JOHN KEEL NOT AN AUTHORITY ON ANYTHING

August 25, 2022

UFO Dictionary (22): poltergeist – psychosis

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how to buy cenforce These next five definitions offer few surprises. I will add that I don’t think psychosis is purely emotional, but can have physical causes too. And that John obviously saw psychic and occult terms as part of ufology.

4 Comments

  1. Back in the day much of unusual behavior was thought to be “emotional” or “psychological” and that idea persisted into the 60’s. Psychosis can be caused by any number of brain disorders which are clearly organic. Schizophrenia which often manifests psychotic behavior is now seen as essentially a brain disorder. I give John some slack on this one since the old timers in psychiatry were still clinging to this idea when John wrote it.

    Comment by Clarence Carlson — August 27, 2022 @ 1:29 pm

  2. That’s true. The understanding and treatment of mental illnesses have changed a lot over time. I don’t know when John wrote these, but my guess is sometime in the early ’70s, which was a while ago.

    Comment by Doug — August 28, 2022 @ 7:06 pm

  3. isnt it hard to “see invisibles?”

    Comment by patty g — August 29, 2022 @ 8:52 pm

  4. Not if it’s an entry in a dictionary! http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=5139

    Comment by Doug — August 29, 2022 @ 10:09 pm

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