Obsessed vs Obsession - What's the difference?
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(obsess)
Influenced or controlled by evil spirits, but less than possessed in that the spirits do not actually reside in the victim.
*E. W. Sprague, 1915 , Spirit Obsession Or a False Doctrine & A Menace to Modern Spiritualism , page 86, ISBN 0766140725.
*:Believing that an evil spirit is trying to obsess' one is a dangerous belief, and when one comes to believe he is ' obsessed by an evil spirit, though there is not an evil spirit within a thousand miles of him, he will have all the symptoms.
*2007 , James E. Padgett, The Teachings of Jesus , page 100, ISBN 1430303913.
*:It is true, that by the workings of the law of attraction, and the susceptibility of mortals to the influence of spirit powers, mortals may become obsessed by the spirits of evil...
*2010 , Joseph Agbi, Living in God's Kingdom , page 71, ISBN 1612154107.
*:What of demon possession, whereby a person is not only obsessed or oppressed by evil spirits, but these spirits actually reside in such a person?
Intensely preoccupied (with) or (by) a given topic or emotion; driven by a specified obsession.
* 1997 , Philip Roth, American Pastoral :
* 1999 , Mark Lawson, The Guardian , 28 Jun 1999:
* 2007 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day :
A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
An unhealthy fixation.
Influence or control by evil spirits without possession.
* 1973 , Jessie Penn-Lewis, Evan Roberts, War on the Saints , ISBN 0913926043.
* 1999 , Mary E. McDonough, God's Plan of Redemption , page 85, ISBN 0736307184.
* 2007 , James E. Padgett, The Teachings of Jesus , page 100, ISBN 1430303913.
Obsessed is a related term of obsession.
As a verb obsessed
is (obsess).As a adjective obsessed
is intensely preoccupied (with) or (by) a given topic or emotion; driven by a specified obsession.As a noun obsession is
a compulsive or irrational preoccupation.obsessed
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- What was starting to unsettle him, to frighten him, was the idea that Merry was less horrified now than curious, and soon he himself became obsessed , though not, like her, by the self-immolators in Vietnam but by the change of demeanor of his eleven-year-old.
- Strangely, although it is an international cliché that the British are obsessed with the weather, it is a fixation with minor irritations: will rain spoil the wedding, the Test Match, the bank holiday?
- Everyone lay around in a sort of focused inertia, drinking, handing cigarettes back and forth, forgetting with whom, or whether, they were supposed to be romantically obsessed .
obsession
English
Noun
- if an evil spirit counterfeits the presence of God, and comes upon'' the man as an influence only, it may be described as obsession ; but when a footing is gained ''in him, it is "possession," because the obsessing spirits have gained access, and possess the ground they hold, up to the extent of the ground given.
- They should see that a perception of their identification with the Victor of Calvary is absolutely necessary if they are to constantly and victoriously resist the obsession of evil spirits.
- It is true, that by the workings of the law of attraction, and the susceptibility of mortals to the influence of spirit powers, mortals may become obsessed by the spirits of evil—that is evil spirits of men who once lived on earth—and this obsession may become so complete and powerful that the living mortal may lose all power to resist this influence of the evil spirits...