Mediumship

The art and practise of ostensibly mediating contact between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings is referred to as mediumship. Mediums may work with familiar spirits or spirits of the dead. Mediums, or "spirit mediums," are the common terms used to refer to those who engage in this practise. There are many distinct practises that fall under the category of mediumship or spirit channelling. Some of these practises include séance tables, trance, and the use of a ouija board.

Despite the lack of any objective evidence to support its existence, there is a great prevalence of belief in the existence of psychic abilities. The claims of mediumship have been investigated by researchers from the scientific community in an effort to determine whether or not they are credible. The British Psychological Society carried out an experiment, the results of which led them to the conclusion that the people who participated in the test had no mediumistic capacity.

When ouija boards were being employed as a kind of entertainment in the nineteenth century, mediumship began to rise in popularity as a result. Investigations conducted during this time period uncovered widespread fraud, with some practitioners utilising tactics utilised by stage magicians; thus, the profession started to lose its reputation. Cases of deceit and trickery are continuously being uncovered in the medium or psychic sector, despite the fact that fraud is still rampant in these fields.

There are many distinct types of mediumship that have been reported. Two of the most common types include a spirit supposedly taking control of a medium's voice and utilising it to send a message, or where the medium just "hears" the message and passes it on. Other manifestations include the materialisation of the spirit, the manifestation of a voice, or the activity of telekinetic beings.

The ceremony is connected to a variety of religious and spiritual belief systems, including Shamanism, Vodun, Spiritualism, Spiritism, Candomblé, Voodoo, Umbanda, and various New Age organisations.