spiritualism
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Spiritism or spiritualism is the belief that the human personality survives death and can communicate with the living through a sensitive medium.
a system of belief or religious practice based on supposed communication with the spirits of the dead, especially through mediums.
Would Hindu spiritualism be able to exist with Western materialism?
the doctrine that the spirit exists as distinct from matter, or that spirit is the only reality.
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He was also deeply influenced by 'spiritualism' and the occult and often organised seances at his home.
Quackery usually involves integrating metaphysics and such things as sympathetic magic or 'spiritualism' with healing.
An acute interest in psychology segued into medieval mysticism and from there he stumbled into Eastern philosophy and 'spiritualism' .
In 1913 its adherents founded the Progressive Spiritual Church to establish 'spiritualism' on a more religious basis.
He has always insisted that the roots of classical music in India are to be found in Indian religion and 'spiritualism' .
Darwin, however, was also a late arrival but disliked religiosity and 'spiritualism' .
It had come home in the form of drugs and broken vets, a generation turning to 'spiritualism' and mystic cults.
Readers don't need to come to the book with a prior interest in 'spiritualism' - the religious movement that holds communication with the spirit world as a central tenet - to be captivated by the story.
If the context is tragic, however, the daily practice of 'spiritualism' was a theatrical spectacle that, as Gaskill says, drew on ‘farce, burlesque and vaudeville’.
Religious alternatives such as 'spiritualism' and Theosophy have had a small but steady presence since the 1850s.
Some questions are about his views on various issues relating to 'spiritualism' and religion, while others are about contemporary happenings.
We have bowled them clean in the field of religion and 'spiritualism' .
News of this incident quickly spread through the nation, and soon 'spiritualism' , an informal religion centered on the seance, vied with the more established denominations for followers.
Thus 'spiritualism' , near-death experiences, and communication with dead people interest both paranormal and religious investigators.
We lived with my grandparents and, as grandmother was a medium, 'spiritualism' was part of everyday life.
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.
Some religions today still see 'spiritualism' in the same way; there will always be those things that are unexplainable.
Spiritism or 'spiritualism' is the belief that the human personality survives death and can communicate with the living through a sensitive medium.
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.
Hasn't magick and 'spiritualism' always been around, under the guises of many religions and beliefs?
The resurgence in religion and 'spiritualism' in China follows the country's ongoing moves toward liberalization during the past decade.
In 'spiritualism' , a medium is one with whom spirits communicate directly.
Would Hindu 'spiritualism' be able to exist with Western materialism?
Jung believed in astrology, 'spiritualism' , telepathy, telekinesis, clairvoyance and ESP.
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 order to reach their goals for conversion, they actively coerced the children into condemning their traditional religiosity and 'spiritualism' as ungodly rites, rituals, and idolatry.
These are our visionaries, 'spiritualists' , clairvoyants and psychics.
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.
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