Belief in the afterlife, but it's not that uncommon.
"Seance" is a word that means held to communicate with spirits.
"Cleric" is a word meaning a place held to communicate with spirits.
She is able to communicate with spirits who have died.
If you can communicate with deceased spirits, you are known as a Medium. I suggest you watch the show called Long Island Medium. It is about a woman who communicates with spirits around her.
The term 'mediumship' is described as a form of communicating with the spirits. A medium is a person who has the ability to communicate with the spirits.
Shaman
A genre of songs used to communicate with spirits in rituals for healing the
Yes. Spirits consist of pure energy. In order for them to manifest or to communicate they have to draw from the energy around them.
Well, it depends on what type of religion they have.
When you first begin using a ouija board, it is common to ask "Are there any spirits willing to communicate", your hands should be on the Plachette and if there are spirits around, the plachette should move yes. If you desire to call spirits before hand, you can say something to effect of "Any spirits who wish to communicate, who are good and helpful, we are about to use a ouija board which you can influence to speak your message. Please join us."
Spirits communicate with this reality by a number of ways. - A medium can speak for the spirit or they may use something called automatic writing. - Spirits can also sometimes use a Ouija board to send messages. Automatic writing can be done by someone with little or no experience, as can a Ouija board, however, opening yourself up to unknown spirits can be very disturbing and often dangerous.
I think they're not supposed to, because in the Torah it says that your not supposed to communicate with any familiar dead spirits.