单词 | spirit guide |
释义 | > as lemmasspirit guide spirit guide n. (esp. in the context of spiritualism) a supernatural being believed to provide protection and advice to a person; cf. Compounds 1a(b). ΚΠ 1834 N.-Y. Mirror 31 May 377/2 ‘Let me inform thee,’ continued the spirit-guide, as they advanced joyfully towards the gateway of the hall of beauty, ‘that the sixty thousand maids..are such as died on earth of a broken heart.’ 1877 H. P. Blavatsky Isis Unveiled II. ii. 118 A medium must be passive; and if a firm believer in his ‘spirit-guide’ he will allow himself to be ruled by the latter. 1982 E. Jenkins Shadow & Light xxii. 172 A matter between him and his spirit-guides, not one with which human beings had anything to do. 2015 Blackpool Gaz. (Nexis) 17 June Helen Chadwick acts as a channel for spirit guides, angels and loved ones. < as lemmas |
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