
General Information
Definitions
- Spiritualism
- The belief that human beings exist after death.
- Mediumship
- The ability of a person to contact spirits, angels, or other entities and relate these experiences to others.
- Spirit Medium
- Spirit mediums are able to contact spirits of loved ones and provide a communication link or bridge to the living.
- Psychic Medium
- A medium who has the ability to engage psychic senses during a spirit reading.
- Channelling
- The ability of some mediums to receive information from a teaching spirit.
- Spirit Guide
- A spirit who connects other spirits with a medium.
- Spirit Communicator
- A spirit who communicates with a medium.
- Clairvoyance
- The ability to see things that don't have a physical appearance, including spirits of the dead. This is sometimes referred to as "Clear Seeing."
- Clairaudience
- The ability to hear spirits. This is sometimes referred to as "Clear Hearing."
- Claircognizance
- The ability to know something without receiving it through normal senses. Sometimes referred to as "Clear Knowing."
Mediumship Resources
- After Death Communication Research Foundation (ACDRF)
- This organization's website has information and resources regarding after death communication, bereavement, grief, and life after death.
- AKES - Allan Kardec Educational Society
- Society dedicated to the promotion of spiritism.
- MediumsMeet.com
- Networking Website for Mediums
- The Windbridge Institute
- An independent research organization consisting of a community of scientists who investigate what the human body, mind, and spirits are capable of.
Historical References to Mediums
- Witch of Endor
- The First Book of Samuel (Old Testament) describes a spirit reading that the Witch of Endor provides for Saul that predicted the defeat of the Israel army by the Philistines as well as the death of Saul and his sons.
Recommended Reading
- After Life by John Edward
- Healing Grief by James VanPraagh
- Heaven and Earth by James Van Praagh
- Hello from Heaven by Bill and Judy Guggenheim
- Name All the Animals by Alison Smith
- Never Say Goodbye by Patric Mathews
- One Last Time by John Edward
- Small Mediums at Large by Terry Iacuzzo
- Talking to Heaven by James Van Praagh
- We Don’t Die by George Anderson
