Spirits and Spiritualism
384. Spirits and Spiritualism
See also 182. GHOSTS ; 285. MYSTICISM ; 379. SOUL .
- clairvoyance
- the ability to see, in a trance, into the world beyond the percep-tion of the normal senses, especially with the ability to predict future events. —clairvoyant, n., adj.
- fluidism
- the belief in the existence of an invisible “fluidic” body corresponding to one’s physical body. —fluidist, n.
- hyperphysics
- the study of supernatural phenomena. —hyperphysical, adj.
- mediumism
- 1. the belief that another person can serve as an instrument through which another personality or supernatural agency can communicate.
- 2. the art or practice of such a spiritualistic medium. —mediumistic, adj.
- metapsychosis
- interaction or communication between minds without the intervention of any known physical agency or other known medium.
- pneumatology
- 1. Theology. the belief in intermediary spirits between men and God, as angels.
- 2. the doctrine or theory of spiritual beings. —pneumatologist, n.
- psychography
- 1. the reception of written spirit messages through a medium; spirit writing.
- 2. the production of images of spirits on film without the use of a camera, believed to be caused by spiritualistic forces. —psychographic, adj.
- psychomancy
- communication between souls or with the spirit world. —psychomantic, adj.
- spiritism
- spiritualism.
- spiritualism
- 1. the belief that the dead survive as spirits that can communi-cate with the living, especially through a medium, a person particularly susceptible to their influence.
- 2. the practices or phenomena associated with this belief. Also spiritism. —spiritualist , n. —spiritualistic, adj. —supranatural, supranaturalistic, adj.
- telegnosis
- clairvoyance or other occult or supernatural knowledge.
- typtology
- Rare. the theory that departed souls communicate with the living by tapping. —typtologist, n. —typtological, adj.
- Zemeism
- the belief in Zemis, supernatural beings known to the West Indian Tainos.
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