The Three Types Of Mediumship

Before I start a reading for a new Client (also referred to as a Sitter or Recipient), I will often ask if they have had a reading by a Medium ever before. If their answer is yes, I explain the type of Mediumship that I practice, which is known as Evidential or Mental Mediumship. In this post, I will outline and explain the different types of Mediumship practices and what they entail. This post represents my understanding of the different types of Mediumship based on my personal experiences with each.

Evidential or Mental Mediumship - This is the type Mediumship that I practice, which is done either in a private reading with one Sitter or in a demonstration with multiple Recipients. This is where the Medium is communicating with a Loved One (also known as a Soul Communicator) who has passed that is associated with the Sitter by connecting and merging with them through a heightened level of consciousness and awareness of the Spirit World. More than one Soul Communicator can come forward during a private reading, and during a demonstration, while not all Recipients will receive message from their Loved Ones, but many will. In either case, these messages will almost always provide detailed information regarding the Soul Communicators which can include personality traits, manner of passing and/or illness or condition leading up to passing, hobbies and passions, professions and memories of events that directly relate to the Sitter or Recipients.

During a reading, the Evidential or Mental Medium is fully alert and aware of what is happening, and will endeavor to channel the information and details given by the Soul Communicator without allowing the filter of their mind (e.g. opinions, thoughts, or beliefs) to interfere with said information. The Evidential or Mental Medium may experience images (Clairvoyance), tastes (Clairgustance), smells (Clairaliance), sounds (Clairaudience) and physical sensations (Clairsentience) during a reading, and will use all of these senses to communicate information while remaining mentally alert and present the whole time.

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Trance Mediumship - Also performed in private readings as well as group demonstrations, this is a practice where the Medium, through deep meditation, has reached a trance or altered state of consciousness. Although the Trance Medium has complete control of the depth of the trance or altered state, in this practice of Mediumship, the Spirit World captures the consciousness of the Medium and causes it to step aside, so the Medium can experience limited awareness of what is happening during a session. During a Trance Mediumship session, experiences of the Sitter or Participants can include hearing the Trance Medium speak in a voice that is not their own, or move about and behave in a way that is not customary to the Medium. It is in this way that the Trance Medium can communicate with the Spirit World to bring forth messages to the Recipients from Soul Communicators as well as messages of love, light, compassion and hope from their Spirit Guides of the Trance Medium as well, otherwise known as Soul Inspirers.

My own experience of Trance Mediumship occurred in my early days of practice when I entered an altered state during a reading unintentionally, and was not aware of anything that I said or did during the reading until the trance state lifted.

Physical Mediumship - Utilized in private and group readings, the Physical Medium, through meditation and opening of consciousness, allow themselves to be embodied by the Soul Communicator(s) to open a channel for communication of information. While the Physical Medium is aware of the happenings during the reading, they may exhibit a change in voice and behavior, and may experience physical pain or sensations as a direct result of their allowing themselves to be inhabited by a Soul Communicator. During these types of sessions, the Physical Medium is still aware of what is happening, but often does not have the ability to control or end the session until the Soul Communicator is finished providing its information.

My experience of Physical Mediumship occurred twice but not during sessions. These occurrences came about some years ago as a result of my being in a depressive and emotionally weakened state during two separate periods in my life and out of the blue, consisted of me speaking (and in one case, screaming and wailing) in other voices not my own, moving and behaving in ways not customary to my personality and appearing as a different person when looking in a mirror. During both of these experiences I was fully aware that I had been inhabited or embodied by a Soul outside of my own. Both of these occurrences were witnessed by my husband, who luckily for me, has a greater understanding of these things than most people and helped me to recover. When I refer to these experiences, I often say that I was "jumped" by Soul Communicators against my will. In my continued training as a Medium, I have learned to protect myself from these situations and have not experienced them since.

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Thank you for reading and until next time, as always, many blessings.