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TERM	DEFINITION
apparition	a supernatural appearance of a person or thing such as a ghost
Amulet	A symbol with magical significance, which is worn as a pendant or ring.
Anomaly	An occurance or condition removed from ordinarily understood experience.
Banishing	Formal, ceremonial, procedure effected to cast an invisible presence or influence out from an area. This term can refer either to a spiritual cleansing, or the closing of a magical rite, when the invoked powers are dismissed.
Crawlies	Spiders
Aura	The aura is an energy field that surrounds living things. It can also been called the human energy field and morphogenic field.
Banshee	In Gaelic belief, a female entity who heralds a death by groaning and screaming.
Collective Apparition	An apparition seen simultaneously by more than one person.
Crisis Apparition	An apparition in which a person is seen within a few hours of an important crisis such as death, accident or sudden illness.
Curse	Words spoken or written in order to influence others paranormally, causing them harm.

TERM	DEFINITION
EMF	Electro Magnetic Fields. High frequency waves given off by electrical devices, power lines, appliances etc. Having a High EMF rating near you could explain some illnesses.

EVP	Electronic Voice Phenomena a term used in realtion to unexpected voices found in recording media or heard as an output of devices capable of processing voice.

Entity	A disembodied consciousness commonly referred to as a ghost, spirit or demon.

Exorcism	Cermonial expulsion of invading spirits from a person or place.

debunk	exposing a claim (of a paranormal or supernatural nature in this case) as false or exaggerated
Dematerialization	The paranormal fading or disappearance of a physical object.
Demonic Possession	Possession by evil spirits.

TERM	DEFINITION
Intelligent Haunting	A spirit who is concious of the living and tries to interact with them.

haunted	inhabited or frequented by ghosts

ghost	disembodied spirit or soul of a dead person

infrared camera	camera capable of filming in the dark

TERM	DEFINITION
K-2 Meter	A device that measures magnetic fields. People belive it can be used to intensify a spirit's magnetic field as a way of communication.
Levitation	The phenomenon or ability of a person or thing to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity by apparently supernatural means.
Limestone	rock located throughout the U.S. believed to attract and be able to hold paranormal activity or spirits usually in conjunction with quartz

TERM	DEFINITION
Orb	A circular image that is usually white in color and shows up in pictures and on video. Sometimes put down as dust.
Ouija Board	Ouija boards (pronounced wee-ja) are used as a method to contact the spirit world using the letters of the alphabet and a glass or planchette They are also known as Talking Boards or Isis Boards. The word Ouija is taken from the French word Oui meaning 'yes', and the German word Ja also meaning 'yes'.-
Occam's Razor	This is a principal of always preferring the simplest explanation of events to any other.
Occult	This is something that either deals with or relates to supernatural influences or phenomena.

TERM	DEFINITION
Residual Haunting	A spirit who is not aware of the living and seems to stuck in some sort of time loop.

Paranormal	usually a claim of an occurrence of an event that has no basis and/or scientific explanation

Poltergeist	invisible being or ghost that manifests by moving objects in a room or a house. Usually manifests in association with teens or women going through hormonal changes. Can also be associated with locations high in limestone and/or quartz deposits.

Quartz	Mineral deposit that is believed to attract and hold spirit or paranormal activity
Qualitative Method	This is a research method that relies less on numbers and statistics but more on interviews, observations, small numbers of questionnaires, focus groups, subjective reports and case studies.
Quantitative Method	This is a research method that relies less on interviews, observations, small numbers of questionnaires, focus groups, subjective reports and case studies but is much more focused on the collection and analysis of numerical data and statistics.

TERM	DEFINITION
Thermal Camera	Specialized camera used to capture and register heat/cool signatures that cannot be explained by human activity.
Supernatural	The term supernatural comes from the terms “super” meaning above the average, and the term “natural” meaning the normal.) comprises forces and phenomena that cannot be perceived by natural or empirical senses, and whose understanding may be said to lie with religious, magical, or otherwise mysterious explanation —yet remains firmly outside of the realm of science.

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