单词 | pneumatography |
释义 | pneumatographyn.ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > study of pneumology1613 pneumatology1648 pneumatography1665 1665 W. Drage Daimonomageia 28 Which things our Physiology, Iatrosophy, and Pneumatography declares. 1882 Amer. Naturalist 16 829 (table) Pneumatography. 2. Writing alleged to be done directly by a disembodied spirit, without the hand of a medium or any material instrument. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > system of writing > [noun] > others hydrographya1657 hierography1731 pasigraphy1796 scoteography1804 scriptio continua1845 grass hand1850 palaeotype1867 pneumatography1876 pasigraphic1947 abugida1990 1876 A. Blackwell tr. ‘A. Kardec` Medium's Bk. xxxii. 447 Pneumatography... This word denotes the direct writing of spirits, without the use of the medium's hand. 1997 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 13 Jan. (Heritage section) 7 The sacred messages were conveyed to Cao Dai leaders between 1925 and 1929 through seances, automatic writing or pneumatography whereby an empty scroll is hung above the altar and when taken down, messages had appeared. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1665 |
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