The Art of Being Oneself: Dissociation in Spiritualist Mediumship

Abstract

This paper considers the relevance of dissociative mental states to our understanding of mediumistic practices. While this avenue of enquiry has recently been pursued by a number of scholars engaged in psychical research, the author approaches the relevance of dissociation by drawing upon his own experiential research as an apprentice and practising medium, together with the insights of analytical psychology.