Séance

A séance an attempt to communicate with spirits. It is a meeting of people who are gathered to receive messages from spirits or to listen to a spirit medium discourse with or relay messages from spirits; many people, including skeptics and non-believers, treat it as a form of entertainment. In modern English usage, participants need not be seated while engaged in a séance. Séances were a commonly used plot device on television programs such as the original Dark Shadows.