New Age channeling is a process in which an individual becomes the channel for a spirit who speaks through them.
A channel is similar to a medium in Spiritualism, except that a medium speaks to the dead, or allows the dead to speak through her, while a channeler generally conjure up an unrelated spirit being who communicates a message or offers guidance, knowledge, or direction to the New Ager. In channeling, the spirit being may be an ascended master, an animal spirit, or that of a deceased human being. The spirit contacted by the channel is often referred to as a guide, or a spirit guide, and the messages conveyed through channeling generally are generally of greater significance, while those conveyed through mediums are usually personal in nature, and intended for a loved one.
Channeling is sometimes referred to as trance mediumship. Channeling continues the Spiritualist belief that certain individuals are able to enter an altered state of consciousness in which they can serve as the voice for a spiritual entity from another plane of existence. Like mediums, channelers are most often women, but not necessarily so.
Like the New Age movement itself, the practice of channeling is highly diversified. While rooted in 19th-century Spiritualism, it is performed in several different ways, and used to articulate a wide variety of philosophical and spiritual ideas.
Many channels serve as the voice for a single entity, with whom they claim a long-term relationship, while other channels give voice to multiple entities, sometimes even hundreds.
Channels also vary in the way in which they describe the process of channeling. Some channels will claim to have no memory of the events that took place during the channeling session, holding that their consciousness is largely displaced by the channeled entity during the trance. Others insist that they are fully aware of everything that transpires during the channeling session and that their own consciousness has merely stepped aside to allow the channeled spirit to speak through them.
Some channels (Jane Roberts, for example) reportedly made their first contact with the channeled spirit through a Ouija board, although later contacts are made without that aid.
Most New Age channelers teach that human beings are able to create their own reality, that the world that we perceive is but a projection of our own consciousness, and we can transform our reality for the better through internal transformation. This echoes New Age spirituality, and is one of the most important themes throughout most channeling literature and the New Age movement, in general.
The New Age practice of channeling, which may be known as trance channeling or trance mediumship, is the focus of topics in this category. Sites representing specific channels or channelers should be submitted to the Channelers category, which is a subcategory of the Paranormal section of the directory. A link to it may be found below.
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Dr. Weiss is a psychotherapist and graduate of Columbia University and Yale Medical School, as well as the author of several books on the subject of channeling, who now conducts past life therapy and training sessions. A schedule of workshops is presented here, along with a synopsis of his published works, in print and on CD. Biographical data, a schedule of events, five-day workshops, and the Weiss Institute are included.
http://www.brianweiss.com/
Channeling information, readings, and teachings can be found here, including the text of channeled messages from Emmanuel and the Archangels, Michael and Zadkiel, as well as channeled readings, esoteric message boards, and links to affiliates and additional resources on channeling. Answers to frequently asked questions about channeling are included. Readers may subscribe to a newsletter, as well.
http://www.channeling.net/
Created and maintained by Kevin Moore, of The Moore Show, a podcast in which he interviews philosophers, paranormal researchers, life coaches, spiritual teachers, and others. Moore is also a channeler, which is the primary topic of this site. Channeling is defined and described, and a video documentary on the subject is included, along with an overview of his services, channeled events, and a blog.
https://channeling.com/
The video instruction course teaches students to develop themselves as professional channelers, psychic intuitive, and energy healers. Developed by Brad Johnson, the course consists of an assortment of videos, beginning with an introductory section, and continuing through the rest of the course, which includes guided meditations and bonus items. An interactive forum is also available.
http://www.channelingcourse.com/
Available in thirty-six languages from an international group of translators, the site offers translations of channeling transcripts, arranged by channeler and date, as well as interviews, and other documents related to channeling. General information about the site is offered, including its channelers, a discussion forum, a definition of channeling, contacts, and transcripts and other documents from as far back as 2009.
http://www.galacticchannelings.com/
Maintained by Laurel Bleadon-Maffei, a channel for the angelic realms, particularly a group of higher guides known as Josephus and the Wisdom Council, the site offers an overview of channeling any of the guides, a description of the six-week channeling course, including its benefits, a schedule, and a promotional video. Other resources include angel readings, instruction in soul mentoring, and a blog.
http://www.illuminatingsouls.com/
Most of the text found on the site is a mixture of the personal insights of the author, Maia Christianne Mallika, and her Akashic insights and information that comes through what is described as a dance with the Master Illuminari, Thoth Hermes, who is channeled by her as ThothHorRa. Articles on a variety of topics are found here, including sacred mysteries, the cosmos, Lemuria, Atlantis, the hollow earth, planetary transformation, and channeling.
http://www.spiritmythos.org/
UFO Report Center: Channeling - Interdimensional Friendship
Published on a UFO site, the article identifies channeling as an interdimensional friendship, positing that the spirits contacted through channeling reside in another dimension and that it is possible to channel anything from your Higher Self, including deceased relatives, angels, guides, plants, crystals, or intergalactic beings. An overview of channeling is presented, along with information about remaining in charge while channeling.
http://www.theuforeportcenter.com/channeling/
