spiritualism
Ghosts can talk
Spiritualism is the belief that the spirits of the dead can communicate with the living, typically through a medium.
The practice flourished in the 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring séances, table-rapping, and spirit writing.
More broadly, spiritualism can mean any philosophy emphasizing spirit over matter, opposed to materialism: His spiritualism led him to reject purely scientific explanations.
Middle size or state
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- ectoplasmSupposed supernatural exudate
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- planchetteSéance writing device
apparition · trance · automatic writing · trumpet · materialization · sitters · cold reading · rappings
Spirits of the deceased
- hauntingsSupernatural lingering presences
- poltergeistsObject-throwing supernatural entities
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
- spectersVisible ghostly presences
phantoms · clairvoyance · telepathy · psychometry · precognition · extrasensory perception · astral projection · aura
Sky or bliss
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- eternityBoundless temporal existence
immortality · paradise · nirvana · salvation · resurrection · hereafter · limbo · elysium
Trust without proof
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- theologyStudy of the divine
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
doctrine · piety · devotion · worship · soul · animism · theosophy · vitalism
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- cosmic consciousnessSpiritual unity with totality
- onenessState of being unified
- divine unionSpiritual oneness with deity
illumination · ecstasy · rapture · epiphany · visionary · esoteric · occult · hermetic
Divination card set
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- numerologyMystical significance of digits
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
crystal ball · scrying · oracle · augury · runes · tea leaves · dowsing · bibliomancy
medium
Middle size or state
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- ectoplasmSupposed supernatural exudate
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
planchette · apparition · trance · automatic writing · trumpet · materialization · sitters · cold reading · rappings · dark circle
ghosts
Spirits of the deceased
- hauntingsSupernatural lingering presences
- poltergeistsObject-throwing supernatural entities
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
specters · phantoms · clairvoyance · telepathy · psychometry · precognition · extrasensory perception · astral projection · aura · orbs
heaven
Sky or bliss
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
eternity · immortality · paradise · nirvana · salvation · resurrection · hereafter · limbo · elysium · otherworld
faith
Trust without proof
dogma · doctrine · piety · devotion · worship · soul · animism · theosophy · vitalism · pantheism
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- cosmic consciousnessSpiritual unity with totality
- onenessState of being unified
divine union · illumination · ecstasy · rapture · epiphany · visionary · esoteric · occult · hermetic · gnostic
tarot
Divination card set
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- numerologyMystical significance of digits
pendulum · crystal ball · scrying · oracle · augury · runes · tea leaves · dowsing · bibliomancy · psychic reading
- paranormalghosts, paranormal, haunting, poltergeist, apparition
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- Victorianaseances, Dickens, Sherlock Holmes, phrenology, workhouse
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creed, creeds, faith
- Early 1900sroaring twenties, flapper, jazz, speakeasy, prohibition
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
spiritualismmaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
physicalism · naturalism · mechanism · reductionism · atheism
spiritualismempiricism
Knowledge through observation
skepticism · positivism · scientism · rationalism · scientific method
spiritualismmaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
hedonism · consumerism · worldliness · carnality · pragmatism
- modern spiritualityContemporary non-religious transcendence
- Hindu spiritualityIndia's oldest religious tradition
- Christian spiritualityFaith-based inner life
- Victorian spiritualismEra's communion with deceased
- Catholic spiritualityDevotional life within Rome's church
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