Phantastic Phantom Phantasm

Werd plae

When wordplay becomes a weird platypus

(political) Gathering of donors, 

(military) good order and discipline

(relationship) grounds of divorce

The ins and outs:

Inns and ow

Devout, devil out

Independent inquiry, investigation, interviews

  Into internal indoctrination and inmate internment

     In islamic xinjiang

Religion region, real gin, re-legion, 

Legion all over again, real legion, legionnaire’s disease

Rei lg ion (recreational equipment inc) 

   (lev grossman) (charged particle)

   LG knight good (white)

Spirituality 

Spirits, souls, ghosts, holy or otherwise

    phantom, wraith, apparition, vision, hallucination

    specter, shade, spook, shadow

    wight, eidolon, manes, duppy, lemures, bodoch

Spear, it, pier, peer (britney, fork, beach, look, s.king, p. anthony)

Tu, you (spanish), (two, to) (I, too) (me and you on the menu)

Chew (you can’t have spirituality without Chuy!)

Al, Chiu, Choo (ah, Choo) 

Irie (jamaican, rastafarian), UA (united artists)

Writ

Itty-bitty

oops, omitted:
southern pacific (railroad)
pi (3.14159...), pie!
I.r. (international relations, my major at ucd)(infrared)
ri (Rhode Island)
Ali (mohammed)
lit (candle, high on drugs)
TY (cross, hanging Jesus)
rich (food, wealthy)

Ham-handed 

Delicious hand this year! (honey-baked?)

pears, peaches, treats, mints!
impairment, impeachment, treatment

spear it, chew.   ality, as in re-ality.  (laity!) (or, ITALY)
Britney Spears is rich, ooh.   Al, itty (was big, once).