Materialism vs. Spiritualism

Materialismnoun

Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns.

Materialismnoun

(philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical.

Materialismnoun

Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

Materialismnoun

The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets; called also philosophical materialism.

Materialismnoun

The tendency to give undue importance to material interests as contrasted with spiritual concerns; devotion to the material nature and its wants.

Materialismnoun

Material substances in the aggregate; matter.

Materialismnoun

a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

Materialismnoun

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality

Materialism

Materialism is a form of philosophical monism that holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions. According to philosophical materialism, mind and consciousness are by-products or epiphenomena of material processes (such as the biochemistry of the human brain and nervous system), without which they cannot exist.

Spiritualismnoun

(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

Spiritualismnoun

A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism/Kardecism.

Spiritualismnoun

The quality or state of being spiritual.

Spiritualismnoun

The quality or state of being spiritual.

Spiritualismnoun

The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul - that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.

Spiritualismnoun

A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.

Spiritualismnoun

(theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God

Spiritualismnoun

the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium)

Spiritualismnoun

concern with things of the spirit

Spiritualism

Spiritualism is a religious movement based on the belief that the spirits of the dead exist and have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living. The afterlife, or the , is seen by spiritualists, not as a static place, but as one in which spirits continue to evolve.