| Means | What | Method | Drawbacks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuji (planchette writing) | Chinese precursor to Ouija board | Two people hold wooden stylus over sand; one gets possessed by a spirit and writes out Chinese characters; third person interprets. | Slow, difficult to read, written in sand |
| Transfiguration | Medium-facilitated visual spirit contact | Medium enters trance; ectoplasm covers his/her face and transforms it to spirit’s face; spirit speaks or manipulates medium’s vocal cords. | Draining for medium; seances most often conducted in darkness or red light |
| Psychic Telephone | Telephone-like device for direct communication without a human medium | Wear headset connected to an inflated balloon; ghost vibrates it against a microphone; listen to amplified communication. | Worked poorly unless inventor’s son, who was considered a medium, was present |
| Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) | Incursion of spirit voice into a recording device’s electrical field | Turn on recorder in a very quiet place; disruptions become imprinted on tape; listen for ghost voices in playback. | Initial equipment investment, messages can be hard to hear |
| Thoughtforms | Mind-generated energy message aimed directly at particular spirits with whom you wish to communicate | Enter hypnagogic state; focus on spirit and send energy message; wait anywhere from minutes to hours for reply. | Easier to send messages to the dead than to receive them |
| Past-Life Regression | Accessing one of your previous selves | Receive hypnosis and recall memories of former lives buried very deep within unconscious. | Limited contact choices, potential for new levels of self-hatred |
