Ethereal, thanks for your posting of this article!
I was thinking about it too!
Anyways, I have never channeled anything but I have read books by some who say they are "channeled."
For example I am reading the workbook from A Course in Miracles right now which was channeled & the entity identified itself as Jesus. However, I'm not so sure of that but nonetheless the book is a great study for me! So you can say I am having a positive experience.
A long time ago on the internet I was searching (I did this often) for spiritual information & came across an e-book of which I no longer have a link. The guy said he was contacted & saw & conversed with an entity which also..called itself Jesus. The thing I got from it which was helpful for me at the time though was the translation of the words of the Bible as Jesus saying "I AM" & not just making God something bigger than himself. That was very helpful for my growth.
So even if something is not of Jesus persay or.. whatnot.. I have gotten positive benefits from some of the channeled stuff. However, I will add on the other side of this story: I have picked up books & wanted to belch from the amount of BS in them. & they are also claimed to be channeled or psychically known & I suspect them to be channeling astral entities of which there is a very negative intention that calibrates very very low.
So if a book has 99% good stuff & 1% not true I'd read it most likely & just chuck out the 1% shruggable stuff. & even if I didn't know I think in time we all know just from experience.
It didn't take Hawkins telling me about how certain things were not as positive as you think they'd be to "know" that but rather my personal experiences with them. I saw what happened to some of the people I knew who got themselves so puffed up they thought they were above being duped by negative entities. Eee. I've got stories I could tell.
Such as looking into the eyes of a person & seeing darkness so deep it freaked me out (seriously).
Anyways! Just thought I'd share & thanks for the link!