Channeling, in other words, has moved from the gilded ashrams of the West Coast to the living rooms and offices of the American heartland. On the way, it has shed some of its sensational qualities in favor of a more muted approach to personal insight. It is now a well-established form of religious exploration that is likely to be with us for a while. Its practitioners believe that they can use altered states of consciousness to connect to wisdom emanating from the collective unconscious or even from other planets, dimensions, or historical eras.
— Michael F. Brown, The Channeling Zone