By Grant Solomon & Jane Solomon
Curator Post Reference: DIA-218
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Scientific sitting with Archie Roy; details Polachrome film experiments resulting in a Homer quote, technical dialogue with "Albert", and apported crystalline substances.
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FILE ID: Scole-06-DIA-1996-07-13-218.txt
LOCATION: 06-DIA-Diary/Session-218-1996-07-13/
ARCHIVE-ID: Scole-06-DIA-218
PURPOSE: Personal diary entry regarding Scole Session 218.
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ARCHIVE-ID: Scole-06-DIA-218
LOCATION: 06-DIA-Diary/Session-218-1996-07-13/
SESSION-ID: S-218
DATE: 13/07/1996
SUBJECT: Diary Entry for Session 218
SOURCE: Witnessing the Impossible (Foy, 2008 and 2023) / Original Diary
TAGS: #DiaryEntry #ScoleSession #D218 #ScientificReview #Apports #Polachrome #Albert #Homer
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VENUE:
Scole Experimental Room (SER); the converted cellar of Street Farmhouse, Scole, Norfolk, England.
GROUP PARTICIPANTS (Alphabetical by Surname):
1. Bennett, Alan
2. Bennett, Diana
3. Foy, Robin
4. Foy, Sandra
GUEST PARTICIPANTS (Alphabetical by Surname):
1. Ellison, Arthur
2. Keen, Montague
3. Roy, Archie
COMMUNICATORS (Alphabetical by Name):
1. Albert (Trance Voice)
2. Joseph (Trance Voice)
3. Manu (Trance Voice)
4. Mrs Bradshaw (Trance Voice)
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DIARY TEXT:
Session 218.
Saturday 13th July 1996.
This was another sitting with the scientists. This time, David Fontana was not able to be present so our visitors were just Monty Keen, Professor Arthur Ellison, and Professor Archie Roy. Archie Roy had travelled down from Scotland for this specific sitting. My diary reminds me that it was, nevertheless, quite an excellent session, full of good results, and that it went on for two hours twenty-five minutes.
Monty brought with him a number of Polaroid 35 mm Polachrome colour films, still in their unopened parcel from the supplier. Professor Roy chose to open the parcel under test conditions. He then selected one of these films at random, took out the light-proof plastic pot containing the film and stuck a luminous tab on it. This he kept in his personal possession until he placed it on the central table in the cellar at the North point, as we had been instructed. Arthur Ellison then put luminous tabs on three empty film pots and placed those at the South, East, and West points of the table. The central bowl on the table was empty and the four crystals were aligned with the cardinal points of the compass. The Scole Group fixed their luminous armbands with Velcro fastening.
Manu opened, welcoming Archie Roy to his first Scole session. The sitting got off to a quiet start whilst the energy built up. Spirit communications, through the two mediums’ trance state, came mainly from Mrs Bradshaw and the new spirit scientist, who told us (in response to a question from Monty), that - in fact - his true identity may never be known to us, as he was not permitted to tell us what it was. He explained that he was considered to be controversial in his methods, but that he usually got the desired results through using these methods. We could if we wished - he told us - refer to him as "Albert" - or "Al" - for convenience sake.
This communicator proved to be extremely knowledgeable; even carrying out a lengthy technical conversation with Archie Roy on the subject of astronomy and speaking of a particular experiment (well known to Archie but not to us) that was underway at that time, and which was still considered to be very confidential. We all just sat and listened to the animated two-way conversation, totally ignorant of everything that was being spoken about.
Joseph popped in a little later just to say, "Hello", but - unusually for him - he had little to say on this occasion. Gradually, the spirit lights built up in frequency and intensity. These performed excellent circles and ellipses of light, indulging in all sorts of aerobatics. One or more spirit lights touched all the conscious sitters and visitors at various times during the session. As was now the norm, the spirit light performed its "party piece" when it went into my body. Archie Roy was asked if he would like to experience that too and, upon his assenting, the light went into him as well.
The light demonstrated its ability to pass through the table, plus table and bowl, in both the silent mode, and with a loud rap when hitting the table or bowl as it passed through them. I was touched several times by what felt like energy structures - on my right arm, left arm, plus right hand and knuckles. Mrs Bradshaw told me that a spirit person was standing very close to me, and this was confirmed when my chair was bumped and moved slightly a few times. Significantly, we did not experience any energy voices at this session. We speculated about that later and wondered if their production had been prevented because the glass dome had been removed from the table. Perhaps it may also have been due to the fact that the available energies were required for other phenomena on this occasion.
All of the other sitters (including me), were also touched several times by lights and by energy structures. Sandra was touched by a materialised spirit person and the back of her chair was whacked a few times to prove that teleported spirit entities were still present. At different times in the sitting, it was noticed that the position of the film pots moved around, and sounds were heard coming from the bowl or from the table. As requested by the spirit team at the previous session - with the exception of Monty’s colour film - we did not touch anything for just over an hour after we closed the session.
When the film was developed jointly by ourselves and by the scientists, we discovered that it contained a Latin phrase, written along the whole length of the film. Subsequently we learned that this was a quotation from Homer. When the full hour had elapsed, we examined the apports in detail. The bowl contained a small piece of paper, in which were wrapped three small mollusc shells, looking rather like the real-life version of tiny ammonites (not fossilised). There was also a small amount of what looked like a brownish/grey ash. The edges of the paper were uneven (almost like an old-fashioned paper’s deckle edge). Several parts of the paper, including the edges, were singed or burnt. In addition, the paper had some pencilled writing on it - which included symbols, a possible signature, and a date: 1881.
The three plastic 35 mm (previously empty) film container pots had fascinating apports in them. The container situated at the south point of the table was about one third full of a clear water-like liquid (this was yet another first-time physical phenomenon we had experienced - the apportation of a liquid). To the east, there was a greyish ash-like substance in the container, whilst the film pot at the west point was seen to contain a greenish-blue crystalline substance. We had been asked by the spirit team to ensure that these apported objects and substances did not leave the Scole premises so, regrettably, we could not furnish the scientists with samples.
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ARCHIVAL NOTES:
This diary entry was recorded shortly after the conclusion of the session to preserve the most accurate immediate recollections of the phenomena and communications received. Three members of the SPR participated. It was described by Robin Foy as "an excellent session, full of good results".
CROSS-REFERENCES:
- SESSION LOG: Scole-08-SES-1996-07-13-218
- AUDIO: Scole-02-AUD-Session-218
- TRANSCRIPT: Scole-03-TRX-Session-218
- REPORT: The Scole Report (SPR Proceedings)
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