"mental mediumship" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010, Carlos S. Alvarado, Investigating Mental Mediums: Research Suggestions from the Historical Literature",
          "text": "Abstract—Mental mediumship is a complex process involving a variety of factors in need of further study before we can increase our understanding of the phenomenon.",
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          "ref": "2011, Roxburgh, E.C. and Roe, C.A., A survey of dissociation, boundary-thinness, and psychological wellbeing in spiritualist mental mediumship",
          "text": "The purpose of this study was to explore the personality and psychological wellbeing of Spiritualist mental mediums compared to nonmedium Spiritualists.",
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          "ref": "2013 April 11, James Van Praagh, What Is a Medium?",
          "text": "The first and most common type is mental mediumship, which is how I work with my abilities.",
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        "The practice of communicating with ghosts using telepathy."
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        "(parapsychology) The practice of communicating with ghosts using telepathy."
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