What is another word for spiritualist?

Pronunciation: [spˈɪɹɪt͡ʃˌuːəlˌɪst] (IPA)

A spiritualist is someone who believes in the existence of spirits and the possibility of communicating with them. There are a variety of synonyms for the term, such as mystic, visionary, medium, psychic and seer. All of these words describe those who are in touch with the spiritual realm and believe in the power of divine intervention. Additionally, terms like shaman, healer, and guru are often synonymous with spiritualist, as they convey a sense of spirituality and connection to the divine. Regardless of the precise term used, all of these words describe someone who is attuned to a higher power and seeks to connect with it in meaningful ways.

Usage examples for Spiritualist

In '56 appears his French Philosophers of the Nineteenth Century, in which he sharply criticised the spiritualist and religious school.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
The gentlemen who mixed an anti-spiritualist program in their effort to have doctors examined and licensed by a State Board were either innocent of political discretion or blind to the facts.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
She's the highest-priced spiritualist in the world.
"The Vertical City"
Fannie Hurst

Famous quotes with Spiritualist

  • If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic.
    Thomas Szasz
  • A lot of the justification psychics give is that ‘well, it comforts people’ and my feeling on that is, well, if they’re lies, who are you to decide that your lies are what people need to hear to comfort them. I think it’s a twisted logic. And I think that the reasons... if you’ve lost somebody dear to you and I’m trampling all over those memories telling you that they’re here now saying this and that, that’s none of my business. And if I’m just doing it because I can earn some money out of it... and when you watch these people at work so much of it is ego. Some of mediums at these spiritualist churches – especially the ones that aren’t so good – they just look like second rate stage hypnotists that you might see in a pub in Corfu. It’s horrendous. That I find really quite ugly.
    Derren Brown
  • The philosophy of Bergson, which is a spiritualist restoration, essentially mystical, medieval, Quixotesque, has been called a philosophy. Leave out the ; call it , mundane. Mundane — yes, a philosophy for the world and not for philosophers, just as chemistry ought to be not for chemists alone. The world desires illusion () — either the illusion antecedent to reason, which is poetry, or the illusion subsequent to reason, which is religion.
    Henri Bergson
  • When performing an autopsy, even the most inveterate spiritualist would have to question where the soul is.
    Anton Chekhov

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