Psychic Psychic Mediumship and Spirit Communication 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the primary difference between a psychic and a medium?
- A psychic uses tarot cards while a medium does not
- A medium specifically communicates with deceased individuals while a psychic reads living energy (Correct answer)
- A psychic is more accurate than a medium
- A medium only works in group settings
Correct answer: A medium specifically communicates with deceased individuals while a psychic reads living energy
A medium specializes in communicating with spirits of the deceased, while a psychic reads energy, emotions, or information from living people.
Question 2: Which communication style is associated with mental mediumship?
- Physical manifestations like table tipping
- Receiving impressions, thoughts, or images mentally from spirits (Correct answer)
- Using a Ouija board to spell out messages
- Channeling spirits through automatic writing only
Correct answer: Receiving impressions, thoughts, or images mentally from spirits
Mental mediumship involves receiving information from spirits through mental impressions, thoughts, visions, or feelings rather than physical phenomena.
Question 3: What is 'evidential mediumship' designed to provide?
- Entertainment for large audiences
- Verifiable information that proves the identity of a communicating spirit (Correct answer)
- Financial proof of a medium's abilities
- Evidence that all humans have psychic abilities
Correct answer: Verifiable information that proves the identity of a communicating spirit
Evidential mediumship focuses on providing specific, verifiable details that confirm the identity of a spirit, such as names, dates, or personal memories.
Question 4: What is 'physical mediumship'?
- A medium who is physically fit and healthy
- Mediumship involving observable physical phenomena such as materializations or apports (Correct answer)
- Reading a person's physical health through energy
- Using physical touch to channel information
Correct answer: Mediumship involving observable physical phenomena such as materializations or apports
Physical mediumship produces tangible, observable phenomena such as materializations, levitation, or objects appearing (apports) during a séance.
Question 5: What ethical obligation does a medium have when delivering messages from the deceased?
- To always provide positive messages regardless of content
- To charge premium rates for difficult communications
- To deliver accurate information honestly while being sensitive to the recipient's emotional state (Correct answer)
- To guarantee ongoing contact with the deceased
Correct answer: To deliver accurate information honestly while being sensitive to the recipient's emotional state
A medium must balance honesty in delivering spirit messages with compassion and sensitivity toward grieving or emotionally vulnerable clients.
Question 6: What is 'transfiguration' in the context of mediumship?
- A spirit changing its mind about a message
- The medium's face or body appearing to take on characteristics of the deceased (Correct answer)
- Converting a skeptic to believing in spirits
- Transforming negative energy into positive energy
Correct answer: The medium's face or body appearing to take on characteristics of the deceased
Transfiguration is a physical mediumship phenomenon where the medium's facial features or physical appearance temporarily takes on the characteristics of a communicating spirit.
What is the primary difference between a psychic and a medium?