Meanings
- historicaluncountableSelf-hypnosis.First known use 19th c.
I have selected the word Statuvolism, from two Latin words—Status, a state or condition, and Volo, the will—meaning thereby, a state produced by an act of the will.
1871, William Baker Fahnestock, Statuvolism, page 392 more examples
The dictum of Lord Bacon: “The human mind can be placed in communication with other minds and transmit their impressions,” is not inclusive enough to cover the phenomena of statuvolism, animal magnetism, electro-biology, mesmerism, or by whatsoever name we may indicate the use of this mysterious agent.
1911, Sepharial, A Manual of Occultism, page 200Psychometry lead^([sic]) to the discovery of “Statuvolism” which is a peculiar condition produced by the will, in which a person can “throw their mind” to any distant place and see, hear, feel, smell, and taste what is going on there.
2013, John Robertson, Winning the Battles in Spiritual Warfare, page 409
Origin
- Latinstatus
- Englishstatuvolism
From Latin status + (stem form of) velle (“to will”).
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