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disembodied spirit

n. any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings [syn: spirit]

Usage examples of "disembodied spirit".

Again and again the disembodied spirit tried to get back in, and though Andacanavar repelled the assaults, the ranger under­.

Like the kami that the Shintoists revere, there are a lot of disembodied spirit forces present in the World Below but they are not floating around disguised as historic figures from Eant h's past.

Was it a phantom or a spook or a werewolf, or just a disembodied spirit?

He opened the door, but did not immediately enter the room: he paused where he stood, for he felt as if he was about to intrude into the retreat of a disembodied spirit, and that that spirit might reappear.

Dick's disembodied spirit was using the boa as a mouthpiece, to give both a location and an undeniable dramatic burden to his remarks.

Naturally I supposed that, as a disembodied spirit, I should be able to flit from place to place without effort and, having no weight, I—.

He would be, in effect, a disembodied spirit, and, before injection, even that spirit would be placed into a tranquilized sleep, not to awaken until there was a reason for it to do so.