thought-form

noun — 2 senses

thought-form

noun
1

Any of a set of presuppositions or fundamental ideas which define the thinking of people of a given region, time period etc.

  • The search had begun for a ‘historical Jesus’, a figure in whom the Church could believe despite the huge gap separating thought-forms and assumptions of the first Christians from those of the nineteenth century.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 859:
2

Parapsychology, Pseudoscience A manifestation of the thoughts, ideas or emotions of someone. It is believed to be able to be sensed by people and take physical form within the spirit world.

  • Two people can have the same idea at the same time because they felt the same thought-forms.
  • One can feel the threatening energy of the thought-forms left in the room after a tense fight.

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