Being a Transmedium
in the Modern Day World
By Debi Livingston

We are all born with certain psychic abilities. I like to look at these abilities as spiritual gifts or talents. One of the talents we have is called transmediumship. This is your ability to bring another spirit into your body. People who have trained their transmedium skills use it for channeling, automatic writing, even talking with individuals who have passed over into the spirit realm. They, as spirit, are able to step aside and allow another being to come into their body to share information.

Edgar Cayce, Jane Roberts and Kevin Ryerson are well known transmediums.
If you are not familiar with them, look to the movies because some of the most talented actors are transmediums. Robin Williams and Jim Carrey are great examples. Notice how they change characters in a flash and jump from one topic to another so quickly it’s hard to keep up? These are all transmediumship qualities. What looks like one person acting out different people is in truth, many different spirits coming into their body wanting to be heard! Naturally this skill has worked out very well for both those people, but what about regular everyday people like you and me? Could we be a transmedium? The answer is yes!

If you are a transmedium you might be susceptible to earaches or sore throats as these are areas where spirits like to plug into the body. I am a transmedium. As an infant I was always suffering from ear infections. As I grew older and well into adulthood I was always getting strep throat and bronchitis. I was not able to own these parts of my body so spirits were always “plugging in.” I was petrified of the dark because once the lights went out I would hear people whispering in my ears and touching my face and arms. My body would get all tingly and I’d feel a vibration in my head. These were the spirits in my house and only I could see and hear them. My parents thought I was “different”.

When this psychic ability is to the extreme and is not in a healed state it is known as schizophrenia or multiple personalities. People who suffer from clinical depression are transmediums. Alcoholics and other substance abusers are transmediums. Have you ever heard the expression “he’s a mean drunk”? A different spirit comes into the body with the alcohol that has its own personality expression. That’s why alcohol is referred to as “spirits”. Food also plays a big role in the life of a transmedium. Caffeine and sugar spins you out of the body, clearing the path for another spirit to step in, while protein and other foods that help ground your body are important.

As a student at the Academy For Psychic Studies I was able to heal the pictures I had around this ability. Being a transmedium can be lots of fun! I’ve learned how to take ownership over my body. I no longer get sore throats after speaking to groups of people. I am aware that when my mood changes quickly a being has come into my space and I can say “hello” to that spirit to see what it needs. Usually, that’s all a spirit is looking for - someone to see it and say “hello, I know you are there!”