Can Someone Be Communicating with Spirit and Not Realize It?

Yes, absolutely. Someone can be connecting with spirit and not even know it—or they may just chalk it up to a vivid imagination. Everyone has the potential (and I guarantee, already has) received messages from spirit energies. Think about any moment you've had a psychic experience:

Saw something out of the corner of your eye?

Heard something that wasn’t physically there?

Felt a presence in the room?

All of these can potentially be spirit-related experiences. As I always say: debunk first, then notate the experience.

Maybe you had a dream featuring a deceased loved one. The dreamscape is one of the most powerful places to connect with spirit. In dreams, we aren’t limited by our physical bodies—our spirit bodies are more active and more receptive. I had a visit just a few weeks ago from an uncle who had recently passed. It was a silly, lighthearted interaction—completely in his personality.

You might also hear a phrase in your head that doesn’t feel like it came from you. That used to happen to me often. It felt like a conversation happening outside of my own internal dialogue, unrelated to what I was focusing on. Once I started to dive deeper into my psychic development, I realized these were messages from spirit guides and deceased loved ones.

For those of us with a strong inner dialogue, this can be confusing. Most people think of mediumship as communicating only with the dead. But there’s a plethora of other types of spirit energies we may connect with.

Sometimes we "know" what they are. I use “know” in quotes because often, spirit appears in a form that helps us make sense of them—whether that’s their true form or not. And sometimes, we can’t know at all.

One of the most common yet overlooked forms of spirit communication comes from nature and land spirits. In fact, we probably interact with them more than with deceased loved ones. These spirits are the building blocks of plant and animal life. They might communicate subtly through the elements or make their presence known in stronger ways.

Many people who report spirit activity in their homes aren’t experiencing ghosts at all—they’re dealing with land spirits. These beings were here long before humans and will be here long after. They often distrust humans (understandably) due to pollution, deforestation, and disrespect of natural spaces.

These aren’t spirits we can "banish." Instead, it's about learning to coexist respectfully and live in spiritual harmony (which may not always be possible).

Some people have deep, ongoing relationships with angels, often speaking with them daily or praying for guidance. Others, like myself, work within polytheistic spiritual frameworks, connecting with a variety of spirit energies and deities from different pantheons.

Prayer and spellwork (which can be seen as prayer through action and intention) are also ways we directly communicate with spirit.

We might also receive universal signs:

Repeating numbers like 1111, 1234, or 555. These often have personal or numerological meaning.

Wildlife appearing at the perfect time—a cardinal, for example, might represent a visit from your aunt.

Songs coming on the radio right as you speak to someone in spirit.

These are examples of spirit speaking through synchronicity. While many expect grand, dramatic spiritual communication, most of it is subtle and easy to miss if we’re not paying attention.