GLOSSARY OF COMMONLY USED PARANORMAL TERMS

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Anomaly

– An occurrence that happens that is outside normal human understanding or logical explanation.

 

Calling out

– This is where the spirit is asked to make itself known to the persons within the premises. This is often used as part of Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP). Results can range from sudden noises, footsteps, throwing of a small stone, touching a person etc.

 

Clairvoyance

– A form of mediumship that enables the medium to see objects or events.  

 

Cold spot

– a certain point in the room that is cold. It defies explanation when other parts of the room are at a different temperature and there is no logical explanation as to why that immediate spot should be colder

 

Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP)

– Voices and sounds from beyond that are captured and recorded on magnetic tape.

 

EMF Meter

- An instrument for measuring the magnitude and direction of a magnetic field typically used by paranormal researchers to detect a ghost’s magnetic energy

 

Haunting

– Reoccurring ghostly phenomena that returns to a location where no one is physically present. Ghosts generally haunt places and not people

 

Medium

- Someone who professes to be able to communicate with spirits on behalf of another living being, acting as a midway between the two.

 

Parapsychology

- The study of the evidence for psychological phenomena that cannot be explained by science

 

Poltergeist

- a non-human spirit entity which literally means "noisy ghost" but is usually more malicious and destructive than ghosts of dead human beings.

 

Psychic

– A person who responds to psychic forces and can often perceive things hidden from the normal senses

 

Trance

- A hypnotic state in which one becomes detached from their physical surroundings. There is often a form of overshadowing on the medium, which can be recognised as facial features and / or voice of a departed person