Spiritualism
- Orson Pratt, "Revelations and Manifestations of God and of Wicked Spirits", Journal of Discourses, pp. 62-75
Watching out for manifestations of evil spirits.
Many apostates had become mediums.
Spiritualistic philosophies being sugar-coated with scientific sounding names such as "animal magnetism".
"Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits..."
"Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God."
It does not seem that this could be talking about all kinds of spirits, as devils have confessed that Jesus is the Christ, but this seems to speak of a revelatory spirit, and/or false prophets.
Apparently there is a spirit of Antichrist more specific than the general disbelief of the world.
Being purified grants power over false spiritual manifestations.