spiritualist
Americannoun
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an adherent of spiritualism.
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a person who is concerned with or insists on the spiritual side of things.
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Spiritualist and filmmaker George Eli acknowledges that some of his colleagues might focus too much on the money and not enough on the spirituality.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023
Shortly after the first archeologist death a few months following the tomb’s discovery, newspaper headlines blared about the “Curse of the Pharaohs” and claimed, “Famous Spiritualist Sees Occult Reason for Fatality.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022
Ms. Garrett’s own skepticism about her psychic abilities captivated Harry Price, a Spiritualist debunker and psychical researcher known today as “the first ghost hunter.”
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022
He joined the Ghost Club and the London Spiritualist Alliance, befriended members of the Faery Investigation Society, contributed articles to the spiritualist weekly Light.
From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2020
Kate presided over a mahogany séance table, dressed simply in a black silk gown with a gold cross around her neck almost like a kind of Spiritualist nun.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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