A
angel
An Angel is a spiritual or celestial being sent to earth to relay a message to a person, serve as a protector or help them in their transition into the afterlife.
anomaly
An irregular image that appears on photos or video taken by film, or digital media.
alien
A being or creature not of this Earth, e.g. from outer space.
apport
The sudden appearance of an object or objects during a haunting that seems to come from nowhere.
apparition
A ghostly figure or form which suddenly and unexpectedly appears.
asport
The disappearance of an object or objects during a haunting that reappear again at a later time.
astral travel/projection
This is the process of a human spirit traveling outside the human body. Also called Out Of Body Experience, OBE or OOBE.
aura
An energy which surrounds all living things which is invisible to most people. This energy is said to be made up of many colours. These different colours have different meanings and can show the state of a persons health, personality or abilities such as healing.
B
being
The state or quality of having existence, a living entity.
C
chakra
An energy centre in the human body which processes psychic energies and abilities.
channeling
The process a medium undertakes to receive information from spirits.
clairaudience
Means clear hearing - a psychic ability which enables someone to hear voices or noises unheard by other people.
clairgustance
Means clear tasting - a psychic ability which enables someone experience a sense of taste associated with a spirit.
clairsentience
Means clear feeling - a psychic ability which enables someone feel the emotional energy of a spirit or living being.
clairvoyance
Means clear seeing - a psychic ability to see a objects, people or events not perceived by the 5 senses.
contagion
The act of being followed by a paranormal entity, such as an earthbound spirit from a haunted location.
crop circles
Crop circles are mysterious circles and/or geometrical patterns that appear on the earths terrain, and are usually associated with UFO activity.
D
deja vu
The feeling that a current situation has been experienced previously.
dematerialize
To suddenly disappear, e.g. an object or spirit.
demon
An evil spirit or being which is said to have not ever lived on earth in human form.
demonology
The study of demons.
disembodied voice
A voice or sound heard or recorded that comes from no physical body or known source.
E
earthbound spirit
A spirit trapped or bound to the earth plane, usually referred to as a ghost.
Why would a spirit be trapped on earth? Perhaps they do not realise that they are dead, or are afraid to move on to the next world for whatever reason, or have unfinished business.
ectoplasm
An ethereal substance, especially the transparent presence of a spirit or ghost.
EMF Meter/Detector
An instrument used by to measure electromagnetic energy.
ESP (Extra sensory perception)
Communication or perception by means other than the physical senses.
electronic voice phenomena (EVP)
Audible voices recorded on cassette, or digital recording media., that were not heard or present at the time of recording.
ethereal
Heavenly or spiritual, not of this world.
etheric body
The spiritual duplicate of ones physical body.
Also see Spirit
extra terrestrial
Originating, located, or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere.
G
ghost
The spirit of a deceased person or animal.
guide
See spirit guide.
H
haunting
Paranormal phenomena that frequently occurs in an area, building or object over a long period of time.
hot spot
An area or place where frequent paranormal activity occurs, such as the appearance of UFOs or ghosts.
I
intuition
The act or faculty of knowing or sensing something without the use of normal senses (eg, sight, taste, feeling, smell, or hearing).
K
karma
The effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining their destiny.
L
levitation
The rising of a person or object, defying gravity.
M
materialization
The process of a spirit or ghost becoming visible to the human eye in some form.
meditation
Meditation is the process of relaxing, emptying your mind of all thought or reaching a different state of consciousness. Meditation can aid in spiritual development and/or inner peace. There are many types of meditation.
medium
A person who can communicate with deceased persons, a go-between to or intermediator of the spirit world.
metaphysics
The study of phenomena not accounted for by known physical laws.
O
orb
An orb is a sphere of energy which is said to be created by spirits. Most orbs tend to be picked up on film or digital media however they in some instances also seen by the human eye. (See our Anomolous Photos section for examples of orbs)
ouija board
A board or placemat made up of letters & numbers, and usually the words "Yes", "No", and "Goodbye" used in try and communicate with spirits.
The name "Ouija" is made up of the words QUI which is "Yes" in French, and JA which is "Yes" in German.
Out Of Body Experience, OOBE or OBE
See Astral Projection
P
paranormal
Events that are beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation
poltergeist
A German word that literally translates as "noisy and troublesome ghost".
precognition
Knowledge of an event before it happens.
premonition
A forewarning of a future event.
presence
The feeling that an unseen person, spirit or being is nearby.
psychic
A person who has the ability to see, hear and feel by use of senses other than the natural senses.
psychometry
The ability to sense information in an object, or in the surrounding environment
R
reincarnation
The rebirth of a soul into a new body.
reading
Information given to a person by a medium.
retrocognition
Knowledge of a past event obtained psychically.
S
sensitive
A person who has psychic abilities.
shadow people
Spirits or ghosts which are usually black in appearance and have no discernible features.
sixth sense
A power of perception independent of the five senses (touch, smell, sight, feeling, taste).
skeptic
A person who is yet undecided as to what is true. One who looks for rational explanations as to why something occurs.
sleep paralysis
A condition in which a person seems to be awake/conscious but is unable to move.
spectre
An unusual appearing ghostly figure or image.
spirit
The soul, essence or energy of a living or deceased person, animal or being.
simulacra
Human forms or likeness seen in natrual formations (such as furniature, light, trees, stones etc)
supernatural
Beyond or exceeding the laws of nature.
Spirit guide
A spiritual being who is assigned to a particular person to assist them in their spiritial or life journey. It is said that each person can have more than one spirit guide. These guides can be highly evolved spirits of people who have lived before.
Spirit photography
The art or process of taking photos using traditional film, or digital media to capture images of spirits.
T
telepathy
Communication of a persons mind with another by means other than the normal senses.
teleportation
Movement of people or objects from one place to another by supernatural means
U
UFO
UFOs are unidentified flying objects or lights seen in the sky. UFOs are usually thought to be transportation devices used by aliens to travel throughout space (and/or time). UFOs have been reported in many different shapes and forms and have been seen for centuries.
Ufology
The study of UFOs.