"A system of knowledge which states: 1. That at death man continues to function as a conscious being. 2. That he functions after death in a refined spirit-body .... 3. That this soul...is organic,having brain,nerves,[etc.]... 4. That the soul can communicate...with persons on earth... [etc.] 73 p. 169
One of 12 justified world conceptions,Steiner said — the view that ideas exist as spiritual realities rather than simply as abstractions.
"[T]he discipline that studies the reaction of material objects to psychic energy." 80 p. 235
"[A]lleged direct influence exerted on a physical system by a person without the use of any known physical instruments...[or] physical energy." 73 p. 171[More correctly,the purported ability to move objects by mental power.]
The science of measuring mental abilities and processes.
"A faculty...whereby an object when held by a sensitive person,produces a community of sensation conveying the nature and history of the object." 73 p. 171[More correctly,the purported ability to learn about events or beings by touching objects associated with them.]
"A dread of destiny and...what is not seen." 80 p. 235
"[E]ctoplasm." 73 p. 172[A distinction is sometimes drawn,with psychoplasm said to be a primordial,etheric substance that underlies both psychic and physical phenomena,whereas ectoplasm is generally described as a mysterious,generally viscous substance produced by mediums.]
"[E]ctoplasm...." 73 p. 171
"[P]ersons who were believed able to charm snakes." 80 p. 236