In the movement known as Spiritualism, successful performances of “mental mediumship” are rarely smooth. At services held by the Canberra Spiritualist Association, mediums attempt to provide evidence of life after death by describing a deceased person's character in ways recognizable to audience members. A medium's verbal performance de‐emphasizes heteroglossia while developing vivid spirit characters. Audience members sometimes do not understand or accept what the medium says, but small “failures” in performance help build a larger sense that mediums and audiences are working to gather evidence. As they work, mediums foreground and background their agency at the same time, displaying their fluency in spirit communication while identifying spirits as ultimately responsible for being present, and offering messages to the living. [ritual, dialogue, Spiritualism, mediumship, voice, evidence, Australia]

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如何像精神媒介一样说话

在称为“精神主义”的运动中，“心理中介”的成功表演很少能顺利进行。在堪培拉精神主义者协会举办的活动中，媒体试图通过听众可以识别的方式描述死者的性格，以提供死后的生命证据。媒介的言语表现在强调生动的精神特征的同时，不强调杂语。听众成员有时不理解或接受媒体所说的话，但是表演中的小“失误”有助于建立一种更大的感觉，即媒体和听众正在努力收集证据。在工作时，媒介会同时前台和后台代理，显示他们在精神交流中的流利程度，同时将精神归因于最终负责并向生活提供信息。[仪式，对话，精神主义，中介，声音，证据，澳大利亚]