Table Turning

Table turning is without doubt the simplest and crudest form of communication with the spirit world.



Soon after the Fox sisters and the Rochester knocking's, table turning became epidemic in both America and Europe. In England people turned afternoon tea parties into tea and table turning parties. In an effort to stop this mania a committee of four medical men held a number of seances. On completion they published their findings in the Medical Times and Gazette on 11 June 1853. Their conclusion; that the motion of the table was due to unconscious muscular action. A few weeks later Faraday published an article in The Times stating that 'The unconscious muscular action of the sitters was an experimentally demonstrated fact," a belief still held dear by many parapsychologists today.



The usual procedure is for sitters to form a circle around a table. In lowered light or total darkness they should place their hands lightly on the table, their little fingers touching the little fingers of the person on each side of them. This forms a continuous circle allowing the energies to flow around without interruption and directing those energies into the table. They would imagine a ball of energy passing up their right arm and down their left to that person next to them, the same would apply to them and all around the table to each sitter.



Prior to the movement, subtle vibrations can usually be felt in the table, as though it was coming alive. There may also be raps or taps. When it does move the circle leader should address the table firmly instructing it to come under control. Question can then be asked using an agreed code eg. one tilt for no and three for yes, two could be doubtful and four could be don't know. The code is up to you, and quite often they will not move the table at all if the answer is 'no' and only once for yes, as this is their way of saving on energy. It can be very hit and miss, but you must always remain in charge. This method of communication can be very slow and laborious, but it can prove to be evidential.