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Early trance mediumship

Psychic master — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:03:23 +0000

You must not imagine that the beginnings of your mediumship will be either profitable or pleasant, because they probably will not be.
Nearly all successful mediums will tell you that they have passed through a period, at the beginning of their mediumship, when they thought themselves in danger, and believed that their minds were being impaired for the time being.
This, however, passes off as you progress, provided that you progress along the right road at the beginning of your mediumship, and this you should endeavour in every way to do.
If you can consult an experienced medium or, still better, if you can sit with him during your development, or induce him to be present during your psychic unfoldment, things will be far easier for you and far safer than they would be otherwise.

The oncoming of trance is often signified by certain physical and psychical manifestations, which must not alarm you when they appear as they sometimes but not always do.

Hiccoughs, sudden and spasmodic pains and cramps, a feeling of “all-goneness,” nausea, flashes of light, or the sensation of faintness and that everything is turning black before you these are a few of the symptoms which you are liable to experience during your early development and, though they may not be pleasant, you had better be warned of them in advance and not be alarmed when they appear.

Sometimes, however, none of these signs are manifest only a delightful sensation of falling asleep upon a bed of roses. In these cases, the psychic has developed himself properly and systematically and his guides or controls are also wise and helpful.

These are the fortunate but unhappily rare cases but it is hoped that, by following our advice many more will be enabled to develop in this wholesome manner.

Somnambulism and trance

Psychic master — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:23:39 +0000

The difference between somnambulism and the medium trance seems to be that, in the former, we remain en rapport with ourselves and in the latter we are in touch with the Spirit World. Many mediums who give inspirational messages or lectures from the platform are in a condition of light trance, and children have been known to pass into this condition and give a large amount of valuable information, unknown to their seniors, and which certainly could not have been known to themselves.
Properly managed, the trance condition is not harmful, though it may become so in the hands of blundering persons. “The Spiritualist’s Manual” gives four chief reasons why the trance state should not be harmful to those who enter it. These are:

(1) The intelligences acting upon them (the mediums) are almost invariably of a superior character and therefore must mould the organism by constant use for the expression of higher forms of thought.
(2) The relation of the medium to the manifesting intelligence is that of pupil to teacher, sometimes that of a child to a wise and loving parent, and sometimes both these relations combined with a subtle and ennobling spirituality.
(3) There is always a mutual spiritual relation, even though the medium is not humanly conscious of it ; and no one can be a medium for the perfect expression of spiritual messages or discourses who does not consent to the procedure and co-operate with the manifesting spirit.

(4) As the master musician improves the instrument he plays upon, so also a spirit controlling a human organism for the purpose of expressing wholesome thought, imparts a greater power both to the brain and spirit of the medium. It is often difficult for spirits to control a medium sufficiently to manifest in any way through him.

Trance and Catalepsy

Psychic master — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:10:32 +0000

Trance is a condition into which certain mediums enter in order to receive messages and give them in the form of speaking or writing. No one knows, at the present time, what the medium-trance is, or for that matter, any other kind of trance ! Dr. George Moore says: “Trance is a state of body sometimes produced in man a condition utterly inexplicable by any principle taught in the schools.” Prof. William James stated his belief that the medium-trance was different from any other trance of which we have any knowledge, and this seems to be borne out by the fact that spirit-messages are given in this condition, as well as telepathic, clairvoyant and premonitory messages of all kinds.

Both trance and catalepsy occur spontaneously; both may also be induced artificially by hypnotism. Both are mistaken for death, and in many respects they are very similar. In catalepsy the body is rigid, whereas in trance this is very rarely the case this forming the chief mark of distinction (external indication) between the two states. What the internal differences are we do not know. Various attempts, however, have been made to define them. Dr. Franz Hartmann, e.g., thus distinguishes them: “There seems hardly any limit to the time during which a person may remain in a trance but catalepsy is due to some obstruction in the organic mechanism of the body on account of its exhausted nervous power. In the last case the activity of life begins again as soon as the impediment is removed or the nervous energy has recuperated its strength.
When a hypnotist places bis subject under hypnotic control, the subject remains en rapport with the operator. The influence comes from a living person. In the medium-trance it seems probable that the operator is not a living but a deceased person, and that it is a kind of telepathic influence from spirits which induces this state. In fact, it is brought about by influence from the “other side.”

Colours, voices, experiences

Psychic master — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:25:17 +0000

In the early stage of the development, mediums very often see colours of various shades and hues in space before them. They are unable to tell whether or not these colours have any definite shape or outline; they seem to possess an odd, irregular shape of their own; something like a large blot of ink. At this stage also
many psychics see faces of friends and relatives, either living or dead, just as they are falling asleep or as they are awakening in the morning more usually the former.
They also see many strange faces. These may be mere vague images or clearly outlined. Instead of the faces they may hear voices, speaking and the first thing which these voices generally say is the name of the subject himself. After this the voices may become more and more clear and intense, but such phenomena should be permitted only at stated times, because if they are allowed to develop whenever they may be experienced,
trouble may result. Many odd and grotesque figures and shapes may present themselves to the mind’s eye at this stage of development. These shapes may be highly coloured or may be almost colourless, seeming to be made of the air itself, yet soaiehow separated from this in outline. Many of these images are symbolic, though as a rule a few of them are recognizable. More often tbey represent curious patterns and figures, such as roses, circles, outlines of patterns such as may be seen on the wallpaper and occasionally weird and horrible images
flash into the mind, to be gone again the next instant.

Unpleasant experiences

If these manifestations develop an unpleasant character at this time they should be checked instantly. The subject may do this in several ways. First of all he should build up his physical health. Second, he should see to it that he obtains plenty of sleep. Third, he should exercise his brain as little as possible on anything of this unpleasant character. Fourth, he should keep busily occupied in material, practical things and leave
himself no time to ponder and dwell upon these unpleasant occurrences. Fifth, he should avoid by all means
day-dreaming and never allow the mind to become passive or absent-minded. He should cultivate his objective attention and interest, in short, and focus his whole personality, as it were, between his eyes, so as to have it under thorough control. If he does this, and refuses to sit for development for a short time, he will find that these early unpleasant symptoms (should they develop) will soon wear off and this advice holds good at any stage of the development of mediumship.