Surveying the landscape => A paranormal, religious future?

I was struck listening to the Julie Beischel interview with Mishlove when she mentions that the mediums she works with describe themselves, for the most part, as "secular". (Only one of them described herself as a Spiritualist.) So a secular spirituality, if you will.

Julie learned under Gary Schwarch. He studied a few Spiritualist mediums.

The majority of Spiritualists I know will give a reading if pushed, but that is not their purpose of mediumship. I am a Spiritualist and certified medium with the nsac.org. I do not give readings, but I do offer what we refer to as "spirit greetings" during the meetings. The purpose of it is to demonstrate continuous life.

My personal opinion is the particulars of mediumship have been established for over a century. The engineer in me thinks it is time to move on and find ways to develop and serve with the ability.

When I became ordained my preference would have been to be ordained as a metaphysician rather than a minister. The NSAC describes Spiritualism as the science, philosophy and religion of continuous life. Many of us in the NSAC do not consider it a religion. If asked, I would say that I am a secular Spiritualist.

Of the many paranormalists I have communicated with, the majority seem to be spiritualist-minded. It always fascinates me that organized Spiritualism is more like a 7-11 market compared to orthodox religion's supermarket. Yet, the supermarket goers seem so often unimpressed by their religion.