spiritism
noun
the doctrine or practices of spiritualism.
spiritistic
-
a word derived from
spiritism.
Example Sentences
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He narrowly avoided publishing acceptance of some weird, spiritistic rigmarole, but he made it plain in private that he believed there was a good deal in it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Men whose names carried weight accepted the spiritistic explanation of phenomena ranging from broken flower pots to ghosts.
From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Gaius Glenn Atkins
Here the psychologist is a better witness than the scientist and it is significant that psychologists have been slower to accept the spiritistic hypothesis than the scientist.
From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Gaius Glenn Atkins
Yes," I agreed, "it's a slant at all commissions and committees who think they can jump in and settle this spiritistic controversy in the course of half an hour.
From The Shadow World by Hamlin Garland
Varley, Cromwell F., 291, 297, 359; accepts spiritistic hypothesis, 305, 409.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Camille Flammarion
