The Butterfly Rises: One Woman's Transformation Through the Trance Channeling of Verna V. Yater, Kevin Ryerson, and Others - Softcover

Tremaine, Kit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0931892155 ISBN 13: 9780931892158

Publisher: Blue Dolphin Pub, 1987

Synopsis

The Butterfly Rises is one woman's transformation through the trance channeling of Verna V Yater, Ph.D, Kevin Ryerson, and others.

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Kit Tremaine grew up, beautiful and privileged, in New Orleans, once even Queen of Mardi Gras. But another side to Tremaine, a side that donated time and money to many liberal causes, made her conservative friends call her a communist. She gave millions of dollars to a multitude of social projects. She was instrumental in providing legal, medical, and counseling services for the poor, as well as founding and funding The Sunflower Foundation. In 1986, she appeared in Time magazine after joining homeless activists in a successful drive to soften a Santa Barbara ordinance that criminalized sleep in public places.

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My work with spirit began as a result of a conversation I had with a friend at breakfast one sunny morning. We were in a fancy little restaurant near the ocean in Santa Barbara, California, where I have lived most of my life. My friend Suzanne Riordon and I had met to discuss the problem of the homeless, but after awhile, the conversation somehow shifted to the subject of mediums and psychic information .

Some months prior to this conversation, Suzanne had placed an ad in a free throw-away newspaper giving her telephone number and offering to help single parents needing housing. I was impressed not only by the imaginative courage shown by this act, but also because Suzanne, while trying to organize others, was herself a single parent and on welfare at the time. She did, however, have an old car, and thus was able to offer transportation to those with none. This diminutive person turned out to be a dynamo. Through a foundation I had established some years earlier, I had agreed to fund Suzanne s program for a few months, and we were discussing this over breakfast when the subject of psychics came up.

"I visited a medium a couple of years ago," Suzanne told me, "and she said I was going to meet a woman who would change my life."

I smiled and replied, "And I'm that woman, aren't I?"

"Yes, you are," she said, "and think of all the others whose lives are going to be changed because of our meeting."

Suzanne went on to elaborate on the subject of psychics. I realized that it had been some time since I myself had sought contact with a medium, but as our conversation on the subject continued, I knew I wanted to seek one out. The trance channel Suzanne had seen was in another city, but she suggested I call the Spiritual Sciences Institute here in Santa Barbara for more information about psychics in this area.

As soon as I reached home I called the Institute, leaving my given name and telephone number. The next morning I was contacted by Verna, a psychic, trance channel, healer and co-founder of the Spiritual Sciences Institute, who gave me an appointment for a morning in the near future. I went a bit nervously, not knowing exactly what to expect, and wondering whether I should have questions prepared in advance, that sort of thing. She proved to be an attractive woman in her early forties, with bright blue eyes and a charming smile, altogether a very appealing woman.

Verna asked me whether I preferred a psychic reading, based on clairvoyance, or a trance channeling session, during which the spirits communicate directly through her. I opted for the latter. It's a little like a cosmic telephone switchboard, where the channel, in this case Verna, acts as the operator to make it possible for the spirit entities to communicate.

After arranging her tape recorder, Verna and I sat facing one another. As I was to find out, Verna always begins her trance channel by saying a prayer which goes something like this:

"We give thanks to the universe for being brought together here on this day, and we ask for many blessings upon this session. We ask that only the highest information come forth. We ask that all the information that is given be clearly interpreted and understood. We acknowledge that we are constantly surrounded by the forces of light and love and wisdom. We ask also that there be much healing for those most in need of it. We ask that those that be hungry be fed today. We ask that those in despair be given some tangible ray of hope. And in God we trust, Amen."

Verna then closed her eyes and in a relatively short time, perhaps a minute or two at most, I saw her give a small twitch, then a sigh. Her mouth changed entirely, and as her face muscles began working, Verna took on a different appearance. Another gasp escaped, and I sensed the vibrations in the room changing.

In the time I've worked with the channel, I have come to know that this is a signal indicating that a spirit has entered Verna's consciousness. I have become so familiar with this process, that now I sometimes know which of the entities is about to speak to me, just by the body movements and facial expressions of the channel.

Although I had not had a psychic experience for several years and I admit to a little uncertainty - a few doubts - during my early sessions with spirit, I soon came to know, to know with certainty, that there could be no way Verna was faking the process. She would have to be a consummate actress, with an uncanny knowledge of her clients, their lives, and their problems. And she should have to remember all of it, from one session to the next - and with this realization, my doubts soon feel by the wayside.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blue Dolphin Pub
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0931892155
• ISBN 13: 9780931892158
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216