Transcript
GRANT AND JANE SOLOMON'S SCOLE WEBSITE Grant and Jane Solomon are the collators and curators of The Scole Files since 1998, administrators of The Scole Experiment Afterlife Research Association (SEARA or 'The Scole Association'), psi investigators and journalists, members of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), writers, editors of The Scole Experiment diary e-book, and authors of the internationally best-selling book... THE SCOLE EXPERIMENT: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death
Their very comprehensive website has details of the phenomena, the apports and the testimony of multiple witnesses of excellent repute.
THE BRILLIANT PHYSICAL MEDIUMSHIP OF ALEC HARRIS Alec Harris was a superb Welsh materialization medium who died in 1974. During the production of materialized spirit forms, Alec's spirit guides usually took him into a deep trance, and the sitters were able to see him clearly sitting on his chair (bound hand and foot) inside the 'cabinet' - and the whole room was bathed in good red light while the materialized people walked around the room and spoke with their loved ones. The following witness statements are contained in the book 'Alec Harris The Full Story of his Remarkable Physical Mediumship' by Alec's wife, Louie Harris.
Maurice Barbanell, the then editor of Psychic News, wrote of Alec's mediumship that "the spirit forms not only show themselves in good red light, but they also hold sustained conversations, after having walked about ten feet from the cabinet! At a sitting I attended, I saw thirty forms materialize during two and a half hours".
Sir Alexander Cannon, 'spoke to two spirit forms who were Tibetans, and these conversations were held in their native tongue, which was unknown to Alec Harris or any of the other persons present'. Prof. T J Haarhoff, who was a professor of classics, "conversed with a materialized spirit who spoke to him in ancient Greek".
Mr. A.G. Fletcher-Desborough, an expert magician who was an arch-skeptic attended a sitting. "As he reported later in the Liverpool Evening Express 'as an illusionist and magician, I knew exactly where to look for such things as panel and floor escapes, ceiling and wall slides. I was satisfied that nothing could make an exit or entrance in any way. There was no chance of deception'. What followed was nothing short of miraculous. The skeptic's dead father materialized and used a pet name known to nobody but his family. His brother materialized giving his name and walking with a limp as he did in life. Finally, his third son, Ronnie, who had been beheaded by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore materialized." Read more about Alec's remarkable mediumship.
HOW DO ENLIGHTENED SCIENTISTS COPE WITH SKEPTICAL COLLEAGUES?
This panel of experiencers and researchers discusses materialistic skeptics and how to handle their contrary perspectives. Panelists include Dr. Eben Alexander, MD; Neal Grossman, Ph.D.; Stephan Schwartz, and Marjorie Woollacott, Ph.D. The moderator is Janice Miner Holden, Ed.D., a leading near-death and transpersonal experience researcher, president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS), and editor of the "Journal of Near-Death Studies".
THE CASE OF FATHER GIUSEPPE RICCARDI
In 1948, in a seance in Tuscany, Italy, a direct voice medium channelled a spirit who was not known to the medium or anyone present. He said he was a priest who had been shot by one of his parishioners in Canton, Ohio, USA. In 1987, Dr. Ian Stevenson from the University of Virginia followed up on the case and found that Father Joseph Riccardi had been murdered in his church in Canton, Ohio, in 1929. Download the full report in PDF format. This is an excellent example of a 'drop-in communicator' that provides evidence that the information received by a medium is not coming from someone present in the room.
THE TRUTH ABOUT DR ELIZABETH KÜBLER ROSS
Here's a fascinating talk with Ken Ross, son of Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and founder of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation. From childhood through adulthood, Ken accompanied his mother on extensive international travel, observing her lectures, workshops, and interactions with patients, families, clinicians, and educators around the world. In the final nine years of Dr. Kübler-Ross’s life, he served as her primary caregiver until her death in 2004.
SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES SPIRITUALISTS FRIDAY MAY 1ST 2026 Northern Beaches Spiritualists (Sydney, Australia) is holding a face-to-face meeting on Friday, May 1st 2026, at Manly Vale Community Centre, Innes Road Hall. From 6 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. we will be holding a healing circle. See location and transport details. For more information email paulhinson@gmail.com.
Our guest this week is Australian psychic and mediumMarcia Quinton, who will give messages to some of those present and will introduce some of the students to our platform. Marcia has been an International clairvoyant and medium for over 35 years. She has met with thousands of clients to support and guide them on their spiritual journey. She is also a powerfully advanced Trance Channeller, Reiki Healer, Rescue Medium, Spiritual Counselor, and Workshop Leader.
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THE MAY ISSUE OF THE INNER VOICE Nancy Freier has assembled yet another wonderful collection of articles that inform the mind and touch the soul. As a specail feature this month it includes some of Gordon Phinn's messages from the afterlife. https://www.theinnervoicemagazine.com/
Feedback for the Inner Voice Magazine
During our recent Global Gathering, our guest speaker, afterlife researcher and author N. Riley Heagerty, stopped his presentation to say the following.
On Sunday May 10th at 5 p.m. Eastern time Nancy Freier will be presenting on the Zoom Global Gathering:Awakening to Angel Communication: An Experiential Journey into Inner Listening, sharing how this path led to the creation of The Inner Voice magazine. She will explore the process of spiritual communication and the messages we receive. Join us for this angel-inspired conversation.
NEXT WEEK'S FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - ALL WELCOME
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Saturday, May 2nd 2026/ Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec, and Chico Xavier. See videos of previous meetings.
Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 1 p.m. Saturday
Mountain time 2 p.m. Saturday
Central time 3 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Saturday
London 9 p.m. Saturday
Rome 10 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 6 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 4 a.m. Sunday
Check the time in your city.
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 / Monday May 4th, Australia
GLOBAL GATHERING: THE COSMIC VOICES TEAM
Dan Drasin
and Regina Ochoa from the Cosmic Voices team are back for another session that promises to be fun and thought-provoking! We’d love for you to share your “Aha! moment” when you started contemplating the afterlife. What event or realization sparked your spiritual journey? We’re eager to hear from you, the Global Gathering participants. Each of us has a unique story to tell, so come join us as we explore how our guides have led us along our path, helping us find our way.
Times:
Pacific Time 2 p.m. Sunday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 3 p.m. Sunday
Central time 4 p.m. Sunday
Eastern time 5 p.m. Sunday
London 10 p.m. Sunday
Amsterdam 11 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday Check the time in your city Co-ordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday, May 4th 2026 / Tuesday, May 5th, Australia
GOSH with Kim Parker When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesdays 7 a.m. (Sydney). A small group that meets to share and explore the meaning of strange experiences like missing time, seeing scenes from another time, interacting with a person who suddenly wasn't there, bi-location etc. If it's something you cannot share easily with others, bring it to this group to get validation and speculate on its cause. See short video about GOSH
See Kim's Walking Wisdom Trilogy on wakingwisdombooks.com
Times:
Pacific Time 2 p.m. Monday
Phoenix 2 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 3 p.m. Monday
Central time 4 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 5 p.m. Monday
London 10 p.m. Monday
Amsterdam 11 p.m. Monday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday Check the time in your city
Email: billraine49@gmail.com
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Monday May 4th, 2026/ Tuesday May 5th Australia
Life with Ghosts Zoom Chat - with filmmaker Stephen Berkley A group which now meets bi-weekly on Mondays at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Guest this week: Christian Sundberg.
Times:
Pacific time 5 p.m. Monday
Phoenix time 5 p.m. Monday
Mountain time 6 p.m. Monday
Central time 7 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 8 p.m. Monday
London 1 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 2 a.m. Tuesday
Perth 8 a.m. Tuesday
Sydney/Melbourne 10 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 12 p.m. Tuesday Check time in your city.
Co-ordinator: Stephen Berkley
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Tuesday May 5th, 2026
Australian-based Physical Mediumship Development Circle (Dark Circle) Every week participants interested in trying to develop physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 20 minutes, relax, and listen to music.
Times:
Pacific time 3 a.m. Tuesday
Phoenix Time 3 a.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 4 a.m. Tuesday
Central Time 5 a.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 6 a.m. Tuesday
London 11 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 12 noon Tuesday
Perth/Singapore 6 p.m. Tuesday
Sydney Australia 8.00 p.m. Tuesday
Auckland 10 p.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Email paulhinson@gmail.com for more information and the Zoom link.
Tuesday May 5th, 2026/ Wednesday May 6th Australia
Army 4 Love: Healing with Debra Martin Debra's Army4Love Gathering welcomes all with compassion and love and embraces everyone, particularly those who may be suffering from emotional, physical and other psychic pain. Debra enables all to safely share their experiences in her Sacred Space. In every Army4Love Gathering Debra welcomes Spirit to speak through her to the group. Each gathering will focus on a relevant topic, and Debra will ask the group to virtually hold one another in the Spirit of hope, healing and love. Debra will also provide a mini-healing for the collective at the end of each gathering.
EMAIL: Via a form on her website to avoid spam: https://www.goldenmiracles.com/contact.php
Times:
Pacific time 3 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix 3 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain time (Denver) 4 p.m. Tuesday
Central time 5 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern time 6 p.m. Tuesday
London 11 p.m. Tuesday
Rome 12 a.m. Wednesday
Melbourne/Sydney 8 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 10 a.m. Wednesday Check time in your city
Join Zoom Meeting @ https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87968366796
Tuesday May 5th, 2026/ Wednesday May 6th Australia
Sitting in the Power for Mediums with Susin Micallef Mediums use the SIP meditation to become aware of their energy, build and sustain it. This is not a meditation to communicate with anyone in spirit. While SIP is a foundational practice for mediums, all are welcome to attend this guided 30-minute meditation led by Susin Micallef a medium in Canada. No experience is required. Times:
Pacific time 5 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 5 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Central Time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 8 p.m. Tuesday
London 1 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 10 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 12 noon Wednesday
Contact: Susin Micallef Susin@aShortMedium.com Check time in your city https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82730217479
Meeting ID: 827 3021 7479
Tuesday May 5th, 2026/ Wednesday May 6th Australia
What If? With Cheryl Page
Cheryl Pageis a medical researcher and medium who dares to ask questions about what is possible with mediumship. She suggests that we inadvertently cut ourselves off from the nearly infinite possibilities that Spirit brings when we are rigid about the “right” way to practice mediumship and is looking for interested mediums or those developing to join her in some fascinating experiments.
Times:
Pacific Time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Phoenix time 6 p.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 7 p.m. Tuesday
Central Time 8 p.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 9 p.m. Tuesday
London time 2 a.m. Wednesday
Paris 3 a.m. Wednesday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Wednesday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Wednesday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Cheryl Page
Join Zoom meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2716017767?
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Meeting ID: 271 601 7767 Passcode: 54321
Wednesday May 6th, 2026/ Thursday May 7th Australia
Spirit Search and Rescue with David Wright (and Gordon Phinn in spirit) The Spirit Search and Rescue group is held on Zoom on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 3 p.m. Eastern US time ( 8 p.m. London time). The late Gordon Phinn founded it and taught the technique of conscious meditation to connect and assist souls needing help to complete their crossing over following death of the physical body. The group has decided to keep meeting under the leadership of David Monroe Wright. Each session contains an introduction, a period of around 15 minutes for conscious meditation and then a de-brief session. Several of the group members sense Gordon continuing to help in the rescue process. For more information contact Co-ordinator: David davidmonroewright@gmail.com.
Wednesday May 6th, 2026/ Thursday May 7th Australia<
Automatic Writing and all Things Spiritual Discussion Group with Sheila Lowe
Discussion and sharing of resources with afterlife author and handwriting expert Sheila Lowe. Often features guest speakers.
Times:
Pacific Time 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Phoenix 5.30 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 6.30 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 7.30 p.m. Wednesday
Eastern Time 8.30 p.m. Wednesday
London time 1.30 a.m. Thursday
Perth 8.30 a.m. Thursday
Sydney 10.30 p.m. Thurs
New Zealand 12.30 p.m. Thurs Check time in your city
Coordinator: Sheila Lowe sheila@sheilalowe.com https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87248527074?
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[if the room is not open email Sheila]
Wednesday May 6th, 2026/ Thursday May 7th Australia
USA-based Physical mediumship development group with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena.
Times:
Pacific 6 p.m. Wednesday
Arizona 6 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
London 2 a.m. Thursday
Paris 3 a.m. Thursday
Perth 9 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 11 a.m. Thursday
New Zealand 1 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines and link.
Thursday May 7th 2026/ Friday May 8th Australia
Exploratorium - Grief and Growth with August Goforth August, a licensed psychotherapist recently retired from private practice in New York City, leads a participatory "Exploratorium" where readers of the book "The Risen" will be encouraged to offer ponderings and ideas on grief and growth. Free PDF copies of the book are available here.
This group meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month.
Mediumship Demonstrations (Australian mediums) The Sydney Northern Beaches Spiritualists are organising demonstrations of mediumship free or by donation featuring excellent platform mediums giving readings via Zoom to those present. It is designed to be an easy way for people to have a first experience of mediumship. Doors open 15 minutes before starting time.z Our guest this week is outstanding Australian psychic and medium Marcia Quinton who will give messages to some of those present. Marcia has been an International clairvoyant and medium for over 35 years. She has met with thousands of clients to support and guide them on their spiritual journey. She is also a powerfully advanced Trance Channeller, Reiki Healer, Rescue Medium, Spiritual Counselor, and Workshop Leader.
Times:
Pacific Time 5.00 p.m. Thursday
Phoenix 5.00 p.m. Thursday
Mountain time 6.00 p.m. Thursday
Central time 7.00 p.m. Thursday
Eastern Time 8.00 p.m. Thursday
London time 1.00 a.m. Thursday
Rome 2.00 am Friday
Perth 8.00 a.m. Friday
Sydney/ Melbourne 10.00 a.m. Friday
New Zealand 12.00 p.m. Friday Check time in your city
Coordinator:paulhinson@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/5562413788
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THERE IS MUCH LIGHT IN THE WORLD "I wish to tell you there is much light in the world. Billions praying, meditating, chanting, longing for change, longing for harmony and peace, for sustainability. Your light joins them, and collectively you lift the planet and the vibration which I tell you my dear friends can heal the whole planet, and will, in fact, bring the change you so desire, we so desire.
This is also why you are drawn to music, a vibration that is easily felt and beautiful music lifts every soul, touches every heart, connects the longings to The Creator. So pray and sing and send out the love. We are with you in this endeavor in this blessing, in healing, and in the beautiful transformation of every soul here in God’s love."
DO WE MEET OUR PETS IN HEAVEN?
Do pets in heaven communicate with people After death? Animal communicator Brent Atwater is certain that they do.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEDIUMSHIP "You can show those who are heartbroken by bereavement that death is the great liberator, that it brings freedom to the soul and that reunion is a certainty. Where there is love you can bring this truth by demonstration - the churches cannot do that ...
In a world which chases after illusion and shadow, you can show where truth is to be found. And you can prove what you say, which nobody else can do. This is a great task; it is divine work; it is a labour of the spirit; it is a tremendous service". Philosophy of Silver Birch p. 59.
THE CONSCIOUSNESS COMMISSION'S EDUCATION PROJECT Over the past two years, a group of educators has been exploring how consciousness can be meaningfully integrated into education across a range of contexts—from universities to community-based programs.
In this 90-minute session, The Gallileo Commission will spotlight four educators, who will share what they have been developing in practice, and what is changing as a result. Their work offers concrete examples of how consciousness can be introduced in ways that are both grounded and applicable.
FREE ZOOM meeting May 14th 2026 18:00 – 19:30 UK time Read more
FEEDBACK (2 only)
Please send any feedback, comments or suggestions about the report or items you would like to see to wendyzammit@gmail.com.
1) We have a very keen experienced sitter looking for a physical mediumship group to sit with in Texas- or if established elsewhere in the USA. Email wendyzammit@gmail.com.
2)
I just listened to the Lee Harris interview you posted and I very much appreciated it. I love the precision of the information coming through and the call to all of those who are willing me to be of service. Stephen
HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC: ANNIE'S SONG One of the best covers ever of this John Denver classic by Daura and Daylon from LIfe in 3D. Once again their harmonies are exquisite.