"Automatic Writing" verges on "stream of consciousness writing"; you simply dismiss your logical mind and write down whatever comes through. Determining the origin of that information (your consciousness or an outside entity) that would take some time.
There are many successful writers--Jack Keauroac and Virginia Woolf to name two--who adopted stream of consciousness writing. I would start there and then maybe move into automatic writing.
I suppose what really matters are your intentions. Are you pursuing automatic writing for creative purposes, to learn about yourself, to learn something about the world. Depending on your intentions, you may choose one approach or the other.
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