Citations:panpsychion

See also: Citations:panpsychia

English citations of panpsychia and panpsychion

a shrine dedicated to all spirits, as a locus for invocation

• 1854, anon., The Apocatastasis; or Progress Backwards, Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich, chapter VIII, page 90:

  These last, the spirits of distinguished men, had everywhere their public fanes and temples, or more humble places of resort, where they could be at all times consulted, — as Swedenborg and Dr. Franklin, and especially our defunct M. D’s will have in due time; we already have panpsychia, or places consecrated to spirits in general, and each will be sure to claim his separate, and appropriate, honors shortly, — the whole world was crowded with them, “stipatus est orbis,” says an ancient writer.

• ibidem, page 93:

  A Panpsychion here and there, where people could take their choice, might complete the establishment.