Post by bluefedish on Jul 8, 2007 20:22:18 GMT -5
Automatic writing is one of the most difficult scrying techniques. It falls into the area of motor automatism.
Basically the mind delivers information by taking control of nerves and muscles of the arm and hand. Professional automatic writers are called autonographists.
In order to automatic write you must achieve an abstracted , receptive state of awareness. Do not focus on your hand or what is being written.
The famous medium Stainton Moses used to recieve automatic writing with his left hand while writing with his right hand at the same time. Some people may write without even realizing anything has happened.
Some people have also reported feelings of like electric shocks running down through the arm. Others report feeling someone touch or hold their arm and hand and guide the writing.
At first the movement of the pencil may be just circles or lines. A tingling in your arm is a good sign.
Automatic writing is often hard to read and the words are often joined together. Sometimes the words are so small you will need a magnifying glass.
Sometimes words are written in reverse or upside down. Another form of automatic writing is when the practitioner hears words in the conscious mind and then writes them down.
Use in Religious Movements:
Automatic writing is used in Spiritualism and the New Age movement as a form of channeling. One of the best-known automatic writers was Hélène Smith, an early 20th-century psychic who felt that her automatic writing was the attempt of Martians to communicate with Earth. She claimed she could translate their Martian language into French. Another well-known author, Neale Donald Walsch, wrote the book series Conversations with God, claiming to have used automatic writing to speak with God.
Criticism:
Skeptics point out that automatic writing claimed to be of supernatural origins is a parlor game that has little more effect than to spark creativity in the minds of the participants. They claim, as with other paranormal phenomena, that the subconscious of those performing the writing is the only thing influencing their actions and that there is no solid evidence that any messages are coming from anywhere other than the minds of the person holding the pencil. This is referred to as the ideomotor effect.
As there is no scientific evidence supporting the use of automatic writing in therapy, its usage to release repressed memories is suspect as well. While unconscious ideas are expressed in automatic writing, skeptics point out that it is unlikely that they are any more profound than the writer's conscious thoughts. Skeptics argue that there is no evidence that the "true self" lies in the unconscious any more than it does in normal consciousness.
Selected Sources:
www.paralumun.com/writauto.htm
www.autowriting.com/
Basically the mind delivers information by taking control of nerves and muscles of the arm and hand. Professional automatic writers are called autonographists.
In order to automatic write you must achieve an abstracted , receptive state of awareness. Do not focus on your hand or what is being written.
The famous medium Stainton Moses used to recieve automatic writing with his left hand while writing with his right hand at the same time. Some people may write without even realizing anything has happened.
Some people have also reported feelings of like electric shocks running down through the arm. Others report feeling someone touch or hold their arm and hand and guide the writing.
At first the movement of the pencil may be just circles or lines. A tingling in your arm is a good sign.
Automatic writing is often hard to read and the words are often joined together. Sometimes the words are so small you will need a magnifying glass.
Sometimes words are written in reverse or upside down. Another form of automatic writing is when the practitioner hears words in the conscious mind and then writes them down.
Use in Religious Movements:
Automatic writing is used in Spiritualism and the New Age movement as a form of channeling. One of the best-known automatic writers was Hélène Smith, an early 20th-century psychic who felt that her automatic writing was the attempt of Martians to communicate with Earth. She claimed she could translate their Martian language into French. Another well-known author, Neale Donald Walsch, wrote the book series Conversations with God, claiming to have used automatic writing to speak with God.
Criticism:
Skeptics point out that automatic writing claimed to be of supernatural origins is a parlor game that has little more effect than to spark creativity in the minds of the participants. They claim, as with other paranormal phenomena, that the subconscious of those performing the writing is the only thing influencing their actions and that there is no solid evidence that any messages are coming from anywhere other than the minds of the person holding the pencil. This is referred to as the ideomotor effect.
As there is no scientific evidence supporting the use of automatic writing in therapy, its usage to release repressed memories is suspect as well. While unconscious ideas are expressed in automatic writing, skeptics point out that it is unlikely that they are any more profound than the writer's conscious thoughts. Skeptics argue that there is no evidence that the "true self" lies in the unconscious any more than it does in normal consciousness.
Selected Sources:
www.paralumun.com/writauto.htm
www.autowriting.com/
