Bridging Science & Spirit New Insights from 1 000 Remote Spirit Release Cases
Oct 18, 2025
The Research Project
Between 2011 and 2021, Dr. Terence Palmer PhD collaborated with psychic surgeon Andy Porter and a select group of spiritual mediums, including psychic surgeon & SRA co-founder Jonno Webster, to document over 1,000 live client cases using the Remote Spirit Release (RSR) protocol. Their work produced compelling evidence for measurable shifts in energetic fields, consciousness, and symptomology following structured spirit‐clearing interventions.
The Research Objective
Though spirit release practitioners (often called Spiritists) have long applied methods such as dis-obsession to cases of mental illness, including individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia, this approach had never been subjected to rigorous empirical testing. The aim of this project was to evaluate, for the first time under controlled conditions, the efficacy of the RSR technique in supporting mental and emotional well-being.
How the Pilot Began
In 2018, the pilot phase was initiated in response to requests from families whose loved ones were diagnosed with psychosis and were not responding to conventional medical or psychiatric treatments. In many of these cases, Dr Palmer’s team discovered that patients were being influenced by earth-bound spirits of the deceased who had attached themselves to vulnerable hosts. In sessions where those attachments were released, auditory hallucinations ceased, and many clients showed recovery from psychosis.
Key Findings: Patterns of Energetic Imbalance
Global Reach & Demographics
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North America (48 %) and the UK (31 %) comprised nearly 80 % of the cases; Europe, Asia and Australasia represented smaller yet growing proportions.
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The majority of participants were aged 31-60, a stage associated with deeper spiritual seeking and self-reflection.
Causes of Energetic Interference
Among the primary identified causes were: childhood trauma (~17 %), curse or black magic (~16 %), chemical influences (~10 %), negative emotions, spirit sensitivity and past life issues (6–7 % each). These findings reinforce the interconnectedness of psychological, emotional and energetic factors.
Grounding, Sovereignty & the Inner Etheric
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Only 10 % of clients demonstrated full, stable grounding; 90 % showed partial or absent grounding.
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Just 28 % of cases showed full energetic sovereignty, leaving 72 % vulnerable to external interference.
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A striking 85 % of cases involved one or more earth-bound spirit attachments.
What This Means for Healing & Practice
The data suggests that for many individuals seeking spirit release support:
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Energetic clearing must be paired with psychological/therapeutic work.
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Grounding and sovereignty restoration are not optional, they are foundational.
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The global presence of RSR work points to the need for culturally and linguistically sensitive practitioner training.
Dr Palmer put it succinctly:
“No therapy or medical intervention for mental, emotional or behavioural problems will ever succeed if negative spirit entities have infected the etheric (spirit) body.”
Why This Research Matters
This body of work offers a bridge between ancient wisdom, mediumistic practice and modern consciousness science. For therapists, healers, and mental-health professionals, it provides an empirical basis to explore the subtle dimension of healing: the part of human suffering that is energetic, consciousness-based, and often unseen.
Join the Movement
At SRA, we are building the next generation of practitioners skilled in Spirit-Guided Remote Spirit Release (SGRSR), our trademarked training protocol developed by Andy Porter and Jonno Webster. Whether you’re a holistic practitioner, hypnotherapist, Reiki master, or life coach, our internationally recognised academy equips you to work ethically, safely, and effectively in the frontier field of spirit release therapy.