What makes you keep watching the youtubers who go out investigating? Do you have a special team that you watch and why?

There’s a moment most people remember clearly. The first time something happens that doesn’t fit neatly into logic, coincidence, or polite conversation. It’s often a small feeling. A name that drops into your head for no obvious reason. A sudden emotional wave that doesn’t belong to the moment you’re standing in. Nothing dramatic enough to justify a movie soundtrack but just enough to quietly unsettle the way you understand reality. For some people, that moment is brushed aside. A strange day. A tired brain. An overactive imagination. But for others, it lingers and repeats. It taps them on the shoulder when they’re not looking for it. Spiritual mediumship has been romanticised, mocked, sensationalised, commercialised, and outright misunderstood. Depending on who you ask, it’s either a sacred calling, a parlour trick, a psychological glitch, or something you should never mention at dinner unless you enjoy awkward silences and weird looks. Most of what people think they know about it comes from television shows, horror films, or that one person you know who swears she “just knows things” but can’t quite explain how. Mediumship, at its core, isn’t about seeing dead people wandering around your lounge room or being permanently plugged into another dimension. It’s about perception and about sensitivity. It’s about the ability — sometimes learned, sometimes stumbled into — to notice information that doesn’t arrive through the usual five senses. Most importantly, it’s about learning how to tell the difference between what’s meaningful and what’s simply mental noise and this is often the bit that confuses people the most. One of the biggest misconceptions about mediumship is that it arrives fully formed, like a gift wrapped neatly with instructions. In reality, most people who feel drawn to it don’t wake up one day announcing they’re a medium. They experience confusion first. Doubt. A strong argument with themselves about whether they’re making things up. They spend years trying to rationalise what they’re noticing, often hoping it will go away so they can get on with normal life.

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Firstly I want to say that I wrote this in response to watching some ghost hunters on a You Tube Channel dealing with a ‘negative energy’ inside a person’s home with sage and not only did they not treat the process with respect they also really did not deal with the situation in a proper way in general. Burning sage to “clear negative energy” has become one of the most recognisable modern spiritual practices. It shows up in haunted houses, wellness spaces, witchcraft circles, and even real estate listings. But where did this belief come from — and does it actually do anything? It is not proof of spirits being physically removed, but it’s also not meaningless superstition. Let’s break it down. Across cultures, smoke was believed to: Carry prayers to the spirit world and act as a boundary between realms.It’s been used to purify people, objects, and spaces. It’s also been known to drive away illness, bad luck, or unwanted forces. Different cultures used different plants: White sage (Salvia apiana) — Indigenous peoples of North America Juniper — Siberian, Mongolian, and some Slavic traditions Mugwort — European folk magic Frankincense and myrrh — Middle Eastern and Christian traditions Palo santo — Indigenous Smoke was seen as ‘liminal’, neither solid nor air ,perfect for dealing with things that were also believed to exist in the “in between.” Sage earned its reputation for a few key reasons: In Indigenous North American traditions, sage was used in cleansing rituals, illness prevention, and protection — not as decoration or ambience. It was part of a larger ceremonial system involving intention, prayer, and community. Sage wasn’t burned casually. It was used for a specific purpose. In pre-modern thinking: Bad smells = decay, illness, corruption Strong aromatic smoke = vitality, dominance, protection If something unwanted was present, overpowering it with scent made intuitive sense. Burning sage for example visibly changes the air, it alters smell, lighting, and atmosphere.