Fiona and Natalie on Adoption

The Listening Project conversation that I recorded for the BBC with Natalie Thomas has been uploaded onto the British Library website. The short version has been broadcast several times on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Wales. The archived version is about 40 minutes in length. We recorded the conversation because we wanted to show that close relations between an adoptive and birth mother are possible and can be beneficial for all concerned.

New Blog - 10 things you should know about...

I have started a new blog called 10 Things You Should Know About... If you want to check it out you can find the link on my profile or by clicking the link above.
The first three posts cover death, day surgery  and keeping chickens. As you can see it is as diverse as my interests. Enjoy!

Cheeky Light Sussex, ever curious birds.

New Year's Resolutions

I have decided that I can do worse than follow this advice posted in Victor Zammit's weekly Afterlife Report newsletter. The S. Birch quoted is Silver Birch, a discarnate entity or entities who take on the persona of a Native American of that name. He was channeled by a medium called Maurice Barbanell. His books are published by the Spiritual Truth Foundation.

"Never bang on a closed door; wait for it to open. There is a plan, not only for the universe but for every individual within it. The plan will operate. I have told my friends here many, many times that we can only do things in our way and in our time. We cannot do them in your way and in your time ... One reason is that you are not the best judges of what is right for you. We from our vantage point consider we are better judges of what is right for you materially, mentally and spiritually. Wait, and the door will open. It has opened for you many times." (S.Birch, directly from the afterlife).

Talking with Spirits

Jack Hunter and David Luke have published a great collection of essays in their new edited volume, Talking with the Spirits: Ethnographies from Between the Worlds (Daily Grail Publishing, 2014). My own contribution is entitled: 'Believing impossible things: Scepticism and ethnographic enquiry'. It aims to look at some of the barriers to accepting the data for the survival of consciousness, the place of scepticism and the role of cognitive dissonance. I use physical mediumship as a case study to test the grounds for belief and disbelief.

The other distinguished contributors to the collection, in addition to Jack Hunter, David Luke and Fiona Bowie are: Hannah Gilbert, Deirdre Mental, Tamlyn Ryan, Barbara Stoeckigt, Diana Espirito Santo, Bettina Schmidt, Everton de Oliveira Maraldi, Wellington Zangari, Fatima Regina Machado, Stanley Krippner, Charles Emmons and Fabian Graham.

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