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 Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:07 pm
Paranormal Terms
More will be added as time goes.
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:08 pm
A - E Agent - A living person who is the focus of poltergeist activity.
Apparition - A spectral image of a person that materializes even though a physical body is not present.
Aura - An invisible emanation of light that seems to surround a person or thing which is often thought to reflect a person's personality.
Automatic Writing - This method of obtaining information from disembodied spirits is used by mediums in which the spirit takes control over the medium causing them to translate unconscious information on paper without being aware of the contents.
Banshee - A wailing spirit, or "death omen" that will appear to be in two different places at once.
Collective Apparition - A rare type of sighting in which more than one person sees the same apparition or phenomena.
Crisis Apparition - An apparition that is seen when a person is severely ill, seriously injured, or at the point of death.
Doppelganger - An exact spirit double or mirror image of a person which is considered to be very negative.
Earthbound - Referring to a ghost or spirit that was unable to cross over to the other side at the time of death and is therefore stuck on earth.
Ectoplasm - An immaterial or ethereal substance associated with spirit manifestations.
Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) - Voices and sounds from beyond that are captured and recorded. Remember, it's not a EVP if you hear it with your ears!
EMF Detector - An instrument for measuring the magnitude and direction of a magnetic field typically used by paranormal researchers to detect a ghost’s magnetic energy.
Exorcism - The banishment of an entity or entities i.e. spirits, ghosts and demons that is thought to possess or haunt a location or human being or animal. The ritual, which can be religious in nature, is conducted by an exorcist who will call upon a Higher Power to cast away any evil forces that may reside there.
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:11 pm
F - J Ghost – A generic term referring to a form of apparition or supernatural entity which is typically the visual appearance of a deceased human's spirit soul.
Ghost Hunting – A carefully controlled research project in which various methods and equipment are used to investigate reports of ghosts and hauntings.
Haunting – Reoccurring ghostly phenomena that returns to a location where no one is physically present. Ghosts generally haunt places and not people.
Hellhound/Black Shuck – A spectral death omen in the form of a ghostly dog.
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:12 pm
K - O Materialization – The act of forming something solid from the air. One of the most difficult and impressive materializations is when part or all of a ghost or spirit can be seen, especially if the face is recognizable.
Medium - Someone who professes to be able communicate with spirits on behalf of another living being, acting as a midway point halfway between the worlds of the living and the dead.
Mist – A Photographed anomaly that appears as a blanket of light.
Orb – A photographed anomaly that theoretically represents the “spirit” of a deceased person. It will appear as a ball of light on film though is some cases; they are not seen at the time of the photo. Since there are many reasonable circumstances (dust, snow, rain, insects, reflection, lens flare, etc.) orbs still remain a highly controversial subject.
Ouija Board - A pre-printed board with letters, numerals, and words used to receive spirit communications. Typically a planchette is employed to spell out words and point out numbers or letters.
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:16 pm
P - T Paranormal – Referring to something that is beyond the range of normal human experience or scientific explanation.
Percipient - A person who sees an apparition.
Poltergeist - a non-human spirit entity which literally means "noisy ghost" but is usually more malicious and destructive than ghosts of dead human beings. Traditional poltergeists activities are thumping and banging, levitating or the moving of objects, stone throwing and starting fires. It is thought that poltergeist activity in some instances may be brought on subconsciously by an adolescent agent or females under the age of 25.
Precognition – The ability to predict or have knowledge of something in advance of its occurrence, especially by extrasensory perception.
Radio Voice Phenomenon (RVP) - Receiving the voice of a deceased human being through a regular radio.
Séance - A meeting or gathering of people, usually lead by a medium to receive spiritualistic messages, manifestations or communication with the dead.
Supernatural - Of or relating to existence outside the natural world. As opposed to paranormal, the term "supernatural" often connotes divine or demonic intervention.
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:17 pm
U - Z Vortex – An anomaly that appears as a funnel or rope-like image in photographs. These images are sometimes thought to represent ghosts, collections of orbs or gateways which travel to a wormhole in time-space.
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