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In the New Age movement, channeling is the claimed receipt of information or commands by a person functioning as a medium or channel for an unknown or divine source, much as a radio receives a signal from a transmitter. Although the term was coined in the 20th century, the concept is quite old and widespread.Channeling often means spiritual possession, where a spiritual being takes control of the receiving person's body. This mode is central to Spiritualist religions, such as Kardecism. It may also refer to other psychic phenomena where the patient loses only part of his control on his body, as in certain forms of dowsing, or merely acquires new information or ability, as in clairvoyance and telepathy.
1 Notable examples
Books and texts which allegedly resulted from channeling include:
- The Book of the Law
- Conversations with God
- A Course in Miracles
- OahspeOahspe: A Kosmon Bible in the Words of Jehovih and his Angel Embassadors ( sic) is a book announcing new revelations from God, which was produced by John Ballou Newbrough ( 1828- 1891) by automatic writing, and which was first published by Newbrough in 18
- The Qur'anThe Qur'an ( Arabic al-qurn also transliterated as Quran Koran and less commonly Alcoran is the holy book of Islam. Muslims believe that the Qur'an is the literal word of God and culmination of God's revelation to mankind, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad
- Seth (via Jane Roberts)Jane Roberts a poet and psychic, wrote a number of books including The Education of Oversoul Seven and Adventures in Consciousness''. In addition, she and her husband, artist Robert F. Butts, are the authors of the Seth books. The Seth Books Roberts would
- The Urantia BookUrantia is the name sometimes given to the spiritual movement whose principal text is The Urantia Book''. According to The Urantia Book itself, Urantia is simply another name for the planet Earth. The book, a self-purported revelation to the planet, was f
- The Indigo ChildrenIndigo children are supposedly a set of children having certain special psychological attributes. The Indigo Child concept was first popularized by the book, The Indigo Children written by the husband and wife team of Lee Carroll and Jan Tober. Carroll al
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2 Channeling in fiction
In fantasy literature, the term channeling is sometimes used in other ways, particularly to describe a person's ability to draw on some form of magical power. For example, the Wheel of Time series uses the term extensively (although it is by no means the only work to do so).
