Mediumship Online Encyclopedia Briticannica, “Medium”” is one of the phenomena under Parapsychology that involves communication between a human instrument, known as a Medium or Channel, and one or more discarnate, spirit personalities (the communicator). First Spiritual Temple, “What is Mediumship”

Types of mediumship

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Mediumship defines two distinct types of phenomena that can occur through mediums, the first is communication, known as “mental mediumship", and the second is manipulation of energies and energy systems, known as "physical mediumship".

A spirit who communicates with a medium, either verbally or visually, is known as a spirit communicator. A spirit who uses a medium to manipulate energy or energy systems is called a spirit operator. A spirit operator can, and often does communicate.

Mental mediumship, is communication, via the varied aspects of thought transference, or mental telepathy. Mental mediumship takes place within the consciousness of the medium. The results are expressed verbally and must pass through the medium's mouth. Because of its telepathic nature, mental mediumship is sometimes referred to as telepathic mediumship.

In mental mediumship, it is the medium who hears, sees, and feels what the spirit communicators are relating. It is the medium's function to relate the information, with minimum personal influence and prejudice, to the recipient of the message, also known as the sitter. The medium receives this information under various states of control.

Physical mediumship involves the manipulation and transformation of physical systems and energies. The spirit operators, in this case, are causing something to happen upon the Earth plane. What it is that actually happens varies with the style of mediumship involved, but the results can be seen and heard by others.

Communication from the spirit world manifests itself in Mental phenomena (e.g., telepathy, clairvoyance, trance speaking, and apparitions) and in physical phenomena (e.g., levitation, automatic writing, and poltergeist and ectoplasmic activities).

Mental mediumship

Mental Mediumship has several different aspects, such as Clairvoyance, Clairaudience and Clairsentience. Spiritlincs, “Mediumship”

Clairvoyance or "Clear Seeing", is the gift of seeing objects, animals or people in the mind’s eye, in fact anything that others cannot see. For some, this is their normal vision state; others have to adjust their mind with training in meditation alongside Spirit helpers to pick it up. Some Mediums Clairvoyant see a Spirit form in the flesh so to speak, as though the person is real, seeing the vibration of the bodily form here on the earth plane beside others perhaps beside themselves, Some Mediums see the Spirit form in their head eye, also they can see things as a movie or a television programme, some just get a still form like a photograph in their mind,

Clairaudience or "Clear Hearing", is the gift of hearing Spirit voices from the Spirit World, which are not audible to other people who are even next to the Medium who is hearing the Spirit World. Some Mediums hear as though they are listening to a person talking to them on the outside of their head, it is as though the Spirit is next to or near to the Medium, and other Mediums hear the voices within their head/mind as a thought verbalisation of a thought.

Clairsentience or "Clear Sensing", is the gift of extra feeling, or having an impression of what is being given by the Angels in Spirit, it is received by the Medium from the higher vibrational plane of Spirit. Quite a lot of people throughout the world have this gift but we do not call them Mediums, nor do they wish to become Mediums, they are generally just called sensitives or extra sensitive people.

Clairsentinence or "Clear Feeling"', this is a gift where the Medium, giving proof of the existence of life continuing, can take on the ailments of the person who is now in the World of Spirit, feeling the same problem of that person they had whilst they were here on the earth plane. If they had pains in their joints when they were on this side of the veil the Medium will feel it. As they will if the link in Spirit suffered with heart problems, cancer, stomach problems, loss of a limb, tumour on the brain. These feeling go when the Medium acknowledges the Spirit being there.

Clairalience or "Clear Smelling", A lot of sensitive people can smell the odour of the person who is not on the earth plane. They can sometimes smell their pipe tobacco, cigarette tobacco, food smells, different spices as though they are coming from a kitchen. Some Mediums can smell the places where the deceased person worked like a chemical factory, the docks, the places to be reminded of for the recipient of a message off the platform in the church or meeting place or in a development Circle.

Clairgustance or "Clear Tasting", this is where the Medium can taste the foods, liquid and anything that goes into the mouth of the deceased person, it is tasted by the Medium. This is given by those in Spirit to confirm it is the correct person being contacted. Taste within the mouth can at times be strong as though the medium/sensitive has taken it in their mouth this is “objective” clear tasting. “Subjectively” is when it is put as a thought in the mind.

Claircognizant or "Clear Knowing", is the gift of knowing a message is correct or something about a person or situation is correct without getting a clairvoyant, clairaudient, or clairsentient message from Spirit, it is when you just know. It is more than a clairsentient feeling. A feeling of clear certainty.

Clairdelusion Here is one of the most commonly used Clairs, it is when a so called Medium uses the figments of their imagination, they fantasise, they create their own thoughts into the words that they think the recipient wants to hear. This person is a charlatan, one that fantasies, hallucinates, invents and creates stories within their own mind for others to hear. They have a false opinion, a false belief of their gifts. These Delusionists deceive themselves and raise the hopes of others vainly fooling them as it all becomes one great big lie, which they become to believe them selves. Many is the time these people do not realise they are doing it, they are so into their own way of doing things. These people very rarely putting time aside to link with the Spirit World.

Training to be a clairvoyant Medium, a Healing, Mental, or Physical Medium a person should sit in a Development Circle with people who know what they are doing. If done on your own it is best to find a quiet place where you are not likely to be disturbed, lot of people find it is best when sitting in subdued lighting, many preferring a red light close your eyes say a sincere prayer to the people across the veil in the higher vibration level, who you believe are going to help you, ask for the help from the highest. Then with eyes closed look into your third eye and sit quietly for up to two hours. This has to be done regularly at a set time. When finished, say another prayer and make arrangements for the next sitting. The key word is sincerity.

Physical mediumship

physical phenomena (e.g., levitation, automatic writing, and poltergeist and ectoplasmic activities). Ectoplasm is the mysterious visible substance in which the forces of the “other world” materialize. Closely related to the concept of the ectoplasm is the aura, a colored emanation that supposedly surrounds all individuals and that can be perceived by the medium. By noting variations in the hues of a person’s aura, the medium is able to describe his personality, needs, and illnesses. The shriveling of the aura is considered a sign of an impending death. In what is known as solar plexus voice mediumship, a spirit appears to speak through a medium’s body.

History of mediumship

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Modern spiritism in the United States dates from the activities of the Fox sisters in 1848. Such notable figures as Andrew Jackson Davis, Daniel Dunglas Home, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, and Arthur Conan Doyle later became widely known spiritualists. The Society for Psychical Research has carried on investigations with some phenomena, mainly in connection with telepathy and apparitions, in hopes of finding scientific explanations for various spiritualistic occurrences The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, "Spiritism"

Fraud in mediumship

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In 1908, the Society for Psychical Research appointed a committee of three to examine Eusapia Palladino in Naples. This committee consisted of Mr. Hereward Carrington, investigator for the American Society for Psychical Research and an amateur conjurer; Mr. W. W. Baggally, also an investigator and amateur conjurer of much experience; and the Hon. Everard Feilding, who had had an extensive training as investigator and "a fairly complete education at the hands of fraudulent mediums."

The subject of physical mediumship is well summed up by this investigating committee in the following words: "It is understating the case to say that the vast majority of these modern wizards and witches are the merest charlatans - sometimes, indeed, using mechanical and scientific apparatus of extreme ingenuity, but as a rule relying merely on the simplest devices, with an insolent confidence in the avid simplicity of their dupes. Yet every now and then a personality arises whose claims to something beyond such manifest imposture it has seemed impossible to dismiss thus curtly". G. N. M. Tyrrell, Society for Psychical Research "Physical Mediumship: Is there Anything Besides Fraud in the Physical Séance Room?"

See also

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• Spiritualism

References

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Further reading

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• Meditation Oneness, by D R T Keeghan. a very detailed book on Spiritualism.

Paranormal phenomena