Quote:spir·it·u·al
ˈspiriCH(əw)əl/
adjective
adjective: spiritual
1.
of, relating to, or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.
"I'm responsible for his spiritual welfare"
Quote:ci·pher
ˈsīfər/
noun
noun: cipher; plural noun: ciphers; noun: cypher; plural noun: cyphers
- 1.
a secret or disguised way of writing; a code.
"he was writing cryptic notes in a cipher"
synonyms:
code, secret writing, cryptograph, cryptogram
"information in cipher"
- a thing written in a cipher.
synonyms:
code, secret writing, cryptograph, cryptogram
"information in cipher"
- a key to such a cipher.
- 2.
dated
a zero; a figure 0.
synonyms:
zero, 0, nil, naught/nought
"a row of ciphers"
Until someone can produce evidence that there is anything to "spiritual" beyond human imagination run amok I will continue to regard it as a cipher in the sense of definition #2.
