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A '''channel''' is one who acts as a medium for [[discarnate]] beings generally to communicate with mortals.  

 

 

 

 

 

3. A broad strait, especially one that connects two seas.

 

Did not our Master refer to his life as the pattern of union between humanity and divinity; who would not desire to link these respective 'seas' that we are?

 

 

Are we not encouraged to dig into the depth of divinity, burrow beneath the surface of a jaded consciousness and get into the 'groove' of doing the will of God, and who would not thereby delight to be an encouragement for others.

 

 

 

 

Are we not encouraged to explore new ways of thinking such that would challenge the world with the quality of our thought, and who does not delight to be a 'channel' whereby another might learn of the 'information' in this text we love?

 

 

Who when they pray does not know in faith that every sincere petition is carried aloft through appropriate 'channels' to lay our heart's desire before the one who will answer with an everlasting effect?

 

8. Electronics. A specified frequency band for the transmission and reception of electromagnetic signals, as for television signals.

 

Who among us does not look forward to and aspire to receive the reflectivity broadcasts directed by Majeston even as we look with interest to news of hope in the 'communications' of our own design?

 

9. The medium through which a spirit guide purportedly communicates with the physical world.  

 

'''Mediumship''' is a term used mostly in [[Spiritualism]] to [[denote]] the ability of a person (the '''medium''') to produce [[psychic]] phenomena of a mental or physical nature.  The term is usually used to denote a person who is thought to be able to facilitate communication with [[soul|spirit]]s of the deceased, either by going into a trance and allowing a spirit to use their body, or by using [[extrasensory perception]] to relay messages from the spirits.  Some mediums (or the spirits working with them) are also said to be able to produce physical [[paranormal]] phenomena such as materilizations of spirits, [[apport]]s of objects, or [[levitation]]. 'Skeptic'[http://skepdic.com/medium.html] Skepdic's Dictionary by Robert Todd Carroll, on Mediums Retrieved March 23, 2007 "In spiritualism, a medium is one with whom spirits communicate directly." [http://parapsych.org/historical_terms.html] Parapsychological Association website. ''Glossary of Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology'']. "Materialization: A phenomenon of physical mediumship in which living entities or inanimate objects are caused to take form, sometimes from ectoplasm." Retrieved [[January 24]], [[2006]].[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/medium]

'''Mediumship''' is a term used mostly in [[Spiritualism]] to [[denote]] the ability of a person (the '''medium''') to produce [[psychic]] phenomena of a mental or physical nature.  The term is usually used to denote a person who is thought to be able to facilitate communication with [[soul|spirit]]s of the deceased, either by going into a trance and allowing a spirit to use their body, or by using [[extrasensory perception]] to relay messages from the spirits.  Some mediums (or the spirits working with them) are also said to be able to produce physical [[paranormal]] phenomena such as materilizations of spirits, [[apport]]s of objects, or [[levitation]]. 'Skeptic'[http://skepdic.com/medium.html] Skepdic's Dictionary by Robert Todd Carroll, on Mediums Retrieved March 23, 2007 "In spiritualism, a medium is one with whom spirits communicate directly." [http://parapsych.org/historical_terms.html] Parapsychological Association website. ''Glossary of Key Words Frequently Used in Parapsychology'']. "Materialization: A phenomenon of physical mediumship in which living entities or inanimate objects are caused to take form, sometimes from ectoplasm." Retrieved [[January 24]], [[2006]].[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/medium]

Skeptics say the phenomena of mediumship are the result of self-[[delusion]], unconscious influence, or of [[Magic (illusion)| magician's]] techniques such as [[cold reading]], [[hot reading]], and [[conjuring]].<ref name='Skepdic'[http://skepdic.com/medium.html] ''Skeptic's Dictionary'' by Robert Todd Carroll, on Mediums]. Retrieved [[March 23]], [[2007]] "In spiritualism, a medium is one with whom spirits communicate directly."

Skeptics say the phenomena of mediumship are the result of self-[[delusion]], unconscious influence, or of [[Magic (illusion)| magician's]] techniques such as [[cold reading]], [[hot reading]], and [[conjuring]].<ref name='Skepdic'[http://skepdic.com/medium.html] ''Skeptic's Dictionary'' by Robert Todd Carroll, on Mediums]. Retrieved [[March 23]], [[2007]] "In spiritualism, a medium is one with whom spirits communicate directly."

==History of mediumship==

===History of mediumship===

Mediumship was described in modern scientific terms by [[Allan Kardec]], who coined the word [[spiritism]], ''ca.'' 1860 ''"spiritism is not a religion but a science"'', by the famous French astronomer Camille Flammarion in Allan Kardec's eulogy on April 2, 1869, in "Death and Its Mystery - After Death. Manifestations and Apparitions of the Dead; The Soul After Death" Translated by Latrobe Carroll (1923, T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. London: Adelphi Terrace.), online version at [http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/articles/flammarion/manifestations.htm] Allan Kardec eulogy]. Spiritualism in the United States dates from the activities of the [[Fox sisters]] in 1848. Some mediums acknowledged by the [[Spiritualist Church]] today include [[Andrew Jackson Davis]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. In Britain, the [[Society for Psychical Research]] has carried on investigations of some phenomena, mainly in connection with [[telepathy]] and [[apparition]]s.The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, [http://www.bartleby.com/65/sp/spiritis.html "Spiritism"]

Mediumship was described in modern scientific terms by [[Allan Kardec]], who coined the word [[spiritism]], ''ca.'' 1860 ''"spiritism is not a religion but a science"'', by the famous French astronomer Camille Flammarion in Allan Kardec's eulogy on April 2, 1869, in "Death and Its Mystery - After Death. Manifestations and Apparitions of the Dead; The Soul After Death" Translated by Latrobe Carroll (1923, T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. London: Adelphi Terrace.), online version at [http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/articles/flammarion/manifestations.htm] Allan Kardec eulogy]. Spiritualism in the United States dates from the activities of the [[Fox sisters]] in 1848. Some mediums acknowledged by the [[Spiritualist Church]] today include [[Andrew Jackson Davis]] and [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]]. In Britain, the [[Society for Psychical Research]] has carried on investigations of some phenomena, mainly in connection with [[telepathy]] and [[apparition]]s.The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, [http://www.bartleby.com/65/sp/spiritis.html "Spiritism"]

==Types of mediumship==

===Types of mediumship===

There are several distinct types of mediumship.  ''Mental mediumship'' is defined as communication of spirits with a medium by [[telepathy]] having received the communication, the medium then passes on the information.  ''Trance mediumship'' is defined as a spirit taking over the body of the medium, sometimes to such a degree that the medium is unconscious.  ''Physical mediumship'' is defined as manipulation of energies and energy systems by spirits, using the energy or ''[[Ectoplasm (paranormal)|ectoplasm]]'' released by a medium .Somerlott, Robert, ''Here, Mr. Splitfoot''. Viking, 1971.

There are several distinct types of mediumship.  ''Mental mediumship'' is defined as communication of spirits with a medium by [[telepathy]] having received the communication, the medium then passes on the information.  ''Trance mediumship'' is defined as a spirit taking over the body of the medium, sometimes to such a degree that the medium is unconscious.  ''Physical mediumship'' is defined as manipulation of energies and energy systems by spirits, using the energy or ''[[Ectoplasm (paranormal)|ectoplasm]]'' released by a medium .Somerlott, Robert, ''Here, Mr. Splitfoot''. Viking, 1971.

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