The term automatic writing almost defines itself. It is the process that a medium uses to converse with spirits. In automatic writing the medium sits at a table with a pen or pencil in hand and a blank paper in front. The medium then goes into a trance and the spirit then uses the medium to write the message, most times the medium does not know what is written. Many spiritualists use automatic writing in an attempt to channel spirits.

Automatic writing can consist of illegible writing, the text may appear to be jumbled, spelling mistakes no punctuation, or even symbols or pictures can be drawn in an attempt for the spirit to make its message known. Some times the message can be in a different language or hand writing style different from the mediums.

In attempting automatic writing a person can use any writing tool even a computer, many mediums favor using a computer as they can type faster than writing and find even miss-typed words can have a definite meaning.

As in the use of an Ouija board care and caution should be used in any attempt at automatic writing. As in an Ouija board there is no way of telling what kind of spirit is coming through the automatic writing session, if you feel any discomfort stop immediately.