Vice-President of the Churches' Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies (CFPSS)
The late Robert Llewelyn was invited to be Vice-President of the Churches' Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies (CFPSS) in 1995 and, together with the late Martin Israel who was President for many years, offered support and contributed leaflets for this important yet little known organisation. www.churchesfellowship.co.uk
Robert writes in his book, 'Memories and Reflections', "The Fellowship was founded in 1935 by a group of clergy and laity in the conviction
'that psychical phenomena had great relevance to the Christian faith, both in life and death'.
Robert defined 'psychic in a brochure for CFPSS as follows: "It is basically a direct communication from the soul (or true self) of one person with another without rational mediation. No real relationship with people in fact can evade the psychic level, for it is here that we communicate with one another in truth. This applies to ordinary rational relationships, and sometimes, particularly in people who are closely attuned, the soul-contact can transcend the barriers of time and space; even, the barrier of physical death. These experiences are not sought but occur spontaneously. They are part of the natural personality of human beings, and when properly understood need cause no embarrassment or fear. Some people are more sensitive than others, and if their sensitivity is dedicated to God they may be particularly valuable in the fields of healing and counselling, including counselling the bereaved."
Robert goes on to consider the difference between the psychic and spiritual and says, "So long as the psychical is subsumed in the spiritual all is well. It is not then simply to be tolerated but is rather to be welcomed. Jesus was the supreme example of this. His psychic capacities were made evident in
such incidents as seeing Nathaniel meditating under the fig tree, discerning the past matrimonial life of the woman at the well,
knowing from a distance that Lazarus had died."
Robert goes on to say, "It usually happens that as a person grows spiritually psychic powers develop naturally without attention being paid to them, and this is safe and further, beneficial because it is the spiritual by which the life is ruled. Even so, the degree of the psychic in a spiritually-minded person depends very largely on that person's psycho-physical make-up and not necessarily on the depth of their spirituality." He goes on to quote Martin Israel: "Psychical gifts are excellent provided they are spiritually and not egoistically directed."
The late Robert Llewelyn was invited to be Vice-President of the Churches' Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies (CFPSS) in 1995 and, together with the late Martin Israel who was President for many years, offered support and contributed leaflets for this important yet little known organisation. www.churchesfellowship.co.uk
Robert writes in his book, 'Memories and Reflections', "The Fellowship was founded in 1935 by a group of clergy and laity in the conviction
'that psychical phenomena had great relevance to the Christian faith, both in life and death'.
Robert defined 'psychic in a brochure for CFPSS as follows: "It is basically a direct communication from the soul (or true self) of one person with another without rational mediation. No real relationship with people in fact can evade the psychic level, for it is here that we communicate with one another in truth. This applies to ordinary rational relationships, and sometimes, particularly in people who are closely attuned, the soul-contact can transcend the barriers of time and space; even, the barrier of physical death. These experiences are not sought but occur spontaneously. They are part of the natural personality of human beings, and when properly understood need cause no embarrassment or fear. Some people are more sensitive than others, and if their sensitivity is dedicated to God they may be particularly valuable in the fields of healing and counselling, including counselling the bereaved."
Robert goes on to consider the difference between the psychic and spiritual and says, "So long as the psychical is subsumed in the spiritual all is well. It is not then simply to be tolerated but is rather to be welcomed. Jesus was the supreme example of this. His psychic capacities were made evident in
such incidents as seeing Nathaniel meditating under the fig tree, discerning the past matrimonial life of the woman at the well,
knowing from a distance that Lazarus had died."
Robert goes on to say, "It usually happens that as a person grows spiritually psychic powers develop naturally without attention being paid to them, and this is safe and further, beneficial because it is the spiritual by which the life is ruled. Even so, the degree of the psychic in a spiritually-minded person depends very largely on that person's psycho-physical make-up and not necessarily on the depth of their spirituality." He goes on to quote Martin Israel: "Psychical gifts are excellent provided they are spiritually and not egoistically directed."