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
Dr. Stevens's detailed record contains a reference which indicates strongly that the spiritistic tendency manifest from the onset of her trouble was to some extent predetermined.
From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce
No doubt these incidents are very embarrassing to the spiritistic hypothesis.
From Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research by Michael Sage
Wallace Alfred Russel, 65, 290, 297, 437; accepts spiritistic theory, 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
We see how imperceptibly ordinary psychic photographs shade off into those more definitely spiritistic in character.
From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Hereward Carrington
