Mediumship

The psychic power in which one can perceive and communicate with spirits and those who are in the afterlife. Not to be confused with Astral Projection or Ancestor Evocation. Also known as Spiritual Affinity.

Capability
The user can view spirits of ghosts (deceased) to communicate with them from their inhabiting area (i.e. limbo). These formes are described by users as "heavenly", "angels", "demonic forms".

Users are capable of speaking inter-personally with spirits who have possessed inanimate objects/subjects/people.

Users are able to repel and run spirits away from an area, compel to employ an armada of ghosts, and may even view a visual conseption of a spirit world in a trance if desired.

Usages

 * Communicate with the spirits of dead people.
 * Summon Ghosts to do the user's bidding.
 * Sense the presense of supernatural forces.
 * Banish Spirits from a specific place.
 * Prevent spirits from doing a specific action.
 * Summon spirits to possess other people.
 * View the spirit world.

Associations
May be accompanied by Astral Projection.

Techniques
Some can perform:
 * “ecstasy inducing”: to render a subject alluring to spirits
 * "necromancy": to compel spirits to do one's bidding
 * "exorcism": to drive off spirits

Known Users
Comic Book
 * Wicked (Marvel)
 * John Constantine (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
 * Ida May Walker (Heroes)

Films
 * Toa Mahri Matoro (Bionicle)
 * Oda Mae Brown (Ghost)

Literature
 * Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson series)
 * Bianca di Angelo (Percy Jackson series)
 * Kat (Suddenly Supernatural series)

Video Games
 * Auntie Poulet (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)
 * Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
 * The Player/Ego (Ghost Master)

Anime and Manga
 * Xiao (Witch Hunter)