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psychical

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psy·chic  (skk)
n.
1. A person apparently responsive to psychic forces.
2. See medium.
adj. also psy·chi·cal (-k-kl)
1. Of, relating to, affecting, or influenced by the human mind or psyche; mental: psychic trauma; psychic energy.
2.
a. Capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy.
b. Of or relating to such mental processes.
[From Greek pskhikos, of the soul, from pskh, soul; see bhes- in Indo-European roots.]
psychi·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.psychical - affecting or influenced by the human mind; "psychic energy"; "psychic trauma"
psychic
mental - involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"
2.psychical - outside the sphere of physical science; "psychic phenomena"
psychic
paranormal - not in accordance with scientific laws; "what seemed to be paranormal manifestations"


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In this first lecture I shall be concerned to refute a theory which is widely held, and which I formerly held myself: the theory that the essence of everything mental is a certain quite peculiar something called "consciousness," conceived either as a relation to objects, or as a pervading quality of psychical phenomena.
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