Animal's Mediumship

A dog and cat do not posses true mediumistic faculties

ANIMAL'S MEDIUMSHIP: The irrational beings do not possess true mediumistic faculties. However, they have embryonic psychic perceptions, conditioned to their evolutionary state, through which they can act as deliberately disturbing entities, with lower purposes, to create perplexity in those who accompany them in certain situations.

THE CONSOLER "O Consolador" - Emmanuel - 1940 year

Within Theosophy, C.W. Leadbeater, in his book "Clairvoyance," asserts that some primitive beings (savages), common in Central Africa and even in Western Europe, develop a type of etheric-level clairvoyance that is spontaneous, passive, and uncontrolled. He claims that paranormal abilities are in accordance with the spiritual development of each being.

But in the case of animals, paranormality is at the etheric level. A dog, a cat, or any other irrational animal does not have a developed physical or spiritual vehicle within its structures to perceive astral spheres. They can sense pressure, detect smells, and even perceive certain etheric shapes, but they do not see spirits unless those spirits materialize. 

Allan Kardec in "The Book of Mediums," question 236 - Chapter 21, corroborates this statement.

"It is certain that spirits can become visible and tangible to animals, and often the sudden terror they display, without their perception of the cause, is determined by the sight of one or many spirits, malevolent towards the individuals present or towards the owners of the animals. More frequently, you see horses refusing to move forward or backward, or rearing up in front of an imaginary obstacle. Be assured that this imaginary obstacle is almost always a spirit or a group of spirits preventing their movement. Remember Balaam's donkey, which, seeing an angel before it and fearing the flaming sword, obstinately refused to take a step forward. The angel wanted to make itself visible only to the animal before manifesting visibly to Balaam, but, I repeat, we do not mediate directly with animals or inanimate matter. We require a human medium because we need the union of similar fluids, which we do not find in animals or inanimate matter."

Reviewed an translated by Márcio Varela

Original author Beraldo Figueiredo.