Encyclopedia - Delusion: Encyclopedia - Delusion
A delusion is commonly defined as a fixed false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fancif...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Delusion: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Delusion
delusion: Moha. False belief, misconception. (See also: Delusion , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Delusion - Primary And Secondary Delusions
Jaspers originally made a distinction between primary and secondary delusions. According to Jaspers, primary delusions (sometimes called ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capgras Delusion: Encyclopedia - Capgras Delusion
The Capgras delusion or Capgras' syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that an acquaintance, usually a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cotard Delusion: Encyclopedia - Cotard Delusion
The Cotard delusion or Cotard's syndrome is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that he is dead, does not exist, ...   » Read the article

Article - Judgment: The Road To Delusion
 We can be drawn into others people's consequences by giving consent to their actions or by judging their behavior. The energy field...   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Quotes: Genesis Of Woeful Births
Hindu Quotes: Genesis of Woeful Births   The delusion which mistakes the unreal for the Real  Is the genesis of woeful bir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Delusion - Diagnostic Issues
However, the modern definition and Jaspers's original criteria have been criticised, as counter-examples can be shown for every defining ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia - Psychosis
Psychosis is a generic psychiatric term for mental states in which the components of rational thought and perception are severely impaire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinical Lycanthropy: Encyclopedia - Clinical Lycanthropy
Clinical lycanthropy is a psychiatric syndrome that involves a delusional belief that the affected person is, or has, transformed into an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness characterized by persistent defects in the perception or expression of reality. A person experie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Illusion: Encyclopedia - Illusion
An illusion is a distortion of a sensory perception. Each of the human senses can be deceived by illusions, but visual illusions are the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry: Encyclopedia - Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
Cognitive neuropsychiatry is a sub-discipline of psychology and psychiatry that aims to understand mental illness and psychopathology in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telepathy: Encyclopedia - Telepathy
Telepathy, from the Greek τηλε, tele, "distant", and πάθεια, patheia, "feeling", is the claimed innate ability of humans and ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hallucination: Encyclopedia - Hallucination
A hallucination is a sensory perception experienced in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paranoia: Encyclopedia - Paranoia
In popular culture, the term paranoia is usually used to describe excessive concern about one's own well-being, sometimes suggesting a pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erotomania: Encyclopedia - Erotomania
Erotomania is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that another person, usually of a higher social status, is in l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia - Belief
Belief in the psychological sense, is a representational mental state that takes the form of a propositional attitude. In the religious s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capgras Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Capgras Delusion - Causes
There is strong neuropsychological evidence that the Capgras delusion is, at least in part, related to a loss of emotional response to fa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Delusion (ignorance): Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Delusion (ignorance)
Delusion (Ignorance) "Delusion refers to belief in something that contradicts reality. In Buddhism, delusion is ... a lack of aw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capgras Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Capgras Delusion - Overview
It is named after Joseph Capgras (1873-1950), a French psychiatrist who first described the disorder in a paper by Capgras and Reboul-Lac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monothematic Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Monothematic Delusion - Types
The delusions that fall under this category are: Capgras delusion is the belief that (usually) a close relative or spouse has been repla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Monothematic Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Monothematic Delusion - Causes
Current cognitive neuropsychology research points toward a two-factor approach to the cause of monothematic delusions1. The first factor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosis - Medical Understanding Of Psychosis
There are a number of possible causes for psychosis. Psychosis may be the result of an underlying mental illness such as Bipolar disorder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosis - Medical Understanding Of Psychosis
There are a number of possible causes for psychosis. Psychosis may be the result of an underlying mental illness such as bipolar disorder...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paranoia: Encyclopedia Ii - Paranoia - Use In Psychiatry
In his original attempt at classifying different forms of mental illness, Emil Kraepelin used the term pure paranoia to describe a condit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erotomania: Encyclopedia Ii - Erotomania - History
Early references to the condition can be found in the work of Hippocrates, Erasistratus, Plutarch and Galen. In the psychiatric literatur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unilateral Neglect: Encyclopedia Ii - Unilateral Neglect - Overview
Unilateral neglect patients typically have no or limited conscious awareness of information coming from the neglected side of space. This...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosis - Psychotic Experience
A psychotic episode can be significantly coloured by mood. For example, people experiencing a psychotic episode in the context of depress...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paranoia: Encyclopedia Ii - Paranoia - Examples Of Clinical Paranoia
In the unrestricted use of the term, common paranoid delusions can include the belief that the person is being followed, poisoned or love...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erotomania: Encyclopedia Ii - Erotomania - Contemporary Syndrome
The core of the syndrome is that the affected person has a delusional belief that another person, usually of higher social status, is sec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosis - Overview
Psychosis is considered by mainstream psychiatry to be a symptom of severe mental illness, but not a diagnosis in itself. Although it is ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oneness Of Delusion And Enlightenment: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Oneness Of Delusion And Enlightenment
Oneness of delusion and enlightenment (Jpn.: meigo-funi or meigo-ittai)   Also, non-duality of delusion and enlightenment. The pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Non-duality Of Delusion And Enlightenment: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Non-duality Of Delusion And Enlightenment
Non-duality of delusion and enlightenment (Jpn.: meigo-funi or meigo-ittai)   See: oneness of delusion and enlightenment  ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telepathy: Encyclopedia Ii - Telepathy - Delusions Of Telepathy
Schizophrenia can produce delusions that the sufferer is in telepathic communication with others; such delusions include thought broadcas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinical Lycanthropy: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Lycanthropy - Symptoms
Affected individuals report a delusional belief that they have transformed, or are in the process of transforming into another animal. It...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Five Fundamental Conditions Of Passions And Delusions: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Five Fundamental Conditions Of Passions And Delusions
Five Fundamental Conditions of Passions and Delusions Wrong views which are common to triloka; Clinging or attachment in the desire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Testamentary Capacity: Encyclopedia Ii - Testamentary Capacity - Insane Delusions
Litigants who challenge a will sometimes allege that the testator laboured under an "insane delusion" or monomania that rendered them inc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870 - The Great Amaxhosa Delusion
The Xhosa tribes gave the colony few problems after the war. This was due, in large measure, to an extraordinary delusion which arose amo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unilateral Neglect: Encyclopedia Ii - Unilateral Neglect - Causes
This disorder is a result of organic brain damage, usually centered around the right parietal or right parietal-occipital lobe. Right-sid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schizophrenia: Encyclopedia Ii - Schizophrenia - Overview
Schizophrenia is often described in terms of "positive" and "negative" symptoms. Positive symptoms include delusions, auditory hallucinat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kilesa: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Kilesa
kilesa (kilesa): Defilement - lobha (passion), dosa (aversion), and moha (delusion) in their various forms, which include such things ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - M'naghten Rules: Encyclopedia Ii - M'naghten Rules - Explanation
Insanity as a defence operates as an excuse, i.e. it excludes the accused from the process of a trial which makes it consistent with publ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - M'naghten Rules: Encyclopedia Ii - M'naghten Rules - The Rules In English Law
M'Naghten Rules - Burden of proof. This is a rebuttable presumption and the burden of proof is on the party wishing to rebut. If a jury...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clinical Lycanthropy: Encyclopedia Ii - Clinical Lycanthropy - Proposed Mechanisms
Clinical lycanthropy is a rare condition and is largely considered to be an idiosyncratic expression of a psychotic-episode caused by ano...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Testamentary Capacity: Encyclopedia Ii - Testamentary Capacity - Adults Are Presumed Capable
Certain people, such as minors, are conclusively deemed incapable of making a will by the common law; however, minors who serve in the mi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Granthi: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Granthi
granthi: Knot or complex. Knot of delusion.   (See also: granthi , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hallucination: Encyclopedia Ii - Hallucination - Possible Causes
Florid hallucinations are usually associated with drug use (particularly hallucinogenic drugs), sleep deprivation, psychosis or neurologi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serial Experiments Lain: Encyclopedia Ii - Serial Experiments Lain - Publications And Other Media
The Lain franchise was originally conceived to connect across several forms of media (anime, video game, manga). Producer Yasuyuki Ueda s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhranti Darshana: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iii On Bhranti Darshana
Bhranti Darshana: A delusion.   (See also: Bhranti Darshana ,Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870 - The First And Second Frontier Wars
The first of several wars with the Xhosa had already been fought by the time that the Cape Colony had been ceded to the United Kingdom. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870 - The 1820 Settlers
The war of 1817-19 led to the first wave of immigration of English settlers of any considerable scale, an event with far-reaching consequ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870 - Dutch Hostility To British Rule
Although the colony was prosperous, many Dutch farmers were as dissatisfied with British rule as they had been with that of the Dutch Eas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870 - The Great Trek
The British government did not approve of the actions of Sir Benjamin d’Urban, and the British Secretary for the Colonies, Lord Glenelg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cape Colony From 1806 To 1870 - The Eighth Frontier War Of 1850–1853
The anti-convict move had scarcely ended when the colony was once again involved in a war. The Xhosa bitterly resented their loss of inde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prosopagnosia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prosopagnosia - Unconscious Face Recognition
One particularly interesting feature of prosopagnosia is that it suggests both a conscious and unconscious aspect to face recognition. Ex...   » Read the article

Dictionary -  bhranti-darshana: Sanskrit Dictionary On  bhranti-darshana
 Bhranti-darshana: a delusion   (See also:  Bhranti-darshana , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary -  moha: Sanskrit Dictionary On  moha
 Moha: infatuation or delusion   (See also:  Moha , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telepathy: Encyclopedia Ii - Telepathy - Telepathy In History
Very few anecdotal accounts of telepathy have been noted in many ancient cultures since historical records have been kept. In the Bible, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telepathy: Encyclopedia Ii - Telepathy - Recent Experiments
Ganzfeld experiments have received widespread attention in recent times, and some believe they provide strong experimental evidence. Othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telepathy: Encyclopedia Ii - Telepathy - Telepathy And Science
Telepathy proponents point generally to controversially scientific concepts such as psychology and quantum mechanics, as areas of researc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary On Maya
maya: "illusion". goddess who causes us to see energy patterns as the physical world. "...the mystic, magick power of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lower Self: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Lower Self
lower self That part of the mind that is attached and living in the world of delusion   (See also: Lower self , Body Mind and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prosopagnosia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prosopagnosia - Overview
Selective inabilities to recognise faces were reported throughout the 19th century, and included case studies by Hughlings Jackson and Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prosopagnosia: Encyclopedia Ii - Prosopagnosia - Subtypes Of Prosopagnosia
Prosopagnosia was originally thought only to be solely associated with brain injury, acquired during adulthood, or more rarely during chi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moha: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary On Moha
Moha: Delusion-in relation to something, usually producing delusive attachment or infatuation based on a completely false perception a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moha: Hindu Sanskrit Dictionary Iii On Moha
MOHA: delusion   (See also: MOHA , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Moha: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Moha
moha: moha - infatuation or delusion   (See also: moha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Granthi: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Granthi
Granthi: Granthi. Knot or complex. Knot of delusion.   (See also: Granthi , Tantra, Tantra Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhrama: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Bhrama
bhrama: bhrama. Delusion.   (See also: bhrama , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vyamoha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Vyamoha (vyaamoha)
vyamoha: vyamoha (vyaamoha). Confusion, delusion.   (See also: vyamoha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhrama: Sai Baba Dictionary On Bhrama
Bhrama: Bhrama: Delusion.   (See also: Bhrama , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul) &n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Belief - Belief As A Psychological Theory
Mainstream psychology and related disciplines have traditionally treated belief as if it were the simplest form of mental representation ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Avijja: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Avijja
avijja (avijjaa): Unawareness; ignorance; obscured awareness; delusion about the nature of the mind. See also moha.    (...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moha: Pali Buddhist Buddhism Dictionary On Moha
moha (moha): Delusion; ignorance (avijja).. One of three unwholesome roots (mula) in the mind.    (See also: Moha , Budd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crank Person: Encyclopedia Ii - Crank Person - Related Terminology
"Kook" is a somewhat similar pejorative term that is usually used to describe a person whose areas of interest are perceived to be eccent...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Three Poisons: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Three Poisons
Three Poisons Craving, aversion and delusion; also, these are termed the three root-stains or the three roots of unskillfulness. &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Maya: Tantra Tantric Dictionary On Maya
Maya: Maya. "Illusion". Goddess who causes us to see energy patterns as the physical world. "...The mystic, magic po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erotomania: Encyclopedia Ii - Erotomania - Erotomania In Fiction
Author and Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan based the novel Enduring Love around the theme of a science writer who is harassed by an erotom...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Moha
Moha (Sanskrit) Bewilderment, perplexity, folly, delusion, error. In philosophy, delusion of mind, preventing the discernment of truth...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tamas: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Tamas
TAMAS: The mineral nature characterized by heaviness, inertia,  indifference, inactivity, and delusion. (Salt, in alchemy.) &nb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Belief - Belief Knowledge And Epistemology
Knowledge is often defined as justified true belief, in that the belief must be considered to correspond to reality and must be derived f...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bhranti-darshana: Hinduism Sanskrit Dictionary V On Bhranti-darshana
bhranti-darshana: bhranti-darshana - a delusion   (See also: bhranti-darshana , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Moha
moha: moha. Delusion caused by false identification, infatuation.   (See also: moha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moha-kshaya: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Moha-kshaya
moha-kshaya: moha-kshaya. Decline of delusion or infatuation.   (See also: moha-kshaya , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, San...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moksha: Sanskrit Hinduism Dictionary Iii On Moksha
moksha: moksha. Liberation, devoid of delusion. Freedom from bondage.   (See also: moksha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moha: Sai Baba Dictionary On Moha
Moha: Moha: Delusion caused by false identification, infatuation. (BV-32) (GV-2)   (See also: Moha , Hinduism, Hinduism Dic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arishadvarga: Sai Baba Dictionary On Arishadvarga
Arishadvarga: Arishadvarga: The pulls of lust, anger, greed, delusion, pride and hate (DharmaV).   (See also: Arishadvarga ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alaya-vijnana: Zen And Buddhism Dictionary On Alaya-vijnana
Alaya-vijnana: The part of the subconscious that, in response to causes and conditions, sends pieces of illusion from the manas to the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Nirvana
Nirvana "To extinguish." Cessation of attachment to desire, delusion; enlightenment; Buddha mind; state beyond life, death,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jerusalem Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Jerusalem Syndrome - History
The syndrome was first clinically described in the 1930s by Jerusalem psychiatrist Heinz Herman and pertains to behaviors exhibited by so...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Apaya-bhumi: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Apaya-bhumi
Apaya-bhumi States of woe: the three realms of existence characterized by extreme discomfort and delusion--i.e., hell-states, animal-...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Unconditioned (transcendental): Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Unconditioned (transcendental)
Unconditioned (Transcendental) Anything "without outflows," i.e., free of the three marks of greed, anger and delusion. See...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pass Not, The Ring: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Pass Not, The Ring
Pass not, The Ring. The circle within which are confined all those who still labour under the delusion of separateness.   (See ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sakkayaditthi: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Sakkayaditthi
Sakkayaditthi. Delusion of personality; the erroneous idea that "I am I ", a man or a woman with a special name, instead of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jerusalem Syndrome: Encyclopedia Ii - Jerusalem Syndrome - Types
The 'classic' Jerusalem syndrome, where a visit to Jerusalem seems to trigger an intense religious psychosis that resolves quickly or on ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Faq Dictionary: How Can I Tell Actual Paranormal Experiences From Self-delusion?
Dream FAQ Dictionary: How can I tell actual paranormal experiences from self-delusion?   How can I tell actual paranormal expe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Drunk Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Drunk
Drunk: Intoxicated in the natural, or with wrong beliefs, or in the Spirit; affliction; under the influence of an evil spirit or unrul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delusion: Encyclopedia Ii - Delusion - Psychiatric Definition
Although non-specific concepts of madness have been around for several thousand years, the psychiatrist and philosopher Karl Jaspers was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Belief - Belief, Knowledge And Epistemology
Knowledge is often defined as justified true belief, in that the belief must be considered to correspond to reality and must be derived f...   » Read the article