Psychic Articles

Seances

A serious meeting of people interested in psychic occurrences at which a psychic will try to bring through spiritual energies.

Séances usually involve from 3 to 10 people.

Usually the psychic who is leading the séance will slip into a trance or a conscious level where he or she is able to communicate with a spirit, guardian angel or other entity.

The psychic may communicate silently with this spiritual entity or use his or her body as a channel for information.

In the case of channelled information, often the psychic does not remember what's happened afterwards.

In some séances, those taking part will sit in a circle and hold hands, although this isn't necessary. Most psychics who are involved in séances insist that those in attendance must take the same chair week after week.

There is often a prayer given or a period of meditation before the meeting begins and sometimes another such period at the end of the session. No one is allowed to leave the room during the séance because that would disrupt the spiritual communication.

Sometimes there is a religious lesson or knowledge that comes through from the spirit world, but this isn't always the case.

Meetings usually last from one to three hours and are held on a regular basis in a places where those in attendance feel comfortable.

Psychics say for good results it’s essential that there’s harmony between those who are sitters at the séance.

Some sitters are thought to be used much like batteries; their energy is used by the spirits called forth to the séance.

Psychics and sitters often report feeling the touch of an entity against their arms or cheeks.

For many this proves that the spirits are present in the room with those taking part. These are called séance hands. Other psychic phenomenon that may happen is ‘séance lights’- small, glowing circles of light. These are said to be entities who wish to attend the séance. They are thought to be guides are guardians of those in attendance; others may be disincarnate spirits.

During the mid 1800s to the early 1900s, spiritualism and the study of metaphysics were beginning to blossom.

But it was also a period plagued with frauds and schemes involving parapsychology. Often those who had recently lost a family member paid huge amounts to talk with their loved ones.

The “spiritualist” or “psychic” tricked the innocent out of money conning the unsuspecting with a host of deceptions.

But as the process of holding séances evolved the frauds were gradually pushed out as the practice of holding hands became popular in order to keep the fraudulent psychic from performing any sleight-of-hand mischief. The psychic might also have his or her hand and legs tied to the chair to avoid the possibility of a hoax.

Today, the word séance has been replaced with phrases such as spiritual gathering, spiritual evening, circle of friends, etc.