mental mediumship

English

Noun

mental mediumship (uncountable)

1. (parapsychology) The practice of communicating with ghosts using telepathy.
   • 2010, Carlos S. Alvarado, Investigating Mental Mediums: Research Suggestions from the Historical Literature‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2011, Roxburgh, E.C. and Roe, C.A., A survey of dissociation, boundary-thinness, and psychological wellbeing in spiritualist mental mediumship‎^[2]:

     The purpose of this study was to explore the personality and psychological wellbeing of Spiritualist mental mediums compared to nonmedium Spiritualists.

   • 2013 April 11, James Van Praagh, What Is a Medium?‎^[3]:

     The first and most common type is mental mediumship, which is how I work with my abilities.

Hyponyms

• trance mediumship

Related terms

• mental medium
• physical mediumship