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Dictionary of Metaphysical, Psychic, Paranormal, Astrological and Esoteric Terms

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I have compiled a very lengthy list of terms that may be found in a Metaphysical, Psychic, Paranormal, Astrological and Esoteric dictionary. I had personally looked up every word and their meaning individually using a large array of references including the New Webster's Dictionary and AskJeeves.com. Boy, it took me a long time! So, I hope you enjoy these terms and might find them useful in your classes, or just for fun. Some of these terms may have additional meanings, but I only added the meanings that pertain the Psi and Paranormal Realm. Have Fun! - Dyanna Blackford – The Clairsentient Psychic

This page is ALWAYS under construction!!!

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Abduction: The felonious carrying of a person.

Abominable snowman: A hairy human-like animal reportedly inhabiting the snows of the high Himalay Mountains. Also called yeti.

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/abominable+snowman

Accident: An unfortunate event occurring casually.

Accuracy: State of being accurate; precision; exactness.

Accursed: Lying under a curse; wicked.

Acknowledge: To own or confess.

Acolyte: One of the lowest order in the Roman church; an attendant.

Acoustics: The science of sound.

Acropolis: The citadel of a Greek city, as of Athens.

Acumen: Sharpness of perception.

Advise: To counsel; to warn; to inform.

Aerology: The science of atmospheric phonomena.

Affirmation: Act of affirming; declaration; ratification.

Afloat: Floating; in circulation (as a rumor).

Afraid: Struck with fear.

Afterlife: A life or existence believed to follow death. It can also be life at a later time but usually after death.

Agent: An apparition who “wills” itself into visibility is called the “agent” of a paranormal sighting.

Aggressive: Taking the first step against; prone to encroachment.

Aghast: Amazed; stupified.

Agitate: To put in violent motion; to shake briskly; to excite; to consider; to discuss.

Agnostic: One who disclaims any knowledge of God or of anything but material phenomena.

Aircraft: A general name for craft designed for the navigation of the air, such as airplanes, airships or balloons.

Akashic Book of Records: A mythological book that contains detailed records of every soul's existence.

Alchemy: An obsolete science, aiming at changing metals into gold, etc.

Alias: An assumed name.

Alicorn: A magical mythological horse that has a horn on its forehead, and wings like a bird.

Alien: A foreigner.

Alicorn: A winged equitaur, always with a unicorn's horn. http://members.aol.com/earlwerks/glossary.htm

Allah: The Arabic name of God.

All-Hallow: All-Saints Day.

All Saints' Day: 1^st November.

All Souls' Day: 2^nd November.

Aloe: A succulent plant; a bitter purgative medicine.

Alpha: The first letter in the Greek alphabet; the first or beginning.

Altar: An elevated place on which sacrifices were offered; the communion table.

Ambidextrous: Using both hands alike.

Amen: So be it.

Amnesia: A temporary or permanent loss of memory.

Amphibology: Speech susceptible of two interpretations.

Amulet: Any object that is natural or man-made that is believed to hold supernatural powers that can ward off demons or ghosts.

Anaconda: A lagre species of serpent tribe.

Anchor: A physical or nonphysical reminder that recreates a previous emotional state.

Anemometer: An instrument for measuring the force of the wind.

Angel: A divine messenger; a spirit.

Angel hair: A term given to streaks of light that appear on photos; thought to be an apparition by psychics.

Angelic: Belonging to or resembling an angel.

Angelolatry: Is a term used to describe the veneration or worship of angels. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Angelology: Is a term used to describe the study or science of angels. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Angelophany: Is a term used to describe the visible or otherwise tangible manifestation of angels to human beings. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Animal mutilation: A term which refers to cases of animal corpses (usually cattle), which have been found with strange injuries. These injuries are often difficult to explain in terms of accident, predators and illness. Often the corpse has missing body parts (e.g. genitals), has been drained of blood and many injuries appear to have been carried out with surgical precision. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Animal psi: An animal's ability to exhibit parapsychological phenomena or Psi. Animal Psi is also known as "Anspsi". http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Animism: The belief that natural phemomena are due to spirits, and that inanimate objects have spirits.

Anomalous cognition: A form of information transfer by an unknown means and without sensorial stimuli. Some individuals are able to gain access to this information, but the process is not yet understood. The term anomalous cognition is also known as remote viewing, clairvoyance, but more generally replaces the term of ESP. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Anomalous experience: Is an umbrella term for types of strange or weird experiences which science does not yet fully understand or cannot yet explain. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Anomalous peturbation: Another term for psychokinesis.

Anomalous phenomena: Strange naturally occurring phenomena that science cannot yet define or explain.

Anomaly: Deviation from common rule.

Anspsi: See “Animal Psi.”

Anthem: A sacred song sung in alternate parts.

Anthropology: The science of man and mankind; the study of the physical and mental constitutuin of man.

Anthropomorphism: The representation of a deity in human form, or with human attributes.

Anti-aircraft: Used in defense against attacks from the air, as guns, searchlights, etc.

Antichrist: The great adversary of Christ.

Ape-men: A term given by the Orient to monsters believed to be Bigfoot.

Apocalypse: Revelation; the last book of the New Testament.

Apostle: One sent to preach the gospel; one of the twelve disciples.

Apparition: An appearance; a specter; a ghost or phantom.

Apport: A completely solid object that just appears out of nowhere whenever a medium is present.

Aquarius: The water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20^th of January.

Arcanum: Mystery.

Archeology: The science of antiquities; knowledge of ancient art.

Archangel: An angel of the highest order.

Archetype: The original model from which a thing is made.

Arctic: Pertaining to the regions about the north pole; frigid; cold.

Aries: The Ram, the first of the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Aroma: Perfume; the fragrant principle in plants, etc.

Arson: The malicious setting on fire of a house, etc.

Artifacts: A man-made object taken as a whole.

Asp: Any of several venomous snakes Africa, Asia, and Europe, such as the small cobra or the horned viper. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/abominable+snowman

Asport: See “Apport.”

Astral body: A spiritual life force that at times can leave and return to the corporeal living body.

Astral level: See “Astral plane.”

Astral plane: A level of existence that many psychics believe is closely releated to the dream plane of consciousness. Whether this is a physical dimenison close to our own or a dimension of human consciousness is in dispute.

Astral projection: When a person leaves the physical body and travels to other places in or out of the earth's plane.

Astral travel: The ability to consciously travel out of the body for periods of time. Most of these experiences take place on the astral plane.

Astrology: The pretended art of foretelling future events from the stars.

Astrologist: One who is skilled in the art of fortune-telling by using astrological signs, symbols, and stars.

Astronomical: “Out-of-this-world”, unbelievable.

Astronomy: The science of the heavenly bodies.

Atheism: The disbelief in the existence of a God.

Atheist: One who disbelieves the existence of a God.

Atmosphere: The mass of gas around the earth; air.

Atmospheric spirals: Disturbances produced in the receiving circuits by electrical action in the atmosphere or in the earth's crust in a circular motion.

Atrocity: Horrible wickedness.

Attack: To assault.

Attraction: Allurement; charm.

Audible: That may be heard.

Aura: Glows of light given off by an object that can only be seen with the sixth sense, eminating the objects mood, thoughts, expressions, etc. It is the field of energy that envelops and may direct the health and shape of the human body.

Aureola: An illumination represented as surrounding a holy perso, as Christ; a halo.

Aurora Australis: A similar phenomena of the aurora borealis in the southern hemisphere.

Aurora Borealis: The northern lights or streamers.

Automatic writing: A practice performed by psychics which involveschanneling spirits by using the nondormant hand in writing words, symbols, etc.

Automation: Any bodily movements caused by spirits.

Automatism: Any unconscious and spntaneous muscular movement caused by the spirits.

Axis: The straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves.

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Ball lightning: Resembling the appearance of a comet, but produced by lightning that shoots from the sky; a huge ball of fire.

Balm: That which heals or soothes.

Banish: To drive away.

Banshee: An Irish fairy believed to attach herself to a house or family.

Baptism: An immersing in or sprinkling with water, as a religious ceremony.

Bard: A Celtic minstrel.

Bat: A flying mammal, like a mouse.

Beam: To send forth, as beams; to emit. A ray of light.

Beast: Any four-footed animal; a brutal man.

Beatitude: Blessedness; bliss, one of the declarations of blessedness to particular virtues made by Christ.

Belief: Assent of the mind; persuasion; creed; opinion.

Bermuda Triangle: An area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost.

Bewitch: To enchant; to fascinate; to overpower by charms.

Bible Code: A computer program that is designed to look for key words in the Bible that are hidden in a form of code. Since it's discovery by an Israeli mathematician Dr Eliyahu Rips, a leading expert in 'Group Theory' namely the underlying branch of mathematics to 'Quantum Physics'; the Bible Code has attracted much interest. Details about the Bible Code hit the headlines when a book was first published about it in Great Britain, by Weidenfeld and Nicholson in 1997. The author of the book titled 'The Bible Code' is Michael Drosnin, a reporter who was formerly at the 'Washington Post' and the 'Wall Street Journal'. Michael Drosnin lives and works in New York City and he is also the author of the 'New York Times' bestseller 'Citizen Hughes'. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Biblicist: One skilled in biblical knowledge.

Bibliography: A history of books and their editions.

Bigfoot: An ape-like man that exceeds over 7 foot believed to roam heavily wooded areas in the North Americas.

Biker ghosts: Are ghosts which allegedly appear to be solid, real people and are said to hitch lifts with unsuspecting motorbike riders.

Billet reading: Is a procedure that involves placing a secretly written question on a piece of paper. This paper is then folded and sealed up inside an envelope and then given to a psychic, who then attempts to answer the question contained within. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Bilocation: Is the ability to be, or be seen to be, in two different places at once. It is a state or power, that has sometimes, been attributed to some of the saints. It is existence or the ability to exist simultaneously in two places. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Biochemistry: The study of the chemistry of living things.

Biologist: One skilled in biology.

Biology: The science of life.

Bishop: Head of the diocese.

Bizzare: Odd; fantastical.

Bleeding: The operation of letting blood.

Blizzard: A violent snow-storm, with high wind and intense cold.

Blood-sucker: Any animal that sucks blood.

Bobber: A tool used for dowsing.

Body scanning: The ability to look psychically into and around a human body for the purpose of determining the subject's health. Body scanning can be experienced through any of the five different senses.

Bohemian: A gypsy.

Bone-pointing: A phenomenon curse believed that if a bone is pointed at you, you will die.

Brahmanism: The religion of the brahmans.

Brew: To concoct; to plot; to prepare, as ale or beer, from malt, etc.

Brutal: Cruel; ferocious.

Buddism: The religion founded in India by Buddha.

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Cabbala, cabala: A mysterious tradition among Jewish rabbins.

Caldron: A large kettle or boiler.

Cancer (astrological sign): One of the signs of the zodiac that resembles a Crab.

Capricorn: The he-goat, one of the signs of the zodiac; the southern tropic.

Cast: To revolve in the mind; to contrie; to warp. To throw; to impel; to throw off; to let fall; to condemn.

Castle: A fortified building; a large and imposing mansion.

Cast spells: To put a curse on.

Cathedral: The principle church in the diocese.

Catholic: Universal; liberal; pertaining to the universal Church; pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church

Catholicism: The Roman Catholic religion.

Cattle-mutilating: A practice that is unknown to reason why someone or something has killed and dismembered cows.

Celestial: Heavenly; pertaining to heaven.

Celestial vision: One believed to have died momentarily and envisioned going to heaven.

Cell: A small room; a cave.

Celt: One of a race of Western Europe.

Celtic: Pertaining to the Celts.

Ceremony: Outward rite; observance.

Cereology: Is the study of the crop circle phenomena. In it’s simplest form a crop circle consists of a single circle, within which all the corn stems are flattened to the ground but not broken, simply bent at their base. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Chakra: The word Chakra is Sanskrit for wheel or disk and signifies one of seven basic energy centers in the body.

Channel: A conduit for something to pass through. A psychic channel is a person wo has another spirit or entity communicate through them.

Channeling: Means of passing or transmitting psychical energies.

Chant: A kind of sacred music.

Chapel: A place of worship.

Chaplain: A clergyman of the army, navy. Court, etc.

Chariot: A stately carriage with four wheels.

Charm: A spell; a locket. To delight.

Charmer: One who charms.

Cherub: An angel of the second order.

Chill: Cold; tending to cause shivering; dispiriting.

Chime: A set of bells tuned to each other; their sound; harmony.

Chirography: Handwriting; fortune-telling by examination of the hand.

Chiromancy: Palmistry.

Christ: The Annointed; the Messiah; the Saviour.

Christening: Baptism.

Christian: A professed follower of Christ.

Christianity: The religion of Christians.

Christmas: The festival of Christ's nativity, observed annually on 25^th December.

Church: A house consecrated to the worship of God among Christians.

Circle: See “Séance.”

Cirrus: A light fleecy cloud at a high elevation.

Clairaudience: Psychic perception which involves the receiving of sounds outside the primary five senses.

Clairgustience: The ability to smell a scent which is not being carried by someone or something in the area.

Clairsentience: Psychic perception which involves the receiving of emotion or tactile information outside the primary five senses.

Clairvoyance: A form of psychic perception which involves the receiving of visual mental images outside the primary five senses.

Clan: A family: a tribe: a sect.

Clatter: To make repeated rattling noises.

Cleansing: To make clean by purifying.

Close encounter: Almost coming in contact with: coming in close contact with an unidentified object.

Close: In contact, or very near.

Cloud: A collection of visible vapor, suspended in the air.

Coffin: The chest in which a dead human body is buried.

Cognition: Knowledge from personal view or experience.

Coincidence: To happen at the same time.

Cold reading: A Technique used by the pseudo-psychics, fraudulent mediums, fake mind-readers, and magicians to obtain informaiton about a person, without any advance knowledge of the individual.

Collective apparition: An unusual type of spirit sighting in which more than one person sees the same phenomenon.

Collective unconscious: From the analytical psychology of Carl Jung, the collective unconscious is the collective memory of all of humanity's past, held in an individual's unconscious mind.

Comfort zone: A place or state of mind where you feel safe and little or no anxiety.

Commotion: Violent agitation; tumutuous disorder.

Communicate: To cause to be common to others; to correspond.

Communicating with animals: Is a phenomenon that involves communicating with an animal on a much higher level than simply talking to it.

Compensation: Occurs when someone takes up one behavior because one cannot accomplish another behavior. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Concentration: To bring together; to direct to one object.

Conform: To cause to be of the same form.

Congregation: An assembly met for divine worship.

Connatural: Connected by nature.

Conscience: Internal knowledge or judgment of right and wrong.

Conscious: Knowing in one's own mind; knowing by sensation or perception; sensible.

Conscious mind: The surface of the mind; the communication center where you process thoughts and ideas.

Conspirator: One who engages in a plot or conspiracy.

Constellation: A group of fixed stars.

Contradict: To deny; to oppose.

Control: To restrain. Also known as a guide who possesses the body of the medium to act as an intermediary to the Other World, sometimes known as “direct voice phenomena.”

Conversial: A disputation, particularly in writing; litigation.

Convince: To persuade by argument; to satisfy by evidence or proof.

Cornucopia: The representation of a horn filledwith fruit, flowers, and grain, a symbol of plenty and peace.

Corpse: The dead body of a human being; remains.

Cosmic: Relating to the whole frame of the universe.

Cosmic Rays: Penetrating radiation of shorter wavelength than Xrays, believed to reach the earth from outer space.

Cosmos: The universe.

Cosmotheism: Is quoted as being: "a Religion that positively asserts that there is an internal purpose in life and in the cosmos, and that there is an essential unity, or consciousness that binds all living beings and all of the inorganic cosmos, as one. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Countercharm: That which can oppose the effect of a charm.

Countervail: To act against with equal power or effect.

Creation: To have brought into being from nothing.

Creator: The being that creates.

Creature: A human being: something imagined.

Credence: The act of believing.

Creed: A system of principles believed or professed; a brief summary of the articles of Christian faith.

Creepy: Producing horror or fear.

Cremate: To burn; to dispose of (a human body) by burning.

Crisis: Time when anything is at its height.

Crisis apparition: An out-of-body experience where the “agent” manifests his body at the time of a crisis, death, or traumatic event to some other person. Most oftentimes the receiving person is a loved one of close friend.

Critic: One skilled in judging liberary or artisitic work; a reviewer.

Crop circles: In it’s simplest form, a crop circle consists of a single circle, within which all the corn stems are flattened to the ground but not broken, simply bent at their base. Also known as Cereology. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Cross: An instrument of death, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely; the symbol of the Christian religion.

Cross correspondences: Bits of information (that are related invertly) that is received from spirits to different seers at different times and/or locations. The messages must be conjoined together in order to complete that certain message.

Crossing: Act of one who or that which crosses; a place where passengers cross.

Crow: A black bird of the genus Corvus, including the raven, rook, jackdaw, etc.

Crucifix: A cross with the figure of Christ crucified on it.

Crucify: To put to death by nailing the hands and feet of to a cross, to mortify.

Crypt: A subterranean cell for burying purposes; a subterranean chapel.

Cryptic: Hidden; secret; occult.

Cryptography: Art of writing in secret characters; cipher

Crystal: Pure transparent quartz; a superior kind of glass.

Crystal ball: A glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortune tellers.

Crystal gazing: Straing into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events.

Culmination: The transit of a heavenly body over the meridian; highest point.

Cult: A system of belief and worship.

Cupid: The god of love.

Curate: One to whom the cure of souls is committed.

Cure: Act of healing; a remedy.

Curse: To utter a wish of evil against.

Custom: Habit; established practice.

Cycle: An orbit in the heavens; a circle of years.

Cyclone: A circular storm; a rotatory system of winds revolving round a calm center.

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Daemon: A guardian spirit or guardian angel often associated with the communication of advice and inspiration.

Daimon: See “Daemon.”

Damn: To send to hell.

Dare: To have courage.

Day-dream: A vision to the waking senses.

Daylight: The light of the day.

Dead: Without life.

Death: Extinction of life.

Death-bed: The bed on which a person dies.

Debunk: A term often used by Paranormal Investigators. Referring to; trying to dismiss any claims of “supposed” paranormal.

Decay: To waste; to wither.

Decease: To die.

Decompose: To resolve into original elements.

Decrepit: Broken down with age.

Deductive psychic image: A psychic image who comes from our unconscious mind's ability to take in external sensory stimuli.

Defense mechanisms: Are the method by which the ego can solve the conflicts between the superego and the id. The defense mechanisms include: denial, reaction formation, diplacement, repression/suppression (the proper term), projection, intellectualization, rationalization, compensation, sublimation and regressive emotionality. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Deflection: Deviation.

Deist: One who acknowledges the existance of a God, but denies revealed religion.

Deity: The Supreme Being.

Deja Lu: Comes from French, which literally translates to 'already read'. In English the term is associated with reading something entirely new, but having the distinct feeling of having read the article, book or newspaper etc. before. In other words, the illusion of having already read something actually being read for the first time. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Déja Vu: Feeling of recognition or memory with a person, place or event that is “new” to you. Occassionally deja vu is accommpanied with precognition...you know wha someone is about to say or do seonds or minutes before the event occurs. Some theorists believe deja vu is information that is received in dream state and recognized or retrieved again when coming upon the acutal person, place, or event.

Delta: Is a term that is used to describe any form of anomalous experience.Demoniac: Is a human being possessed, influenced or even produced by a demon or evil spirit; generally a person whose faculties are directly controlled by a demon. The word also relates to a person who resembles or possesses the characteristics of a demon or evil spirit. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Deltoid: Triangular.

Demi-god: Half a god.

Demon: A spirit, holding a place below the celestial deities of the pagans.

Demonic possession: A form of spiritual possession; specifically, one or more demons are said to enter a living or dead human or animal body or an object with the intention of using it for a purpose, normally evil but sometimes instead as a punishment or test. This term is more commonly applied to possession of living persons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_possession

Demonology: Knowledge of, or a treatise on, evil spirits.

Denial: Occurs when someone fends off awareness of an unpleasant truth or of a reality that is a threat to the ego. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Deport: Is the strange, unusual or paranormal movement of an object from a secure and enclosed space.

Descendant: Offspring from an ancestor.

Destination: Predetermined end.

Destiny: State oppointed or predetermined.

Detective: Skilled or employed in detecting.

Devil: An evil spirit; Satan.

Diabolic: Devilish.

Diamons: Divine spirits that offer wisdom, usually through internal voices.

Dimension: Extension in a single direction.

Direct voice phenomena (DVP): See “Control.”

Direct writing: Similar to automatic writing, only the difference is that the spirit produces a writing without the use of a medium's hand. The print appears out of nowhere on a previously unmarked surface. Most often this is seen during a séance.

Disappearance: Act of disappearing; removal from sight.

Disaster: An unfortunate event.

Disbelieve: To refuse to credit or faith.

Disembody: To free from connection with the human body.

Displacement: Takes place when someone redirects emotion from a "dangerous" object to a "safe" one, such as punching a pillow to avoid hitting a friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Disturb: To agitate; to move.

Disturbance: Commotion; excitement; interruption of a right.

Divination: A foretelling future events, or discovering things secret, by magical means; the use of an oracle or device to foretell the future, and in modern times often used as a tool of self-discovery.

Divine: Of or belonging to God.

Dogma: A settled opinion or belief.

Dog-star: Sirius, a star of the first magnitude.

Doomed: Destined to speedy destruction.

Double-star: A star which in the telescope is resolved into two stars.

Dove: A pigeon; a word of endearment.

Dowser: A person who uses a psychic tool to locate underground water, mineral deposits, or other unseen things.

Dowsing: Using a tool (pendulum, L-rods, Y-rods, bobber) to obtain answers to yes/no questions.

Dragon: A fabulous winged monster.

Dragonfly: A fly that preys upon other insects.

Dream: The thought of a person in sleep.

Dream interpretation: The art of determining the meaning (or alleged meaning) of the symbolic content of a dream. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_interpretation

Drop-in communicator: A spirit that was not invited, but makes itself known, at a séance.

Druidism: The doctrines, rites, and ceremonies of the Druids.

Dualism: The belief in two gods, the one good, the other evil; the doctrine of the existence of spirit and matter as distinct entities.

Dungeon: A strong tower in the middle of a castle; a deep, dark place of confinement.

Dwarf: A person of plant much below the ordinary size.

Dybbuk: Found in Jewish legend, is a restless soul that enters the body and takes possession of a still-living human.

Dynamism: Dynamism is a philosophy of personal evolution, a unique blend of Western and Eastern ideas, that opens the door to the individual unlocking his personal dynamism.

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Eagle: A large bird of prey.

Earth: The globe we inhabit.

Earth-bound spirit: A spirit of a human, animal, or bird that is “stuck” in the physical plane.

Earthen: Made of earth.

Earthling: An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal; a frail creature.

Earthquake: A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth.

Eccentric: Not having the same center; Deviating from usual practice, etc; anomalous; whimsical.

Eclectic: Applied to certain philosophers who selected from the principles of various schools what they thought sound.

Eclipse: An interception of the light of the sun, moon, etc.

Ecstasy: A trance.

Ectoplasm: A solid or vaporous substance, lifelike and moldable, that supposedly exudes from the body of a medium (usually from one of the facial orifices) to form seemingly corporeal limbs, faces, or entire bodies. Ectoplasm is usually dense but liquidy, milky-white substance with the scent of ozone.

Edification: A building up; improvement in knowledge, morals, etc.

Eerie: Inspiring superstitious fear; weird.

Efficacy: Power to produce effects; force; energy.

Egyptology: The science of Egyptian antiquities.

Electricity: The force that manifests itself in lightning and in many other phenomena.

Electromagnetic: Pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric charge in motion.

Electromagnetic field: (EMF): It is a region around a magnet where the force of that magnet and the force of electricity can be felt.

Electrometer: An instrument for measuring electricity.

Electronic voice phenomenon (EVP): Are “spirit voices” that are said to manifest themselves on audio recordings. EVP is very rare. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon

Elevate: To raise.

Elf: A fairy; a goblin; a mischievious person.

Embalm: To preserve a dead body by aromatics.

Emblem: A picture representing one thing and suggesting another.

Empath: A person with the ability to sense other people's emotions. Some “sensitives” confuse their psychic ability to being empathic.

Empress: The consort of an emperor.

Empyrean: The highest heaven.

Enchant: To practice sorcery on; to charm; to fascinate.

Energy: Inherent power to operate or act; power exerted; force; strength of expression; thermal; chemical.

Enforce: To urge with energy; to impress on the mind.

Enhance: To raise to a higher point.

Entomb: To bury.

Entrance: Act or power of entering into a place; act of taking possession.

Ephod: A vestment worn by the Jewish high-priest.

Episcopalian: Pertaining to bishops, or government by bishops; one belonging to an episcopal church.

Equinoctial: The celestial equator.

Esoteric: Taught to a select few; private.

Esprit: Soul; spirit; mind,

Eternity: Continuance without beginning or end; the state or time after death.

Eulogy: A speech or writing in commendation; praise.

Evangelist: One of the four writers of the history of Jesus Christ; a preacher of the gospel.

Evil: Not good; bad; wrong.

Evolution: An unfolding development.

Examine: To inspect carefully.

Execration: A curse.

Exile: State of bing expelled from one's native country; banishment.

Exorcise: To purify from evil spirits by adjurations.

Exorcism: A rite to get rid of evil spirits, usually performed by a priest.

Exorcist: One who exorcises.

Extinct: Having died out.

Extraterrestrial: A form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere.

Extremist: A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice.

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Fairy: A mythical being of folklore and romance usually having diminutive human form and magic powers.

Faith: A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.

Faith healing: A form of healing that is usually associated with a belief in a divine being and the power of prayer exerting a beneficial effect upon a sick animal or human. A spiritual form of healing used to help the afflicted recover from their ailment or illness. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Fakir magic: Is the type of magic associated with Indian fakir. Some of the more well known feats performed by these fakirs include: charming deadly snakes in large baskets with musical instruments, lying near-naked on a bed of sharp nails without incurring any injuries, levitation and the infamous Indian rope trick. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Fallen host: Angels that have fallen from God's grace.

Fang: Canine tooth of a carnivorous animal.

Fantasy: Something many people believe that is false.

Fate: An event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future; your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everthing that happens to you).

Fear: Be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probably situation or event.

Feng Shui: Rules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy.

Fertility stones: Believed to be superstitious. Stones that were believed that if you rubbed them on any part of a woman's body, they would magically impregnate that woman. Was most popular in the 1930's when the Dionne quintuplets were born in Canada, tourists that ventured to Canada to see this miraculous and rare post-birth of 5 infant girls, believed that if they (tourist women) picked up stones that were around the infants' birth home were believed to cause fertility in women if they took the stones and rubbed it anywhere on their (tourist women) body.

Festival: A day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration.

Fiction: A literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact; a deliberately false or improbable account.

Fierce: Marked by extreme and violent energy; maked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions.

Figment: A contrived or fantastic idea.

Firewalking: Refers to the activity of walking on hot coals, rocks or cinders without burning the soles of one's feet.

Firmament: The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.

Flesh-wound: A wound that penetrates the flesh but dows not damage underlying bones or vital organs.

Float: Be in motion due to some air or water current.

Flying-carpet: (Asian Folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go.

Flying saucer: Any of various unidentified flying objects of presumed extraterrestrial origin, typically described as luminous moving disks.

Folklore: The oral history of a particular culture.

Footprint: A mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important; the are taken up by some object.

Forbidden: Excluded from use or mention; command against; keep from happening or arising.

Force: One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority.

Forensic Science: The use of science in the service of the law. http://www.legallanguage.com/forensic/ForensicScience.html

Foretell: Make a prediction about; foreshadow or presage; indicate by signs.

Formation: The fabrication of something in a particular shape.

Fortune: An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome.

Fortune-teller: A person who foretells your personal future.

Foxglove: Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis.

Fraud: Something intended to deceive.

Freak: A person or animal that is makedly unusual or deformed.

Free-thinker: A clear and present danger to the stability, order, and hierarchy that for this person makes the present possible

Free will: The freedom to choose-to follow or reject the soul's purpose.

Friar: A male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms.

Fright: An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight).

Funeral: A ceremony at which a dead perosn is buried or cremated.

Future: The time yet to come; effective in or looking toward the future.

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Gaelic: Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.

Galvanometer: Meter for detecting or comparing or measuring small electric currents.

Gargoyle: An ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal.

Gasp: A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open.

Gatekeeper: A strong and powerful guide who acts as your protector.

Gateway: An entrance that can be closed by a gate.

Gauntlet: A glove of armored leather.

Gem: A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry.

Gemini: A person who is born while the sun is in Gemini – Twin.

Gemstone: A highly polished semi-precious stone that is often linked to the birth sign of an individual.

Genealogy: Successive generations of kin.

General extra sensory perception (GESP): Is a term that refers to a form of ESP that when it occurs, it is particularly unclear as to whether or not the results were due to clairvoyance, precognition, retrocognition or telepathy.

Genesis: A coming into being; the first book of the Old Testament.

Geocentric: Having the earth as the center.

Geode: A hollow rock or nodule with the cavity lined with crystals.

Geological chronology: The study of the relative abundances of isotopes in rocks to determine their ages or conditions of formation.

Geology: A science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks.

Geothermic: Of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth.

Ghastly: Shockingly repellent; gruesomely indicative of death or the dead.

Ghost: A mental representation of some haunting experience.

Ghostbuster: A person who searches for , finds, and sometimes is able to identify apparitions or the cause of spirit activity.

Ghostbusting: The act of a ghostbuster.

Ghost hunt: See “Ghost investigation.”

Ghost Investigation: A carefully controlled scientific research project, instigated to sight and record paranormal activity.

Ghost lights: See “Ignis fatuus.”

Ghost show: See “Spook show.”

Ghoul: Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection – graverobber, body snatcher.

Giant: Any creature of exceptional size.

Gifted: Showing a natural aptitude for something; talented.

Ginseng: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers.

Glossolalia: The ability or phenomenon to utter words or sounds of a language unknown to the speaker, especially as an expression of religious ecstasy. Also called speaking in tongues. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Glowing: The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface; softly bright or radiant.

Glyph: A horoscope symbol for each sun and moon sign.

Glyptography: Carving or engraving (especially on stones).

Gnome: A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man.

Gnostic: One of an early religious sect whose doctrines were based partly on Christianity and partly on Greek and Oriental philosophy.

Goal-focused psychic intuition: A combination of deductive and random intuition.

God: The supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force.

Goddess: A femal deity.

Godlike: Being or having the nature of a god.

Godzilla: A fictional monster, sea serpent-type, conjured up by the Orient, resembling a giant lizard that blows fire out of its mouth, or a water-type dragon.

Golden thread: See “Silver cord.”

Gospel: Four books in the New Testament that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings.

Goth: One of an ancient Teutonic race; a barbarian

Gothicism: Conformity to the Gothic style of architecture.

Grail: Chalice used by Christ at the last supper.

Granite: Plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture.

Graphite: Used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors.

Gravitation: A figurative movement toward some attraction.

Gray Ladies: The ghosts of a woman who has died at the hands of their lover or while waiting for their love to appear or come back from afar. They get their name from the gray dress they wear and their sad/mournful expression whenever their apparition is seen.

Grigori: Is the collective name for a group of angels who lost grace, they are also known as watchers.

Guardian: A person who cares for persons or property; providing protective supervision.

Guidance system: The guidance system has two parts; internal and external. Your internal guidance system is the conncection to and advice from whatever it is you believe in-God, angels, guides, or other beings. Your external guidance system is made up of the elements that go with you to help you on your soul's journey.

Guides: Be a guiding force, as with directions or advice.

Gust: A strong current of air.

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Hades: In Greek mythology it is the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; in religion it is the world of the dead.

Hagiology: Literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saints.

Hail: Praise vociferously; precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents; be a native of.

Halley's Comet: The most famous comet. Stars with trains of fire. For King Harold and the Saxons, the appearance of a comet in 1066 AD was a portent of doom. http://www.aspsky.org/education/tnl/36/hal.html

Hallucination: Illusory perception.

Halloween: The evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people. In the USA the holiday is celebrated annually on October 31^st.

Halo: An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint; a circle of light around the sun or moon.

Haunted house: A home that is believed to be inhabited by spiritual or ghostly entities and/or apparitions.

Haunting: Having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to.

Hawk: Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.

Haze: Atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility; confusion characterized by lack of clarity.

Headstone: A stone that is used to mark a grave.

Healing: Tending to cure or restore to health; the natural process by which the body repairs itself.

Healer: Healer: According to the Fourth Edition American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language the latter is 'one that heals or attempts to heal, especially a faith healer'. Faith healing has been around for many years, but with the advent of modern medicine it has tended to become the domain of sorcerers, astrologers and assorted quacks. These people did not necessarily refuse to recognise the Church, however the Church did tend to repudiate them. The Renaissance saw the development of a more materialistic attitude towards health and disease and as a result belief in the effectiveness of faith healing began to diminish. This was except among the pitifully poor. Below are some examples of history's better known 'faith healers'. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Hearse: A vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery.

Heat blasts: Strong currents of heat hitting with force.

Heathen: A person who does not acknowledge you God; not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam.

Heaven: Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace; the abode of God and the angels.

Hebrew: A person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties.

Hell: The abode of Satan and the forces of evil.

Hemp: Any plant of the genus Cannabis; a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging.

Heraldry: The study and classification of armorial bearings and the rracing of genealogies.

Herbivorous: Feeding only on plants.

Hereafter: Life after death; the time yet to come.

Hermetic: Completely sealed.

Hex: An evil spell: jinx, curse, whammy.

Hierarchy: A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system.

Hieroglyph: A writing system using picture symbols.

Hindu: A native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India.

Hoax: Something intended to deceive.

Hobgoblin: A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.

Hocus-pocus: Trickery used by conjurers.

Hologram: A three-dimensional image.

Holy Grail: Along with the Holy Thorn, these are two sacred relics both related to, and from the time of Jesus. Legend has it that Jesus actually once visited England with his tin-trading uncle.

Holy Thorn: See “Holy Grail.”

Holy water: Water that has been blessed by a priest for use in symbolic purification.

Homeopathy: A method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated.

Horoscope: A prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets; a diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place.

Horrify: Fill with apprehension or alarm.

Horticulture: The cultivation of plants.

Hover: Move to and fro; hang in the air.

Howl: The long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf.

Humanitarian: Someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to social reforms.

Hurricane: A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 73-136 knots.

Hygrometer: A measuring instrument for measuring the relative humidity of the atmosphere.

Hypnosis: A state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion.

Hypnotism: The act of inducing hypnosis.

Hysteria: Excessive or uncontrollable fear.

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I-Ching: An ancient Chinese method of divination consisting of sixty-four hexagrams, each with a different meaning.

Ice: Water or other fluid congealed; to freeze.

Ice-bound: Totally surrounded with ice, as a ship.

Ice crystals: Ice formations created by mist or steam that has become frozen.

Ichor: In mythology, the ethereal juice that flowed in the veins of the gods.

Iconography: The knowledge of ancient statues, paintings, gems, etc.

Idealism: The system that makes everything to consist in ideas, and denies the existence of material bodies, or which denies any ground for believing in the reality of anything but percipient minds and ideas.

Ideokinesis: Is the use of specific images that you see moving in the body to release chronic muscular holding patterns. By using the mind's intention to move in the opposite direction of the habitual contraction, you can effectively release muscle tension. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Ideomotor effect: An event or act initiated by an idea; denoting or relating to a motor action stimulated by an idea. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Idol: An image or symbol of a deity consecrated as an object of worship.

Ignis fatuus: Latin term form “foolish fire.” They are like orbs, but flash brightly. Most folklores believe that the lights are the souls of the deceased.

Illusion: Deceptive appearance; hallucination.

Image: A representative of any person or thing; a statue; an idol; the appearance of any object formed by the reflection or refraction of the rays of light.

Imagination: The faculty by which we form a mental image.

Immortal: Not mortal; everlasting.

Imp: A young or little devil.

Impression: That which is impressed; mark; effect produced on the mind; an indistinct notion.

Imprint: To fix on the mind or memory.

Inaudible: That cannot be heard.

Incantation: The act of using certain words and ceremonies to raise spirits, etc.; a magical charm or ceremony.

Incarnation: Act of taking on a human body and the nature of man.

Incense: To inflame to violent anger.

Incubus: A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women.

Infamous: Notoriously vile.

Infra-red: Of the part of the spectrum beyond the red end of the visible spectrum.

Inherit: Naturally pertaining.

Inhuman: Cruel.

Inhume: To bury.

Initiation: Formal introduction.

Injure: To do harm to.

Inodorous: Having no odor or smell.

Inorganic: Devoid of the structure of a living being.

Instigate: To urge.

Institution: Act of investing a clergyman with the care of souls.

Instrument: A tool.

Intact: Untouched.

Intellectualization: Involves removing one's self, emotionally, from a stressful event. Intellectualization is often accomplished through rationalization rather than accepting reality, one may explain it away to remove one's self. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Intelligence: An intelligent or spiritual being

Intelligent haunting: Ghosts/Spirits that live in our earth plane that either are or appear to be aware of humans, and choose to haunt humans by making noises, moving objects, make auditory sounds or speech, etc., to let the humans know that they are around. Intelligent haunts sometimes are mistaken as a “residual haunt.”

Interference: Clashing or collision.

Interlunar: Belonging to the time when the moon is invisible.

Intuition: A looking on; direct apprehension of a truth without reasoning.

Invade: To enter with hostile intentions; to violate.

Invisible: That cannot be seen.

Islam: The religion of Mohammed; the whole body of those who profess it.

Israelite: A descendant of Israel or Jacob; a Jew.

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Jade: A semi-precious hard, tenacious, green, stone of a resinous aspect when polished.

Jamais Vu: Comes from the French, meaning literally, never seen. It is the complete opposite of the French term déjà vu, meaning literally, already seen. To a person experiencing jamais vu, something which has been experienced on a number of occasions or something familiar to the subject now feels as if it is being experienced for the first time. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Jargon: A variety of zircon.

Jasmine: A fragrant shrub, bearing white or yellow flowers.

Jasper: A bariety of quartz, of red, yellow, and some dull colors.

Jehovah: An old Hebrew name of the Supreme Being.

Jesus: The Savior of men; Christ.

Jew: A Hebrew or Israelite.

Jewel: A personal ornament of precious stones.

Journalist: The writer of a journal; a newspaper editor or contributor.

Jubilee: Among the Jews, every fiftieth year; a season of great public joy; a celebration of a reign, marriage, etc.

Judaism: The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews.

Judas: A treacherous person.

Jupiter: The chief deity of the Romans; the largest and brightest planet.

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Kabbalah: A collected way of thinking based primarily on ancient spiritual writings, primarily Jewish, and their mystic interpretation. In Hebrew form it is based on a root word meaning “to receive.” The Kabbalah is thought to be “received” wisdom revealed by the god(s) or other Higher Power.

Kaptars: Land monsters otherwise known as Yeti's, Abominable Snowmen, Bigfoots, Sasquatches, Skunk Apes, & Ape-Men.

Karma: Is an eastern term used to express the scientific law of cause and effect: Unresolved situations from past lives that carry over into the current life.

Kettle: A bessel of iron or other metal, used for heating and boiling water, etc.

Kiln: A fabric of brick or stone, which may be heated to harden or dry anything.

Kill: To deprive of life.

Kindred: Relationship by birth; of like nature.

Kindred spirit: Find a kindred spirit in. Type of a soulmate. Hit it off with; mutual understanding; sympathy.

Kinestetic: Sense of touch or feeling.

Kingdom: The dominion of a king; realm.

Kiss: To touch with the lips.

Kneel: To bend the knee.

Knell: To sound, as a funeral bell; a death signal.

Knighthood: The character, rank, or dignity of a knight.

Know: To perseice with certainty; to understand; to be aware of; to have experience of; not to be doubtful.

Kundalini: The energy at the base of the spine which can be aroused during intense meditation, but which may also be aroused in some individuals seemingly by accident.

Kurdaitcha: Name given by the the aborigine's to its tribe's ritual killers.

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Labyrinth: A place full of intricacies; a maze; an inexplicable difficulty.

Lair: A place to lie or rest; the resting-place of a wild beast, etc.

Lama: A priest of the variety of Buddhism in Tibet and Mongolia.

Lavender: An aromatic plant of the mint family which yields an essential oil and a perfume.

Laying on of hands: A form of healing practice that involves the healer placing his or her hands near the body of a sick person.

Legacy: A bequest; a particular thing given by last will.

Legend: A marvellous story handed down from early times; a nonhistorical narrative; an inscription.

Leo (zodiac sign): The fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign form about July 23 to August 22.

Leprochaun: In Irish mythology, a leprechaun is a type of male elf said to inhabit the island of Ireland They are a class of "fairie folk" associated in Irish mythology and folklore, as with all faeries, with the Tuatha Dé Danann and other quasi-historical races said to have inhabited Ireland before the arrival of the Celts.

Levitate: To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/levitate

Levite: One of the tribe of Levi; a priest; a cleric.

Libra: The Balance, the seventh sign in the zodiac.

Life: Present state of existence; time from birth to death; manner of living; animal being; spirit; a person; eternal felicity.

Life after death: The question of life after death has puzzled mankind since the dawn of time. However the Lancet, one of Britain’s leading medical journals has published a study which shows that a large number of people believe they have already experienced their souls leaving their bodies while they were supposed to have been clinically dead after a heart attack in intensive care. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Life map: Potential conditions for soul development that each person is born with; their free will to make life choices determines whether they will meet their potential.

Lifetime: The time that life continues; duration of life.

Life work: The plan for your soul's development during your present lifetime.

Light: Illumination of mind; knowledge; explanation; spiritual illumination; to enlighten; that by which objects are rendered visible.

Lightning: The sudden and vivid flash that precedes thunder, produced by a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

Limpid: Clear; crystal; pellucid.

Lion: A carnivorous animal of the cat family; a sign in the zodiac.

Lithology: The knowledge of rocks; study of the mineral structure of rocks.

Live: Having life.

Livid: Discolored, as flesh by contusion.

Loadstar: A star that serves to guide; the pole-star.

Locate: To place; to settle.

Loch Ness Monster: A large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland

Longevity: Great length of life.

Lord: A master; a ruler; proprietor of manor; a nobleman.

Loss: Failure to gain or utilize.

Lost: Gone from our hold, view, etc.; not to be found; wasted.

Love: To regard with affection; Cupid, the god of love.

L-rod: A tool for dowsing that consists of two metal rods bent at a right angle and that swing easily with the use of tubes placed over the short ends.

Lucid: Full of light; shining; bright; clear; not darkened or confused.

Lucid dream: A dream that starts in your dream state and continues into our waking state.

Lucifer: The morning-star; Satan.

Luck: That which happens to a person; chance; fortune; success.

Luminous: Giving light.

Lunar: Pertaining to the moon; measured by the revolutions of the moon.

Lustrous: Bright; luminous.

Lutheranism: The doctrines of the Protestant church in Germany.

Lycanthropy: A kind of insanity in which the patient supposes himslef to be a wolf.

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Macabre: Protraying human injury or death in a way so as to inspiring shock or horro; gruesome; ghastly; as, macabre tortures conceived by madmen.

Mad: Disordered in intellect; insane; frantic furious.

Madonna: The Virgin Mary; a picture representing the Virgin.

Mad Scientists: Those that are engaging in or have engaged in very strange or unusual experiments.

Magi: The sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born.

Magic: The art of producing effects by superhuman means; sorcery; enchantment; power similar to that of enchantment.

Magician: One skilled in magic; an enchanter.

Magnetic: Pertaining to the magnet; Attractive; possessing personal magnetism as to gain love or affection, interest or attention.

Magnetism: Power that can bring about healing without using traditional medicine.

Magnetometer: Measures the presence of a magnetic field as well as its strength, direction, and fluctuation. Some paranormal investigators believe that spirits have a detectable, measurable magnetic or energy aura.

Mahdi: Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful.

Major Arcana: The twenty-two cards that do not belong to one of the four suits of cards in the Tarot. Each card has a specific theme and represents archetypal or major forces in your life.

Make-believe: A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.

Malicious: Evil-disposed; evil-minded; spiteful.

Mandrake: A narcotic plant with large thick roots.

Manifest reality: Everything that can be touched or seen or heard or smelled or tasted.

Marian apparition: The ghost-like appearance of the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus. The term is usually reserved for a visitation(s) by a phantom figure resembling the Madonna that communicates with those who see her, but the phrase is sometimes used to include appearances of non-spectral Marian-like shapes and images.

Mars: The god of war; a planet.

Martian: Of or relating to the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants. A hypothetical inhabitant of the planet Mars, especially as a stock fictional character. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/Martian

Martyr: One who suffers death or persecution on account of his belief.

Mask: A cover for the face; to disguise; to hide.

Mass: A body of matter; an assemblage; the communion service in the Roman Catholic Church.

Materialization: The production or manifestation of a physical object or person from beyond.

Materialize: To reduce to a state of matter.

Mediator: One who meditates; an intercessor; an advocate.

Medical intuitive: An individual who perceives medical informaiton about a subject. This information may be of a diagnostic or curative nature.

Medicinal: Pertaining to medicine; containing healing ingredients.

Meditate: To dwell on anything in thought; to think on; perform deep concentration.

Medium: A person who claims to be a channel between the earthly world and the realm of spirits.

Meganthropus: A descendant of the Hubei province. A giant apeman that died out because it lacked sufficient intelligence to adapt to its environment.

Menace: A threat; indication of probable evil.

Mental telepathy: Nonverbal communication through the mind.

Mesmerism: Another word for hypnotism.

Mesmerize: To bring into a state of mesmeric or hypnotic sleep.

Messenger: One who bears a message; a harbinger.

Messiah: The Anointed One; Christ, the Anointed.

Metal: An elementary substance, such as gold, iron, etc., having a peculiar luster and generally fusible by heat.

Metallurgy: Art of working metals; art or operation of separtating metals from their ores by smelting.

Metamorphosis: Change of form or shape; transformation.

Metaphysic: Literally “Beyond the physical”- the study of events and experiences beyond normal physical experience.

Metaphysics: The science of the principles and causes of all things existing; the philosophy of mind as distinguished from that of matter.

Metempsychosis: Transmigration of souls; passing of the soul after death into some other animal body.

Meteor: An atmospheric phenomenon; a transient luminous body.

Meteoric fire-balls: A fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, generally brighter than magnitude -3 or-4, which is about the same magnitude of the planet Venus in the morning or evening sky.

Meteorology: The science of atmospheric phenomena.

Methodism: Observance of method or system; the doctrines and worship of the Methodists.

Mezzotint: A maner of engraving on copper or steel in imitation of drawing in Indian ink.

Micrometer: An instrument for measuring small objects, spaces, or angles.

Microphone: An instrument to augment small sounds by means of electricity.

Microscope: An optical instrument for magnifying.

Mid-air: The middle of the sky.

Midnight: The middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.

Milky Way: It is the galaxy in which we live. It is a spiral shaped galaxy that contains about 200 billion stars, including our Sun.

Millenarian: Consisting of a thousand years; millenial. One who believes in the millenium.

Millennium: An aggragate of a thousand years; the thousand years of Christ's reign on earth.

Mimic: Imitative; consisting or imitation.

Mind: The intellectual power in man; cast of thought and feeling; inclination; memory.

Mind creatures: Entities that exist in the mind; examples: lifelike entities that inhabit the world of dreams: convincing make-believe playmates:

Mineralogy: The science of the properties of mineral substances.

Minim: Something exceedingly small; a dwarf; a single drop.

Minister: A servant; attendant; agent; a member of a government; a political representative or ambassador; the pastor of a church.

Ministry: Profession of a minister of the gospel; the clergy; the administration.

Minor Arcana: Cards belonging to the four suits in the Tarot that represent four seasons, the directions, the elements, the four parts of your body, and the physical, mental, spiritual, and soul. They are meant to help you focus on your direction in your life journey.

Minster: A monastery; the church of a monastery; a cathedral church.

Minuscule: A small sort of letter used in MSS. in the middle ages.

Miracle: An occurrence with no explanation based on reality, usually attributed to a supernatural power that intervenes in the normal course of events.

Mirage: An optical illusion, causing remote objects to be seen double, or to appear as of suspended in the air.

Mirror: A looking glass; any polished substance that reflects images.

Misanthropist: A hater of mankind.

Misbelief: Erroneous belief; false religion.

Mischievous: Causing mischief; harmful; fond of mischief; troublesome in conduct.

Miserable: Very unhappy.

Misogamy: Hatred of marriage.

Misogynist: A woman hater.

Miss: To fail in hitting, obtaining, finding, etc.; to feel the loss of; to omit.

Misshape: A bad or incorrect form.

Missing: Not to be found; wanting; lost.

Missionary: One sent to propagate religion.

Mist: Visible watery vapor; aqueous vapor falling in numberous but almost imperceptible drops; something which dims or darkens.

Mistletoe: A plant that grows parasitically on various trees, and was held in veneration by the Druids.

Misty: Clouded; hazy.

Miter: A high pointed cap worn by bishops.

Mizzle: To rain in very fine drops.

Mnemonics: The art of memory; rules for assisting the memory.

Moan: To utter a low dull sound through grief or pain.

Moat: A deep trench round a castle or other fortified place.

Mode: Manner; method; fashion; custom.

Moderator: One who or that which moderates; a president, especially of courts in Presbyterian churches.

Modernism: Modern practice, character, phrase, or mode of expression.

Mogul: A Mongolian. The Great mogul, the soverign of the Mongolian empire in Hindustan.

Mohammedanism: The religion of Mohammed.

Moisture: A moderate degree of wetness; humidity.

Molecule: A very minute particle of matter.

Molest: To annoy; to disturb; to harass; to vex.

Moment: A minute portion of time; a second; momentum; importance; gravity.

Monarch: A supreme governer of a state; a sovereign; one who or that which is chief of its kind.

Monarchist: An advocate of monarchy.

Monastery: A house fo monks, sometimes for nuns; abbey; priory; convent.

Monasticism: Monastic life; the monastic system or condition.

Monism: The doctrine that there is only a single principle from which everything is developed, the principle being either mind (idealistic monism) or matter (materialistic monism).

Monition: Admonition; warning; intimation.

Monk: A male inhabitant of a monastery, bound to celibracy.

Monogamy: The practice or principle of marrying only once; the marrying of only one at a time.

Monotheism: The doctrine of the existence of one God only.

Monsignore: A title of a bishop or high dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church.

Monster: An animal of unnatural form or of great size; one unnaturally wicked or evil.

Monstrance: In the Roman Catholic Church, a glass-faced shrine in which the consecrated host is presented for the adoration of the people.

Monument: Anything by which the memory of a person or of an event is preserved; a memorial.

Mood: Temper of mind; disposition; a fit of sullenness; a form of verbs expressive of certainty, contingency, etc.

Moon: The changing luminary of the night; the heavenly body next to the earth, revolving round it in about 29 days; a satellite of any planet; a month.

Moon Phases: Displays the moon's current phase and estimates the time of the next full moon, using a calculation of the moon's rotation and the date.

Moralist: One who teaches morals; a writer or lecturer on ethics; ine who inculcates or practices moral duties.

Morbid: Diseased; sicklyl not sound and healthful.

Mormon: A member of a sect founded in the United States in 1830, a Latter-day Saint.

Morning-star: The planet Venus when it rises before the sun.

Morphology: The science which treats of the form and arrangement of the structures of plants and animals.

Mortal: Subject to death; deadly; fatal; human.

Mortality: State of being mortal; actual death of great numbers of ment or beasts; death-rate.

Mortuary: A place for the temporary reception of the dead. Pertaining to the burial of the dead.

Moslem: An orthodox Mohammedan.

Mother-church: The original church; a church from which other churches have sprung.

Mourn: To sorrow; to lament; to wear the customary habit of sorrow; To grieve for; to deplore.

Movement: Act of moving; motion; change of position; manner of moving; gesture; an agitation of bring about some result desired.

Muezzin, mueddin: A Mohammedan crier who proclaims from a minaret the summons to prayers.

Mummy: A dead human body embalmed after the manner of the ancient Egyptians, with wax, balsams, etc.

Mural: Pertaining to a wall; resembling a wall.

Murder: Act of killing a human being with premeditated malice.

Murmur: A low continued or repeated sound; a hum; a grumble or mutter. To utter indistinctly; to mutter.

Musing: Meditation.

Myrrh: An aromatic gum resin exuded by a spiny Arabian shrub.

Myrtle: An evergreen shrub.

Mysterious: Containing mystery; beyond human comprehension; untelligible; enigmatical.

Mystic, mystical: Obscure to human comprehension; involving some secret meaning or import; mysterious; pertaining to mysticism.

Mysticism: A belief in or the pursuit in the unification with the One or some other principle; the immediate consciousness of God; or the direct experience of religious truth.

Myth: A tradition or fable embodying the notions of a people as to their gods, origin early history, etc.; an invented story.

Mythology: The science or doctrine of myths; the myths of a people collectively.

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Naiad: A water-nymph; a female deity that presides over rivers and springs.

Naturalism: The doctrine that there i no interference of any supernatural power in the universe.

Naturalist: Once versed in natural science or natural history.

Naturopathy: A way of treating illness that relies on a system of therapy involving natural remedies, such as sunlight supplemented with diet and massage.

Nazarite: A Jew who bound himself to extraordinary purity of life.

Near-death experience (NDE): When a person dies and is saved by someone else. A form of out-of-body experience.

Nebula: Celestial objects like white clouds, generally clusters of stars.

Necrology: A register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

Necromancer: A wizard-medium who channels ghosts of the deceased to predict future events.

Necromancy: 1)The art of channeling spirits to help predict the future. 2)A form of divination or fortune-telling.

Negative: Something that is not factual. A bad energy. Is opposite of positve. Represents the “minus” sign.

Nemesis: A female Greek divinity personifying retributive justice; just retribution of punishment.

Neology: The introduction of a new word or of new words; novel doctrines; rationalistic views in theology.

Neophyte: One newly implanted in the church.

Neptune: The god of the sea; a planet; the remotest from the sun except for Pluto.

Neurolinguistic programming (NLP): A communication technique developed by Grinder and Bandler to change and improve thinking processes.

Neutral: Not siding with any party in dispute; indifferent; neither acid nor alkaline.

Neutrino: Is a type of strange, weird, tiny, energetic particle, with neither mass nor electric charge, it is virtually an undetectable particle and one of the most illusive in the universe. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

New Age: In the later decades of the twentieth century, a number of eclectic movements have emerged that can be categorized loosely as part of the New Age movement. Arising from a widespread dissatisfaction with the modern Western way of life, and finding no spiritual sustenance in the established Western religions, such groups have developed their own sysems of beliefs and practices, which, it is hoped, will be fit for the millennium and the New Age. http://www.e-files.org/archive/edition5.html

Near-death: Coming very close to death.

Nightmare: A very frightening or traumatizing dream.

Nightshade: A plant of the potato genus, etc., which possesses narcotic or poisonous properties.

Night-terrors: They are experienced by three percent of children. They usually occur within the first couple hours of sleep and may last for several minutes.

Nimbus: A rain-cloud; a halo surrounding the head in representations of divine or sacred personages.

Nocturnal: Actively moves about at night or in the dark.

Nocturnal lights: Have been reported by eyewitnesses and history reported since Biblical times, Native American lore. Etc.; Also called Earthlights, are not flying saucers though sometimes confused with other aerial phenomenon. Ex. Marfa Lights of Marfa, Texas.

Noisy: Making a loud noise; turbulent.

Nomad: One who leads a wandering of pastoral life.

Nonconformist: One who does not conform to the established church.

Noology: The science of intellectual facts or phenomena.

Noumenon: An object conceived by the understanding, as opposed to phenomenon.

Nucleus: A mass about which matter is collected; body of a comet.

Numerology: The study of the esoteric meaning of numbers.

Nunnery: A house in which nuns reside.

Nymph: A goddess of the mountains, forests, meadow, or waters; a young and attractive woman; a maiden; the chrysalis of an insect.

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Oaf: A fairy changeling.

Obituary: An account of a person or persons deceased; list of the dead.

Object: That about which any faculty of the mind is employed; end; purpose; concrete reality.

Objective apparitions: Are actual entities that appear independent of our mind, thoughts, or feelings.

Object reading: Is the use of an object as a focus to gain supernatural or paranormal information or knowledge.

Oblation: Anythong offered in sacred worship; a sacrifice.

Observe: To watch or supervise.

Obsession: A partial “possession”. The person has control over their body but feels negative (and occassionally positive) effects that can be attributed to the word of a spirit. Even the so-called “positive” experiences should be referred to a qualified psychic who is experienced in channeling or “ghost busting”, as most spirits in this condition are “earthbound” and need to be encouraged to complete their business and move on.

Occult: “Hidden” knowledge, knowledge available to a select few initiates. Every religion, including Christianity, ans an “occult” branch.

Occurrence: The act of occurring or taking place; any incident or accidiental event; an observed instance.

Odd: Not included with others; incidental; casual; belonging to a broken set; queer; unusual.

Odorous: Hateful; offensive; disgusting.

Odor: Any scent or smell; fragrance; reputation. Used in one of the five senses (smell).

Odour of Sanctity: This is an, as yet, unexplained, beautiful, unearthly scent that is said to exude from a number of holy persons and certain European Saints. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Offering: Act of one who offers; that which is offered; a gift; oblation.

Ogre: See “Troll.”

Ogress: A female ogre.

Omega: A Latin term meaning “the end.”

Omen: A warning. A curse.

Omniscience: The faculty of knowing all things; universal knowledge.

Ontology: The doctrine of being; that part of metaphysics which treats of things or existences.

Onyx: A semi-pellucid gem with variously-colored venins, a variety of quartz.

Opal: A precious stone, which exhibits changeable reflections of green, blue, yellow, and red.

Open channel: An altered state of consciousness in which you are open to the information flow and energies of other entities.

Oracle: A person or a tool that is ised to gain wisdom or to foretell the future. Tarot cards for example are often referred to as an oracle.

Orb: Appear to be luminescent spheres, which can be seen sometimes with the naked eye, or other times by using a high speed camera. http://orbstudy.com/BIZyCart.asp?NEXTPAGE=Index.htm&GROUP=Special&STYLE=Base&CLIENT=OrbStudy

Orbit: The path of a planet or comet.

Ordain: To establish authoritatively; to decree; to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions.

Organic: Pertaining to the animal and vegetable worlds systematized.

Orgy: A wild or frantic revel; a drunken party.

Orifice: The mouth or aperture of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening vent.

Orion: A constellation near the equator.

Orthodox: Sound in opinion or doctrine; sound in religious doctrines.

Ouija Board: It is a board game used to try and communicate with the spirits around us, ouija board goes back way into history and is still a popular communication source for the deceased.

Outer-space: Outside of our planet.

Out-of-body experience (OBE): The sensation of a person's soul floating outside of it cavity with the ability to see and remember its surroundings below.

Outsider: One not belonging to a party.

Overcast: To cloud; to darken.

Overcloud: To cover or overspread with clouds.

Overpower: To be too powerful for; to bear down by force; to overcome; to subdue; to crush.

Owl: A nocturnal bird of prey.

Ozone: A kind of gas with a peculiar odor, a modification of oxygen existing in the atmosphere.

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Padre: A chaplain

Pagan: Literally “non-Christian” - Pagan beliefs can be anything that is not mainstream Christian belief at any point in history. Modern pagans tend to be nature and goddess worshippers. “Pagan” in ancient times generally referred to the beliefs of the Romans, Egyptians and Greeks, then later to the indigenous beliefs of the Celts, Europeans and Norse. Virtually all these cultures have modern equivalents today, with some individuals pursuing more than one path (Norse & Celtic or Roman & Egyptian) at once.

Paganism: Religious worship of pagans.

Pagoda: A Hindu or Buddhist temple.

Paleography: The art of deciphering ancient writing.

Paleontology: The science of fossil organic remains.

Palmistry: The study of the line and features of the human hand, and their relation to human personality, health and behavior.

Panic: A sudden fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause.

Pantheism: Can mean two things; it can be a doctrine that identifies God with the whole universe and all of its associated phenomena, in other words there is no God as such, but the combined force and laws which are manifested in the existing universe constitute God. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Pantheism: The doctrine that the universe is God, or that all things are manifestations of God.

Papacy: The office and dignity of the pope;the popes collectively; papal authority or jurisdiction; popedom.

Papist: A Roman Catholic.

Paradise: The garden of Eden; a place of bliss; heaven.

Parallactic: Of a heavenly body.

Parallel universes: Are thought to be universes that exist alongside that of our own. They could be very similar in nature to our universe or they could in fact be very different.

Paranormal: Something that is beyond the reange of normal human experiences or scientific explanation.

Parhelion: A mock sun or meteor, appearing as a bright light near the sun.

Parishioner: One who belongs to a parish; a member of the parish church.

Parson: The priest or imcumbent of a parish; a clergyman.

Passage: Transit; a journey; especially by a ship, road, channel; part of a book, etc., referred to; enactment.

Passover: A feast of the Jews commemorative of the deliverance in Egypt, when the destroying angel passed over the houses of the Israelites, the sacrifice offered.

Past: Gone by, or beyond. Former time.

Pastor: A minster of a church.

Pathology: That part of medicine which explains the nature of diseases, their causes and symptoms.

Patriarch: The chief of a race, tribe, or family; a dignitary above an archbishop in the Greek Church.

Peace: Calm; tranquil. To be at ease; relaxing.

Pegasis: Greek mythological creature known as an immortal winged horse that sprang form the blood of the slain Medusa.

Pelagian: One who denies riginal sin, and asserts the doctrine of free-will and the merit of good works.

Pendulum: A tool for dowsing that consists of a stirng or chain with a weight at the end.

Pentacle: A five-pointed star, a symbol of Wicca when one point us up, the inverted (2 points up) pentacle is referred to as a “pentagram” and is generally (but not always) favored by Satanists.

Penance: An ecclesiastical punishment imposed for sin; voluntary suffering as an expression of penitence.

Penumbra: The partial shadow on the margin of the total shadow in an eclipse; the point of a picture where the shade blends with the light.

Perception: Act, process, or faculty of perceiving; discernment.

Percipient: A person who sees an apparition.

Perfidy: Act of breaking faith or allegiance; disloyalty.

Perihelion: That point of the orbit of a planet or comet nearest the sun.

Perish: To come to an end. To be destroyed.

Phantasm: An apparition; a phantom.

Phantom: An apparition; a specter; a fancied vision; a phantasm.

Phantom hitchhiker: See “Phantom traveler.”

Phantom travelers: Ghosts that haunt roadways or modes of transportation or are, for some reason, cursed to never-ending travel.

Phenomenon: A strange occurrence that either cannot be explained or extremely rares.

Philantropy: The love of man or of mankind; benevolence towards the whole human family.

Philosophy: The science which tries to account for the phenomena of the universe; metaphysics; the general principles underlying some branch of knowledge; practical wisdom.

Phoenix: A bird of ancient legend, said to live 500 years, when it burnt itself, and rose again from its ashes; an emblem of immotality.

Phobia: An anxiety disorder that is usually a fear of certain situations or specific objects.

Photo: A picture that is usually taken by a camera.

Photograph: A picture obtained by photography. To produce a representation ofby photographic means.

Photographer: One who takes pictures by means of photograph.

Photo-sensitive: Having a sensitivity to light.

Photosynthesis: The process by which plants derive nourishment using light as an energy source.

Photograph: A picture obtained by photography. To produce a representation of by photgraphic means.

Physic: The science of medicine; the art of healing.

Physics: That branch of science which deals with mechanics, dynamics, light, heat, sound, electricity, and magnetism.

Physiology: The science of the phenomena of life; the study of the functions of living beings.

Pisces: Is the twelfth and mutable/water sign of the zodiac.

Plague: To vex; to scourge as with disease or any evil.

Planchette: A palm-sized triangular platform, usually on wheels or felt discs, that is used as a pointer during the operation of a Ouija Board.

Plane: Without elevations or depressions; perfectly level.

Planetary: Of or relating to or resembling the physical or orbital characteristics of a planet or the planets. Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants. Or, having no fixed course. http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/PLANETARY

Pluto: 1) A small planet and the farthest known planet from the sun; has the most elliptical orbit of all the planets. 2) (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone. http://www.wordwebonline.com/search.pl?w=Pluto

Pneumatology: The branch of philosophy which treats of the mind or spirit; psychology.

Pole-star: A start situated close to the North Pole; a lode-star.

Polygraph machine: Also called a “lie detector.” A device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being asked, in an attempt to detect lies. A polygraph test is also known as a psychophysiological detection of deception (PDD) examination. The polygraph was invented by John A. Larson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph

Polytheism: The doctrine of a plurality of gods.

Polytheist: A person who believes in a plurality of gods.

Poltergeist: A non-human spirit entity. Although its name is based on Greek roots meaning “noisy ghost,” the poltergeist is usually more malicious and destructive than ghosts of dead human beings. Traditional poltergeist activities are thumpings and bangings, levitating and moving objects, stone-throwing, and starting fires.

Pooka: According to Irish tradition and folklore this creature is a mythical supernatural creature which assumes the guise of a malevolent horse.

Positive: Something that is factual. A good energy. Is opposite of negative. Represents the “plus” sign.

Possession: An experience where a spirit takes over the body of a person. Again, this is exceedingly rare – most cases of “possession” reflect mental or emotional illnesses and should be referred to a psychiatric professional.

Postcognition: A visual image that shows how an event from the past actually happened.

Posthypnotic suggestion: A suggestion given during a hypnosis trance that continues after the trance has ended.

Post-mortem: After death.

Potion: A liquid medicine.

Poultice: A soft composition applied to sores.

Power: Ability to act or do; strength.

Power animal: A spirit animal that acts as a guide.

Practice: To repeat over and over until it becomes mastered. A ritual or rite. A belief acted upon.

Pray: To beg; supplicate, or implore; to address God.

Prayer book: A book containing prayers or forms of devotion.

Prayer power: Using prayers to produce a desired result.

Preacher: One who preaches; a person who delivers a sermon.

Precession: Act of going before.

Precognition: Perception of an event before it occurs.

Preconceive: To form a conception or opinion of beforehand.

Prediction: Something that is believed to come true.

Premonition: The feeling that something is going to happen before it does.

Presbyterian: Pertaining to ecclesiastical government by presbyterics.

Prey: Someone or something that is going to be stalked and harmed against. Most often smalls animals become “prey” to larger animals in the food chain.

Priest: A man who officiates in sacred offices; a clergyman above a deacon and below a bishop.

Probe: To stab or to pry.

Prodigy: A wonder or miracle.

Profile: One's own identity.

Profiler: One who is skilled in figuring out someone else's behavior and means of operation by placing themselves into the mind of the person they are profiling. FBI's and other law enforcement agencies hire Profilers whenever they are trying to solve a case, but have came to a dead-end, and need additional help in figuring out any additional information on what might be the criminals mode(s) of operation.

Prohibit: To allow; to not forbid; to make legal.

Prophecy: A foretelling; a prediction.

Prophet: One who foretells future events.

Prophetess: A female prophet.

Protection: Shelter; defense.

Protestant: One of the party owho adhered to Luther at the Reformation; a member of a reformed church. Belonging to the religion of the Protestants.

Pseudo-psychic: A fraudulent medium or psychic scam artist.

Psitronic Wavefront Theory: Adrian Dobbs, a mathematician and physicist at the University of Cambridge, in 1965 theorized that as events unfold they actualize a relatively small number of the possibilities for change that exist at a subatomic level. In the process disturbances are caused that create, in another dimension of time.

Psychiatry: Medical treatment of diseases of the mind.

Psychic: The ability to obtain information from sources that have no scientifically proven basis, such as intuition or the supernatural.

Psychic attacks: An unseen force which shows up out of what seems to be nowhere, when you least expect it, with no warning, and often for no apparent reason, affecting a person individually or with others involved.

Psychic healing: Encompasses a wide range of healing techniques-energy balancing, crystal healing, color healing, reiki, and more. These relax and energize the body and frequently bring about the release of blocked emotional energy. This type of healing usually brings a relief of symptoms, improvement in physical health, promotes wellness, and often helps the client with personal growth issues. http://www.psychicphenomena.com/central/psychics/psychichealing/

Psychic impression: Ability to produce mental images of either the past, present or future events that had or might occur.

Psychic surgery: Is allegedly a paranormal surgical procedure, practiced chiefly in the Phillipians and Brazil. It is performed by self-styled psychic doctors or psychic surgeons, who claim to extract "tumors"or other presumed pathological objects (pus, bones, and so on) from the patient's body through a bloody but painless and invisible "incision", often made with bare hands and without the use of antiseptics or anesthetics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_surgery

Psychokinesis: The ability to levitate, move objects, heal, and manipulate psychic energy.

Psychological projection: Occurs when a person "projects" his or her own undesirable thoughts, motivations, desires, feelings-basically parts of oneself-onto someone or something else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Psychology: That branch of knowledge which deals with the mind; mental science.

Psychometry: Perception beyond the primary five senses which come form holding an object.

Psychosurgery: Is a term for surgeries of the brain or autonomic nervous system involving the severance of neural pathways to effect a change in behaviour, usually to treat or alleviate severe mental illness. The procedures typically considered psychosurgery are now almost universally shunned as inappropriate, due in part to the emergence of less-invasive methods of treatment such as psychiatric medication. Although the term psychosurgery might imply a broad class of treatments, in reality, it is confined to variations on two themes:

Leukotomy, prefrontal lobotomy, or cingulotomy: the intentional severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain

Sympathectomy: the intentional severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk

Psychosurgery should not be confused with neurosurgery, though they may seem similar; neurosurgery is surgery intended to treat or alleviate neurological disorders, which may or may not manifest mental illnesses as symptoms. Psychosurgery should also not be confused with the practice of psychic surgery—surgery purportedly performed by paranormal means. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosurgery

Purgatory: Roman Catholic theology believe it is an ethereal state or place between heaven and hell where departed souls of the dead must remain and suffer for a period of time until their souls are cleansed of their sins before being allowed to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

Purify: To cleanse; to sterile.

Pygmy: A dwarf; anything little.

Pyramid: A solid body having triangular sides metting in a point at the top.

Pyre: A heap of combustibles for burning a dead body; a funeral pile.

Python: A large non-venomous snake.

Pythoness: Oracle of Delphi. The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi; a female with a spirit of divination.

Pyx: A vessel used in the Roman Catholic Church for holding the host.

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Quakerism: The manners, tenets, or worship of the Quakers.

Quartz: A pure variety of silica, a constituent of granite and other rocks.

Quatrain: Poetry form in which each stanza consists four lines and rhymes alternately.

Queer: Odd; droll; peculiar.

Question: Act of asking.

Quiddity: Essence or nature.

Quietism: The practice of resigning oneself to mental inactivity to bring the soul into direct union with God.

Quiver: To shake with small rapid movements; to tremble; to shiver.

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Rabbi: A Jewish teacher or expounder of the law.

Radar: A method of finding the position of an object (ship, aircraft, etc.) by reflection of radio waves.

Radiance: Brightness shooting in rays; luster.

Radiesthesia: Are a collection of theories based upon the assumption that all living organisms emit, radiate or give off a form of emanation or radiation which can be detected by less orthodox methods such as dowsing. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Radio: A combining form used in compound words as wquivalent to wireless; also used as a noun for the wireless system of transmission.

Radionics: Is the use of certain instruments to try to detect radiation or emanations from living organisms.

Radio voice phenomenon (RVP): The reception of the voice of spirits through the speakers of an ordinary radio.

Radius: A straight line from the center of a circle to the circumference.

Rage: Violent anger.

Rain: The moisture of the atmosphere falling in drops. To fall in drops from the clouds.

Rainbow: An arc of a circle, consisting of al the prismatic colors, appearing in the heavens opposite the sun.

Rainfall: A fall of rain; the amount of water that falls as rain.

Rain-guage: An instrument for measuring the rainfall.

Rainy: Wet; showery.

Raise: To lift upward; to excite; to recall from death; to stir up.

Rajah: A Hindu king or ruler; a title of Hindus of rank.

Rambling: Roving; unsettled; irregularly formed

Random psychic intuition: A psychic experience that comes at a time when it is unexpected and usually unwanted.

Rant: To speak in extravagant language; boisterous.

Rap: A knocking sound.

Rasp: To utter harshly.

Rationalization: Involves constructing a logical justification for a decision that was originally arrived at through a different mental process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Raven: A bird of prey of the crow kind, of a black color.

Ray: A line of light; a gleam of intellectual light, one of a number of diverging radii.

Reaction formation: Takes place when someone takes the opposite approach consciously compared to what he wants unconsciously. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Reaffirm: To affirm again.

Realism: The endeavor in art or literature to reproduce nature or describe life as it actually appears.

Realist: One who practices or believes in realism.

Realm: The dominions of a sovereign; a region, sphere, or domain.

Reappear: To appear again.

Receive: To take, as a thing offered; to admit; to entertain; to contain; to be the object of; to take stolen goods.

Receptive: Such as to receive readily; able to take in or contain.

Reciprocal apparition: An exceedingly rare type of spirit phenomenon in which both the agent and percipient see and respond to each other.

Recognize: To know again; to admit a knowledge of; to acknowledge formally; to indicate appreciation of.

Record: To document; to take note.

Recurrence: Something that happened once and then occurred again.

Reflection: Act of reflecting; that which is produced by being reflected; meditation.

Refraction: Act of refracting; a change of direction in rays on passing from one medium into another.

Reframe: The installation of a new habit into the Reiki.

Regression: The act of passing back or returning; retrogression.

Reiki: A practice of transferring healing energy from the Universal Life Force through the practitioner to the subject. Dr. Mikao Usui developed this practice in the late 1800's.

Reincarnation: Literally to be made flesh again, as a doctrine or mystical belief, holds the notion that one's 'Spirit/Soul' depending on interpretation), 'Higher or True Self', 'Divine Spark', 'I' or 'Ego' (not to be confused with the ego as defined by psychology) or critical parts of these returns to the material world after physical death to be reborn in a new body. The natural process is considered integrative of all experiences from each lifetime. A new personality feature, with the associated character, is developed during each life in the physical world, based upon past integrated experience and new acquired experiences. Some reincarnation philosophies express the idea that rebirth is made each time in alternated female and male type of bodies. Also that there is interaction between predeterminism of certain experiences or lessons intended to happen during the physical life, and the free-will action of the individual as they live that life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation

Relaxation: Act of relaxing; abatement of rigor; recreation.

Release: To let go.

Relic: A remaining gragment; the body of a deceased person; a memento or keepsake.

Religion: An acknowledgment of our obligation to God; practical piety; devotion; any system of faith and worship.

Remote viewing: Perception through focus on a distant location. A form of astral projection.

Repent: To feel regret for something done or left undone. Ato remember with self-reproach or sorrow.

Repressed psychokinetic energy: Theorized that it's created when a person undergoes an extreme amount of trauma, that person unconsciously produces a force sometimes mistaken by others as poltergeist activity.

Repression: Occurs when an experience is so painful (such as war trauma) that it is subconsciously forced from consciousness, while suppression is a conscious effort to do the same. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Research: A diligent seeking of facts or principles; investigation.

Resident: One who resides; a dweller.

Residual haunting: A sudden shift or displacement in time in which you find yourself in the past, seeing or experiencing events of which you have no prior knowledge of. Also see “Postcognition” or “Retrocognition.” A residual haunting can also mean an apparition that appears to keep repeating an action over and over again. The actual apparition is non-existant, but its energy is so strong that it keeps replaying its events. It's kind of similar to a “psychic attack,” but not as severe.

Respect: To regard; to relate to; to honor.

Retrocognition: Psychic information gathered from the past.

Return: To bring back to the same area or location.

Reunion: Union after separation; a meeting for social purposes.

Reunite: To bring together again.

Revelation: Act of revealing; divine communication; the Apocalypse.

Reverend: A title given to clergymen.

Ritual: A practiced tradition or ceremony.

Rise: To lift up.

Ruby: A prescious gem that is red in color.

Ruin: Remains of a city, house, etc.

Rune: A letter of the ancient alphabet used by Germanic peoples from, approximately, A.D. 200 to 1200.

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Sabaism: The worship of the heavenly bodies.

Sacred: Set apart for a holy purpose; consecrated; religious.

Sacrifice: To give something valued for a thing consdiered more valuable.

Sage: Grave. A wise man; a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment; a labiate plant.

Sagittarius: The eleventh sun-sign of the zodiac. The sagittarius represents the upper torso of a man, and the lower torso of a horse.

Saltire: A heraldic figure formed by the crossing of two diagonal bands.

Salts: Salt used as medicine.

Salvation: Act of saving; redemption of man from sin; that which saves.

Sanative: The power to cure or heal.

Sanctified: Made holy; consecrated; sanctimonious.

Sanctuary: A sacred place; a place of worship; part of a church where the altar is placed.

Sanskrit: The ancient language of the Hindu people of India.

Sapphire: A sparkling gem that is dark blue in color.

Sarcophagus: A coffin of stone.

Sasquatch: This name was given to Bigfoot by the Native American Indians.

Satan: The devil or prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels.

Satanism: An inversion of Christian beliefs, largely invented in the 20^th century as a polemical rebellion. Most calling themselves “Satanists”claim to worship Satan, the Christian Devil, and tend to get most of teir direction form popular culture, movies and the writings of Anton LeVay. While Satanists occassionally and mistakenly refer to themselves as “witches”, they are not to be confused with followers of Witchcraft or Wicca (or vice versa-Wiccans do not believe in Satan and are offended at the notion of worshipping a devil).

Saturn: An ancient Roman diety; a planet.

Satyr: A sylvan deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans, part man and part goat, and extremely wanton.

Savior: A person who saves others. An example of a savior was Jesus, in the New Testament. According to the Bible, he was sent down from God to help people become saved from their sins, by crucifixion.

Scam: An illude act performed by thieves, robbers, or scam artists on ripping other people or consumers out of their money or personal assets.

Scarecrow: Farmers create this person-like structure out of clothing stuffed with straw and hung on a pole (resembling a person). They place them into their gardens or fields to scare off crows and keep the crows from eating and damaging their crops. People now make their own scarecrows to decorate their landscaping during the fall and Halloween season just for fun.

Scepticism: To have doubt.

Science fiction: Something that is considered scientific or UFO related that is not true or real.

Sconce: A case or socket for a candle; a projecting candlestick; a head-piece; the skull.

Scorpio: The tenth sun sign in the zodiac. Scorpions are an animal of the class Arachnida, with a jointed tail terminating with a venoumous sting.

Scream: To shriek; to utter a shrill cry.

Screech: To scream; to shriek.

Scribe: A writer; notary; copyist; doctor of the law among the Jews.

Script: The words used to help induce, deepen, and bring about a specific goal in a state of hypnosis.

Scripture: The Old and New Testaments; the Bible.

Scroll: A roll of paper or parchment; a draft or first copy.

Scrying: Using visual aids to help produce the proper trance to see into the future. Another form of fortune-telling.

Sculpture: The art of carving wood or stone into images; an image in stone, etc.

Sea-dragon: Another name for the Loch Ness Monster.

Séance: A gathering of individuals, usually led by a medium, for the purpose of receiving spirit manifestations or communication with the dead. Also known as a “sitting,” a “spirit circle,” or, simply a “circle.”

Search: To seek out and try to find.

Sea-serpent: Monster of the sea usually resembling a large, snake-like sea creature; eel.

Seclusion: Act of secluding; retired mode of life; privacy.

Secrecy: State or character of being secret; seclusion; fidelity to a secret.

Sect: A body of persons united in tenets, chiefly in religion or philosophy; a school; a denomination.

Seer: One who sees into the future; a prophet.

Seismograph: An insturment to register shocks of earthquakes.

Seismology: The science of earthquakes.

Selenology: That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon.

Semeiotics: The science of signs; the doctrine of symptoms of disease.

Sensitives: People with the ability to sense other peoples emotions or thoughts to a frequently uncomfortable degree. In other terms, they are aware of or can feel paranormal presences that cannot be picked up by the normal five senses. A sensitive may or may not be a medium, as well.

Sensualist: A person given to sensuality a voluptuary.

Sentient: Having the capacity of sensation; perceptive; sensible.

Sepulcher: A tomb.

Sepulture: Burial.

Seraph: An angel of the highest rank or order.

Sermon: A religious discourse by a clergyman; a homily. To tutor; to lecture.

Serpent: An asp or snake. In the Bible the serpent is often referred to as being Satan.

Shadow: To follow. A dark silhouette that is caused from an object that is blocking light, and is reflected onto another object. In paranormal, some shadows are seen on objects with no apparent reason for showing up, and are assumed by psychics, and paranormalists to be energy of spirits coming through.

Shaman: A tribal medicine man, priest, or sorcerer.

Shamanism: An idolatrous religion of Northern Asia, etc., characterized by a belief in sorcery and in demons who require to be propitiated.

Shamrock: A trefoil plant, the national emblem of Ireland.

Shape: What a structure or object is in the form of.

Shine: To glisten; to gleam; to be polished.

Shiver: To shake uncontrollably from being cold or frightened.

Shock: To awe or amaze. To be elecricuted.

Shriek: A high-pitched, shrilling sound, or scream, from being frightened.

Shroud: That which clothes or covers. To cover; to dress for the grave; to screen.

Shroud of Turin: This is the sindon or burial shroud, that is thought to have been used to wrap the body of Jesus after his death. It has a human image preserved on it which is thought to be the image of Christ himself. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Sibyl: A prophetess; sorceress.

Sibylline: Pertaining to the sibyls; like the productions of the sibyles; prophetical.

Sight: To see. It is one of the five senses.

Sign: A mark or stamp indicative of something; a token; indication; emblem; a symbol or character. To affix a signature to. To make a sign or signal.

Signal: A sign to communicate intelligence, orders, etc., at a distance. To communicate by signals.

Silence: State of being silent; quiet; secrecy; absence of mention.

Silhouette: A profile portrait filled in with a dark color-resembles a shadowed outline of an object.

Silver cord: A cord of energy that ties the astral body to the physical body. It is seen often during astral travel and it is believed that it is broken at death. This can also be known as a Golden Thread of the Universal Light.

Simulacrum: An image or likeness; a phantom.

Sin: To commit an unlawful act.

Sinister: Evil; baneful; malign; unlucky.

Sirius: The Dog-star.

Sistrum: A jingling metallic instrument used by the ancient Egyptians in the religious ceremonies.

Sitting: See “Séance.”

Skeleton: Bones that make up the complete body of a mammal, reptile, or exoskeleton insect.

Skull: The hard bone that surrounds the brane, otherwise known as the cranium.

Sky: The area above the earth that contains clouds, the Sun, and wind. The apparent arch of the heavens; the region of clouds; climate.

Slumber: To be in a state of sleep or rest.

Smell: An odor or aroma. It is also one of the five senses.

Smoke: The exhalation from a burning substance; vapor.

Snake: An asp; serpent; an eel-like reptilian creature.

Socialism: A theory of social organization aiming at co-operative action and community of property.

Socialist: One who advocates socialism; a collectivist.

Socinian: One who rejects the doctrine of the Trinity, the deity of Christ, and the atonement, etc.

Sociology: The science which treats of society, its development, the progress of civilization, etc.

Solar: Pertaining to the sun, or proceeding from it; sunny; measured by the progress of the sun.

Solemn: Marked with religious gravity or sanctity; impressive; earnest; affectedly grave.

Solitaire: A solitary; an article of jewelry in which a single gem is set.

Solstice: The time when the sun arrives at the point farthest north or south of the equator, namely 21^st June and 22^nd Dec; either of the two points in the ecliptic where the sun then appears to be.

Somatic: Corporeal; bodily.

Somnambulist: One who walks in his sleep.

Somniferous: Bringing or causing sleep; soporific.

Somnolent: Sleepy; drowsy.

Soothsayer: A fortune-teller; seer; one who practices mediumship.

Sorcerer: A wizard; an enchanter; a magician.

Sorcery: Magic; enchantment; witchcraft.

Soul: A life force that separates one person from another. It is a spiritual essence and separate from the physical body.

Soul mate: A term sometimes used to designate someone with whom one has a feeling of deep affinity, friendship, love, strong intimacy or compatibility. A related concept is that of the twin flame or twin soul - thought to be the ultimate soulmate, the one and only other half of one's soul, for which all souls are driven to find and join. However, not everyone who uses these terms intends them to carry such mystical connotations; they are sometimes used simply as an expression of strong emotional feeling for someone.

Sound: A noise. It is one of the five senses known as hearing.

Space: The area outside of the atmosphere. An empty area.

Speaking in Tongues: The ability or phenomenon to utter words or sounds of a language unknown to the speaker, especially as an expression of religious ecstasy. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Species: An animal or person of a named specific type and origin.

Specimen: A sample; a part intended to typify the whole.

Spectral: Pertaining to a specter; ghostly.

Specter: An apparition; a ghost; a phantom.

Spectroscope: The instrument employed in spectrum analysis.

Spectrum: An image seen after the eyes are closed; the colored band of light, showing prismatic colors, produced when a beam of light is subjected to analysis by a spectroscope.

Spell: To be under a curse; vex, or omen. An incantation; a charm; fascination; a turn of work; a period.

Sphere: An orb; a ball; a globe; a sun, star, or planet; circuit of motion, action, etc.

Sphinx: A monster or figure with the bust of a woman on the body of a lioness, said to have proposed a riddle.

Spider: An animal that spins webs for taking its prey.

Spirit: A nonphysical entity.

Spirit cabinet: A curtained enclosure (usually solid) where fortune-tellers would sit to allow spirits to appear unimpeded darkness. This type of cabinet is not used very often today, but was very popular in the mid 19^th century. It was first introduced in New York City by the Davenport brothers. The cabinet began fading out after (in the early 20^th century) when fortune-teller scam artists were discovered playing tricks and scamming their unsuspecting clients when they used these types of cabinets.

Spirit circle: See “Séance.”

Spirit photograph: A picture that shows a ghost in the picture or film. Ghost hunters will take pictures of a haunted area to see if any apparitions show up in it.

Spirit theater: A general term used by modern-day magicians to describe shows, acts, or tricks in which ghosts or other spirit activity is apparently produced.

Spiritualism: A New Age belief system that spirits of the dead communicate with living humans in the material world.

Spiritualist: One who practices the art of Spiritualism.

Spontaneous Human Combustion: (SHC) is the alleged burning of a person's body without a readily apparent, identifiable external source of ignition. The combustion may result in simple burns and blisters to the skin, smoking, or a complete incineration of the body. The latter is the form most often 'recognized' as SHC. There is much speculation and controversy over SHC. It is not a proven natural occurrence, but many theories have attempted to explain SHC's existence and how it may occur. The two most common explanations offered to account for apparent SHC are the non-spontaneous "wick effect" fire, and the rare discharge called "static flash fires". Although physically it can be shown that the human body contains enough energy stored in the form of fat and other tissues to consume it completely, in normal circumstances bodies will not sustain a flame on their own. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion

Spook: To scare or frighten; something that is scary; a monster-like creature.

Spook show: A magic show, most popular in the 1950's, that featured horror-or ghost-themed tricks. These were also called “ghost show” or “spookeroo.”

Spookeroo: See “Spook show.”

Sprite: A spirit; a kind of goblin.

Stagnant: Not flowing; motionless; still; dull; not brisk.

Star: Any celestial body except the sun and moon; a heavenly body similar to our sun; a figure with radiating points.

Statuary: One who carves statues; the art of carving statues.

Statue: An erect idol; one's status; an object that stands very tall and straight.

Steam: A misty vapor. Usually created from heat, condensation or moisture.

Stellar: Pertaining to stars; astral; starry.

Stigma: Any mark of infamy; bodily marks like Christ's wounds impressed supernaturally.

Stimulate: To rouse up.

Stink: To stinch or reek of foul odor.

Stoic: One of an Athenian sect of philosophers, who held that men should strive to be unmoved by joy or grief, regarding virtue alone as the highest good.

Stonehenge: Is an arrangement of mysterious stones standing at Salisbury plain. Stonehenge consists of two circles, the outer one being sarsen stone (sandstone) pillars, formerly supporting lintels (only six remain), the inner one of blue stones. Inside the latter circle are two series of standing stones each in the shape of a horseshoe. Again the outer series is of sarsen stones, the inner of blue stones. None of the horseshoes is complete, some of the stones have fallen and others are missing altogether. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Storm: A violent disturbance of the stmosphere; a tempest; an outbreak.

Stormy: Abounding with storms; boisterous; passionate; angry.

Strange: Something that is odd or eerie; unknown; weird, alien.

Stratosphere: The upper region of the earth's atmosphere.

Stratus: A low horizontal cloud.

Streak: A long mark; appearance of a mineral when scratched.

Stumble: To trip over or lose footing.

Stun: To shock and awe.

Stupor: A condition in which the faculties are deadened; torpor; insensibility.

Subconscious: See Unconscious mind.

Subjective apparition: Are actual entities created by our mind. Some are known to be called Tulpa's.

Sublimation: The channeling of impulses to socially accepted behaviors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Defense_mechanisms

Subspecies: An offspring of an entity, animal, or person.

Substance: That of which a thing consists, material; a body; essence; purport; means and resources.

Sucubus: A female demon believed to have sexual intercouse with sleeping men.

Sudden Knowing: An intuitive knowledge of something that contained no fixe sensory information beforehand. It is most often though of as the “bolt out of the blue” or “ah-ha!” multisensory information and ususally occurs during a kind of daydream, non-thinking repetitious activity.

Suffer: To endure; to undergo; to be affected by; tp permit. To undergo pain; to be injured.

Suffocate: To smother or take that breath away from.

Suicide: To take one's own life.

Sun-dial: Are objects which stand outside and use the sun to calculate the time.

Sunnite: An orthodox Mohammedan who receives the sunna or traditionary law as of equal importance with the Koran.

Sunrise: The first appearance of the sun in the morning; time of such appearance; the east.

Sunset: The descent of the sun below the horizon; evening; close or decline; the west.

Super-ESP: A theoretically powerful form of telepathy that allows a medium to unconsciously pick up information about a deceased person from other living people.

Superficial: Being on the surface; shallow; not thorough.

Superhuman: Above or beyond what is humanly possible.

Supernatural: Something that exists or occurs through some means other than any known force in nature. As opposed to paranormal, the term “supernatural” often connotes divine or demonic intervention.

Superior: Greater in excellence. One who is superior to anoter; chief of a monastery, convent, or abbey.

Supersensitive: Excessively sensitive.

Supersonic: Faster than sound; above the audible limit.

Superstition: A fictatious belief.

Supervise: To watch or observe something else. To be in-charge of someone or something.

Survive: To manage by itself.

Suspect: To imagine as existing; to mistrust; to doubt.

Suspense: State of being uncertain.

Suspicion: Act of suspecting; fear of something wrong.

Suspicious: Mistrustful; inclined to suspect; apt to raise suspicion; doubtful.

Sway: To move back and forth or from side to side.

Swell: To grow larger; to heave; to bulge out; to increase.

Swerve: To veer or to avoid.

Swift: Speedy; rapid; prompt.

Swing: To turn around in a complete circle, or back and forth, repetively.

Swirl: To spin and stir.

Swivel: To pivot and turn.

Swoop: To dart upon prey suddenly; to stoop. A falling on and seizing.

Sworn: Bound by oath; having taken an oath; closely bound.

Sylph: A fabulous aerial spirit; a woman of graceful and slender proportions.

Symbol: A sign; an emblem; a type; a figure; an attribute; a creed of summary of articles of religion.

Symbology: The doctrine of symbols.

Symmetry: Due proportion of parts or elements; harmony; correspondence of arrangement.

Sympathy: To feel sorry for. It is a type of a feeling.

Symptom: That which indicates the existence and character or something else; a mark, sign, or token.

Synagogue: A congregation of Jews met for worship; a Jewish place of worship.

Synchronicity: A spontaneous physical event preceded by an intense emotional or mental activity about that person or event. Ex: You've been thinking about your best friend in high school who lives in another state, and whom you haven't spoken to or seen in ten years. That person seems to be “on your mind' for some unknown reason. This morning, while walking into the store, you turn a corner and run into your old friend.

Syncretism: The attempted blending of irreconcilable principles, as in philosophy or religion.

Synopsis: A summary; brief statement of topics.

Syzygy: The conjuction or opposition of any two heavenly bodies.

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Tabernacle: A place of worship; a repository for holy things.

Table-Tilting: Movements which tend to come from the table which is used during a séance.

Table tipping: Usually a circle of four or five people would come together in a séance setting with the idea of linking up with discarnate beings or entities in order to communicate and learn more about the spirit world. How is this accomplished? Often during table tipping sessions, rapping sounds would resonate out of the wood and questions would be answered based upon the number of raps. For instance one rap would imply "no" while two taps would stand for "Yes!" This idea was probably inspired by the stories of the Fox sisters in upstate New York who in the 1800s communicated with their ghosts or poltergeists through rapping noises. http://users.wirefire.com/magick/newpage133.htm

Table-Turning: Is another name for table-tilting and table-tipping.

Taboo: Forbidden.

Taciturn: Habitually silet; not apt to talk or speak.

Tackle: To attack and knock down to the ground.

Tactics: The science and art of disposing forces in order for batle, and performing evolutions.

Taint: To contaminate.

Tale: A folklore legend; a story.

Talented: Having skill.

Talmud: The Hebrew civil and canonical laws, traditions, etc.

Talon: A sharp claw on a bird.

Tame: To domesticate.

Tamper: To handle without permission.

Tao: Or Dao (pronounced "daů" or "taů") refers to aChinese character that was of pivotal meaning in ancient Chinese philosophy and religion. Tao is central to Taoism, but Confucianism also refers to it. Most debates between proponents of one of the Hundred Schools of Thought could be summarized in the simple question: who is closer to the Tao, or, in other words, whose "Tao" is the most powerful? As used in modern spoken and written Chinese language, Tao has a wide scope of usage and meaning. Depending on context, the character 道 'Tao' may be rendered as religion, morality, duty, knowledge, rationality, ultimate truth, path, or taste. Its semantics vary widely depending on the context. Tao is generally translated into English language as "The Way". The philosophic and religious use of the character can be analyzed in two main segments: one meaning is "doctrine" or "discourse"; every school owns and defends a specific Tao or discourse about doctrine. In the other meaning, there is the 'Great Tao', that is the source of and guiding principle behind all the processes of the universe. Beyond being and non-being, prior to space and time, Tao is the intelligent ordering principle behind the unceasing flow of change in the natural world. In this sense Tao gains great cosmological and metaphysical significance comparable to the Judaeo-Christian concept of God (albeit stripped of anthropomorphic characteristics); the Greek concept of the logos; or the Dharma in Indian religions. The nature and meaning of the Tao received its first full exposition in the Tao Te Ching of Laozi, a work which along with those of Confucius and Mencius would have a far-reaching effect on the intellectual, moral and religious life of the Chinese people. Although a book of practical wisdom in many ways, its profoundly metaphysical character was unique among the prevailing forms of thought in China at that time. The religion and philosophy based on the teaching of Laozi and his successor Zhuangzi is known in English as "Taoism." Even if often said to be undefinable and unexplainable with words (even Chinese ones), the present article focuses on the Tao of Taoism.

Tape: 1) A sticky substance on a strip of paper or plastic used to hold things together. 2) A thin dark strip of plastic that is used in cassettes that records noises, music, voices, etc.; to record.

Taper: An elongated, skinny candle.

Tarantula: A kind of spider found in South Italy.

Target: A specific area that is designated to be hit or chosen.

Tarot: A deck of cards designed for psychic purposes-to help interpret past, present, and future events.

Tarot cards: A group of 78 cards, split into 22 Major Arcana, and 56 Numbered cards, the precursor to modern playing cards, which date back to the 1600's and are used in divination.

Tattered: Showing tatters; torn; hanging in rags.

Tattoo: A beat of drum and bugle-call at night, calling soldiers to their quarters. To prick the skin and stain the punctured spot with colors.

Taunt: To tease.

Taurus: The Bull, the fourth sun-sign of the zodiac.

Tavern: A house where liquors are sold; an inn.

Taxidermy: The art of stuffing animals, or of preserving the skins.

Tea: The dried leaves of plants cultivated in China, Assam, Celon, etc.; the plant itself; a decoction of tea leaves in boiling water; any decoction of vegetables.

Tearful: The act of crying.

Tease: To taunt.

Technical: Pertaining to an art, science, profession, handicraft, etc.

Technique: Method of manipulation in an art; artistic execution.

Technology: The science of the industrial arts.

Teggie: Is the Welsh equivalent of Nessie aka the Loch Ness Monster found in Scotland.

Telegraph: Any apparatus for transmitting messages to a distance.

Telekinesis: The ability to get a psychic image from an object by touching it.

Telemeter: A range-finder or similar instrument; an instrument to transmit variations marked by some physical instrument.

Telepathic projection: Dead spirits that send mental messages or images to the living instead of returning physically as a ghost. First proposed by W.H. Myers.

Telepathy: Perception of another individual's thoughts. Most often reported between individuals who have a strong bond with one another.

Telephone: A device that was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. It is used to communicate vocally, by modem, cellular, etc., via phone lines, from one person to another. It has been predicted that, one day, the cell phone will replace the telephone.

Teleportation: The mental movement of objects over a distance.

Telescope: A tool that is used to help aid the naked eye into seeing things that cannot otherwise be seen without a strong magnifying glass.

Television: An electrical or battery operated appliance that shows pictures on its screen. These pictures are either movies, shows, or programs ran or controlled by an outside network.

Teller: One who tells.

Tell-tale: Telling tales; blabbing; serving to betray; informative.

Tellurian: Pertaining to the earth. An inhabitant of th earth.

Temperament: One's behavior.

Temperature: State with regard to heat or cold; climatic heat.

Temple: A place of worship; a church.

Temptation: To feel or be tempted into doing something.

Tenacious: Stubborn.

Tenant: One who occupies lands or houses for which he pays rent. To dwell.

Tenement: A body; a habitation; a block of buildings divided into separate houses.

Tense: To become stressed.

Tension: To bring taut; To feel stressed.

Tent: A portable shelter consisting of some flexible covering; to probe.

Termite: A neuropterous insect commonly called the white ant.

Terra: Earth; the earth.

Terra-cotta: A kind of pottery, commonly of a reddish color.

Terrestrial: Pertaining to the earth; land. An inhabitant of the earth.

Terrible: Awful.

Terrify: To frighten.

Terror: A feeling of horror.

Terrorism: A system of government by terror; intimidation.

Terrorize: To be frightened beyond imagination.

Test: To try; To practice on an object, person, animal, etc.; to quiz.

Testament: In law, a person's will; one of the two general divisions of the Scriptures.

Testify: To admit to; To “own-up” to.

Testimony: When someone admits to doing something, and they report it to another person.

Texture: The way an object feels, or can look.

Theanthropism: The state of being God and man.

Theft: The act of having personal property taken by someone else without permission.

Theism: Acknowledgment of the existence of a God; beliefs in gods.

Theocrasy: Intimate union of the soul with God in contemplation.

Theologian: A person well versed in theology; a divine.

Theology: The science of God and divine things; divinity.

Theophany: The actual appearing of God to man.

Theory: A best guessed answer.

Therapeutic: Pertaining to the healing art; curative.

Thermal: Having or producing heat.

Thermometer: An instrument used in taking temperatures of objects or people.

Thieve: Someone that steals.

Third eye: The center of the forehead, which may feel tight and swollen by strong emotions and through which many believe the Universal Mind is contacted.

Thixotropy: Is actually a property that is exhibited by certain gels (semisoild, jellylike colloids). A thrixopic gel seems at first to maintain its shape and act and behave like a solid. However once subjected to forms of disturbance such as shaking, it then flows freely and takes on the properties of a solid or semifluid colloid. http://www.paranormality.com/a.shtml

Threat: To make an offensive gesture.

Threatened: To act on an offensive gesture.

Thrill: To excite.

Thrive: To survive.

Throb: The sound or feeling of a constant, repetitive thump.

Throne: A huge chair used to sit upon, mostly used in castles for people of importance to sit upon.

Thump: A loud thud-type of noise.

Thunder: A loud rumbling sound that accompanies an electrical lightning storm; or can be the sound of something heavy being rolled.

Thunderbolt: A shaft of lightening; a fulmination.

Thunderstorm: A rain shower that produces heavy or light rumbling sounds that occurs when electrical lightening is sometimes either present and seen, or not seen.

Tiger: A very large male cat that has orange and black stripes along its body, huge fangs, and large claws. This cat is most present in Africa and has been known to attack humans if cornered, provoked, or just hungry.

Tigress: A female tiger.

Time bending: Merging different time periods for the purpose of healing the past.

Time demension: Otherwise known as Time Travel. The Oxford English Dictionary defines time as "a limited stretch or space of continued existence”, or “as the interval between two successive events". http://www.scifiscience.co.uk/easy.htm

Timeless: Unending time.

Timid: Shy.

Tingle: A sensation of what is described as feeling like “pins and needles” or tickling, either on the skin or beneath the skins surface.

Tiptoe: To walk softly and quietly across a floor.

Tissue: A piece of flesh; a soft piece of cloth-like paper often used for sanitary reasons.

Toad: A reptile resembling a frog.

Toadstool: Resembles a mushroom. Is poisonous if ingested. Grows in moist, dark, mildewed environments. Looks like a small, rubbery stems with a large, wide cap (or hat) on top of the stem, is usually tan, brown, brownish-gray, or dark brown in color. Is a relative of the “sponge” family.

Tomahawk: In North America, it was a tool made and used by the Native American Indian tribes. It resembles a small axe. The blade of the tool was made from the stone called, flint. The handle was carved from wood. The stone was attached to the handle by strips of animal hide resembling rope. The Indians used this tool for hunting, cleaning their prey, building, etc.

Tomb: A burial plot; a grave.

Tombstone: See “Headstone.”

Tomfoolery: Committing a prank.

Tonic: Increasing strength; restoring healthy functions; relating to tones or sounds.

Tool: Any instrument to be used by the hands.

Topaz: A transparent or translucent gem of various light colors.

Topography: The description of a particular place, tract of land, etc.