thought-form

plural thought-forms · alternative thoughtform

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. parapsychologyA 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.

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   One can feel the threatening energy of the thought-forms left in the room after a tense fight.