Making contact with those in the spirit world can be achieved by many methods but none are so intense, or so utterly absorbing and emotionally fulfilling as trance. There are different degrees of intensity in this form of mediumship where levels can be lighter or deeper and the sources of blending with spirit may occur with subtle difference. It may be that various mediums will identify differently to spirit guides within their work depending upon the distancing obtained. It is a form of communication between spirit guides and the medium and may well be confined to working circles.

When a medium trains, they will often sit in a development circle which can number anything from 15 people through to as little as one other person. Here they learn to make contact with the spirit world in a deeper way and some may find they have the capacity for deeper trance work. Circle members may be able to listen to the wise and informative words of a spirit guide spoken through the medium in varied and differing ways.

The spirit communicators may be at various distances from the medium, from as far away as 40-50 feet, but spirit guides who have a strong connection with their medium are able to come very close to them. At times, they may even completely take control of the apparatus of breathing and subconscious functions of the physical state. This connection can induce feelings that the guide has walked into their auric field or even into their physical body, which indeed, for some, may be the case. Some may have evolved a kind of mechanism to enhance a heightened physical involvement, which helps the energy transfer. Occasionally, the spirit world are able to take complete control if the medium is pliant enough, borrowing the physical body for the duration or parts of the time whilst in the trance state.

We understand that in a normal state of consciousness, the auric field extends for about between two and four feet depending upon how the person feels. Their happiness or disposition will have a dramatic effect upon this part of energy construction of physical state. In an altered state, this field of energy and sensitivity may extend a lot further; possibly 20 feet away.
Trance may occur at different levels and can be included in these various states ranging from various levels of consciousness, from light to deep trance as with channeling, overshadowing or inspired talking.