Ghost Terms and Definitions



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Below is a long list of Ghostly definitions and terms that are important in the field of paranormal investigation and simply ghost knowledge. SIDE NOTE: All definitions are from the Webster's Dictionary or ghost sites and do not reflect what I or others may believe their "real" definitions might be.


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-APPARATION-An unusual or unexped appearance; the act of being visible; a ghostly figure.

-AURA-An emanation (to come or give forth) said to come from a person's or an animal's body.

-AUTOMATION-The Subconscious communicates with the conscious by means of a Ouija board, automatic writing, etc.

-AUTOMATIC WRITING-Process where a person can write without any concious thought put into the writing.


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-BENIGN SPIRIT-A spirit having a gentle and kind disposition.

-BILOCATION-One "thing" is seen in two locations at the same moment.


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-CLAIRAUDIENT-Ability to hear things that most humans are not able to hear.

-CLAIRSENTIENT-Ability to feel things that most humans cannot feel.

-CLAIRVOYANCE-The ability to visualize in the mind distant objects or objects hidden from the senses.

-CURSE-A wish for harm to come to someone or something.


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-DEMON-An evil spirit; a devil.

-DISCARNATE-Ghosts or spirits that "live" without a physical body.


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-ECTOPLASM-A substance which emanates from the body of a medium during a trance. This often appears as a mist-like substance.

-ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD-A field with a combination of electric and magnetic energy which radiates from radio and light waves to gamma and cosmic rays.

-EMF DETECTOR-Device that measures the electromagnetic energy in a room or place.

-EVP-Electronic Voice Phenomena. Voices captured on audio tape when no one is present. Captures very high pitched noices only ghosts can produce.


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-GAUSS METER-Another device used to measure electromagnetic fields.

-GHOST-The spirit of a dead person which is believed to appear to or haunt living persons; a spirit.

-GHOST LIGHTS-Lights which can appear in haunted houses or in some cases, woods. Psychic researchers often photograph the normally harmless objects.

-GLOBULE-A tiny sphere of electromagnetic energy.


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-HAUNTED-A person or place in which spirits could be attatched.

-HAUNTING-An apparition that is seen, felt, or even heard to perform the same acts over and over again.


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-INFESTATION-Condition which occurs when evil spirits inhabit a location. This is called a possession when pertaining to humans.


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-KIRLIAN PHOTOGRAPHY-Photography of a human aura; founded by Semyon and Valentina Kirlian.


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-LEVITATION-To rise and float in the air in apparent defiance of gravity.


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-MANIFESTATION-The appearance or taking the form of an entity. Also can mean the outbreak of (an) activity.

-MATERIALIZATION-A spirit's physical formation in which is usually temporary.

-MEDIUM-A psychic with the ability to communicate with spirits.


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-NDE-Near Death Experience. Experienced when the person is in fact clinically dead (or nearly dead) for a period of time.


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-OBE-Out of Body Experience. When people have the sensation they are not in their own bodies for a period of time.

-ORB-A sphere of electromagnetic energy produced by spirits. Also called be referred as a globule.

-OUIJA BOARD-Parker Brother's board "game". Used to communicate with spirits. Some believe this "communication" is caused by the collective unconsciousness of the participants.


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-PARANORMAL-To be supernatural (an order of existence beyond the natural world) in character.

-PARAPSYCHOLOGY-Scientific study of paranormal phenomena.

-PHANTOM-Something that exists but has no physical reality; ghosts.

-PK-Psychokinesis. Referred to as mind over matter.

-POLTERGEIST-A mischievous ghost or spirit which makes a lot of noise.

-PRECOGNITION-The ability to receive information about objects or events that exist in a future time; a psychic ability.

-PSYCHIC RESEARCH-The general study of paranormal phenomena including ESP, hauntings, ghosts, etc.

-PSCHOMETRY-The ability to read the history of an object or location. This can also lead to information about people associated with the location or object.


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-REMOTE VIEWING-The perception of information in the form of smells, tastes, feelings, sounds, or sensations.


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