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Belsay Hall is a National Trust
property in Northumberland. There is a Greek style mansion house, a castle and
old manor house and extensive grounds. When we arrived we went into the house,
this is a large building with bare rooms - no furniture is allowed on display.
As we walked through the house
it gradually dawned on us that we were in what can only be described as a time
warp. We were seeing the house as it was in the 1800's. From the information
given on the house and its history (which we read later) I would guess that the
actual date would be of sometime in the 1830's. So, all that follows is of what
we say and who we interacted with from that period.
In the first room we met a very
finely dressed woman. On conversing with her it turned out that she was the
woman of the house (the wife of the owner). She was wearing a very elaborate
almost ball gown type dress in blue, she was not happy.
In the next room which was the
library we found the owner talking to his butler, grounds man and solicitor.
They were discussing the affairs of the estate. There appeared to be some
problems and they were trying to sort them out. It was here that we realized
that somehow, we were really there in that time period walking around his house.
We found ourselves wearing costumes of that period and that all members of the
household were aware of us. At one point we even startled a footman with his ear
glued to the main door listening to his masters conversation. On seeing us he
fled.
It could be that we were
phasing into and residing within people already visiting the house. This is the
explanation that sits best with us. We toured the whole house in this state,
seeing all the bedrooms and so on as they were in that period. We even watched
some gardeners working in various parts of the garden when we went out. At one
point when we were outside we came across a little girl of about six having a
dolls tea party. I was so fascinated by some other things that were going on
that I was not taking much noticed of her. Because of this she asked Joan if I
did not like her. With this I started chatting to her and we became friends.
From here she took my hand and acted as our guide as we walked through the
formal and quarry gardens.
Interestingly, on my next four
visits or so to Belsay Hall I would always find her slipping her hand into mine
and walking around with me. I got the impression that she could only go to
certain places if someone accompanied her.
On this, our first outing to
Belsay in an aware state I met my first pixie, some fairies, my first troll and
a water sprit. When we reached the castle we interacted with the guards, the
cooks and so on from an even earlier period. We even walked through a herd of
spirit deer that were roaming the grounds as we came back across the fields.
As we were driving away and
heading for Alnmouth I became aware of a small green man standing in my lap
looking out over the steering wheel. I was so shocked I almost lost control of
the car. I was told that he was a nymphile - a very nice Being great fun.
Commentary: This
day was very much part of the ongoing training program from 'them upstairs'. I
have only covered briefly all that took place, but enough so you get the
different aspects of this trip. From this I realized:
- That these people were
not ghosts (which is what I originally assumed) but that we were somehow
interacting directly with them on a particular day in the past.
- We think we did this by
merging with people already visiting the estate and using them as a vehicle
for our interactions.
- That it was therefore
possible to access periods from the past consciously.
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