Spiritism (other)
Spiritism may refer to: * Espiritismo, a Latin America and Caribbean belief that evolved and less evolved spirits can affect health, luck and other aspects of human life * Kardecist spiritism, a Latin American new religious movement originally established in mid-19th century France * ''Spiritism'' (book), an 1885 book by German philosopher Eduard von Hartmann See also * Spiritualism (other) * Spirituality The meaning of ''spirituality'' has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape o ...

Espiritismo
''Espiritismo'' (Portuguese and Spanish for "Spiritism") is a term used in Latin America and the Caribbean to refer to the popular belief that good and evil spirits can affect health, luck and other aspects of human life.Helping Elderly Hispanics Manage Health Problems
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History

The phenomenon and broad range of beliefs defined as "Espiritismo" originated with the ideas of defined by . His Spiritism would become popular in Latin America and influence existing r ...
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Kardecist Spiritism
Spiritism (French: ''spiritisme''; Portuguese: ''espiritismo'') is a spiritualist, religious, and philosophical doctrine established in France in the 1850s by the French teacher, educational writer, and translator Hippolyte Léon Denizard Rivail. He wrote books on "the nature, origin, and destiny of spirits, and their relation with the corporeal world" under the pen name Allan Kardec.Moreira-Almeida, Alexander (2008). Kardec's works are the result of the study of mediumistic phenomena, which he initially believed to be of a fraudulent nature. By questioning several mediums, while they were in trance state, on a variety of matters, he compiled, compared, and synthesized the answers obtained from spirits into a body of knowledge known as the codification. It speaks of the constant need to investigate the world around us (science), to make sense of our findings (philosophy), and to apply them to our day-to-day living so as to improve ourselves and the world around us (religion). T ...
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Spiritism (book)
''Spiritism'' (german: Der Spiritismus) is an 1885 book by German philosopher Eduard von Hartmann, the author of the famous treatise ''Philosophy of the Unconscious.'' In professor Corinna Treitel's opinion, publication of this book became one of the "key events" in history of the "German occult movement." This book was "one of the first works to attempt a complete psychological explanation of all occult phenomena." According to Charles Massey, one of the founders of the Society for Psychical Research, publication of this book made the "most brutal blow" out of all ones that were ever directed against Spiritualism. Contents of the book #The general state of the question. #The physical phenomena. #The ideality of the manifestations. #Transfigurations and materialisations. #The spirit hypothesis. Spiritism and Spiritualism At the beginning of the first chapter Hartmann explains that "the word 'Spiritism' is of French production", but the English and most part of the Germans ...
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Spiritualism (other)
Spiritualism is a religion postulating the belief that spirits of the dead residing in the spirit world have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living. Spiritualism may also refer to: Religion * Spiritism, a similar religious movement, established in France in the mid-nineteenth century, often referred to as "Kardecist spiritism" after its founder Allan Kardec, and quite popular in the Caribbean nations and Brazil * Spiritualism (beliefs), the belief that spirits of the dead can communicate with the living * Spiritual church movement, a religious movement with historically African American membership and Christian forms of worship that developed in the United States in the wake of the expulsion of black members from primarily white Spiritualist denominations * Espiritismo, a cultural variation on Spiritism and Spiritualism, popular in Latin American nations, particularly Mexico Philosophy * Spiritualism (philosophy) In philosophy, spiritualism is the ...
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