Lied about one possessed by spirit and passion (8)
I believe the answer is:
delirium
'passion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'lied about one possessed by spirit' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'possessed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'spirit' becomes 'rum' (alcoholic spirit).
'i' put into 'rum' is 'rium'.
'lied' with letters rearranged gives 'deli'.
'deli'+'rium'='DELIRIUM'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for delirium that I've seen before include "Febrile mental confusion" , "Disturbed state of mind during a fever" , "An acutely disturbed state of mind" , "Feverish excitement" , "Wild state of mind" .)