Robyn Lebron No instances were found where Spiritism is referred to as a new religion or a church Quite to the contrary as clearly attested below: Spiritism is the new science which has come to reveal to mankind, by means of irrefutable proofs, the existence and nature of the Spiritual world and its relationship with the physical world Spiritism is a philosophical doctrine with religion effects, as is any Spiritualist philosophy, because it inevitably reaches to the roots of all religions: God, soul, and future life But it is not a constituted religion, since it has no services, no rituals, no temples, and no one among its adherents received the title of priest or high priest ( , ch 1, item 5) ~ 216 ~