Mediumship
In its most simple definition,mediumship is the faculty that allows the individual an exchange with the Spiritual world and facilitates the communication between the two planes of life. A medium then, is someone endowed with the mediumistic faculty who acts as an intermediary, consciously or not. Because this faculty is innate in man, we are all mediums, to some degree, though we normally speak of mediums in terms of those individuals in whom the faculty is more pronounced.
The exercise of mediumship is registered across all time, religions, cultures, etc. Despite some who still deny its validity (in spite all the evidence and proof), mediumship, today, is admitted, recognized, and respected in many places around the world. Mediumship is not a privilege belonging only to Spiritism, nor is it synonymous with Spiritism. Mediumship plays, however, a major part in the education and practice of the Spiritist Doctrine which teaches us about its altruistic and noble purpose, and educates us on its manifestations and practice, and the responsibilities entrusted to participants of both the physical and material realms.