A Mediator versus a Medium

A mediator is defined as "a person who attempts to make people involved in a conflict come to an agreement; a go-between."

On the Via Christa, we define a mediator as an intercessor, messenger or agent, who mediates between God and man, a seer, prophet, messenger or agent for Heavenly Councils and Guards, whose obedience to spiritual law refines the subconscious and conscious phases of mind to open the super-conscious faculties.

A medium is defined as "the means by which something is communicated or expressed; a person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living; the middle quality or state between two extremes; a reasonable balance."

On the Via Christa, we define a medium as an intermediate agency, a human mechanism or channel for spirit guides, one who suspends rational consciousness to serve as the passive vehicle of personalities not known with the conscious mind.

The Difference Between a Medium and a Mediator

Edna Lister transcript; April 17, 1938, Cleveland, Ohio. Scribe: Edna Catherine Bender. Note: The description below applies to both women and men as mediators or mediums.

A true mediator knows truth instantly; she is a seer and prophet who possesses soul-knowing. A medium may be clairvoyant, clairaudient and give "messages" but lacks the soul-knowing that accompanies Christ consciousness.

A mediator knows that God created her to obey law and be used by Power. She bases her life on the foundation of absolute obedience to immutable law and principle. A medium believes she was created to use and control Power. Being ignorant of immutable law, she does not base herself on the foundation of obedience to law.

A mediator is always conscious of what is happening. A full mediator conquers self until her rational soul holds her appetitive soul as a mirror, with no personal thought, emotion or consciousness; God uses her mirrored soul as a reflector of Light.

A medium enters a trance, light or deep — this includes automatic writing — leaves her body and loses consciousness of what is happening. Thus, no experience registers on her brain cells to create a lasting memory impression.

A mediator heeds and obeys the orders of inner Councils, ignoring outer circumstances and the subconscious mind's urging. A medium lets her personal desires of self and those seeking sympathy to rule her, rather than the counsel of law.

A mediator is often considered hard and unsympathetic, and others will accuse her of having no understanding. Others usually call a medium sympathetic. So, a medium is always more popular than a mediator.

A mediator extends her consciousness and vision beyond the Gates of Light into the Realms of Heaven to see and hear spiritually. A medium remains in the planes of consciousness, below the Gates of Heaven. They do not see spiritually, but receive impressions by drawing outer vibrations into the room.

A mediator works unobtrusively by letting God do the work, taking no credit to self but giving God the whole and complete credit. A medium works by will, by force of demand, and in time loses both body and use of mind (endocrine and central nervous system equipment).

A mediator forever seeks new ways to conquer self and live by soul without whining or complaining about the difficulties and obstacles that may arise on the Path of Destiny. A medium works on the fate line for partly or purely selfish reasons and seeks to control and manipulate life's conditions with little or no personal desire to become selfless or perfect.

A mediator knows that the real price of truth is conquering self. A medium believes she can buy and sell truth, working for a profit. A mediator desires that all souls know freedom from earthly bondage and confusion. A medium enjoys flattery and is proud of having others be dependent on her.

The medium and mediator both use the same divinely bestowed powers of being operating through the One Christ Mind, the Logos. A medium has "open eyes and ears," which we call clairvoyance and clairaudience, yet having no basis in divine law, lets the personal desires of self and others rule her.

A medium may be clairvoyant, clairaudient and may give "messages," but lacks the soul-knowing of Christ consciousness. A mediator is a seer and a prophet who does have "soul knowing."

A medium enters a trance, leaves the body and loses consciousness of what is happening. Nothing registers on the brain cells to create a memory impression. A medium who closes her eyes but does not lose consciousness is a mediator-in-training.

A full mediator is a Christed soul, one who raises the appetitive soul's subconscious mind, which never leaves the physical body, to the rational soul's conscious mind to completely possess the brain. This conquering of self is so great that she unifies her appetitive soul with her rational soul, ruled by her Oversoul. Thus, she becomes an oracle, both a seer and a prophetess, who has been granted permission to speak when so ordered from above.

The mediator is an oracle who has burned away the silver cord through initiations to become the cosmic consciousness of her own Oversoul, which means that she has soul consciousness, the ability to live in heaven and here, too, consciously and simultaneously.

As an oracle, a mediator professes and stands for the truth. She expresses truth in business, social or family life to the best of her present ability. She prays much, praises much, and has always had the vision and heard of the Voice of God speaking. She has always accepted that the Voice of God speaks to her when teaching, from the lowest grades to the highest, as words from above put on her lips, and that phrasing is her service.