Rev. Joanna Bartlett - Spirit Energy: Table Tipping, Trumpet Voices, Trance Channeling and Other Phenomena of Physical Mediumship

Spirit Energy:

Table tipping, trumpet voices, trance channeling and other phenomena of physical mediumship

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Led by Light: A mediums guide to developing your intuitive and psychic senses, Book Two

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Spirit Energy:

Table tipping, trumpet voices, trance channeling and other phenomena of physical mediumship

Rev. Joanna Bartlett

C opyright 2018 Joanna Bartlett

All Rights Reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher.

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Publisher's Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bartlett, Joanna, author.

Title: Spirit energy : table tipping, trumpet voices, trance channeling and other phenomena of physical mediumship / Rev. Joanna Bartlett.

Description: Eugene, OR : Alight Press, 2018. | Previously published by Alight Press in 2017 as part of Led by Light, bk. 2.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018901755 | ISBN 978-1-945489-11-2 (pbk.) | ISBN 978-1-945489-13-6 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Mediums. | Channeling (Spiritualism) | Table-moving (Spiritualism) | Spiritualism. | Occultism. | Supernatural. | BISAC: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Channeling & Mediumship. | BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Parapsychology / ESP (Clairvoyance, Precognition, Telepathy) | BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spiritualism. | BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural.

Classification: LCC BF1286 .B37 2018 (print) | LCC BF1286 (ebook) | DDC 133.9/1dc23.

Alight Press LLC

Eugene, OR 97405

www.alightpress.com

Printed in the United States of America

Introduction

P hysical mediumship is a Spiritualist phenomenon that holds a lot of mystery and conflicting information.

For some people, its a fascinating facet of mediumship: actual, tangible evidence that the laws of physics and the workings of the world may not be exactly as they seem.

For others, it seems it must all be fakery.

Given that many forms of physical mediumship are performed in dark or dimly-lit rooms and the explanations of how they work are shrouded in secrecy and confusing explanations, its not surprising there are conflicting views.

This book aims to clear up much of the mystery, conflict and secrecy.

While I'm definitely not an expert on physical mediumship, I have studied, worked with, experienced and produced several forms of physical mediumship in the 17 years since I began studying mediumship in 2001. Between that, my research, and tapping into my own intuition for guidance, what follows is my understanding of how physical mediumship works overall, along with each of its phases, and the steps you can take to learn how to do it yourself, if you so desire.

I also want to say upfront that I realize I may not have all the right answers. There are things I may be misunderstanding myself.

In this book, I explain physical mediumship to the best of my ability, based on my experiences, research and current understanding. If it makes sense to you, thats great. If you think it works differently, thats fine, too.

Some of the concepts and ideas seem a bit out there, I admit, and contradictory information abounds in terms of how it works and how to do it (what lighting is necessary, for instance).

I encourage you to think critically, with an open mind, and a sense of possibility. There are so many things in this world that, until we had the science and the language to explain them, seemed inexplicable. Imagine someone 50 years ago trying to explain how your cell phone works, before we had the ability to produce tiny, powerful computers capable of the processing powers of todays cell phones. Or think about how the concept of electricity, something we understand well and completely take for granted, would have seemed to people in the 17th century. They knew about static electricity from friction and electric fish, but not the true power of what it could accomplish and how it worked. My sense is that a lot of how mediumship works, mental and physical, is similarwe just dont have the concepts and vocabulary for science to quantify it yet.

Ive consulted with several texts on physical mediumship to give you as accurate and thorough an explanation and understanding of the phenomenon as a I can. I hope this book is useful to you and helpful in your journey for knowledge end experience in Spiritualist physical mediumship.

An overview of physical mediumship

P hysical mediumship is a fascinating facet of mediumship.

For some people, it feels more solid and real than mental mediumship, as you can see the phenomena happening with your eyes, or hear it with your physical ears, and it can usually be confirmed and observed by others present.

Forms of physical mediumship include:

• Rapping, table tipping and levitation
• Materialization, etherealization and
  transfiguration
• Apportation
• Precipitation
• Direct voice and trumpet mediumship
• Automatic writing and drawing, including planchette
• Independent writing and slate writing
• Trance channeling
• Spirit photography
• Spoon bending
• Dowsing and pendulum work

Many phases of physical mediumshipspecifically the ectoplasm-based ones including levitation, materialization, direct voice and spirit photographyarent practiced like they used to be in Spiritualisms heyday and finding practitioners can be difficult in the United States. However, other forms are practiced widelytrance channeling and pendulum work, for instanceeven if many practitioners dont consider them to be physical mediumship.

I dont know for sure why the ectoplasm-based phases of mediumship have fallen out of favor but, from talking to fellow mediums and Spirit, I have some theories: