mental mediumship

noun

mental mediumship

noun
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Parapsychology, Pseudoscience The practice of communicating with ghosts using telepathy.

  • Abstract—Mental mediumship is a complex process involving a variety of factors in need of further study before we can increase our understanding of the phenomenon.2010, Carlos S. Alvarado, Investigating Mental Mediums: Research Suggestions from the Historical Literature:
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the personality and psychological wellbeing of Spiritualist mental mediums compared to nonmedium Spiritualists.2011, Roxburgh, E.C. and Roe, C.A., A survey of dissociation, boundary-thinness, and psychological wellbeing in spiritualist mental mediumship:
1 more example
  • The first and most common type is mental mediumship, which is how I work with my abilities.2013 April 11, James Van Praagh, What Is a Medium?:
Related terms
mental medium, physical mediumship
Hyponyms
trance mediumship

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