11 Facts About Mediumship

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Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings.

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2.

Mediumship gained popularity during the nineteenth century, when ouija boards were used by the upper classes as a source of entertainment.

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3.

Mediumship became quite popular in the 19th-century United States and the United Kingdom after the rise of Spiritualism as a religious movement.

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4.

Mediumship edited them for publication in book and pamphlet form.

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5.

Mediumship's allegedly channeled the voice of a non-physical entity named Aiwass during their honeymoon in Cairo, Egypt .

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6.

Mediumship's was described by the magician Harry Houdini as "one of the most extraordinary fake mediums and mystery swindlers the world has ever known".

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7.

Mediumship's was suspected of swallowing cheesecloth which was then regurgitated as "ectoplasm".

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8.

Mediumship confessed to fraud in 1958 revealing the microphone and trick-apparatus that he had used.

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9.

Mediumship claimed she would dress up as the spirits in her seances and would play music during them which provided cover for her to change clothes.

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10.

Mediumship knew that she and her brother grew up in Michigan and that his girlfriend was Maria.

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11.

Mediumship's concluded that the details about their lives mentioned by John were easily found on social media sources, and likely fed to John, making the readings actually hot readings.

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