Physical mediumship

 Physical mediumship should only be practiced in properly controlled environments with the correct supervision and safeguards in place to ensure the safety of the medium.

Spiritualist Churches rose up out of events that happened in America at a place called Hydesville.  For those who are not familiar with the story, the Fox sisters heard knocking or rapping noises in their family home. 

Eventually they managed to figure out that the noises were being made by an unseen being or as we now know a spirit being.  They managed to communicate with the being through asking questions, with the being answering through rapping a response for Yes or No.

  This is also a Physical phenomenon and is just one of many ways of spirit communicating through physical means. Physical mediumship usually takes more time and patience to practice. 

The conditions have to be right for spirit to appear in whatever form.  The energy used by spirit is a lot greater in this form of communication than with mental mediumship.  In most cases a medium goes into deep trance (there are different levels of trance) for the spirit to work through them. 

The spirit will use the mediums body, and I will stress here that the medium is not possessed by the spirit and should be in control at all times, the medium's spirit just steps to one side while the spirit uses part of their body to communicate. 

This can be through voice with the spirit using the vocal chords of the medium to "talk" to whoever is present, or to produce ectoplasm from various parts of the mediums body.

Materialisation.

Materialisation can also occur where the spirit can be seen, and sometimes touched, by those present.  This type of communication is very rare and should not be confused with ghosts or apparitions, as the spirit will use the energy built up in the room by those present to "appear".

I have talked about the conditions being right for physical Mediumship to happen, this means having in place safeguards in the form of other mediums to ensure that the session is controlled correctly and safely.  Usually a group of people will gather at the same place and the same time over a period of weeks, in order to build up the energies in that place, and create the right atmosphere for the physical phenomena to occur. 

This might mean using a red light, this is in the belief that bright light of the normal electric kind can be detrimental fo rthe purpose. Ther are exceptions to this that I have seen in teaching seminars.

Here are some other types of physical Mediumship.

Transfiguration. 

Here the face of a spirit person can be seen as forming over the mediums face.  The correct use of lighting is necessary as shadows can appear making people think they have seen someone that really isn't there.  I have witnessed, and also been used as the medium for this phenomena. 

The faces can be very clear at times, with the mediums face completely disappearing.

I have seen very clear demonstrations of my own family and friends at a meeting that was very well organised in Leeds some years ago, the hall was darkened and the mediums assistant spoke clearly describing which face was appearing each time, and as the face changed and she asked for anyone to just acknowledge quietly if it was recognised, which was done by each person in turn.

But also I have seen a demonstration that was far from evidential in that the medium 'fed' off the energy and loud noise generated by the audience, who were encouraged to shout out loud "yes - yes". Not in my opinion what is needed for spirit to build the energies of love and enlightenment!!

Direct Voice

This can be using the actual voice box of the medium, or the artificial means of a home made 'trumpet'. This trumpet shaped object is a conical 'V'  shaped device, perhaps made of cardboard or tin. 

The trumpet is placed in the centre of the circle of people present, and when conditions are right for spirit they will  use it for communications.  The sound is created from an artificial voice box formed from ectoplasm at the narrow end of the trumpet, and the sound / voice comes from the wide end.

This phenomina has been witnessed by many people in the 'old days' when the mental mediumship we see so much of today was rare. 

Trance. 

This form of mediumship needs a special trust because it allows the spirit control to use the medium for communication in many ways.  This could mean using not only the voice box but also moving various parts of the body. 

There are various stages of trance from a slight over-shadowing, to full deep trance where the medium seems to be asleep.  It must be emphasised that whilst in any form of trance the medium has the option at all times to allow the spirit workers to act through them, or not. The advantage of this form of mediumship is that the communications are direct, i.e. without the interaction of the mediums own thoughts.

Example: Edgar Cayce - see website of that name, he was known as "The Sleeping Prophet".

Apports. 

An apport is a physical object bought through by spirit usually to the group of people sitting for communications in that way.  I say usually because I have heard from other people of objects being bought through to individuals not necessarily communicating with spirit for that purpose. 

The objects can be almost anything from flowers, books, jewellery and even money usually coins (usually small denomination values, remember financial wealth is not important to spirit), I even read of an umbrella being deposited onto its owner’s lap, which had been left outside of the room, this in the early days where proof was not as easily aquired as it is today.

These days though people do not usually sit for the sole purpose of bringing apports through, they just happen during a séance or closed circle if the spirit wishes to do so for whatever reason.

It is most important that anyone wishing to practice any of these forms of spirit communication should contact a spiritual church, or a group that is correctly organised to carry out such phenomena.

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