Channeling experiences are often compared with Dissociative Trance/Possession Disorders and Dissociative Identity Disorders and more recent diagnostic criteria presented in the DSM 5 and ICD-11. From this comparison, it emerges quite clearly that, for most cases, channeling can either be considered an exceptional non-ordinary mental experience or a non-pathological Dissociative Trance/Possession experience. If this characterization is valid, the next step is to understand the origin of channeling experiences. Are they an expression of channeler’s unconscious or voluntary mental mechanisms, or real connections with “other discarnate entities”? Given their peculiar characteristics, channeling experiences offer a unique opportunity for a scientific investigation and in particular, the origin of the information received by the channelers.

通灵体验通常与分离性恍惚/占有障碍和分离性身份障碍以及 DSM 5 和 ICD-11 中提出的更新的诊断标准进行比较。从这个比较中可以清楚地看出，在大多数情况下，通灵既可以被认为是一种特殊的非普通心理体验，也可以被认为是一种非病态的分离恍惚/占有体验。如果这个特征是有效的，下一步就是了解通灵体验的起源。它们是通灵者无意识或自愿的心理机制的表达，还是与“其他无形实体”的真正联系？鉴于其独特的特点，通灵体验为科学研究提供了独特的机会，特别是通灵者收到的信息的来源。