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|Abominable Snowman |An unidentified manlike or bear like animal said to exist in the Himalayas. A creature |
| |usually described as a shaggy man-beast that is only ever briefly seen moving across |
| |snow swept landscapes, leaving behind very large footprints. The abominable snowman is |
| |also known as the yeti. |
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|Akasha |Is believed by some doctrines to be a mystical, spiritual substance where "memories" |
| |are stored since the beginning of time. It is one of the five elements in Hindu |
| |philosophy and is often described as a form of atmosphere or ether. The Akasha is |
| |thought by some to contain a record of everything that has ever happened, but also |
| |everything that will ever come to pass in the future. Theosophists believe that persons|
| |with special psychic powers can tap into the Akasha or "Astral Light". They achieve |
| |this by using their astral bodies or "astral senses" to search for spiritual insights |
| |which have been stored for all eternity. |
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| |According to ancient Indian tradition the universe consists of two fundamental |
| |properties. These are motion and the space through which motion takes place. This |
| |space is called the Akasha (Tib.: nam-mkhah). It is also believed to be the substance |
| |that enables things to step through into reality and gain visible appearance, extension |
| |and corporality. |
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| |The Akasha relates to the three dimensional space of our sense perception and this is |
| |called the "mahakasha". The nature of the Akasha is limited not only to this three |
| |dimensionality, indeed it is made up of infinite dimensions comprising all possibilities|
| |of movement not only physical but spiritual as well. |
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| |"Akasha" is derived from the root kash, meaning "to radiate, to shine" It also has the |
| |meaning of "ether" believed to be the medium of movement. |
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| |The Akasha is thought to be indivisible, eternal and all pervading. |
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|Akashic records |A memory bank or storage place for all happenings and experiences since the beginning of|
| |time. The Akashic Record supposedly holds records of all thoughts, feelings, events and|
| |actions. These are not just things which have come to pass but also things that will |
| |ever happen in the future. The "Akasha" or "Astral Light" is believed by Theosophists |
| |to contain records that persons such as clairvoyants or spiritual beings can tap into. |
| |They do this by using their "astral bodies" or "astral senses" to gain access to these |
| |stored spiritual insights. |
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|Alchemy |An ancient pseudoscience set to study and discover the transmutation of base metals into|
| |gold, a single cure for all diseases, a way to prolong life indefinitely, and the |
| |manufacture of artificial life. Alchemy was a mystical art for human spiritual |
| |transformation into a higher form of being and a way of unlocking nature. |
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|Alien |A foreigner: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe |
| |allegiance to your country. |
| |A stranger: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found. |
| |A being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien |
| |customs"; |
| |An extraterrestrial being: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its |
| |atmosphere. A non-native species for the area. |
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|Amulet |An item that is worn as a charm to help combat disease, evil and or witchcraft. It is a|
| |preservative piece of jewellery and used for the protection of an individual against |
| |things that are generally considered to be bad. It can be an ornament or small piece of |
| |jewellery worn as a charm against evil and is something which is thought to give such |
| |protection. |
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|Ancient Mysteries |Secret rituals of pagan religions taught and known only to initiates who had developed a|
| |higher spirituality. Such mysteries were kept from the popular worshippers, and the |
| |initiates took a binding oath of secrecy. This is why even today the knowledge of these |
| |mysteries is partly conjectural. |
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| |The typical mystery cults were those of Eleusis in Greece in the 15th century BC, which |
| |may have part of their origins in the mystery religions of ancient Egypt and the |
| |mysteries of Mithras, a Persian deity. Traces of Mithraism still exist in Britain. Many |
| |present secret societies claim their rituals descend from ancient traditions. |
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|Angel |A typically benevolent celestial being that acts as an intermediary between heaven and |
| |earth, especially in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism. A representation |
| |of such a being, especially in Christianity, conventionally in the image of a human |
| |figure with a halo and wings. |
| |Christianity- The last of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology. From the |
| |highest to the lowest in rank, the orders are: seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations |
| |or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities, archangels, and angels. |
| |A guardian spirit or guiding influence. |
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|Animism |Religious practices based on the belief that all living things and natural objects have |
| |their individual spiritual essence or soul. |
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|Apparition |This is a phenomenon where the ghost takes on a form that can be physically viewed. |
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|Astral |The word astral on its own means relating to, resembling or emanating from the stars. |
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|Astral Body |The word astral on its own means relating to, resembling or emanating from the stars. |
| |However an astral body can be defined as the ethereal counterpart of a human or animal |
| |body. In other words it is a super sensible part of the body which theosophists believe|
| |exists alongside the human or animal body and it is that part which survives the death |
| |of the human, animal or physical body. It is also thought to be the super sensible part|
| |of the body used to travel on the astral plane and through the Akasha. |
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|Astral Plane |The astral plane however can be likened to the Akasha, namely a place where all the |
| |thoughts, memories, fantasies and dreams of everyone in the world exist. The astral |
| |plane is thought to be a fantastic place to travel in, with many different travellers, |
| |entities and levels to it. It is said to operate at a much higher frequency than the |
| |physical plane we inhabit. |
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| |It is thought that the etheric body, spirit or mind can travel on the astral plane which|
| |is said to appear more solid than the physical plane we all inhabit, this is because in |
| |order to travel it the etheric body has to be existing and operating at the same higher |
| |frequency. The astral plane is believed to be far more mutable than the physical and is|
| |said to be changed and altered simply by the power of thought. |
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|Astral travel/astral projection |Actual Astral Projection is thought to be the process whereby our etheric body, spirit |
| |or mind separates from the physical body, whilst maintaining a level of consciousness. |
| |Once separated from the physical body this etheric body then begins to operate at a |
| |higher frequency allowing it to travel on the astral plane. This astral plane also |
| |operates at a higher frequency than that of the physical plane and can possibly be |
| |likened to the Akasha. It, like the Akasha, is a place where all the thoughts, |
| |memories, fantasies and dreams of everyone in the world exist. The astral plane is |
| |thought to be a fantastic place to travel in, with many different travellers, entities |
| |and levels to it. When astrally projecting it is believed that although the conscious |
| |mind tries to impose a 'body' on the traveller, he/she has no 'body' as such but can |
| |change their form simply by thinking about it. |
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| |When travelling on the astral plane it is said to appear more solid than the physical, |
| |this is because in order to travel it you have to be existing and operating at the same |
| |higher frequency. The astral plane is believed to be far more mutable than the physical|
| |and is said to be changed and altered simply by the power of thought. Some persons |
| |believe that they can achieve astral projection at will and there are many stories from |
| |persons claiming to have left their bodies, having operated and existed at a higher |
| |level. In order to verify the experience and to ensure that the experience is not a |
| |dream, many persons engaging in this activity tend to project etherically first. This |
| |is so that they can confirm they have really left their physical body and are not simply|
| |imagining the experience. |
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|Atlantis |Atlantis is one of the most known legends throughout the world which was first written |
| |by Pluto (c.428-c.349). In his book, Timaeus and Critias, Atlantis was an island |
| |continent west of the straits of Gibraltar and inhabited by an advanced civilization |
| |10,000 years ago. According to Pluto, disaster hit when an earthquake caused the land to|
| |sink to the bottom of the Atlantic. Information about Atlantis comes from an Athenian |
| |scholar called Solon who learnt of it from Egypt. Today, the lost continent is still |
| |debated while there are those who still hunt it. |
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|Aura |An emanation, breath or radiation that is invisible to the naked eye. It is often |
| |thought to be an invisible surrounding glow emanating from each individual. Some |
| |persons believe that they can actually see the aura of a person and depending on its |
| |colour and form; this is taken as an indication of the mental and physical well being of|
| |that person. Kirlian photography deals with the supposed art of photographing this type|
| |of phenomena. |
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|Auric Healing |In treating a person through auric healing one attempts to improve the condition of a |
| |person by changing the colour configuration of his aura. This is another phase of |
| |healing. For example when treating conditions of the nervous system use colours of blue |
| |and lavender to soothe and quiet the individual; to invigorate the person use the colour|
| |of green grass; to inspire use yellows and oranges. When working with the blood and |
| |organs of the body, use dark blue to soothe, green to invigorate, and bright reds to |
| |stimulate. |
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| |Auric healing is similar to colour healing where the technique of visualization is used.|
| |When the patient complains of an ailment the practitioner visualizes the colour which is|
| |lacking within the patients aura which would effect the condition. The following are |
| |examples: Blue for fever, high blood pressure, hysteria. Red for chills or lack of body |
| |heat. Light green for stomach ache. Dark blue or lavender for nervous headache. Dark |
| |blue for cuts |
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|Automatic writing |The act of a person using a writing instrument like a Ouija Board. Sometimes used |
| |blindfolded and sometimes not, the person let's a force guide their hand to "write out" |
| |a message. Automatic writing is said to be using the "living human" to channel the |
| |spirit and allow them to communicate. |
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| |Definition by The Toronto and Ontario Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society. |
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|Avalon |Avalon, according to legend, is an enchanted isle where King Arthur Pendragon lies |
| |asleep. When Arthur was injured he was taken to the isle to rest and heal for the day |
| |when he would return. There are some stories that say that the sword Excalibur was |
| |forged on Avalon. The isle was named after its lord Avallach and is a place where |
| |spirits would take refuge but now Arthur is the only one to reside on it. Avalon comes |
| |from the legend started by Geoffrey of Monmouth. |
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|Bean Sidhe |A female spirit whose wailing warns of a death in a house; a |
| |woman of the fairies |
| |Pronounced: banshee; |
| |Alternate: ben side |
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|Bermuda Triangle |A segment of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Fort Lauderdale |
| |form a triangle. The term Bermuda Triangle was not used until 1964 in a magazine but has|
| |also been nicknamed the Devils Triangle. This area is most famous for the disappearance |
| |of ships over the past few centuries and aircrafts within the past 60 years. Many |
| |theories exist from strange magnetic fields to alien involvement. |
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|Bigfoot |Is the name given to a creature or creatures thought to exist in wild and remote parts |
| |of North America. These creatures are commonly referred to as Big Foot, but are also |
| |known as: Sasquach, Skunk Apes and Swamp Apes. Apparently the first sighting of a |
| |Sasquatch by a white man happened in 1811 near what now is the town of Jasper, Alberta |
| |Canada. A trader called David Thompson found strange footprints, fourteen inches long |
| |and eight inches wide, with four toes, in the snow. To date scientists continue to be |
| |defied by this creature and it has still not been positively identified by scientific |
| |authorities. The animal is generally described as being large, hairy, around seven to |
| |nine feet tall, weighing between 600 and 900 pounds and ape-like in appearance, yet |
| |walking upright like a man. |
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| |In Canada the bigfoot is more often referred to as the Sasquach, which is Indian for |
| |"hairy giant" and the term is mentioned in several native American legends. |
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| |There is some evidence in the form of film footage, photographs and casts of footprints |
| |to suggest that Big Foot or Sasquach exists. However sceptics insist these are simply |
| |clever hoaxes. |
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| |In 1967 Roger Patterson took film footage of a large hairy creature reported to be a |
| |Sasquatch. However, there has been much speculation that it may have only been Mr. |
| |Patterson's tall associate Jerry Romney wearing a fur suit. |
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|Bogey Man |The bogeyman is the image of nightmares to many, when mentioned, for it represents the |
| |darkest of fears within everyone. In legends, the creature is described to be hideous |
| |and small in size and can be anywhere, such as in the closet or under the bed. The |
| |bogeyman has been known to have the abilities to shape change and disappear at a blink. |
| |In some stories, they are harmless but in others they are evil beings who snatch |
| |children from their beds. |
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|Cauldron |The cauldron is a symbol of transmutation, germination, and transformation. But above |
| |all it symbolizes the womb, and therefore, is a Goddess symbol as well. In Celtic lore |
| |the cauldron is the symbol of the Underworld. In Greek and Roman mythology the cauldron |
| |was hidden in a cave. From this, the cauldron is a mystery symbol of Wicca/Witchcraft. |
| |The Cauldron Mysteries are an integral part of the Wiccan Mythos. Some of the most |
| |famous cauldrons are found in Celtic lore. For example, the Dagda cauldron that provided|
| |sufficient food for everyone, and the cauldron of Bran the Blessed that conferred |
| |rebirth. There is also the Gundestrup cauldron. |
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| |The belief that the cauldron symbolizes the womb of the Great Goddess arises from the |
| |concept that everything is born out of it and returns to it. The original cauldron |
| |symbols were gourds, wooden vessels, or large shells. Eventually the symbolism of metal |
| |cauldrons became linked to the hearth and home because they were used to cook meals. |
| |This latter aspect merged the Great Goddess with the Great Mother, as the cauldron |
| |combined them into a single deity. |
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| |Cauldrons have held a magical significance in many cultures throughout the centuries. In|
| |ancient Ireland, it was believed, cauldrons were magically refilled with food during |
| |feasts. In ancient times they were used for human sacrifice, which was related to death |
| |and rebirth. In Greek mythology the Witch Medea restored people to youth in a magic |
| |cauldron. Some relate the cauldron to the Holy Grail (since the Grail is supposedly the |
| |chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper), and speculate this was why some Christians |
| |were not too eager to seek the Grail because of its association with the cauldron and |
| |the Goddess. |
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| |Also the caldron has alchemic associations to some of the vessels used by alchemists in |
| |their experiments. |
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|Celestial |Is a term which refers to something of, or relating to: heaven, the divine, or the |
| |spirit, for example: a heavenly being, a God or an angel. The term can also refer to |
| |the supremely good or sublime for example, celestial happiness and celestial peace. |
| |Planets are described as celestial bodies as they also relate to the heavens and the |
| |sky. |
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|Centaurs |Centaurs exist in Greek mythology where they are described as having the body of a horse|
| |with the head and torso of a human. |
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|Chakra |The seven occult centres of life and consciousness in the spine and brain, which enliven|
| |the physical and astral bodies of man. These centres are referred to as chakras |
| |("wheels") because the concentrated energy in each one is like a hub from which radiate |
| |rays of life-giving light and energy. In ascending order, these chakras are muladhara |
| |(the coccygeal, at the base of the spine); svadhisthana (the sacral, two inches above |
| |muladhara); manipura (the lumber, opposite the navel); anahata (the dorsal, opposite the|
| |heart); vishuddha (the cervical, at the base of the neck); ajna (traditionally located |
| |between the eyebrows; in actuality, directly connected by polarity with the medulla) and|
| |sahasrara (in the uppermost part of the cerebrum). |
| |The seven chakras are divinely planned exits or "trap doors" through which the soul has |
| |descended into the body and through which must re-ascend by a process of meditation. By |
| |seven successive steps, the soul escapes into Cosmic Consciousness. In its conscious |
| |upward passage through the seven opened or "awakened" cerebrospinal centres, the soul |
| |travels the highway to the Infinite, the true path by which the soul must retrace its |
| |course to reunite with God. |
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|Channelling |An ability a person can use to summon ghosts or spirits and allow the entity to possess |
| |that person's body to communicate through. |
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|Charm |An object, act, or word(s) supposedly having occult or magic power; a thing worn to |
| |avert evil etc; an amulet |
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|Clairaudience |Clairaudience, which is similar to clairvoyance, is the psychic ability to hear things |
| |from afar. Both phenomena can occur in a normal state of consciousness, but also can be|
| |induced by drugs, fasting, illness, hyperesthesia, or scrying. The word Clairaudience |
| |means 'Clear Hearing'. |
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|Clairaudient |The psychic ability to hear voices and other auditory phenomena not present to ordinary |
| |hearing. |
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|Clairsentient |A Clairsentient is an individual who perceives (as in a "sixth-sense") by feeling or |
| |having knowledge about an object. A good example of this extreme psychic ability is that|
| |a clairsentient is able to visualize an item without seeing an image of the specific |
| |item. Like a radar detector, a clairsentient possesses the internal power to see and |
| |feel radiation from objects that are invisible and out of site. A clairsentient can read|
| |"auras" of people and objects to discover their personal histories. In doing so, a |
| |clairsentient can sometimes see visions of the future. Not only this, a clairsentient |
| |can even sense the presence of spirits and discover events surrounding that individual's|
| |death. |
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|Clairvoyance |Clairvoyance is the psychic ability or power to see objects, and visions, or to gain |
| |information regardless of its distance. The visions may also be in the future, and |
| |sometimes in the past. Clairvoyance is an umbrella term which often refers to telepathy,|
| |spiritualism, psychic research, second sight, prophetic visions, and dreams. |
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|Cleansing |To make clean or purify from sin or guilt. With regards to paranormal – to make clean |
| |and purify negative energy from a home, an area, person or object |
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|Cold Spot |An area where the temperature is lower than the surrounding environment. Cold spots are |
| |believed to be created when a ghost is present within that area. |
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|Cord, Silver |An umbilical cord silver in appearance that is attached between the astral body and the |
| |physical body that has been reported as being observed by persons during out-of-body |
| |experiences (OBEs). In pioneer research of astral body projection this phenomena seemed |
| |common; however, later data tend to show it to be rare. British parapsychologist Celia |
| |Green reported that 3.5 percent of her subjects reported seeing the cord, while |
| |Australian psychical researcher Peter Picknell reported just 2 percent of his subjects |
| |observed it. |
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|Crop circles |Cereology : 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. |
| |Often the circle has an outer ring whose stems are also bent, but almost invariably in |
| |the opposite direction to those within the remainder of the circle. |
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|Cryptozoology |Cryptozoology is the study of hidden animals (whether large or small), to date not |
| |formally recognized by what is often termed Western science or formal zoology but |
| |supported in some way by testimony (in its broadest definition) from human beings. It is|
| |not an exact science as much of it goes beyond scientific explanation and more into the |
| |metasciences. |
| |The term 'cryptozoology' derives from the Greek word 'kryptos', meaning 'hidden', |
| |'unknown’, 'secret’, 'enigmatic’, 'mysterious'; hence literally the 'study of hidden |
| |life'. |
| |The term Cryptozoology was coined by Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans in his personal |
| |correspondence among colleagues in the 1950s, after the 1955 French publication of his |
| |book ‘On the Track of Unknown Animals’. The first published use of the word |
| |Cryptozoology was in 1959 by Lucien Blancou. |
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|Crystals |A mineral is by definition a crystal. A crystal is a substance that has a constant |
| |regular shape. Even when ground down the substance retains the shape of the original |
| |crystal it came from – microscopically. A gemstone is a mineral (crystal) that has |
| |properties such as colour to make them attractive, incorporating the colour vibration as|
| |well. For example Opal, Amber, Jet are considered gemstones. The stones emit an energy |
| |that is electromagnetic of nature. |
| |There are two types of crystal – one is man-made and the other is natural (grown in |
| |nature). Most are from Earth except Tektites or Moldavite, which are believed to come |
| |from outer space. The man-made crystal (Austrian, German and Bohemian) is really glass |
| |with approximately one-third lead oxide added to make it easier to cut and polish giving|
| |off the beautiful rainbow effect. These are great for bringing in the rainbow vibration.|
| |Natural Quartz Crystal is silicon dioxide and is one of the most widely found minerals |
| |in the Earth. It is mainly found as milky-white (Clear Quartz - feminine quality); clear|
| |(Clear Quartz - masculine quality); purple ranging in shades (Amethyst); yellow/gold |
| |(Citrine); pink (Rose Quartz) and smoky-grey to dark brown (Smoky Quartz). The quartz |
| |family does not only consist of these five crystals but these are the main ones with |
| |terminations or points at one or two ends. |
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|Curse |A solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict destruction or |
| |punishment on a person or thing. Also the evil supposedly resulting from a curse; a |
| |thing that causes evil or harm |
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|Daemon |A guardian spirit who communicates inspiration and advice. See also Guardian Angel. |
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|Demon |There are those who believe that ghosts and spirits are actually demons in religions and|
| |legends. They are entities that existed on earth for thousands of years and are consumed|
| |with hatred and anger. These demons are evil and will bring harm or attack anyone they |
| |come across. |
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|Devil |In Christian and Jewish beliefs: the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. An evil spirit, a |
| |demon, a superhuman malignant being; a personified evil force or attribute. A wicked or |
| |cruel person; a mischievously energetic, clever, or self-willed person. |
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|Divination |From the earliest stages of civilization people have used various means of divination to|
| |communicate with the supernatural when seeking help in their public and private lives. |
| |Divination is most often practiced as a means of foretelling the future, and sometimes, |
| |the past. It is one of the primary practices used by witches, wizards, medicine men, |
| |sorcerers and shamans. These various groups of persons are often called diviners, who |
| |often belonged to special classes of priests and priestesses in past and present |
| |civilizations, and are specially trained in the practice and interpretation of their |
| |divinatory skills. |
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| |The methodology for practicing the divinatory skills seems to divide into two |
| |categories: the first is the observation and interpretation on natural phenomena and the|
| |second is the observation and interpretation of man-made "voluntary" phenomena. Natural |
| |phenomena includes two major subcategories of activity: astrology, and hepatoscopy. To a|
| |lesser degree the observation of the following occurrences also can be listed under |
| |natural phenomena: unexpected storms, particular cloud formations, birth monstrosities |
| |in both man and animal, howling or unnatural actions in dogs, and night-marish dreams. |
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| |Man-made or "voluntary" phenomena is defined as being deliberately produced for the sole|
| |purpose of soothsaying and includes such acts as necromancy, pouring oil into a basin of|
| |water to observe the formation of bubbles and rings in the receptacle, shooting arrows, |
| |casting lots, and numerous other acts. |
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| |The ancient Romans favoured augury and haruspicy. The Egyptians, Druids, and Hebrews |
| |relied on scrying. The Druids also read death throes and entrails of sacrificed animals.|
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| |The Greeks had their oracle which spoke for the gods. In the Middle Ages grain, sand or |
| |peas were tossed onto a field in order to read the patterns after the substances fell. |
| |As far back as 1000 BC. the Chinese had "I CHING," an oracle which involved the tossing |
| |and reading of long short yarrow sticks. Another ancient Chinese divinatory practice |
| |which is still used is "feng-shui," or geomancy, which involves the erecting of |
| |buildings, tombs, and other physical structures by determining the currents of invisible|
| |energy coursing through the earth. Presently people also are using this principle for |
| |the arrangement of furniture in their homes. |
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| |Many divinatory methods are still used today, especially in paganism, witchcraft, voodoo|
| |and Santeria. Most Christians would probably disagree but prayer might also be |
| |considered a divinatory act. Many practitioners today do not feel signs of divination |
| |are absolute or fixed, but believe they still have free choices in their future. They |
| |believe divination helps them in making better choices |
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|Doppelganger |An exact copy of a persons soul would appear which, in legend, would foretell of one's |
| |own death. The spirit would at times roam freely into the world as a copy of a person |
| |and ?? sometimes ?? can take a physical form. There is a warning that if a person meets|
| |up with his or her doppelganger, death will soon follow. |
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|Dowsing |A technique to locate a person, object, or substance by using a stick, pendulum, etc. |
| |Dowsing has been used to find water, coal and even in treatments for illness. The |
| |technique has been around since ancient Egypt and was practiced in times of war to find |
| |mines. |
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|Dragons |Dragons are one of the most common images in folklore and mythology throughout the |
| |world. It exists in every culture as something to be feared or praised and even today |
| |has become a well known source for fantasy. The common characteristics of dragons with |
| |all legends are huge serpents with large fangs and ??hours??, covered with scales that |
| |could be red, black, green or gold. The western dragons are said to have bat-like wings |
| |while the eastern ones are described as wingless. The most accepted belief of dragons |
| |is that they are magical creatures who can fly and breathe fire. |
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|Druid |An ancient Celtic priest, magician, or soothsayer of Gaul, Britain or Ireland. A member |
| |of a Welsh Druidic order, esp. The Gorsedd. A member of any of various groups that are |
| |held to be present-day representatives of ancient druidism. |
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| |Knowledge of the druids is based chiefly on the hostile accounts of them in the writings|
| |of Julius Caesar and Tacitus. Caesar reports that they had judicial and priestly |
| |functions, and were proficient in physical science; they also worshipped in groves |
| |(clearings in the forest), cut mistletoe from the sacred oak with a golden sickle, and |
| |were believed to offer human sacrifices. The religion was stamped out by the Romans |
| |with unrelenting ferocity. Druidism of the roman period may well have contained |
| |elements of older faiths and, although its association with Stonehenge is now generally |
| |rejected, the modern druidical order seeks to make ceremonial use of this and other |
| |sites. |
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|Druidess |see druid |
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|Ectoplasm |A semi-fluid substance believed to be created when a ghost or spirit materializes into a|
| |form. |
| |Etheric Projection is believed to be the commonest form of astral projection and the |
| |term that is most often confused with it. Etheric projection is said to be the result |
| |of a conscious effort to separate from the physical body. Unlike astral projection this|
| |time the etheric body stays on the physical plane but simply separates from the physical|
| |body. It is often reported by persons who have experienced this phenomena that they |
| |find themselves next to their physical bodies or floating above them. Subjects often |
| |report the ability to move at speed across rooms, streets, cities, even counties and |
| |planets on the physical plane that their bodies normally exist in. As with astral |
| |projection the etheric body is said to operate at a higher frequency so this enables it |
| |to move through solid objects such as doors or walls. In many respects it is similar to|
| |an out of body experience, the main difference being that etheric projection is achieved|
| |by a conscious effort to do it. |
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|Electrokinesis |Is the term used to describe the generation of electricity from the mind. This |
| |electricity can then be used to do a variety of things, such as charging watches and |
| |batteries. Electrokinesis is the purported ability to manipulate electricity and |
| |electrical phenomena via conscious will alone. Like most paranormal subjects, these |
| |claims have not been scientifically verified. Even among the psychic community, claims |
| |of possessing such ability are rarely made. |
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|Elemental Spirits |A spirit associated with one of the classical four elements (fire, earth, air and |
| |water). See also animism. |
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|EMF |Electro Magnetic Field is believed to be generated by the presence of a ghost or other |
|Electro-magnetic field |entity that can be detected by using EMF detectors. Paranormal investigation claims the |
| |unexplained EMF reading can be used as evidence of ghosts. |
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|Empath |Someone who shows considerable empathy, especially of the apparently psychic type. |
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|Entity |An entity is something that has a distinct, separate existence, though it need not be a |
| |material existence. It could be a company, organization, etc. In general, there is also |
| |no presumption that an entity is animate. |
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|ESP |Extra Sensory Perception. This describes the possible ability of some people (or |
| |sometimes, it is said we all have this ability to a degree,) to have psychic abilities. |
| |Some say that this ability is like the senses of touch, smell or sight but remains |
| |undeveloped in most people. |
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|Etheric |The energetic counterpart of the physical body, composed of seven major centres |
| |(chakras) and 49 minor centres, a network which connects all the centres, and |
| |infinitesimally small threads of energy (nadis) which underlie every part of the nervous|
| |system. The etheric body penetrates the entire living thing, it is united and not |
| |composed of separate parts as is the human body, and it maintains life. However, just as|
| |the etheric body gives life to the physical body, the astral body, the third part of |
| |man, gives life to the etheric body. |
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|Evil |Morally bad; wicked. Harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or |
| |characteristically. Disagreeable or unpleasant. Unlucky, causing misfortune. An evil |
| |thing, an instance of something evil. |
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|Evil Eye |The evil eye is a belief that a person possesses the supernatural ability to bring harm,|
| |bad luck or death by just glancing. This power comes from black magic where a person can|
| |cast spells or summon evil spirits by simply looking. Protective devices such as |
| |amulets, magical signs, mirrors, etc, were started from the fear of the evil eye. |
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|EVP |Electronic Voice Phenomena. It is the recorded voices or sounds from sources believed to|
| |be the dead where there is no other physical presence around the area that could produce|
| |the audio recording. |
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|Excalibur |Excalibur exists in the legends of King Arthur Pendragon as the Sword in the Stone. The |
| |sword was said to possess supernatural powers that Arthur used to become King and defeat|
| |his enemies. When the Pendragon was killed in battle he had Excalibur returned to the |
| |Lady of the Lake to await for his return. |
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|Exorcism |An Exorcism is the expulsion of troublesome evil spirits, ghosts or demons believed to |
| |interfere with the mental, physical and spiritual health of human beings by special |
| |rites. These rites exist within many cultures and societies performed by those trained |
| |in the necessary skills, such as priest, shaman or medicine woman. |
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|Exorcist |An exorcist is any one who exorcises or professes to exorcise a demon from a place or a |
| |person believed to be possessed. The common image of the exorcist is a priest, most |
| |likely from the Roman Catholic Church. But they also include shamans, medicine men or |
| |women, healers, psychics or anyone performing an exorcism. |
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|Extraterrestrial |Originating beyond planet earth. |
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|Fairy |Small, human-like mythical being. May be benevolent or malevolent. |
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|Fairy Mound |One of the megalithic tombs the gods were supposed to live in. |
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|Fairy Ring |A fairy ring or fairy circle, also known as a pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring |
| |or arc of mushrooms. The rings may grow over ten meters in diameter and become stable |
| |over time as the fungus grows and seeks food underground. Even if no mushrooms are |
| |present, the underground presence of the fungus may sometimes be detected by observing |
| |the withering of grass directly above. |
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|Faith Healing |The ability to heal oneself and others by simply believing it can be done. |
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|Fey |A Welsh term for fairy-like qualities, usually of clairvoyant nature. fated, bewitched, |
| |unlucky, one who’s fate is known or prophesised. Faerie folk. Slightly insane. |
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|Flying Saucer |A term, coined in 1947, to refer to unknown disk-like aerial objects, often believed to |
| |be extraterrestrial spacecraft. The term has now been largely superseded by "UFO". |
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|Ghost Phenomena |Activities or phenomena that can be classified as coming from or being related to a |
| |ghost. Things such as phantom footsteps, unexplained sounds, objects moved without human|
| |intervention, apparitions, etc. The phenomena is usually related to a haunting but this |
| |is not always the case as ghostly phenomena can (apparently) happen almost anywhere to |
| |anyone. |
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|Ghost Ship |The appearance of a ship known to have been wrecked before, either years or centuries |
| |ago, to forewarn of impending disaster. This term has also been used to refer to ships |
| |found to be empty where the crew and passages had mysterious disappeared. |
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|Ghost vehicle |Trucks, cars or other land vehicles that suddenly appear on the road travelling at high|
| |speeds, then to only disappear. They are said to be the spirits of those who died in |
| |traffic accidents repeating their deaths. |
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|God |A superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature, human fortunes, |
| |etc.; a deity |
| |An image, idol, animal, or other object worshipped as divine or symbolizing a god |
| |In Christian and other monotheistic religions- the creator and ruler of the universe; |
| |the supreme being. |
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|Goddess |a female deity |
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|Guardian |Ghosts or spirits who appear to the living to warn of danger or offer guidance. They are|
| |usually deceased love ones who appear to a family member or a friend to offer aid in |
| |moments of distress. Also can refer to spiritual guides. |
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|Haunting |A phenomena where the spirit or the ghost of a deceased continues to revisit or remain |
| |within a certain location causing paranormal activities such as appearing, sounds, |
| |inducing smells, etc. A haunting is often repeated and experienced by those who enter |
| |the area. |
| |The unexplained appearance of an image of a person, animal or inanimate object. When an |
| |"Apparition" appears, it may not behave intelligently (it may not try to interact with |
| |you or even recognize you are there). This kind of "ghost" may simply go through the |
| |same motions again and again, like a replay of past events. It seems that the |
| |environment has a memory and has recorded these events. Under certain conditions, |
| |possibly related to weather, our moods and emotions, the environment replays the event, |
| |with more emotion-laden ones coming through "louder" and "stronger". This can be thought|
| |of as a loop of video or audio tape playing itself over and over. While you see the |
| |event, you cannot interact with the "ghost". It is also a kind of “catch all” phrase to |
| |describe any place that is paranormally active. |
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|Henge |a large Neolithic monument consisting of a circular bank and ditch, and frequently |
| |containing a circle of standing stones, eg: Stonehenge, Avebury |
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|Holy Grail |The holy grail is mostly known in the Arthurian legends as the cup that Jesus Christ |
| |used during the last supper that was brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea. |
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|Hypnoanalysis |The use of hypnotherapy to develop personal insight and self-awareness in order thereby |
| |to bring about a therapeutic result. (Deriv. from 'hypno-' and '(psycho)analysis.') |
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|Hypnosis |Hypnotic trance; an altered state of awareness ('trance') in which unconscious or |
| |dissociated responses to suggestion are enhanced in quality and increased in degree |
| |('hyper-suggestibility'). |
| |Hypnotic induction ('hypnogenesis'); the process by which hypnotic trance is induced in |
| |the operator ('auto-' or 'self-hypnosis') or in others ('hetero-hypnosis'). |
| |Hypnotism; the field of study which encompasses, among other things, hypnotic trance; |
| |its induction, management, and application; and related subjects such as the phenomena |
| |of 'waking suggestion' and naturally occurring ('hypnoidal') trance states. (Abbrv. of |
| |'neuro-hypnotism' meaning 'sleep of the nervous system.') |
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|Hypnotherapy |The use of therapeutic techniques or principles in conjunction with hypnosis. |
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|Incubus |(n) A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with|
| |sleeping women. One of a race of highly improper demons who, though probably not wholly |
| |extinct, may be said to have seen their best nights. |
| |A situation resembling a terrifying dream. |
| |Someone who depresses or worries others. |
| |For a complete account of incubi and succubi, including |
| |incubae and succubae, see the Liber Demonorum of Protassus (Paris, 1328), which contains|
| |much curious information. |
| |Victor Hugo relates that in the Channel Islands Satan himself -- |
| |tempted more than elsewhere by the beauty of the women, doubtless --sometimes plays at |
| |_incubus_, greatly to the inconvenience and alarm of the good dames who wish to be loyal|
| |to their marriage vows, generally speaking. A certain lady applied to the parish priest|
| |to learn how they might, in the dark, distinguish the hardy intruder from their |
| |husbands. The holy man said they must feel his brow for horns; but Hugo is ungallant |
| |enough to hint a doubt of the efficacy of the test. |
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|Instinct |An inborn pattern of behaviour that is characteristic of a species and is often a |
| |response to specific environmental stimuli. |
| |A powerful motivation or impulse. |
| |An innate capability or aptitude. |
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|Inter-dimensional portal |A portal (often hidden, camouflaged, or unreachable) through which translocation into |
| |other realms may be possible. |
| |The act of translocating into other worlds spontaneously, or via a |
| |Zwischenweltdurchgang. |
| |Verb (intransitive): to travel to another dimension/realm/world/planet. |
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|Intuition |Instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes) |
| |An impression that something might be the case; [syn: hunch, suspicion] |
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|Jinn |In Arabian and Muslim folklore jinns are ugly and evil demons having supernatural powers|
| |which they can bestow on persons having powers to call them up. In the Western world |
| |they are called genies. |
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| |In the Old Testament King Solomon had a ring, probably a diamond, with which he called |
| |up Jinns to help his armies in battle. The concept that this king employed the help of |
| |jinns probably originated from 1 Kings 6:7, "And the house, when it was in building, was|
| |built of stone made ready before it was brought there, so there was neither hammer nor |
| |axe nor tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building." |
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| |In Islam, Jinns are fiery spirits (Qur'an 35. 15) particularly associated with the |
| |desert. While they are disruptive of human life, they are considered worthy of being |
| |saved. A person dying in a state of great sin may be changed into a Jinn in the period |
| |of a barzakh, separation or barrier. |
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| |The highest of the Jinns is Iblis, formerly called Azazel, the prince of darkness, or |
| |the Devil. The Jinns were thought by some to be spirits that are lower than angels |
| |because they are made of fire and are not immortal. They can take on human and animal |
| |shapes to influence men to do good or evil. They are quick to punish those indebted to |
| |them who do not follow their many rules. |
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|Karma |The law of cause and effect. Religious doctrine that each rebirth in the cycle of lives |
| |is based on the sum of the merit accumulated by an individual during his previous lives.|
| |Karma establishes the general tendency of a life but does not determine specific |
| |actions. In each life, the interaction between individual character and previously |
| |established karma forms the karma of succeeding lives. Literally, action. Spiritual |
| |merit or demerit that a being acquired in a previous incarnation and is acquiring in |
| |present existence. A basic concept common to Hinduism, Buddhism, and New Age groups. The|
| |doctrine holds that one’s state in this life is the result of physical and mental |
| |actions in past incarnations and that present action can determine one’s destiny in |
| |future incarnations. Karma is a natural, impersonal law of moral cause and effect. |
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|Karmic debt |Something you supposedly owe another person - or they owe you from another time line. |
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|King Arthur |Around the 5th century, Britain was in chaos as kingdoms fought for power and raiders |
| |ravage the land. Arthur Pendragon became king by pulling Excalibur from the stone and |
| |brought order to the land. He united the people of Britain and drove all his enemies off|
| |the land. Camelot was Arthur's kingdom but as quickly as it appeared it also ended |
| |along with the king's life during a civil war. There are many legends and stories of |
| |Arthur that have been told throughout the centuries and yet to this day no one can prove|
| |whether Arthur Pendragon was real or not. |
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|Kirlian Photography |A photographic process that captures the auras or biofields of persons or objects within|
| |the photograph. The technique involves the photographing of subjects in the presence of |
| |a high-frequency, high-voltage, low-amperage-electrical field, which display glowing, |
| |multicoloured emanations known as auras or biofields. |
| | |
| |The process of Kirlian photography is named after Seymon Kirlian, an amateur inventor |
| |and electrician of Krasnodar, Russia, who pioneered the first efforts on the process in |
| |the early 1940s. Even though the process has produced results it still is controversial.|
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| |There seems to be no evidence that Kirlian photography is a paranormal phenomenon. Some |
| |experimenters think it reveals a physical form of psychic energy. Another theory is that|
| |it reveals the etheric body, one of the layers of the aura thought to permeate all |
| |animate objects. The understanding of this latter aspect of the process gives rise to |
| |the prospects of beneficial benefits of gaining significant insights in medicine, |
| |psychology, psychic healing, psi, and dowsing. Critics repudiate the process by saying |
| |that it shows nothing more than electricity being discharged which can be produced under|
| |certain conditions. |
| | |
| |Experiments in photographing objects in electrical fields, prior to Kirlian, was called |
| |"electrography" or "electrographic photography." Little value was seen in the process, |
| |so scant attention was given to it. Electrographic photographs were exhibited as early |
| |as 1898 by the Russian Yakov Narkevich Yokdo (also given as Todko). Research in the |
| |fields was published by a Czech, B. Narvratil, also in the early 1900s. The published |
| |evidence of photographs of leaves coronas was presented by two Czechs, S. Pratt and J. |
| |Schlemmer, in 1939. |
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| |The initial Kirlian experiments were simple. In his first experiment Kirlian just |
| |photographed his hand, noting a strange orange glow radiating from the fingertips. His |
| |wife Valentina was a biologist, and together they photographed both animate and |
| |inanimate objects. Over the years, they refined their equipment and graduated from black|
| |and white to colored photography. |
| | |
| |The principle of Kirlian photography, as well as all electrography, is the corona |
| |discharge phenomenon, that takes place when an electrically grounded object discharges |
| |sparks between itself and an electrode generating the electrical field. When these |
| |sparks are captured on film they give the appearance of coronas of light. These |
| |discharges can be affected by temperature, moisture, pressure, or other environmental |
| |factors. Several Kirlian techniques have been developed, but the basic ones generally |
| |employ a Tesla coil connected to a metal plate. The process is similar to the one which |
| |occurs in nature, when electrical conditions in the atmosphere produce luminescence’s |
| |and auras, such as St. Elmo's fire. |
| | |
| |Kirlian's work mainly gained attention in the west during the 1960’s. Its reception was |
| |mixed. However, scientists met on the process at Alma Ata in 1966. Biophysicist Viktor |
| |Adamenko theorized that the energy field was the "cold emission of electrons," and the |
| |patterns they formed might suggest new information concerning the life processes of |
| |animate objects. One finding of Adamenko and other Soviet scientists was that the |
| |biological energies of human beings were brightest at 700 points on the body which |
| |concurs with Chinese acupuncture. |
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| |There is evidence that Kirlian photographs do give indications of the health and |
| |emotional changes in living things by changes in the brightness, colour, and patterns of|
| |light. At the University of California Center for Health Sciences, a plant's leaf showed|
| |changes when being approached by a human hand and pricked. Even when part of the leaf |
| |was cut off, the glowing portion of the amputated portion still appeared on film. |
| | |
| |Other researchers have found that changes in the emotional conditions of humans can be |
| |detected by changes in the brightness, colour and formation patterns in the photographs.|
| |When psychic healers and the psychokinetic metal-bender Uri Geller were photographed |
| |flares of light were seen streaming from their fingertips as they performed their |
| |respective activities. |
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| |Many Kirlian enthusiasts declare that the leaf phenomenon is evidence for the existence|
| |of an etheric body. But, critics state the phenomenon completely disproves Kirlin |
| |photography. The latter contention is that "If the method truly photographed a biofield,|
| |then the aura should disappear when an organism dies. The effect is produced solely by a|
| |high-voltage electric field breakdown of air molecules between two condenser plates." |
| | |
| |Supporters of Kirlian photography do, however, foresee its applications in diagnostic |
| |medicine. It has been used in the detection of cancer with only a sporadic success rate.|
| |Some envision that it will eventually be connected to computerized tomography (CT) |
| |scanners (advanced versions of axial tomography or CAT scanners, which utilize a thin |
| |beam of X-rays to photograph an object from 360 degrees) and magnetic resonance imaging |
| |(MRI). This latter method uses no X-rays, but employs magnetic fields to produce images |
| |of body cells and water in tissues. |
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| |Kirlian photography has been used by the Soviets in sports psychology to access an |
| |athlete's metabolic process and fitness |
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|Legend |A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events. |
| |A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated; a |
| |myth |
| |A popular but unfounded belief. |
| |A person about whom unauthenticated tales are told; a famous or notorious person. |
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|Levitation |The ability to raise a person or an object into the air and float with means that would |
| |only be considered as supernatural. Levitation defies gravity when something hovers in |
| |the air without any devices to suspend or support it. |
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|Leys |Leys, pronounced "lays", are thought to be patterns of invisible tracks or lines having |
| |a complex power in the ground which seems to link sacred places and natural magical |
| |sites. It is theorized, in modern witchcraft and neo-paganism, that these patterns or |
| |alignments are vital for their apparent connection to the forces of the elements, the |
| |basis of natural magic. |
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| |The original leys theory was put forth in 1925 by Alfred Watkins (b.1855) in his book |
| |‘The Old Straight Track’ published in London in 1925. Originally the term leys was |
| |thought by philologists to mean only a pasture or an enclosed field. However, Watkins |
| |challenged this meaning in his work. |
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| |Watkins described the various place-named forms of the term occurring in the world, |
| |"lay," "lee." "lea," or "leigh." From these different word forms he concluded the term |
| |leys predates the terms pasture and enclosed field. Furthermore, Watkins observed that |
| |man-made sacred places such as burial grounds, megoliths, churches, and pagan |
| |worshipping sites, as well as natural peaks, magical springs and wells, and other |
| |earthworks seem to align with one and another. |
| | |
| |The leys, as Watkins named these alignments, had been "old straight tracks" discovered |
| |by prehistoric ley hunters, or Dodman surveyors, who scouted and mapped the countryside |
| |seeking to find power spots for sacred constructions, trading routes, and astronomical |
| |sites. Watkins' listings of such sites for alignment is controversial because he not |
| |only included sites of prehistoric societies, but also those of pre-Reformation |
| |churches. |
| | |
| |Three years after the publication of The Old Straight Track in which he documented his |
| |investigations which tended to show a vast network of tracks across Britain, aligned |
| |with either the sun or a star path, he claimed evidence of the existence of similar |
| |tracks in various parts of the world. |
| | |
| |Although most scientists reject the concept, the leys idea enjoyed popularity until the |
| |1940’s and then decreased. It was not until the 1960’s and 1970’s that it revived. |
| |Speculation is that the latter was mainly due to the increase in psychic and occult |
| |interests. Some use the term ley lines when referring to leys which many feel is |
| |inappropriate. |
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| |Not all alignments signify genuine leys. Modern ley-hunters who map leys have |
| |established some requirements: there is a straight line within a certain distance |
| |extending between two or more aligned sites, such as a standing stone, a church site, a |
| |pagan sacred site, a burial mound, or a mountain, etc. Some alignments are astronomical,|
| |such as where the sun rises at Beltane, the solstices or equinoxes. Some ley-hunters say|
| |at least five alignments within ten miles are required, while others say five within 25 |
| |miles. In addition, dowsers require the energy line be dowsable. |
| | |
| |Points of leys, or leys centres, are places which radiate energy from at least seven |
| |lines over magnetic fields or blind springs, a primary spiral of converging primary |
| |geodetic lines (the shortest lines between two points on a curved surface). There is |
| |speculation that ancient pagan people sensed these points of energy radiation and |
| |situated their sacred worshipping places atop or around them. |
| | |
| |The vital force of the energy charge is classed as either male or female depending on |
| |its rate of vibration, and it is believed to be present in all living material. This |
| |charge may be natural or artificial. In centres the artificial charge can be introduced |
| |by handling of stones or metals. Whether natural or artificial, charges dissipate over |
| |time unless they are fixed by hammering, heating, or a magnetic field is present. |
| | |
| |Stones themselves can be charged and fixed with a certain magnitude of charge or power. |
| |This has been stated by J. Havelock Fidler, a British agricultural scientist and dowser.|
| |The stones employed in constructing megalithic monuments, churches, holy wells and |
| |temples are charged by handling, and then fixed by being shaped and fitted in place by |
| |blows from axes and chisels. Fidler said the stone's charge was increased according to |
| |the number of blows it received. |
| | |
| |Therefore, the charge in megaliths was considered to be very great. Also, helping to |
| |increase the megalithic charge, Fidler speculated, was the raising of the cone of power |
| |by witches and pagans. During his experiments Fidler discovered he could impact greater |
| |charges to stones during the full moon, the time of greatest magical and psychic power. |
| | |
| |According to British folklore, the ground itself can be charged and fixed. There was an |
| |ancient custom known as "beating the parish bounds." The priest and choirboys of a |
| |church would go around the parish perimeter using rods with which they would beat the |
| |ground. Presumably this procedure was believed to erect a protective barrier around the |
| |parish. |
| | |
| |It is thought fire also fixes a charge. Charges were found at cremation pits, burials |
| |(such as those at Stonehenge), sacrificial pits, and the burning of wood. |
| | |
| |Also, Fidler discovered that while the geomagnetic forces surrounding the ley centres |
| |emit beneficial energy, the stones themselves seem to emit a type of energy detrimental |
| |to animate objects. This latter energy is apparently counteracted by the leys |
| |themselves, which redirect the energy to other centres where it can be neutralized. |
| | |
| |Charges at one time may have been deliberately masked. Certain types of wood, such as |
| |elm and elderberry; metals such as iron; and mineral substances such as salt, quartz |
| |crystals, amethyst, jasper and flint have been shown to mask charged stones. (It is |
| |interesting to note that iron, salt, elm, and elderberry are all revered in folklore for|
| |their protective properties against bewitchment, illness, demons and bad fortune.) |
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|Manifestation |A clear appearance; |
| |A manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing; |
| |Materialisation: an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) |
| |An expression: expression without words; |
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|Medium |Person believed to act as a bridge between the dead and the living. They act as the |
| |relay for a spirit who is communicating. |
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|Merlin |Merlin is part of the legends of King Arthur and Excalibur going back around the 5th |
| |century. He is described as a wizard, enchanter and a prophet who planned Arthur’s birth|
| |and climb to the throne of England. As part of the story goes, Merlin was born of no |
| |mortal father in which his parent was said to be either a demon or a nature spirit. |
| |There are many oral and written tales of the man. |
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|Mermaid |A legendary sea creature with a woman’s head and upper body and a fish’s tail – in early|
| |use the mermaid is often identified with the siren of classical mythology, a beautiful |
| |feminine being who beguiles unsuspecting sailors to their destruction; until the 18th |
| |century there were reports of sightings in many parts of the world. The mermaid is |
| |conventionally depicted (esp. in heraldry) with long flowing golden hair and a comb in |
| |the left hand and a mirror in the right. Some sailors claim to have seen mermaids; what|
| |they actually saw are probably manatees. A freshwater mermaid-like creature having two |
| |tails is a Melusine, or a Nixie. |
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|Monolith |Single stone block, monument or pillar. This word comes from the Greek monos(one) and |
| |lithos(stone) |
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|Monotheistic |The belief of honouring Divine Unity. A religion with only one God. |
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|Myth |A traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people. |
| |A myth is often thought to be a lesson in story form which has deep explanatory or |
| |symbolic resonance for preliterate cultures, who preserve and cherish the wisdom of |
| |their elders through oral traditions by the use of skilled story tellers. |
| |An anonymous tale emerging from the traditional beliefs of a culture or social unit. |
| |Myths use supernatural explanations for natural phenomena. They may also explain cosmic |
| |issues like creation and death. Collections of myths, known as mythologies, are common |
| |to all cultures and nations, but the best-known myths belong to the Norse, Roman, and |
| |Greek mythologies. A famous myth is the story of Arachne, an arrogant young girl who |
| |challenged a goddess, Athena, to a weaving contest; when the girl won, Athena was |
| |enraged and turned Arachne into a spider, thus explaining the existence of spiders. |
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|Nature Spirits |Those imperfectly evolved elementals or elemental spirits which in their unthinkably |
| |vast aggregate form the entire background of all the manifested cosmos in its seven-, |
| |ten-, or twelve-fold ranges of being. The beings in hierarchies further advanced in |
| |evolution than the human kingdom are termed dhyani-chohans. The nature spirits of the |
| |three higher cosmic planes are of incomprehensibly greater power as well as even |
| |possibly of lofty spiritual and intellectual development than those of the four lower |
| |cosmic planes, although unevolved monads or spiritual elementals exist in multitudinous |
| |hosts on these three spiritual cosmic planes likewise. |
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|Nostradamus |Name of Michel de Nostradame (1503-66). French Astrologer and Physician. His |
| |predictions, in the form of rhymed quatrains, appeared in two collections (1555; 1558). |
| |Cryptic and apocalyptic in tone, they were given extensive credence at the French court,|
| |where Nostradamus was, for a time, personal physician to Charles IX. Their |
| |interpretation has continued to be the subject of controversy into the 21st century. |
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|Occult |Eclipse: cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; Become concealed or |
| |hidden from view or have its light extinguished; |
| |Supernatural: supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; |
| |Hidden and difficult to see; |
| |Occult practices and techniques; |
| |Mysterious: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence;|
| |beyond ordinary understanding; |
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|Occultism |Philosophical system of theories and practices on, and for the attainment of, the higher|
| |powers of mind and spirit. Its practical side connects with psychical phenomena. |
| |The study and/or practice of that which is occult, especially (in this century) in |
| |reference to the powers of the mind. |
| |The study of the supernatural. A belief in supernatural powers and the possibility of |
| |bringing them under human control. |
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|OOBE |OOBE (Out of Body Experience) is probably one of the most reported and documented forms |
| |of astral projection. It is thought to be when a person's consciousness leaves the |
| |physical body. Out of body experiences are often associated with accidents or |
| |anesthesia. An example of this is the case where a patient on an operating table will |
| |report being able to see and hear the entire operation including the surgeons, from a |
| |vantage point above the table. Here the consciousness is said to have left the physical |
| |body, but will remain close. |
| |Another example of this kind of projection, it is said, can occur when an accident |
| |abruptly halts the physical body, with the non-physical body continuing on in the |
| |direction it was going. This type of sudden halt projection is also believed to be |
| |invoked by falling off a ladder, falling in the street, fainting, etc. In these cases |
| |the projection of the non-physical body is involuntary and not a conscious choice, and |
| |usually the physical body is believed to be unconscious for the duration of the |
| |experience. |
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|Ouija board |An instrument which allegedly can be used to contact or channel spirits of the deceased.|
| |A modern day Ouija board is usually a wooden or cardboard device, inscribed with the |
| |alphabet, the words 'yes', 'no', 'hello', 'goodbye' and the numbers 0 to 9. There is |
| |usually a slide-able piece of apparatus on rotating castors or wheels with a pointer. |
| |The operators of the board lightly place their fingers on the slide-able device and wait|
| |for it to move. When the pointer comes into contact with, or moves over one of the |
| |letters, numbers or words printed on the board it is attributed to spirit communication.|
| |A game using a board which is marked with letters, numbers and the words "yes" and "no."|
| |A pointer on a raised platform selects a character or word. One or two players place |
| |their fingers on the platform, which moves -- apparently by magic. Many conservative |
| |Christians believe that this game is profoundly evil and dangerous and that the pointer |
| |is moved by demonic forces. Scientists who have studied the physics of the board have |
| |generally concluded that the pointer is unconsciously moved by the players. |
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|Pagan |A heathen: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam |
| |A person who does not acknowledge your God |
| |A practitioner of an Earth Religion; from the Latin paganus, a country dweller. |
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|Palmistry |Is the broad field of divination and interpretation of the lines and structure of the |
| |hand. |
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|Paranormal |Beyond the normal of human or scientific explanation. |
| |Phenomena that are out of the realm of that which is explainable through conventional |
| |science. |
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|Pendulum |A divinatory tool, consisting of a device hanging from a string; and the deciphering of |
| |its movement. This tool contacts the Psychic Mind. |
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|Philology |The study of ancient texts and languages. |
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|Phobia |An abnormal fear or aversion |
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|Plancette |Pointing device used to indicate choices on an Ouija board |
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|Polytheistic |The belief of honouring the Divine through various God and Goddess forms or aspects. |
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|Portal |A door, entrance or gateway |
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|Possessed |Influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; |
| |Amuck: in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon. |
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|Premonition |Knowing something is going to happen before it happens. Premonitions can be both |
| |negative and positive. |
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|Prophesy |A prophetic utterance, esp. biblical |
| |A prediction of future events, the faculty, function or practice of prophesying |
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|Prophet |A person who foretells events |
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|Psychic |(of a person) considered to have occult powers, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, etc; |
| |eg: a medium |
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|Psychometry |The ability to receive & interpret vibrations from inanimate places & things. The |
| |practice of gaining paranormal insights or knowledge from a physical object which is |
| |used as a focus. |
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|Reincarnation |The belief in the birth and rebirth of a person's soul over and over again in different |
| |human bodies throughout history. Some forms of reincarnation include incarnations into |
| |animals, plants, or inanimate objects. The purpose of reincarnation is to allow the |
| |individual to learn spiritual lessons through life so that he/she may return to God from|
| |whence the soul came. Reincarnation is closely tied to Karma. |
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|Religion |The belief in a superhuman controlling power, esp. in a personal god or gods entitled to|
| |obedience and worship. |
| |The expression of this in worship |
| |A particular system of faith and worship |
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|Remote Viewing |The ability to perceive people, places, events, and objects by directing the |
| |consciousness to any destination provided via specified coordinates. There is no limit |
| |as to whether it's current or past, large or small, near or far. Developed largely by |
| |Ingo Swann working under contract for SRI International, formerly known as Stanford |
| |Research Institute. |
| |A form of clairvoyance by which a viewer is said to use his or her clairvoyant abilities|
| |to "view" that which is hidden from the physical view of the viewer. |
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|Ritual |A prescribed order of performing rites |
| |A procedure regularly followed or done as a ritual or rites |
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|Sage |A mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom |
| |Having wisdom that comes with age and experience |
| |Aromatic fresh or dried gray-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and for |
| |ritual cleansings |
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|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. The shroud is described as being a pale sheet of linen |
| |measuring 4.34 metres (14 feet 3 inches) in length, by 1.09 metres (3 feet 7 inches) in |
| |width. It's earliest confirmed history was when it was displayed in 1353 at Lirey in |
| |France by it's then owner Geoffrey de Charny I, who was a Knight. |
| |A yellow strip of linen bearing bloodstains and the brownish image of the body of a |
| |bearded man which, for centuries, was believed to be the shroud in which Jesus was |
| |buried. |
| |The Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have been|
| |physically traumatized in a manner consistent with crucifixion. It is presently kept in |
| |the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy. Some |
| |believe it is the cloth that covered Jesus when he was placed in his tomb and that his |
| |image was somehow recorded on its fibres at or near the time of his imputed |
| |resurrection. Sceptics contend the shroud is a medieval hoax or forgery. |
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|Spirit |The vital principle or animating force within living things |
| |The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; |
| |A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character |
| |Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |
| |Emotional state: the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or|
| |dejection) |
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|Spirit Guide |Non-physical souls who support our growth, help us complete our life tasks, and in |
| |general provide the spiritual assistance we need. Often we are spirit guides to others |
| |when we are not incarnate. |
| |Non-physical being from whom a medium receives information. |
| |A Spirit, either of an animal, a human or a deity that works with an individual for the |
| |purpose of protection and guidance. These spirits have become (or have been created to |
| |be) allies or servants of a Shaman, Mage or Witch. |
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|Spook |Creep: someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric |
| |Frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action |
| |Ghost: a mental representation of some haunting experience |
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|Sprite |This is a general name for a fairy, although it is not usually used for fairies that are|
| |connected to the earth (like gnomes or dwarves). Sprites can either be good or bad. |
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|Succubus |a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men |
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|Supernatural |Not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical|
| |or material |
| |The supernatural refers to conscious magical, religious or unknown forces that cannot |
| |ordinarily be perceived except through their effects. This word is often used |
| |interchangeably with preternatural or paranormal. Unlike natural forces, these putative |
| |supernatural forces can not be shown to exist by the scientific method. Supernatural |
| |claims assert phenomena beyond the realm of current scientific understanding, which are |
| |often in direct conflict with current scientific theory. |
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|Talisman |Amulet: a trinket or piece of jewellery thought to be a protection against evil |
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|Tantra/Tantric |Any of a class of Hindu or Buddhist mystical and magical writings, dating from the 7th |
| |century or earlier; also, adherence to the doctrines or principles of the Tantra’s, |
| |involving mantras, meditation, yoga, and ritual. In Hinduism tantric practice may |
| |involve indulgence in normally forbidden taboos and is designed to awaken the energy of |
| |sakti. Tantrism is an important element in Tibetan Buddhism. |
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|Tarot |Divination by interpreting a set of 78 cards which carry pictures and symbols used to |
| |connect the diviner with the collective unconscious. The cards can be used to determine |
| |the past, present and future of an event or person and can become powerful tools in |
| |magical workings and rituals. The Tarot is divided into the 22 Major Arcana or Trump |
| |cards that depict dominant occurrences and the 56 Minor Arcana or Suit cards that assist|
| |in fleshing out the situations indicated by the Trump Cards, or indicate smaller |
| |occurrences. The Minor Arcana is also known as the Lesser Arcana. |
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|Telekinesis |The moving of an object without touching it by using the power of the mind. |
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|Telepathy |Communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception. |
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|Teleportation |Paranormal transportation of an object from one location to another, even through solid |
| |objects. |
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|Time travel |Usually any movement through time that is not equivalent to the normal course of time, |
| |in particular a person's travel leading to the past or faster than usual to the future.|
| |Time travel to the past may be connected with paradoxes or causality loops, if an effect|
| |becomes apparent before the cause exists. |
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|Totem |An object, usually an animal or plant, revered by an individual or a particular social |
| |group. A group totem represents the bond of unity and is often considered the ancestor |
| |or brother of the group’s members; marriage between those of one totem is often |
| |prohibited as incest. The group’s symbol and protector, the totem may be pictured on the|
| |body or masks, or carved on totem poles. |
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|Trance |Enchantment: a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical |
| |incantation |
| |A state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or |
| |missing; a state resembling deep sleep |
| |Capture: attract; cause to be enamoured |
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|UFO |Unidentified Flying Object, popularly believed to be of extraterrestrial origin, |
| |especially as alien spacecraft. Others say they are from another dimension or time. Most|
| |raw UFO reports are later found to be miss-perceptions of conventional objects or of |
| |optical and celestial phenomena, or hallucinations or outright hoaxes. A small |
| |percentage of the reports remain unexplained. |
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|Unicorn |A unicorn is a one-horned animal that looks almost like a horse because of its mane and |
| |tail. The bottom of the Unicorn's horn and body is white. The middle of its horn is |
| |black, and the horn has a sharp tip on it. |
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|Vampire |The vampire is an 'undead' being who gains energy by sucking the blood from living |
| |victims. In some schools of thought a bite from a vampire causes the victim in turn to |
| |become 'undead' while in others it is believed that the victim must ingest the Vampires |
| |own blood before becoming one of the undead themselves. Count Dracula is undoubtedly the|
| |most famous vampire, created by writer Bram Stoker in 1897. The novel was based on a |
| |real fifteenth century Transylvanian Count, Vlad the Impaler, who was known for his |
| |hobby of watching his prisoners die a slow and torturous death impaled on high poles. |
| |Deaths caused by suicides in some Eastern European countries were treated with great |
| |suspicion up until the beginning of this century. |
| |A supernatural creature (undead) that can only come out at night and lives by drinking |
| |the blood of the living. There are psychic vampires as well. |
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|Vortex |Whirl: the shape of something rotating rapidly |
| |A rotary, swirling, circular motion of a fluid, like wind or water. The vortex forms a |
| |vacuum at its centre that draws objects toward it. |
| |Another name for a Gate. Alternatively, can be used specifically to refer to an |
| |energetic micro-climate that produces the effects of a time slip. |
| |An opening or doorway between our world and the spirit world. |
| |A small tornado-shape image that shows up on pictures when there is a spirit present. |
| |You can see the orbs rotating inside the shaft. Sometimes the vortex is so dense that it|
| |will cast a shadow. It is believed that the vortex is a means of travel for the spirits |
| |in the orb form. |
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|White noise |An audio signal that contains noise at the same level at all frequencies. A combination |
| |of random noises in the transmission media caused by various electrical & magnetic |
| |sources. A certain amount of White noise is inevitable in any transmission media. |
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|Wicca |The religious cult of modern witchcraft |
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|Witch |A sorceress, esp. a woman |
| |A follower or practitioner of the religious cult of modern witchcraft |
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|Witchcraft |The art of sorcery |
| |A family of Pagan magic-religious traditions deriving from pre-Christian Europe. |
| |European-diasporic folk Magick. |
| |Sometimes used by Wiccans as a synonym for Wicca. |
| |The practice of Magick. |
| |The craft used by Witches, which is Magick. Especially, that utilising personal power |
| |with the energies of natural objects. |
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|Wizard |Ace: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
| |Sorcerer: one who practices magic or sorcery |
| |Charming: possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers|
| |A wizard (from 'wise') is a practitioner of magic, especially in folklore, fantasy |
| |fiction, and fantasy role-playing games. In popular use in 16th century England it was |
| |used to denote a helpful male folk magician, a cunning man as they were usually called, |
| |and the male equivalent of a witch. |
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|Yeti |The Abominable Snowman. It is said to live in the remote areas of the Himalayas. The |
| |Sherpas tell many legends about the yeti, and often point to large footprints and gnawed|
| |yak bones to show the yeti has passed nearby. The Yeti is the Western name given to a |
| |large primate-like creature reported to live in the Himalayas. The name derives from the|
| |Tibetan yeh-teh, "little man-like animal". |
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|Yowie |The Australian version of the Yeti, a mythical, large, ape-like man. |
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