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Spiritualism refers to a belief in an afterlife, and that spirits of the dead can communicate with the living through a medium. It also refers to the philosophy, doctrine, or religion pertaining to a spiritual aspect of existence.¹

Spiritualism can also refer to:

Religion

• Spiritualism, a religious movement that began in the United States and flourished from the 1840s to the 1920s.
• Spiritual Church Movement, a religious movement with primarily African American membership that developed in the United States in parallel with the primarily Caucasian membership Spiritualist churches; individual churches are more likely to be called the Thus-And-So "Spiritual Church" rather than than Thus-And-So "Spiritualist Church". ²
• Spiritism, a similar religious movement, established in France in the mid-nineteenth century, often referred to as "Kardecist spiritism" after its founder Allan Kardec, and quite popular in the Caribbean nations.
• Espiritismo, a cultural variation on Spiritism and Spiritualism, popular in Latin American nations, particularly Mexico.
• The Spirited Group, a spiritualist movement that became established on 2nd April 2006 and based in the United Kingdom. And has since become a strong foundation for mediums and psychics worldwide.

Philosophy

• Spiritualism (beliefs), describes the belief that spirits of the dead can communicate with the living.³
• Idealism, a Western philosophy pertaining to the idea that matter can be explained by mind but that mind cannot be explained by matter.⁴

References

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