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Paranormal
Dictionary - A
Abduction-
Alien Abduction
Kidnapping by
non-human
beings. The
first reported
claim of alien
abduction was in
Brazil in 1957
and since then
there have been
reports from all
over the Western
world - in
Europe including
the UK,
Australia, South
Africa, Russia,
and North
America.
Although
people's
experiences vary
quite widely,
the following
features recur
*Light,
especially a
beam which draws
the person up,
and sometimes
vibration.
*A
spacecraft of
some kind.
*Humanoid
beings,
especially small
gray ones with
large black
eyes, who
communicate by
telepathy.
*Medical
tests being
performed and
eggs or sperm
removed so that
human/alien
offspring can be
produced.
*Lost
periods of time
and inexplicable
small wounds.
*Very few
accounts are
complete but
sometimes the
full story is
recovered
through
hypnosis.
Abominable Snowman
The yeti, also known as the abominable snowman, is a supposed
large primate-like creature reported to live in the Himalayas.
The Western name is derived from the Tibetan yeh-teh
(transliterated: gYa' dred), "little man-like animal"; it is a
false cognate with Old English geottan (or yettin in Modern
English), an antiquated word for an orc or troll (see also jotun).
Most mainstream scientists and experts consider current evidence
of the yeti's existence to be unpersuasive, and the result of
hoaxes, legend ...
Absent Healing
absent healing
(absentee healing, distance healing, distant healing, remote
healing, teleotherapeutics)
(1) Treatment of a patient not in the practitioner's vicinity
through magic, meditation, prayer, spirit doctors, or telepathy.
(2) A form of faith healing that involves the projection of
positive healing energy.
Absent Sitter
Psi term for a
person, who is not present at the time of a psychic reading, for
whom the reading is given. Similar or alternative term is "proxy
sitting."
Agent
(a) Person who attempts to communicate information to another in
an ESP experiment. Cf. percipient.
(b) The subject in a psychokinesis experiment.
(c) Person who is the focus of poltergeist activity.
Akashic Records
"Memories" of
all experiences since the beginning of time, believed by some
mystical doctrines to be stored permanently in a spiritual
substance (Akasha).
Angel
Benevolent
spiritual beings who help people in need. Guardian angel.
Animism
Religious
practices based on the belief that all living things and natural
objects have their individual spiritual essence or soul.
Apparition
A visual
appearance (cf. hallucination), often of a person or scene,
generally experienced in a waking or hypnagogic / hypnopompic
state. See also crisis apparition, ghost, haunting.
Apport
A physical
object which appears in a way that cannot be explained (seeming
to come from nowhere). Apports are often associated with the
seance room and physical mediumship. Cf. deport. See also
materialization, teleportation
Astral Body
A term used by
occultists, spiritualists and theosophists to refer to a
supposed "double" of the person's physical body. The astral body
is believed to be separable from the physical body during astral
projection (out of body experience) and at death. See also Ka
Astral Projection
A term used by
occultists, spiritualists and theosophists for the out of body
experience. It is believed to result when the astral body
separates from the physical body.
Astrology
A theory and
practice which attempts to identify the ways in which
astronomical events are correlated with events on earth (e.g.,
with an individual's personality and biography, or with social
and political trends).
Aura
A field of
energy believed by some to surround living creatures. Certain
clairvoyants claim to be able to see the aura (generally as a
luminous, colored halo). See also Kirlian photography.
Automatic Writing
The ability to
write intelligible messages without conscious control or
knowledge of what is being written. See also automatism,
dissociation.
Automatism
Physical activites (e.g., arm
movements, writing, drawing, musical performance) that occur
without the automatist's conscious control or knowledge. Also
known as motor automatism. See also automatic writing,
dissociation.
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