Automatic Writing
Writing without conscious direction so that a spirit, daimon or the unconscious produces text; a 19th-century Spiritualist technique still used in trance and channeling work.
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- Tools
- Planchette
Nature and meaning
- Category
- Scriptive
Details
- Summary
Writing without conscious direction so that a spirit, daimon or the unconscious produces text; a 19th-century Spiritualist technique still used in trance and channeling work.
- Method
- Set a time limit, keep the hand moving, and judge the text only afterwards.
- Best for
- ChannelingTranceSpiritsScript
- Keywords
- ChannelingTranceSpiritsScript
- Origin
- Modern western
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