Heather Mac Donald

Females have always been the biggest consumers of spiritual hoaxes such as astrology, crystals, seances, and other metaphysical claims about the world that rest simply on assertion rather than scientific proof.

American Editor

Jennifer McMahon

My mother taught me to believe in ghosts: to use a Ouija board, have seances, and leave little offerings out for those who have passed.

American Novelist

Emo Philips

I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!

American Comedian

Used when discussing topics involving ghosts, spirits, or the afterlife, often in a mysterious or eerie setting.

Supernatural Context

Seances are part of many cultures' spiritual practices and could be significant in certain rituals or traditions.

Cultural Practice

Understand that seances are not considered scientific and often met with skepticism, especially in academic or scientific contexts.

Not Scientific

 MORGAN The details of what happened in these seances is still secret, known only by high dignitaries. What is known is that there were always two mediums controlling some sort of instrument-- someone to read the instrument, and a secretary