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A séance or seance is an attempt to communicate with spirits. The word séance comes from the French word for "session", from the Old French seoir, "to sit". In French, the word's meaning is quite gene
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Seance, Balmain, Sydney, 1939, by Ray Olsen
A poster for an early 20th century stage show from Houdini, advertised as proving that spirits do not return
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In folklore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, fr
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…lit. 'a movie session'). In English, however, the word came to be used specifically for a meeting of people who are gathered to receive messages from ghosts or to listen to a spirit medium discourse with or relay messages from spirits. In modern English usage, participants need not be seated while engaged…
Relief from a carved funerary lekythos at Athens showing Hermes as psychopomp conducting the soul of the deceased, Myrrhine into Hades (c. 430–420 BC)
Yūrei (Japanese ghost) from the Hyakkai Zukan, c. 1737
Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut, is home to the legend of the White Lady.
Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing the god Dumuzid being tortured in the Underworld by galla demons