spiritualistic
Concerning afterlife communication
Spiritualistic describes beliefs, practices, or phenomena related to spiritualism—the idea that the spirits of the dead can communicate with the living.
A spiritualistic séance attempts to contact departed souls.
The term often carries skeptical undertones, implying dubious or unscientific claims: The medium's spiritualistic rituals impressed some guests but struck others as theatrical nonsense.
Ritual to contact spirits
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- mediumMiddle size or state
necromancy · oracle · trance · ectoplasm · apparition · automatic writing · table-turning · planchette
Spirits of the deceased
- hauntingsSupernatural lingering presences
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
- spectersVisible ghostly presences
phantoms · supernatural · extrasensory · telepathy · psychokinesis · levitation · unexplained · clairvoyance
Exceeding usual boundaries
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- celestialOf the sky above
- divineOf or from gods
heavenly · otherworldly · intangible · incorporeal · spectral · ghostly · luminous · numinous
Sky or bliss
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
salvation · soul · immortality · resurrection · paradise · limbo · ancestors · afterworld
Sacred ritual table
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
exorcism · meditation · sacrament · shaman · totem · worship · amulet · purification
seance
Ritual to contact spirits
- channelingDirecting flow or energy
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
medium · necromancy · oracle · trance · ectoplasm · apparition · automatic writing · table-turning · planchette · materialization
ghosts
Spirits of the deceased
- hauntingsSupernatural lingering presences
- poltergeistDisruptive supernatural entity
- apparitionsSupernatural visible manifestations
specters · phantoms · supernatural · extrasensory · telepathy · psychokinesis · levitation · unexplained · clairvoyance · precognition
transcendent
Exceeding usual boundaries
divine · heavenly · otherworldly · intangible · incorporeal · spectral · ghostly · luminous · numinous · immaterial
heaven
Sky or bliss
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- purgatoryPlace of temporary suffering
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
nirvana · salvation · soul · immortality · resurrection · paradise · limbo · ancestors · afterworld · crossing over
altar
Sacred ritual table
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
divination · exorcism · meditation · sacrament · shaman · totem · worship · amulet · purification · relic
spiritualisticmaterialist
Values physical over spiritual
materialistic · naturalistic · atheistic · mechanistic · secular
spiritualisticscientific
Of or using research methods
empirical · rationalistic · skeptical · evidence-based · analytical
spiritualisticworldly
Experienced in practical affairs
earthly · mundane · pragmatic · utilitarian · hedonistic