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Seance
Also
Sιance. A gathering of people
for the purpose of investigating or experiencing supernormal or psychic phenomena.
In the past they were sometimes
called 'circles', because participants,
called 'sitters', sat around a table (or on chairs arranged in a circle) in order to link
hands, in the belief that this boosted the psychic forces which encourage paranormal
manifestations.
Generally seances are held in the dark and involve a medium who
enters a trance-like state and contacts a
'spirit friend' or 'spirit helper'. The spirit then communicates with the gathering
through the
medium, either mentally, or directly using the
medium's vocal chords. In the 19th century, seances were dominated by physical
manifestations, such as
rappings, strange smells,
levitation, and
materialization, most episodes of which were eventually exposed
as fraudulent. Because of these fraudulent associations, the term 'seance' has fallen into
disuse, and modern psychic researchers and mediums use the term 'sitting'.
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Astrology &
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Mediumship & Channeling.
Observations
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The Houdini Seance.
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