Parsonage Side Retreat

Trance & Physical Mediumship Centre
Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2PT, UK
📞 01278 652 062
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A Sacred Space for Mediumship & Spiritual Development

Parsonage Side Retreat is dedicated to bringing together like-minded individuals who are passionate about the development of trance and physical mediumship. Whether you are a beginner exploring your spiritual gifts or an experienced medium, our centre provides a supportive and grounded space for growth in all forms of mediumship—healing, trance, and physical phenomena.

Our Purpose-Built Séance Room Includes:

  • ✔️ Full air-conditioning for comfort year-round

  • ✔️ Key-switched main lighting for controlled conditions

  • ✔️ Completely windowless for 100% blackout

  • ✔️ Heavy-duty, custom-built medium’s cabinet

  • ✔️ Custom red & blue lamps with dimmer controls

  • ✔️ Experienced and trustworthy circle leaders & sitters

  • ✔️ Comfortable seating for all participants

  • ✔️ Capacity for up to 50 people (ideal for large demonstrations)

Since 2015, we’ve welcomed trance and physical mediums from around the world to share, demonstrate, and develop their gifts within our space.

video above by Prof. Dr. Eckhard Kruse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FsJ30LTWsM&t=388s

What others say about our centre:

“We enter the darkness to find the light”

A Safe and Supportive Space for Developing Mediums

Most mediums begin their journey in a private home circle, where trust and familiarity create a nurturing environment for growth. However, as development deepens, there often comes a time when a medium is called to step beyond that comfort zone and share their gift with others.

We recognise that this step can feel vulnerable—especially in today’s world, where social media criticism and energetic sensitivity during trance can pose real challenges.

At Parsonage Side Retreat, our mission is to provide a safe, respectful, and energetically supportive space for developing mediums. We offer opportunities for private demonstration and practice in a relaxed atmosphere, surrounded by invited sitters who are experienced, trusted, and attuned to the sensitive nature of trance and physical mediumship.

These “safe sitters” have been carefully selected for their understanding, their ability to hold space, and their commitment to helping raise the vibration—creating the ideal conditions for spirit communication to unfold naturally and with integrity.

Supporting the Growth of Home Circles

One of our deepest aspirations is to see more home circles formed—sacred spaces where mediumship can grow organically in trust and harmony. We also warmly welcome new or established home circles to share their experiences with us, so we can collectively deepen our understanding of how the two worlds—spirit and physical—come together, and how that sacred connection is cultivated.

Creating the right environment is essential. Harmony within the circle and the presence of supportive, attuned sitters are absolutely vital to the development of any medium. When this foundation is in place, it opens the door for meaningful communication and, in time, extraordinary spiritual phenomena to unfold.

Trance Mediumship & Physical Phenomena at PSR

Trance mediumship is a profound form of communication that allows spirit guides and spirit friends to gradually take deeper control of the medium’s mind, body, and energy. This sacred partnership serves many purposes—most significantly, to enable direct communication between the non-physical and physical worlds.

As this relationship deepens, it often brings with it physical phenomena, which serve as tangible evidence of spirit presence and collaboration. Some of the phenomena that may occur include:

  • Ectoplasm – A substance drawn from the medium’s energy field, shaped by spirit to enable materialisation or movement.

  • Subtle Manipulation of the Medium – Movements or gestures influenced by spirit, always without harm.

  • Messages & Evidence – Clear, meaningful communication from loved ones in spirit.

  • Apports – Physical objects that materialise into the séance room, often symbolic or deeply personal. These may be items transported from another location or objects created by spirit, offering powerful reminders that their presence is not only real, but tangible.

At Parsonage Side Retreat, we’ve been privileged to witness many apports during our séances—each one a unique gift and a testament to the intelligence, love, and power of the spirit world.

What Is Physical Mediumship?

Physical mediumship is a form of spirit communication where the presence of the spirit world becomes physically observable. Unlike mental mediumship, where messages are received through thought, or trance mediumship, where spirit communicates through the medium's mind and voice, physical mediumship involves phenomena that can be seen, heard, or felt by everyone present—regardless of their sensitivity.

These manifestations typically occur in a controlled environment, often in a cabinet séance, where energy is built up in the room and drawn from both the medium and the sitters. This energy allows spirit to form tangible effects in the physical world.

Physical Mediumship Can Produce:

  • Ectoplasm – A mysterious substance that flows from the medium’s body and can take on forms under spirit control, both vaporous and solid.

  • Apports – Objects that appear in the séance room, often symbolic or meaningful, sometimes transported from another location or created by spirit.

  • Levitation & Object Movement – Tables, trumpets, or other objects may lift, move, or spin with no physical explanation.

  • Direct Voice Phenomena – Voices of spirit entities speaking independently of the medium, often through a trumpet or in open space.

  • Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) – Spirit voices captured on recording devices that are not audible at the time.

  • Spirit Touches & Sensations – Physical sensations such as touches, breezes, or temperature shifts experienced by sitters.

  • Light Phenomena – Unexplained lights, orbs, or spirit-created illuminations appearing in total darkness.

  • Messages from Spirit – Received through voice, written word, or energetic impression—often deeply personal and evidential.

Physical mediumship requires patience, trust, harmony, and a dedicated circle of sitters to build the energy and trust needed for these phenomena to occur. When conditions are right, it offers profound proof of the continuation of life and the loving intelligence of the spirit world.