6 Responses to “What’s the difference between Spiritualism and Spiritism?”Real Ghosts

1. SLogun 16
   May 26th, 2010 - 6:44 pm

   the difference is the tual compared to the tism

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2. GOOFY
   May 26th, 2010 - 6:53 pm

   The LIE.

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3. herrecy
   May 26th, 2010 - 6:58 pm

   Spiritism is a philosophical doctrine, established in France in the mid-nineteenth century.
   Spiritualism is personal.

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4. shea14shea
   May 26th, 2010 - 7:38 pm

   I looked for the dictionary definitions. Spiritualism has multiple definitions. The most common way to describe spiritualism is a metaphysical belief in having a spirit. Pretty much anyone who believes in anything other than atheism or scientlogy believes in some form of spiritualism. Any Christian, Muslim, Wiccan, Jew etc.

   Spiritism on the other hand is a belief that we can have connection with spirits or the dead such as taro cards, saonses (spelling?) etc.

   A person can believe in spiritualism without believing in spiritism but a person cannot believe in in spiritism without the belief in spiritualism. I know it sounds confusing, but that is the most simple way I can think of to describe it.

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5. Sweet Loraine
   May 26th, 2010 - 8:27 pm

   The spelling!! LOL

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6. Angel Luz
   May 26th, 2010 - 9:10 pm

   As early as 1850, the Spirits of Truth with the spirit guides and guardian angels had already initiated their own work in the Christian context. Their primary objective then was to provide proofs of the survival of the spirit. Countless Spiritualist mediums in Europe and America now began to manifest all sorts of magical and highly entertaining phenomena. Tables rapped messages, so did ouija boards convey information from beyond. Ghosts and apparitions regaled and frightened. Objects flying all over the place appeared and disappeared from view. Much of these manifestations were subsequently proven to be false, but enough of the genuine articles convinced those with open minds that there is a greater reality, another world beyond ours.

   After the more thoughtful among the people got over their fascination and wonder, they began to question why all the fuss, what does it all mean. This time, the Spirits chose a Frenchman, Leon-Denizarth-Hippolyte Rivail, a member of several learned societies and a scientist-researcher well known in scientific circles to disseminate their explanations and teachings. Through various mediums and countless seances, a special team of Spirit teachers, among them the Apostle John and St. Augustine, communicated to Rivail the beginning basis of the promised revelations, the All Truth referred to by Jesus, the many things kept hidden since the foundation of the world, which in Jesus’ time, the people would not have been able to understand.

   Rivail included all these revelations in his books, ‘The Spirits’ Book’ and others under the penname of Allan Kardec, according to the instructions of the Guides. They later formed the underlying teachings of Spiritism, which term simply means guidance by the Holy Spirit. In the Philippines and in Brazil in the mid-1900s, psychic surgeons belonging to this school performed their barehanded and painless operations and attracted large followings. In the United States today, Channeling has taken over from Spiritualism. Each addition to the series brings in new insights and reveals deeper aspects of the same eternal Truths.

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