How To Conduct A Séance

When I facilitate a séance, it is to give the sitters opportunity to communicate with departed spirits that have crossed over to the other side, which the spirits like to call ‘home.’ Spirits often like to call the day they left the earth plain their ‘birthday’ going back home. Death is the beginning of their life in the other side, as some people like to call it. Matter cannot be destroyed it just changes form.

A séance is group session aimed at communicating with spirits. The word séance comes from the French word for seat, session or setting (from the old French seoir, which means to sit).

There are usually three to twelve people in the séance. I prefer six to eight, and if possible a mix of female and male energy. When people come to my space for a séance I have a nice round wooden pedestal table. Lighting is a personal preference. Some mediums like very little light, some like a red light, because they believe it is easier to see spirit in red light. I personally feel spirit can communicate in any kind of lighting.

The séance brings the gift of assurance that our loved ones live on in another dimension, and when the time comes we will be together again ~ Barbara Parks

As a professional psychic medium I communicate with spirit every day. When doing a mediumship session, I am in a light trance, or altered state of consciousness. When conducting a séance mediums are usually in a little deeper trance state.

Holding hands and ask the spirit world for information that would be the highest and best most useful for all sitters to come through the medium. It is always best to discuss the intention and have some questions ready before asking spirit to make their presence known in some way.

Spirit may come through in a variety of ways. Spirit messages may come through trance speaking or channeling, voices may come through, or sounds, music, and light knocks. Some mediums record or video the séance as all voices or sounds may not be heard by all sitters. Apports can also appear out of the blue and land on the table, or in a sitters lap. An apport is the appearance of an article from an unknown source.

I personally prefer to have sitters that believe that life goes on after the change we call ‘death.’ Although I have seen healthy skeptics become believers, it is not my goal in life to change anyone’s beliefs. People do that all on their own, as it should be.

I always ask that each sitter be respectful of spirit and of each other. They must arrive on time, because the date has been set and spirit knows that and are usually waiting and willing to communicate in some way. Once all sitters have arrived the door is locked, to prevent interruption, and sitters can get comfortable and relax.

It is important for all to understand that the sitters and the medium have an equal share in the success or failure of a session. Often it takes a few sessions with the same sitters to produce the desired results.

Séances are usually one to two hours long. If a séance does not produce the desired result, please try again. Spirit always knows when the sitters are truly ready to receive communication. clIt has been my experience that spirits can communicate as soon as they leave the physical body. They seem to be more concerned with people still on the earth plane and how they are handling things. Their communication or signs show that they are still around.

Sometime when spirit is present there is a cold chill in the air. Other times it might feel warm, or there is a change in the energy that is noticeable. The séance table may rise off the floor in the air, also known as levitation. On rare occasions a substance known as ectoplasm may be produced from the mediums own body. Sometime the ectoplasm takes the form of the spirit that wants to communicate.

In conclusion always show the spirit world respect by thanking them for coming through and thank all sitters for their participation.