Passive mental mediumship
In Passive Mental Mediumship, the medium allows the deceased to merge his consciousness with that of the medium. The purpose of this is to give the deceased some control over the medium and his abilities as a living person. However, the medium will never become unconscious and will always have final control over his own body.
Mediums can give control to the spirit world for a number of motives, namely performing healings, talking, writing, painting and producing physical phenomena (see physical mediumship).
Trance healing
This form of mediumship enables the spirit world to direct healing energy through the medium to one or more persons or other living organisms that cannot be obtained through consciousness in the normal way. The relationship between the medium and the working spirit has a direct and decisive effect on the quality and effectiveness of the healing energy.
Trance speaking
Talking or allowing a spirit to talk through the medium while in trance gives access to an inexhaustible source of universal knowledge and inspiration. Over the past 150 years, a huge amount of philosophy, inspirations and encouragement has been obtained from those who love us in the spirit world and wish us a beautiful, rich and spiritual life.
Automatic writing
Even though the writing is controlled (through trance) by the spirit, we speak here of automatic writing. The spirit writer controls the writing, sometimes even in their own handwriting, or in mirror image. It is even possible for the medium to write with two hands simultaneously, in mirror image, guided by two spirits.
Trance painting
Painting in the trance state is equivalent to automatic writing where the hands are controlled by the spirit. The end result can be quite spectacular where images in the style of the great master are produced at a particularly rapid pace.
