Channeling, and or more commonly known as Consensual Possession, is the act of allowing an entity to use your body and voice as a vessel.
This is a practice that I would honestly say is not for beginners as it tales a lot of time to learn how to do it safely and involves a large amount of strength and trust in yourself and the entities you are welcoming into your body.
When I channel as I often do for my clients, I am giving most of the control of my body and voice to the entity that was requested to channel. It is a process that involves thorough Vetting, which is the practice of making sure you are dealing with the entity you believe you are, this is done by asking several questions that only the entity in question would be able to know the answers to, i.e. questions about their mythologies, personal connections you may have with them, and or personal experiences.
I also ensure that I have protective jewellery on and have other protections in place to keep my body safe when channeling.
This is a highly draining practice and should be done with caution, it is rare that I channel more than one entity in a day and or period of days to properly conserve and protect my energy. And that is coming from a seasoned channeler!
There are other ways you can attempt channeling that are far less risky and draining. One of these methods is called Automatic Writing, it is a type of channeling in which you only give access to control of your hand. This is usually done with pen and paper and involves a meditative state in which you allow the entity you trust to control your hand and write down a message for you.
Overall, I suggest approaching channeling with caution if you wish to, as long as you take the proper preliminary measures, you should be able to learn how to do it safely! I suggest starting small with the Automatic Writing before moving to full body channeling. And that when you do, you do so with a very trusted member of your spiritual team.
Of course at the end of the day, this is all just my opinion on how channeling is done, while I have been doing it professionally, you have no obligation to take what I've said to heart and that's perfectly fine! The beauty of witchcraft is that we all do things differently! <3
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