channeler
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- noun
- /ˈtʃænələr/
- US
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mediador
- Esther Hicks, while posing as a channeler of the fictional Abraham and offering worthless weight loss advice, suggests to people that they not step on a scale at all if they want to lose weight.
- New Age channelers
Examples
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The channeler entered a deep trance before communicating with the entities present in the room.
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Many people seek guidance from a channeler they believe can connect them with their loved ones who have passed away.
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Fraud may account for some cases but hardly all, and some channelers are most reluctant and confused by the whole process.
Academic text (1990) -
Wendats identified certain members of the community as channelers of oki communication.
Academic text (2017) -
After going into a trance, the channeler writes down everything the angel relays to him or her using a pencil and pad.
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A typical listening lasts somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes and is really nothing more than a conversation between the counselee and his, her channeler through whom the counselee's angel is supposedly speaking.
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If paid the requisite sizable fee, these channelers access the wisdom of their Indian guides for their clients.
Academic text (2000) -
She analyzed the voices of eleven different channelers and found a number of contradictions and peculiarities in speaking styles.
Academic text (1990) -
During the session, the channeler claimed to convey messages from a spirit to the group.
Synonyms
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A person who says they can talk to the spirits of dead people
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A person who receives messages from a god or spirit and shares them with others
A person who hears voices or sounds no one else can hear
A person who makes knocking sounds and says they are messages from the dead
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Channeler comes from channel, meaning a 'path' for movement, and the ending -er meaning 'one who'. A helpful way to remember the spiritual sense is to think of a channeler as a 'path' that spirits use to send messages, so a channeler is someone who says they can pass on those messages.