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The study’s authors carried out a survey of 65 clairaudient spiritualist mediums from the Spiritualists’ National Union, as well as 143 people from the general public.
According to their findings, spiritualists tend to have an innate disposition towards absorption.
Psychologists describe absorption as a trait in which people can become absorbed in their own fantasy and imagination, often linked to an altered state of consciousness.
The APA Dictionary of Psychology describes absorption as “an extreme involvement or preoccupation with one object, idea, or pursuit, with inattention to other aspects of the environment”.
According to the study, mediums are more likely to report unusual phenomena, such as hearing voices, often early on in their lives.
Many people who hear these voices are driven to search for spiritual explanations in a bid to find meaning.
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