Spirit Communication Through the Psychic Senses

Because spirits seem to exist in a different plane of being than our own, it makes sense that their messages might not come through the regular channels. It's not like spirits can pick up a phone, although Thomas Edison famously attempted to create one at the age of seventy-three. Natural Mediums in particular tend to incorporate both the five primary senses and the psychic senses. Again, not all psychics are mediums, but all mediums are psychics. Many people will discount psychic impressions because they are either skeptical of their existence or simply don't believe they have that ability. While it is true that some people are more sensitive to the unseen, the reality is that everyone ...

Spirit Communication: Get Outside Your Comfort Zone

When we first become interested in the spirit world, we tend to predominantly fall into one of a few broad categories: Survivors of grief and loss: We have experienced the loss of someone we love and are searching for confirmation that their spirits survived the death of their physical body Paranormal enthusiasts: We are particularly interested in experiences that can be perceived with the five primary senses, especially if they can be recorded, documented, and verified in some capacity Natural mediums: We couldn't avoid the presence of spirits if we tried and may feel overwhelmed by the intensity of what we experience Magical explorers: We are interested in working with spirits as ...

Six Ways Victorian Séances Were Not Like the Movies

If you watch a lot of supernatural horror or read many gothic novels, you've probably encountered your fair share of séance scenes. In modern stories about supernatural terrors or paranormal adventures, a scene with a séance often marks a crucial turning point in the narrative. The séance might result in a terrifying possession, reveal a long-held secret, or unleash an undead evil into the realm of the living. We inherited séances from the Victorians, who, despite their reputation for rigidity and prudishness, also had a voracious appetite for melodrama, mysticism, and the gothic. The Victorians founded modern spiritualism, collected reports of ...

Hold a Traditional Spirit Circle

For readers who want to conduct an experiment in Victorian-style spirit communication, I've provided guidelines for a traditional spirit circle. The guidelines are an amalgamation of what I've learned reading countless spiritualist publications, but they draw particularly heavily from Emma Hardinge Britten's wonderful instructional booklet: Rules to Be Observed When Forming Spiritual Circles, which was published in 1887. Note: Modern practitioners of spirit communication advise that anyone attempting a séance begin with a ritual or request for protection (setting the intention that only benevolent spirits will come forth) and finish by bidding the spirit-realm farewell, dismissing ...