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".

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