odyl
(ˈəʊdɪl, ˈɒdɪl)
Also -yle.
[f. od2 + Gr. ὕλη material: see -yl.]
= od2.
| 1850 W. Gregory Lett. Anim. Magn. p. xv, Of all the known influences, that of odyle appears to offer the best prospect of success to the investigator. 1885 H. S. Olcott Theosophy 156 The whole starry heavens is pervaded with a subtle aura, or..imponderable fluid... He called it Od or Odyle. Ibid. 158 Heat he found to enormously increase quantitatively the flow of Odyle through a metal conductor. |
Hence
oˈdylic a., of or pertaining to odyl or od;
oˈdylically adv., by means of odyl;
ˈodylism, the doctrine of odyl or od;
odyliˈzation, the action or process of odylizing, the communication of animal magnetism from one person to another;
ˈodylize v. trans., to subject to or affect with odyl.
| 1853 Carpenter Hum. Phys. (ed. 4) §924 No hypothetical ‘*odylic’ or other concealed agency. 1871 M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. II. iv. 113 When a man and woman meet there is always a certain magnetic or odylic communication between them. 1880 Mrs. Whitney Odd or Even iv. 41 An odylic thrill in the fingers that held her side of the cover. |
| 1885 H. S. Olcott Theosophy 158 The Brahmin..submitting his *odylically-tainted metallic vessel to the fire. |
| 1862 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 517 Mesmerism..with its kindred subjects, variously known as animal magnetism, electro-biology, clairvoyance, *odylism, hypnotism. 1876 Carpenter in Contemp. Rev. Jan. 282 The curious phenomena which, under the names of mesmerism, odylism, electro-biology, psychic force, and spiritual agency, have been supposed to indicate the existence of some new and mysterious force in nature. |
| 1883 Sinnett Esoteric Buddhism v. (1884) 86 The spirit of the sensitive getting *odylized..by the aura of the spirit in the Devachan. |