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What’s On The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre

Issue 2 (2017)

Step in to Summer with our

New and Exciting Events

Demonstration and

Workshop from

international medium

Tony Stockwell!

• Murder Mystery

Evening

• New #TuesdayTalks

Programme

• Autumn Workshops—

book now or regret it

later!

• Exclusive

Competition to be

won by one lucky

reader

• Meet our Mediums

• Weekly Classes

EXCLUSIVE

Interview with world

renowned medium

Paul Jacobs

@arthurconandoylecentre

DEMONSTRATIONS OF

MEDIUMSHIP WITH

GORDON SMITH

AND

JUNE FIELD

WHAT’S ON AT THE FRINGE

Find out what great new shows are

on at the Centre this August!

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Message from the Chair

MEET THE MEDIUMS We have three resident mediums here at the centre who offer Private Sittings on a daily basis, at a

time to suit you. Contact us on 0131 625 0700 to book your sitting. Cost: £35 per half hour

EWAN IRVINE

Ewan is a Medium working in the UK and

Ireland.

As a child, Ewan experienced many strange

happenings that could not be explained

logically. It was only at the age of 19 that he

began to realise that he had the ability of

mediumship. Having developed these abilities,

he became a regular demonstrator of

mediumship within the UK and Ireland.

Ewan also has a great interest in the

paranormal and has used his mediumship

ability within many haunted locations.

Ewan has also appeared in a number of TV

productions including Most Haunted Live and

ITV’s Tough Gig.

Ewan is a qualified hypnotherapist and has

also written a number of articles and co-wrote

the book " The Wee Book O'Scottish

Mindfooness " with fellow hypnotherapist

Susan Cohen.

YVONNE CRAIG

Yvonne is a member of the Edinburgh

Association of Spiritualists Church, based

here in the Arthur Conan Doyle Centre.

She is a psychic and medium and has been

very fortunate to have trained for some 15

years with many of the top tutors at the

Arthur Findlay College, Stansted, Essex.

Yvonne currently teaches a beginners

awareness class at the church, and serves

many churches throughout Scotland as well

as giving spiritual readings and assessments

here in the centre.

It is Yvonne’s privilege to be able to bring

comfort and upliftment through Spiritual

readings to those seeking to reconnect to

their loved ones and proving survival.

ANN TREHERNE

Ann comes from Edinburgh, the birthplace and

hometown of Arthur Conan Doyle and is Chair of

The Centre.

Like Arthur, Ann is a Psychic Investigator and

long-standing member of The Scottish Society for

Psychical Research.

As well as tutoring in Meditation, Psychic and

Mediumistic Development, she also trains

Psychic Investigators and Researchers. In her no

nonsense approach, she advocates

investigation via scientific and analytic means.

When undertaking Private Sittings, Ann works

with the sitter in a sensitive manner to bring help

and comfort to those in need.

Ann is currently writing a book about her

experiences and when not directing operations

at The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, she travels

nationally and internationally giving talks and

running training courses on Mediumship, Psychic

Investigations, and of course, on Arthur Conan

Doyle.

MEDIUM AVAILABILITY

Ann Treherne— Wednesday Evenings and Thursday’s

Ewan Irvine— Wednesday Afternoon’s (or by appointment)

Yvonne Craig— Monday Evenings

Summer is almost upon us and The Centre is gearing up for the frenetic activity of

The Fringe and the wealth of international visitors and performers that it brings. We

have a varied selection of performers with us again this year - see page 5 for details.

Before that however, we celebrate the fact that we are host to some of the best

mediums in the world - on 20th May, Paul Jacobs will be back with his 5 day Course;

in June, Gordon Smith's School of Intuitive Mediumship runs its second module of the

Foundation Course and in July Tony Stockwell is conducting a course on Trance,

something I know is very popular for those wanting to take their mediumship that

step further. Tony is also giving a demonstration of mediumship on Saturday, 8th July

- something not to be missed!

As we head towards the Autumn we've given you a sneaky peak at some of our

speakers in our Tuesday Talks series, which is growing more popular and attracting a

regular audience. Also, we have some new Mediums to The Centre in our 'Affordable

Workshop' series. See page 4 for more information.

So, I hope we have given you food for thought and we look forward to welcoming you

to some of our events.

Ann Treherne

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Interview with Paul Jacobs In an exclusive interview with Rose, Marketing and Events

Coordinator at the centre, world renowned medium Paul Jacobs sits

down with us to tell of his first experience with spiritualism, how he

dealt with it growing up, and gives us some tips on what to expect if

you’ve never been to a demonstration of mediumship before. You

can access this interview in full via our website.

Can you tell us a bit about your background. Where are you

from and how did you get involved with Spiritualism?

I’m from Wolverhampton originally and it was Wolverhampton

Spiritualist Church where I first entered a Spiritualist Church. I had

moved into temporary home premises connected to my work and I was

having all of these weird and wonderful, strange objective experiences

that scared the living daylights out of me. Then a few days later I was

walking down a road and came across a building I’d walked past

countless times saying Spiritualist Church and I thought I’d go in and

see what’s going on. When I went in the medium on stage turned out to

be my great aunt. 6 weeks later I had a phone call from her asking if I

was still attending, and she invited me to go to Gordon Higginson’s

church and meet him which meant nothing to me, but of course he was

the president of the Spiritualist National Union, principle of the Arthur

Findlay College, and the finest medium in the last 100 years. 6 weeks

later my aunt died. Gordon Higginson was due to take the funeral

service, he called me over to sit with him and said ‘I can help you young

man’ and that was the beginning of my journey with mediumship.

Do you recall having a specific first encounter that made you

realise you might have a talent for it?

I always had experiences as a child which I would tell my parents about

but they just said it’s your imagination. When I would go to bed, I would

say there’s a gentleman in the room or a lady in my bedroom but they

would just brush it off as my imagination. Then in my later teens I

moved into an old property and I would be aware of this gentleman who

it turned out used to live in the place but had gone to the spirit world. I

just kept putting these experiences to one side, I didn’t actually think it

was me being a medium, I thought it was just the places I was going or

had been. Then before I was going to the Wolverhampton Church I was

having very strong experiences, I would hear objectively my name being

called and I would dive under the bed covers and say ‘go away, I don’t

want to speak to you’, and I would see lights shooting across the room.

I found it quite scary and I didn’t understand coming from a Catholic

background, there’s a negative aspect taught from orthodox religion so

I thought it was something negative when actually it was the spirit

world trying to give me that push to do something about my

development.

When you feel a spirit there, what is the sensation?

There’s not one set of feelings, sometimes it all depends what faculties

they’re using at the time. If you’re using your clairvoyance and

clairaudience, the clairsentience drops down a bit, or sometimes you

hardly get any clairvoyance or clairaudience and then the

clairsentience gets stronger. But if you get what I call a real soul to soul

blending because the emotion is the base point, then in a way you

become that person, you become the essence of them and what

they’re experiencing emotionally, mentally and physically. I often say to

a recipient at times when it’s really strong - that the love and desire of

the person from the spirit world communicating to that individual - that

if you could feel what I could feel from them for you, it would mean far

more than any evidence that I could give you, it’s very diffi-

cult to put in to words. This is a problem with medi-

umship, more and more mediums need to accept and

acknowledge that no medium is 100% accurate. It’s not

possible. Our conscious mind interferes. We have to inter-

pret those feelings and emotions, we also have to inter-

pret those clairvoyant pictures and we can make mis-

takes. I’m honest when I do demonstrations, especially at

demonstrations with non-spiritualists. I’ll say before I start

‘No medium is 100% accurate’. If more people went with

that approach then it would be better, and more accepta-

ble. As receptive as I am at that time I never know from

one communication to the next how receptive I’m going to

be, what type of evidence, how I’m going to receive it, dif-

ferent communicators from the spirit world you blend easi-

er with than others, and even a recipient isn’t always a

good recipient, they can make or break the communica-

tion. So I think it takes all 3 ingredients; the recipient, me

and the communicator to play their part right for that con-

tact and communication to really build and unfold.

For people who are attending a demonstration for

the first time, what can they expect and what

would your advice be?

Quite often a large percentage of my audience have never

been to a demonstration before so I try to explain to them

how it works; the mechanics of it. I also try to explain that

it is quite natural, that we’re not calling up the dead or

disturbing them, if you’re loved ones come to communi-

cate they come because they want to, because you are

here. If they didn’t want to communicate then as a

medium there is nothing I can do about it. People do have

fears, but it is often down to lack of education,

misunderstandings negativity that has been taught

through certain religions and through media platforms.

There are still very limited spaces left for Pauls course on

20th-24th May and 23rd-27th September. Call now to book.

Tony has been demonstrating

mediumship for over 23yrs, and

has worked all over the world.

Tony was a major part of the

original ‘The Best of British

Mediumship’ tour (2005, 2006 &

2007) demonstrating in such

venues as The London Palladium,

The Manchester Apollo and St

David’s Hall Cardiff.

Due to Tony’s success, the

demonstration will be held at

Augustine United Church.

Tickets—£20. Book now online or call 0131 625 0700.

Tony Stockwell, CSNU, is a regular visitor and supporter of The

Centre and we’re delighted to welcome him back again in 2017.

Building on the success of last year’s “Pathway to Mediumship”

Course, this is the next step in deepening your connection to

those that work with you from the spirit world. His new 3-day

development seminar focuses on ‘the entranced state’ and how

this can aid your mediumship and healing development. This

course is NOT for beginners but will be focused on those who

already have established a connection with spirit.

This 3 day workshop starts on Friday, and continues Saturday and

Sunday. There will be a Private Trance Demonstration by Tony on

the Friday Evening. This will only be available to Course

Delegates, and numbers are restricted to the first 20 students.

This event is payable separately.

WORKSHOP: £185

PRIVATE TRANCE DEMONSTRATION: £20

To book call us on 0131 625 0700 or online

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Trance with Tony Stockwell

Friday 7th (1pm-5pm), Saturday 8th &

Sunday 9th July 2017 (10am-5pm)

WIN 2 TICKETS TO TONY STOCKWELL’S DEMONSTRATION OF MEDIUMSHIP

Simply Fill out this form and hand it back in to the centre, and we will pick one lucky winner at random

Name :

Contact Details, Phone/Email :

Gordon Smith Demonstration of

Mediumship

Friday 8th September 2017, 7.30pm

Gordon is hailed as “Britain’s most

accurate Medium” and has featured

in numerous TV documentaries

including BBC’s Everyman series, as

well as appearing as an expert

guest on This Morning, Richard &

Judy and Heaven & Earth. He has

travelled throughout the world

demonstrating his mediumship and

given private readings to many

celebrities.

Gordon will be conducting a

Demonstration of Mediumship,

where the audience will experience a closer look at Scotland’s

greatest ambassador of Mediumship and exponent of his craft.

This event will be held at Augustine United Church.

Tickets—£20. Book now online or call 0131 625 0700.

June Field Demonstration of

Mediumship

Friday 23rd February 2018, 7.30pm

June Field, Columnist and Resident

Psychic of The Sunday Post Newspaper

has been quoted by media as "The

Worlds Greatest Psychic" after winning

"International Battle of the Psychics"

reality TV show where 70,000 mediums

and psychics worldwide were invited to

battle it out in front of 34 million viewers

worldwide.

After her successful 'Demonstration of

Mediumship' in 2017, June is coming

back in February 2018 for another great

evening of mediumship, showing her

skills and sharing her knowledge. It's an

event not to miss so make sure you put the date in your diary! This

event will be held at Augustine United Church.

Tickets—£20. Book now online or call 0131 625 0700

Demonstration of

Mediumship with

Tony Stockwell

FRIDAY 7th July, 7.30pm

BLOW YOUR OWN TRUMPET

Experimental Transcendental Phenomena

Jacqui McGleish CSNUt

Understanding different states of trance and altered states to

help achieve a natural spiritual progression.

Within the day we will be looking into different states of trance

where we can achieve a higher level of altered states, whether

this is through meditation or binaural beats.

We will achieve this through different types of meditation, then

experiment on the best way to see changes, hear sounds and

attempt to get direct links with spirit. Leave fears and inhibitions

behind and be guided by our deep senses within, and spirit

inspirers.

Don’t be afraid but be enthralled by

the possibilities

Suited to all levels

DEMONSTRATION OF MEDIUMSHIP WITH

DAVID HOLT

"David is an ordinary guy with an extraordinary ability. Since

early childhood he has been able to see, hear, and talk to

those who have died and crossed over.

He has been demonstrating spirit communication before live

audiences for the past 14 years, both within Spiritualist

Churches and Theatres throughout the UK. After conducting

over 10,000 private readings both in the UK and United

States, David went on to write "Are you ready to believe?" a

best selling book on the subject of mediumship and the after-

life.

David's ability to communicate with those who have crossed

over, pass on their messages and

bring through mind blowing evidence

of life after death has brought

comfort to thousands and changed

the lives of both sceptics and

believers alike.

ANCESTRAL HEALING LINES WITH JOAN FREW AND

AILSA DOWNIE JONATHAN BROWN’S DEMONSTRATION OF

MEDIUMSHIP AND WORKSHOP

Join Jonathan Brown for an intimate evening of Mediumship with

your loved ones who have passed away to the higher side of life.

Jonathan has been working as a professional medium for 7 years

and has demonstrated his mediumship in several countries around

the world. This is Mediumship from the heart with education and a

warm sense of humour. Friday 17th November, 7.30pm. £20

Mediumship in the Modern Day Workshop

Join Jonathan for a weekends teaching of Mediumship for mediums

in the modern day. Focusing on how to link with Spirit, furthering your

communication and how to deliver your mediumship on a 1 to 1

basis, in groups and on platform.

During the weekend you will learn more about how to present your-

self, how to engage with the general public, how to stand in the pow-

er of spirit and how to become an ambassador for the spirit world.

Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th November 10am-5pm, £100

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AUTUMN WORKSHOPS AT THE CENTRE

Ancestral Healing helps you to release unresolved issues, trauma,

or problems from these energetic patterns that you may have inher-

ited over several generations. These reoccurring patterns can pre-

vent you from following your life’s path.

Using the heartbeat of the drum we will connect with our ancestral

lines, we will then use drums, and crystals to release any unwant-

ed patterns. In releasing these inherited patterns or blocks within

yourself you heal the past, present and future generations.

Saturday 25th November, 10am-5pm, £60

CRYSTAL WORKSHOP WITH JOAN FREW

Do you feel a connection with crystals, do you wear or buy them

without understanding why, or would you just like to understand

more about them, their use and healing abilities?

This is an excellent course

for understanding and

connecting to the power of

crystal energy and

understanding how to use

crystals in our daily lives.

SATURDAY 21ST OCTOBER

10AM-5PM,

TICKETS £45

Friday 15th September

7.30pm

£10

Saturday 28th October

10.30am—4.30pm

SNU Members—£25

Non Members—£30

The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre are welcoming brides and grooms to organise

their wedding in our impressive building. The Centre provides a unique, elegant

and luxurious setting for your wedding, at an affordable price.

Set in the exclusive West End of Edinburgh, it is one of Scotland’s best kept

secrets. Our Officiants are fully trained to carry out marriage ceremonies, including

same sex marriages and blessings of civil partnerships. As an Interfaith Centre we

welcome all Officiant’s registered to deliver religious, humanist, civil or spiritual

ceremonies. Here at The Centre, we hope to provide you with the perfect space to

host your truly personal wedding.

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What’s on at the The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre is thrilled to once again be a venue for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Our line-up is busier than ever, with

shows ranging from live music to talks, The Suffragettes, plays tackling Brexit and university life plus new adaption of works such as

Lysistrata, as well as shows on our own Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes. There’s something for everyone!

Weddings at The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre

TUESDAY TALKS

The Arthur Conan Doyle Centre hosts a

programme of Tuesday Talks that run

throughout the year. They will start again on

September 5th. Among the speakers who will

be giving talks in the 2017-18 season will be

best-selling author Dr David Hamilton, Callum

Cooper from Northampton University, Roy

Stemman, editor of Psychic News, and Alan

Murdie, member of Society for Psychical Re-

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BARBARA MEIKLEJOHN-FREE

Tuesday 5th September, 7.30pm, £5

Barbara is renowned as the UK's best loved and

hardest working 'wisdom keeper'. She is a best

selling author, teacher, advocate and protector

of the great Earth-centred traditions, having

been initiated, at the age of 16, by The (then)

Highland Seer, Swein Macdonald.

Drawing on her extensive work with the

traditions of many

indigenous cultures,

she is a recognised

expert in assisting

people to access

their soul's wisdom

and knowing. She

invites you to come

to her talk and hear

of her ‘life enhancing'

experience.

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DAY TIME CLASS/EVENT CONTACT INFO

MONDAY 17.30 Body For Life 07742120520, Donsqbands@gmail.com

19.00 Kadampa Meditation Group 0131 622 1956, admin@meditateedinburgh.org

19.30 Psychic Awareness Class (All Welcome) 07967402590. ycraig25@gmail.com

TUESDAY 18.30 Vinyasa Flow Yoga www.edinburghcommunityyoga.co.uk

18.30 Laura’s Pilates (Body Control Pilates) Lauras.pilates@gmail.com

19.00 Relax, Change & Create Workshop www.andrewjohnson.co.uk

WEDNESDAY 12.30 Gentle Flow Yoga www.edinburghcommunityyoga.com

17.30 Gentle Flow Yoga www.edinburghcommunityyoga.com

18.00 Healing Service 0131 625 0700

18.30 Sweat and Zen Yoga www.facebook.com/sweatandzen

18.45 Yin Yoga www.edinburghcommunityyoga.com

19.30 Conducted Circle 0131 625 0700

THURSDAY 14.00 Conducted Circle 0131 625 0700

14.00 Tai Chi www.chi-flow.co.uk

17.00 White Eagle Lodge Ranald Godfrey 0131 441 7923

17.30 Body For Life 07742120520, donsqbands@gmail.com

18.00 Tai Chi www.chi-flow.co.uk

SUNDAY 11.00 Family Service 0131 625 0700

12.45 Healing Service 0131 625 0700

WHAT’S ON WEEKLY AT The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre

ROOM HIRE We have a number of rooms available for private hire, ranging from hourly, half day and full day rates. We are keen to be a

resource for the whole community and as such, we offer a range of room hire suitable for meetings, classes and private func-

tions . We also have a tearoom which can cater for all events.

Private consulting rooms are available for hire from £10 per hour. Call us on 0131 625 0700 and we’ll be happy to show you

round our remarkable building.

Chess Therapy ’Chess Life’ Mihails Lahmans

“Chess as a Life Model” is Mihails’s personal program which

gives him the opportunity to work with all kinds of people includ-

ing people with learning difficulties and disabilities.

Mihails offers chess programs from ages 4-5 years old and

adults, varying from chess lessons, chess fairy tales, work with

mandalas and exercises in calligraphy elements.

Classes are held in English, and conversations with parents are

held 1-2 times a month to discuss the children’s development.

Developing an individual manner

of a game, to show

and train the children how the

moves on the board

can replicate their real life through

the game of chess.

Mon-Fri: 10:00 - 19:00

Sat-Sun: 10:00 - 17:00

Price: £20 per session

Email –

mihails.lahmans@gmail.com

Website – www.chesslife.co.uk

SHERLOCK HOLMES TEAROOM

Offering a range of speciality teas, coffee, cake

and homemade soup and sandwiches, The Sher-

lock Holmes Tearoom is a haven of calm away

from the bustling streets of the West End.

The tearoom caters for all our events at the

centre. If you would

like catering for your

event please con-

tact us on 0131

625 0700 to make

your order.

The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre

Library and Shop

There is a selection of jewellery, cards, and crystals

on sale in our shop, as well as books to borrow and

buy. Come and take a look!

Open all day Monday—Friday

mailto:mihails.lahmans@gmail.comhttp://www.chesslife.co.uk