Channeling also called psychic reading or channel reading is the reception of thoughts from the spirit world for the purpose of communicating with spirits (non Corporal entities,spirits of the deceased or nature spirits and angels. The Person receiving and passing the information is called a Medium or Psychic. Some Mediums go into a full trance, Thus allowing the spirits to take full control over their body, allowing the spirits to speak through the medium directly, over mediums use a meditative state to connect to spirit. Some of these use automatic writings, which is the process where the hands appears to move by itself to scribble words, others use a form of telepathy, receiving thoughts from spirits in their minds, by sensing which thoughts are theirs and which are the spirits, they learn to distinquish and can pass on the information received with just as much clarity, during this form of telepathy, most mediums merge their own aura (Energy Field) with the energy field of the spirit, thus achieving a good mental connection. Often not only thoughts can be transmitted, but also images and even feelings. Some mediums appear to hear voices which others cannot hear. It is not clear whether this is a physical phenomenon or a form of telepathy. While there are a number of talented genuine channelers with a good connection to spirits some oare not actually connected with the entity they claim to channel. Instead they have been fooled by lower astral beings who has pretended to be an angelic or Higher Entity, Messages from such entities can be idnetified by observing what they promote: if it the ego, (Often giving the reciever messages that make them feel proud) the messages is more likely to come from lower realms and should be dealt with greatest caution. If the messages rather promote deeper understanding,forgiveness, and love, it is much more likely this stems from higher realms. However it must be noted that a number of claimed mediums are fraud, sometimes using technology or trickery to convince their audience of their powers, which is damaged the reputation of channeling. Channeling dates back to ealry human history, as Shaman have been using forms of channeling over millennia, and it became popular in the mid 1800's. Some of the best known Mediums are Edgar Cayce, Alsister Crowley, Jane Roberts, and Allan Kardec which was the one that fathered the term Spiritualism.
