


Not so much to introduce ourselves to each other but to alert the spirits to our presence. After this delay, the medium asked all of us to say our names. She ended up being a no show and phoned to say she couldn’t make it. We were waiting for a latecomer to arrive. The rest of us, about 10 people, sat in chairs further back from the table, in a rough circle. It was a small, round table, so only the medium had her chair pulled up to it. The tour guide who’d led the ghost walk was also inside Gypsy Moon. The medium was the same lady who gave us readings after the Ghost Walk. They had all their ghost finding equipment with them. When I arrived for the séance, the paranormal group, Coldspotters, who’d been along on the Cloverdale Ghost Walk, were inside Gypsy Moon. I wasn’t sure what to expect, and I read a little online about other’s experiences, and I’d to share what happened at the séance I attended. If nothing else, I figured it would be good entertainment worth the price of admission. I grabbed one of the seats for the October 18 séance.Ĭost was $25. But…a second date had been added a week later, and there were still two seats left. One day in early October I went inside the store and asked if she was holding a séance this month. I walk my dogs around Cloverdale most days, but hadn’t seen a notice in the storefront window. I’ve never been to a séance and I was intrigued. During the walk, I learned they hold a séance during October. Send us feedback about these examples.In the summer I went on a Ghost Walk around Cloverdale that was organized by a local metaphysical business called Gypsy Moon. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'séance.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 Old Babes in the Wood gives readers Atwood at her most whimsical: a snail swaps bodies with a human, an alien tries to translate a fairy tale, a seance summons the ghost of George Orwell. Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2021 Glaude wrote the script for The Reading - about a seance that turns into a bloodbath - with Mo’Nique in mind. 2022 Em knows the solution: Time to have a seance. Chris Hewitt, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Yellowjackets has always operated at the nexus of the supernatural and psychological dysfunction, including Lottie smashing her head against a window during a seance. 2023 Sometimes rapping like a seeress in a trance, the Philly musician, aided by assorted collaborators, unsettles and uplifts with quiet, uncanny moments, as if holding a jazz/blues/rap seance, a communion of Black generations, a prayer for continuation. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023 Hallström steers clear of cheesiness when following the clan’s seances and spiritual awakenings, while Jorming’s camera maintains a sense of feather-light otherworldliness, as well as its focus on putting the viewer in Hilma’s body, soul and headspace. Recent Examples on the Web Hock asks the party to join him in a seance, which gets interrupted by a shocking act of violence and the surprise arrival of a German immigrant neighbor, Hildy (Kristina Klebe), who may be a Nazi spy.
