[cothrige]

Mediums, clairvoyants and seances are the definitive part of spiritualism. It is what makes them spiritualists. The more generic belief that people can be contacted by the dead is hardly specific to spiritualism, and so not strictly such, and more to the point that has nothing to do with Catholic prayer of any kind. We believe that those alive in Christ, not the dead, can hear us, and that because they are with the Lord. It has nothing whatsoever to do with spiritualism. You seem to be equally ignorant about Christian prayer, the communion of saints and spiritualism.

[what's up]

Mediums, clairvoyants and seances are the definitive part of spiritualism. It is what makes them spiritualists

Again, not so. Since you have begun the practice of using insults, I will throw it right back at you and say you are not only the ignorant one, but naive as well.

The general belief that one can communicate with the dead is spiritualism and it has all kinds of shapes and flavors. Many people go through a medium because they don't have confidence in their own abilities, others may feel more comfortable in a group setting and participate in seances, but there are also many, many individuals who attempt to contact the dead on their own.

Whatever form it takes, contacting those beyond the grave is unhealthy even if one claims to be communicating with a christian. There is no reason to think that anyone beyond the grave has clout with God concerning what goes on here on Earth. Mixing it up with those beyond the grave invites confusion about what it is to be walking in Christ.

When you're going to pray to somone in the spirit pray to God. Jesus opened up the way for believers to approach the throne of grace and that's superlative news and what the Book of Hebrews is all about. God is more than able and there's no reason not to, except for a mistaken belief that you, if a believer, are barred from His presence.