psychic energy
nounPsychoanalysis.
according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
Origin of psychic energy
1First recorded in 1920–25
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How to use psychic energy in a sentence
The explanation is as follows: I possess, let us say, 100 units of psychic energy which I might use in attention.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossHow the crystal, magic-mirror, etc., serves to focus the psychic energy of the clairvoyant person.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers | Swami PanchadasiFor a moment I gathered all my psychic energy and concentrated on the single crucial problem of stopping that leak.
Last Resort | Stephen BartholomewIn a neurosis psychic energy is undoubtedly present, but in an inferior and not realisable form.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology | C. G. Jungpsychic energy is indeed a fastidious thing, that insists upon having its own conditions fulfilled.
Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology | C. G. Jung
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