Great piece, Jes. If you recall my piece, Let’s Talk About Knowing Versus Believing https://medium.com/illumination-curated/lets-talk-about-knowing-versus-believing-21175cf0caee, and the comment pane conversation I had with a materialist who objected to me saying, "I know souls exist," compared to his insistence that I can't know it but merely believe it because I can't prove it, and then proceeded to insult me, you know I relate to and understand everything you said.

I read recently a distinguishment between religious faith and the kind of faith/knowledge that you and I and other spiritualists have. Ours comes from life experiences.