spiritist
Dead communication believer
A spiritist is someone who believes in or practices communication with the spirits of the dead, typically through séances or mediums.
The term overlaps with spiritualist but often refers specifically to followers of Spiritism, a doctrine codified in 19th-century France emphasizing reincarnation and moral evolution: The spiritist claimed to receive messages from her deceased grandmother.
Ritual to contact spirits
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- tranceSemiconscious, unresponsive condition
necromancer · oracle · divination · automatic writing · materialization · table-turning · possession · ectoplasm
Soul's rebirth after death
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- transmigrationSoul passing into another body
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- immortalityExemption from death
soul · doctrine · codification · moral law · mediumship · discarnate · enlightenment · ethics
Visible supernatural manifestation
- ghostApparition of the dead
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- specterGhostly threatening presence
phantom · levitation · telekinesis · extrasensory · psychokinesis · parapsychology · exorcism · supernatural
Ritual to contact spirits
- prayerAddress to deity
- passesGoes beyond or through
- charity workUnpaid service helping others
- incorporationForming a legal entity
Middle of anything
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- sisterhoodBond among women
federation · study group · healing circle · solidarity · volunteerism
seance
Ritual to contact spirits
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
trance · necromancer · oracle · divination · automatic writing · materialization · table-turning · possession · ectoplasm · mesmerism
reincarnation
Soul's rebirth after death
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- transmigrationSoul passing into another body
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
immortality · soul · doctrine · codification · moral law · mediumship · discarnate · enlightenment · ethics
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
- ghostApparition of the dead
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
specter · phantom · levitation · telekinesis · extrasensory · psychokinesis · parapsychology · exorcism · supernatural · clairaudience
seance
Ritual to contact spirits
- prayerAddress to deity
- passesGoes beyond or through
- charity workUnpaid service helping others
center
Middle of anything
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
sisterhood · federation · study group · healing circle · solidarity · volunteerism
- occultistswitches, wizards, sorcerers, sorceresses, warlocks
- psychicspsychic, psychics, fortune teller, clairvoyant, clairvoyants
spiritistskeptic
One who doubts claims
debunker · disbeliever · rationalist · doubter · cynic
spiritistmaterialist
Values physical over spiritual
naturalist · empiricist · rationalist · reductionist · atheist
spiritistmaterialist
Values physical over spiritual
atheist · secular humanist · nihilist · reductionist · agnostic