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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos  How can the medium even connect with the sitter if he doesn't know who the sitter is? |
Well, years ago investigators like Richard Hodgson and others frequently used "proxy sitters." In these cases the real "sitter" would not even be present at the seance and a stranger would be brought in to sit in the presence of the medium. This "proxy" would not know the real sitter and thus would have no way of knowing whether the medium is giving accurate information. After the seance, the real sitter would be given a transcript of the seance to evaluate.
So the question is, assuming for a moment that the medium actually did connect both with the real sitter and a deceased acquaintance of his/hers, how did that happen when the sitter wasn't even in the presence of the medium? I don't know. But I would assume that some people would probably believe that our deceased loved ones are to some extent aware of us and our intentions and would be in some cases aware that the test was going to be performed. They would then communicate through the medium relevant information for the real sitter. On the other hand, those who believe in "super psi" would probably say that the investigator knows who the real sitter is, and that that is enough for the subconscious mind of the medium to, through psi, link up with relevant information without spirits having to be involved at all.