In a recently published article by Everton de Oliveira Maraldi entitled “Medium or Author? A Preliminary Model Relating Dissociation, Paranormal Belief Systems and Self-Esteem” (Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 2014, 78, 1-24), Maraldi bemuses about eleven (11) mediums and their unsubstantiated dissociative disorders. Quoting, "In dissociative experiences, the individual believes that something or someone is acting through him, controlling his movements, when in fact he is the agent itself."
The paragraph which grabbed attention was this one; to wit, or lack thereof...
"...mediums can serve as intermediaries for several painters and writers from beyond, and if they do not see themselves as having any valuable talent, they can, at least, offer their minds and bodies to these higher spiritual forces. The process of mediation between the living and the dead is thus more than a religious practice: it seems to allow certain contact with previously unknown talents or facets of an individual."
Let's translate. Physical mediums may communicate with the biologically dead, or may not, but the phenomena that results is far from being spirit-based.
Bologna.
Do psychical pseudo-researchers ever pick up and read one of thousands of books, articles and other written and recorded material about physical mediums before they launch these ridiculous assertions? Maraldi certainly did not and this garbage passed peer review too.
Maraldi's style of slithery materialistic nonsense disguised as (pseudo) science is all too common. If I gave much of a damn, this blogpost would be longer.
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