Spiritualists' National Union
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The Spiritualists' National Union is a UK-based organization that promotes and supports the practice, philosophy, and education of Spiritualism and spiritualist churches.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spiritualist churches | 2 |
| Spiritualists' National Union canonical | 1 |
| national union of Spiritualist bodies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8935266 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spiritualists' National Union Context triple: [Spiritualism, hasOrganization, Spiritualists' National Union]
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A.
National Spiritualist Association of Churches
The National Spiritualist Association of Churches is a major U.S. religious organization that promotes and organizes the practice and philosophy of Spiritualism through affiliated congregations and educational activities.
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B.
Society for Psychical Research
The Society for Psychical Research is a British organization founded in 1882 to conduct systematic and scientific investigations into paranormal and psychical phenomena such as telepathy, apparitions, and mediumship.
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C.
United Lodge of Theosophists
The United Lodge of Theosophists is an international association of students dedicated to studying and promoting the original teachings of modern Theosophy, particularly those of H. P. Blavatsky and William Q. Judge, through anonymous, non-hierarchical work.
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D.
Theosophical Society
The Theosophical Society is a spiritual and philosophical organization founded in the late 19th century that promotes the study of comparative religion, philosophy, and science, emphasizing a universal wisdom tradition underlying all faiths.
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E.
League for Spiritual Discovery
The League for Spiritual Discovery was a 1960s psychedelic church founded by Timothy Leary to promote the sacramental use of LSD for spiritual and consciousness exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Spiritualists' National Union Target entity description: The Spiritualists' National Union is a UK-based organization that promotes and supports the practice, philosophy, and education of Spiritualism and spiritualist churches.
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A.
National Spiritualist Association of Churches
The National Spiritualist Association of Churches is a major U.S. religious organization that promotes and organizes the practice and philosophy of Spiritualism through affiliated congregations and educational activities.
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B.
Society for Psychical Research
The Society for Psychical Research is a British organization founded in 1882 to conduct systematic and scientific investigations into paranormal and psychical phenomena such as telepathy, apparitions, and mediumship.
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C.
United Lodge of Theosophists
The United Lodge of Theosophists is an international association of students dedicated to studying and promoting the original teachings of modern Theosophy, particularly those of H. P. Blavatsky and William Q. Judge, through anonymous, non-hierarchical work.
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D.
Theosophical Society
The Theosophical Society is a spiritual and philosophical organization founded in the late 19th century that promotes the study of comparative religion, philosophy, and science, emphasizing a universal wisdom tradition underlying all faiths.
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E.
League for Spiritual Discovery
The League for Spiritual Discovery was a 1960s psychedelic church founded by Timothy Leary to promote the sacramental use of LSD for spiritual and consciousness exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spiritualist organization
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religious organization ⓘ |
| affiliation | Spiritualist churches in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| aim |
to advance the religion and religious philosophy of Spiritualism
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to provide education and training in Spiritualism ⓘ to support Spiritualist churches and centers ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
religion
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religious education ⓘ spiritual philosophy ⓘ |
| focus |
organization of Spiritualist congregations
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standardization of Spiritualist teaching ⓘ support for Spiritualist worship ⓘ |
| governs | member Spiritualist churches ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophy | Spiritualist philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| offers |
courses in Spiritualist philosophy
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education in mediumship ⓘ training for Spiritualist healers ⓘ training for Spiritualist ministers ⓘ |
| operatesIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| promotes |
Spiritualist beliefs
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Spiritualist ethics ⓘ Spiritualist practices ⓘ |
| purpose |
education in Spiritualism
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promotion of Spiritualism ⓘ support of Spiritualist churches ⓘ |
| religion | Spiritualism ⓘ |
| supports |
Spiritualist churches
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linked to:
Spiritualists' National Union
Spiritualist mediums ⓘ
linked to:
Spiritualism
|
| type |
national union of Spiritualist bodies
ⓘ
linked to:
Spiritualists' National Union
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Spiritualists' National Union Description of subject: The Spiritualists' National Union is a UK-based organization that promotes and supports the practice, philosophy, and education of Spiritualism and spiritualist churches.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Spiritualists' National Union
linked to: Spiritualists' National Union
linked to: Spiritualists' National Union