Spiritualism

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Spiritualism (Latin: spiritus, "breath") is a general category for the study of manifestations of non-corporeal form that survive death of a living body, and more directly the beliefs and practices, religious or otherwise, of those persons who believe they may contact the spirit world. This may also include articles on Spiritism or Ghostology. We distinguish the study of spiritualism here from the study of parapsychology, which deals more in psychic events, though there will certainly be overlap between the two in places.

Resources

• International Association for the Preservation of Spiritualist and Occult Periodicals (ssoc.iapsop.com)