Psychics Mediums

The mediums have been known by various names such as oracles, soothsayers, sorcerers, witches, healers, bonesetter, shamans, visionaries, mystics, priests, water-diviners, prophets an channel.

Medium ship may correspond to the two major categories: physical and mental. In the mental, the medium is communicated through the inner vision, and the automatic writing and speaking. The medium ship physical features touches, apparitions, Leviticus and moving objects and other paranormal phenomena. The two categories of mediums communicate with spirits through one or more entities called "controls" (or spirit guides), which generally remain constant with the medium. The psychics prevail between the theory that the spirits are no external controls, but secondary aspects of the personality of the medium can be seen. However, believers accept the existence of spirits.

The gift of medium ship manifested at an early age, when the child perceives the hidden world. Especially in the West, this capacity can be suppressed by the adults who maintain in a bad attitude. But medium ship can occur at any age and may be triggered by a trauma as a blow to the head by an intense emotional experience, an experience on the verge of death or a deep pain. In the contemporary West medium ships is the hallmark of spiritualism, and basically communicate with the dead. Prior to the development of spiritualism, in the nineteenth century, mesmerism had discovered that some subjects to be "magnetized" or hypnotized, seemed to fall under the control of the spirits and communicate messages from the beyond. "

As the spreading spiritualism, began to attract medium ship mainly housewives, not necessarily because women have a predisposition towards medium ship, but the relief was narrow in its stock. The medium ship attracted attention to these women and, most importantly, he gave freedom to travel both to the scandalous behavior "caused" by the spirits. From 50 to 70 years of last century, a period of peak of spiritualism, housewives began organizing afternoon tea sessions with her friends.

The attendees, in turn, discovered his alleged talents of mediums. In fact, medium ship seemed hereditary thing, because in many families all the women seemed to share the gift. Due to criticism of the press against corrupt their femininity mediums such practices, many of them avoided publicity and conformed to the small social pastime that meant. Others, however, were professionals, advertising and charging for their actions. Mediums, who began giving lectures in various institutions and surprise and delight audiences with the histrionics of their voices deep trance state, have always been mostly women. Cora Richmond, famous in both sides of the Atlantic, dictated "conference in a trance." The audience would select a jury (usually comprised of men) chose the theme of the lecture, mostly on science or on any topic "masculine." Mrs Richmond then fell into a trance and immediately announces a conference on "spiritual" on the topic. The audience was always impressed, but skeptics argued that she was monotonous and predictable.

Other women were more spectacular mediums, claiming to be possessed by spirits of men that the "forced" to blaspheme and to speak drinking whiskey bottle.

The spiritualist medium ship also took his side of sexual liberation. Mediums and customers alike enjoy the physical contact to touch the hands, knees, legs and feet, and kissing and caressing the embodiments "spiritual."

Some mediums began dating at the suggestion of their spirits. Which gave birth to illegitimate children sometimes told that their children were 'baby spirits', a result of rigging with their controls. Others said that their checks were ordered to divorce, and advise other women to do the same.

Despite the fame, reputation and freedom, seldom led to the medium ship wealth. Women mediums complained bitterly of their low income. Ostracism was another of the risks. Despite the adulation of his clients, many women that become mediums were rejected by family and friends who did not approve their behavior.

The medium ships, especially physics, were accused of fraud in the early days of spiritualism. The competition has led some to use the mediums of magic tricks to produce special effects. Many said that materializing spirit mediums were caught in flagrante impersonate themselves to the spirits, wrapped in gauze wandering the dark rooms for meetings. Some of mediums complained that the expectations of the public had forced them to cheat. Most of the spiritualist medium ship is practiced today. However, frauds do not explain all phenomena related to medium ship.

Some theories have argued that medium ship is a form of mental imbalance, because similar phenomena occurs schizophrenia: altered states of consciousness, visions, voices and the temporary possession of the patient by a spiritual entity or personality. Many prominent mediums were observed and interviewed by psychiatrists and psychologists. However, mediums lead a normal life and learn to control their states of trance, while the schizophrenics do not have control over the voices, visions and people.

From the late nineteenth century, the psychology of the paranormal researchers began to study the mediums. And while some mediums were impressive, the investigation has not yielded definitive results. The scientific interest in mediums declined from the second half of this century, as researchers moved their interest to other areas.