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81uncorporal — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having no body, form, or substance: bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, nonphysical, spiritual, unbodied, unsubstantial. See BODY …
82exorcism — The expulsion of DEMONs and other unwanted spirits from a person or place. Rites of exorcism have been performed since ancient times as remedies against the negative or malevolent influences of spirits, such as the perceived cause of illnesses …
83Hyslop, James Hervey — (1854–1920) American philosopher, psychologist, educator, and professor of ethics, whose interest in survival after death led him to conduct some of the finest studies of POSSESSION and OBSESSION. James Hervey Hyslop was born on August 18,… …
84Pearce-Higgins, Canon John D. — Anglican clergyman and spiritualist known for his “depossession” work. Canon John D. Pearce Higgins was former vice provost of Southwark Cathedral in London, and one of the founders of the Anglican Church’s Fellowship for Psychical and… …
85possession — The takeover and control of a person’s mind and body by a DEMON, condemned soul, ghost, spirit, or deity. There are different forms of possession; most are not demonic. While possession is a universal and ancient belief, the approaches to it… …
86Smith, Helene — (19th century) Swiss medium who underwent a spirit POSSESSION and was overtaken by the discarnate Count Cagliostro. Smith, whose real name was Catherine Elise Muller, never worked as a paid medium but gave séances to friends and admirers for… …
87disembodied — adjective disembodied faces floated through the smoky mist Syn: bodiless, incorporeal, discarnate, spiritual; intangible, insubstantial, impalpable; ghostly, spectral, phantom, wraithlike •• disembodied, dismembered Disembodied = separated from… …
88insubstantial — adjective 1) an insubstantial structure Syn: flimsy, fragile, breakable, weak, frail, slight, unstable, shaky, wobbly, rickety, ramshackle, jerry built Ant: sturdy 2) …
89intangible — adjective 1) the shadows were more intangible than usual as they shifted with each quavering bough and passing cloud Syn: impalpable, untouchable, incorporeal, discarnate, abstract; ethereal, insubstantial, immaterial, airy; ghostly, spectral,… …
90bodiless — adj 1. incorporeal, discarnate, disembodied; spiritual, immaterial, unsubstantial, unfleshy; intangible, impalpable, imponderable, immeasurable. 2. extramundane, transmundane, supernatural, su perphysical, hyperphysical; ethereal, airy, vapory;… …
