Are their any other Spiritualists out there?

Question

How did you come by your belief? I grew up in a house that had several spirits in it.

Answer 1

I'm a Spiritualist. The reason is simple, ever since a very early age strange things have happened to me in the form of apparitions and dreams and even me telling people things that there's no way I could have known. My father is the same way.

Answer 2

I am not a Spiritualist but I'd like to know more. I didn't grow up with any real idea of spirits, but as I got older I became aware of Spiritual presences around me at various times. Only once have I seen a spirit enough to recognise the person; usally i get a feeling, or see something but no detail. Somedays it occurs frequently others not at all. So this is why I'd like to know more about Spiritualists, and what make a person a Spiritualist. :)

Answer 3

And what exactly is a Spiritualists? Do you know how to define "spirit"?

In Theology, the use of the word signifies the soul of man (generally its highest part, e.g., "the spirit is willing"), or sometimes the Holy Ghost ("the Spirit of Truth Whom the world cannot receive"). The use of this term to signify the supernatural life of grace is the explanation of St. Paul's language about the spiritual and the carnal man and his enumeration of the three elements, spirit, soul, and body ( which gave occasion to the error of the Trichotomists [1 Thessalonians 5:23, Ephesians 4:23] ).

Matter has generally been conceived as in one sense or another the limitation of spirit. Hence, finite spirits were thought to require a body as a principle of individuation and limitation; only God, the Infinite Spirit, was free from all admixture of matter. Thus, when we find the angels described as asomatoi or auloi, in the writings of the Fathers, this properly means only that the angels do not possess a gross, fleshly body; it does not at all imply a nature absolutely immaterial.

Answer 4

there are only a few of us who come on the boards
I like yourself grew up with spirits....
but I was raised Christian and I tried to ignore my experiences
things did settle for a while and I gave up on religion all together for many years
I even put my experiences out of my mind
but then about 8 years ago everything came back .... my experiences , my interest in spirit , I began to develop as a medium also ... and attended university to study the paranormal just to answer the many questions I had

I am not a regular at Spiritualist church though ... but Spiritualism is where my beliefs are

(((((((Kallan)))))))
havent seen Mrs Avatard in a long time..... I miss her also

Answer 5

Not a spiritualist here, but all of the spiritualists I've met have been lovely, wonderful, intelligent people. If this is the effect of spiritualism on one's life, then it is a fantastic belief indeed :)

((((((((Pam)))))))) ((((((((Pangel))))))))) .. is Mrs. Avatard on anymore? I miss her.