ADAM J. ROCK
Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
JULIE BEISCHEL
The Windbridge Institute for Applied Research in Human Potential, Tucson,
Arizona
GARY E. SCHWARTZ
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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Abstract
Mediums claim to be able to report accurate and specific information
about the deceased loved ones (termed discarnates) of living people
(termed sitters) even without any prior knowledge about the sitters
or the discarnates and in the complete absence of any sensory feedback.
Despite recent experimental research investigating this phenomenon (e.g.,
Beischel & Schwartz, 2007a), no systematic qualitative studies
have been conducted.
Consequently, eight research mediums were asked to describe in as much
detail as possible how they personally experience receiving communication
from a discarnate, as part of a comprehensive nine-step subject screening
procedure. Thematic analysis revealed seven comprehensive constituent
themes that were used to formulate a fundamental structural definition.
Introduction
A growing public interest in the phenomenon of mediumship is clearly
evident in the current rise of this topic in various aspects of popular
culture. Numerous books, television shows, and movies featuring mediums
- those who experience regular communication with the deceased - have
moved from the obscure realm of the occult to the recognizable mainstream.
The conventional scientific community has only just begun to recognize
mediumship as a topic worth investigating when, in fact, the scientific
study of mediums is over a century old.
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