Definition of Spiretualism
Spiritualism, a term that has two very different meanings, denoting
at one time the doctrine that the only real is the spiritual ( q.
v.), and at another time a belief in the existence of spirits whom we,
by means of certain media, can hold correspondence with, and who, whether
we are conscious of it or not, exercise in some cases an influence over
human destiny, more particularly of the spirits of dead men with whom in
their disembodied state we can by means of certain mediums hold
correspondence, and who, from their continued interest in the world, do
in that state keep watch and ward over its affairs as well as mingle in
them, forming a world of spirits gone from hence, yet more or less active
in the sense world.
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Spir"it*u*al*ism (?), n.
1. The quality or state of being
spiritual.
2. (Physiol.) The doctrine, in
opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or
soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession
of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by
Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by
Fichte.
3. A belief that departed spirits hold
intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng,
or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly
manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a
medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of
spiritualists.
What is called spiritualism should, I think, be
called a mental species of materialism. R. H.
Hutton.
Spir"it*u*al*ism (?), n.
1. The quality or state of being
spiritual.
2. (Physiol.) The doctrine, in
opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or
soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession
of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by
Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by
Fichte.
3. A belief that departed spirits hold
intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng,
or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly
manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a
medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of
spiritualists.
What is called spiritualism should, I think, be
called a mental species of materialism. R. H.
Hutton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Philosophic doctrine that, opposing materialism, claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.
- Attitude characterized by the exaltation of the spiritual values.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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