MEDIUMSHIP - OBSESSION:  IN THE WORKING MEDIUM

Intro | Simple Obsession | Fascination |
Subjugation | Warning Signs | Final Comments

Subjugation

"Subjugation is a constraint which paralyzes the will of its victim and makes him act in spite of himself, reducing him to a state of absolute bondage."

"Subjugation may be moral or corporeal. In the first case, the subjugated medium is often drawn to do things which are foolish or reprehensible, but which he is deluded into performing, regarding them as wise and proper; it is a species of fascination, but one which is exercised on the will as well as on the mind.”

“In the second case, the spirit acts on the material organs of his victim, provoking involuntary movements or acts, as is shown in the case of writing mediums, by an incessant desire to write, even at the most inopportune moments... Corporeal subjugation sometimes goes still further and forces its victims to do the most extravagant things."