Update on Nic Whitam As a most recent update from Nic: Banyan Retreat closed due to Covid and Steven and I now live in the north-west of England. We are semi-retired although we still host SoulQuest each Sunday and I continue to work for the Spiritual Truth Foundation promoting the teachings of Silver Birch. I will be hosting a few online lectures on the History of Mediumship and Healing a little later this year but other than that we live a very quiet life in rural England.

"It takes many years of practice to be able to invite the spirit world into a safe place with you." — Nic Whitham, on Trance Mediumship "Love is automatically embedded in all that you do in a healing capacity." — Nic Whitham

• Nic Whitham grew up in a family of healers and was exposed at a young age to the remarkable results of energy healing on other humans. He knew early on that this would ultimately be his calling.

• After a career in finance that took him around the globe, he returned to the UK and the world of energy healing and founded Banyan Retreat with his partner, Steven Sui.

• There are many kinds of energy healing, including Reiki, Platform Mediumship and Trance Mediumship.

• In trance healing, a medium invites the spirit world to blend its energy with that of the medium, who needs to be 100 percent submissive to allow this to happen. That energy can then be channeled through the medium to the places where it is most needed.

• Most energy healing can be accomplished by the healer tapping into universal energy without the need to merge with the spirit world.

• In Nic's work, he is able to see people's auras (colors) which enables him to know which area of the client's body has issues. He can then channel his energy towards that part of the body that needs repair.

• Energy healing often requires multiple sessions to be fully effective.

• Nic described two miraculous examples of using healing practices to cure young children. Children, more so than adults, are more accepting of energy healing because they are less removed from the spirit world and more connected to the aura field.

• In the US it is difficult to find reputable healers. The UK has its own umbrella organization: The British Alliance of Healing Organizations.

• Interestingly, healing energy knows where it is needed most. Healing can also be accomplished remotely.

• Nic highly encourages parents to support their children's connection to the spirit world, and to talk about their experiences with imaginary friends, etc.

• Nic described a most extraordinary Christmas Seance at Banyan retreat, where the spirits of children who has been denied happy childhoods were invited to visit and experience holiday gifts and toys.