Meanings
plural automatic writings
- countableuncountableA form of writing claimed not to come from the conscious thoughts of the writer, sometimes performed in a trance.
According to his automatic writings, Satan, a great god, created the human body and asked "Arbal-Jesus," his name for Adam, to project his being into it for a few moments.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 30Synonyms: psychography
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of writing claimed not to come from the conscious thoughts of the writer, sometimes performed in a trance.
Translations
Finnish automaattikirjoitus
- automaattikirjoitusform of writing
Portuguese psicografia
- psicografiaform of writing
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