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Pantheism vs Spiritualism - What's the difference?

pantheism | spiritualism |

As nouns the difference between pantheism and spiritualism

is that pantheism is the belief that the universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God while spiritualism is a philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

pantheism

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Alternative forms

* sometimes hyphenated or expressed as a phrase: pan-theism', ' pan theism * sometimes either the P or (rarely) both the P and T are capitalized: Pantheism', ' PanTheism * variations of capitalization and spacing may be combined: Pan-theism', '''Pan-Theism''', '''Pan Theism''', ' Pan theism

Noun

(en noun)
  • The belief that the universe is in some sense divine and should be revered. Pantheism identifies the universe with God but denies any personality or transcendence of such a God.
  • (rare) The belief in all gods; omnitheism.

    • Quotations

    * See

    Derived terms

    * neo-pantheism * pantheist * pantheists * pantheistic * pantheistical * pantheistically * pandeism * panentheism

    Related terms

    * pandeism * panentheism * theism

    spiritualism

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    Noun

    (-)
  • A philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.
  • A belief that the dead communicate with the living through a medium having special powers.
  • * R. H. Hutton
    • What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.
  • The quality or state of being spiritual.

    • Derived terms

    * spiritualist