Parafest 2008 ©

Although aware of Spirit from birth, I didn’t explore my gifts fully until I was 40. My life took a different path at that time and I decided to try to understand more about the “strange” experiences I had throughout my life.

To begin with, I went to see a medium, Eve Bromley, in Crawley, with a friend. It was an incredible experience. I couldn’t believe that my grandmother and aunt had actually managed to come and speak to me and that they knew some of what was happening in my life!!!! At the same time, within that hour, I also began to understand a little of what I had been “experiencing” for years as a child.

I began to visit various churches, centres and demonstrations and it was terrific to have it confirmed that the oriental gentleman I had “seen” for years really did exist. I always thought it a bit weird to see such a strangely dressed man in my home in Sussex. Hey, I wasn’t hallucinating after all!

and do you know, I also found out that there really were other people, like me, who “saw” fairies just as I had when I was young. I used to spend hours round by the ditch at the back of my grandmother’s shed, just watching them.

I revelled in the workshops and regular circle I attended and after a while discovered that I was to be used as a link for an artist in the Spirit World. Of course, “Doubting Thomas” that I was, I didn’t believe any such thing, as I can’t draw for toffee. It took a year for Spirit to convince me, regularly giving the artist’s name or his nationality through various mediums, wherever I went. It became quite embarrassing because I would always be the lucky one to receive a message, but always a similar message:-

“I see an easel and paints”

“I am being given pencils and a drawing book to give you”

“You should be up here, on platform – you have a pencil in your hand.

Diane Elliott............International Transfiguration Medium

Diane first visited a Spiritualist Church to see the famous transfiguration medium Queenie Nixon at Moston church in about 1962.

It was about five years later when John and Ella Warwick, neighbours at the time, took Diane to Moston Church for Healing. From there they went to Halliwell Lane Church, joining the Tuesday night circle and Diane being trained as a healer, ending up as Booking Secretary followed by Vice President of the Church.

Collyhurst was the next Church where Diane helped to build a thriving congregation. After five years becoming President for the following four years. Mavis Patilla trained Diane as a medium, with her first service taking place thirty years ago. Her Spiritual guide Mr Chan made his first appearance in Iceland in 1987, when Diane was making two trips there per year. Diane has also worked in Denmark, Finland and Germany until recently when trips had to be put on hold until she has a Kidney Transplant. In the meantime it is three sessions of Dialysis per week at North Manchester General Hospital. So whilst being grounded in Great Britain it is a good time to set up a much needed Spiritualist Church in Middleton

Suzie Gibb................International Hypnotist and Past Life Regression.