Seance - Contacting or summoning the dead, usually through a person acting as a medium . The medium believes that the control is a spirit helping to bring the dead into contact through the medium. The control is sometimes called a spirit guide or spirit helper. The control speaks through the medium, using the medium s vocal cords, to bring messages from the departed. This is sometimes called channeling .
Seances are somewhat pass now, and more often are called readings or sittings.
Today, mediums are usually not visibly aided by a spirit nor do they always claim a spirit helps them. Also popular is sci-fi channel medium, John Edward . Siddhis - Paranormal powers claimed as a result of some forms of Hindu meditation and Tantric practice. Sigil - A symbol usually created from a name to embody the essence of that which is named, and used in magick. See Amulet, Runes, Talisman.