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Séance

A séance or seance (/ˈseɪ.ɑːns/; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}French: ) is an attempt to communicate with spirits. The word séance comes from the French word for "session", from the Old…

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Séance

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Triples111
Avg. degree1.98
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Séance

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related to Religious · 19
Séance → African American Spiritual Churches, An, Black Hawk, Camp Cassadaga, Divine Metaphysics, Florida, Generally Spiritualist, In, Leafy Anderson, Lily Dale, New York, Sauk, Sometimes, Spiritual Churches, Spiritualism, Spiritualist, Spiritualists, United States, Usually
related to Attendees · 18
Séance → Arthur Conan Doyle, Canada, Hilma, Klint, Lacamo, Lloyd Kenyon Jones, Notable, Paulina, Paulina Peavy, Prime Minister, Regina Five, Robert Owen, Roosevelt, Spiritualism, Stead, US President Franklin, William, William Lyon Mackenzie King
related to Critical objections · 17
Séance → Critics, Davenport Brothers, Derren Brown, ESP, God, Harry Houdini, In, John Nevil Maskelyne, Keene, Lamar Keene, Scientific, Seance, Seybert Commission, Spiritualism, Stage, The, They
related to Mediums · 12
Séance → Achsa, Among, Both, Cora Scott Hatch, Davenport Brothers, Davenports, Emma Hardinge Britten, Fox, Foxes, Paschal Beverly Randolph, Popular, Sprague
related to Leader-assisted · 8
Séance → It, Leader-assisted, Other, Saying, Skeptics, The, This, You
related to Spirit boards, talking boards, and ouija boards · 7
Séance → French, Masonite, On, One, Ouija, Spirit, The
related to External links · 5
Séance → Séances, The, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Stage mediumship · 4
Séance → Mediums, One, Paschal Beverly Randolph, Plato
related to Informal social · 3
Séance → Among, It, Sometimes
related to Trumpets, slates, tables, and cabinets · 3
Séance → During, Spirit, Spiritualist

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teenage sleepover partiesinstance ofused on occasions0.80text
to scare the people present.Another criticism of spirit board communication involves what is called the ideomotor effect which has been suggested as an automatisminstance ofused on occasions0.80text
or subconscious mechanisminstance ofused on occasions0.80text
by which a Ouija-user's mind unknowingly guides his hand upon the planchetteinstance ofused on occasions0.80text
hence he will honestly believe he is not moving itinstance ofused on occasions0.80text
wheninstance ofused on occasions0.80text
in factinstance ofused on occasions0.80text
he isinstance ofused on occasions0.80text
those used in slate-writinginstance ofbut only the trickery by phony mediums that was being practiced in the name of the religion.The psychical researcher Hereward Carrington exposed the tricks of fraudulent mediums0.80text
table-turninginstance ofbut only the trickery by phony mediums that was being practiced in the name of the religion.The psychical researcher Hereward Carrington exposed the tricks of fraudulent mediums0.80text
trumpet mediumshipinstance ofbut only the trickery by phony mediums that was being practiced in the name of the religion.The psychical researcher Hereward Carrington exposed the tricks of fraudulent mediums0.80text
materializationsinstance ofbut only the trickery by phony mediums that was being practiced in the name of the religion.The psychical researcher Hereward Carrington exposed the tricks of fraudulent mediums0.80text

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