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In the beginning God, or the Great Spirit, created the universe through the natural process of what we call evolution and in the course of time man evolved, endowed as a spirit; that is to say man is a spirit now on this earth. That being so, every child is born with varying degrees of psychic power. We make a joke of women�s intuition, but that is an elementary form of psychic development.
There are those with exceptional powers who are known as mediums or instruments, through which those on the other side of life communicate with the people they have left behind. Some people manifest their psychic powers at an early age, some need quite a long period of development, and while some never show any sign of such gifts at all .It is a sad thought that through ignorance of this subject many potentially valuable mediums and healers are lost to the world.
Mediums although possessing this power, are fundamentally no different from the rest of us. There is nothing supernatural about them� - one cannot be above nature, but they are supernormal.
Mediumship takes two forms, mental and physical. The former is the more common. In this, spirit works through the mediums mind and he or she is able to see, or hear clearly spirit forms or sounds. This is called clairvoyance or clairaudience. Again, a medium may only sense things, but all mediums possess one, or combination of these three forms.
One thing must be stressed here- there is no question of fortune telling being practised. It is true that many fortunetellers, including the gypsy who wants you to cross her hand with silver, possess the gift of clairvoyance, but in the vast majority of cases there is nothing very spiritual about them.
How do mediums work? In the days before automation three persons were necessary in the making of a telephone call - the caller, the girl at the exchange and the person being called. No connection could be made without the operator. So it is with spirit communication. In this case the medium is the operator making contact with someone in the spirit world who wishes to communicate with a person on earth. There is however a big difference between telephones calls and spirit communication. In the former a two-way conversation can be effected, while in the latter only spirit can contact us. One of the charges levelled at us is that we call up the dead. This we cannot do. They can only come to then only when and us they are able and so wish.
In spirit communication there is a forth link - the spirit guide or helper, who controls the medium and brings the spirit person into contact with the person on earth. Between the medium and her helper a close harmonious partnership exists, thus providing the line of communication between the two worlds. The helper is able to enter the medium�s mind and control it so that thoughts are submitted from the spirit world, which are in turn translated by the medium into descriptions of places r people and the words of a message, through clairvoyance, clairaudience or trance.
Where do mediums work? In a church service or public meeting. in the smaller limits of a group or circle, or in the even more intimate� contact� between the medium and the person seeking communication or help in a private sitting. Mediums also hold circles for the development of potential clairvoyants or speakers, and the larger open circle for initial development in which those present can take part.
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