David Thompson Séance, November 7, 2009, Shrine of the Master, Sarasota Florida. Prior to the séance, the Silver Cord team reviewed the attendance requirements and security protocols. David gave a brief presentation about physical mediumship and the reasons behind the security measures. The séance was held in the Chapel building, which was built in the 1960’s, specifically for physical mediumship development and demonstrations by the church’s founders, Rev. Dorothy Flexer, and Dr. Russell Flexer. Before the séance everyone was searched including David and the Silver Cord team. David was then secured and gagged in a chair (that was provided by the Shrine of the Master) and placed in the cabinet (also provided by the Shrine of the Master). The room was then secured, and the room was in total darkness. The séance got under way with the playing of lively music, with the sitters singing along. First to come through was David’s guide, William; who welcomed everyone and gave a talk and answered questions covering different areas of spiritual philosophy. During his talk, William held the trumpet, so that the sitters could see him walking around the room. His footsteps could be heard as he walked across a full sheet of plywood (provided by the Shrine of the Master) which had been placed on the floor in front of the cabinet. This was followed by Timothy, another of David’s guides. Timothy moved the trumpet around the room at a rapid speed and helped to raise the energy even more. Later on in the séance several spirit loved ones were able to materialize and speak to several sitters. One of these was very significant to me, Harriet Dudley, and to my husband, Rev. Tim Dudley, who serves as the Associate Pastor of the Shrine of the Master Church. This portion written by Harriet Dudley: I have known about the continuation of life for some time, but the experience and evidence that came forward through the physical mediumship of David just confirmed my understanding in a very significant and personal way. There was a whooshing sound and Chris, the circle leader welcomed the guest from the other side of life. The voice was faint at first and asked where is my daughter, Chris asked who is your daughter, and the reply came, Harriet. I knew that this was for me, as I was the only one in the room by the name of Harriet, and knew it to be my dad, as his voice was coming in clearer and he called me his little girl. My dad has been back in spirit for about 15 years, and I was the baby of the family and was always called his little girl. As we talked I could hear him walking closer to me across the plywood. We chatted for what seemed like a long time, but it may have only been minutes. We talked about family members and what had been happening to them over the past few years, details that others did not know about, and even some details that even Tim didn’t know about. My dad said that he wanted to touch me, but had been told that he could not – earlier in the day I had told Tim that should any loved ones come through for me that I didn’t want them to touch me as I didn’t want to flinch and inadvertently cause harm to the medium, David. This in itself was very evidential as none of the circle team knew this fact. My dad asked after Tim, and I let him know that he was in the room too. My dad then walked down to where Tim was. This portion written by Rev. Tim Dudley: I had been sitting listening to Harriet’s father, Andrew, speak to her and was very surprised that he was aware about her wish not to be touched. As they spoke several evidential details about various members of her family were discussed, including a recent medical condition with her mother, which no-one in the room knew anything about. The first thing that Andrew said to me after his greeting was that I sounded American. This made me smile as Harriet and I are both originally from England, and immigrated to Florida in the late 1980’s; and I’m sure from his prospective both our accents have modified over the last 20+ years. What was most significant for me was that Andrew asked if he could touch me, to which I relied yes. I could hear and fell him approach, and then I felt a perfectly normal warm human hand gently touch the side of my face. This was very evidential for me for several reasons. Firstly, Andrew’s hands are very similar in size and shape to my own. Secondly, during Andrew’s physical life he ran his own business making custom hearing aids; and at work could be seen sitting on his stool working on his lathe/polishing wheel finishing each individual hearing aid after they had been taken out of their molds. Over the years Andrew would often nick parts of his nails and fingertips on this piece of equipment which would cause very distinctive irregularities to his nails and fingertips. I could feel these irregularities quite distinctly. It should be noted that the medium David, is of quite a smaller physique (Andrew was 6’4”) with much smaller hands than Harriet’s dad. After this Andrew stepped away from me and said that he loved us both and was proud of us both, after which the same whooshing sound was heard followed by another spirit individual coming through. During the séance many well known spirit people came through, including Louis Armstrong; Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Maurice Barbanell, who was the medium for Silver Birch. Silver Birch himself came through and gave a blessing and gave a name for our chapel, At the close of the séance David had been levitated out of the cabinet, by about 10-15 feet and the cardigan that had been secured with plastic tie wraps had been dematerialized and rematerialized backwards with the tie wraps still in place. David was checked and was found to still be completely secured in the chair, with all the tie wraps still in their secured position.