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Terminology
Angel - a spiritual being that is believed to be much more powerful than a human. Angels are composed of ethereal matter, thus allowing them to take
on whichever physical form best suits their immediate needs. In Christian, Muslim, Jewish and other theologies an angel can be one who acts as a
messenger, attendant or agent of God.
Apparition - is an appearance to a human of a ghost, phantom, or other supernatural being such as God or Satan, or an appearance of a living
person not physically present by supernatural or ostensibly supernatural means (as a doppelganger or someone experiencing bilocation). In colloquial speech, the word often refers simply to a ghost.
Automatic writing - is the process, or product, of writing material that does not come from the conscious thoughts of the writer. The writer's hand forms the message, and the person is unaware of what will be written. It is sometimes done in a trance state. Other times the writer is aware (not in a trance) of their surroundings but not of the actions of their writing hand.
Banshee - A death omen in Irish folklore that manifests to herald an upcoming death. Often heard singing and wailing.
Benign Spirit - A spirit that is not harmful.
Bigfoot - also known as Sasquatch, is believed by some to be an ape-like cryptid and by others to be the product of the imagination. Bigfoot is sometimes described as a large, bipedal hairy hominiod creature living in remote forested wilderness areas of the United States and of
Canada, specifically those in British Columbia and other parts of the Pacific Northwest, California, the Rocky Mountains, the Great Lakes region, and the forests of the U. S. Northeast and the U. S. Southern states. Some think that a Bigfoot, or its close relatives, may be found around the world under different reginional names, such as the Yeti. Sightings of similar creatures have allegedly occurred in Malaysia, China, Russia, Australia, and South America.
Channeling - (mediumistic) a term used in reference to the process of receiving messages or inspiration from invisible beings or spirits.
Clairaudience - [from late 17th century French clair (clear) & audience (hearing)] is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person acquires
psychic knowledge primarily by auditory means. Clairaudience is essentially the ability to hear in a paranormal manner, as opposed to paranormal seeing (clairvoyance) and feeling (clairsentience). Clairaudient people have psi-mediated hearing. Clairaudience may refer not to actual perception of sound, but may instead indicate impressions of the "inner mental ear" similar to the way many people think words without having auditory impressions. But it may also refer to actual perception of sounds such as voices, tones, or noises which are not apparent to other humans or
to recording equipment. For instance, a clairaudient person might claim to hear the voices or thoughts of the spirits of persons who are deceased.
Clairaudience may be positively distinguished from the voices heard by the mentally ill when it reveals information unavailable to the clairaudient person by normal means (including cold reading or other magic tricks), and may be termed "psychic" or paranormal.
Clairsentience - [From the French clair, “clear,” + sentience, “feeling,” ultimately derived from the Latin clarus, “clear,” + sentiens, derived from
sentire, “to feel”] is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person acquires psychic knowledge primarily by means of feeling.
Clairvoyance - [from late 17th century French clair (clear) & voyant (seeing)] denotes a form of extra-sensory perception in which a psychic aquires knowledge about a contemporary object, situation, or event via paranormal means. Clairvoyance is different from telepathy in that the information gained by a clairvoyant is assumed to derive directly from an external physical source, and not from another person's mind. Clairvoyance does not necessarily contain precognitive knowledge. Clairvoyance is also known as remote viewing.
Clairvoyant - One who has the ability to sense future occurrences.
Cleansing - A less religious form of exorcism that is done to remove spirits.
Cold Spot - An area where the temperature is lower than the surrounding environment. Cold spots are believed to be created when a ghost is presence
within that area.
Collective Apparition – An apparition seen by several people at the same time.
Crisis Apparition - The image of a living person which appears apart from the physical body during a moment of essessive stress or trauma, sometimes called bi-location.
Cryptozoology - is the search for animals that are rumored to exist, but for which conclusive proof is missing. This includes the search for living
examples of animals that are known to have existed at one time, but are widely considered to be extinct today. Those who study or search for such
animals are called cryptozoologists, while the hypothetical creatures involved are referred to by some as "cryptids", a term coined by John Wall
in 1983.
Deja`Vu - A person's feeling that current events have been experienced before.
Deep Trance Medium - A psychic who allows a spirit to enter their body so that the spirits can communicate through them.
Dematerialization - The paranormal fading or disappearance of a physical object.
Demon - (or daemon, dæmon, or even daimon) is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may be conjured and insecurely controlled. The "good" demon in recent use is largely a literary device (e.g., Maxwell’s demon), though references to good demons can be found in Hesiod and Shakespeare. In common language, to "demonize" a person means to characterize or portay them as evil, or as the source of evil. As the Iranian Avestan and Vedic traditions as well as other branches of Indo-European mythologies show, the notion of 'demons' has existed for many millennia.
Discarnate - A spirit that exists without a physical body.
Discernment - The ability to feel or perceive something with the use of the mind and the senses.
Disembodied - A spirit that is functioning without a body.
Disembodied Voice - A voice that is heard that comes from no physical body, also known as EVP.
Divination - Obtaining of future events and/or the unknown by the use of outside forces.
Doppelgänger - is the ghostly — in some cases, the physical — double of a living person. The word "doppelgänger" is a loanword from German, in which language it is written with an initial capital letter: Doppelgänger. The word derives from Doppel ("double") and Gänger ("goer").In English,
the word has come to refer to any double or look-alike of a person—most commonly an "evil twin"—or to bilocation.The word is also used to describe a phenomenon whereby one catches his own image out of the corner of his eye. In some traditions, seeing one's own doppelgänger is an omen of death. A doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or relatives may sometimes bring bad luck, or indicate an approaching health problem.
Ectoplasm - A material left behind by ghosts and other psychic phenomenon.
EMF - electromagnetic field is a physical field) that is produced by electric charges and which affects the behaviour of charged objects in the vicinity of
the field. The electromagnetic field extends indefinitely throughout space and describes electomagnetism, one of the four fundamental forces of nature. The field can be viewed as the combination of an electric field and a magnetic field. The electric field is produced by stationary charges, and the magnetic field by moving charges (currents); these two are often described as the sources of the field. The way in which charges and currents interact with the electromagnetic field is described by Maxwell’s equations and the Lorentz Force Law. From a classical point of view, the electromagnetic field can be regarded as a smooth, continuous field, propagated in a wavelike manner, whereas from a quantum mechanical point of view, the field can be viewed as being composed of photons.
EMF Detectors - are Gaus meters that respond to localized gradients in electromagnetic field intensity. They are very popular in the tangentially
connected fields of electrical power technology and also the pseudoscience of "ghost hunting" or other paranormal research.Their indicators are usually calibrated in milligauss. EMF is an acronym for Electromagnetic Field or, Electromotive Force. In absence of moving magnetic field, an ideal meter will read 0 milligauss. Uncalibrated meters often read slightly off zero. Industrial EMF Detectors
will often read 2-3 milligauss when placed in an open field not near, for example, power lines (either overhead or buried).High electrical activity can send some meters into overload with unpredictable readings. Paranormal researchers have often reported unexplainable wild meter swings.
Empath - To perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person, but without ever losing the "as if" condition. Thus, it means to sense the hurt or the pleasure of another as he
senses it and to perceive the causes thereof as he perceives them, but without ever losing the recognition that it is as if I were hurt or pleased and so forth.
Entity - In the paranormal sense, a discarnate being such as a ghost, spirit or demon.
EVP - (Electronic voice phenomena) are anomalous voices, often purported to be of supernatural origin, which have been captured on a variety of recorded media.
Exorcism - (from Late Latin exorcismus, from Greek exorkizein - to adjure) is the practice of evicting demons or other evil spiritual entities from a person or place of which they have possessed (taken control of). The practice is quite ancient and still part of the belief system of many religions.
Ghost - is usually defined as the apparition of a deceased person which frequently carries the deceased person's likeness and is experienced in
association with the person's former habitats. The word "ghost" may also refer to the spirit or soul of a deceased person, or to any spirit or demon.
Ghosts are often associated with hauntings, which is, more or less regular occurrence of paranormal phenomena associated with a particular locality
(especially a building) and usually attributed to the activities of a discarnate entity; the phenomena may include apparitions, poltergeist disturbances, cold drafts, sounds of steps and voices, and various odors."
Goblin - is an evil or merely mischievous creature of folklore, often described as a grotesquely disfigured or elf-like phantom. Goblins are
grotesque fairies that can be from dwarf to human height. Various (sometimes conflicting) abilities and attributes have been given to them. Nowadays, it seems any diminutive monster can be called a goblin.
Haunted - A person, place or an object to which a spirit is attached. The spirits can be human or inhuman in nature.
Haunting - is a believed recurring presence of a ghost, demon, or similar supernatural being at a specific place. Old houses, hotels, restaurants, pubs, jails, prisons, cemeteries, and graveyards are believed to be the most common haunted places. Belief in hauntings and ghosts spans the world
geographically and is recorded throughout history. Additionally, anthropological evidence indicates it was common in prehistoric societies.
Incubus - A demonic entity capable of sexually arousing and sometimes assaulting women.
Infestation - Repeated and persistent paranormal phenomena.
Intelligent Haunting - Paranormal activity that takes place around a person or location that is caused by an intelligent or conscious spirit.
Indirect Voice - Mediumistic phenomenon in which the discarnate entity appears to speak using the vocal apparatus of the medium.
Invocation - The act of summoning spirits.
Levitation - is the process by which an object is suspended against gravity, in a stable position, by a force without physical contact.
Lucifer - is usually a fallen angel commonly associated with Satan, the embodiment of evil and enemy of God. Lucifer is generally considered,
based on the influence of Christian literature and legend, to have been a prominent archangel in heaven (although some contexts say he was a
cherub or a seraph), prior to having been motivated by pride to rebel against God. When the angel failed, Lucifer was cast out of heaven, along with a
third of the heavenly host, and came to reside on the world.
Lycanthropy - is the ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a wolf. The term comes from ancient Greek. lykánthropos The word can also be used transitively, referring to the
act of transforming someone else into a wolf, or werewolf.The word lycanthropy is often used generically for any transformation of a human into animal form, though the precise term for that is technically "therianthropy."
Malevolent - A malevolent spirit is one that wishes to do harm.
Malicious - These spirits will destroy or damage things of a personal or financial value for the sake of hurting others.
Manifestation - The appearance or taking of form of an entity.
Materialization - The formation of a visible physical form of a spirit.
Matrixing - The human mind's natural and often involuntary inclination to impose familiar forms and concepts upon indistinct sights, sounds and
sensations, such as the impression of a shadow in motion interpreted as a ghostly figure, an audible air current as a voice or a nerve twitch as being
touched by an unseen hand. This can be very subtle and particularly applies when the experience is later recalled. It's really the same principle as
recognizing patterns like faces and animals in clouds.
Medium - A person that acts as a bridge between the living and the dead.
Near-Death Experience (NDE) - Experiences of people after they have been pronounced clinically dead, or been very close to death.
Necromancy - The practice of communicating with the dead to obtain knowledge of the future, others' secrets, and so forth.
Omen - or portent, is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the futures, often signifying the advent of change. Interpretation of omens and prophetic
signs is a form of devination.
Orbs - Circular lights, usually whitish but sometimes colored a ruddy hue, which often show up in photographs taken at the sights of alleged
hauntings. In videotaping and filming they are observed in motion. Orbs are associated with fields of concentrated energy. Dust particles reflecting light can be mistaken for orbs.
Ouija - refers to the belief that one can receive messages during a seance by the use of a Ouija board (also called a talking board or spirit board) and planchette. The fingers of the participants are placed on the planchette which then moves about a board covered with numbers, letters and symbols
so as to spell out messages. Ouija was invented as an oracle game in 1892 by an American, Elijah J. Bond, and later marketed by William J. Fuld and
Parker Brothers game company of Beverly, Massachusetts.
Out-of-body experience - (OBE or sometimes OOBE) is an experience that typically involves a sensation of floating outside of one's body and, in some cases, seeing one's physical body from a place outside one's body (autoscopy).
Paranormal - is used to describe a wide variety of reported anomalous phenomena.The term paranormal describes "any phenomenon that in one or more respects exceeds the limits of what is deemed physically possible according to current scientific assumptions."Paranormal describes subjects studied under parapsychology, which deals with psychical phenomena like telepathy, extra-sensory perception, psychokinesis, and survival studies like reincarnation, ghosts, and
hauntings. However, as a broader category, the paranormal sometimes describes subjects outside the scope of parapsychology, including anomalous aspects of UFOs, some creatures that fall under the scope of cryptozoology, purported phenomena surrounding the Bermuda Triangle, and many other non-psychical subjects.
Parapsychology - is the study of certain types of paranormal phenomena. The term is based on the Greek para (beside/beyond), psyche (soul/mind),
and logos (account/explanation). paranormal research chiefly dealing with evidence of spirit manifestations and Extra Sensory Perception.
Phantom - a ghost or other apparition.
Phantomania - Paralysis that occurs when someone is under attack from supernatural or preternatural forces, also known as psychic paralysis.
Photographic Anomalies - Unexplained distortions such as blurring, bright streaks, cloud like masses, orbs and even spectral figures which appear in
photographs, but generally were not observed when the pictures were taken.
Poltergeist - (German for noisy ghost) is a term used to describe a spirit or ghost that manifests itself by moving and influencing inanimate objects.
Reports of poltergeist activity typically feature heavily on raps, bumps, thumps, knocks, footsteps, and bed-shaking, all without a discernible point
of origin or physical reason for occurrence. Many accounts also detail objects being thrown about the room, furniture being moved, and even people being levitated. Though rare, a few poltergeists have been known to speak.
Possession - To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
Precognition - is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person perceives information about future places or events before they happen (as
distinct from merely predicting them based on deductive reasoning and current knowledge).
Psychic - is a person who has the ability to experience extra-sensory perseption, such as clairvoyance, psychometry, and precognition, or who has other paranormal abilities such as psychokinesis. The study of such paranormal abilities is called parapsychology.
Psychic Attack - An attack that can either be physical or mental by a spirit.
Psychic Vampire - is a being said to have the ability to feed off the "life force" (called, variously, qi, prana, or vitality) of other living creatures.
Alternative terms for these persons are pranic vampire, empathic vampire, energy predator, psy/psi-vamp, energy parasite, psionic vampire and
emotional vampire.
Psychokinesis - or TK, is the proposed paranormal ability of the mind to influence matter or energy without the use of any currently known type of
physical means. For instance, psychokinesis might be used to distort or move an object.
Reincarnation - The belief that some aspect of a person's being survives death and can be reborn in a new body at some future date.
Residual Haunting - Believed to be a psychic imprint of a scene that keeps repeating itself. With this type of haunting no interaction with the ghost
occur.
Retrocognition - (also called postcognition) is the ability to observe the past of an object, place, or occurrence through paranormal means. Psychometry and past life regression can both be considered types of retrocognition.
Satan - is the accuser, a member of the divine council, who challenged the religious faith of humans. Religious belief systems other than Judaism relate this term to a demon, a rebellious fallen angel, devil, minor god and idolatry, or as an allegory for evil. Hebrew "adversary." Formalized name of the Devil, master of demons and enemy of God. Originally "Ha-Satan."
Shape-Shifting - Paranormal ability to assume the form of another person, an animal or other entity.
Sleep Paralysis - A state of seeming to be awake but unable to move.
Specter - A ghost or apparition.
Spirit - Spirits are believed to exist in an invisible realm that can only be seen under certain circumstances or by people with special abilities.
Spiritualism - is a religious movement that began in the United States and was prominent in the 1840s – 1920s, especially in English-speaking
countries. The movement's distinguishing feature is the belief that the spirits of the dead can be contacted by mediums. These spirits are believed
to lie on a higher spiritual plane than humans, and are therefore capable of providing guidance in both worldly and spiritual matters.
Stigmata - are bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus. An individual bearing stigmata is referred to as a stigmatic.
Succubus - A demonic entity said to inspire lust in men and then assaulting them.
Telekinesis - the ability to move objects by means of thought alone, without physical means.
Telepathy - is defined as the paranormal acquisition of information concerning the thoughts, feelings or activity of another person. Telepathy is
considered a form of extra-sensory perception or anomalous cognition.Telepathy is often associated with other paranormal phenomena, such as
precognition, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis.
Triangles - Geographic areas which can be traced to points confined by a triangular outline, frequently associated paranormal activity including hauntings, U.F.O. sightings, unexplained disappearances and reports of crypto-creatures. Two of these Triangles which are suggested to exist in New England are the Bridgewater and Bennington Triangles.
Vampire - is an undead monster from the legends of various cultures and often featured in fiction. creatures believed to be the re-animated corpses of
human beings who subsist on human or animal blood. In folklore, the term usually refers to the blood-drinking humans of Eastern European legends. creatures that act as predatory parasites, draining power, energy, or life from unwilling victims. Creatures who act in this manner are often
considered part of the vampire archetype, even if they do not consume blood.
Vampirism - is the practice of drinking blood from a person or animal. In folklore and popular culture, the term refers to a belief that one can gain
supernatural powers by drinking human blood.
Vortex - Some theorize this is a vehicle to transport spirits in the shape of orbs from their realm to ours.
Warrens, Edward and Lorraine - America's premier ghost hunters for fifty years, this married couple reside in Monroe, Connecticut. Ed, a noted
demonologist, has retired due to health concerns, while Lorraine, a clairvoyant and a sensitive, remains active on the lecture circuit. Regardless of varying opinions about their methods, it should be
acknowledged that the warrens of Monroe set the pace for paranormal investigators.
White Noise - A hiss-like sound, formed by combining all audible frequencies.
Witchcraft - in various historical, religious and mythological contexts, is the use of certain kinds of alleged supernatural or magical powers. A witch
is a person with these powers, and may be male or female. In historical, mythological and demonological contexts, a male "witch" is more
frequently termed a wizard, sorcerer, worlock, or simply a magician. In a Wiccan or Neopagan context male witches are "witches", not "warlocks", the latter term being reserved for those who have betrayed their fellows. The term "witchcraft" can have positive ornegative connotations depending on cultural context; for instance, in post-Christian European cultures it has historically been associated with evil and the Devil, while most modern practitioners see it as beneficent and morally positive.
Wraith - marked as being of obscure origin, is first attested in 1513, with the meaning of ghost or spectre (that is, an apparition of a living or
once-living being, possibly as a portent of death). In 18th century Scotland it was applied to water spirits, and in England it became used in a
metaphoric sense to refer to wraith-like things, and to portents in general.The word may be of Scots origin, possibly through Old Norse, meaning
guardian, and related to Irish arrach, meaning apparition. An association with the verb writhe has also been claimed, its meaning, a shadow-thing, a spirit of another world.
on whichever physical form best suits their immediate needs. In Christian, Muslim, Jewish and other theologies an angel can be one who acts as a
messenger, attendant or agent of God.
Apparition - is an appearance to a human of a ghost, phantom, or other supernatural being such as God or Satan, or an appearance of a living
person not physically present by supernatural or ostensibly supernatural means (as a doppelganger or someone experiencing bilocation). In colloquial speech, the word often refers simply to a ghost.
Automatic writing - is the process, or product, of writing material that does not come from the conscious thoughts of the writer. The writer's hand forms the message, and the person is unaware of what will be written. It is sometimes done in a trance state. Other times the writer is aware (not in a trance) of their surroundings but not of the actions of their writing hand.
Banshee - A death omen in Irish folklore that manifests to herald an upcoming death. Often heard singing and wailing.
Benign Spirit - A spirit that is not harmful.
Bigfoot - also known as Sasquatch, is believed by some to be an ape-like cryptid and by others to be the product of the imagination. Bigfoot is sometimes described as a large, bipedal hairy hominiod creature living in remote forested wilderness areas of the United States and of
Canada, specifically those in British Columbia and other parts of the Pacific Northwest, California, the Rocky Mountains, the Great Lakes region, and the forests of the U. S. Northeast and the U. S. Southern states. Some think that a Bigfoot, or its close relatives, may be found around the world under different reginional names, such as the Yeti. Sightings of similar creatures have allegedly occurred in Malaysia, China, Russia, Australia, and South America.
Channeling - (mediumistic) a term used in reference to the process of receiving messages or inspiration from invisible beings or spirits.
Clairaudience - [from late 17th century French clair (clear) & audience (hearing)] is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person acquires
psychic knowledge primarily by auditory means. Clairaudience is essentially the ability to hear in a paranormal manner, as opposed to paranormal seeing (clairvoyance) and feeling (clairsentience). Clairaudient people have psi-mediated hearing. Clairaudience may refer not to actual perception of sound, but may instead indicate impressions of the "inner mental ear" similar to the way many people think words without having auditory impressions. But it may also refer to actual perception of sounds such as voices, tones, or noises which are not apparent to other humans or
to recording equipment. For instance, a clairaudient person might claim to hear the voices or thoughts of the spirits of persons who are deceased.
Clairaudience may be positively distinguished from the voices heard by the mentally ill when it reveals information unavailable to the clairaudient person by normal means (including cold reading or other magic tricks), and may be termed "psychic" or paranormal.
Clairsentience - [From the French clair, “clear,” + sentience, “feeling,” ultimately derived from the Latin clarus, “clear,” + sentiens, derived from
sentire, “to feel”] is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person acquires psychic knowledge primarily by means of feeling.
Clairvoyance - [from late 17th century French clair (clear) & voyant (seeing)] denotes a form of extra-sensory perception in which a psychic aquires knowledge about a contemporary object, situation, or event via paranormal means. Clairvoyance is different from telepathy in that the information gained by a clairvoyant is assumed to derive directly from an external physical source, and not from another person's mind. Clairvoyance does not necessarily contain precognitive knowledge. Clairvoyance is also known as remote viewing.
Clairvoyant - One who has the ability to sense future occurrences.
Cleansing - A less religious form of exorcism that is done to remove spirits.
Cold Spot - An area where the temperature is lower than the surrounding environment. Cold spots are believed to be created when a ghost is presence
within that area.
Collective Apparition – An apparition seen by several people at the same time.
Crisis Apparition - The image of a living person which appears apart from the physical body during a moment of essessive stress or trauma, sometimes called bi-location.
Cryptozoology - is the search for animals that are rumored to exist, but for which conclusive proof is missing. This includes the search for living
examples of animals that are known to have existed at one time, but are widely considered to be extinct today. Those who study or search for such
animals are called cryptozoologists, while the hypothetical creatures involved are referred to by some as "cryptids", a term coined by John Wall
in 1983.
Deja`Vu - A person's feeling that current events have been experienced before.
Deep Trance Medium - A psychic who allows a spirit to enter their body so that the spirits can communicate through them.
Dematerialization - The paranormal fading or disappearance of a physical object.
Demon - (or daemon, dæmon, or even daimon) is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may be conjured and insecurely controlled. The "good" demon in recent use is largely a literary device (e.g., Maxwell’s demon), though references to good demons can be found in Hesiod and Shakespeare. In common language, to "demonize" a person means to characterize or portay them as evil, or as the source of evil. As the Iranian Avestan and Vedic traditions as well as other branches of Indo-European mythologies show, the notion of 'demons' has existed for many millennia.
Discarnate - A spirit that exists without a physical body.
Discernment - The ability to feel or perceive something with the use of the mind and the senses.
Disembodied - A spirit that is functioning without a body.
Disembodied Voice - A voice that is heard that comes from no physical body, also known as EVP.
Divination - Obtaining of future events and/or the unknown by the use of outside forces.
Doppelgänger - is the ghostly — in some cases, the physical — double of a living person. The word "doppelgänger" is a loanword from German, in which language it is written with an initial capital letter: Doppelgänger. The word derives from Doppel ("double") and Gänger ("goer").In English,
the word has come to refer to any double or look-alike of a person—most commonly an "evil twin"—or to bilocation.The word is also used to describe a phenomenon whereby one catches his own image out of the corner of his eye. In some traditions, seeing one's own doppelgänger is an omen of death. A doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or relatives may sometimes bring bad luck, or indicate an approaching health problem.
Ectoplasm - A material left behind by ghosts and other psychic phenomenon.
EMF - electromagnetic field is a physical field) that is produced by electric charges and which affects the behaviour of charged objects in the vicinity of
the field. The electromagnetic field extends indefinitely throughout space and describes electomagnetism, one of the four fundamental forces of nature. The field can be viewed as the combination of an electric field and a magnetic field. The electric field is produced by stationary charges, and the magnetic field by moving charges (currents); these two are often described as the sources of the field. The way in which charges and currents interact with the electromagnetic field is described by Maxwell’s equations and the Lorentz Force Law. From a classical point of view, the electromagnetic field can be regarded as a smooth, continuous field, propagated in a wavelike manner, whereas from a quantum mechanical point of view, the field can be viewed as being composed of photons.
EMF Detectors - are Gaus meters that respond to localized gradients in electromagnetic field intensity. They are very popular in the tangentially
connected fields of electrical power technology and also the pseudoscience of "ghost hunting" or other paranormal research.Their indicators are usually calibrated in milligauss. EMF is an acronym for Electromagnetic Field or, Electromotive Force. In absence of moving magnetic field, an ideal meter will read 0 milligauss. Uncalibrated meters often read slightly off zero. Industrial EMF Detectors
will often read 2-3 milligauss when placed in an open field not near, for example, power lines (either overhead or buried).High electrical activity can send some meters into overload with unpredictable readings. Paranormal researchers have often reported unexplainable wild meter swings.
Empath - To perceive the internal frame of reference of another with accuracy and with the emotional components and meanings which pertain thereto as if one were the person, but without ever losing the "as if" condition. Thus, it means to sense the hurt or the pleasure of another as he
senses it and to perceive the causes thereof as he perceives them, but without ever losing the recognition that it is as if I were hurt or pleased and so forth.
Entity - In the paranormal sense, a discarnate being such as a ghost, spirit or demon.
EVP - (Electronic voice phenomena) are anomalous voices, often purported to be of supernatural origin, which have been captured on a variety of recorded media.
Exorcism - (from Late Latin exorcismus, from Greek exorkizein - to adjure) is the practice of evicting demons or other evil spiritual entities from a person or place of which they have possessed (taken control of). The practice is quite ancient and still part of the belief system of many religions.
Ghost - is usually defined as the apparition of a deceased person which frequently carries the deceased person's likeness and is experienced in
association with the person's former habitats. The word "ghost" may also refer to the spirit or soul of a deceased person, or to any spirit or demon.
Ghosts are often associated with hauntings, which is, more or less regular occurrence of paranormal phenomena associated with a particular locality
(especially a building) and usually attributed to the activities of a discarnate entity; the phenomena may include apparitions, poltergeist disturbances, cold drafts, sounds of steps and voices, and various odors."
Goblin - is an evil or merely mischievous creature of folklore, often described as a grotesquely disfigured or elf-like phantom. Goblins are
grotesque fairies that can be from dwarf to human height. Various (sometimes conflicting) abilities and attributes have been given to them. Nowadays, it seems any diminutive monster can be called a goblin.
Haunted - A person, place or an object to which a spirit is attached. The spirits can be human or inhuman in nature.
Haunting - is a believed recurring presence of a ghost, demon, or similar supernatural being at a specific place. Old houses, hotels, restaurants, pubs, jails, prisons, cemeteries, and graveyards are believed to be the most common haunted places. Belief in hauntings and ghosts spans the world
geographically and is recorded throughout history. Additionally, anthropological evidence indicates it was common in prehistoric societies.
Incubus - A demonic entity capable of sexually arousing and sometimes assaulting women.
Infestation - Repeated and persistent paranormal phenomena.
Intelligent Haunting - Paranormal activity that takes place around a person or location that is caused by an intelligent or conscious spirit.
Indirect Voice - Mediumistic phenomenon in which the discarnate entity appears to speak using the vocal apparatus of the medium.
Invocation - The act of summoning spirits.
Levitation - is the process by which an object is suspended against gravity, in a stable position, by a force without physical contact.
Lucifer - is usually a fallen angel commonly associated with Satan, the embodiment of evil and enemy of God. Lucifer is generally considered,
based on the influence of Christian literature and legend, to have been a prominent archangel in heaven (although some contexts say he was a
cherub or a seraph), prior to having been motivated by pride to rebel against God. When the angel failed, Lucifer was cast out of heaven, along with a
third of the heavenly host, and came to reside on the world.
Lycanthropy - is the ability or power of a human being to undergo transformation into a wolf. The term comes from ancient Greek. lykánthropos The word can also be used transitively, referring to the
act of transforming someone else into a wolf, or werewolf.The word lycanthropy is often used generically for any transformation of a human into animal form, though the precise term for that is technically "therianthropy."
Malevolent - A malevolent spirit is one that wishes to do harm.
Malicious - These spirits will destroy or damage things of a personal or financial value for the sake of hurting others.
Manifestation - The appearance or taking of form of an entity.
Materialization - The formation of a visible physical form of a spirit.
Matrixing - The human mind's natural and often involuntary inclination to impose familiar forms and concepts upon indistinct sights, sounds and
sensations, such as the impression of a shadow in motion interpreted as a ghostly figure, an audible air current as a voice or a nerve twitch as being
touched by an unseen hand. This can be very subtle and particularly applies when the experience is later recalled. It's really the same principle as
recognizing patterns like faces and animals in clouds.
Medium - A person that acts as a bridge between the living and the dead.
Near-Death Experience (NDE) - Experiences of people after they have been pronounced clinically dead, or been very close to death.
Necromancy - The practice of communicating with the dead to obtain knowledge of the future, others' secrets, and so forth.
Omen - or portent, is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the futures, often signifying the advent of change. Interpretation of omens and prophetic
signs is a form of devination.
Orbs - Circular lights, usually whitish but sometimes colored a ruddy hue, which often show up in photographs taken at the sights of alleged
hauntings. In videotaping and filming they are observed in motion. Orbs are associated with fields of concentrated energy. Dust particles reflecting light can be mistaken for orbs.
Ouija - refers to the belief that one can receive messages during a seance by the use of a Ouija board (also called a talking board or spirit board) and planchette. The fingers of the participants are placed on the planchette which then moves about a board covered with numbers, letters and symbols
so as to spell out messages. Ouija was invented as an oracle game in 1892 by an American, Elijah J. Bond, and later marketed by William J. Fuld and
Parker Brothers game company of Beverly, Massachusetts.
Out-of-body experience - (OBE or sometimes OOBE) is an experience that typically involves a sensation of floating outside of one's body and, in some cases, seeing one's physical body from a place outside one's body (autoscopy).
Paranormal - is used to describe a wide variety of reported anomalous phenomena.The term paranormal describes "any phenomenon that in one or more respects exceeds the limits of what is deemed physically possible according to current scientific assumptions."Paranormal describes subjects studied under parapsychology, which deals with psychical phenomena like telepathy, extra-sensory perception, psychokinesis, and survival studies like reincarnation, ghosts, and
hauntings. However, as a broader category, the paranormal sometimes describes subjects outside the scope of parapsychology, including anomalous aspects of UFOs, some creatures that fall under the scope of cryptozoology, purported phenomena surrounding the Bermuda Triangle, and many other non-psychical subjects.
Parapsychology - is the study of certain types of paranormal phenomena. The term is based on the Greek para (beside/beyond), psyche (soul/mind),
and logos (account/explanation). paranormal research chiefly dealing with evidence of spirit manifestations and Extra Sensory Perception.
Phantom - a ghost or other apparition.
Phantomania - Paralysis that occurs when someone is under attack from supernatural or preternatural forces, also known as psychic paralysis.
Photographic Anomalies - Unexplained distortions such as blurring, bright streaks, cloud like masses, orbs and even spectral figures which appear in
photographs, but generally were not observed when the pictures were taken.
Poltergeist - (German for noisy ghost) is a term used to describe a spirit or ghost that manifests itself by moving and influencing inanimate objects.
Reports of poltergeist activity typically feature heavily on raps, bumps, thumps, knocks, footsteps, and bed-shaking, all without a discernible point
of origin or physical reason for occurrence. Many accounts also detail objects being thrown about the room, furniture being moved, and even people being levitated. Though rare, a few poltergeists have been known to speak.
Possession - To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
Precognition - is a form of extra-sensory perception wherein a person perceives information about future places or events before they happen (as
distinct from merely predicting them based on deductive reasoning and current knowledge).
Psychic - is a person who has the ability to experience extra-sensory perseption, such as clairvoyance, psychometry, and precognition, or who has other paranormal abilities such as psychokinesis. The study of such paranormal abilities is called parapsychology.
Psychic Attack - An attack that can either be physical or mental by a spirit.
Psychic Vampire - is a being said to have the ability to feed off the "life force" (called, variously, qi, prana, or vitality) of other living creatures.
Alternative terms for these persons are pranic vampire, empathic vampire, energy predator, psy/psi-vamp, energy parasite, psionic vampire and
emotional vampire.
Psychokinesis - or TK, is the proposed paranormal ability of the mind to influence matter or energy without the use of any currently known type of
physical means. For instance, psychokinesis might be used to distort or move an object.
Reincarnation - The belief that some aspect of a person's being survives death and can be reborn in a new body at some future date.
Residual Haunting - Believed to be a psychic imprint of a scene that keeps repeating itself. With this type of haunting no interaction with the ghost
occur.
Retrocognition - (also called postcognition) is the ability to observe the past of an object, place, or occurrence through paranormal means. Psychometry and past life regression can both be considered types of retrocognition.
Satan - is the accuser, a member of the divine council, who challenged the religious faith of humans. Religious belief systems other than Judaism relate this term to a demon, a rebellious fallen angel, devil, minor god and idolatry, or as an allegory for evil. Hebrew "adversary." Formalized name of the Devil, master of demons and enemy of God. Originally "Ha-Satan."
Shape-Shifting - Paranormal ability to assume the form of another person, an animal or other entity.
Sleep Paralysis - A state of seeming to be awake but unable to move.
Specter - A ghost or apparition.
Spirit - Spirits are believed to exist in an invisible realm that can only be seen under certain circumstances or by people with special abilities.
Spiritualism - is a religious movement that began in the United States and was prominent in the 1840s – 1920s, especially in English-speaking
countries. The movement's distinguishing feature is the belief that the spirits of the dead can be contacted by mediums. These spirits are believed
to lie on a higher spiritual plane than humans, and are therefore capable of providing guidance in both worldly and spiritual matters.
Stigmata - are bodily marks, sores, or sensations of pain in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus. An individual bearing stigmata is referred to as a stigmatic.
Succubus - A demonic entity said to inspire lust in men and then assaulting them.
Telekinesis - the ability to move objects by means of thought alone, without physical means.
Telepathy - is defined as the paranormal acquisition of information concerning the thoughts, feelings or activity of another person. Telepathy is
considered a form of extra-sensory perception or anomalous cognition.Telepathy is often associated with other paranormal phenomena, such as
precognition, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis.
Triangles - Geographic areas which can be traced to points confined by a triangular outline, frequently associated paranormal activity including hauntings, U.F.O. sightings, unexplained disappearances and reports of crypto-creatures. Two of these Triangles which are suggested to exist in New England are the Bridgewater and Bennington Triangles.
Vampire - is an undead monster from the legends of various cultures and often featured in fiction. creatures believed to be the re-animated corpses of
human beings who subsist on human or animal blood. In folklore, the term usually refers to the blood-drinking humans of Eastern European legends. creatures that act as predatory parasites, draining power, energy, or life from unwilling victims. Creatures who act in this manner are often
considered part of the vampire archetype, even if they do not consume blood.
Vampirism - is the practice of drinking blood from a person or animal. In folklore and popular culture, the term refers to a belief that one can gain
supernatural powers by drinking human blood.
Vortex - Some theorize this is a vehicle to transport spirits in the shape of orbs from their realm to ours.
Warrens, Edward and Lorraine - America's premier ghost hunters for fifty years, this married couple reside in Monroe, Connecticut. Ed, a noted
demonologist, has retired due to health concerns, while Lorraine, a clairvoyant and a sensitive, remains active on the lecture circuit. Regardless of varying opinions about their methods, it should be
acknowledged that the warrens of Monroe set the pace for paranormal investigators.
White Noise - A hiss-like sound, formed by combining all audible frequencies.
Witchcraft - in various historical, religious and mythological contexts, is the use of certain kinds of alleged supernatural or magical powers. A witch
is a person with these powers, and may be male or female. In historical, mythological and demonological contexts, a male "witch" is more
frequently termed a wizard, sorcerer, worlock, or simply a magician. In a Wiccan or Neopagan context male witches are "witches", not "warlocks", the latter term being reserved for those who have betrayed their fellows. The term "witchcraft" can have positive ornegative connotations depending on cultural context; for instance, in post-Christian European cultures it has historically been associated with evil and the Devil, while most modern practitioners see it as beneficent and morally positive.
Wraith - marked as being of obscure origin, is first attested in 1513, with the meaning of ghost or spectre (that is, an apparition of a living or
once-living being, possibly as a portent of death). In 18th century Scotland it was applied to water spirits, and in England it became used in a
metaphoric sense to refer to wraith-like things, and to portents in general.The word may be of Scots origin, possibly through Old Norse, meaning
guardian, and related to Irish arrach, meaning apparition. An association with the verb writhe has also been claimed, its meaning, a shadow-thing, a spirit of another world.
