spiritualist

Variant of spiritualism

spiritualism definition

spir·itu·al·ism (-iz′əm)

noun

  1. ☆
    1. the belief that the dead survive as spirits that can communicate with the living, esp. with the help of a third party (medium)
    2. any practice arising from this belief
  2. the philosophical doctrine that all reality is in essence spiritual; idealism
  3. spirituality; spiritual quality

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