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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP: MENTAL MEDIUMSHIP
Sunday 12th November 2917

The aim of this session is to determine what resources are needed to support our working mediums, to improve the standards of mental mediumship generally and to educate the public on how to prepare for and evaluate a reading.

Background reading:
http://www.victorzammit.com/evidence/mentalmediums.htm

Focus questions to guide the discussion:
Some possible issues include:

For non-mediums
* the difference between a medium and a psychc and a channeller,
* what is evidential mediumship,
* how to find a good medium,
* how to prepare for a reading,
* experimental evidence supporting the genuineness of mental mediumship,
* how are mediums certifed?
* what additional research is needed?

For working mediums
* the best and worst thing about being a working medium
* what mediums wish their clients knew
* coping with traumatic readings
* dealing with unreasonable clients
* when spirits put pressure on you
* great mediums of the past,
* how often should you read a client?
* ethics and mediumship. etc.
* what support do working mediums need

Our discussion will be of general information and we will ask people not to promote or denigrate any particular medium or mediumship training.


MEETING AGENDA (1 hour).

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SET UP- Aim for 15 mins
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1. [2 minutes] WELCOME AND AGENDA REVIEW - host welcomes and
explains purpose of AREI

2. [3 mins] Check in - Everyone says their name and where they are calling from. A special welcome to those zooming for the first time.

In a smaller group: My name is ______and I'm zooming in from ______ and something nice I've already done today is ________

2. [1 Mins] HOST Introduces the topic.

3. [5 MINS] SHARE SHORT VIDEO OR AREI GUEST SPEAKER
Joe Higgins will be joining the group and raising some issues.


4. [2 mins] Host sets up group discussion (perhaps share screen)
"We're now going to put you into groups (between 4-6 depending on numbers).
* We'd like those of you who are working mediums to go into one group, developing mediums into another and non-mediums into a third group.
* Then we'd like the group to discuss the focus questions.
* At the end of the discussion we'd like each group to nominate one person to share some of the issues raised by your group.

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GROUP DISCUSSION Aim for 35 minutes
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5. [20 MINS] Breakout room sharing and discussion of the focus questions. At the end host issues 1 minute warning to bring people back to the group.

6. [15 MINS] Full group discussion - Spokesperson from each group reports back. Host directs discussion to the focus questions. Talk about need for further research.
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UNGATHERING Aim for AIM 10 minutes
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7. (2 mins] Unanswered questions: Get everyone to write in the chat window questions that they still feel are unanswered.

8. ( 7 mins) Choose one of...

9) (1 MIN ) ) CLOSE Thank everyone and get people to call out goodbye to someone they can name (like the Waltons). Great fun to record!!

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Ask if anyone wants to chat privately in a breakout room.
Invite group members to stay in the main room and chat if that want.
Assign hosting rights to someone learning to host - good chance to practice using break-out rooms.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HOST A LOCAL GROUP OR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON ZOOM?

We can train you and help you with a support person in your meeting.
Email wendy@victorzammit.com with details of your area of interest and preferred times.

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