What is the history of "Vibrations" as a descriptor of the supernatural?
To me, the term "Vibrations" used to describe emotional or psychic effects seems to be an essentially 60's- 70's phrase, with the prime example being the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations (1966). I seem to recall from a 70's childhood that it was a standard term for "psychic" or "emotional" characters on TV.
Watching "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) the use in the 1945 setting seemed anachronistic, but I just spotted a use in "The importance of being Earnest" which pushes it back to 1895.
So, for how long have english-speakers talked about good or bad "Vibrations" and has the meaning shifted? I smell Theosophy, but that may be a red herring.