Spiritual Sciences

Spiritual Sciences, or the singular Spiritual Science, also refered as supernatural sciences, esoteric sciences and modern occult sciences, studies the spiritual, supernatural, occult and esoteric aspects of human life, having several similarities with humanities, spiritual sciences, spite the use of the term sciences, they are considered as a spiritual branch of humanities and do not consider themselves as scientific compared into hard sciences, same that happens with humanities. Spiritual sciences are usually considered as a form of spiritual belief and studying. Spiritual sciences differs from humanities in the sense spiritual sciences studies the spiritual aspects of human life with a spiritual outlook while the humanities studies the material aspects of human life in a materialist outlook.

"Spiritual sciences are a nice area of study inside humanities, but this is an area that needs to be developed even more and might have a lot of problems with neoatheists, but there's no problem with it since they do not consider humanities as a science, so spiritual sciences are on its home."

"I should develop a department of spiritual sciences in my university, but it would get a lot of resistance and it would be an area that would get literally no working field nor working market, but still, that would be a nice way to make humanities to resist all the attempts of hard sciences on taking over the space of humanities and even find a way to balance both."

"Spiritual sciences includes several areas such as the areas of study of occult sciences, paraphilosophy, logical supernaturalism, extraphysics, metaphysics, deep spirituality studies, deep supernaturality studies, philosophical studies on spirituality and supernaturality, theological divinialism, perennialism, theoretical extraphysicism, occult psychology, spiritual psychology, occult philosophy, spiritual philosophy and others."

by Full Monteirism February 24, 2021

Spiritual Sciences

The attempt to apply a framework of systematic observation, classification, and theory to non-material or transcendent phenomena. This isn't faith-based religion; it's the pursuit of studying consciousness, energy fields, near-death experiences, meditation states, and purported spiritual laws (like karma) with the rigor of a science. Practitioners may use tools like biofeedback, EEGs during prayer, or statistical analysis of prayer efficacy studies. The core struggle is quantifying the unquantifiable, making it a controversial field often dismissed by mainstream science as pseudoscience, yet aspiring to bridge the measurable and the mystical.

Example: "His doctorate in Spiritual Sciences meant his thesis was on 'Quantifying Aura Coherence in Healer-Subject Dyads Using Modified Kirlian Photography.' His peer review was rejected by Nature and a shaman, both for opposite reasons."

by Abzugal January 30, 2026

Spiritual Sciences

The systematic study of things you feel in your gut but cannot prove in a lab, requiring a methodology that involves equal parts meditation, introspection, and Googling crystals at 2 AM. It's the academic discipline that attempts to quantify vibes, measure auras, and develop a taxonomy for chakras, all while acknowledging that the primary research instrument is "how it makes you feel." Spiritual sciences operate on a peer-review system where the peers are usually also the ones who wrote the book on energy healing, and the data is considered significant if it leads to a personal breakthrough.

Example: "After a weekend retreat, she earned her certificate in spiritual sciences, which meant she was now qualified to tell people their anxiety was just a blocked root chakra. She set up a practice in her living room and charged $75 for an 'auric reading.'"

by Abzugal February 14, 2026

Spiritual Social Sciences

The study of how groups of spiritually-inclined people form communities, establish hierarchies, and develop their own unique cultures and jargon. It examines the social dynamics of the yoga studio (why is there always a competitive mat-placer?), the unspoken rules of the crystal shop (don't touch the selenite with dirty hands), and the politics of the meditation circle (who gets to ring the bell?). It's a field dedicated to understanding how people who are seeking inner peace somehow manage to create so much outer drama.

Example: "A deep dive into spiritual social sciences reveals that the 'namaste' said at the end of a yoga class has a direct correlation to how aggressively someone will cut you off in the parking lot. The divine light in them acknowledges the divine light in you, but their Honda Pilot has right of way."*

by Abzugal February 14, 2026