The Making of a Physical Medium with Stewart Alexander

Stewart Alexander is a physical medium who has been an active spiritualist for over a half century. He is the author of An Extraordinary Journey: The Memoir of a Physical Medium. His work has also been described in Leslie Kean’s award-winning book, Surviving Death. His website is Here he describes the lengthy process of developing physical mediumship within the context of spiritualist home circles. It was well over a decade of regular sessions before the first manifestation of a physical phenomenon. Along the way, he benefitted from the encouragement of mentors. Eventually, a “spirit team“ was formed with each personality performing specific functions during séances. New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology“ ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). (Recorded on November 16, 2020) For a complete, updated list with links to all of our videos, see Check out our new website for the New Thinking Allowed Foundation at . There you will find our incredible, searchable database as well as opportunities to shop and to support our video productions. There, you can also subscribe to our free, weekly Newsletter! To join the NTA Psi Experience Community on Facebook, see To download and listen to audio versions of the New Thinking Allowed videos, please visit our new podcast at You can help support our ongoing video productions while enjoying a new book. To order An Extraordinary Journey by Stewart Alexander, visit LINKS TO OTHER BOOKS, AUDIO, AND VIDEO SHOWN IN THIS INTERVIEW: Leslie Kean, Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Afterlife – Katie Halliwell, Experiences of Trance, Physical Mediumship, and Associated Phenomena – Whoopie Goldberg, Ghost (video) – Leslie Flint, Voices in the Dark – J. Malcolm Bird, “Margery“ The Medium – Stewart Alexander, Physical Séance Room Recollections (audio) – Alan E. Crossley, The Story of Helen Duncan: Materialization Medium – Louie Harris, Alec Harris: The Full Story of His Remarkable Physical Mediumship – (As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.) Our Facebook page: Our Twitter page: Our Instagram page: Our LinkedIn discussion group: Our Discord channel: