The Science of
Channelling

DEFINE THE QUESTION

Three Questions, Different Evidence

Wahbeh uses channeling as a broad umbrella. The studies below mainly concern trance channelling; results should not automatically be transferred to intuition, creative flow, telepathy or every form of mediumship.

SIX SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

What Has Actually Been Studied?

Yes, peer-reviewed research exists. Its questions range from phenomenology and physiology to information content and ethics. Publication is a quality-control step; it does not by itself establish a paranormal mechanism.

Selection checked against journal records, PubMed and official author summaries on 3 November 2026. These are abstract-level summaries, not a systematic review, full-text audit or raw-data reanalysis. Many papers share IONS-affiliated authors; six publications do not represent six independent replications.

Related Research, Different Questions

Peres et al. (2012), Neuroimaging during Trance State, in PLOS ONE, studied ten psychographers during trance and ordinary writing. It is relevant to automatic writing and brain correlates, but its small exploratory design cannot identify the source of the writing.

Two 2026 studies by Wahbeh and Glick examine semantic correspondence and qualitative meaning in communications attributed to extraterrestrial intelligences. Shared themes or semantic similarity cannot authenticate an extraterrestrial speaker. These are related analyses, rather than independent replications. See our existing research and presentation companion.

Explore the Worked Research Q&A → for competing explanations and related mediumship studies, including negative findings.

CREATIVITY · REPORTED EXHAUSTION · CONTEXT

Does Channelling Take a Toll?

The Reddit thread that prompted this inquiry began with artists and performers entering creative flow. Replies described both uplifting absorption and fatigue after readings. These are personal accounts, not controlled evidence that a psychic energy transfer causes exhaustion. Read the May 2019 discussion ↗

The studies summarised above do not establish that creative flow and trance channelling have a single mechanism, nor do they measure a proven “energy drain”. Reported tiredness deserves attention while explanations remain open.

Wahbeh’s discussion of mental health emphasises meaning, distress, daily functioning and relationships. Group averages cannot assess an individual. Experiences that become distressing or interfere with daily life warrant appropriate support.

PUBLIC N2N DISCOVERY TRAIL

Already in Our Reddit Search

These eleven entries were located in AkashicNET’s public title-search dataset. They include the 2023 journal-paper post, a Neuroscience News report, a trance-state review entry and routes to the book, interviews and existing editorial work. Multiple entries can concern the same study; eleven entries are not eleven peer-reviewed papers or independent confirmations. Post bodies and comments have not been newly reviewed for this guide.

A PRACTICAL RESEARCH PATH

Let the Claim Choose the Test

1. Record the experience: preserve the original words, timing and context before checking a possible match.
2. Make the claim specific: separate personal meaning from a factual prediction or information claim.
3. Define the comparison: account for prior knowledge, inference, expectation, ordinary communication and chance.
4. Count every attempt: record misses and ambiguous results alongside striking matches; predefine scoring and analysis.
5. Invite independent testing: use blinding where feasible and ask whether a separate team can reproduce the result.

These are AkashicNET methodological suggestions, not exercises quoted from Wahbeh’s book. No claim of psychic ability is required to approach experience with curiosity and care.