POPULAR PAST TIME OF THE SPIRITUALIST HOME CIRCLES
During the early 1900’s, when professional mediums all over the country were claiming to communicate with the spirits, ordinary people developed in interest in psychic phenomena. Most of these people had neither the means, nor the access, to professional mediums, so many of them developed “home circles”. The home circles were simply small collections of family and friends who would get together and attempt to contact the spirit world. A number of the home circles began to believe that their attempts to communicate with the spirits were actually successful. Their amateur séances, they believed, were actually connecting with ghosts and the spirit world. Others were not so sure though…
Many of the members of the circles quickly began to realize that what was causing the planchettes of Ouija boards to move, tables to tip and mysterious rappings sounds to be heard was not the work of ghosts, but rather the collective work of the human mind. The energy created by gathered a group of people together who were intent on a single purpose could produce some amazing results.
Outside of the Ouija board, one of the most popular methods of experimentation for home circles was table tipping. I confess that I have engaged in this many times myself and not only is it entertaining, it’s a remarkable method of examining the psychic abilities of the average human mind. Although I have never claimed to be psychic in the least, I have been present for some very interesting events during table tipping sessions. I believe that all serious ghost hunters should explore this weird and wonderful past time and see what it’s possible to learn about others — and ourselves.
It’s also possible that the table (as it did in the days of the home circles) will behave as with some intelligence. Once the group has begun to experience strange effects, it will be possible to ask questions and receive knocks, raps and event tilts in reply. When you experience this, it will be easy to understand why people believed the phenomena was caused by ghosts in the days of Spiritualism. Just remember though that the power of the human mind is a tricky thing, especially when you have an entire group focused on creating energy.
And you should remember that the energy created can be pretty amazing at times. Although I have never personally experienced anything like this myself, it has been documented by some table tipping groups that they have literally experienced tables that are so charged with energy that the table moved about with all four members of the group sitting on top of it!
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