单词 | odyle |
释义 | odylen. Now historical. = Od n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > mesmerism > force involved in Od1846 magnetod1850 odyle1850 1850 W. Gregory Lett. Animal Magn. p. xv Of all the known influences, that of odyle appears to offer the best prospect of success to the investigator. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 278/1 Persons sensitive to odyl saw luminous phenomena near the poles of magnets, or even around the hands or heads of certain persons in whose bodies the force was supposed to be concentrated. 1885 H. S. Olcott Theosophy 158 Heat he found to enormously increase quantitatively the flow of Odyle through a metal conductor. 1976 P. Tompkins Mysteries Mexican Pyramids v. xxiii. 328 Karl von Reichenbach's odyle, or what has now come to be known as pyramid power. 1991 P. Heselton Elem. Earth Mysteries (BNC) 33 In 1860, Baron Karl von Reichenbach..published the results of numerous experiments with sensitives using techniques which enabled them to sense an energy which he called..‘odyle’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1850 |
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