channeling (spiritualism)

"Gelya is a Vessel, a girl who channels the word of the One True God through song. Cloistered with the other Vessels of her faith, she believes--- as all Ovinists do-- that a saint imprisoned Elath the Great Demon centuries ago, saving humanity from earthly temptation. When Gelya stumbles into a deadly cover-up by the Ovinists' military, she reluctantly teams up with Tavik, an enemy soldier, to survive. Tavik believes that Elath is actually a mother goddess who must be set free, but while he succeeds in opening Her prison, he inadvertently turns Gelya into Elath's unwilling human vessel"--Jacket flap.

An examination of the history and nature of spiritualism, a paranormal phenomena.

While investigating the Listeners, a channeling group, FBI agent David Conner falls in love with one of the group's leaders and learns that the channelers are able to bring back both wisdom and danger from the past.

Describes sightings of such famous ghosts as those of Abraham Lincoln and John Lennon. Also discusses the phenomenon of channeling by which ghosts communicate with the living directly or through a medium.

An examination of the history and nature of spiritualism, a paranormal phenomena.