spirit channeling
Contacting the dead
Spirit channeling is the practice of serving as a conduit for communication with supernatural entities—typically spirits of the dead, but also angels, demons, or other beings.
The channeler enters a trance or altered state, allowing the entity to speak through them or transmit messages.
The practice appears in spiritualist traditions and New Age beliefs: She claimed to be channeling her grandmother's spirit.
Also called mediumship or simply channeling.
- mediumshipCommunicating with the dead
- Ouija boardDivination tool with alphabet
- altered consciousnessModified mental state
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- shamanismMediation between worlds
ancestral worship · séance · table tipping · Victorian spiritualism · poltergeist activity · crossing over · the other side · psychic phenomena · clairvoyance · cold reading · divination · trance states · occult traditions · crystal gazing · invocation · automatic writing · tarot cards · apparitions
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- ancient practicesalchemy, astrology, bloodletting, mummification, ritual sacrifice
- New Agecrystals, auras, reiki, tarot, astrology
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Structured process for investigation
laboratory research · evidence-based reasoning · logical analysis · skeptical inquiry · critical thinking
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All is matter
secular humanism · skepticism · naturalism · reductionism · empiricism
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