Journals of Clarence R. Smyth (Physical Medium)

J. Taylor Bronwyn

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The Journals of Clarence R. Smyth (Physical Medium) is the sequel to The Diaries of a Gifted Edwardian Boy and continues the story of the extraordinary Clarence R. Smyth as told in his own words and in his own interesting and amusing way. Clarence was born on the 1st of January 1900 in London, England, and showed unique psychic abilities from an early age, which caused him to be on a 'watch list' because of the accurate predictions. Kidnapped whilst in Berlin with his British diplomat father just at the outbreak of the First World War, Clarence is initially forced to use his abilities for a branch of German intelligence but is then incarcerated. After the war, thinking his family have disowned him, Clarence, who now only has German papers, decides to study art in Vienna to be with his German sweetheart, Maria, whom he eventually marries. Clarence qualifies and then works successfully as a stage designer but he is more renown as a medium, eventually travelling, doing shows of physical medium-ship. In Germany, this enables him to gather information for the allies. After a close brush with death, Clarence decides to relocate his family to Switzerland just before the outbreak of the Second World War, where he establishes 'light centres' to counteract all the evil happening around. After the war, Clarence helps to expose some perpetrators of evil working for the US Army, with his abilities. Clarence spends the 1950s in New York but becomes disillusioned with the politics of the era, so he relocates back to Zurich with his extended family but ill health eventually forces him to return to the US in his senior years, with his gifted granddaughter Sophia in tow, as she is now at risk, as he was, by this evil cabal that has always monitored and tried to control his life.

Sujets

• Historical fiction

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• Publié par: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Date de parution: 29 mars 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528956543
• Langue: English

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The Journals of Clarence R. Smyth (Physical Medium)
Bronwyn J. Taylor
Austin Macauley Publishers
2019-03-29
The Journals of Clarence R. Smyth (Physical Medium) About the Author Dedication Copyright Information Acknowledgements Author’s Note Summary Clarence 1921 1922 1924 June 1927 1928 Clarence, 1929 1930 1931 1932 1935 1936 Clarence, 1938 1941 1942 1942 April 1942 January1943 May 1943 April 1944 1945 10 December 1945 Letter to Maria. February 1946 1947 1948 June 1949 January 1950 April 1951 May 1952 January 1953 June 1954 January 1955 June 1956 January 1957 1958 September 1959 February 1960 February 1961 March 1962 Endnote
About the Author
Bronwyn J. Taylor is a New Zealander who now resides in Australia with her partner, Peter; their four children and five grandchildren all live close by. After previous careers as a graphic artist, set/costume designer and design tutor, Bronwyn, who is also a qualified counsellor, has now turned her creativity towards writing.
This is the sequel to her previous book, The Diaries of a Gifted Edwardian Boy , which was published by Austin Macauley in November 2017.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my late husband, Paul Vincent Rudling Taylor, who got me thinking outside the square; and to our son, Leighton James Taylor, who has kept me out there.
Copyright Information
Copyright © Bronwyn J. Taylor (2019)
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my partner, Peter Ginley, for supporting me with my recent writing ventures.
Author’s Note
As with the first book, The Diaries of a Gifted Edwardian Boy , this book is based on the actual diaries of a psychically gifted English boy, author unknown, who did actually see a deity on Nelson’s column and the druids at Stonehenge in England.
This sequel continues with the life story of the extraordinary Clarence Reginald Smyth, as told by him in his own journals, as to what he did and how he lived his life with these abilities as a man. As with the first book, a lot of the people and events are historically correct, except for the namesake of John Jacob Astor IV, as he was as yet unborn when his father perished on the Titanic. Of course Clarence, being born in England in 1900, lived through eventful times. He survived two world wars and witnessed other major political events and may have supposedly, even changed history himself with his amazing insight. As with the first book, some of Clarence’s psychic experiences have actually occurred with me as in the case of the Savannah ghost. But it is still a work of fiction.
There is a quote by Edgar Cayce where he is talking about the Illuminati. This is actually a recent quote from John Mackow.
Summary
The Journals of Clarence R. Smyth (Physical Medium) is a sequel to The Diaries of a Gifted Edwardian Boy which is a compilation of the diaries of Clarence Reginald Smyth – a boy with extraordinary psychic abilities.
Clarence Reginald Smyth was born in London, England, on the first of January 1900. At the age of six years old, his mother gave him his first diary; so, Clarence started recording the events in his life in his own observant and amusing way as a young boy growing up in middleclass Kensington, London, with his parents Geoffrey and Sarah Smyth, an older sister Edith and younger sister Violet, and also his father’s spinster sister, Aunt Fanny.
Clarence was a sickly boy, small for his age, with a heart murmur and a weak chest, so his mother does not let him attend school as she thinks that he would get bullied. So from aged four years, he has a tutor Mr Brown, who leaves the position after two years. Fortunately for Clarence, his father then employs a more suitable German tutor, Mr Franks, as his father is fluent in German and had spent two years there studying as a young man and subsequently has a lot of respect for the German people.
Unlike Mr Brown, Mr Franks is a retired school teacher who tries to understand his unique charge, whom he notices appears to be at odds with his family, especially his religious mother Sarah. Clarence’s Aunt Fanny has always appreciated that he is different though, and with Mr Franks as an ally, she starts sneaking him out to the Spiritualist Church. She agrees with Mr Franks that Clarence has ‘second sight’, as they have both witnessed what he can do.
Clarence befriends Sir Arthur Conan Doyle there, the famous author, who writes for the ‘Spirit’ magazine; he is a good friend to Clarence during his younger years and indeed comes to his aid when he is accused of stealing secret military designs that I will later mention.
Clarence meets a lot of interesting people in London during the period he is growing up, as his father works for the foreign office and therefore, the family are fairly well connected. And Clarence makes accurate predictions for many of them, although usually not in front of his mother. Clarence’s mother has him seen by a psychologist annually, and also has his eyes tested because of the lights (auras) he sees around people, as she finds her son most peculiar.
Clarence writes a diary each year, the ones from aged six until nine years survive as he keeps them in a safe place, mainly so his older sister Edith won’t read them. She was prone to tell tales about him to their mother and get him into trouble. Clarence writes mostly about his family life, Mr and Mrs Franks, and the goings-on with the household staff. But he does also mention some of the information that he receives psychically as he doesn’t realise at first that other people do not see and hear what he does. But, at the Spiritualist Church, at least, Clarence does find similarly gifted people.
One of Clarence’s ‘channelled’ statements that he discloses at the Spiritualist Church is about the ‘convenient’ passing of the Duke of Clarence, the unsuitable heir to the British throne, who died suddenly of pneumonia. This has Clarence on a ‘watch list’ by persons unknown to him but he suspects a branch of the freemasons – the one that Lord Randolph Churchill headed before he himself died, when his son Winston was twenty years old.
Clarence is a gifted medium and even at the age of nine, he is starting to get known for his accurate predictions but as ‘William Wells’, an alias, thought up by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle because his activities must be kept secret from his family, especially his mother, which at times wasn’t easy.
At the end of 1910 when Clarence is aged ten, he contracts scarlet fever and his family doctor supposedly burns his diary for that year, along with all his bedding and belongings. But Clarence knows that it was in fact taken by this Dr Butcher, who is an active freemason like his father and the king were at the time. And also because of this reference in his diary to the royal family.
Clarence is watched by these ‘invisible men’, a name coined by Mr Franks. But during this time, Mr Franks always believed and supported Clarence and was his confidante.
At aged eleven, Clarence goes to boarding school in Kent with his best chum and neighbour, Henry Hargreaves. George, Henry’s much older brother, is in his last year at school there and he keeps the boys safe, especially from Clarence’s older cousin Gerald, who is one of the school bullies.
But Clarence’s adventures continue as the ‘invisible men’ who keep an eye on Clarence approach him at school and try to get the headmaster and his wife, Mr and Mrs Brownscombe, to spy on Clarence. But they are astute people, who have already discovered for themselves that Clarence is a bit unusual, and are mostly supportive of him whilst he is at their school.
During his boarding school years, Clarence continues to meet and influence people and events with his abilities which occasionally get him into some hot water, as is the case when he is twelve years old. This is when he channels current military tank and weapon designs for a school project, and has to go to the London Military headquarters with his father, a diplomat, to explain how his designs were similar to top secret plans, as his father is also under suspicion. There he meets Winston Churchill who is also a freemason and is intrigued by this young man. He suggests that he may want to join the freemasons himself one day. This is when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle came to his aid by explaining to the Military about Clarence’s extraordinary psychic abilities.
Clarence’s diplomat father Geoffrey Smyth cannot ignore Clarence’s intuition, so he decides to take him to Berlin with him in 1914, when Clarence is fourteen, under the pretence of meeting Rudolf Steiner, regarding his future education; his father feels that Steiner would help Clarence to reach his full potential with these spiritual and artistic abilities that he has. Therefore, going against the wishes of his wife, Clarence’s mother Sarah.
Clarence’s father truly believes that Germany and England are allies and will never be enemies. Unfortunately, Clarence is in Berlin on the other side of the city from his father when war is declared between England and Germany, and Clarence is kidnapped by German Intelligence because of his unique t