phantasma – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
phantasma
n.
hallucination, illusion, illusory image
Phantasma
phantasma
Noun
1. a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
(synonym) apparition, phantom, phantasm, specter, spectre
(hypernym) spirit, disembodied spirit
(hyponym) Flying Dutchman
2. something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
(synonym) apparition, phantom, phantasm, shadow
(hypernym) illusion, semblance
(hyponym) unidentified flying object, UFO, flying saucer
Phantasma
(n.)
A phantasm.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Phantasma
Phantasma [from Greek phantazo to make visible, become visible] Phantom; Greek equivalent for various astral appearances, not only for the occasional appearance of the linga-sarira to the physical eye, but also for the various astral phantoms or kama-rupas -- all originating in the lower regions of the astral light. The notion behind the word is of an image, appearance, eidolon, not the reality but seeming to be so. In this case the physical person was regarded as the reality, as in life; the phantasm was the astral image, as that of the kama-rupa of the dead Hector appearing to Aeneas.
