Associations to the word «Spiritualism»

Wiktionary

SPIRITUALISM, noun. A philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.
SPIRITUALISM, noun. A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium having special powers; spiritism.
SPIRITUALISM, noun. The quality or state of being spiritual.
SPIRITUALISM, noun. A belief that spirits of the dead have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living, providing useful knowledge about moral and ethical issues, as well as about the nature of God.

Dictionary definition

SPIRITUALISM, noun. (theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God.
SPIRITUALISM, noun. The belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium).
SPIRITUALISM, noun. Concern with things of the spirit.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King