[Open Mind]

To be fair to Wiseman, he asked the SNU (Spiritualist National Union - a UK organization behind the religion of Spiritualism) to select 5 mediums.

Not that it makes much difference .... the SNU's criteria of a good medium would probably not be based upon any controlled trials. If the SNU tried to regulate which mediums get to be on platforms based solely on evidence, so few would pass the test, hundreds of their churches would be without mediums to take weekly services. So I doubt the SNU would even attempt to regulate mediums based upon evidence, it is based upon other criteria such as public presentation of their philosophy.

Sadly that is what occurs in religion, the important questions take 2nd place to assisting an organization to run. The word 'spiritualist' once just meant 'one who believes in evidence the mind survives death and can communicate from an afterlife' .... there was no need to make yet another a religion or faith out of it IMHO.

It is up to more open minded researchers to look for better mediums, find positive results and perhaps at that point Wiseman would be willing to look again... but I don't regard Wiseman's viewpoint as that important.