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Apparition - A supernatural manifestation of the soul of a deceased human or animal. Better known as a ghost.g “

Aura - A field of radiant light believed to surround living creatures.

Clairaudience - Receiving paranormal messages through sound / voices.

Clairvoyant - Having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses.

Collective Apparition - The witnessing of an apparition by two or more persons.

Crisis Apparition - The appearance of an apparition within moments of a crisis such as death, sudden illness or accident.

Dematerialization - the disappearance or fading of a physical object.

Discarnate - Having no physical form or body.

Doppelganger - A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart.

Ectoplasm - A semi-fluid product of psychic energy which usually forms as a fog like mist, solid white mass, or vortexes.

Electromagnetic Field Meter (EMF Detector) - This tool detects the changes in the Electromagnetic Field. This field is around everything, from TV’s to power boxes. The normal reading for paranormal activity is between 2.0 and 8.0. Above this is usually man-made in origin.

Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) - Sounds or voices recorded on magnetic tape which are only heard upon playback. Discovered by Konstantin Raudive. Usually recorded in a range from 0 – 300 Hz (Human speech is generally within 500-2000 Hz, and has never been recorded below 300 Hz).

Ghost - The disembodied spirit or image of a dead person appearing to be alive. Ghosts are the most common of the paranormal phenomenon.

Ghost Hunter - A person who uses standards set by researchers to search for haunted areas, in probable locations
such as cemeteries, abandoned buildings, old churches, battle fields, old schools, etc.

Haunting - Paranormal experiences occuring over a period of time in a specific location. May include apparitions, sounds, smells, moving / disappearing objects, etc.

Intelligent Haunting - When spirits seem to live in a specific area, and act with free will, as well as show intelligence (i.e., not residual). Spirits don't necessarily haunt the place they die at, but could haunt the most comfortable place for them to stay (i.e., their old home). We are not quit sure why these spirits are earthbound, yet.

Kinetic Energy - When spirits use their energy to move objects, throw things, etc. This is very interesting phenomena, and personally, I have had rocks thrown at me by an unseen force, and have witnessed equipment actually being struck and broken by unseen forces.

Malevolent - A malevolent spirit is one that wishes to hurt man.

Malicious - A spirit that is evil or spiteful. These spirits will destroy things of personal or financial value for the sake of
hurting others.

Manifestation - The appearance or taking form of an entity. Can also mean the outbreak of activity.

Materialization - The deliberate, usually temporary, visible and/or physical formation of a spirit.

Medium - A psychic through whom spirits can communicate. There are two types of mediums: light and deep trance.

Metaphysics - Derived from the Latin word meta which means beyond. Literally means that which is beyond the laws
of physics.

Orbs- This is the most common type of spirit energy to be captured on film. These will appear as solid or transparent "balls". They appear in many shapes and some colors, with white being the most common.

Paranormal - Beyond the normal of human or scientific explanation.

Paranormal Researcher - Someone who uses their own theories/ideas to test new research methods, protocols, and equipment. A true researcher is not biased to an old idea, but works to disprove or prove further the old idea, to expand the knowledge of the community. Typically, a researcher does not work to prove a paranormal occurrence as genuine, but to disprove the occurrence legitimately. Only when all possible false-positive contaminants have been ruled out can something be defined as a true anomaly.

Paranormal Investigation - The act of going to a supposedly haunted location, gathering data such as photos, audio recordings, video, electromagnetic field monitoring, etc., and summarizing your data in reports (which does not exclude psychic impressions, but are subjective data until proven otherwise). A true investigator can't draw conclusions from one investigation, it may take several investigations to decide on a site's activity.

Parapsychology - Derived from the Latin word para, which means beyond, parapsychology literally means beyond psychology. It is generally defined as the scientific study of paranormal phenomena. Term coined by J.B. Rhine.

Phantom - An apparition or specter. Existing only as an energy form.

Poltergeist - "Noisy Ghost". Manifests as noises, moving objects, fires, marks on body, general disorder. Often purported to be associated with the release of kinetic or psychokinetic energy of pubescent adolescents.

Residual Haunting - Not technically referred to as a haunting, but more of an energy imprint. When a spirit is seen doing the same thing at specific intervals constantly. Perhaps the spirit is trapped repeating a specific moment in life, or perhaps it is just a flash from the past during a traumatic moment in someone's life.

Skeptic - One who instinctively doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions. In parapsychology, one who insists on ruling out all possible natural causes for a phenomenon.

Spirit - The principle force within a living being. The soul. Also, a supernatural entity.

White Noise - A hiss-like sound, formed by combining all audible frequencies. Often used as a background to EVP recordings.