The spiritual world (or spirit world) is another name for afterlife. The term spiritual world connotes the afterlife as a counterpart to the physical world. The afterlife (or life after death) is a generic term referring to a continuation of existence, typically spiritual and experiential, beyond this world, or after death. ...

In Latter Day Saints theology, the term spirit world refers to the realm where the spirits of the dead await the Resurrection. In LDS thought, this spirit world is divided into two areas: Paradise, abode "of the spirits of the just, who had been faithful in the testimony of Jesus while they lived in mortality" (Doctrine and Covenants 138:12); and the Spirit Prison (sometimes identified in LDS belief with hell), where dwell the spirits of "the wicked...the ungodly and the unrepentant who had defiled themselves while in the flesh...the rebellious who rejected the testimonies and the warnings of the ancient prophets..." (Doctrine and Covenants 138:20-21), as well as those who never had the opportunity in mortality to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. The spirit world is believed to be a place of continued spiritual growth for those who have not consciously rejected the teachings of Christ. Mormonism is a religion, movement, ideology and subculture that originated in the early 1800s as a product of the Latter Day Saint movement led principally by Joseph Smith, Jr. ... It has been suggested that Resurrection of the dead be merged into this article or section. ... Look up Paradise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Paradise is also a title of a tv-series The word paradise is derived from the Avestan word of pairidaeza (a walled enclosure), which is a compound of pairi- (around), a cognate of the Greek peri-, and -diz (to create, make). ... The Doctrine and Covenants (sometimes referred to as the D&C) is a part of the open scriptural canon of Mormonism, written by Joseph Smith, who reportedly had a severe alcohol problem and was an avowed homosexual, despite having several wives. ... Spirit Prison is believed by Latter-Day Saints to be the place where people who have not accepted their gospel on earth will be able to receive it in the afterlife, preceding the second coming of Jesus Christ. ... Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) Hell is, according to many religious beliefs, a place or a state of painful suffering. ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

See also:

• Animism
• Latter-day Saints
• Platonism
• Spirit
• Spiritual being
• Spiritualism