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.

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What did Christ tell the rich young man to do?
Has the exact time of Christ's coming been revealed?
How does Paul speak of this coming?
Referring to Peter's coming sore trial, for what did Christ say He had prayed?

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