spiritualism
/ˈspɪrɪtʃʊəlɪz(ə)m
/ /ˈspɪrɪtjʊəlɪz(ə)m/noun [mass noun]
1A system of belief or religious practice based on supposed communication with the spirits of the dead, especially through mediums.Spiritism or spiritualism is the belief that the human personality survives death and can communicate with the living through a sensitive medium....
- In a later address on the subject Pink spoke of spiritualism (belief in communication with the spirit of the dead) as the ‘pioneer’ to theosophy.
- In spiritualism, a medium is one with whom spirits communicate directly.
2 Philosophy The doctrine that the spirit exists as distinct from matter, or that spirit is the only reality.Would Hindu spiritualism be able to exist with Western materialism?...
- Here one can simply cite the evocation of Eastern philosophy and spiritualism in the performance work of Yoko Ono and the installations of Judy Chicago.
- It's interesting to see that Geller drags out Home as evidence for spiritualism, when that matter has long ago ceased to serve the cause.
Derivatives
spiritualistic
- In response, the pointer allegedly moves in such a way as to spell out or point to a spiritualistic and telepathic answer on the board.
- But the terms he uses (haunting, poltergeist, medium, seance) come from a spiritualistic perspective.
- During the heyday of spiritualism, many writers speculated about spiritualistic phenomena, offering concepts of bodily forces as explanations.