Spiritual gatherings ending in drama, surrounded by chaotic scenes (7)
I believe the answer is:
seances
'spiritual gatherings' is the definition.
'seances' can be an answer for 'gatherings' (seance is a kind of gathering). I am unsure of the 'spiritual' bit.
'ending in drama surrounded by chaotic scenes' is the wordplay.
'ending in' suggests the final letters.
'surrounded by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'chaotic' is an anagram indicator.
The last letter of 'drama' is 'a'.
'scenes' with letters rearranged gives 'sences'.
'a' going inside 'sences' is 'SEANCES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seances that I've seen before include "Meetings of spiritualists" , "Spiritualist's sittings" , "Spiritual meetings conducted by mediums." .)