Many "espíritas" or "espiritistas" (Espiritismo practitioners) communicate with spirits in a gathering of like-minded believers known as a "misa" (mass, in Spanish). Most practitioners will have an altar called a "mesa" (table, in Portuguese and Spanish) or "mesas brancas" (white table, in Portuguese). These sessions are somewhat akin to the séances of American-style Spiritualism of the 19th to the present. Many Espiritistas' practices, however, have elements of magic ritual which are not traditionally found in mainstream Spiritualist denominations, but are often found in Spiritualist denominations associated with the spiritual church movement.