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Recent Examples of spiritualism
Explore meditation, spiritualism or philosophies that give you a better understanding of your life.
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
While some people also practiced goddess worship or wiccan spiritualism, for many the witch was simply a cultural display of joy and a rejection of domestic servitude.
—Time, 21 Nov. 2025
The majority of White House ghost stories developed during the nineteenth century, according to the WHHA, as spiritualism was a prevalent belief in the country in the wake of the Civil War.
—James Powel, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Spirits of Resistance Stowe Center for Literary Activism, 77 Forest St., Hartford
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center offers tales of radical history, civil rights and spiritualism in the 19th century in an intimate setting with the storytelling happening over cocktails and tea.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2025
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Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
While some people also practiced goddess worship or wiccan spiritualism, for many the witch was simply a cultural display of joy and a rejection of domestic servitude.
—Time, 21 Nov. 2025
The majority of White House ghost stories developed during the nineteenth century, according to the WHHA, as spiritualism was a prevalent belief in the country in the wake of the Civil War.
—James Powel, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Spirits of Resistance Stowe Center for Literary Activism, 77 Forest St., Hartford
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center offers tales of radical history, civil rights and spiritualism in the 19th century in an intimate setting with the storytelling happening over cocktails and tea.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiritualism
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In one example, some teachers are let into the fictional realm of Agartha, which is a key setting in neo-Nazi occultism where everyone is white and blond.—
Owen Carry,
Wired News,
11 Mar. 2026
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The transformation of Tarocchi into a divinatory tool began in the late 18th century, driven by the rise of occultism in France.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Now, though, with the widespread circulation of magic manuals, grimoires, and related compendia—with the recording, on paper, of words, spells, histories, stories—witchcraft has taken an irreversible step into the exoteric realm.—
Kristen Roupenian,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Johnson did, reportedly, resort to witchcraft—a protection spell over the restaurant, and a curse on Aghajanian.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Watch On Longing for the colorful tumbling force of fantastic '80s-era sci-fi sword-and-sorcery flicks that dominated multiplexes and mom-and-pop video rental shops in the Reagan years?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The sword-and-sorcery title grossed over $68M worldwide, coming to be appreciated as a cult classic, and spawned the sequel Conan the Destroyer (1984).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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Hedva’s practice cooks magic, necromancy, and divination together with mystical states of fury and ecstasy, and political states of solidarity and disintegration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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Former Disney star Calum Worthy is trying his hand at digital necromancy — and a lot people aren't happy about it.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Nov. 2025
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“Spiritualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiritualism. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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