spirit realm
Where souls dwell
The spirit realm is the domain where spirits, ghosts, souls, or supernatural beings are believed to exist—separate from but sometimes accessible to the physical world.
The concept appears across religions, folklore, and occult traditions: The shaman journeyed to the spirit realm to seek guidance.
Mediums claim to contact those who have crossed over to the spirit realm.
- heavenSky or bliss
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- life after deathContinued existence posthumously
- crossing overMoving across a boundary
other side · astral plane · ethereal plane · animism · underworld · astral projection · djinn · angels · ancestors · hell · Elysium · prayer · Valhalla · ghosts · spiritualism · liminal space · ancestral spirits · gods
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- Eerie Placeshaunted house, haunted mansion, haunted castle, ghost town, catacombs
- imaginary worldsdreamland, fairyland, wonderland, dream world, fantasy land
- Mythic RealmsAsgard, Avalon, Elysium, Hades, Valhalla
- realmskingdom, domain, Heaven, Hades, Nirvana
spirit realmphysical world
Tangible realm of matter
natural world · physical reality · earthly realm · flesh · matter
spirit realmearthly realm
The physical world below
this world · the here and now · fallen world · vale of tears