Automatic Spirit Writing

Automatic writing is a psychic or parapsychological phenomenon that enables a person to produce written words without consciously writing. The content of automatic writing is produced through paranormal means; i.e. it is from a supernatural source. Automatic writing as well as trance writing can often be found in spiritualist and Theosophical literature; however, automatic writing is also practiced in many other areas such as general magic, mediumship, experimental psychology, psychiatry and sociology.

Automatic writing involves the production of a message, either by a physical object (pencil/pen) without conscious intervention. Although the practice is often attributed to mediums and psychics, automatic writing is considered to be an automatic process and a psychic one.

It is also a form of channeling and generally involves writing down messages or information that the spiritualist feels are being communicated by another entity.

This form of channeling is where a spirit takes control of an individual's hand to produce an unknown script. Automatic writing is believed to be the activity of unconscious beings or spirits who are communicating with their loved ones. An automatic writer may or may not realise they are producing messages while they write.