The Norman Hunt Home Circle & Research Group
From Live Recordings and actual Séances between 1949 - 1964
Profound Spiritual Teaching and Spiritual Philosophy & Science
Norman Hunt (Circle Leader)
Norman was a well educated man, meticulous in research who studied Philosophy, World religions and Art. He was an artist and an architect, and a very loving family man.
W. F. Rickard (The Instrument)
“Rick is currently one of the unsung heroes of mediumship (instrument) known as deep trance. This is a state of complete voluntary unconsciousness.
Its occurrence is very rare and of immense value, since it permits conversation between those on earth and those in spirit who wish to talk to us.
He never accepted any payment whatsoever for his mediumship, neither did he seek fame or fortune.
Probably without doubt one of the finest this country has produced.”
The History of the Norman Hunt circle & research group 1949 - 1964.
The ABU Trust is a none profit making trust formed in 1990 and founded upon the research and work of The Norman Hunt Home Circle, which took place between 1949 and 1964, we would like to make it clear that the trust is not a religious organisation, Sect or Cult, and has no attachments to such.
The teachings and philosophy are universal, there is no membership or set of rules governing the trust.
The circle leader, led by Norman Hunt, sat at Tunbridge Wells, Kent for 15 years.
Approximately 12 dedicated members met regularly at least twice to three times a week during the sittings from which a number of copies were produced from the originals. Communication with loved ones took place, but it is the profound teachings and spiritual philosophy which make up the main subject matter for general circulation. The medium Walter Frederick Rickard, was a most remarkable and rare type of instrument. He was able to ‘vacate’ his physical body in a state of trance, to enable the many entities to manifest through him in such way as to identify themselves.
Rick had no idea or recollections of what transpired whilst in trance. To him it just seemed that he had been asleep. His mediumship is described in some of the very interesting recordings.
During the first two years, before suitable tape recorders were available, the communications had to be hand written and fortunately one of the sitters was Frances Attlee, a niece of the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee. She was a fine stenographer and made very accurate copies of proceedings. Recordings were made, initially via a stenographer and later as technology became available via tape recordings (Grundig Spools).
Some of the historical background of how the trust was formed came about in 1974 when Shirley Webster met and made firm friends with Ron and Peggy Mason, who were then living in Crowborough, Sussex, who were running a listening group which met fortnightly to listen to some extraordinary tape recordings. Peggy had come across these recordings by meeting up with Pam St. Clare whilst out horse riding in the surrounding county side; they chatted and soon discovered that they shared the same interest in Spiritual matters. Pam explained that she was attending meetings at Doris Gower’s home; the secretary of the Norman Hunt Home Circle, and invited Peggy and Ron to attend, it was at these meetings Peggy was introduced to Mary Hunt, the widow of Norman Hunt who had been the Circle leader.
With some considerable persuasion Peggy was able to obtain permission to make copies of the 110 available hours of recordings on to Gundig Spools, which in due course when Ron and Peggy had passed on were kindly handed over to James and Shirley Webster, (the Original administrators of the Trust) to further their research into the background of this quite remarkable and dedicated group. They discovered that quite a number of the original Circle members had passed on including Norman Hunt and the Medium W.F. Rickard. However, their enquiries did lead them to finding the Medium’s wife who had been a Circle member, and a couple who were then living in New Zealand.
The most amazing happening was when James and Shirley Webster moved to their new home in East Sussex, they discovered that some of the Hunt family were only a couple of miles away, from these discoveries they were able to obtain a greater amount of first-class evidence which was essential for their work.
Earth living is a short step on a vast and mighty journey.
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The Spiritaul teaching, philosophy and science have been available to the public for nearly forty years now.
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