The Medium

Introduction to Carole Pixton

I was born and raised in a suburb in Greater Manchester, UK.  Life was simple in those days, people had very little but were happy to share with their neighbours. It was a close knit community and I have many happy memories of those days. At that time I was the only grandchild of my maternal grandparents and I spent the majority of my young years at their home. They doted on me and I loved them beyond words. In July 1964 when I was 15 years old, my world was turned upside down, never to be the same again. My beloved grandmother had died suddenly at the age of 57 years in tragic circumstances. Fifty years on I can still feel the shock and emotion on hearing the news. At this time I knew nothing about the spirit world. I had attended Sunday School and had been told there was a heaven where people went when they died and that they would "Rest In Peace". My young mind couldn't work out how she got there if her physical body was lying in the ground, so it was of no comfort to me and for the next few years, the pain of losing my grandmother was overwhelming. I would lie in bed at night crying because she was in that coffin not able to breathe, in the darkness of the grave. When it rained, she would get wet, when it snowed she would be cold. I didn't enjoy family occasions and Christmas because my grandmother was not there. The grief was crippling and nobody seemed to be able to help me get through it, nobody was able to give me any answers. I no longer attended church as their only input was, "it was God's will". So I struggled through those years, not knowing that my grandmother had merely continued her Journey With Spirit

I married and in 1973 my husband and I emigrated with our two little boys to a new life Down Under. We settled in an outer suburb of Adelaide and soon after our third child arrived, a daughter to complete our family. We loved the outdoor Australian lifestyle and our children thrived. However, after a few years it was suddenly decided that it would be wonderful to travel extensively in Europe over a number of years, and so the whole family (and the family pets) headed back to the UK. We chose a beautiful place in North Wales to live that was close to the Snowdonia Mountains and the coast. Life settled down once again and my thoughts turned to travel.

Unbeknown, to me the true reason for our return to the UK was soon to reveal itself. Two months later, we received the shocking news that two young friends of my sons had died and what was worse, they had done so by their own hand. We were all extremely saddened by the news, but I was overwhelmed and troubled, because the view of most religions was they had sinned against God by taking their own life. I wanted to know what happened to them when they reached the other side?  Would they be punished in some way? One morning I awoke with the very strong notion that I had to attend a spiritualist church and it had to be that weekend. My husband thought I had lost my mind, but after locating the nearest church, I attended that Saturday evening. I know now that it was the Spirit world that had instructed me to take that step, and it was the beginning of my Journey With Spirit.

I attended churches/spiritual centres regularly. I undertook awareness classes and joined a development circle. I became an avid reader on the paranormal and the other side of life. Before very long, spirit friends were making me aware of their presence and it soon became evident that I was a medium, in fact, a second generation medium. I learned that my beloved grandmother was also a medium, but in those times, it had been surrounded by secrecy. As part of my development I trained to be a platform medium and I was soon serving churches and spiritual centres in England, North Wales and Mid Wales. I also ran circles, development courses and workshops. I wanted to share this wonderful knowledge with others. Knowledge that brings with it an understanding why we have to suffer some very tragic and difficult challenges during our life. Knowledge that can help people through the pain of losing a loved one and an understanding that they do still live on and a reunion will take place at some point in the future.

I remained in the UK for many years serving spirit, and then in 2010 following a tragedy in our family, the decision was made to return to Australia. This time we settled in Melbourne and before long spirit was nudging me once again to start my spiritual work.