Peres, J.F, Moreira-Almeida, A., Ciaxeta, L., Leao, F., Newberg, A. (2012). ‘Neuroimaging During Trance State: A Contribution to the Study of Dissociation.’ PLoS ONE, Vol. 7, No. 11, pp. 1-9. Others have worked over the last couple of years which I understand included a visit from David Thompson, Gordon Garforth and Jean Skinner. Minister Steven Upton has also been working towards the use of physical mediumship within healing for several years and Sharon Harvey is starting to experiment with this aspect of her mediumship at the College.” they must be filmed with infrared cameras. It would be invaluable if the AFC invested in a video system that uses multiple cameras that could be linked not only to a recording device but also to a monitor outside the seance room. Klass, M. (2003). Mind Over Mind: The Anthropology and Psychology of Spirit Possession. Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield.

More recent research has focused on the therapeutic potential of mediumship practices for the bereaved, especially in the Western context. 24 Psychoanalytic Interpretations Hodgson. R. MR SINNET’S CIRCULAR, Journal 2, 1885-6, pp. 109-113. Controversy following the author’s adverse report on Helena Blavatsky, founder of Theosophy. CORRESPONDENCE: THE ‘HODGSON REPORT’ ON MADAME BLAVATSKY, Journal 45, 1969-70, pp. 188-97. Criticisms of a parapsychologist’s support of the report. See also pp. 314-5. physical mediumship/beliefs/theosophy/magic/cheating Experiences happen whether you're under stress or not, and regardless of how many mindful solutions you try. The medium then goes into a deep trance state and begins to do readings for the group one at a time. He brings in souls that have passed on to the spiritual realm and describes them to each person along with some interesting details to validate the spiritual presence. I have sat for a large number of AFC tutors and accomplished mediums. Surely with all their years of knowledge and experience of listening to the spirit world they would know if a physical medium is genuine or not? After all, each tutor at the AFC has to be assessed, accredited and be able to demonstrate their mediumistic faculty.

Early Life and Education

At one extreme it is applied to what can loosely be described as possession, in which the individual’s normal self seems to be displaced, leaving him rapt, or paralyzed, or hysterical, or psychotic, or taken over by another personality. At the other extreme is sleep. Between the two are conditions in which consciousness is maintained, but the subliminal mind makes itself felt, as in light hypnosis or the kind of reverie in which fancy, or fantasy, breaks loose. 79

This association of spirit possession with pathology has been a persistent theme in both anthropology and psychology. 36 While it is true that in many cultures spirit possession, more specifically ‘spontaneous’ or ‘pathogenic’ possession, is associated with illness, 37 recent neurophysiological research has demonstrated distinct differences between the underlying neurological activity of individuals experiencing spirit possession as a voluntary practice, on the one hand, and epilepsy on the other. 38 Further research in this direction promises to differentiate pathological conditions from the trance states associated with spirit possession practices, 39 and may also point towards neurophysiological differences between specific forms of mediumship, 40 for example differences between psychic readings and communication with discarnate spirits. 41 Nutrient Deficiency St. Germain said, “There are very few souls in the world capable of creating visual images through thoughts. As you know, thoughts are real and there are those who will precipitate their thoughts upon a surface. This gentleman is such a person. His thought comes first and this is attached to the card as a thought form. His teachers create the colors.”

How does someone become a medium?

It has an outer plastic covering containing an insulation layer made of PVC or Teflon and 2 parallel conductors each having a separate insulated protection cover. The coaxial cable transmits information in two modes: Baseband mode(dedicated cable bandwidth) and Broadband mode(cable bandwidth is split into separate ranges). Cable TVs and analog television networks widely use Coaxial cables. Freed, S.A. & Freed, R.S. (1964). ‘Spirit Possession as Illness in a North Indian Village.’ Ethnology, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 152-171. Intriguingly, the protocol states that “night vision viewers” are required to be made available “to watch events live during the séance and so have independent witnesses acting on behalf of those present.” I asked David who would be responsible for providing this equipment and who would select the people to use it in each séance?

I recommend two books about thoughts. One is my own – Daily Wisdom from the Ascended Master Saint. Germain by Jane Halliwell Green. The other is The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel. Halloy, A. (2010). ‘Comments on “The Mind Possessed: The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition” by Emma Cohen.’ Religion and Society: Advances in Research, Vol. 1, pp. 164-176.The Medium then delivers and physically translates those messages into the physical form with words. It is clear that further research into the phenomenology and neurophysiology of trance states is required. In the context of spirit mediumship, the term ‘trance’ might best be understood as referring to the state of consciousness in which the medium’s personality is purportedly ‘dispossessed by an intruding intelligence’. 88 Conclusion: Cross-Cultural Features All clutter to be removed and as much metal as possible as this depletes the energies being used. It is known that soft furnishing used to disintegrate over time in rooms used for physical seances, thus showing that everything in the room affects the conditions. Another pathological interpretation of spirit possession that was, until relatively recently, popular in the anthropological literature is the ‘nutrient deficiency hypothesis’. This essentially suggests that instances of spirit possession, particularly in women, occur as a result of – and in response to – extended malnourishment. 42 Kehoe & Giletti write: