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"Mental mediumship" is communication of spirits with a medium by telepathy. The medium mentally "hears" (clairaudience), "sees" (clairvoyance), and/or feels (clairsentience) messages from spirits. Directly or with the help of a spirit guide, the medium passes the information on to the message's recipient(s).
Shaking tents could be a lodge or a teepee used to summon spirits. Shaking tent ceremony is a ritual of some Indigenous people in North America that is used to connect the people with the spirit realm and establish a connection and line of communication between the spirit world and the mortal world.
In parapsychology and Spiritualism, a psychomanteum is a small, enclosed area set up with a comfortable chair, dim lighting, and a mirror angled so as not to reflect anything but darkness intended to communicate with spirits of the dead. [1] [2] [3]
Mediumship or channeling – The ability to communicate with spirits. [6] Mind Control – The ability to control someone's mind. Petrification — The power to turn a living being to stone by looking them in the eye. Phytokinesis — The ability to control plants with one's mind. [citation needed]
ɑː n s /; French:) 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 general and mundane: one may, for example, speak of " une séance de cinéma " ( lit.
To communicate with spirits and manipulate manitou, a healer would enter a trance, induced by singing, dancing, drumbeats, or the use of hallucinogens. Non-healers could also interact with spirits by embarking upon a "vision quest", using prayer, fasting, hallucinogens, and removing themselves from the society of others. A person who underwent ...
These shamans specialized in communicating, appeasing, or harnessing the spirits of the dead and the spirits of nature. [2] They were almost always women or feminized men ( asog or bayok ). They were believed to have spirit guides , by which they could contact and interact with the spirits and deities ( anito or diwata ) and the spirit world .
The state religion of the Shang dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC) involved trained practitioners communicating with deities, including deceased ancestors and nature spirits. These deities formed a pantheon headed by the high god Di. [2] Methods of communication with spirits included divinations inscribed on oracle bones and sacrifice of living ...