Helen Hughes conducted many
propaganda meetings around the British Isles, in
modern times when mediumship was still subject to
the outdated Witchcraft and Vagrancy Act (1735).
Helen
Hughes's public mediumship and private seances -
during which she was sometimes directly entranced
by her sitters' loved ones - were hailed by many
as of the highest calibre, and the genuineness of
her gifts was never disputed. Verbatim records of
her spirit messages make fascinating reading.
Along with
Estelle Roberts and a few other notable mediums
of the mid-twentieth century, such as the trance
medium Lillian Bailey, she commanded the stage at
large halls and conference centres across the
length and breadth of the UK.
Maurice
Barbanell, the Founder Editor of Psychic News,
wrote that the spirit people who communicated
with Helen Hughes often referred to her as
"Helen the Beloved".
Of her
clairaudient abilities, Helen said, 'I hear quite naturally, as
though I were using the ordinary ear. The voices
sound quite normal. I can tell if it is the voice
of a man, woman, or child - or if it is a loud
voice or a quiet one. Listening to the voices
enables me to give the names, facts and details
that provide the evidence.'
The medium
said she heard her spirit voices 'in my ears, or in the region of
my solar-plexus . . . and they vary in clarity.'
Here are some verbatim
snippets of Helen Hughes's
clairaudiently-received messages, which she
delivered in the late 1930s:
Pointing to a woman in
the auditorium:
Helen: Is your name
Nellie?
Recipient: Yes
Helen: Well, then,
you knew a Mr Bramwell; and I have to tell you
that Mr Bramwell is here and he's brought Harry
and Mrs Wilson. She says she's all right now, and
thanks you for what you did for her. She suffered
from a weak heart. She tells me that your name is
Boynton.
Recipient: Correct.
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For
another recipient, Helen Hughes received a
message "from
someone called Eva, who was a musician." She then singled out a woman in
the crowd and added:
"You are Eva's
mother. She played the piano; and she had a
companion, Elsie, who has also passed over. Her
full name is Eva Huxley."
Recipient: YesHelen: (pointing to a woman in the
circle) There is a
Mrs Richardson in the gallery. I get the name
Jimmie Richardson. He worked in an office by
himself. He brings Robert and Lizzie, and also
Mary Bewick. He tells me that your godmother was
Mary McIntyre, and that she was in some way
connected with an off-licence for the sale of
beer when you were fourteen to seventeen years of
age.
Recipient: Quite
right!
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In a private
consultation which was attended by a Mr Hogg and
his family, all of whom were perfect strangers to
the medium, Helen delivered the following
clairaudiently-received information:
Pointing to Mr Hogg she
said, 'There is a
young airman here. You are his Dad.' Turning to Mr Hogg's son-in-law
she added, 'This boy
calls you Ian, and he calls himself Douglas.'
And to the two girls who
were present she announced, 'And you are his sisters, Isobel
and Mary.'
Each name and
tie-of-relationship was perfectly correct.
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Further reading:
The Mediumship of
Helen Hughes, by Bernard Upton (1945)
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