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Paranormal Terminology
| Agent
- is a person that unknowing causes poltergeist activity. |
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| Angel-
is spiritual beings that watch over people. |
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| Apparition-
is a human spirit that is still earth bound and can be seen. |
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| Astral
body- is a soul of an individual that has been projected out of its earthly body. |
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| Aura-
a field of energy that surrounds living creatures. |
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| Automatic
Wrighting- is when a person turns their body over to a spirit to communicate threw a
trance like state by controlling their hand to wright messages. ( Not Recommended). |
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| Banshee-
is an omen spirit of Scotland and Ireland supposedly when heard by is scream that person
shall die soon. |
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| Clairvoyance-
is psychic ability to see into past, present or future events. Also places, objects and
people. |
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| Cold
reading- An accurate reading from a psychic without no prior knowledge of the subject that
is being ask. |
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| Collective
apparition- is when more than one person sees a ghost or spirit at the same time. |
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| Crisis
apparition- is when spirits of loved one's appear just before or soon after they die. |
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| cross
correspondence- messages received from the spirit world. |
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| Cross
roads- is where two roads intersect and is though to be a focus point for paranormal
activity. |
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| Demon-
fallen angels or created spirits of Satan. |
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| Dybbuk-
is derived from a Jewish legend said to be a restless soul of some one deceased that
enters a human body and possesses a person. |
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| Ectoplasm-
is a substance that could be solid or liquid that is produced by a spirit or ghost. This
substance has been known to have a milky white color. |
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| Electronic
voice phenomenon- known as evp is when a spiritual voice is caught on a tape recorder and
is usually not present during an investigation and is heard after being played back but
there has been cases where voices were heard during the an investigation and recorded
also. |
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| Electromagnetic
field detector- This is also known as an emf detector and is used during investigations to
locate electromagnetic fields in suspected paranormal activity spots. Ghost have been
known to produce this energy while manifesting themselves. |
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| Elemental
spirit- a spirit associated with one of the four elements. Earth,fire,air and water. |
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| Exorcism-
is a holy rite used to cast out any bad entity from a living persons body or a location. |
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| Exorcist-
is a usually high priest who conducts an exorcism. |
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| Gray
lady- is said to be a ghost of a human spirit that has died by the hands of a lover or is
waiting for a lover to return. |
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| Guardian
Angle- is an angle assigned to a living person to protect them from god. |
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| Incubus-
is a spirit that attacks women sexually know to be a demonic entity this is the opposite
of the scubas. |
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| Levitation-
is when a person,object is raised into the air and throw by an unseen force. |
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| Magnetometer-
a piece of equipment that can detect strength, direction and fluctuation on magnetic
fields. |
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| Paranormal-
beyond the norm. |
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| poltergeist-
means "noisy ghost" this seems to be an energy that is caused by an agent or
other unexplained force that causes lights to short, objects to be thrown and unexplained
noises. We do not know if this is spiritual or is caused by an agent threw psycokenesis. |
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| Scubas-
A spirit that attacks men sexually and is demonic in nature. |
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| Stigmata-
markings on someone's body that come up by unexplained reasons that usually correspond
with the markings of Christ. |
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| Telepathy-
Mind to mind communication between two or more people. |
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| wraith-
a spirit that comes back to avenge his on death this is considered an omen spirit. |
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