Mediums are people who are the central actors during the spiritualistic sessions. Such a practitioner is engaged in deliberately populating the spirit of a deceased person in his own body. Mediums are those that not only possess some kind of supernatural abilities and are able to use them, but are convinced that this way of dealing with the dead is the best, because the information received is more complete and reliable.
The population of the spirit is considered a very dangerous practice. Mediums are specially trained mediators who can contact the world of the dead. It is believed that it is impossible to develop this ability, it can only be born. The spirit that infuses into the body of such people as the clairvoyant, the medium, the necromancer, the diviner, the psychic, can do terrible harm to the body. And it is here that everything depends on the strength and skill of practice.
Sometimes it happens that the spirits themselves enter the body of some person. The victim in this case behaves strangely: he may not recognize relatives and relatives, his voice and behavior change dramatically. Often it is with such cases that they turn to psychics. Mediums are people who can come into contact with an unwanted "guest" in the body of the injured person. In traditional medicine, such phenomena are considered a hysterical fit, but psychics have a completely different opinion on this matter. Mediums are those who believe that during seizures in the body of a patient the spirit of a long-time or recently deceased person is populated. Usually the soul of the dead chooses the weakest body and mind. This theory supplements of the supernatural is argued by some facts. Firstly, with the introduction of a new personality is created, and the patient himself does not know anything about it and as a result does not remember. Secondly, in some cases, the victims begin to independently come into contact with the spirit inside them.
The mediums of different countries and traditions had at all times different methods of "entering" into the altered state of consciousness. From a medical point of view, these conditions are caused by self-hypnosis or intoxication. The shamans from Africa smoked a lot of tobacco pipes. In this state they began to speak "with the voices of the dead." Mediums from China use the rhythmic singing of prayers and spells. The most complex rituals can be found among the voodoo shamans and the adherents of northern traditions. For contact with the souls of the dead, there are complex sets of special rites and spells. The ritual is performed only by a previously trained and trained medium. Ceremonies are accompanied by rhythmic music, fighting drums, singing, dancing. In the countries of Europe and the Middle East, there are methods that allow the soul of the dead to enter the body of an unprepared person, but few people use such methods because of the great danger.
Similar traditions of mediums and shamans can be seen in some movies. For example, the series "Medium", the documentary "Voodoo", the feature film "The Serpent and the Rainbow" and many others. Also, the traditions of evoking spirits are reflected in the ethnic music of many groups and nationalities.