That kind of ghostly intuition would seem magical and definitely beyond our own personal knowing—like using a Lifeline Call in the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, but to our dearly departed instead of friends back home. As far out as that sounds, it’s very much in keeping with indigenous and traditional cultures, from Native Americans to the Greeks and the Japanese. They each have “ancestor cults” where they seek guidance from those who have come before.
