spiritualist

as in psychic
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead the spiritualist claims merely to be the agency through which the spirit—or "control"—conveys its messages to the living

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psychic
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  • Exhausting all resources, Cuellar has sought out six different psychics to locate Teddy.
    Olivia Cyrus August 8, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • This night market will feature crystals, plants, books, jewelry, oddities, curiosities and psychics.
    Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Spiritualist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritualist. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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