Premonitions part of mediumship

Originally Posted by BigJohn

I agree.
If a Medium changes the message from Spirit, tries to analyze the message, etc., is not really a Medium in my opinion.

Depending on how I perceive the situation I might offer clarification with perhaps some background info if I feel there's agreement with the Spirit. I've had situations where the person I've given the message to looks a little confused, but often a short explanation helps without diluting the message. It's a kind of "Spirit says..." then "That means..." Other than that it's passed on without interference.

Originally Posted by BigJohn

Very nicely said.
I look at premonitions as being part of Mediumship and that one goes hand in hand with the other. You look at premonitions as a function of time, making premonitions as being 'messages from Spirit about the future'.

Thank you.

'Technically' they're different but most people think of any portent of the future to be a premonition, whether the person that senses them is a medium or a psychic - psychics tend to feel premonitions. Some people consider them to be a premonition from Spirit, as if Spirit has them too. But to be honest, making the distinction is being picky since there's a simple enough common understanding. Psychic premonitions tend to be vague while premonitions from Spirit tend to be more accurate, either time-ways or info-ways.

Specifically since we're talking about 'messages from Spirit'-type premonitions then time is certainly a factor, and there's a huge gap between our experience of linear time and Spirit's experience - if that's the right word.

Originally Posted by bobjob

Were I not experienced and knowledgeable about mediumship this conversation might leave me unsettled about referring a seeker to consider it. Thank goodness I know mediums whose core values are demonstrably similar to my own.

I successfully completed a mediumship development course with the Spiritualist National Union as taught by the then regional manager, which concluded with an assessment by three well-respected mediums with the SNU. I've also done rostrum work and private sessions, as well as working with other well-respected mediums.

I guess that makes me both qualified and experienced.

My wife used to channel Spirit and that was fun, it meant that I could converse with Spirit 'face-to-face'. Kind of.

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

I successfully completed a mediumship development course with the Spiritualist National Union ....

My mouth dropped at your whole post.
Wow. I did not know this. I am very impressed and shake your hand.

[bobjob]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

I successfully completed a mediumship development course with the Spiritualist National Union as taught by the then regional manager, which concluded with an assessment by three well-respected mediums with the SNU.

Yet what you do and what I expect from mediumship are poles apart.....

[bobjob]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

As an experienced medium, I don't have expectations as to the content of any messages. It's my 'job' to pass on messages 'as-is', the rest is between the Spirit and the one I'm giving the message to.

Isn't your job first to establish that there's a meaningful connection between a spirit communicator and sitter? That any messages truly are for the recipient?

That done I think you're saying you'd pass on any message the way you picked it up, even when you know it's the kind that will be upsetting; and premonitions of 'bad things' similarly.

That's not what I've heard other mediums say and I'm in tune with their approach.

[bobjob]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

Depending on how I perceive the situation I might offer clarification with perhaps some background info if I feel there's agreement with the Spirit. I've had situations where the person I've given the message to looks a little confused, but often a short explanation helps without diluting the message. It's a kind of "Spirit says..." then "That means..." Other than that it's passed on without interference.

That's the kind of involvement that makes perfect sense - trying to help a recipient identify with what's being communicated. That hardly needs explaining to anyone with an understanding and experience of how mediumship works but now we've strayed away from the thread topic - premonitions - and into the general field of mediumship. That's an interesting subject in its own right but deserves a dedicated thread.

[bobjob]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

...... most people think of any portent of the future to be a premonition, whether the person that senses them is a medium or a psychic - psychics tend to feel premonitions.

And some practitioners may be unaware of whether they're working in the psychic or the spiritual spectrum....

[BigJohn]

Is there a 'right' or 'wrong' to Mediumship?

I used to go to one of the largest if not the largest places in the World for Mediums. Sometimes, I would see Mediumship acted out -as much as 12 times in one day. Most of the time, they would talk about the future. They brought forth messages from Spirit but rarely messages to support the continuity of 'life'. Those type of messages were usually 'reserved' for new people that needed some comforting.

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by bobjob

And some practitioners may be unaware of whether they're working in the psychic or the spiritual spectrum....

To me, most of these 'fields', if not all of them, overlap. Who is to say what is right and what is wrong? But then most agree there are some practices that 'wrong'.