Spiritualist mediums might be more prone to immersive mental activities and unusual auditory … [+]
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Many people claim they hear or sense the dead. From Celine Dion to Kesha to spiritualist mediums and even regular people – it’s actually a lot more common than you might think.
But new research may give us an insight into why some people say they can sense the departed.
The study, which included 65 mediums from the Spiritualists’ National Union and 145 people from the general public, found that spiritualist mediums are more prone to immersive mental activities, such as imaginative activities or experiencing altered states of consciousness, and frequently they have unusual auditory experiences, especially earlier in life.
“Our findings say a lot about ‘learning and yearning’. For our participants, the tenets of Spiritualism seem to make sense of both extraordinary childhood…
