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Xenoglossy

 

Xenoglossy

Word definition: the putative paranormal phenomenon in which a person is able to speak or write a language he or she could not have acquired by natural means.

Etymology: Charles Richet who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1913, coined the term xenoglossy in 1905.

Xenoglossy (/ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsi, ˌzɛ-, -noʊ-/, also written xenoglossia (/ˌziːnəˈɡlɒsiə, ˌzɛ-, -noʊ-), sometimes also known as xenolalia, is the putative paranormal phenomenon in which a person is able to speak or write a language he or she could not have acquired by natural means. The words derive from Greek ξένος (xenos), “foreigner” and γλῶσσα (glōssa), “tongue” or “language”

Technical description: Dr Ian Stevenson defines xenoglossy as `speaking a real language entirely unknown to [the speaker] in his ordinary state’ As Stevenson notes there are numerous published reports of cases of xenoglossy, but most of them contain too little information to permit a test of their validity.
See further:  https://marinusjanmarijs.nl/evidence-based-approach/14-research-areas/forms-of-inspiration/xenoglossy/ 

Cross-cultural comparisons: Stories of xenoglossy are found in the Bible.

Relevance of the concept: Knowledge that cannot find its origin in a personal memory.  

Supporting evidence: Ian Stevenson’s Unlearned Language: New Studies in Xenoglossy (1984)

 

 

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