"[C]ouncils are held in the spirit world to determine courses of missionary action in the earth sphere ... God works by delegation." 73 p. 200
"Doctors skilled on this earth,who have passed over [i.e.,died] but who continue to administer to the sick from the spirit spheres...." 73 p. 200
Healing directed by beings or forces from the spirit realm. The healing spirit may be that of a physician,a shaman,or the patient. Also see "mental healing".
"Term for a discarnate entity...who is eager to assist a subject in a humble way." 73 p. 95
In Anthroposophy: the third,highest human spiritual member. It is the physical body as transformed and spiritualized by the "I." It survives into the "I" of the next incarnation.
In Anthroposophy: the highest component of the ninefold nature of man — the immortal part of ourselves,higher than our soul nature and our physical nature.
"Cases have been known in spirit healing where portions of diseased tissue have apparently been excised by supernormal means." 73 p. 200 [Note that in this usage,"spirit operations" are medical procedures,not the general behavior of spirit operators.]
"[W]orkers in the spirit band,who are assisting the production of psychic phenomena...." 73 p. 200[As used in the SteinerBooks dictionaries,"spirit operators" may be incarnate or discarnate spirits; usually they are discarnate.]
In spiritualism,generally,people who have died or who for other reasons are discarnate. They are said to assist mediums during seances; they are often the spirits "contacted" during seances.
"Reproductions on a photographic plate of discarnate entities...." 80 p. 281
