Psychic mediums are those who claim to have special abilities to
communicate with spirits of the dead. They seek to prove that
that the human personality continues to exist even in the
"afterlife". Their main occupation and means of livelihood is to
help families of the deceased communicate with their loved ones
who have passed on. Mediums take their work seriously and regard
themselves as a class distinguished from fortune-tellers and
other psychics. However, there is not much evidence that these
individuals really have the power to break through to the "other
side".
The Two Forms:
According to the followers of this trade, "Psychic Mediumship"
is considered to exist in two forms – Physical and Mental.
Physical mediums conduct private séances to link spirits with
the living world by way of physical manifestations such as raps,
audible voices, body movements etc. It is also claimed that
these mediums, while performing psychic rituals, are able to
conjure materialized figures of the dead, though confirmation of
such phenomenon has never been established.
Mental mediums, on the other hand, use their minds to perform
their psychic abilities of contacting the "afterlife", which
include Clairvoyance – when they see the spirit, Clairaudience –
when they hear the spirit, and Clairsentience - when the
presence and thoughts of the spirit is sense.
Psychics and Psychic Mediums:
Though mediums are also considered to be psychics in the
sense of the term, the main difference between regular psychics
and mediums is that psychics do not claim to communicate with
spirits of the dead. They, on the other hand, perform certain
activities that involve predictions and postcognitions. For
example, while "psychic detectives" claim to help solve crimes
by employing their psychic investigative and sensing abilities
in providing information such as when, where, and how; psychic
mediums would rather try to contact the spirit of the victim, in
an effort to identify the criminal.
Famous Psychic Mediums in History:
While scientists and other skeptics discard the theory of
psychic mediumship and raise numerous questions on its
credibility, there are some people in history who, and incidents
that have continued and managed to baffle many experts and men
of science.
One of the most famous among the earliest psychic mediums is
Helen Duncan, born in 1898. Her main area was in physical
mediumship in which she held séances at home and spiritualist
churches. Duncan's rise to fame is contributed largely by her
alleged ability to conjure physical manifestations of the dead.
She was arrested a number of time for fraud, vagrancy and
conspiracy during her career. However, she continued to practice
her trace till 1944, and there are still many incidents
concerning her psychic abilities that remained unexplained till
today.
Daniel Dunglas Home, born in 1833 in Edinburgh, Scotland, is
considered to be the most remarkable psychic physical medium of
all time. He conducted several séances during his career which
lasted till 1873, in which many inexplicable events took place.
Home is best known for his alleged ability to float on air or
levitate. After conducting a series laboratory condition tests,
even the noted scientist, Sir William Crookes found Home's many
performances baffling and credited the man for being gifted.
Today, the most well-known medium has to be James Van Praagh,
who's made numerous appearances on NBC's the Other Side; been
featured on the Dateline, the Today Show, ABC's 20/20; and been
interviewed on Oprah and Larry king Live. His books such as
"Talking to Heaven and Reaching to Heaven" and "Healing Grief"
also continue to hit the bestseller lists.
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