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Mediumship
To begin the article on mediums I would like to discuss the advantages
of having a medium on the Pennsylvania Ghost & Paranormal Research
Team. Dave Eberhart (Lead Investigator), and typing this article, is
our team's medium. With the advantage of having scientific equipment,
the assistance of mental abilities can be very beneficial. I use my
abilities to see, sense, hear, and count the spirits around. When my
senses arise, I take a picture with the digital camera, or have another
investigator check out the area. I have been a medium for about 12
years now, and have enjoyed the experience every day. I am classified
as a Physical and Mental Medium, which I will explain through out the
article.
Mental Mediums are very typical in the world of mediumship; every human
being possesses the capability of being one. It is broken down into
three different categories, clairvoyance, clairaudience, and
clairsentience; clairsentience being the most common among
people.
Clairvoyants are defined as mediums that can see through their mental
eyes, or in front of them clearly. Through my experience I have seen
manifestations through my mental eyes and in physical life. If you
experience the paranormal in your mind, then it is as if you were
watching a movie or TV show. You see memories that you have never
encountered before; a story begins to play with people you don't
recognize. Then you see, from beginning to end, what the spirit's
message is. The message is typically what they want, and how they died.
If you you encounter an apparition in front of you, then the story does
not play. You see the spirit, but only their appearance. At times they
can be detailed, or a vague picture.
Clairaudience is an audio sensory that focuses on hearing a spirit talk
in your mind. It can vary from hearing voices, songs, humming, or
arguing, depending on the environment. Clairaudiences will either hear
the spirits either in the mind or outside, actually hearing the EVP. A
perfect example would be the EVP we captured with the Lost Cox Children
Memorial. If you listen to the flashlight piece you will understand
because I heard the boys saying it to me directly before I said it.
Clairsentience is the sense of having the hair on the back of your neck
raised when you become afraid. This form of mediumship consists of
feeling cold, a slight breeze coming through you, or feeling as if a
cobweb brushed against your skin. The issue I experience is not only
having the feeling of coldness, but I seem to have the emotions of the
spirits transition into my body.
Physical Mediumship is more advanced is uncommon amongst most people;
It actually dates back to the Victorian age. Physical mediums have the
ability to maintain transfigurations, trances, possessions, and can
allow non-mediums to communicate to the paranormal.
Transfiguration is a process where the medium's face configures into an
image of the spirit's face. I have experienced transfiguration on a few
occasions, but it is an interesting experience. From what I am told, my
face has completely changed into that apparitions face for a few
seconds. It occurred immediately after I saw the apparition in front of
me on each occasion.
Trances can be more complicated, and at times
lead into an unwilling possession. Click on
POSSESSION
to read about it more. The expression falling into a trance means going
into the spirit's memories. When I fall into a trance I can see what
the spirit saw when they were living, until they died. The entire area
transforms into what it was back when the spirit was living. A good
example would be the train cars at the railroaders museum. I touched
one of the counter tops inside the dinning car and it lit up. I could
see for a short time what it looked like when it was running. Skeptics
say that the images are hallucinations that form because we want them
to; that our imagination create these "memories". I have done a lot of
research on the fact, but depending on the spiritual beliefs of a
person the truth will probably never be truly uncovered. At times
trances can lead into a spirit attempting to overtake your body; not
every spirit is friendly.
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final ability of a physical medium is allowing a spirit to communicate
through taps and clicks in the environment. The medium communicates
with the spirit after being in a trance, and asks the spirit to
communicate to the others in the room. Doing this process however, is
complicated and requires a lot of experience and energy.
Overall having mediumship is a wonderful gift, and with out it our team
would have more difficulty finding local spirits. Our equipment is
valuable to us, and is used during every opportunity. Using me as the
medium is beneficial to our team because I can point out where to put
the various equipment, and we have the benefit of communicating with the
spirits since they can see me.
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