After Life
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Belief of a continued existence of consciousness after death.
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Absent Healing
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Healing that takes place when the healer is not in direct contact with the person to be healed.
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Absent Sitter
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A person, not present during a sitting, on whose behalf readings are given.
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Acupuncture
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Traditional Chinese medical practice that involves sticking needles into specific locations on the body for healing purposes.
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Agent
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A living person who appears to be the focus of paranormal activity; or poltergeist.
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Akasha Records
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A mystical "spiritual library" in which records of every plant, animal, mineral and human experience is recorded and stored.
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Alien Abductions
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"Kidnapping" by extra-terrestrials or aliens, in which the individual is transported upon a spacecraft. Loss of memory and loss of time is also
associated with this experience.
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Altered State of
Consciousness (ASC)
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A term used to refer to any state of consciousness that is different from "normal" states of waking or sleeping. ASCs include hypnosis, trance, ecstasy,
psychedelic and meditative experience. ASCs do not necessarily have paranormal features.
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Angels
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Benevolent spiritual beings who help people in need
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Animal Magnetism
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A term coined by F.A. Mesmer to refer to a putative force or fluid capable of being transmitted from one person to another, producing healing effects.
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Apparition
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A ghostly image of a deceased body that materializes without a physical body.
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Apport
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Appearance of a physical object by unknown means. Often associated with poltergeist activity or during seances.
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Asport
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A disappearance of a physical object that is transported by unknown means to an unknown location. Also associated with poltergeist activity.
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Astral Plane
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A spiritual plane of existence, where the astral body is free from its physical body. Thought to be approximately three feet above the earth's surface. It is
also believed to have several planes, or levels.
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Astral Projection
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The process where our ethereal body, "spirit" is separated from our physical body as the ethereal body visits the astral plane, it is usually brought on
intentionally by meditation and lucid dreaming. Also known as an out of body experience. (OBE), though an OBE is considered involuntary.
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Aura
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A glow that emanates from each living being. Invisible to the naked eye, at least by most people. It is thought to change colors depending on the
physical and mental well being of the individual.
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Automatic Writing
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A method of obtaining information through a writing process, in which the individual, often a medium in a trance state, is being controlled by a spirit
causing them to transfer information on paper without being aware of what is being written.
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Animism
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Religious practices based on the belief that all living things and natural objects have their own individual spiritual essence or soul.
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Announcing Dream
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A dream believed to announce an individual's rebirth.
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Anomalous Phenomena
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Natural phenomena that cannot be explained in terms of current scientific knowledge.
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Artefact
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In parapsychology, false evidence of paranormal phenomena, due to some extraneous normal influence.
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Astral Body
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A term used to describe the "double" of a person's physical body, also called the "ethereal body". The astral body is believed to be separable from the
physical body during astral projection and at deat.
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Astrology
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A theory and practice which attempts to identify the ways in which astronomical events are correlated with events on earth.
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Atavism
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Re-emergence of ancestral characteristics; a genetic throwback
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Automatism
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An involuntary movement or speech that is done without conscious knowledge of doing so.
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Autoscopy
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Seeing one's own body from a distant position, seeing its "astral double"; impression from seeing the world from an elevated perspective. Also known
as an OBE.
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