Paranormal Glossary
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Demonic Possession:
Possession by evil spirits.Discarnate Entity:
A spirit or non-material entity. Often used to refer to the personality of a deceased individual. See also channeling, communication, mediumship, possession, survival.Divination:
Practices involving the interpretation of signs or symbols that seek to obtain oracular knowledge of events. Examples of divinatory practices are geomancy, tarot, I Ching, sortilege, and reading tealeaves.DMILS:
"Direct Mental Interaction with Living Systems". Psychokinetic influences on physiological processes.Doppelganger:
A mirror image or double of a person.Dowsing:
The paranormal detection of underground water or mineral deposits (or lost persons and objects) using a divining rod (a split steel or wooden rod) or pendulum.Energetics:
The branch of physics that deals with energy. The physics of energy and its transformations.Extrasensory Perception (ESP):
Paranormal acquisition of information. Includes clairvoyance, telepathy and precognition.Extraterrestrial:
Originating beyond planet Earth. Not normally considered being extradimensional.Focal Person:
Person who is at the center of poltergeist activity.Fortean Phenomena:
Strange phenomena, especially those which challenge conventional scientific knowledge. Named after the American researcher and writer Charles Fort. Fortean phenomena include those generally considered paranormal, but also bizarre non-paranormal events such as monsters and prodigies, extraordinary coincidences, and unusual rains.Ganzfeld:
A technique for investigating ESP in which the person experiences an absence of patterned stimulation. This generally involves the subject wearing halved table-tennis balls over the eyes while listening to hiss (white noise) through headphones.Geophysics:
a branch of earth science dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring especially in the earth and in its vicinity.Glossolalia:
Unintelligible speech generally uttered in a dissociated or trance state. Also known as "speaking in tongues".More
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