Terminology: What is channeling?

Ramtha popularized the term "channel". Before that, the term used for a spectrum of spiritual processes involving communication with etheric entities was always "trance medium" or "sensitive." Many who claimed to go into a trance to communicate with spirits were reporting valid experiences. But JZ's process is quite a different one. Ramtha calls her a "pure channel," which is a very rare anomaly. She actually abdicates her body and experiences a rushing down a long tunnel to a brilliant light; not unlike the death experiences that have been reported by people who have been declared clinically and legally dead but have returned to their bodies. Ramtha surrounds her body and, through a process of light synthesis, actually operates through the brain stem and lower cerebellum and he can make it move, talk, and interact with the environment.

JZ's essence or spirit, if you will, is not present when channeling. She is not in a trance nor does she remember anything that occurs while she is gone. Ramtha is facilitating her body and using its brain not unlike a telephone. In the early days, JZ's body took on a great deal of water to be able to facilitate the high frequency vibration of Ramtha. Nowadays her body is more acclimated to his frequency and the facilitation simpler. Although the term "channel" has been adopted by many, it is not the aforementioned process that these people are engaged in. Some are actually mediums. Edgar Cayce is an example of this.

The litmus test for this process is now seen by some to be scrutiny by the scientific community. During the calendar year of 1996, JZ opened the school and Ramtha's teachings to the academic scrutiny. In the summer of 1996, JZ underwent a battery of psychophysiological tests that will forever determine the definition of what a channel is.