spiritualist
Talks to ghosts
A spiritualist is someone who believes the spirits of the dead can communicate with the living, typically through a medium.
The term often refers specifically to practitioners or adherents of Spiritualism, a religious movement that emerged in the 19th century centered on séances and spirit contact.
The spiritualist claimed to channel messages from the deceased.
Spirit communication ritual
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- mediumMiddle size or state
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
mediumship · trance · necromancer · ectoplasm · apparition · specter · ghost · channelling
Trust without proof
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- seekerOne who looks
practitioner · congregation · convert · follower · theosophist · occultist · mystic · adept
Beyond scientific explanation
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- telekinesisMental object manipulation
levitation · aura · phantasm · revenant · apparition · extrasensory · unexplained · otherworldly
Formal event marking occasions
- séanceSpirit communication ritual
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- altarSacred ritual table
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
chanting · prayer · meditation · offerings · candles · cleansing · blessing · vigil
Divination card set
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- prophecyForetelling of future events
fortuneteller · runes · scrying · pendulum · tea-leaves · augury · precognition · clairaudience
Sky or bliss
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- soulInnermost animating essence
immortality · resurrection · paradise · nirvana · transcendence · limbo · ancestors · afterworld
séance
Spirit communication ritual
- channelerOne who transmits spirits
- mediumMiddle size or state
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
psychic · mediumship · trance · necromancer · ectoplasm · apparition · specter · ghost · channelling · table-turning
faith
Trust without proof
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
seeker · practitioner · congregation · convert · follower · theosophist · occultist · mystic · adept · initiate
paranormal
Beyond scientific explanation
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
telekinesis · levitation · aura · phantasm · revenant · apparition · extrasensory · unexplained · otherworldly · ethereal
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- séanceSpirit communication ritual
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- altarSacred ritual table
incense · chanting · prayer · meditation · offerings · candles · cleansing · blessing · vigil
tarot
Divination card set
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
prophecy · fortuneteller · runes · scrying · pendulum · tea-leaves · augury · precognition · clairaudience · psychometry
heaven
Sky or bliss
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
soul · immortality · resurrection · paradise · nirvana · transcendence · limbo · ancestors · afterworld · bardo
witch
Practitioner of dark arts
hoodoo · voodoo · hex · spell · curse · rootwork · pagan · neopagan · shamanism
- mysticsmystic, seer, clairvoyant, diviner, holy man
- occultistswitches, wizards, sorcerers, sorceresses, warlocks
- paranormalistspsychic, medium, parapsychologist, clairvoyant, sensitive
- psychicspsychic, psychics, fortune teller, clairvoyant, clairvoyants
- seancesseance, medium, mediums, channeling, planchette
- spiritualismseance, mediumship, seances, medium, channeling
spiritualistmaterialist
Values physical over spiritual
naturalist · mechanist · reductionist · atheist · secularist
spiritualistskeptic
One who doubts claims
debunker · empiricist · rationalist · positivist · disbeliever
- modern spiritualityContemporary non-religious transcendence
- Hindu spiritualityIndia's oldest religious tradition
- Christian spiritualityFaith-based inner life
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