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channeling

channeling

2 9.0
Receiving messages from a spirit and telling them to other people
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃænəlɪŋ/
  • US
translation icon : canalización espiritual
  • Many people report feeling a strong connection when channeling guidance from their spiritual mentors.
  • channeling (also called mediumship)

I I started to do channeling or automatic writing.

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Examples

  • The phenomenon of channeling is nothing if not puzzling and clearly in need of further careful research.

    Academic text (1990)
  • After his death, Grace participated, with a medium, in the channeling of the "Posthumous Poems of Hart Crane."

    Academic text (1997)
  • And I am just, like, channeling information from God through me.

  • Mary also incorporated spirit channeling into her healing work.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Mediumship has once again become popular in the West, where it is now known as channeling.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Channeling spirits bolstered Mary's advocacy for women's rights and aided her work as a healer.

    Academic text (2018)
  • During the séance, the medium began channeling messages from a spirit to the attendees.

  • In her practice, she often engages in channeling to communicate insights from higher realms.

Synonyms

mediumship
vschanneling
1 9.2

An ability claimed to let someone talk with people who have died

includes messages from deities and other non physical entities beyond the dead
psychic communication
vschanneling
9.9

Communication using claimed mind powers instead of normal sight or hearing

focuses on receiving messages from spirits or deities rather than any paranormal ability
9.9

A way of sending or receiving thoughts without using the usual senses

involves receiving messages from non physical beings rather than direct mind to mind transfer

Antonyms

Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet

How Connected

channeling
  • US
2 9.0
mediumship
1 9.2
psychic
208 7.3
intuition
127 5.5

Surface Forms

channeling singular
channelings plural
channelleds plural
channelled singular

Morphology

channeling = channel (semi-transparent) = channel + ing

While morphologically regular (verb + -ing), the sense 'receiving/communicating messages from spirits' is a specialized, ritual/occult extension of 'act as a conduit' and may not be inferable by average learners.

Etymology

Channeling in the spiritual sense uses the same idea of a path: think of spirits or messages 'flowing' through a person as through a channel. That's why someone who does this is called a 'channel'—they are seen as a path for messages from another world.