By David Stevens


These are individuals who act as a channel between the spiritual realm and the human world. The practice dates back into history having a popularity spike in the 19th century followed by its popularity downfall in the same century. As it is, science disputes claims of reaching out and talking to the dead, a phenomenon known as parapsychology. Several other critics also refute the practice of San Diego mediums as that involving only stage trickeries.

Such inquisitive research was undertaken by a psychological society in British which found negative results to their subjects portrayal of any kind of such medium-like abilities. However, cases of mediumistic activities have since been reported most common of all, cases where an entity takes over a human being and all being evident through a strange voice emanating from the victim.

The basic capability claimed by those who partake in such acts would include extracting valuable details from the dead and at the same time explaining details to the same through an established talk. Additionally they are endowed with the capability of acting as a vessel through which the dead in the form of a spirit uses to relay the needed details.

A classification of mediumship falls into two categories. Either those who use mentalism or those who tend to bring a physical manifestation of the spirit. Those who use mentalism simply listen into what the spirits are implying through an application of extrasensory perceptions. Physical manifestations would then involve a visible reaction from the spirit. The act has also been portrayed repeatedly in movies and other television shows, whether under fiction, fantasy or true story genres, it is for one to decide.

The act has a recording trailing bask into time. An example is a recording in the bible where a king named Saul seeked out such practices thereby bring back a dead Prophet Samuel with whom the King needed to have a talk over a fight that was to come. As history tells it, between the 1920s and 1930s masses related to this act.

Nonetheless, several individuals who accredited particular attained abilities to this practice were uncovered as frauds. Such was a case of a medium named Colin Evans who alleged a capability to drift in the air, attained from his engaging in such acts. Apace with the fraudulent published adventures of such individuals, more interesting written first hand experiences with the spiritual realm from individuals as Dorreen Philips in 1950s were similarly published.

Christianity stands against the practice clearly advising against it in its scriptures. A verse, Leviticus 19:31 states that mediumship and spiritualism should not be sought for whatever the case. To this date, it continuous to survive, with the incorporation of information technology where one in need of such services can simply get them online; some sites claim to offer genuine services from those conforming to such practices.

From individuals as Chip Coffey, Allison Dubois and other, this practice keeps going through the 21st century with sophistication as the only difference. However, the controversy in its actual existence, and its overall explanation seems to be a looming subject that has not had a once and for all solution.




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