English Explanatory Dictionary

stone tape theory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The idea that ghosts and hauntings are analogous to tape recordings, and that electrical mental impressions released during emotional or traumatic events can somehow be "stored" in stone and other materials and "replayed" under certain conditions.

Word forms

stone tape theory the stone tape theory stone tape theories
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary