The metaphysical framework positing that spiritual beings and a spiritual world exist beyond the confines of spacetime—not as fantasies or projections but as genuine realities of a different order. Spirits, ancestors, guides, and other non-physical intelligences are real inhabitants of this spiritual world, which interpenetrates the physical without being identical to it. In Spiritual Theory, the afterlife is not a place in space but a state in being—a dimension of existence that we enter at death and can access in life through certain practices. This theory honors the universal human experience of spiritual connection while avoiding literalistic claims about spiritual geography. The spiritual world is not "up there" or "out there"; it's "in here" and "all around," just not available to the physical senses.
Example: "She felt her grandmother's presence after her death—not as a ghost, but as a comfort, a warmth, a sense of being watched over. Spiritual Theory explained it: Grandmother hadn't gone to a place; she'd entered a different state, still present, still loving, just differently accessible. The feeling wasn't imagination; it was perception, spiritual rather than physical. She wasn't crazy; she was connected."
by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 17, 2026
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