Séance

A séance (SAY-ahnce) is, on its most basic level, an attempt to communicate with the dead. The séance, or sitting, is led by a person known as a medium who will usually go into a trance and allow the dead to communicate through him or her. More recently, this has been known as channeling. Other forms of séances use Ouija boards. The Spiritualist Church is based around the belief that the dead can impart wisdom through its ministers in the form of channeling and séances.