What is Spiritualism defined to be?

Answer

"A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by
rapping, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a
medium; spiritism."-Webster.
Spiritism: "The theory that mediumistic phenomena are caused by spirits of the dead."-Webster.
NOTE-"The very central truth of Spiritualism is the power and possibility of spirit return, under certain
conditions, to communicate with those in the material form."-N. F. RavIin, Spiritualistic lecturer, of
California.

What change is wrought in conversion, or the new birth?
Of what is Christian baptism an evidence?
What does he find who follows after righteousness?
How should parents train their children?
What was the first beast like?
Do the dead know anything?
What is to be their fate?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle