| When it comes to psychics and mediums, there are a | | | | an Ouija board may be used. Some mediums also |
| number of distinctions. One person can be both a | | | | practice automatic writing, which allows the spirit to |
| psychic and a medium, but they are actually different | | | | write messages on pad. |
| things. Both psychics and mediums fall in the area of | | | | Basically, medium ship is more specialized than just |
| psychic services. | | | | being a psychic. The practitioner is able to contact |
| A psychic teller is usually someone that is adept at | | | | and host spirits. Mediumship is practiced in many |
| divination of some sort. They could be a magic teller, | | | | different religions including spiritualism, Christian |
| a love teller, a horoscope teller, a future teller or a | | | | spiritless, spirits, Voodoo, Hoodoo, Yorumba, |
| palmist. There is also such a thing as a question teller | | | | Umbanda and Candomblé, |
| who is a psychic that simply has the role of | | | | Most traditional African and African diasporic traditions |
| answering questions. Phone readers sometimes can | | | | include mediumship as a central focus of religious |
| do this or alternatively they might read tarot cards. | | | | practice. However, it is also part of Japanese Shinto |
| Palm readers and psychics who give you a tealeaf | | | | practice, which believes that the human spirit can be |
| reading also qualify as being as psychics. | | | | possessed by nature spirits. In Celtic traditions, |
| However, many psychics are also mediums and vice | | | | mediumship is common but more so using tools. You |
| versa. Basically, a medium is someone who has the | | | | see the medium contacting dead ancestors with the |
| ability to channel spirits. Some mediums don't use any | | | | use of objects, such as cauldrons of waters or |
| type of divination tool and they are considered to be | | | | crystal balls. Sometimes, a circle is cast and the |
| among the best when it comes to psychic services. | | | | medium steps inside it to connect with the energies |
| A medium can have conversations with spirit voices; | | | | of the dearly departed. |
| go into a trance and speak without knowledge of | | | | There are also new age psychics and mediums that |
| what is being said; allow a spirit to enter his or her | | | | are more concerned with channeling higher energies |
| body and speak through it; or relay messages from | | | | than the deceased. This would include channeling the |
| the spirits those who wish to contact them with the | | | | ascended masters, the archangels, saints, and other |
| help of a physical tool. A table may be knocked on or | | | | elements. |