Definitions
The following definitions are presented to help you understand some of the terms used in Spiritualism:
1. Spiritualism is a science, philosophy and religion based on the fact that life is continuous and that the phenomena of Nature are the expression of Infinite Intelligence. These facts are demonstrated through communication by means of mediumship with those in the spirit world.
2. A Spiritualist is one who believes, as the basis of their own religion, in communication between this and the spirit world. In addition, they endeavor to mold their character and conduct in accordance with the higher teachings derived from such communication.
3. A Medium is a person whose organism is sensitive to vibrations from the spirit world. It is through this instrumentality that intelligences in the spirit world are able to convey messages and produce the psychic phenomena of Spiritualism.
4. A Spiritual Healer is a person who is able to impart curative force to pathological conditions through his or her own physical channel for God energy.
5. Psychic Phenomena are the subjective experience of vibrations and/or communications manifested from intelligences in the world of spirit. The types of phenomena on which Spiritualism is based include mental and physical phenomena.
6. Mental Phenomena use mental energy to produce forms of mediumship such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, gift of prophecy, psychometry, gift of tongues, and inspirational and trance channeling.
7. Physical Phenomena use physical energy to produce forms of mediumship such as direct voice, rappings, telekinesis, independent writings and drawing, levitation, transfiguration and materialization which includes etherialization, precipitation, apport, and spirit photography.
8. Psychic refers to anything pertaining to the human soul or mind especially super or extrasensory functions.
9. Occult refers to anything beyond the bounds of ordinary knowledge but which is discoverable by experimentation.
1. Spiritualism is a science, philosophy and religion based on the fact that life is continuous and that the phenomena of Nature are the expression of Infinite Intelligence. These facts are demonstrated through communication by means of mediumship with those in the spirit world.
2. A Spiritualist is one who believes, as the basis of their own religion, in communication between this and the spirit world. In addition, they endeavor to mold their character and conduct in accordance with the higher teachings derived from such communication.
3. A Medium is a person whose organism is sensitive to vibrations from the spirit world. It is through this instrumentality that intelligences in the spirit world are able to convey messages and produce the psychic phenomena of Spiritualism.
4. A Spiritual Healer is a person who is able to impart curative force to pathological conditions through his or her own physical channel for God energy.
5. Psychic Phenomena are the subjective experience of vibrations and/or communications manifested from intelligences in the world of spirit. The types of phenomena on which Spiritualism is based include mental and physical phenomena.
6. Mental Phenomena use mental energy to produce forms of mediumship such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, gift of prophecy, psychometry, gift of tongues, and inspirational and trance channeling.
7. Physical Phenomena use physical energy to produce forms of mediumship such as direct voice, rappings, telekinesis, independent writings and drawing, levitation, transfiguration and materialization which includes etherialization, precipitation, apport, and spirit photography.
8. Psychic refers to anything pertaining to the human soul or mind especially super or extrasensory functions.
9. Occult refers to anything beyond the bounds of ordinary knowledge but which is discoverable by experimentation.
