the still active First Spiritual Temple in the US founded in 1883 and the Greater World Christian Spiritualist League (later to become the Greater World Christian Spiritualist Association) in the UK which was founded in 1931. Spiritualism has been related to the practices of early Christianity and has developed into an additional form of Christian Spiritualism, e.g. We affirm that the precepts of Prophecy and Healing are Divine attributes proven through Mediumship.Ĭhristian Spiritualism First Spiritual Temple, Boston, Massachusetts, albumen print, c.We affirm that the doorway to reformation is never closed against any soul here or hereafter.
We affirm the moral responsibility of individuals, and that we make our own happiness or unhappiness as we obey or disobey Nature's physical and spiritual laws.We believe that the highest morality is contained in the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.".We affirm that communication with the so-called dead is a fact, scientifically proven by the phenomena of Spiritualism.We affirm that the existence and personal identity of the individual continue after the change called death.We affirm that a correct understanding of such expression and living in accordance therewith, constitute true religion.We believe that the phenomena of Nature, both physical and spiritual, are the expression of Infinite Intelligence.The Nine Principles of the National Spiritualist Association of Churches, USA are Main article: National Spiritualist Association of Churches 1) ( Religion) – the belief that people can and do communicate with dead people and the practices and doctrines of people with this belief.Spiritualism is used in English to mean either The word also takes on specific alternative meanings in various differing fields of academia, see below. Central to adherents' faith is a belief that spirits of the dead communicate with the living usually through a medium. Many reference works also use the term spiritism to mean the same thing as "spiritualism" but Spiritism is more accurately used to mean Kardecist spiritism. In today's world, it is a growing phenomenon manifesting itself in traditional indigenous religiosity on all continents through non-aligned spiritualistic groups and many syncretistic movements and within elements of orthodox religions by which it is still seen as a challenge. Since ancient times, this has been an element in traditional indigenous religions.
Adherents of spiritualistic movements believe that the spirits of the dead survive mortal life, and that sentient beings from spiritual worlds can and do communicate with the living. A broad working definition of the term would include the multi-faceted belief in a vital principle within living beings, a supernatural or paranormal, divine, incorporeal being–force, spirit– anima animating bodies etc. The term "spiritualism" has come to have different meanings. The earliest recorded use of the word is 1796 and it was used by the prominent 18th-century spiritualist Emanuel Swedenborg. Spiritualism is the belief that spirits are able to communicate with the living by agency of a medium. Some authors have stated only few individuals are said to have this capacity. A psychic is defined as someone endowed with exceptional sensitivity to the occult dimension, who experiences visions and revelations. A psychic is to be one of the connecting links between these worlds. Mediumship is a modern form of shamanism and such ideas are very much like those developed by Edward Burnett Tylor in his theory of animism, in which there are other parallel worlds to our own, though invisible to us and not accessible to us in our state. Spiritualistic traditions appear deeply rooted in shamanism and perhaps are one of the oldest forms of religion. It is also a term commonly used for various psychic or paranormal practices and beliefs recorded throughout humanity's history and in a variety of cultures.
It may also refer to the philosophy, doctrine, or religion pertaining to a spiritual aspect of existence. This very broad metaphysical distinction is further developed into many and various forms by the inclusion of details about what spiritual entities exist such as a soul, the afterlife, spirits of the dead, deities and mediums as well as details about the nature of the relationship between spirit and matter. Spiritualism is a metaphysical belief that the world is made up of at least two fundamental substances, matter and spirit.
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