spiritualism

IPA: spˈɪrɪtʃʌwʌɫɪzm

(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.
A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism/Kardecism.
The quality or state of being spiritual.
A belief that spirits of the dead have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living, providing useful knowledge about moral and ethical issues, as well as about the nature of God.

Examples of "spiritualism" in Sentences

And you're describing the United States which is much more hyper-charged in spiritualism and ideology than most people think.
Still, as I said, the only way for a homosexual to believe in spiritualism which accepts homosexuality, Buddhism is the only faith.
There's clearly some serious value that smart, ethical people derive from participation in spiritualism and even organized religion.
The term spiritualism has come to signify more than has usually been ascribed to it, for some recent authors are now using the term to denote
The Sherlock Homes stories certainly seem to endorse logic and science, and yet he was involved in spiritualism and in the Cottingley Fairies affair.
This slushiness, like his sporadic interest in spiritualism and the occult, is of exactly the sort that he was best at lampooning — most especially in the Princess Diana — like person of Madeleine Bassett, a ghastly girl who thinks that the stars are God's daisy-chain.