channeling

New Age practice

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Channeling is a practice within the New Age movement where individuals, known as channelers, claim to speak with or for spirits of the dead or other entities. This practice involves establishing contact, either consciously or in a trance, with preternatural or extraterrestrial beings who then speak through the channeler. These channeled messages often cover spiritual, philosophical, and psychological topics. The New Age movement itself emerged in the 1970s and 80s, anticipating an era of love and light through personal transformation and healing.12

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Two transformative tools, channeling and the use of crystals, were identified with the New Age movement as it peaked in the 1980s. Many New Agers discovered their psychic abilities and became known as channels. Either consciously or in a trance, they claimed to establish contact with various preternatural…
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Two transformative tools, channeling and the use of crystals, were identified with the New Age movement as it peaked in the 1980s. Many New Agers discovered their psychic abilities and became known as channels. Either consciously or in a trance, they claimed to establish contact with various preternatural…
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