spiritual realm
Beyond physical existence
The spiritual realm is a dimension of existence beyond the physical world, inhabited by souls, spirits, angels, demons, or divine beings depending on one's belief system.
It contrasts with the material or earthly realm: Prayer connects us to the spiritual realm.
The concept appears across religions and in New Age thought, often describing where consciousness goes after death or where supernatural forces operate.
- otherworldSupernatural plane of existence
- other sideContrary position or location
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
- heavenSky or bliss
- elementalsSpirits of natural forces
afterlife · life after death · near death experience · nirvana · ancestors · departed souls · celestial beings · guardian angels · transcendence · cosmic consciousness · third eye · liminal · veil · immateriality · disembodied · mystical vision · samsara · demons
- supernaturalghosts, ghost, witches, spirits, vampire
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- realmskingdom, domain, Heaven, Hades, Nirvana
- Christian cosmologyheaven, hell, God, angels, demons
- Jewish Afterlifeworld to come, Garden of Eden, Gehenna, resurrection day, Sheol
- Gnosticismgnosis, aeons, archons, aeon, demiurge
spiritual realmphysical world
Tangible realm of matter
earthly realm · natural world · physical reality · matter · flesh