Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being a spiritualistic medium; the vocation or function of such a medium.
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- noun The state of being a
medium (psychic conduit).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Clake says: "The word mediumship, as understood and used by spiritualists, technically speaking, means a susceptibility to the influence, and more or less control, of decarnated spirits.
Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers William Walker Atkinson 1897
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Although they occur in a context primarily meant to be entertaining, they have reintroduced the idea of mediumship to the public.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Although they occur in a context primarily meant to be entertaining, they have reintroduced the idea of mediumship to the public.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Although they occur in a context primarily meant to be entertaining, they have reintroduced the idea of mediumship to the public.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Far from being in any degree a suspension of consciousness as is what is known as mediumship, this power partakes of the quality of omniscience.
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The careful student will of course notice that this communication with the higher planes of life and being -- this so-called "mediumship" -- does not depend upon any particular form of religious belief, or teaching, concerning the nature of the state or place of abode of the departed spirits of men; but, on the contrary, is common to all form of religion and to all phases of belief in the survival of the human soul.
Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers William Walker Atkinson 1897
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Bearing in mind all these subjective states and experiences, including the whole range of so-called mediumship, the _theorem_ of the Masters and adepts of all ages may be made exceeding plain.
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The mother is a spiritualist -- has been for years -- and, being on the lookout for it, naturally discovered what she calls 'mediumship' in
The Tyranny of the Dark Hamlin Garland 1900
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Of course, the term "mediumship," as above defined, lacks a clear meaning unless the term "spiritualistic," or "spiritualism" be defined.
Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers William Walker Atkinson 1897
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If the assumed "mediumship" of this woman was not an imposture, some of the many people who have visited her for the purpose of getting communications from their spirit-friends would have been gratified.
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In the US, the psychic services industry as a whole – which includes astrology, mediumship, palmistry, aura-reading and tarot – was valued at $2.2bn in 2018 (a 52% rise on 2005).
‘I'm getting clarity, a time that will feel lighter’: psychics share their 2021 predictions Deborah Linton 2020
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