Transfiguration is a physical mediums gift. For anything to be physical it has to be visible or audible to mortal eyes and ears.
Some of the usual psychic gifts involve seeing, sensing and hearing, using the psychic senses. These are the senses which are not physical, they are what is referred to as mental mediumship.
When the medium has sat and developed physical gifts, they will have developed the use of ‘ectoplasm’. Physical mediumship can only occur with ectoplasm present.
Trance is not physical mediumship, rather a mental state of different levels of consciousness. This can be manipulated by the user.
Ectoplasm is used to provide the direct voice which may come via a ‘trumpet’. The ectoplasm is used to move the trumpet and direct it to the recipient of the spirit message. You will recognise your loved ones voice if it comes to you this way.
Ectoplasm is used by the physical medium, who sits in a cabinet in order to contain the ectoplasm, so that it can be used by the spirit enitites, to form the figure and features of the spirit loved one for recognition. When the figure is formed it emerges outside the cabinet for the sitters to witness. This can be incredible!
Although table phenomena is usually created by using the psychic energy of the sitters, and therefore can be controlled and manipulated too much. I have seen sitters pushing the table on more than one occasion.
When a physical medium is present and in charge of the table, it is different. Spirit will create ectoplasmic rods in order to lift, tilt and tap, the table and bring proof from spirit. This is wonderful when done sincerely.
Above all, the integrety of mediums a sitters is paramount. So many people who have no psychic gifts try to make it appear that they do. If you are sensible and respect your own intelligence, you can spot the fakers.
The fakers cannot keep up the act and find it difficult to answer spiritual questions. Usually they do not give personal messages either.
More on this subject later.