Fifty Years a Medium: The Autobiography of Estelle Roberts

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She consulted Royal Families from numerous countries, major British Movies personalities (Peter Sellers for one) and military and political leaders.

As a clairvoyant and medium, Estelle captivated audiences worldwide with her uncanny insights into the supernatural. She gives the name of Annie – Abbie Russell, she is your cousin, and passed out when she was about twenty years of age. I stood up, faced the great audience, and publicly declared that all the medium had said was true, even to details. She claimed both physical and mental mediumship, and the teachings of her guide, a Native American Indian, known as Red Cloud, have been published.

As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Roberts is regarded by the British Spiritualist Movement as one of its finest exponents of mediumship in the 20th century but sceptics have not been convinced by her alleged powers. Frequently beaten by her father to correct what he considered to be her unruly imagination as he had no understanding of Spiritualism whatsoever.

In 1969 Estelle Roberts’ autobiography was brought up to date by the addition of a chapter covering her life during the following ten years.In addition to the MLA, Chicago, and APA styles, your school, university, publication, or institution may have its own requirements for citations. She demonstrated her skills to the Houses of Parliament and was influential in getting Spiritualism legalised. Because each style has its own formatting nuances that evolve over time and not all information is available for every reference entry or article, Encyclopedia. A further hymn was sung; then a clear bell‑like Irish voice from some six feet in the air came through the trumpet. Estelle filled the Royal Albert Hall many times with her demonstrations and is perhaps the only medium to have demonstrated to MPs in the House of Commons, which helped change the law making mediumship legal.

It serves as a poignant reminder of how spiritualism flourished during this era—a time when people sought answers beyond what science could explain. In 1969, Estelle Roberts' autobiography was brought up to date by the addition of a chapter covering her life during the following ten years. She gave readings for the rich and famous of the time and many a well-known person "came through" to her. Within the “Cite this article” tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style.Red Cloud (Roberts) also made false predictions such as claiming World War II was not going to break out and that there was going to be peace. This is actually very difficult to answer because the sights, sounds, smells, colours and emotions are not of this earth and quite simply the language doesn’t exist to do justice to the splendour and majesty of how I perceive it. At this seance the singing died down to a mere hum when a spirit started to speak, so that even a whisper could be heard. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees.

The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. A fascinating, personal account of Estelle Roberts experience as a medium in Great Britain, in the early 20th century. The book is packed with personal anecdote, along with descriptions of mass meetings at the Royal Albert Hall interchange with those of inmate private.The question I get asked more than any other in the course of my work as a medium is “what is the spirit world like? In this mesmerizing snapshot, we see Estelle Roberts standing confidently on stage during one of her extraordinary performances. Estelle Roberts´ is the case for the defence, and she speaks eloquently and truthfully, in the sense that you are under no illusions that she is presenting the facts of the matter as she sees them. I have personally had contact with a full trance physic on more than 20 occasions over a 23 year period and do testify that mediumship is both possible, greatly enlightening and is nourishment for the soul. Estelle Roberts would relay messages that were unknown to her using Direct Voice (via a trumpet) while she was asleep under the effects of trance induced by her Spirit Guide.