spiritualism

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Recent Examples of spiritualism By the time Alexander expired, in a fog of lunatic spiritualism, in 1825, his empire was the largest the world had ever known, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the far side of the Pacific Ocean, from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean. James Verini, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2025 This provided her with income, but her true life's work drew on af Klint's interest in spiritualism and mysticism. Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2025 It’s also been a treat to page through the visual and physical embodiments of spiritualism (pun intended)—the clothing, playbills, the Ouija boards, and rabbits in hats that remain from generations of seekers. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, spiritualism leveraged science to marvelous effect. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for spiritualism
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Noun
  • Pynchon’s daunting masterpiece, a white whale of a Great American Novel, is stuffed with pun-tastic songs, rocket science and World War II-era occultism.
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The article, which contains little that would be unfamiliar to anyone conversant with some of the more influential twentieth-century texts on yoga and occultism, concludes with accounts of meditations Crowley allegedly undertook between January and April 1901.
    Stewart Home August 22, Literary Hub, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The portrayal of witchcraft in the 21st century is expansive and multi-dimensional.
    Taylor Crumpton, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Putting It All Together AI might feel like magic, but it’s powered by structure, not sorcery.
    Abhesh Kumar, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • One of the buzziest debuts of the fall is this riveting dark fantasy in which a woman with missing memories must survive a world of necromancy and alchemy.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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“Spiritualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritualism. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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