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Paranormal terms used throughout the site
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| "Goat" |
Name given to a subject in a psi test who does not believe in the phenomenon. |
| "Sheep" |
Name given to a subject in a psi test who believes in the phenomenon. |
| Absent Healing |
Healing that takes place when the healer is not in direct contact with the person to be healed. |
| Absent Sitter |
A person, not present during a sitting, on whose behalf readings are given. See also Proxy Sitting. |
| Acupuncture |
Traditional Chinese medical practice that involves sticking needles into specific locations on the body. |
| After Life |
A continued life or existence believed to follow death. |
| Age Of Aquarius |
Usually refers to the end of an era and the beginning of another, 'the end of times' or the dawning of a 'new world order'. |
| Agent |
A person that unknowingly causes poltergeist activity. |
| Agronomy |
The science of soil management and the production of field crops. |
| Akasha |
A mystical, spiritual substance where memories are stored since the beginning of time. |
| Akashic Records |
"Memories" of all experiences since the beginning of time, believed by some mystical doctrines to be stored permanently in a spiritual substance called Akasha. |
| Alien Abduction Experience |
Reported experiences of being abducted by alien creatures, often into spacecraft. Abductees often experience lost time and suffer loss of memory. When memories are recovered, often using hypnotic regression, abductees may report that surgical operations were performed on them. |
| Aliens |
Beings from another world, also known as extraterrestrial beings. |
| Alpha Rhythm |
Electrical activity in the brain, about 10 cycles per second, associated with a state of mental relaxation. |
| Altered State of Consciousness |
A term used to refer to any state of consciousness that is different from "normal" states of waking or sleeping. ASC's include hypnosis, trance, ecstasy, psychedelic and meditative experience. ASC?s do not necessarily have paranormal features. |