Spiritual Terms D - I
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Discarnate Spirit A spirit without a physical body.Distant Healing The concept that healing can happen even when the patient is not present, through such things as prayer or meditation.
Divination The practice of foretelling future events through supernatural means, intuition, or prophecy.
Dowser A person who uses a pendulum or divining rods to locate water, find energy fields or discover illness in the human body.
Dowsing A traditional means of finding underground water, energy fields and other materials by using divining rods or a pendulum.
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Earthbound Spirit A spirit that exists between the earth plane and the higher plane, mostly referred to as a ghost.
Ectoplasm A matter that spirits produce to make themselves visible to living beings.
Extrasensory Perception (ESP) The method of knowing that something's going to happen before it does. Also perception of thoughts, experiences, or issues without using any of the 5 senses.
Exorcism The act of driving out an unwanted spirit through religious or formal ceremonies.
F Fake A person who pretends to be a psychic/intuitive or medium, sometimes with the best intentions such as "to make you feel better".Feng shui The ancient Chinese system for creating harmony in your environment such as home or work.
Fishing The so called psychic/intuitive or medium asks questions to get small bits of information to incorporate into the reading.
Fraud A deliberate fake influenced by self-interest and greed, and usually motivated by financial gain.
Free Association The method of saying or writing the first things that comes to mind in response to a particular word or picture.
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Ghost The most common use of the word ghost is to describe the soul of a disembodied spirit, imagined to be wandering amongst the living.Graphology The examination and analysis of handwriting to indicate what a person's personality and character is like.
Guardian Angels Loving and compassionate spiritual beings who help guide you through life.
Guided Imagery A guided daydreaming or meditation that uses inspiring imagination in a focused and directed way to achieve goals and to heal the mind and body.
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Haunting A repeated observation of an image, whether it is sight, sound or movement, of a past happening. Some "Experts" have suggested that it doe not involve a spirit but rather an "energy imprint".Healer A person who has the ability to receive healing energy from a higher place and channel that energy to people who are ill or injured whether it be mentally, physically or spiritually.
Horoscope Also called an astrological or birth chart, it is divided into 12 pie sections called houses, each representing a certain area of your life.
Hypnosis A sleep like feature that is characterized by intense focus that results in heightened vulnerability to suggestion and advice.
Hypnotherapist A hypnotist educated to help people with deeply buried problems and to help them to change these life patterns.
Hypnotist A trained expert who directs and leads a client through a hypnotic trance.
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I Ching An ancient Chinese book of Divination based on creating pairs of 8 symbols and their interpretations.Invocation A prayer or formal greeting to call upon the presence of spirits.
