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Monash Spiritual Centre (MSC) was founded during 1976 by Valerie Pearson, an accomplished clairvoyant and trance medium. From it's beginnings as a private discussion group in a suburban lounge room, numbers quickly grew because of Valerie's reputation for a "no nonsense" approach to Spiritualism, her sound spiritual teachings and outstanding mediumship.

In no time meetings moved out of the lounge room and into a converted garage which became MSC's home for the next 10 years. Although the "venue" was small and had a maximum capacity of approx 70 people, it soon it gained a reputation as one of the most popular Spiritualist centres in Melbourne (Victoria Australia)at that time. Meetings and discussion groups regularly overflowed with members and guests eagre to learn and experience Spiritualism in it's truest form.

During the 1990's Valerie and family had to move to another location and found it was not possible to continue holding the meetings "on-site", so another venue was hired for this purpose in Hughesdale.

With hall hire and public liability costs blowing out during the late 1990's, it became unviable to continue holding open meetings and events, so it was decided to scale back operations for the time being.

Today Monash Spiritual Centre Incruns a small number of "closed" groups and Valerie makes a limited number of public speaking appearences at other centres and churches each year.

Just as it was when first formed, MSC is still made up of, and supported by, a fairly diverse group "ordinary" people from all types of backgrounds, nationalities, religions and professions. Their common link remains a belief in the spiritual aspects of life which are based around the Spiritualist philosophy.

The aim of MSC is to provide a means so you can learn about Spiritualism and your real self in an open and friendly environment.

Whilst the emphasis is on promoting the Spiritualist philosophy based around the 7 Principles of Spiritualism this does not mean discussions are limited to this alone. Discussions often include matters relating to issues in the media, personal experiences, other philosophies and religions, scientific matters, popular new age interests or books etc.